The Standard 08.05.2014

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Buying death at
Sh20 a tot; the
hunt intensies
Governors set to elect new council leaders
By CYRUS OMBATI
The death toll from the illicit liquor across
multiple counties hit 80, as police arrested at
least three suspects linked to the killer brew and
struggled to establish its source.
Police believe the three suspects arrested in
BY RUSHDIE OUDIA
Governors elect a new set of council lead-
ers in Naivasha today amid claims the Jubilee
coalition is meddling in the polls in pursuit of
control.
The elections for the Council of Governors
(CoG), the key organ that represents the 47
county governors, had initially been set for
April 11, but the campaign period was extend-
ed.
Positions up for grabs are that of chair-
man, currently held by Bomet Governor Isaac
Ruto, Vice Chairman (Evans Kidero, Nairobi)
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Given the way the victims behave, it is clear the
brewers used methanol to make it more potent,
but we will be in Embu on Friday to conrm
further Chief Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor
Evans Kidero Isaac Ruto
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS
Limuru, Nairobi and Machakos re-
spectively are behind the manufac-
ture and distribution of the drink
nicknamed wings.
The one arrested in Embakasi,
Nairobi, allegedly distils wings in his
compound, but police raided the
place and found nothing.
The killer brew has different names
in the ve counties of Embu, Makue-
ni, Kitui, Muranga and Kiambu,
where death struck. And the tragedy
spread to Naivasha, where one wom-
an died after drinking illicit alcohol
and another lost her eyesight, as ten-
sion rose at Mai Mahiu trading cen-
tre.
In Embu, where the death toll rose
to 35, residents were cursing the mer-
chants of Kosovo.
The Standard established that the
illicit brew that has so far killed 29
people in Makueni and Kitui counties,
and which is nicknamed Country-
man, has been on sale for more than
a year.
In Kitui, the toxic brew claimed
three more, raising the death toll to
nine. Kitui County Police Commander
Cheruto Githinji said the latest deaths
occurred at homes where the victims
retired after consuming the illicit
drink.
Yesterday, Embakasi OCPD Apolo
Wanyonyi said they were questioning
the proprietor of wings to establish if
he was behind the manufacture of the
drink that has killed more than 10
people in Kiambu.
CRISIS MEETING
Inspector General of Police David
Kimaiyo held a crisis meeting with his
deputies Grace Kaindi and Samuel
Arachi, and the Director of Criminal
Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro over
the killer brew.
Ofcials from the National Agency
for Campaign against Alcohol Drug
Abuse (Nacada) also joined police in
the hunt for the brewers and illegal
stocks.
We have taken samples to experts
who will tell us the source and com-
ponents used in its manufacture. It
seems the brew was distributed to
these areas from the same source but
we are yet to identify the location, Mr
Kimaiyo said.
Other ofcials said there is likeli-
hood that the lethal drink was brewed
in Nairobi, probably in Kawangware
and Embakasi where most brewers
operate.
Government Chief Pathologist Jo-
hasen Oduor said he would go to Em-
bu, the hardest hit, on Friday to join
his colleagues in carrying out post-
mortems.
Mourning Kenyans
count their losses KILLER BREW
A man who lost his eyesight is strapped to his bed at Makueni Hospital.
Twenty four year-old Ann Njeri who also lost her eyesight after drinking liquor
in Mai Mahiu trading centre is assisted at the Naivasha Sub-County hospital
yesterday. [PHOTOS: ONESMUS NZIOKA and ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]
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Death toll reaches 80, as police
Given the way the victims behave,
it is clear the brewers used methanol
to make it more potent, but we will be
in Embu on Friday to conrm fur-
ther, said Dr Oduor.
The police and chiefs seemed to be
clueless on the source of the brew but
some locals in areas where the raids
were carried out said the ofcials were
feigning ignorance.
In Embakasi, police visited two
places but did not nd any sample to
help in investigations. The rst place
was a warehouse where bottles from
various breweries are washed and
drinks repackaged using the contain-
ers.
But managers there said they do
not brew alcohol and that their busi-
ness is to prepare bottles for the
Moonlight brand of Vodka.
The ofcers also visited the home
of a businessman where locals
claimed the wings drink is manufac-
tured after his arrest.
We did not nd any sample to
show the drink came from there but
we are still interrogating him, said Mr
Wanyonyi.
MORE ADMITTED
By yesterday afternoon, 20 people
from Makueni had been conrmed
dead, while 69 were admitted at the
Makueni Level 4 hospital suffering
from blurred eyesight, convulsions,
and general body weakness.
In Embu, some of the 77 victims
admitted at the Embu Provincial Gen-
eral Hospital complained of dryness
of mouth, backache and headache,
while some had lost their eyesight.
The situation was heartrending as
relatives and family members broke
down on learning of the deaths of
their loved ones.
Susan Karimi, 26, a victim of the
brew, remained distraught at the hos-
pital awaiting for treatment as she
tried to come to terms with the de-
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mise of her husband George Gachie,
31, who passed on Tuesday night.
George was not put on drip when
we arrived at the hospital on Monday
night. He was put on drip only on
Tuesday when he started foaming. I
tried to give him some porridge, but
the hospital security restrained me on
the grounds that he was under medi-
cation. He died at night, Karimi
claimed.
The Ministry of Health does issue
a circular alert to all counties on alco-
holic drinks that have failed the ana-
lytic test.
A total of 390 samples of different
brands have been collected and for-
warded for analysis at the Govern-
ment Chemist. The audit will be out
at the end of the month.
The ministry is in the process of
collecting independent samples from
all the counties after the proling of
the manufacturers, Dr Macharia
said.
Report by Joseph Muchiri, Mu-
nene Kamau, Onesmus Nzioka, Paul
Mutua and Anthony Gitonga
GOVERNMENT REACTION
The Ministry of Health issued a
circular alert to all counties on al-
coholic drinks that have failed the
analytic test
The alerts were sent to the In-
spector General of Police, county
commissioners and county Public
Health Offcers
That on March 24, 2014, an alert
showed four out of 10 drinks anal-
ysed failed the test. An earlier
alert on November 3, 2009 to all
provinces and municipalities in-
dicated that 28 drinks failed the
test.
The outcome of the results and
the history of alcoholic drinks
causing health effects to the pop-
ulation compelled the Ministry of
Health in Collaboration with Na-
cada to jointly put a public advert
calling for further submission of
samples by manufactures of alco-
holic drinks
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
By FRANCIS NGIGE
County governments and security
agencies are on the spotlight follow-
ing the tens of deaths from illicit
brews in central region.
With the problem of alcoholism
reaching alarming levels in the region,
little has been done to check the vice
that has seen many youth drown in
the cheap and readily available
brews.
In a region where hundreds have
lost their lives, residents have now
shifted blame to the police and the
Provincial Administration for doing
little to combat the menace that has
taken toll on the youth. Many feel that
police are concentrating too much on
licensed bars and other legal alcohol
selling points ignoring the ever-
mushrooming brew dens.
In major towns across the region,
police backed by provincial adminis-
trators strictly enforce the law regard-
ing the opening and closing of li-
censed bars while in the slums and
other low income areas, the doors to
drinking dens where the illicit brews
are sold are always open.
It is not uncommon to see a young
man or woman in a drunken stupor
early in the morning.
Majority of young men you en-
counter along the dark alleys in the
slums are mostly in a state of cheap
liquor-induced hangover.
Their dazed demeanour and rustic
blood-shot eyes betray them as drug
abusers or simply consumers of the
cheap alcohol, which is readily avail-
Police, chiefs blamed over deaths
Residents accuse
security agencies of
taking bribes and
condoning sale of illicit
liquor in Central
By ONESMUS NZIOKA
Countryman, the killer brew
that has killed 29 people in
Makueni and Kitui counties has
been in the market for more than
a year, The Standard has learnt.
By time of going to press yes-
terday, 20 people from Makueni
had been conrmed dead, while
69 were admitted at the Makueni
Level 4 Hospital suffering from
blurred eyesight, convulsions,
and general body weakness. The
death toll in Kitui had risen to
nine.
According to details on one of
the Countrymans bottle obtained
by The Standard, is bottled and
blended in Nairobi.
The label lists ingredients of
the liquor as permitted quality
avours, treated water and neu-
tral spirit additives. It says the
alcohol content of the liquor is 20
per cent. This is lower than other
brands that contain 40 per cent.
The label terms the liquor as a
Finest quality Blend.
According to Chief Patrick
Muange, the brand has been in
existence for more than a year
and nobody suspected it con-
tained toxic components as it
was purported to have been ap-
proved by the Kenya Bureau of
Standards.
Flora Mutheu, a business
woman who owns two beer
points at Kithuki market, said the
liquor was reddish in colour
when it rst hit the market but
later turned colourless.
She stopped stocking the
brand saying she doubted its go-
ing by its low pricing.
Death toll
climbs to 29
in Makueni
A survivor of the killer brew that claimed 20 lives in Embu County at Embu
Level Five General Hospital. He partially lost his eye sight. [PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/
STANDARD]
Victims of illicit brews undergoing treatment at Maragua
District Hospital. [PHOTO: BONIFACE GIKANDI/STANDARD]
able in the area.
And whenever deaths are reported
as a result of the brews, police and
chiefs swing into action closing down
the dens and arresting the traders.
Just wait and see how police will
react after these deaths. They will
move with zeal to ght the illicit brews
but only for a few days but soon it will
be business as usual, said Samuel
Karanja, a resident of Nyeri town.
A civil rights group, Futa Magendo
Action Network, accuses the Govern-
ment of reacting to situations instead
of preventing the sale and consump-
tion of the illicit brews.
POLICEMANS ILLICIT BREWS
Its Executive Director James Mugo
says despite numerous complaints
from residents, the chiefs and police
just move around collecting bribes
from the illicit dens for protection.
I know, for example, there is an
illicit brew den in Majengo slums in
Nyeri, which is owned by a police of-
cer. Youth patronising it are usually
drunk from morning, said Mr Mugo.
Whenever such a tragedy occurs,
Government ofcials troop to the
scene condemning and promising
action. Yesterday, the National Agency
for Campaign against Alcohol and
Drug Abuse (Nacada) Chairman John
Mututho was in Embu following the
death of the now over 60 people.
Mr Mututho observed that the re-
ported gure is a small fraction of
those poisoned daily by the brews. He
blamed the incidents on laxity among
those who are in position of leader-
ship including provincial administra-
tors who condone the practice after
taking little bribes.
On measures being undertaken by
Nacada to crack down on illicit brews,
Mututho said they are pushing for
strictness in provision of licenses to
limit those eligible and ensure loop-
holes that were being exploited are
sealed.
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 4
Why more and more Kenyans are turning to illicit brews
By PETER OKONGO
Has the Government lost
the war on illicit brews? The
latest data from the National
Agency for Campaign against
Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Na-
cada) indicates that up to four
million Kenyans consume il-
legal alcoholic beverages.
However, those gures are
two years old, having been
compiled in 2012. All indica-
tions are that more Kenyans
on the lower strata of the in-
come scale are consuming the
beverages. The most reliable
gures from the easier-to-
monitor regulated drinks mar-
ket show that Kenya is Africas
third biggest consumer of
beer.
But in 2013, something
changed the whole dynamics
of the alcoholic drinks market.
The Government opted to slap
Excise Duty on Senator Keg,
the downstream brand pro-
duced by East African Brewer-
ies Limited (EABL), which was
meant to woo drinkers of such
deadly concoctions to a more
hygienically prepared brew.
It also created more em-
ployment in the rural areas
where the beer was sold
through kegs making it more
affordable. In addition, it
opened a new market for sor-
ghum farmers.
Partakers of the cut-price
Senator Keg included sections
of the middle class battling
inationary pressures in their
wallets, who migrated down-
stream, away from the premi-
um brands.
OBAMA
The duty waiver on Sena-
tor, therefore, did more than
just create a choice for drink-
ers. Using a below-the-line
economy, the beer was mar-
keted differently from EABLs
international brands and pen-
etrated virtually every bar in
the rural areas, earning it the
tag Obama.
By all accounts, Senator
and its rotating kegs and
manual pumps were hugely
successful (some analysts es-
timated that it accounted for
10 per cent of EABLs beer sales
at some point), but not so
much after that imposition of
tax by the Government. The
immediate effect was that the
price of keg beer more than
doubled in just a day. Sources
within Nacada yesterday told
The Standard that there was a
surge towards illicit alcohol
laced with methanol, various
kinds of fertiliser and some-
times, even battery acid and
sisal juice.
Today, the market for illicit
brews remains outside the tax
bracket, while the Govern-
ments hopes of more tax rev-
enue from the Senator brand
have suffered a huge blow, as
consumption of the product
declines.
More than any organisa-
tion, Nacada found itself in a
moral dilemma over how to
deal with the Senator Keg phe-
nomenon.
On the one hand, EABL ap-
peared to be creating a new
market for beer, something
the agency would want to dis-
courage. On the other, it had a
benecial health impact by
reducing the number of those
endangering their lives by
knocking down illicit drinks by
the glass or tin.
The choice of a lesser of
two evils was thus ultimately
decided for Nacada by KRAs
decision to tax Senator. The
rest is history.
Mourning Kenyans
count their losses KILLER BREWS
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By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Coast leaders have vowed to push
for the amendment of the proposed
Mining Bill saying it gives the Mining
Cabinet Secretary excessive powers.
The legislators, who include
Coast parliamentary Group Chair-
man Gideon Mungaro, MPs Joyce
Wanjala Lay, Thomas Mwadeghu,
Jones Mlolwa, Andrew Mwadime
and Taita-Taveta County Governor
John Mruttu, said the draft Bill has
grey areas that need to be amended.
The Bill has given the Mining
Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala
powers to control the mining sector.
This is wrong as the minister might
abuse the powers if the Bill is not
amended, Lay said.
Speaking during a one-day
Gemstone Expo in Voi Town
yesterday, the Women Representa-
tive said the mining sector should be
devolved to counties to ensure that
residents in areas endowed with
enormous resources bene t from
the same.
SHOWCASE PRODUCTS
The gemstone expo was spon-
sored by the county government in
conjunction with Tsavo Mineral
Organsation.
It brought together local and
international licensed miners and
dealers who showcased their
products.
We will not allow the central
government to continue controlling
the mining resources. We want such
powers devolved to counties, Lay
said.
Mlolwa, Mwadime and Mwade-
ghu said the minerals found in the
county have never bene ted locals,
adding that the mining industry
should be controlled by counties.
They noted that the Bill, as it
stands, gives the Cabinet Secretary
powers over resource allocation and
distribution.
We will lobby MPs, whose areas
are rich in mineral deposits, to
support our course in ensuring that
a large amount of proceeds are
ploughed back into communities for
rural development, Mlolwa said.
Mungaro disclosed that MPs in
the region would meet next week to
chart the way forward.
As legislators from this region,
we will meet soon to come up with a
common stand over this matter. We
will also bring on board the Mining
Cabinet Secretary to engage him and
discuss the Mining Bill together to
see how best the local community
will bene t from the mineral
resources in the region, he said.
NO MORE
The local community has been
impoverished for many years and we
will not stomach this anymore. We
have to ensure that residents bene t
from the available natural resources
like wildlife, minerals and water
bodies, Mungaro added.
He said they will fully engage Mr
Balala to ensure that the local
community is not exploited by
outsiders who control the mining
industry.
Mruttu announced that his
administration would soon hold a
consultative stakeholders meeting to
chart the way forward on the Bill.
The county government will
contract mining experts to take the
local community through the grey
areas of the Bill and recommend
possible amendments, he said.
We want the Bill to give a stable,
transparent legal framework on the
operations and issuance of mining
licences for the bene t of all
Kenyans, Mruttu said.
At the same time, the leaders said
though 70 per cent of gemstone
mining is carried out in the region,
residents remain poor while the
mines bene t outsiders.
Most mining licences were
issued without the knowledge of the
local community. We want all of
them revoked and issued afresh to
ensure locals also bene t, Lay said.
An exhibitor shows his wares at the one-day Gemstone Expo held in Voi Town
at the weekend. Leaders who spoke during the event expressed their displea-
sure with the proposed Mining Bill currently before Parliament.
[PHOTO: RENSON MNYAMWEZI / STANDARD]
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HAT THEY SAID
Legislators have expressed
dissatisfaction with the
proposed Hining 8ill currently
before Parliament
1hey say the 8ill gives too
much power to the Hining
Cabinet Secretary and none
to the counties that host the
gems
1hey called for
deliberations to come up with
recommendations for possible
amendments to the 8ill
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RECONCILIATION: Ten-man
committee to defuse tension
A ten-man committee of elders
drawn from two pastoral communities
has been formed to defuse con ict
between Orma and Somali herdsmen
in Tana River County.
This follows last Wednesdays
clash between herdsmen from the
two tribes at Komorajila manyatta in
Galole division of Tana River County in
which four herders were hurt.
The committee will visit clash-torn
areas and hold meetings with rival
herdsmen to encourage coexistence.
The two groups fought after
quarreling at a water well and set
upon each other with spears, bows
and arrows.
A group that crossed from Ijara in
Garissa County a week earlier with
about 10,000 head of cattle had
caused tension in the area before the
actual outbreak of violence.
The violence spread fear among
ethnic Somali businessmen who,
fearing reprisals, closed their shops
in Hola.
KITUI SEVENS: Sh15m set
aside for rugby tournament
Kitui County Government will
spend Sh15 million to organise the
Kitui Sevens Rugby tournament
that kicks off on May 30 to June 1 at
Ithookwe show grounds.
County Chief Of cer for Youth
and Sports, Titus Kithome, said
the government will renovate
structures at the abandoned grounds,
rehabilitate the murram road and
install proper lighting at the eld.
He was speaking during a tree
planting event at the grounds in
readiness for the annual contest.
Tournament of cial Mumo Mwendwa
said 64 teams, including the
defending champions in the country
Harlequins and Mwamba RFCs, had
con rmed their participation.
He said 16 teams from local
universities are also lined up to take
part in the event where an estimated
8,000 to 10,000 fans are expected to
attend.
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TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
TANA RIVER COUNTY
KITUI COUNTY
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By KEPHER OTIENO
Distances shortened
WIN-win situation Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town.
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
when the Council announced
the plan to reroute public
transport from the C8u, it was
received with mixed reactions
Pesidents welcomed it, say
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they regrouped to
protest the directive
however, yesterday the
council said operators and
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TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
CORNERED: Two suspects
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Borabu sub-county in Nyamira, says
the disease has reduced maize
production by over 90 per cent. His
10-acre maize plantation remains
deserted after the maize turned
yellow (chlorosis) and later dried up
after two months of germination.
I used to harvest over ten sacks
per acre, but last season I ended up
with less than one bag. The disease
is demoralising and we are seeking
alternative farming activities, said
Rogito.
He said that the Government has
been slow in coming up with a
solution.
ZERO RETURNS
Rose Ongaki, a farmer in
Nyaturago area in Masaba South
sub-county, Kisii, says the disease
has led to a reduction of maize
production in her four-acre farm to
three bags. She has been forced to
buy maize from the nearby Keroka
Market.
A single parent, Ms Ongaki says
she has been forced to transfer her
children to local schools due to lack
of schools fees.
We entirely depend on the
money we get from maize produce.
We have spent thousands in land
preparation and purchase of
seedlings and fertiliser, but the
return is almost zero, said Ms
Ongaki.
Kisii County Director of
Agriculture, Nathan Soire urges
maize farmers to close the season
and do other crops as experts from
the Government conclude their
research. Soire says over the last two
years the three counties have lost an
estimated 30,000 hectares of maize,
translating to over 800,000 bags
valued a Sh3 billion.
We have been sensitising
farmers and we urge them to uproot
and burn all the affected maize to
avoid spreading the disease to other
farmers, said Soire.
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By ERIC ABUGA
A major threat on food security in
parts of Nyanza and Rift Valley
looms following the spread of a
disease affecting the maize crop in
the area.
Farmers in parts of Nyamira, Kisii
and Bomet counties are now
counting losses as they ponder on
how to survive as their crops
continue to get destroyed.
The maize disease, identi ed as
Maize Lethal Necrosis disease
(MLND) was rst reported in lower
Longisa in Bomet County in
September 2011, but has now spread
to the neighbouring counties of
Nyamira (Borabu) and Kisii (Nyarib-
ari Chache, Bobasi and Bomachoge),
reducing maize production to
almost zero.
In a survey carried out by the
Kisii Countys Ministry of Agricul-
ture, the disease has attacked 1,847
hectares of maize farms in the
county alone. The survey focused on
morphological symptoms and found
that the growth of the attacked crop
ranges from sixth leaf stage (knee
height) to tenth leaf stage (breast
height).
ISOLATED CASE
When it was rst reported three
years ago and a diagnosis made by
the Kenya Plant Health Inspection
Service (Kephis), many thought this
was an isolated case that would soon
be contained. But the rate at which
the monster disease is spreading
poses the greatest threat to maize
production in the country.
In the Kisii County survey,
varieties attacked most included
H629, H614 and SC TEMBO 73. A
number of farmers in Kisii and
Nyamira counties plant H614 variety
that has been doing well in the
highlands.
Daniel Rogito, a farmer in
An affected maize crop in the farm. A number of farmers in Borabu in Nyamira
County have deserted their maize farms. [PHOTO: ERIC ABUGA / STANDARD]
GRIM SITUATION
uisease has affected over
I0,000 maize farmers.
0ver I800 ha already
affected in the large Kisii
County.
larmers advised to try
different maize varieties
including; h62I0 and h62I8.
Crop rotation and
diversif cation into other
crops are solutions being
proposed to reduce the pain.
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JUSTICE: Women faulted for
not following through cases
Police in Vihiga County say they are
nding it dif cult presenting cases
to court where women and children
are the complainants. County Police
Commandant Sarah Duncan says most
cases involving women and children
are not heard to the end in the law
courts in the region.
In the middle of the case, the
complainants withdraw the cases
after arriving at a consensus. I dont
know why, said Ms Duncan.
She spoke on Saturday at Chambiti
village in the county during the
requiem mass for the four family
members (a mother and her
daughters) who were raped before
being killed in Bungoma recently.
Ms Duncan said it has almost become
impossible to take such cases to court
as the likelihood of being withdrawn
was high and predictable.
DEVELOPMENT: MP roots for
raising of the CDF kitty
An MP from Migori County has asked
the Government to consider raising
the Constituency Development
Funds (CDF) kitty for accelerated
development in the country. Suna
West MP Joseph Ndiege (pictured)
said allocation for the CDF should be
increased to help spur development
at the grassroots. Ndiege said the
kitty has helped in bringing people
close to leadership by being able to
have a say on what they need through
village committees.
The fund has been key in developing
the country and its allocation
should be increased to ensure
more development projects are
undertaken, he said.
Speaking yesterday during the launch
of a bridge within Migori town Ndiege
said the kitty is important for solving
similar problems.
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By KEPHER OTIENO
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Embattled Embu Governor Martin
Wambora is to appear before the
County Assembly today, to answer to
charges of impropriety in manage-
ment of County Government affairs
and gross violation of the Public Fi-
nance Management Act, 2012. Wambora will answer charges of
using public funds to purchase goods
and services without an appointed
County Tender Committee, to alleg-
edly bene t a corruption cartel that
operates from his of ce. Through a letter titled; Notice of
motion for removal of Governor from
of ce by impeachment dated April
23, and signed by clerk Jim Kauma,
Wambora was told to appear in per-
son, or through an advocate or both
at an Assembly plenary at 2:30pm,
where a motion to re-impeach him
will be debated.
In the letter, Wambora is informed
that he will be allocated one hour for
oral defence, which he could choose
to share with his advocates, in ful ll-
ment of the principles of natural jus-
tice and procedural fairness. The Governor is further noti ed he
could present written submissions, if
any to the Assembly a day earlier, on
Monday 28 at 9 am.
FIRST IMPEACHMENT The written summons that has
already been received by the Gover-
nors of ce are seen as an attempt by
the MCAs to ensure the re-impeach-
ment is within the law, unlike the rst
impeachment, which the High Court
in Kerugoya declared null and void.
The Assembly has this time round
vowed to follow the due process and
make sure the current motion was in
compliance to the law, said Speaker
Justus Mate.
The MCAs have accused Wambora
of gross violation of the Public Pro-
curement and Disposal Act 2005,
Public Finance Management Act,
2012 and the Constitution. The actual charges include autho-
rising procurement of maize seeds of
variety and quantity other than those
requisitioned by the Director of Agri-
culture and initiating face-lift works
of Embu Stadium, whose budget rose
from Sh8 million to Sh50 million.
Other charges are irregular pur-
chase and registration of a motor ve-
hicle, whose purchase price exceeded
the budgeted, amounting in violation
of Section 26 (2) (a) of the Public Pro-
curement regulations.
THE STALEMATE On Tuesday, Wambora visited Mate
in his of ce to initiate dialogue for
reconciliation with the MCAs and end
the stalemate, but a few minutes later
the MCAs tabled notice of a motion to
impeach him.
On Wednesday, he red County
Secretary Margaret Lorna Kariuki in
what is seen as an attempt to make
the MCAs soften their stand. His reluctance to re Ms Kariuki
on January as per the recommenda-
tions of the Assembly formed the
genesis of his rst impeachment. Various groups in the Embu com-
munity including women, youths,
elders and the clergy have called for
an end to the stalemate facing the
county, saying the citizens are suffer-
ing as a result.
The majority of the MCAs are in
Mombasa on a retreat to learn about
report writing, although their col-
leagues claim they are plotting the
impeachment.
So far, 11 out of the 33 MCAs have
distanced themselves from the fresh
impeachment motion led against
governor Martin Wambora.
Embu County Governor Martin Wambora in court recently. The Kerugoya High
Court reinstated him as governor. [PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU / STANDARD]
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GRAFT: MCA claims she was threatened over report
A County assembly members says she has been threatened after tabling a report to discuss the conduct of county executive Evans Ondieki in the House. Nairobi County Assembly Transport and Public Works committee chairperson Diana Kapeen told the Assembly last week that she has received numerous threats over the matter, that saw the executive member in charge of Roads and Transport tasked to explain bribery allegations and prove he was in control of his docket.
If anything happens to me Mr. Speaker, know that I have received threat calls and text messages since Tuesday regarding the Ondieki issue Kapeen stated.
On Tuesday the Kapeen-led committee summoned Ondieki over issues regarding his docket.
SPORTS: County to spend Sh15 million for sevens rugby Kitui County Government will spend Sh15 million to organise the Kitui Sevens Rugby tournament that kicks off on May 30 to June 1 at Ithookwe Show Ground.
The Chief Of cer for Youth and Sports Titus Kithome said the Government will renovate structures at the abandoned grounds, rehabilitate the murram road and install street lighting to the eld. The of cer was speaking during tree planting event at the grounds in readiness of the annual contest.
Mwendwa said 64 teams, including the defending champions in the country Harlequins and Mwamba RFCs had con rmed their participation.
Another 16 teams from local university institutions were also lined up to for the event, espected to attract between 8,000 to 10,000 fans.
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Page 6 / NATIONAL NEWS Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
Title deed acquisition to
now take only one week
By JAMES MBAKA
Kenyans will now be able to get
title deeds within seven days upon
application following the launch of a
digital platform that seeks to issue
some one million documents within
a year.
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity
Ngilu yesterday maintained her min-
istry was committed to ensuring ef-
cient, effective and timely processing
of land ownership documents, a pro-
cess that often took exceedingly lon-
ger under the old manual system.
Speaking when she toured the
Sh500 million digital title processing
centre at the survey centre in Nairobi
Ngilu said the new initiative would
also raise Government revenue by
over a billion shillings a year.
She also said signicant informa-
tion and data on land ownership in
Ngilu says with launch
of Sh500 million
digital system, process
will be simpler,
revenue will go up
the country would be fed into the
system. The Ministry of Lands will
emerge as the model docket to emu-
late by other Government depart-
ments through technology-aided
processes to enable Kenyans acquire
documents within the shortest time
possible, Ngilu noted.
The CS said the digital centre had
been linked with the Lands ministry
head ofce, adding that the ongoing
audit of les by her ministry would be
integrated into the system, once a
clean-up is done, to eventually move
all land records to a digital platform.
We are certain that this new plat-
form will enable Kenyans access
documents speedily while at the same
time eliminating the cartels of corrup-
tion that have dominated the ministry
headquarters, she said.
She lamented that retrogressive
forces of corruption, who have been
beneciaries of the underhand deals
to swindle innocent Kenyans, had
mounted a strong opposition as the
ministry planned to phase out the
analogue system.
SLOW SERVICE DELIVERY
We will shame those cartels trying
to counter this noble approach to
speed up the process at Ardhi House.
We are watching them and soon Ke-
nyans will charge us not on the feuds
but rather on our results, she said.
On the ongoing closure of Ardhi
House, she said this would continue
despite opposition from the National
Lands Commission.
Ngilu added that this was part of
the process of digitalising land records
and pooling together data from across
the country to enable Kenyans benet
from Government services without
falling prey to con men and delayed
service delivery.
Under the digital centre Kenyans
can make applications online, carry
out searches, pay for stamp duty, reg-
ister and receive clearance on enqui-
ries within seven days.
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu and Gatundu North MP Francis Njenga during the commissioning of the
National Titling Centre at Survey of Kenya headquarters in Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]
By NGARI GICHUKI
Power interruptions will soon be a
thing of the past for Nairobi resi-
dents.
This is after the Kenya Power Com-
pany (KP) commenced a Sh1 billion
upgrade project for Nairobi industrial
power supply.
According to the KP Managing
Director and CEO Ben Chumo, the
company is currently rebuilding the
power network afresh to eliminate
supply interruptions.
Extensive work has already com-
menced in the countrys industrial
hub in Nairobi County power instal-
lations where Sh1 billion will be in-
vested in the upgrade of power sub-
stations, establishment of new power
lines; work which will create addi-
tional transformation and distribu-
tion capacity as well as dedicated
lines to industrial customers, said Dr
Chumo.
He was addressing members of the
Kenya Association of Manufacturers
yesterday at Athi River and Nairobis
Industrial area, at a meeting to update
manufacturers on measures being
taken to improve power supply.
Chumo also added that they would
also upgrade their systems elsewhere
in the country.
KPs manager for Nairobi South
region Engineer Joshua Mwangi, who
was also at the meeting, said work had
commenced at two major substations
in Industrial Area under a programme
dubbed Operation Boresha Stima
Viwandani.
By PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta has
called on African leaders to work to-
gether in removing obstacles that
hinder movement across the conti-
nent.
The President, who was accompa-
nied by the First Lady, said free move-
ment of people, goods and services
would increase intra-Africa trade and
help the continent achieve its devel-
opment targets. Lack of political will
and negative perception should not
be allowed to undermine Africas inte-
gration and economic growth, Presi-
dent Kenyatta said.
He was speaking during a panel
discussion at the World Economic
Forum on Africa, which opened
Wednesday in the Nigerian capital of
Abuja as he concluded his visit that
saw the two countries sign a number
of agreements to boost trade and in-
vestment.
Uhuru said leaders should not
block African investors from investing
in the continent by imposing stiff
regulations We need to facilitate our
businesspeople to trade within the
continent more freely, he said.
REDUCED TIME
Uhuru, who is the current chair-
man of the East African Community,
discussed steps the region has taken
to improve trade among member
States.
He observed that the advent of the
single tourist visa has eased the travel
of visitors and effectively turned all
the participating countries of the re-
gion into a single tourist destination.
The President said the introduc-
tion of the use of national ID cards for
travel within the East African borders
has substantially eased movement,
opening new opportunities for cross-
border trade and integration.
The President added that collabo-
ration between Heads of State in the
region has improved movement of
cargo along the Northern Corridor.
He observed that the time taken to
transport containers from Mombasa
to Kampala has reduced from 18 to
four days while those to Kigali take six
days down from 22 days.
Speaking during the occasion,
Rwandas President Paul Kagame said
there were more benets than disad-
vantages in opening up countries for
intra-Africa trade and people-to-
people interaction.
Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara
said other African countries should
emulate the East African initiatives in
facilitating free movement of people,
goods and services.
Sh1b project
to curb power
blackouts
Uhuru: Open
borders key for
trade in Africa
NEW SYSTEM
Ngilu said the new initiative
would also raise Government
revenue by over a billion shil-
lings a year
The CS said the digital centre
had been linked with the Lands
ministry head offce
She also said signifcant in-
formation and data on land
ownership would be fed into
the system
By LIBAN GOLICHA
A herder was shot in an attack at
Antuta about 40km from Moyale
town.
The incident happened on Tues-
day evening in disputed Antuta graz-
ing land credited as the starting point
for recurrent community clashes in
the area.
Tari Malicha said armed people
emerged from the bush and sporadi-
cally sprayed him with bullets. Mr
Malicha, 20, suffered leg injuries.
Moyale OCPD Thomas Antuti said
a contingent of police ofcers has
been dispatched to the scene to pur-
sue the attackers.
Gang shoots
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Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has
been asked to take responsibility for
the misappropriation of over Sh645
million by the Judicial Service Com-
mission (JSC) through shady procure-
ments and payments.
Three MPs from the Jubilee coali-
tion cited a damning report by the
Auditor General which implicated the
JSC and other senior Judiciary of-
cials in the loss of the funds.
Some of the actions cited in the
report have contravened the Consti-
tution. If there are instances on breach
of the Constitution, those responsible,
including Mutunga must be prepared
to own up by resigning to give way for
investigations. Corruption must not
be allowed to nd a new home in the
Judiciary, said the MPs.
The legislators who addressed the
press at Parliament buildings were
Ndungu Githinji (Tetu), Asma Kama-
ma (Tiaty) and Mithika Linturi (Ige-
mebe South).
The report referred to by the MPs
was prepared between December
2013 and March 2014 and cites vari-
MPs call for Mutunga resignation
Three Jubilee
legislators want the CJ
to take responsibility
for misappropriation
of funds
ous instances where the JSC violated
provisions of the Public Procurement
and Disposal Act, including one case
where it approved the purchase of a
residential property for the CJ without
proper valuation being carried out.
We noted that the property had
not been valued by a Government or
professional valuer. Therefore the
value could not be ascertained, said
the report.
The report also cites various in-
stances where the Judiciary paid more
than Sh262 million without prepara-
tion of vouchers as required by Gov-
ernment nancial regulations.
ADVANCE PAYMENTS
Cases of bank accounts being
opened without the authority of the
Treasury and imprests being taken
irregularly by members of judicial
staff were also cited in the report.
Over Sh654 million, which repre-
sented 30 per cent of the total con-
tracted amounts was paid as advance
payments to suppliers, contrary to
State regulations. Githenji said the
House should convene to allow mem-
bers to deliberate on the report.
The House should be recalled
from recess to discuss the issue. If not,
we hope it will be among the rst or-
ders of House business when it re-
MPs Mithika Linturi, Ndungu Gethenji and Asman Kamama address reporters
at Parliament buildings yesterday. They asked Chief Justice Willy Mutunga to
shoulder responsibility for alleged misappropriation of Sh645 million in the
Judiciary. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7 Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
By KURIAN MUSA
The Commission on Administra-
tive Justice (CAJ) has been enjoined in
a case led by embattled Embu Gov-
ernor Nyaga Wambora as a friend of
the court. The asked Judge Richard
Mwongo to allow them to take part in
the case, to help in the interpretation
of the law as regards to the steps in the
impeachment of a governor.
Justice Mwongo allowed CAJ to join
the case but told the parties in the case
to write to the court if they had any
objection by Monday when he will
deliver a ruling.
Mwongo will rule on whether
Wamboras lawyer Wilfred Nyamu had
established an arguable case, and also
if the conservatory orders sought can
be granted. Wambora, through his
Lawyer moved to High court in Nai-
robi early this week after failing to get
orders in the Kerugoya High Court to
bar the Embu county assembly from
impeaching him again.
He is also seeking orders to stop the
Senate from setting up a committee to
discuss the resolution of the Embu
County assembly pending the hearing
and determination of his petition. The
judge heard the notice of motion be-
fore him for two days, but did not grant
the conservatory orders.
The court is not under pressure,
it is you who is under pressure, said
the judge.
Wambora fate
expected on
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sumes, said Githenji. Linturi said
Article 251 of the Constitution has the
provisions for removal of the CJ but it
is important for Kenyans to under-
stand the reports merits.
Im alive to the politics of this
country. People will want to under-
stand the merits of the issue raised in
the report. It will require a lot of con-
sultations to remove the CJ since he
enjoys security of tenure, he said.
Mutunga has previously steed
clear of the corruption allegations
that have been levelled against some
senior judicial ofcials, saying that
the law should be allowed to take its
course.
The report shows that between
May 2011 and 2013, the JSC made
resolutions that were not within their
constitutional mandate, and which
should ordinarily have been made by
the former chief registrar, Gladys
Shollei.
The issues that were deliberated
by the JSC are duties that should ordi-
narily be done by the Chief registrar
of the Judiciary, as she was the ac-
counting ofcer and administrator of
the Judiciary fund, the report said.
Ruto to defend seat in Governors
Council, claims Jubilee fghting him
and Secretary General (Ken Lusaka,
Bungoma). Other committee seats
will also be lled. Yesterday, Ruto, who
has claimed the Jubilee government
has been scheming to topple him for
his outspokenness, said he would de-
fend his seat.
I am going to defend my seat as I
believe I have served the council and
Kenyans well. Those who want to oust
me wont manage because Devolution
is not about individuals but for the
good of the nation, Ruto said.
He added: We are going to ght
for Devolution to make sure it succeed
and those who think they will roll back
the gains so far made will not succeed.
We have spent a year putting in place
the necessary mechanisms to make
Devolution work. Now governors have
to deliver. At the end of our term, Ke-
nyans will be with us.
Yesterday, Kidero said the incum-
bent performed well and would want
to continue with their agenda. It is a
regulation that we have elections ev-
ery year, and I am denitely defend-
ing my position, Kidero had told The
Standard earlier.
Last month, before the elections
were postponed, Lusaka had also con-
rmed to The Standard that he would
defend his position.
While the posts are open to com-
petitive elections, it is understood that
they are shared among the key coali-
tions through consensus so as to en-
sure equal representation.
Ruto was elected on Deputy Presi-
dent William Rutos United Republic
Partys (Jubilee) ticket. Former Prime
Minister Raila Odingas Orange Dem-
ocratic Movement (an afliate of Co-
alition for Reforms and Democracy)
sponsored Kidero while Lusaka was
elected on a New Ford Kenya ticket.
Todays elections will be on the
agenda during the Governors Annual
General Meeting in Naivasha. After
the elections, Governors will report-
edly hold another meeting with wom-
en Members of County Assemblies.
Observers are watching whether
By FAITH RONOH
Schools in Nairobis Eastleigh area
have registered a fairly low turnout
following the ongoing security opera-
tion in the region.
A spot check by The Standard re-
vealed that students have suffered the
brunt of the swoops, with some fail-
ing to turn up on the opening date.
According to students who spoke
to us at Maina wa Njigi Secondary
School, their friends failed to report
because they are victims of the opera-
tion, their parents having been either
deported or sent back to refugee
camps.
Most of our colleagues have not
reported because their parents ed
following the operation and they have
now been left with the responsibility
of taking care of their young ones,
said Hafsa Mohammed, a Form Three
student at the school.
Hafsa said other students have al-
so been arrested on several occasions,
and that this has as well contributed
to the low turnout.
The students now fear that their
performance might be affected in the
long run.
Geoffrey Omondi said some boys
from the school who are over 18 years
have been arrested on several occa-
sions for lack of necessary documen-
tation.
The schools principal Ms Zuhura
Rajab conrmed that being at the
heart of Eastleigh, students have oc-
casionally been arrested but released
after consequent follow-ups by the
management. She however main-
tained that students would continue
reporting as the week progresses.
One of the classes had registered
only 18 students out of the total 30
with 90 per cent of the population be-
ing of Somali origin.
By NGARI GICHUKI
Sudan President Omar Bashir has
offered to take part in the ongoing
South Sudan peace talks.
Speaking from Sudans State
House, Bashir said that having been
the overall President of united Sudan
for more than 20 years, he understood
the current situation in the Southern
Sudan well.
He called on all those involved in
South Sudans peace negotiations to
involve his government as he still con-
siders both the southern and the rest
of the Sudan as two governments for
the same people.
This comes after the Secretary
General of the Central Organisation of
Trade Unions (Cotu) Francis Atwoli
appealed to Bashir to use his long ex-
perience in the Sudanese political
leadership and join the Inter-Govern-
mental Authority and Development
and other leaders in the region to end
the conict.
Atwoli (pictured) noted that the
suffering the people of Southern Su-
dan were going through was totally
unacceptable and regrettable, hence
the need for an effective interven-
tion.
GAIN RESPECT
He is currently chairing the meet-
ing of the Trade Union Federation of
Eastern Africa in Khartoum that start-
ed on Monday.
The Cotu leader was accompanied
by his deputy secretary general and
MP for Kabete Constituency George
Muchai and other Cotu top ofcials.
Bashir reiterated his earlier call
that Africans must remain in control
of their minerals as well as natural re-
sources if they are to be respected.
He added that they must dictate
terms of their produce and exports
and promote inter-Africa trade, open
up our boundaries on the continent
and minimise internal conicts if
prosperity was to be realised.
Eastleigh
schools bear
brunt of swoops
Bashir bows to Atwoli appeal on S Sudan talks
Council of Governors Chairman Isaac
Ruto in Bomet yesterday. He vowed
to defend devolution despite attacks
from Jubilee coalition. [PHOTO: GILBERT
KIMUTAI/STANDARD]
another candidate will oppose Ruto,
who is widely expected to be elected
unopposed.
Ruto has had uneasy relations with
ruling coalition because he has been
critical of what he claims are the na-
tional Governments attempts to un-
dermine Devolution.
Jubilee sympathisers have accused
him of working against the ruling co-
alition. Majority Leader Aden Duale
sensationally accused him of working
with Raila to undermine the Govern-
ment.
Ruto, however, is said to enjoy the
support of his peers who view his ag-
gressiveness and courage to speak as
an asset especially as they ght shad-
ow wars.
Yesterday, Siaya Governor Cornell
Rasanga explained Ruto was a favou-
rite and would retain his chairman-
ship.
We have only one chairman. I
dont think there is any need to change
the current leadership and we have
not heard any other candidates, Ras-
anga added.
We have a strong chairman, he
has done a good job and he needs his
space to continue with it, Kisii Gov-
ernor James Ongwae said.
In earlier interviews, Governors Al-
ex Tolgos (Elgeyo-Marakwet) and
Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu) had
indicated that Ruto would retain the
chairmanship position unopposed.
He has played an important role
in the rst year and therefore replac-
ing him now, is out of question, stat-
ed Tolgos.
He added: As Governors, we are
honourable members and once we
settle on an individual, the deal is as
a good as done.
The Standard had established that
Ruto had indicated his intention to
withdraw his candidature but his col-
leagues urged him on.
Yesterday, Kakamega County Gov-
ernor Wycliffe Oparanya said he will
not contest any position. Kakamega
is big and therefore I would not want
to keep on travelling every now and
then in other engagements, said
Oparanya.
Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma
and Rasanga said they would resist at-
tempts by the national Government
to interfere with the elections.
Ranguma, however, said he will
not contest any seat but will defend
his chairmanship of the Health and
Biotechnology committee.
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DEVOLUTION WARS
County ward representatives
have a constitutional mandate
to check governors
Governors are facing
accusations of misusing public
resources with reports from
Controller of budget showing
rampant corruption
Last year, the county
leaders claimed the national
government was denying them
funds
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Kimaiyo sued
over contempt
of court in land
dispute case
By WILLIS OKETCH
Kencent Holdings Compa-
ny has moved to court seeking
orders to have Inspector of
Police David Kimaiyo jailed for
contempt of court.
The company, which owns
87 acres of land at Kwa Burlo in
Kisauni, Mombasa, wants Ki-
maiyo jailed for failing to evict
10,000 squatters on its farm
even after the court ordered
the police to do so.
We now want the Inspec-
tor General to be cited for
contempt of court after failing
to obey a court order which
was issued by the court, said
the company chairman Kamau
Kahiu Kamau.
In February, the High Court
in Mombasa issued fresh or-
ders to Kimaiyo and Mombasa
County Commissioner Nelson
Marwa to eject the squatters
from the disputed land after
earlier orders were ignored by
police.
EVICTION ORDERS
The rm had moved to
court to seek eviction orders
after the government failed to
honour a Sh1.7 billion demand
as compensation before they
allow the squatters to be settled
in the area.
Kamau said the company
decided to seek legal action
because Kimaiyo failed to act
after being served with a court
order compelling him to evict
the squatters.
According to an afdavit
Inspector General
is accused of
defying court
order to evict
10,000 squatters
on frms parcel
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 9 Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
signed by Kamau, the company
also sought orders to have
Marwa and Mombasa County
Secretary Hamisi Mwaguya
sent to civil jail for failing to
obey the orders.
The order to evict the squat-
ters was given by Court of Ap-
peal, which dismissed an ap-
plication by squatters who had
opposed the earlier order of
2006 in which the superior
court had ordered for their re-
moval.
Kamau accused State of-
cials of acting with impunity,
saying court orders were no
longer respected.
Two weeks ago, Marwa said
the Government will not im-
plement the court order be-
cause it could spark violence in
the place.
Last month, National Land
Commission Chairman Mo-
hamed Swazuri said his com-
mission had stopped further
negotiations for the purchase
of the Kwa Burlo, and the 930-
acre Waitiki parcel in Likoni
over lack of funds to purchase
them.
By MARTIN MUTUA
The process of beatication
of former Catholic Archbishop
Maurice Cardinal Otunga (pic-
tured) is on course and a com-
mittee behind it has now re-
ported a major headway.
But details cannot be di-
vulged at the moment.
According to Wikipedia,
beatication is a recognition
accorded by the Catholic
Church of a dead persons en-
trance into heaven and capac-
ity to intercede on behalf of
individuals who pray in his or
her name (intercession of
saints).
While a 2,700-page docu-
ment that contains Otungas
life and times has already been
submitted to the Vatican and is
being scrutinised by the rele-
vant department, the local
team has been pursuing the
next phase.
The vice-postulator for
Otungas canonisation, Brother
Reginald Cruz, told a fundrais-
ing dinner for the process that
his ofce was still waiting for a
verication of the reported
cases of cure, whose response
will clear whether a miracle
had been obtained through
Otungas intercession or not.
We as per now have quite
a number of reported cases of
cure, but what remains is
proven facts on the issue, and
more so by the medical doctors
linked to the reported cases,
added Brother Cruz.
Committee: Process to declare Otunga saint on course
WHAT FIRM WANTS
COURT TO DO
Kencent Holdings that
owns an 87-acre parcel in
Mombasas Kisauni area,
wants Kimaiyo jailed for
failing to evict 10,000
squatters on its farm
even after a court order
The frm had moved to
court to seek eviction
orders after the Govern-
ment failed to honour a
Sh1.7 billion demand as
payout before the squat-
ters are settled
The frm accused State
offcials of acting with
impunity, saying court
orders were no longer
respected
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By MOSES NJAGIH
Investigations into the controver-
sial request for payment of rms be-
hind Anglo Leasing contracts has
moved to parliamentary committees,
with the focus being on unmasking
the shadowy gures associated with
the two companies that sued for non-
payment.
The separate investigations by the
National Assemblys watchdog Public
Accounts Committee (PAC) and the
Senate Committee on Finance started
even as it emerged that Kenya was
incurring a further Sh264,708 daily as
interest on the awards given by Lon-
don courts for non-payment to the
two companies.
Yesterday, PAC member Omondi
Anyanga (Nyatike) revealed that the
push for the payments was a key
agenda in the committees meeting
today. We want to unmask those be-
hind these companies. They must
Team seeks to unmask
Anglo Leasing directors
House committee says
AG and CS must be
ready to name those
behind frms when
they appear before it
have directors who took the matter to
court and when we sit tomorrow (to-
day) these are the things we will be
seeking to unravel, disclosed An-
yanga.
The legislator said they would be
seeking to also know the fate of con-
tracts that had been given to other
companies. We want to be told why
only these two companies moved to
court. Could it be a ploy that once the
Government starts paying following
the court orders, then others move to
court for similar awards? he posed.
SEIZE PROPERTY
The MP cautioned: Some of us
know some faces associated with
these companies and we will unmask
them if we are denied information on
them. We should not protect schem-
ers plotting to eece this country.
The Senate Committee on Finance
was informed that as at the end of
February, Universal Satspace and First
Mercantile, the two companies that
had won cases against Kenya, were
claiming a combined sum of
Sh1,614,315,116.
According to documents tabled
before the committee from Treasury,
the interest in respect to First Mercan-
tile dues was meanwhile rising by
Sh121,518 daily, while that of Satspace
was growing by Sh143,190 every day.
The committee was also furnished
Children programme
The European Union Head of Delegation to Kenya Lodewijk Briet with children
at St Catherines Primary School, Nairobi after he launched a programme to
protect children against violence. The Sh180 million programme targets more
than 300,000 children in nine counties and will run for three years. [PHOTO:
MAXWELL AGWANDA/STANDARD]
with exchanges between Solicitor
General Njee Muturi and Treasury
Principal Secretary Dr Kamau Thugge
on a move by Mercantile to move to
seize the Kenya Mission property in
Switzerland for non-payment.
In the letter, Muturi urges Thugge
to expedite the resolution of the mat-
ter to avoid further loss.
We wish to inform you that the
Embassy of Switzerland has now
served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Nairobi with a notice of attachment
of the Kenya Government mission
property in Geneva for non-payment
of the judgement awarded amounting
to USD 10,561,008, states the letter
dated February 19.
Meanwhile, the committee chaired
by Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow
directed AG Githu Muigai and Trea-
sury CS Henry Rotich to appear before
it next Wednesday with details on the
two companies and the legal proce-
dure followed on the awards.
They must come prepared to tell
us who the directors of these compa-
nies are. They should not come telling
us that they would require to go back
and conduct a search, said Kakamega
Senator Boni Khalwale.
Kerrow said though the two were
to appear before the committee yes-
terday, Muigai had excused himself as
he was out in Botswana while Rotich
was said to be unwell.
UN special
Rapporteur
Chaloka Beyani
(left) with
UNHCR spokes-
man Emmanuel
Nyabera address
the Press on the
state of
Internally
Displaced
Persons in the
country
yesterday.
[PHOTO: TABITHA
OTWORI/
STANDARD]
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS / Page 11

We have
not seen
a system
that
profles
the
number
of IDPs. It
is also not
clear how
many
have been
resettled
By ABIGAEL SUM
More girls are dropping out of
school as cases of teenage pregnan-
cies continue to soar, the National
Gender and Equality Commission
(NGEC) chairperson Winfred Lichu-
ma has said.
She said preliminary ndings by
the commission revealed that most
cases of teenage pregnancy are never
documented yet they affect school go-
ing and out of school children aged
between eight and 17.
These girls are vulnerable and
must be protected. Child pregnancy
results in severe consequences for
both parents and child including psy-
cho-emotional disorders and health
complications which could lead to
death and social economic challeng-
es, she said.
She was speaking during the
launch of a public inquiry on child
pregnancy, which will take nine
months after which the ndings and
recommendations will be published.
If top Government leadership
does not acknowledge that this is a
problem, then it becomes a challenge
to come up with meaningful policies,
she said.
Lichuma cited several factors in-
cluding delement, cultural practices,
lack of sexual awareness and poverty
as having contributed to teenage
pregnancies. She said teenage preg-
nancy is the main driver of school
dropout, illegal and unsafe abortions,
early or underage marriages, and po-
lygamy as pregnant girls are married
as second or third wives. She said
there is need to equip children with
information on sexuality to prevent
them from engaging in risky sexual
experiments.
Body decries
rise of teenage
pregnancies
LSK loses bid to block payments
Lawyers body wanted
the High Court to issue
orders stopping the
release of Sh1.4b Anglo
Leasing payments
By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI
The Government can now process
payment of Sh1.4 billion to compa-
nies involved in the Anglo Leasing
scandal after a court yesterday de-
clined to issue temporary orders stop-
ping the release of any cash from Trea-
sury.
High Court Judge David Majanja
refused to issue temporary orders
sought by the Law Society of Kenya
(LSK) stopping payments to First Mer-
cantile Securities Corporation. LSK
wanted the court to halt the payments
until the petition it has lodged in
court is heard and determined.
However, Justice Majanja in a brief
ruling said LSK had not produced
convincing evidence or any form of
documentation to prove that any pay-
ment is about to be effected by the
Government.
The judge said the afdavit sworn
by LSK secretary Apollo Mboya only
attacks the judgment made by the
court in London ordering the Kenyan
Government to pay the money.
Furthermore, the court had to con-
sider that granting such orders would
interfere with the constitutional man-
date of the National Assembly to de-
liberate on issues of public interest.
Attorney General Githu Muigai told
the court to let Parliament decide the
payment of Sh1.4 billion to two com-
panies in the Anglo Leasing contracts.
The AG said the matter is now before
Parliament and the courts should not
interfere.
LAWYERS BODY
UNABLE TO PROVE CASE
LSK was seeking orders
stopping the Treasury and the
Attorney General from pay-
ing any money related to the
18 Ango Leasing type of con-
tracts
However, Justice David Ma-
janja in a brief ruling said LSK
had not produced convincing
evidence or any form of docu-
mentation to prove that any
payment is about to be effect-
ed by the Government
LSK said there is hard evi-
dence because the anti-cor-
ruption agency investigated
Lawyer James Mwamu (left), representing Law Society of Kenya, and Deputy
Solicitor General Muthoni Kimani leave the Milimani Law Courts yesterday.
LSK failed to block the payment of Sh1.4 billion to Anglo Leasing companies.
[PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]
Deputy Solicitor General Muthoni
Kimani urged Justice Majanja to re-
ject LSKs application. She argued that
there is no evidence to prove that the
contracts concerned were tainted
with corruption as claimed by LSK.
Innuendos and mere allegations
cannot be the basis to give conserva-
tory orders sought, said Ms Kimani,
adding that LSK had led mere sensa-
tional reports fuelled and propagated
for a particular agenda.
CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS
The right forum is for the Execu-
tive to be subjected to scrutiny before
Parliament. It is only after the out-
come of those discussions can action
be taken, she added.
Lawyer James Mwamu represent-
ing LSK told the court that there is
hard evidence because the anti-cor-
ruption agency conducted investiga-
tions and established that the two
companies to be paid do not exist.
LSK was seeking orders stopping
the Treasury and the Attorney Gener-
Change your approach on IDPs, Rapporteur advises State
By LONAH KIBET
Kenya needs to reconsider its ap-
proach in addressing the needs of the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to
achieve lasting solutions, the United
Nations Special Rapporteur has said.
The rapporteur on human rights of
IDPs Chaloka Beyani said there lacks
a clear-cut and holistic method that
identies the IDPs and proles them
and their needs.
We have not seen a harmonised
documentation system that proles
the number of IDPs. It is also not clear
how many have been compensated
and resettled, said Beyani, adding
that they had come across cases of
those who had been resettled yet they
opted to return to the camps after
some time.
NATURAL DISASTERS
He spoke yesterday at a press brief-
ing in a Nairobi hotel following a nine-
day visit to the country, where he
urged the Government to focus on
concerted development and peace
building action to achieve durable so-
lutions for IDPs.
Following his visit to various areas,
it was clear that there are several IDPs
still living in camps. Beyani identied
post-election violence, inter-commu-
nal clashes, evictions or natural disas-
ters as the major causes of internal
al from paying any money related to
the 18 Ango Leasing types of con-
tracts. The lawyers body is also seek-
ing an order compelling Treasury
Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and
the AG to produce evidence of any
payments made so far within seven
days. LSK has faulted a judgment
against the Government issued by a
court in London in favour of First
Mercantile Securities Corporation
and Universal Satspace.
displacement in the country.
While welcoming commitments
and efforts by the Government to re-
settle the displaced, he said lack of se-
cure land tenure, children being out
of school, no access to health servic-
es, lack of livelihood opportunities
and discrimination remain an obsta-
cle to lasting solutions.
He urged the Government to in-
volve those affected in decision-mak-
ing to help them devise working con-
cepts and achieve desired results.
The end of displacement cannot
be determined by a political decision
but by reality. And durable solutions
are only achieved once IDPs can en-
joy their human rights without dis-
crimination, he said, adding that the
UN has bilateral agreements with the
Government and will advise it on the
best approach to address the issue.
In his earlier visit in 2011, he had
urged the Government to develop ac-
curate, efcient and desegregated da-
ta collection and database and regis-
tration systems which are
comprehensive and inclusive of all
categories of IDPs. In his report re-
leased in 2012 he recommended that
the country adopts a comprehensive
national strategy based on four-
pronged programme and a human
rights-based approach.
Help us nail errant bosses,
junior police offcers urged
lic about the forthcoming police vet-
ting exercise.
The NPSC chairman said over
1,080 ofcers in the ranks of Senior
Superintendents and Superinten-
dents are targeted for the forthcoming
exercise. Kavuludi met 109 ofcers in
these ranks at the Kisumu County
Governors conference room yester-
day.
He restated that both police of-
cers and the public were free to sub-
mit information and grievances
against the ofcers to be vetted.
He said the same would help the
commission conduct a thorough vet-
ting exercise and go a long way in en-
By DOMNICK MITIRO
The National Police Service Com-
mission (NPSC) has encouraged ju-
nior police ofcers to give informa-
tion on their seniors who will be
vetted from next week.
NPSC chairperson Johnston Kavu-
ludi told journalists yesterday that
there have been claims that junior of-
cers were afraid to give incriminat-
ing information about their bosses.
I understand there have been
fears among junior police ofcers
about giving sensitive information
against their seniors in the force, said
Kavuludi.
He said such information can be
given to the commission in con-
dence or under oath.
Kavuludi explained that unless
when using information given under
oath, the commission does not reveal
names of sources of vital information.
Information can be given to the com-
mission with identities or anony-
mously but unless such information
is given under oath, we as a commis-
sion will not reveal identities of the
sources, he said.
Kavuludi who was touring Nyanza
to sensitise both the police and pub-
National Police Service Commission Chairman Johnston Kavuludi (right) with
an ofcial assess police houses in Kisumu on Tuesday. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STAN-
DARD]
President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks in one of the meetings during
the World Economic Forum conference in Nigeria. [PHOTO: PSCU]
NPSC asks offcers
to provide vetting
body with any useful
information that can
help clean up the force
By KAMAU MUTHONI
The Ministry of Labour has de-
fended the transfer of the Registrar of
Trade Unions arguing that transfers
are a standard practice in all Govern-
ment ofces.
Principal Secretary (PS) for Labour
and Social Services Ali Noor Ismail
told the Industrial Court that the of-
ce of the Registrar of Trade Unions is
independent and distinguishable
from individuals.
The PS said this in a response to
the suit by William Langat who ac-
cused Solicitor General Njee Muturi
and Labour Minister Kazungu Kambi
of illegally removing him from ofce.
The ofce of the Registrar of
Trade unions is a public ofce and like
any other ofce, it cannot be consid-
ered to be a preserve of any individu-
al or a specic employee because of-
ces have perpetual succession, Mr
Noor told Justice Monicah Mbaru.
He added: To my own knowledge
there is no breach of fundamental
rights of William Langat in any es-
sence he remains a state counsel in
the employment of the Government
of Kenya and has just been deployed
to a different ministry, he added.
Langat through his lawyer Jack
Oronga, says that the whole of trade
union industry is likely to suffer prej-
udice if illegal actions of Kambi and
Muturi are allowed to thrive and have
Elizabeth Nyambura as the head of
the trade unions registration body.
The removal and appointment
has been unilateral, a usurpation of
the powers of the Public Service Com-
mission who have the sole mandate
of doing the same and the process is
likely to be politicised, Langat says.
He argues that any appointment
should be done through public par-
ticipation and that his removal from
ofce was without basis as he was not
found with any fault.
The ofce of the Registrar of
Trade Unions is likely to be occupied
by an ofcer contrary to the law and
the Constitution thereby furthering
an illegality, says Langat.
By JAMES MWANGI
A ve-member committee formed
by the Nairobi County Assembly last
month to investigate ousted Transport
and Public Works Executive Evans
Ondieki has started its work.
The committee chaired by Nyayo
Highrise representative Maurice Akuk
embarked on the assignment yester-
day by summoning the ousted execu-
tive ofcer. Ngara Member of County
Assembly Chege Mwaura also ap-
peared before the committee to table
evidence on the claims.
The committee held a meeting at a
city hotel that Ondieki attended in the
company of eight lawyers.
Ondieki was dismissed from ofce
through a motion of removal tabled by
Mwaura and sanctioned by the coun-
ty assembly on April 29. He was re-
moved over allegations of gross mis-
conduct, incompetence and failure to
handle the members of the county as-
sembly with decorum.
Mwaura and the committee had a
hard time with the lawyers disputing
the evidence the Ngara representative
tabled.
The lawyers also faulted the coun-
ty assembly saying it was unlawful to
pass a resolution in the House to oust
Ondieki then proceed to form a com-
mittee to investigate him.
The MCAs, however, insisted that
the process was in accordance with
Section 42 of the County Government
Act 2012 and Standing order 62 (1) and
(2) of the County Assembly.
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Sec-
retary Amina Mohamed has
said that Kenya and Nigeria
will co-operate and enhance
their efforts to eradicate terror-
ism and extremism in the two
countries.
Noting that good gover-
nance, peace and security were
essential ingredients for sus-
tainable development, the For-
eign Affairs Cabinet Secretary
said the two countries will
work together in resolving con-
icts in the continent.
I wish to acknowledge the
great challenges and equally
great efforts made by both
countries towards the im-
provement of the security situ-
ation in our respective coun-
tries and regions, the Cabinet
Secretary said.
She was speaking in Abuja,
Nigeria, when she opened a
business forum that brought
together leading Kenyan and
Nigerian businesspeople to ex-
PS defends
transfer of
registrar
Ondieki probe
team now
begins work
Kenya seeks to boost security, trade ties with Nigeria
suring a reformed police force that
can be trusted by the public.
The police as well as members of
the public among other bodies can
freely share with us such information
that will ensure our police force is
completely reformed and is able to
gain public trust under such dynamic
security issues our country has expe-
rienced in the recent times, said Ka-
vuludi.
He also pledged to help police of-
cers get decent housing. NPSC has
proposed to the Government mea-
sures to upgrade the ofcers working
conditions, starting with the provi-
sion of descent housing, he said.
plore ways of deepening their
co-operation.
The Cabinet Secretary
pointed out that the volume of
trade between Kenya and Ni-
geria was unacceptably low
and called on businesspeople
to take advantage of the huge
trade and investment potential
that remain untapped in the
two countries.
This is part of the reason
why fora like these are critical,.
They help to increase our com-
mercial interaction, enrich our
synergies at the practical level
of actual doing business and
great access into each others
markets, she said.
Amb Mohamed said it was
Kenyas desire to sign and im-
plement instruments that are
necessary to support growth of
commercial interactions be-
tween the business communi-
ties of the two countries.
These include Avoidance
of Double Taxation Agreement,
Bilateral Trade Agreement, and
Investment Protection Agree-
ment among others, she
said.
She noted that the chal-
lenges of achieving rapid eco-
nomic growth, poverty reduc-
tion and improving peoples
lives required a vibrant private
sector that takes into account
inclusive growth, job creation
and access to critical goods
and basic services, and sup-
port government.
PSCU
APOLOGY/CORRECTION
On Monday April 28, we ran a
story on page 19 headlined, Chirch-
ir calls Geothermal Development
Company board meeting to probe
scam. In the story, we inadvertently
referred to the GDC board chairman
Simon Gicharu as Dr whereas he
is not. We would like to take this ear-
ly opportunity to apologise to Mr
Gicharu for any inconvenience that
the title may have caused him at
both personal and professional lev-
el.
NPSC has proposed to
the Government measures
to upgrade the offcers
working conditions,
starting with the provision
of descent housing
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e purchase insurance to protect
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WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
C
abinet Secretary Charity Ngilu once promised
the public a revamped and responsive
Ministry of Lands. She pledged that the
habitual loss of title deeds and other documents would
soon cease as the processing of these materials would
be digitised and automated.
The public looked on with a jaundiced eye. Hadnt
they heard this before?
Their fears were confirmed when never-ending
wrangles between Mrs Ngilu and the chairman of the
National Land Commission, Dr Mohammed Swazuri,
began to be played out in public over the separation
and execution of their duties. So it was with a mea-
sure of smugness that the minister shut down the
ministry headquarters this week to pave way for an
audit and automation of record-keeping and title deed
issuances. Finally there was something positive coming
out of Ardhi House. Today is the fourth day of the
ten-day freeze on operations at the ministry, and the
public can only hope for the best. Public confidence in
the ministry has been dwindling over the years as a
result of rampant corruption and a laissez-faire
attitude that prolonged the processing of land titles.
It is hoped that the automated processes will
increase efficiency, cut costs and minimise malfea-
sance in this key ministry. Ngilu estimates that up to a
million title deeds will be processed in a year. That is a
big number.
Once fully operational, the processing centre will
also enhance government revenue collection from land
transactions and rent. And apart from hastening the
issuance of deeds to a period within seven days, the
digitised system will also safely store valuable informa-
tion relating to land ownership, minimising squabbles
that could have otherwise been avoided if the records
were up-to-date.
It is hoped that the Cabinet Secretary will roll out
this programme across the counties in the spirit of
taking services closer to the people. This way, Ngilu
and Swazuri will have less to fight over.
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K
enyan parliamentarians insatia-
ble thirst for money is asserting
itself once more with a concerted
push to have their allowances increased by
nearly Sh1 billion from the current
allocation of Sh3.19 billion in the
2013/2014 financial year to Sh4.12 billion
in the coming year.
This unfortunate push for more money
is coming at a time when a heavy wage bill
is weighing heavily on the countrys
struggling economy. The gravity of the
matter was exemplified when members of
the Executive announced that they would
take an unsolicited salary cut of between
10 and 20 per cent. This is something that
other patriotic leaders would have
emulated with less prompting.
Sadly, our MPs have never been known
to harbour such altruistic tendencies.
Their nonchalant attitude towards the
economy is simply mind-boggling. It is
wishful thinking to imagine that the
legislators will be persuaded by the dire
situation that those who elected them
confront each day; not even the hundreds
of thousands of children who die before
their fifth birthday from malaria and other
preventable diseases or mothers who die
during labour for lack of maternity
services. Or even the many more who will
sleep hungry tonight for lack of food, as
others who cannot afford healthy and safe
alcoholic beverages imbibe poison and go
blind or worse, die. It is sad that in this
same country, many students are sent
away from school for lack of school fees
even as more educated youths go without
jobs because MPs have not formulated
progressive policies to generate national
wealth.
Anyone who loves Kenya will readily
take great exception to this obsession
with money and power.
The average Kenyan MP seemingly
spends less time thinking about wealth
creation and more on personal gain. It was
because of their failure to minimise the
urge to dip their hands into the national
till that the drafters of the new Constitu-
tion thought of taking away the role of
adjusting MPs pay from the lawmakers.
But no sooner had the current Parlia-
ment started its work than its legislators
devised new ways of beating the system.
They quickly revoked a Kenya Gazette
Notice by the Salaries and Remuneration
Commission thereby giving themselves
more freedom to determine their own pay.
They went as far as distancing themselves
from the list State Officers as recognised in
the Constitution. The Salaries and Remu-
neration Commission has had a rough
time with a Parliament that has refused to
give it support, choosing instead to vilify it
and threatening to disband it every now
and then. A recent survey conducted by
the Salaries and Remuneration Commis-
sion countrywide confirms that most
Kenyans strongly support the elimination
of all the allowances that are paid to civil
servants, insisting that only salaries
should be paid.
Members of Parliament are paid far too
many allowances. From huge car grants,
mortgages, subsidised fuel, monthly
mileage allowance, sitting allowance,
imprest, insurance cover worth Sh10
million, medical cover, entertainment
allowance, free office space at Continental
House to a very relaxed work schedule,
MPs have no business demanding any-
thing more.
Instead of agitating for more pay and
allowances, the MPs should borrow a leaf
from the President, his deputy and
Cabinet Secretaries who voluntarily took
pay cuts.
Lesson of a botched execution
It sounds like a very bad joke: Oklahoma
prison staff were unsuccessful in trying to
carry out an execution last week, but the
condemned man died. Capital punishment in
America, which has produced many cautionary
moments, this time produced a gruesome,
shocking farce. Clayton Lockett was a
despicable person. When 19-year-old Stephanie
Nieman resisted his effort to steal her truck,
Lockett and two other men beat her, covered
her mouth with duct tape, sexually assaulted
her and forced her to dig her own grave.
Lockett then shot her twice and buried her
alive. Even though he deserved no sympathy,
its hard not to feel soiled by the specter of the
state horribly mangling his execution.
Monica Lewinsky does Hillary Clinton a
big favour
Monica Lewinsky may not have intended it
this way, but she just did Hillary Clinton a big
favor. Lewinsky could be forgiven, of course,
if she did not mean to join Team Hillary. She
is the forgotten, tragic roadkill of the affair.
Bill Clinton paid the price of public humiliation
and House impeachment, but he moved on,
concluding what is remembered as a successful
(if tarnished) presidency and a post-presidency
at least as successful. Hillary Clinton, humiliated
in her own way, emerged seemingly stronger.
Her marriage endured; she became senator and
secretary of state. Having put cracks in the glass
ceiling, she is poised to break it, should she
choose, in 2016.
Rewriting the First Amendment
A standard liberal talking point about the
Tea Party is that its constitutional designs are
extremist. But you will search in vain for any
Tea Party proposal that is anywhere close to
as radical as the current drive by mainstream
Democrats to rewrite the Bill of Rights. The
Supreme Courts Citizens United decision
allowing unions and corporations to donate to
independent political groups has driven liberals
to such ts that they now want to amend the
First Amendment. At a Senate Rules Committee
meeting last week, New York Democrat Chuck
Schumer announced a proposal to amend the
Constitution to empower government to regulate
political speech.

Palaver
Politicians never cease to
amaze. Less than a month
ago, senators and governors
would have slugged it out if
they were locked in a room
somewhere. Now, the MCAs
greed has tipped the balance.
The two are getting cozy
with Senate minority leader,
Moses Wetangula and a group
of MPs vowing to defend the
governors. In reciprocation,
the chairman of the Council
of Governors, Isaac Ruto,
demanded that the powers
of the Senate be enhanced.
Truly, there are no permanent
enemies in politics; the sur-
vival instinct is too great.
Mary Wambui, the Othaya
MP, is one lady who has been
besieged for far too long. But
the Supreme Court came to her
rescue and reinstated her to the
seat after the Court of Appeal
had nullied her election as MP
and called for fresh elections.
Rest easy maam, those of the
faith say what God has ordained
no man can undo. And to the
Supreme Court, bravo! You
saved the country some good
millions and stopped noses from
getting bloodied in Kikuyu.
Ahmednasir Abdullahi,
the Grand Mullah, is at it
again. And the
unfortunate
guy is none
other than the
Deputy Presi-
dent, William
Ruto. On
crimes against
humanity, the lawyer twitted
that the DP ought to rst
remove the log in his own
eye before attempting to
remove the speck in someone
elses eye. While addressing
the media, the DP seemed
to chastise the Judiciary for
releasing terror suspects on
bond. The DP is facing crimes
against humanity cases at In-
ternational Criminal Court at
The Hague and attends court
sessions when needed.
And nally...
With the advent of alcoblow,
it is never smart to get behind
the wheel of a vehicle when
youve been drinking over the
legal limit. But what about when
youre behind the wheel of a
vehicle that is not running, with
no keys in the ignition? Short
answer: its still not a good idea.
As reported by the Wairarapa
Times-Age, New Zealander
Harris James Davis was throw-
ing a house party and ran into
some vehicular problems. A
car, belonging to a guest that
left with the keys, was blocking
the driveway. Davis was over
the legal alcohol limit to drive,
but with the help of two other
guys pushing the car, steered
the vehicle two to three metres
away. Police apparently saw this
and arrested Davis.
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OPINION / Page 15
China-Kenya ties set for new voyage
LIU XIANFA}
ECONOMY
am so moved and motivated that
I endeavour to further promote
cultural and people to people ex-
changes between the two coun-
tries.
Currently, the Chinese govern-
ment and people are committed
to realising the dream of the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese na-
tion, and the Kenyan government
and people are working hard to-
wards achieving the Vision 2030
development blueprint.
The Chinese dream and Ke-
nyan dream are closely intercon-
nected and we are willing to join
hands with our Kenyan brothers
and sisters to fulll our dreams
under the guidelines for the devel-
opment of China-Africa relations
in the new situation, namely sin-
cerity, real results, afnity and
good faith.
PEACEFUL LION
Now China, the lion has awak-
ened, but it is a peaceful, amicable
and civilized lion, President Xi Jin-
ping said recently.
Kenya the lion, as well strong,
but gentle, is also on the rise. The
two lions have decided to march
side by side and make bigger roars
and quicker paces together.
BETTER TIMES
China-Kenya ties are set for a
new voyage along the footprints of
Zheng He and heading for greater
and better times.
Li Keqiangs visit to Kenya is
timed right on the occasion and
will denitely be a great success.
Lets make joint efforts to bring
more benets to both peoples and
contribute to a stable and pros-
perous world.
Mr Liu is Chinas ambassador to
Kenya
A
t the invitation of Presi-
dent Uhuru Kenyatta,
the Chinese Premier Li
Keqiang will pay an ofcial visit to
Kenya from this Friday.
Besides Kenya, Premier Li Keq-
iang will also visit Ethiopia the
headquarters of the African Union,
Nigeria and Angola.
This visit bears great signi-
cance for both China-Kenya and
China-Africa relations, which can
be regarded as one of cooperation
and solidarity on the basis of past
traditions.
NEW CHAPTER
Fifty years ago, the late Chinese
Premier Zhou Enlai visited 10 Af-
rican countries and put forward
the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-
existence and the Eight Principles
of Foreign Aid, mapping out the
guidelines of Chinas policy to-
wards other developing countries,
Africa included, and opening a
whole new chapter of China-Afri-
ca relations.
The past ve decades have wit-
nessed China-African friendship
handed down from generation to
generation.
China and Africa have been
rmly standing together through
storms and stress, and sincerely
supporting each other no matter
how the international climate
changes.
FIRST VISIT
This visit is of great importance
and signicance, as it will be Li
Keqiangs rst ever visit to Africa,
as well as the rst visit to Kenya by
a Chinese premier in over a de-
cade.
I am fully condent that this
visit marks one of the most histor-
ic events for China-Kenya rela-
tions which will surely further
strengthen China-Kenya political
mutual trust and upgrade the
pragmatic cooperation in eco-
nomic and cultural exchanges be-
tween the two countries.
Though geographically far
apart, China and Kenya are well
connected, politically, economi-
cally, culturally and technological-
ly. Friendship and cooperation be-
tween China and Kenya have won
wide praise from the people of the
two countries.
BEAUTIFUL LEGENDS
Kenya is one of the coastal
countries of the Maritime Silk
Road. More than 600 years ago,
Chinese navigator Zheng He, vis-
ited Kenya four times during his
seven voyages to the western
oceans with many beautiful leg-
ends passed down. In the past 50
years since China and Kenya es-
tablished diplomatic ties, the two
countries have enjoyed numerous
great and fruitful achievements,
on the basis of equality and mutu-
al trust.
Last August, President Kenyat-
ta chose China as the destination
of his rst state visit to foreign
countries. The Chinese President
Xi Jinping and Kenyatta decided to
establish China-Kenya compre-
hensive cooperative partnership
of equality and mutual trust.
ESCORT MISSIONS
Last December, China and Ke-
nya celebrated the 50th anniver-
sary of diplomatic ties.
Early this year, the Chinese na-
vy escort eet visited Mombasa,
the rst to Kenya since China
started its escort missions in So-
mali waters at the end of 2008.
Kenya for the rst time has its
own underwater archaeologists
through a joint excavation project
with China. The two countries
have also kept close coordination
in international and regional af-
fairs and supported each other on
major issues.
As Chinese Ambassador to Ke-
nya, I am so proud that China-Ke-
nya economic cooperation and
trade also attained a much higher
level last year.
The bilateral trade volume
reached $3.27 billion and the con-
tracted direct investment from
China to Kenya reached $537 Mil-
lion. China is the largest source of
foreign direct investment to Kenya
and its second largest trade part-
ner.
Numerous infrastructure proj-
ects undertaken by Chinese com-
panies have improved the living
standards of Kenyans and local
people have beneted from the
on-site technical training offered
by Chinese companies.
The people-to-people ex-
changes have also been ourish-
ing. We have three Confucius In-
stitutes in Kenya and the fourth
one is on the way.
DEEP FRIENDSHIP
Four major Chinese media
houses have established their Af-
rican headquarters in Nairobi.
China Central Television (CCTV)
broadcasts their African news
worldwide every day. Each year,
Chinese government provides
over 500 scholarships and training
opportunities to Kenya.
Though being in Kenya for
merely three months, I have al-
ready felt the sincere and deep
friendship between the two peo-
ples. I have heard lots of touching
stories between ordinary Chinese
and Kenyan people. When I walk
down the street.
I always hear some Chinese
words as Nihao (Jambo), Xiexie
(Asante) from Kenyan friends. I
I am fully
condent
that this
visit marks
one of the
most historic
events for
China-Kenya
relations
F
ollowing media reports that
at least 60 people died in Em-
bu, Kiambu , Makueni , Kitui
and Muranga within the last 48 hours
after consuming illicit alcohol, it is
necessary for the country to think crit-
ically about what we are missing in our
efforts to curb these unnecessary
deaths.
Despite the introduction of the Al-
coholic Drinks Control Act in 2010 that
prescribes punitive punishment for
anyone found brewing or selling illicit
drinks, as well as the county govern-
ments crackdowns on major illicit
brewers dens, there are still alarming
reports of deaths from illicit drinks.
As part of efforts to mitigate the
hazardous effects of illicit alcohol that
were at an all-time high in 2000, Kenya
Breweries Limited saw the opportuni-
ty to offer the market safer and more
affordable alternative, blending busi-
ness benet with social good.
It launched Senator Keg in 2004.
The move was seen as key in provid-
ing low income alcohol consumers
with an affordable and hygienic beer
that would not put their health and
lives at risk.
Many had already lost their lives to
illicit brews that were often bought
and consumed in dens that were often
contaminated with methanol, battery
acid, formaldehyde and even fertiliz-
ers, and other unknown substances
for greater potency.
The government acknowledged
Senators role in curbing illicit alcohol,
by offering a 35 per cent excise tax re-
mission on the keg, later increasing it
to a 100 per cent remission.
In 2013, owing to revenue pressure
against the backdrop of a signicantly
increased public wage bill, the Gov-
ernment revised the decision and in-
troduced 50 a per cent excise duty on
keg beers, rendering the previously
low-priced Senator out of reach for
most of its targeted low-end consum-
ers. The National Authority for the
Campaign Against Drug and Alcohol
Abuse (Nacada) objected to this and
sided with the industry and the low-
end alcohol consumer, calling on the
Government to review the tax regime.
Nacada noted that the resultant price
increase had seen consumers return
to illicit brews.
It is imperative for us to realise that
the ght against illicit brews can only
be successfully won by ensuring the
low-end alcohol consumer, who is
price sensitive and has little dispos-
able income to spend on alcohol pro-
vided with quality and affordable
choices.
People will continually exercise
their right to drink what they want de-
spite knowing that illicit drinks have a
negative impact on their health and
often leads to death.
We also see that illicit drink brew-
ers will continue to exploit the ready
market of the low-income earners and
unless there is a suitable solution,
these fatalities may become a painful
trend.
Tax is necessary and even bene-
cial to a country.
However, just like sound regula-
tion, taxation must take into account
what is good for Government, for busi-
ness and for the consumers of taxed
goods. To tax low-priced alcohol out of
reach is to drive consumers into the il-
licit market placing them at grave
risk.
The private sector is offering alter-
natives and solutions in the ght
against illicit alcohol we need the
government to help us keep those al-
ternatives and solutions accessible to
low-income earners who are at the
greatest risk of harm and death from
consuming illicit alcohol.
Eric Kiniti is Corporate Relations Direc-
tor, KBL
ERIC KINITI}
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We should stop stereotypes and
unite against common enemy
Equality is about a feel of being the
same. In equality, there is no a rich or
poor person. We are all the same, loyal
citizens. Equity on the hand refers to
being just, fair or impartial. In a country,
equity is about proportionality between
different ethnic groups, whether majority
or minority. The balanced way of treating
different groups within a country reckons
to its equity. The big question is Somali
a tribe in Kenya? The issue of equity
and equality must now be addressed
in public to educate Kenyans citizens
that every tribe in Kenya is equal and
we should not put the minority aside
by associating them with any vice. Hate
and imbalances are the main issues
pulling the country apart and as a result
creating higher chances of terrorism.
We as Kenyans should come together
and support each other because unity is
strength. We should unite and tear apart
efforts of terrorism in our country. The
Government should change its standards
of operation so as to move forward and
make this country a peaceful place to
live. - Halima Faith Sashah.
The right thing is to make
university education free
Plans by the Commission for University
Education to raise fees for regular
students is retrogressive and will
disadvantage thousands of students.
Majority of these regular students come
from poor families and are already facing
a myriad of challenges. Increasing the
fees will deny many the opportunity
to higher learning. The Government
should instead look for ways of making
university education free as it used to be.
Philip Mbindyo
There is no bank for teachers to
smile all the way to
Newspaper headlines are screaming
that teachers will be smiling all the way
to the bank after a measly increment of
Sh1,500 every month. Other government
departments have vehicles and are
fueled by the taxpayers. Teachers are the
most demoralised and underpaid civil
servants. We should not expect too much
from them. Daniel Langat
State should use legal devices to
detain terror suspects
The Chief of Defence Forces and the
President can issue an Executive
Order for detaining Prisoners of War
and/or Illegal Combatants, including
prisoners released from custody for
lack of evidence. A POW/Illegal captive
combatant Detention Camp should come
up in Kenya if Al-Shabaab continues
its campaign. The State should use all
devices at its disposal. Nyagudi Musandu
As China premier visits, who
is the main beneciary?
The Chinese premiers impend-
ing visit is the new craze in town.
Prime Minister Li Keqiang will be
arriving in Kenya to strengthen po-
litical ties in a move seen as a reply
to President Kenyattas visit to Bei-
jing in August last year.
Mr Keqiang is on a visit to the
African continent that will see him
visit Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and
Angola. But Chinese Ambassador
to Kenya Liu Xianfa maintains that
the Chinese premiers visit is all
about China.
According to analysts, the Chi-
nese leaders visit to Kenya, Nigeria
and Angola is strategic as a move to
tap oil from the said states in new
trade agreements.
This begs the question: Who
benets from Chinas bilateral trade
pacts with Africa? What is Kenya
getting from trade agreements with
China?
A keen look at the economic im-
pact of the bilateral trade with Chi-
na will help here. In 2002 for in-
stance, bilateral trade between
Kenya and China amounted to
$186.37 million; China exported
$180.576 to Kenya while only im-
porting$ 5.798 million of Kenyan
goods, mainly black tea, coffee, and
leather, a $174.778 million trade
decit.
In 2006, Chinese President Hu
Jintao signed an oil exploration
contract with Kenya that allowed
Chinas state-controlled offshore
Oil and Gas Company CNOOC Ltd
to prospect in Kenya. And In 2007,
the Jinchuan Group, a state -owned
metal manufacturing group, be-
came the rst Chinese company to
enter Kenyas mining sector by pur-
chasing 20 per cent stake in Tiomin
Kenya.
Since then many Chinese com-
panies have set base in Kenya.
Nonetheless, how many Kenyan
companies are doing business in
China?
Up to 2013, more than 65 Chi-
nese development nance projects
have been started in the country.
These projects range from a $108
million grant from the Chinese gov-
ernment to build the North and
East Ring Road sections in Nairobi
to a concessional to nance the
construction of The Kenyatta Uni-
versity Teaching, Research and Re-
ferral Hospital project in 2011.
According to a 2008 report by
the Centre for Business Informa-
tion in Kenya (CBIK) - Export Pro-
motion Council, China exported
$16.901 billion worth of goods to
Kenya while importing $524.863
million worth of goods from Kenya,
accounting to $16.38 billion bal-
ance of trade.
Its clear that China is the major
beneciary of trade pacts with Ke-
nya. Its public knowledge that Chi-
na is using Africa nations to make
money. The balance of trade is mas-
sive, showing that what African
states are getting from trading with
China is negligible.
Early this year, China overtook
France as the second highest lend-
er to Kenya after Japan.
With Keqiang visiting Kenya this
weekend, expect Kenya and China
to sign new trade agreements.
Whether Kenya will emerge as
the ultimate winner remains to be
seen.
{Alex Mounde, Nyansiongo}
Page 16 / READERS DIALOGUE Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
It is insensitive to raise university fees
The latest move by the Ministry
of Education to increase fees paid
in public universities is one that
lacks justiable alibi.
Kenya has more goals in sight
with regards to education, and to
realise these objectives, the author-
ities need to think twice before
slapping the students with new g-
ures.
To achieve the Millennium De-
velopment Goals, our education
system should not be discrimina-
tive. It should not focus on the
elites that are nancially stable
while casting the average Kenyans
at the periphery.
We purport to be pursuing Vi-
sion 2030, which encompasses the
projection of education being af-
fordable for all. One wonders
whether doubling the university
fees is in coherence with the road-
map towards achieving this mas-
sive dream.
Recently, the Government failed
to push the university vice chancel-
lors to the wall after allegedly mis-
appropriating the funds that were
meant to pay staffs and lecturers.
The Cabinet Secretary for Edu-
cation, Prof Jacob Kaimenyi, should
understand that by increasing the
fees, the ministry is actually engag-
ing in a suspicious project, so un-
justiable that it remains an antith-
esis to the expectations of many
Kenyans.
The Government should ac-
knowledge with the greatest ounce
that it is impossible to pursue Mil-
lennium Development Goals in ed-
ucation and Vision 2030, and at the
same time tightening the noose on
the parents, guardians and other
sponsors paying such fees by rais-
ing them.
To limit the ever expanding gap
between the poor and the rich, the
university payments should not be
raised.
This will give the less fortunate
a chance in life.
{Japheth Ogila, Kisumu}
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Feedback
President should stop
tours, start leading
Since his swearing in as the
fourth president of Kenya, Uhuru
Kenyatta has been very busy on
the diplomatic path looking for
aid and investors yet these trips
are yet to bear tangible fruits as
promises have gone unfullled.
Perhaps the numerous trips
were initially meant to pour
cold water on the mud slung on
the candidate president and his
then running mate that their
movement would be curtailed by
the cases pending at The Hague.
Kenyans are now eagerly waiting
for the billions of shillings worth
of investments promised by the
likes of Nigerian tycoon Alico
Dangote. I deliberately mention
Mr Dangote because on a trip
where he was in President
Jonathans delegation to Kenya
he promised to invest some
Sh400 million in Kenyan cement
industry and specically said
that that was not for the future
but immediately. This was
all on national television and
everyone seemed so excited
at the prospect of the kind of
competition this would cause
for the companies currently
operating in the country.
These foreign trips may be part
of the Presidents job description
but there could be other areas
that need his urgent attention
like security and poaching.
Who would want to invest in
country where terrorists are
forever roaming the streets and
hurling grenades all over yet all
the police can do is to boast of
how many other attempts are
thwarted?
We rst have to put our house
in order before we go looking
for investors to take to the next
level.
It is time for the President to
show leadership.
{Titus N. Pala, Kisumu}
Do not punish chiefs
for brew deaths
I am perturbed by the blasphe-
mous roadside proclamation by a
county commissioner to send home
a chief and his assistant.
The sin, failing to tame alcoholic
mania! I nd it rather tyrannical,
ironical and incandescent lack of de-
corum and more so display of robed
egalitarianism.
We did not vote for selective con-
stitutional dispensation.
Our constitution does not protect
the elites and humiliate the lower
cadres.
If the Provincial Administration
failed to protect lives of those who
perished in drinking spree, dont
hang the chiefs and their assistants.
Let the whole chain of national ad-
ministration take equal responsibili-
ty. Fire the chief, re the minister.
We are the agents of our very own
destiny and when we choose to grap-
ple in darkness in broad day light, an
innocent chief or his assistant should
not be denied the basic rights by clos-
ing the little window of opportunity;
the payslip.
{Nickson O. Magak, Kisumu}
Someone has to pay
for killer drinks
People take beer for one simple
reason, they want to be drunk.
And it is fun to be drunk. You can
abuse your friends or perceived ene-
mies and give the excuse that you
were drunk.
Beer has a fascinating history. Ev-
ery society, even the most primitive,
knew how to brew alcohol. And each
society had elaborate ceremonies ac-
companying beer taking.
Among the Nandis, people used
pipes to take beer from the same
pot, ensuring no one would poison
others. In Central Kenya, a horn was
passed round and everyone tasted it,
before real beer taking started. Today,
all these elaborate ceremonies are
gone. But the brew is still there. We
have a less restrained society, where
everyone can buy beer, and take it.
We still see taking beer as a sign of
being a man, being tough. And get-
ting drunk as cheaply and as soon as
possible seen as heroic.
However, at no time was beer seen
as a death trap. But in the recent past,
many people have died and sight lost
because of beer.
The lives that have been lost in
Embu as a result of illicit brews re-
mind us of the erce urgency of the
moment to curb our peculiar habits
The issue of illicit brew is close to
that of illicit sex, and the associated
problem of Aids and pregnancy. .
One reason both practices thrive
is because of conventional wisdom.
Both activities are seen as status sym-
bols.
If we can take people to court for
abuse of ofce, we need some people
taken to court for abetting death
through alcoholic drinks laced with
poison
{Mukurima Muriuki, Baricho}
BY CYRUS OMBATI
and FRED MAKANA

Four suspects have been arrested
in connection with Sundays explo-
sion along the Thika super highway
on last Sunday.
Nairobi County Commander Ben-
son Kibue said the four suspects will
be arraigned in court to face charges
of terrorism.
We are holding four suspects in
custody who have been positively
identied in connection with the two
blasts along the super highway. They
will appear in court anytime once in-
vestigations are complete, Mr Kibue
said.
He also said police will continue to
take stern action against matatu crew
who fail to screen their passengers.
The blast killed three people and
left more than 80 others injured.
The suspect were arrested in Nai-
robi following preliminary indications
that they could know how the bombs
were manufactured and delivered on-
to the buses.
No further details were available
on the arrested suspects. Police boss
David Kimaiyo yesterday met Direc-
tor of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa
Muhoro to discuss the progress of the
probe.
Suspects in twin blast attack arrested
Police say the four might
know how the bombs
were manufactured and
delivered to buses
Mr Kimaiyo emerged from the
meeting and urged the public to allow
detectives handling the case more
time to nish their work.
All we know is that the blasts were
caused by Improvised Explosive De-
vices and so far, our ofcers are fol-
lowing crucial leads, he said adding:
It is not clear if the suspect in custo-
dy has any connection with the blasts
for now.
Many other similar attacks in the
city remain unsolved. One of the ill-
fated buses was ferrying passengers
from the Central Business District to
Githurai 45, and the other to Mwiki in
Kasarani.
Following the blasts, ve crew-
members of the buses were charged
at the Makadara Law Courts with fail-
ure to prevent murder.
CREW LAXITY
The crew allegedly failed to pre-
vent the felony, namely murder, by
failing to screen the passengers who
boarded the vehicles.
This exposed the vehicle to be
blown off by an unknown passenger,
resulting to deaths of three people
and more than 80 injuries.
The ve denied the charges before
Chief Magistrate Emily Ominde. They
were released on Sh5 million bond
each and two sureties of similar
amounts.
Two weeks ago, another blast hap-
pened outside Pangani police station
in Nairobi killing two suspected
bombers and two police ofcers
constables Francis Murage and Sam-
wel Cheptuk. One of the two ill-fated buses that came under attack along the Thika super
highway on Sunday evening. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
BY CYRUS OMBATI
and NGARI GICHUKI
The Director of Public Prosecu-
tions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko has called
for the police le of ve matatu crew-
members charged with failure to pre-
vent murder.
Mr Tobiko wants to establish the
reason and desirability of the charges.
The ve belong to the two buses hit by
grenades on Sunday along the Thika
super highway in Nairobi.
The move came as matatu opera-
tors on Githurai route, Nairobi went
on strike to protest the prosecution of
their colleagues over the twin blasts
that killed three people.
The operators blocked the high-
way at Githurai and demanded the re-
lease of the ve. Police negotiated
with the protesters, who after hours of
blockade, parked on the roadside
The blockade caused a huge trafc
snarl-up along the busy highway that
forced some motorists to seek alter-
native routes to the city.
The protesting operators accused
the police of sleeping on the job say-
ing it is their work together with the
National Intelligence Service to detect
and prevent the bombs.
We pay taxes for the security
agencies to protect us. They are sup-
posed to know how and when these
bombs are made and arrest the cul-
prits, said James Kimani, a tout.
DPP orders for
le of charged
matatu crew
I. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
III. OTHER DISCLOSURES
Head Ofce and Main Branch: Guardian Centre, Biashara Street,
P.O. Box 67681 00200, City Square, Nairobi, Kenya,
Tel: 2226771, 2226774, Fax: 2216633, E-mail: headofce@guardian-bank.com
II. STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Vasant K. Shetty Managing Director
Hetul D. Chandaria Executive Director
These nancial statements are extracts from the books of the institution.
The complete set of quarterly nancial statements, statutory and qualitative disclosures
can be accessed on the Institutions website www.guardian-bank.com.
They may also be accessed at the institutions head ofce located at Nairobi (Biashara Street).
II. STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31
ST
MARCH 2014
31
st
March 31
st
Dec 31
st
March
2013 2013 2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
A ASSETS Unaudited Audited Unaudited
1 Cash ( both Local & Foreign) 81,617 137,637 102,895
2 Balances due from Central Bank of Kenya 1,087,872 661,925 1,673,451
3 Kenya Government and other securities held for dealing purposes - - -
4 Financial Assets at fair value through prot and loss - - -
5 Investment Securities: - - -
a) Held to Maturity: 2,063,591 2,201,089 2,520,620
a. Kenya Government securities 2,063,591 2,201,089 2,520,620
b. Other securities - - -
b) Available for sale: - - -
a. Kenya Government securities - - -
6 Deposits and balances due from local banking institutions 480,290 626,820 457,718
7 Deposits and balances due from banking institutions abroad 576,963 244,116 300,553
8 Tax recoverable - - -
9 Loans and advances to customers (net) 7,305,893 8,604,312 8,527,345
10 Balances due from banking institutions in the group - - -
11 Investments in associates - - -
12 Investments in subsidiary companies - - -
13 Investments in joint ventures - - -
14 Investment properties - - -
15 Property and equipment 148,539 140,554 136,187
16 Prepaid lease rentals 24,562 24,000 23,813
17 Intangible assets 7,550 8,814 7,679
18 Deferred tax asset 26,453 31,434 31,434
19 Retirement benet asset - - -
20 Other assets 254,636 153,986 216,167
21 TOTAL ASSETS 12,057,966 12,834,687 13,997,862

B LIABILITIES
22 Balances due to Central Bank of Kenya - - -
23 Customer deposits 10,479,190 11,181,138 12,214,148
24 Deposits and balances due to local banking institutions - - -
25 Deposits and balances due to foreign banking institutions - - -
26 Other money market deposits - - -
27 Borrowed funds - - -
28 Balances due to banking institutions in the group - - -
29 Tax payable 12,974 32,043 32,043
30 Dividends payable - - -
31 Deferred tax liability - - -
32 Retirement benet liability - - -
33 Other liabilities 287,063 127,621 196,814
34 TOTAL LIABILITIES 10,779,227 11,340,802 12,443,005

C SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
35 Paid up /Assigned capital 450,375 450,375 450,375
36 Share premium/(discount) - - -
37 Revaluation reserves - - -
38 Retained earnings/Accumulated losses 828,364 1,016,659 1,077,631
39 Statutory loan loss reserves - 26,851 26,851
40 Other Reserves - - -
41 Proposed dividends - - -
42 Capital grants - - -
43 TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 1,278,739 1,493,885 1,554,857
44 Minority Interest - - -
45 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 12,057,966 12,834,687 13,997,862
31
st
March 31
st
Dec 31
st
March
2013 2013 2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
Unaudited Audited Unaudited
1.0 INTEREST INCOME
1.1 Loans and advances 301,480 1,171,299 310,564
1.2 Government securities 65,058 318,271 66,067
1.3 Deposits and placements with banking institutions 6,793 67,585 24,897
1.4 Other Interest Income 1,067 4,921 2,317
1.5 Total interest income 374,398 1,562,076 403,845

2.0 INTEREST EXPENSE
2.1 Customer deposits 189,567 780,146 215,630
2.2 Deposits and placement from banking institutions 634 706 14
2.3 Other interest expenses 12,237 46,949 5,720
2.4 Total interest expenses 202,438 827,801 221,364
3.0 NET INTEREST INCOME/(LOSS) 171,960 734,275 182,481

4.0 NON-INTEREST INCOME
4.1 Fees and commissions on loans and advances 9,710 47,364 17,322
4.2 Other fees and commissions 5,616 11,816 3,250
4.3 Foreign exchange trading income/(Loss) 10,597 47,726 15,869
4.4 Dividend Income - - -
4.5 Other income 1,592 43,893 5,303
4.6 Total Non-interest income 27,515 150,799 41,744
5.0 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 199,475 885,074 224,225

6.0 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
6.1 Loan loss provision 7,000 14,490 496
6.2 Staff costs 58,869 242,751 68,867
6.3 Directors emoluments 1,743 7,230 1,582
6.4 Rental charges 9,255 38,041 9,805
6.5 Depreciation charge on property and equipment 8,462 32,804 8,115
6.6 Amortisation charges 188 750 188
6.7 Other operating expenses 29,971 165,257 44,502
6.8 Total Other Operating Expenses 115,488 501,323 133,555
7.0 Prot/(loss) Before Tax and Exceptional Items 83,987 383,751 90,670
8.0 Exceptional Items -
9.0 Prot/(Loss) After Exceptional Items 83,987 383,751 90,670
10.0 Current Tax 23,800 108,416 29,700
11.0 Deferred Tax - - -
12.0 Prot/(Loss) After Tax and Exceptional Items 60,187 275,335 60,970
13.0 Minority Interest -
14.0 Prot/(loss) after tax, exceptional items and
Minority Interest 60,187 275,335 60,970
15.0 Other Comprehensive Income
15.1 Gains/(Losses) from translating the nancial
statements of foreign operations - - -
15.2 Fair value changes in available for sale nancial assets - - -
15.3 Revaluation surplus on Property,plant and equipment - - -
15.4 Share of other comprehensive income of associates - - -
15.5 Income tax relating to components of other
comprehensive income - - -
16.0 Other Comprehensive Income for the year net of tax - - -
17.0 Total comprehensive income for the year 60,187 275,335 60,970

18.0 EARNINGS PER SHARE- BASIC & DILUTED - - -

19.0 DIVIDEND PER SHARE -DECLARED - - -
31
st
March 31
st
Dec 31
st
March
2013 2013 2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
1.0 NON-PERFORMING LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Gross Non-performing loans and advances 639,408 730,988 674,896
(b) Less: Interest in Suspense 184,209 222,162 231,812
(c) Total Non-Performing Loans and Advances (a-b) 455,199 508,826 443,084
(d) Less: Loan Loss Provision 387,674 395,472 388,517
(e) Net Non-Performing Loans and Advances(c-d) 67,525 113,354 54,567
(f) Discounted Value of Securities 67,525 113,354 54,567
(g) Net NPLs Exposure (e-f) - - -

2.0 INSIDER LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Directors, Shareholders and Associates 184,620 305,475 285,948
(b) Employees 13,563 23,824 28,834
(c) Total Insider Loans and Advances and other facilities 198,183 329,299 314,782

3.0 OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS
(a) Letters of credit,guarantees, acceptances 791,022 651,962 1,006,247
(b) Forwards, swaps and options - - -
(c) Other contingent liabilities 53,915 150,334 112,817
(d) Total Contingent Liabilities 844,937 802,296 1,119,064

4.0 CAPITAL STRENGTH
(a) Core capital 1,248,646 1,493,885 1,466,087
(b) Minimum Statutory Capital 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
(c) Excess/(Diciency)(a-b) 248,646 493,885 466,087
(d) Supplementary Capital - - 26,851
(e) Total Capital (a+d) 1,248,646 1,493,885 1,492,938
(f) Total risk weighted assets 7,502,185 8,312,390 9,627,612
(g) Core Capital/Total deposits Liabilities 11.9% 13.4% 12.0%
(h) Minimum statutory Ratio 8.0% 8.0% 10.5%
(I) Excess/(Deciency) (g-h) 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
(j) Core Capital / total risk weighted assets 16.6% 18.0% 15.2%
(k) Minimum Statutory Ratio 8.0% 8.0% 10.5%
(l) Excess (Deciency) (j-k) 8.6% 10.0% 4.7%
(m) Total Capital/total risk weighted assets 16.6% 18.0% 15.5%
(n) Minimum statutory Ratio 12.0% 12.0% 14.5%
(o) Excess/(Deciency) (m-n) 4.6% 6.0% 1.0%

14 LIQUIDITY
14.1 (a) Liquidity Ratio 36.5% 33.4% 39.8%
14.2 (b) Minimum Statutory Ratio 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
14.3 (c) Excess (Deciency) (a-b) 16.5% 13.4% 19.8%
Three charged with violent robbery
of car at Nairobis Mwiki estate
By PKEMOI NGENOH
Three men have been charged at the Maka-
dara Law Court with violent robbery and theft.
Charles Maina, Anthony Mugi and David
Ngugi are accused of robbing John Otiende of
his vehicle, Toyota Hiace, valued at Sh1 million
while armed with pistols.
They are alleged to have committed the of-
fense on May 5 in Nairobis Mwiki estate.
The three were also charged that on the same
date they jointly and dishonestly received or re-
tained the motor vehicle knowing it to be sto-
len.
The court was told that thugs armed with pis-
tols broke into the compound of African Village
Pub based in Mwiki, went to the car park and
then drove away with one of the vehicles. The
night guard, who is among the accused, failed to
raise the alarm allegedly fearing for his life.
The watchman instead ran to inform the ve-
hicle owner about the incident and together they
reported the matter to the police station. He
contacted the dealer who xed a car tracking de-
vice on the vehicle and they later traced it to
Umoja estate.
Three people found with the vehicle were ar-
rested and a bunch of master keys were retrieved
from them, including two improvised keys they
used to unlock the doors.
They, however, denied the charges before Se-
nior Principal Magistrate Timothy Okello who
released them on a bond of Sh1 million and a
surety of a similar amount each.
The case will be heard on August 29.
Farmers want Government to promote agriculture
By STANDARD CORRESPONDENT
Farmers have urged the Jubilee Government
to help ignite an agrarian revolution in Kenya.
Top on their list is tackling insecurity made
worse by acts of terrorism, theft of farmers pro-
duce, illegal slaughter of stolen livestock, high
cost of farm implements and increased crop dis-
eases.
Through the Kenya National Farmers Feder-
ation (Kenaff ), the farmers identied these chal-
lenges and called for immediate action.
Kenaff Chief Executive Ofcer John Mutunga
said they have met the two Houses of Parliament
Senate and National Assembly on issues fac-
ing farmers and how to tackle them.
Mutunga noted that security is a key factor
that determines development, competitiveness
and economic growth.
Emergence of unlawful groups, gangs, ter-
rorism, theft of farm produce, cattle rustling, il-
legal rearms and illegal livestock trading are a
hindrance to progressive farming, he said.
He appealed for support of strong farmers
organisations since smallholder farmers consti-
tute over 70 per cent of the total population.
Cohesion agency denies
probing Kalonzo over slur
By FELIX OLICK
The National Cohesion and Inte-
gration Commission (NCIC) is not in-
vestigating former Vice-President Ka-
lonzo Musyoka (pictured) over his
ethnic slur against a journalist, com-
mission secretary Hassan Mohamed
has said.
This comes as Transition Authority
Chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi re-
vealed that some ofcers seconded to
county governments had been reject-
ed because of their ethnicity.
Hassan told The Standard that the
Nation journalist, Kennedy Muriithi,
has reconciled with the former VP and
is not interested in pursuing the mat-
ter any further.
We contacted the journalist last
week on Friday and he told us that
they have reconciled. Conciliation is
accepted in law and we encourage it,
he said.
Kalonzo, who is also a co-principal
in the opposition coalition CORD, had
declined to answer a question from
the journalist.
Thank you Muriithi, that name
NCIC says journalist
reconciled with the
former VP and does
not want the matter to
proceed any further
betrays it all, I have nothing else to
say. Absolutely, I have nothing to say,
he remarked, sparking furious reac-
tion on social media.
But speaking on the sidelines of a
conference on equality standards in
Nairobi yesterday, Hassan said there
is difculty in pursuing matters of
ethnic hatred and hate speech be-
cause somebody has to lodge a formal
complaint.
We can initiate investigations on
our own but we have to present a mo-
tion to the ministry concerned and in
our case it is the Ministry of Interior,
he said.
EXPIRED TERMS
The terms of the seven NCIC com-
missioners, including its former chair-
man Mzalendo Kibunjia, expired in
September last year and the positions
have remained vacant to date.
However, Wamwangi maintained
that their operations have not ground-
ed to a halt, saying they had carried
out an extensive ethnic audit of para-
statals, and the report is still pend-
ing.
The chairman revealed that his of-
ce and that of the Commission on
Administrative Justice have been re-
ceiving complaints from counties re-
garding discrimination in hiring.
There have also been incidents of
rejection of ofcers seconded to the
counties and resistance to their carry-
ing out functions based on ethnicity.
The counties have also been slow
in adapting to special groups such as
persons with disabilities by failing to
provide them with the necessary in-
frastructure and tools they require to
function, said Wamwangi.
Monkeying about...
A monkey climbs over a fence from Lake Nakuru National Park to Naka estate.
Residents say human-wildlife conict has increased, yet Kenya Wildlife Ser-
vice is doing little to curb the menace. This follows the killing of two dogs by a
leopard which strayed from the park. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]
WHY COHESION BODY
WONT QUIZ KALONZO
Commission said the Nation
journalist, Kennedy Muriithi,
had reconciled with the former
VP and is not interested in pur-
suing the matter any further
Hassan said there is diffculty
in pursuing matters of ethnic
hatred and hate speech be-
cause somebody has to lodge a
formal complaint

EACC trains clerics on graft war
By JOSEPH MASHA
Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission (EACC) has
reached out to other stake-
holders in the war against cor-
ruption. The commission has
started empowering religious
leaders with knowledge and
skills to ght the menace.
The commission has now
rolled out capacity building
training programmes that will
enable the religious leaders
take active role in eliminating
the vice.
EACC said yesterday in
Kili that it has partnered with
the Ecumenical Centre For
Justice and Peace (ECJP) to
reach out to different religious
denominations across the
country. We expect clerics to
take active role to expose
people involved so that this
war can be won, said the com-
missioners lawyer, Erick Mu-
nyao during a training work-
shop in Kili.
He said all stakeholders
should be vigilant especially at
the county governments, add-
ing that members of the public
should play the watchdog role
and expose the culprits.
ECJP Executive Director
Venerable Jephthah Gathaka
said corruption is endemic
and has to be fought from all
corners. He said the leaders
and faith-based organisations
need to preach issues concern-
ing graft in churches and
mosques.
By BRUNO MUTUNGA
More than 100 illegal im-
migrants of Ethiopian origin
have been arrested in Isiolo,
charged and put behind bars at
the Isiolo Prison in the last
three days.
However, the ofcer in
charge at the correctional facil-
ity, Mr Ibrahim Hassan, has
called for repatriation of the
106 foreigners immediately,
noting that keeping them is
costly for the Government.
He said that on Monday, the
prison received 32 aliens who
were sentenced to two months
in prison or a ne of
Sh100,000.
And on Tuesday, 33 more
illegal immigrants were admit-
ted at the facility after being
sentenced to one year in jail or
a ne of 100,000. Yesterday, 48
more aliens were taken to the
same facility, having been sen-
tenced to a one year jail term
or a ne of Sh100,000.
MAJOR CHALLENGES
Ibrahim said the police of-
cers are doing a good job to
arrest people who are a secu-
rity risk to the nation, adding
that instead of the aliens stay-
ing in our institutions, they
should be repatriated back to
their country immediately af-
ter the arrests.
He said that Isiolo Prison
Police nab 106 illegal
immigrants destined for
Nairobi, South Africa
has a capacity of 150 inmates
but as at yesterday morning,
there were 220 inmates, 70
more than the recommended
limit.
Ibrahim said the inux of
these immigrants is now pos-
ing major challenges to the
institution. He cited language
barrier as a major challenge
since the inmates can neither
speak English nor Kiswahili.
HEADED TO NAIROBI
He added that some of
them are sick but cannot ex-
press their feelings. Ibrahim
also said that the Government
is spending a lot of money for
their upkeep, noting that the
cash could be used to perform
other important functions.
He said that besides con-
gestion, the facility also lacks
adequate uniforms and mat-
tresses.
The ofcer said that ac-
cording to an interpreter, the
foreigners come from one
tribe.
Asked where they were
headed to, some said Nairobi
while others said they were go-
ing to search for jobs in South
Africa. Majority said they had
friends in these cities whom
they expected to host them.
He said the driver who was
transporting them at the time
of arrest was also arrested but
is out on a Sh400,000 bond.
Isiolo Prison ofcer Ibrahim Hassan with some of the 106 illegal
immigrants of Ethiopian origin arrested in the town within the
last three days. He has called for their immediate repatriation.
[PHOTO: BRUNO MUTUNGA/STANDARD].
10.00pm
Every Wednesday
& Thursday Night
We wont pay for substandard
work, Kajiado governor warns
By PETERSON GITHAIGA
Contractors doing shoddy
jobs or found guilty of breach
of contract in Kajiado County
will be ned and denied pay,
Governor David Nkedianye has
warned.
Dr Nkedianye spoke yester-
day when he launched Sh261
million feeder roads grading
project in Kajiado town.
While ofciating the project
at Kajiado-Oloosuyian-Esokota
road, the governor said the
funds allocated to roads in the
2013/2014 nancial year, will
help ensure at least one feeder
road in every ward is graded.
Kajiado residents continue
to suffer due to poor road net-
works. As the county govern-
ment, we are scaling our effort
to grade feeder roads to ease lo-
cals lives. We look forward to
allocate more funds on roads to
ensure easy access from one
place to another, said Nkedi-
anye.
REQUIRED STANDARDS
He said contractors award-
ed tenders to grade roads will
be paid after completion and
verication that the roads meet
the required quality standards
as per the agreements the
county government signed
with them.
We are very strict on mat-
ters of contractors doing qual-
ity work. Contractors whose
File in Kaluma
case goes missing
By STANDARD REPORTER
The case where Homa Bay
MP Peter Kaluma has been
sued for child support has
been adjourned until May 22
after the respondents lawyer
revealed that a le had gone
missing.
In the court battle now run-
ning well in to its seventh year,
a woman wants child upkeep
for her daughter, who Kaluma
allegedly fathered.
She also wants access and
custody of her nine-year-old
son, whom she says, she has
not been able to see since the
MP allegedly left their matri-
monial home in 2007. She
maintains that it is in the best
interest of the children if they
grow up together under the
care of their mother.
Woman sued
the Homa Bay
lawmaker over
child support and
custody
work will be found to be sub-
standard will not be paid and
will be ned for breach of con-
tract, he warned.
He said contractors should
comply with all requirements
because they have had several
meetings with them and
reached an agreement.
Public funds must be used
prudently to avoid wastage of
resources that bring no impact
to residents, he said.
The governor said major
roads such as Isinya-Kiserian
ought to be tarmacked by the
national Government. Acting
roads, public works, housing
and transport County execu-
tive Jonah Orumoi said they
have a committee in place that
will ensure proper inspection
of the roads before they are
commissioned.
We are very keen in ensur-
ing that cowboy contractors do
not take any public funds. We
must ascertain that those paid
are the only contractors who
do standard work, said Oru-
moi. County roads engineer
Malika Badiribu said they are
working closely with the coun-
ty government and Kenya rural
roads authority to gauge roads
to ensure quality.
Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye test drives a tractor when he
launched a Sh261 million road project. [PHOTO: PETERSON GITHAI-
GA/STANDARD]
The woman claims she had
been living with the ODM poli-
tician since 2003 and she bore
him a son in 2005 and a daugh-
ter two years later.
She, however, says the legis-
lator engaged in an extra mari-
tal affair, which led to their sep-
aration. She is demanding
Sh5,000 for food, Sh10,000 for
rent, Sh1,500 clothing, school
requirements as per the fees
structure and a medical cover.
On the other hand, Kaluma
said he caters for the girls
school and medical needs.
I have ensured the school
fees are timely remitted at the
beginning of each term by M-
Pesa. This is without a court or-
der or prodding by any individ-
ual, he said in an afdavit.
This was, however, contra-
dicted by the woman who
sought orders to have the court
direct the lawyer to pay fees for
the minor, saying a fee balance
had kept the girl out of school
in February.
In his afdavit, the MP said
he has a family and other chil-
dren under his care and cannot
take on further responsibility
for the girl apart from school
fees and medical needs.
He adds that the Constitu-
tion grants the biological
mother equal responsibility for
the care and upkeep of chil-
dren, asserting that the woman
should take care of the childs
needs that he cannot cater
for.
This matter is long settled
as already explained and
should be so marked. The
plaintiff and her advocate
should not be allowed to hide
behind the child to make un-
reasonable demands, he said
in an afdavit dated April 11,
2014.
PAY DEDUCTIONS
He further says that he can-
not take on further responsi-
bility for the girl since after pay
deductions, he does not take
home a single cent.
In June 17, 2008, Resident
Magistrate in the Childrens
court PW Mutua ordered that
the custody be granted to the
mother with access to Kaluma.
He further ordered Kaluma to
release the son to his mother
and pay Sh20,000 monthly for
the childrens upkeep.
This is my type...
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and her Nigerian counterpart Patience Jonathan tour a Nigerian Cul-
tural and fashion design centre in Abuja, Nigeria. Mrs Kenyatta also visited the secretariat of the
Institute of Peace and Conict Resolution based at the ofces of the African First Ladies Peace Mis-
sion, an organisation that promotes a culture of peace and development in Africa. [PHOTO: PSCU]
See story on page 18
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DEVOLUTION ON TRIAL
FIRST ACCUSATION
That the ofce of the Governor authorized the procurement of DK 8031
maize variety worth KES 3.52 million instead of the KDV-1 and KDV-6 variety
requested by the County Director of Agriculture.

THE TRUTH
The procurement of the said maize seeds was not done by the
Governor. That is the job of county procurement ofcials following
the requisition by the then County Accounting Ofcer, in line with
the existing procurement legal provisions which ensured that the
quotations were very competitive and that the lowest bidder was
awarded. As for the maize variety the tender committee argued that
the three varieties, DK 8031, KDV1 and KDV-6 are all suitable for
Embu soil.
The second accusation on this score, that the seeds did not germinate
and that I am to blame, is as absurd. First, the failure of seeds to
geminate is not a procurement procedural issue. Second, failure of
germination could have been caused by a myriad reasons ranging
from weather to storage and topography none of which has anything
to do with a County Governor!
Since MCAs have also accused me of launching the distribution
of maize seeds before the conrmation of minutes of the tender
committee that had earlier approved the purchase, you must wonder
how my action has anything to do with procurement.
It is unfair for the County Assembly to blame me for the detailed
procurement movements and record keeping as these clearly are
functions of junior ofcials in the procurement department.

SECOND ACCUSATION
That the Ofce of the Governor awarded tender for rehabilitation of
the stadium before receiving bills of quantities and for commencing the
rehabilitation before sufcient funds were available.
THE FACTS BEHIND MY IMPEACHMENT AS THE
GOVERNOR OF EMBU COUNTY
THE TRUTH
First and foremost, not a single shilling has been paid to date in the
construction or rehabilitation of the said stadium, and thus no money
has been lost.
As for the procurement process and the issue of bills of quantities,
the Public Procurement and Disposal Act of 2005, Section 27(2) places
procurement responsibility on the respective Accounting Ofcer and
the procurement ofcials. I am still awaiting the report of Ethics and
anti-corruption commission to know what transpired.
As for the accusation about the insufciency of funds to do the job,
here is the position. Embu Countys printed budget provided KES8
million while Embu County Executive Committee had decided to re-
allocate additional funds needed for Phase One of upgrading the
stadium through the 2013/2014 supplementary budget, and this
measure is within the budgetary legal provision notwithstanding
that the County Assembly dis-allowed the re-allocation proposal.
THIRD ACCUSATION
The Governor authorized purchase of new county vehicles without any
reference to county tender committee.
THE TRUTH
The County Assembly of Embu did not take into account the existence
of Government Supply Branch Contracts for motor vehicles. In view of
these contracts, ministries of the Central Government or the County
Supply Department do not have to oat their own tenders when
purchasing ofcial motor vehicles. They just order from the rms
that have been awarded the tenders by the Central Government.
That is what my supplies ofcial did.
Therefore, in purchasing the vehicles the county procurement
department did not violate procurement procedures as it used
existing and valid Government Supply Branch Contracts in respect to
the vehicles purchased from CMC Motors Ltd and Toyota Kenya Ltd.
In this respect, county ofcials, including the Governor, only expressed
After the judgement by the 3 judge bench sitting in Kerugoya High Court annulled my impeachment on 16
th
April, 2014, Kenyans from all walks of life,
have written and called to inquire what really transpired. The following are the allegations/accusations that are holding Embu County Government
hostage. For each alleged accusation I have provided facts which reect the truth.
What transpired:-
First off, the main issues involve procurement of maize seeds worth KES 3.52milion, which the Embu County Assembly alleges did not germinate;
rehabilitation of Embu Stadium, where actually no money has been used to date; purchasing of County Government motor vehicles without any
reference to County tender Committee notwithstanding that there was already in existence of Government supply Branch Contracts for motor
vehicles; and nally an accusation that there is no tender committee in Embu County Government. The following are the details as per the facts
presented on the ground:
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their preference of motor vehicles as stipulated on engine capacities
(CC) regulations set by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
FOURTH ACCUSATION
The issue of omissions/commissions in the report of the auditor-general for
the period March-June 2013.

THE TRUTH
These violations involving procurement of rehabilitation works,
furnishing, equipping county executives/assembly and purchase
of Toyota prado, Reg. No KBU 683T, were undertaken by Interim
Transitional Authority Ofcials who were funded directly by
Transitional Authority should take responsibility for omissions and
commissions they may have committed as cited in the Audit Report
in line with Article 226(5) of the Constitution of Kenya.
FIFTH ACCUSATION
Nonexistence of a tender Committee for the County Executive.
THE TRUTH
It is surprising for the County Assembly to say there is no tender
committee in the County Government while at the same time they
make numerous references to the said committee in their accusations
against me.
From March 2013 to date, we have had the following tender
committees in the Embu County Government:
The Transitional Authority appointed procurement committee 1.
The Transitional Authority appointed procurement committee 2.
Principal Ofcers Procurement Committee.
Chief Ofcers Procurement Committee.
It is important to note that in January 2014, certain county ofcials
plucked out from the les their appointment letters to the County
Tender Committee for fear of being suspended by Embu County Public
Service Board following a directive by County Assembly of Embu to
have all the then members of the tender committee suspended. This
explains why County Assembly of Embu thinks there was no tender
committee for County Executives in January 2014.

SIXTH ACCUSATION
The Governor violated the Public Finance Management Act.

THE TRUTH
The accusations under the Public Finance Management Act are exactly
the same as the ones under the Public Procurement and Disposal Act,
to which I have already addressed. No wonder the County Assembly
of Embu is quoting Section 121 of the Public Finance Management
Act, which in turn only refers to the Public Procurement and Disposal
Act that has been covered above.
The Embu County Assembly has not yet received the report it
requested from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission in January
2014. Yet, for a strange reason, they have made conclusions on the
same procurement issues without the benet of EACC Report.
SEVENTH ACCUSATION
That the Governor violated the Constitution of Kenya: (Articles 179(4)) &
(179(6))
THE TRUTH
While it is true that the Governor is the Chief Executive of the County
(Article 179 (4)) and that members of the County Executive Committee
are accountable to the County Governor for the performance of
their functions and exercise of their powers, (Article 179(6)) these
constitutional provisions do not make the County Governor culpable
of personal omissions and commissions by CECs or any other holder
of a public ofce. In line with Article 226(5) of the Constitution of
Kenya, the said Article reads as follows:-
If the holder of a public ofce, including a political ofce,
directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to law or
instructions, the person is liable for any loss arising from that
use and shall make good the loss, whether the person remains
the holder of the ofce or not.

In CONCLUSION, it is important to note the constitutional threshold for
impeachment of a Governor, which according to Article 181(1) states as
follows:
A County Governor may be removed from ofce on any of the following
grounds
a) Gross violation of the Constitution.
b) A convicted crime.
c) Abuse of ofce or gross misconduct or
d) Physical or mental incapacity to perform the functions of ofce
of the County Governor
The accusations leveled against me do not meet the threshold for
impeachment. The genesis of my problems emanated from the County
Executive exposure of nancial and employment irregularities by the Embu
County Assembly whereby the elected MCAs were receiving from the County
Assembly Coffers and paying KES 40,000 per MCA per month for ungazetted
ward ofces and KES 50,000 per MCA per month for unapproved ward
employees without any legal framework. Ofce of the Controller of Budget,
Salaries and Remunerations Commission and Transitional Authority have
reprimanded the County Assembly in respect of the said irregularities.
Finally, it is evident from the foregoing that there is no loss of money
from Embu County Treasury Coffers that can be attributed to me. While
appreciating the oversight role of the County Assembly, the Constitution of
Kenya does not allow the County Assembly of Embu to perform the roles of
investigators, prosecutors and judges. The said roles should be performed by
respective competent Public Agencies.
Martin Wambora
Governor, Embu County
Page 24 / NOTICES Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
Life assurance
business
General insurance
business 2013

2012
Shs000 Shs000 Shs000 Shs000
INCOME
1 Gross written premium 104,398 1,047,362 1,151,760 1,169,005
2 Outward reinsurance premium 6,971 311,329 318,300 325,797
3 Net written premium (1-2) 97,427 736,033 833,460 843,208
4 Gross earned premium 104,398 1,050,604 1,155,002 1,205,598
5 Net earned premium (4-2) 97,427 739,275 836,702 879,801
6 Investment income 289,913 318,339 608,252 478,844
7 Commissions earned 1,179 112,135 113,314 89,535
8 Total Income 388,519 1,169,749 1,558,268 1,448,180
OUTGO
9 Claims & policy holder benets 71,556 678,498 750,054 491,429
10 Less: Reinsurers share of claims 5,077 191,683 196,760 110,910
11 Net claims & policy holders benets (9-10) 66,479 486,815 553,294 380,519
12 Commissions payable 10,032 175,566 185,598 181,109
13 Operating and other expenses 55,389 315,400 370,789 334,061
14 Total out go (11+12+13) 131,900 977,781 1,109,681 895,689
15 Prot/(Loss) before tax (8-14) 256,619 191,968 448,587 552,491
16 Income tax expense (credit) 56,883 (10,749) 46,134 120,981
17 Prot for the year after tax (15-16) 199,736 202,717 402,453 431,510
Other comprehensive income
18 Fair value gain/(loss) on available for sale nancial
assets, net of tax
(382) 69,633 69,251 22,080
19 Fair value gain on property & equipment, net of tax 10,000 10,000 20,000 10,000
20 Total other comprehensive income 9,618 79,633 89,251 32,080
21 Total prot and other comprehensive income
(17+20)
209,354 282,350 491,704 463,590
Kshs Kshs Kshs Kshs
Proposed dividend per share - - - 2.00
Earnings per share 26.63 13.51 17.89 19.18
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Life Assurance
Business
General Insurance
Business

2013 2012
Shs000 Shs000 Shs000 Shs000
SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
Share capital 150,000 300,000 450,000 450,000
Statutory reserve 420,201 - 420,201 333,965
Fair value reserves - 227,222 227,222 147,588
Retained earnings - 857,430 857,430 699,713
Other reserves 480,281 - 480,281 357,164
Total shareholders funds 1,050,482 1,384,652 2,435,134 1,988,430
ASSETS
Property and equipment 85,795 97,988 183,783 159,696
Intangible assets 5,873 6,838 12,711 14,258
Investment property 731,720 917,980 1,649,700 1,406,176
Investment in the Kenya Motor Insurance Pool - 15,561 15,561 15,427
Investment in subsidiary - 30,000 30,000 30,000
Available-for-sale equity investments - 313,371 313,371 236,353
Equity investments at fair value through prot and loss 203,764 421,015 624,779 480,956
Loans receivable 118,392 38,464 156,856 171,227
Receivables arising out of reinsurance arrangements - 27,823 27,823 59,605
Receivables arising out of direct Insurance arrange-
ments
2,217 180,970 183,187 212,412
Reinsurers share of insurance liabilities 3,733 443,570 447,303 343,626
Deferred acquisition cost - 75,886 75,886 78,371
Deferred tax asset - 10,123 10,123 -
Other receivables 25,772 22,312 48,084 108,004
Income tax recoverable - 133,493 133,493 -
Government securities held to maturity 279,988 306,198 586,186 589,511
Government securities available for sale 43,792 78,649 122,441 136,879
Corporate bonds 23,469 33,673 57,142 52,259
Deposits with nancial institutions 42,488 99,943 142,431 270,275
Cash and bank balances 7,826 8,523 16,349 9,527
-
Total assets 1,574,829 3,262,380 4,837,209 4,374,562
LIABILITIES
Insurance contract liabilities 126,974 1,225,875 1,352,849 1,352,276
Payable under deposit administration contracts 8,042 - 8,042 12,960
Payable under unit linked contracts 320,402 - 320,402 295,437
Provisions for unearned premium - 440,321 440,321 479,362
Deferred commission Income - 33,641 33,641 37,368
Creditors arising from reinsurance arrangements 4,837 98,738 103,575 32,187
Other payables 55,513 79,153 134,666 130,666
Current income tax payable 8,579 - 8,579 45,251
Deferred tax liability - - - 625
Total liabilities 524,347 1,877,728 2,402,075 2,386,132
NET ASSETS 1,050,482 1,384,652 2,435,134 1,988,430
CONTRACT LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2013
Amounts payable under deposit administration contracts
2013 2012
Kshs000 Kshs000
As at 1 January 12,960 17,638
Surrenders and annuities paid (5,311) (5,605)
Interest payable to policy holders 523 1,103
Management charges (130) (176)
As at 31 December 8,042 12,960
KEY RATIOS Long term Short term 2013 2012
1. Capital adequacy ratio 100% 100% 100% 100%
2. Solvency ratio 1334% 983% 1127% 845%
3. Claims ratio 69% 65% 65% 42%
4. Expense ratio 63% 47% 48% 44%
The above are extracts from the companys nancial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 which were audited by PricewaterhouseCoop-
ers and received an unqualied opinion. They were approved by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2014 and signed on its behalf by:
Inderjit Talwar
Chairman
Vishisht Talwar
Director
John Nganga
Principal Ofcer (Ag)
Key performance highlights for the Company
Investment income grew by 27% to Kshs.608M from Kshs.479M in 2012.
Shareholders funds grew by 22% to 2.4B from 1.9B.
Total assets increased by 11% in 2013.
Solvency is 1127% against required of 100%.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
COMPANY STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Head Ofce: Gateway Park, Mombasa Road, P.O. Box 30216-00100, Nairobi
Tel: (020) 3966000 Wireless: 020-3513682/3/4
Branches: Nairobi Union Towers, Laptrust house | Mombasa | Nyeri | Nakuru | Thika
Email: info@cannonassurance.com | Website: www.cannonassurance.com
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FORUM
In conformity to the provisions of Article 196 (1) (b) and Article 221 (5) of the Constitution of Kenya
2010 and Section 131 (2) of the Public Finance Management Act 2012. The Baringo County Assembly
Budget and Appropriations Committee hereby invites Members of the Public to give their input to
the County Budget Estimates for the 2014/2015 Financial Year as presented to the Assembly by the
Executive on the following Dates and Venues.
DATE SUB-COUNTY VENUE TIME
13
th
May Tiaty Public Gardens/ Michuki Grounds Chemolingot 9.00 AM
14
th
May North Baringo Moi Kabartonjo Pri. School 9.00 AM
14
th
May Mogotio Sub County Of ces 9.00 AM
15
th
May Baringo Central Kabarnet Museum Grounds 9.00 AM
15
th
May Eldama Ravine Sub County Of ces/ County Hall 9.00 AM
16
th
May Baringo South Family Life Centre Marigat 9.00 AM
Persons wishing to present their memoranda can do so in writing to the Clerk, Baringo County
Assembly.
Copies of the Budget Estimates can be accessed at the County Website (www.baringo.go.ke) or at
the County Ward Of ces.
JOSEPH C. KOECH
CLERK, BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY.
Tel: 053-22115County Assembly
P O Box 159-30400
KABARNET.
E-mail: baringocountyassembly@gmail.com
Committee (CEC) member in charge
of Health Services and her Finance
counterpart before it got the
cabinets approval.
Our assembly passed a Bill to
monitor businesses and consump-
tion of alcoholic drinks earlier this
year and with the approval of the
committee, we are optimistic of
maximum implementation, he said.
The Bill that imposes huge nes
on illegal brewers and traders was
assented into law on April 1 and is
referred to as the Uasin Gishu
County Alcoholic Drinks Control Act
of 2014.
Eunice Siria, the CEC in charge of
health, said the committee will be
tasked with assessing license
applications before allowing
qualied applicants to access
certicates to operate liquor
businesses.
PROTECT CONSUMERS
We have a proper law to curb
alcohol and drug abuse, with the
formation of implementation teams
the vice will be easily contained, the
committee begun work immediately
and several applications have been
dealt with, she stated.
She said the committee will
ensure bars, pubs, restaurants and
other liquor businesses also conform
to physical settings and hygienic
standards stated by the regulatory
Act.
Besides licensing, the committee
will arbitrate cases involving
individuals who out the regulations
as we aim to protect consumers from
any adulterations.
Meanwhile Bungoma county
commissioner Maalim Mohamed
has asked the National Authority on
Control of Drug and Substance
Abuse (NACADA) to offer more
support and facilitation to security
teams in the grassroots to support its
activities
Speaking to The Standard at his
ofce on Wednesday, Mohamed said
for the war against drugs and alcohol
to be won, both the security agents
and Nacada need to work hand in
hand.
He reiterated the commitment of
his ofcers to end the menace and
revealed that over 15,600 litres of
illicit brews have been netted in the
county since February last year.
Ofcials say illicit brew
traders will face the law
Deputy governor
says his team will
work with national
government to ensure
culprits are punished
By MICHAEL OLLINGA and
DANIEL PSIRMOI
Traders and brewers of substan-
dard alcoholic drinks will be arrested
and made to face the full force of the
law, Government ofcials in Uasin
Gishu County have warned.
The warning comes in the wake
of several deaths reported from
across the country due to consump-
tion of adulterated alcohol products.
Deputy governor Daniel Chemno
said the national and county laws
restricts sale of alcohol packaged in
plastic containers and those sold in
less than 250 millilitres units, a
regulation that he said, should be
observed to the letter.
Uncertied alcohol has led to
loss of lives and rendered other
consumers unproductive. We are
not going to allow sale of sub-
standard alcohol in this county and
those conducting such transactions
should know our wrath wont go well
with them, he said.
Chemno said plastic-bottled
drinks are easy to adulterate by
unscrupulous traders who want to
power their drinks beyond required
standards. The county has also
reiterated its determination to ght
illegal alcoholic drinks businesses by
approving a Countys Alcoholic
Drinks Control Committee to
monitor liquor sales and consump-
tion.
CABINET APPROVAL
The county cabinet last week
approved the 12 member committee
comprising the countys Public
Health Ofcer (PHO), Police
Commandant, Administration Police
(AP), ex-ofcial members from the
county and residents to monitor
liquor trade. Josphat Lowoi, County
Assemblys majority leader told The
Standard that the committee was
formed by County Executive
Residents of Kawanda village in Bungoma County enjoy a sip of busaa at Bana
Ba Kulutu joint, yesterday. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE / STANDARD]
SERIOUS FIGHT
The assembly has approved
a Countys Alcoholic Drinks
Control Committee to
monitor liquor sales and
consumption
The 12-member committee
comprises the countys
Public Health Ofcer
(PHO), Police Commandant,
Administration Police (AP),
ex-ofcial members from
the county and residents to
monitor liquor trade
Page 23
MONEY: Grumbles in county
over budget allocations
Cracks are emerging in Laikipia
county government after some
members accused their Finance
counterparts of allocating other
departments insufcient amounts in
the budget for next year.
The differences come at a time when
the county government is preparing
its 2014/2015 nancial year budget.
Some county executives accused
Finance Secretary Joel Wamichwe of
undermining their dockets.
Some of the County Secretaries were
furious after they learnt that their
budgets were slashed. They also said
Wamichwe had already presented the
budgetary estimates to the County
Assembly even before they endorsed
it.
Education Secretary John Bosco
Akaale lamented that Wamichwe
allocated his department only Sh77
million despite its heavy workload.
ALCOHOL: Leaders express
fury over killer drinks
Embu leaders have reacted with fury
to reports that illicit brews had killed
24 consumers in a slum inside the
county headquarters town.
Deputy governor Dorothy Nditi
(above) led the area County
Commissioner Amos Gatheca to a
crisis meeting inside the slums but
failed to placate the fury of the
residents.
Manyatta MP John Muchiri who was
also in the meeting captured the
mood of the crowd when he accused
both the residents and the security
and administration heads of failing to
do enough to curtail the problem.
This incident has taken more lives
than the national scare that is the
terrorist bomb blast in Nairobi and
Mombasa, said the legislator.
The leaders called for concerted
efforts to rein in the killer illicit
brews.
Page 25
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
LAIKIPIA COUNTY
EMBU COUNTY
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
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Residents received
the move varmly
as matatu operators
protested, but nov
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
noise
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Kisumu County
Kisumu County
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By JOACKIM BWANA
Youth in Mombasa are set to
benet from job opportunities
following partnership between the
county government and the UK
Development for International
Development, (DfID).
To facilitate this, the Mombasa
County Youth Employment Project
(MCYEP) was yesterday launched at
Tononoka grounds and will be
implemented by Adam Smith
International in conjunction with
the county government.
The project aims to equip youths
with life and entrepreneurship skills
as well as create more than 5,000 job
opportunities.
While signing a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the
two partners, county governor
Hassan Joho said development of
skills through education and training
was essential for tackling unemploy-
ment and achieving sustainable
economic growth and development.
POORLY EQUIPPED
The countys education
transition levels are very low. As a
result, large numbers of boys and
girls grow up lacking basic skills
needed for employment or entrepre-
neurship, he said.
Joho said the project will
encompass development and
revision of strategies, policies,
regulations and a series of economic
sectors.
Speaking at MCYEP launch, head
of DfID Kenya, Jo Abbot, said the
project, which will run for the next
three years, is designed for Mombasa
county because its unemployment
rate is twice that of the nation.
Within the rst six months of
the project, we intend to have
delivered business and entrepre-
neurial training to 2,000 young
people, life skills training to 3,000,
labour market information to 9,000
and to have assisted at least 1,500
secure employment, he said.
Robin George, Africas project
director, Adam Smith International,
said the project will act as a bridge
between institutions and private
rms in sourcing for attachment and
job opportunities for the youth.
George said the project will target
unemployed and underemployed
youth, between the ages of 18 and
35, particularly those who have not
completed primary or secondary
school and have low incomes.
Youth employment project launched in Mombasa
MOMBASA COUNTY
Governor Hassan Joho signs an MoU with the UK government during the projects
launch. With him is DfID Kenya head, Jo Abbot. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
A human rights organisation at
the Coast has partnered with local
universities to undertake research
and capacity building of communi-
ties living in areas endowed with
natural resources.
Political leaders in Taita Taveta
County have on several occasions
complained over exploitation and
eviction of small scale miners by
large scale mining rms largely due
to lack of land ownership docu-
ments.
Now, the rights group, Human
Rights Agenda (Huria), says the
initiative will educate the communi-
ties on their rights and places they
can seek assistance.
The organisation yesterday said it
has signed a memorandum of
understanding with Taita-Taveta
University College (TTUC) and
Pwani University in Kili County for
the institutions to offer their
technical expertise, especially on
research on environment and
mining.
JOINT PARTNERSHIP
Huria Executive Director Yusuf
Lule Mwatsefu yesterday said the
partnership will also ensure that
communities right to access and
benet from mining development
are expanded.
Mwatsefu said they agreed with
authorities of the two universities to
undertake research activities and
capacity building of communities
living in areas rich in natural
resources like minerals.
It is our intention to capitalise
on the human resource and
expertise available in the region.
This partnership will also instill a
new sense of reasoning on tackling
human rights abuses through
investment in research work, he
said.
Mwatsefu said Huria was
committed to promoting corporate
Lobby group signs MoUs with
varsities for capacity building
accountability and environmental
justice at the Coast by speaking
against environmental pollution and
advocating for respect of human
rights.
Speaking at the TTUC in Voi
town, the director said the organisa-
tion is running a project that will
primarily seek to ensure compliance
by mining companies with the
relevant environmental regulations
and standards with a view to
minimising impacts to environment,
safety and health of the communi-
ties living adjacent to mining and
processing zones.
The upscaling of work purposes
to widen the scope of advocacy to
lending institutions, and stakehold-
ers, to one that constitutes an
integral component of sustainable
development at the local and county
levels.
We will ensure that communi-
ties living in mining areas are
compensated for mining-related
damages. Such communities should
be active participants in the process
of deciding whether and how mines
are developed, and are beneciaries
of mineral development, he said.
TTUC Principal Hamad Boga said
the university will partner with like
minded individuals and institutions
to ensure communities benet from
the mining sector.
ensure communities rights to access
and benet from mining develop-
ment area expanded, he said.
BETTER FRAMEWORK
The ofcial called on key
stakeholders to formulate an
improved legal and regulatory
framework to ensure that exploita-
tion of natural resources through
investment in the multi-billion
mining sector is done in a manner
that is consistent with human rights.
At the same time, Mwatsefu said
the partnership seeks to transform
mineral development from an
activity that largely benets
corporate companies, government,
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Traders in Taita Taveta towns of
Voi and Taveta have said deteriorat-
ing security is to blame for the
increasing number of street families
in the county.
The county traders umbrella
body, Taita-Taveta Inter-market
Committee, yesterday protested
saying its members are being forced
to close their businesses earlier than
usual for fear of being attacked or
robbed by street urchins.
Traders close their business as
early as 6pm due to insecurity. The
county administration should do
something to address this menace
that is adversely affecting our
businesses and hampering imple-
mentation of the 24-hour economy
in the area, said committee
secretary Isabela Sato.
Ms Sato, who was speaking at the
governors ofce, demanded that the
street children be expelled from the
area or the county establishes
rehabilitation centres for them.
STREET URCHINS
In major towns of the country
like Meru, there are no street
children. The urchins have all been
admitted to rehabilitation centres
for correctional purposes so that
they can be of economic value to the
county, she said.
Sato said the street children have
become of age and have now
graduated to pick-pocketing among
other vices in the towns.
She also urged county ofcials to
play a key role in maintaining
cleanliness, which she said will
attract investors.
The county administration
should justify collection of revenue
by maintaining cleanness in major
towns. The towns are lthy and
discourage investment, she said.
On his part, Governor John
Mruttu assured the traders that his
administration was committed to
ensuring the well being of all
residents is taken care of.
Traders want
street urchins
expelled
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
The occupants of this house at Mtwapa in Kili County were forced to vacate after it was ooded following ongoing
heavy rains in the Coastal region. The weatherman is urging residents living in low lying places to relocate to higher
grounds as the rains are set to continue throughout the week. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
When it rains, it pours!
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard COAST NEWS / Page 27
Heavy rains
cause havoc
in Mtwapa
By JOSEPH MASHA
Poor drainage has caused several
houses in Mtwapa to be submerged
following heavy rains that have
pounded the Coastal region in the
last three days.
Residents fear that their homes
may also be submerged due to the
areas poor drainage system allegedly
caused by a local contractors failure
to complete upgrade works on the
towns drainage system.
The areas Member of County
Assembly, Ali Bakari, said the
national and county governments
should intervene and compel the
contractor to start the work which
they claim has stalled for the last two
years.
We are calling upon the national
government and Kilis county
government to step in and push the
projects contractor to ensure he
nishes up the job as per the
required standards, he said.
The tender to upgrade the areas
drainage system, rehabilitate roads
and put up street lights at the cost of
Sh270 million was awarded in 2012
by the defunct Kili municipality.
STALLED PROJECT
The work has not been done to
date and trenches that the contrac-
tor dug have been left open.
Bakari, who previously served as
the area councillor, said the project,
jointly undertaken by the former
Ministry of Local Governments
through the former Kili county
council, was supposed to have been
completed in two years time.
He said the project involved
making a drainage system, opening
up roads and installing street lights.
When this project was ofcially
launched in 2012, it was expected to
take two years. This time has now
expired yet only 20 per cent of the
work has been undertaken, he said.
Bakari said the contractor dug
huge trenches which he later
abandoned and which are now
posing a danger to the lives of area
residents.
Residents fear ooding may
result in water-borne diseases like
cholera as well as loss of property
once homes are submerged.
Bakari said it is regrettable that
residents willingly incurred heavy
personal losses, when they volun-
tarily pulled down their structures to
pave way for the upgrade project, yet
have nothing to show for it.
A member of Mtwapa stakehold-
ers forum, Larry Katite, said the
stalled works are not only an
eyesore, they are also keeping
potential investors away.
He said area residents will
conduct a meeting to discuss the
failed project before they resolve on
the best action to take.
Area leaders blame contractor over
stalled road and drainage upgrade works
KILIFI COUNTY
The
work has
not been
done to
date and
trenches
that the
contractor
dug still
lie open
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard Page 28/ CENTRAL NEWS
SECURITY: Tension as
herders move into Laikipia
Tension is high in parts of Laikipia
County after herders from Samburu
and Baringo counties moved into
the area in search of water. The last
two weeks have seen hundreds of
pastoral communities invade Ol
Moran, Sosian and Kanampiu after
their areas dried.
Laikipia women representative
Jane Apollos has blamed a local
MP for inciting communities in the
region.
We want to live as brothers
and sisters but we do not want a
scenario where herders move into
Laikipia with guns. That is why
we want the security personnel
to be on high alert following the
movement, she said.
HOMICIDE: Woman held
over daughters murder
A woman is being held at Mirangine
Police Station after she allegedly
killed and dumped her child
in a borehole in Ruiru village,
Nyandarua County.
The woman is alleged to have
beaten her four-year-old daughter
to death. Mirangine OCPD, Thomas
Sangut said the woman beat the
minor severely using dry cell
batteries and dumped her body in
a borehole after realising she was
dead.
The OCPD disputed Wambuis
allegations that the minor drowned
in a borehole, saying the deceased
has been at the homestead since
she was born and understood the
location of the borehole.
The girls body was taken to Ol-
Kalou JM Kariuki District Hospital
mortuary for post-mortem
examination as police ofcers
commenced investigations.
By ERIC WAINAINA
Leaders in Kiambu County have
reacted angrily to the deaths of 11
people in Limuru caused by a sus-
pected contaminated illicit brew.
The county assembly adjourned
the morning business yesterday to
discuss the incident which they said
can only be described as an epidem-
ic.
John Kaniaru, the member for
Limuru East, where the deaths oc-
curred, moved the motion in which
members condemned the Provincial
Administration and the county alco-
hol board for their laxity.
Karungo Thangwa, who seconded
the motion said the district licensing
boards created by the County Alcohol
Act, 2013 and charged with the re-
sponsibility of controlling production,
distribution and consumption of al-
cohol must be disbanded immedi-
ately.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
Mr Thangwa said the entire coun-
ty administration led by Esther Maina
and the county commissioner had
failed miserably and must take re-
sponsibility.
Outrage in assembly
over illicit liquor deaths
For 60 people to die at a go due to
alcohol supersedes the most vicious
terrorism incident and we can only
call it alco-terrorism. The brewer of
the killer drink is a murder suspect
who should be arrested and prosecut-
ed, he said.
Martin Wachira of Riabai Ward
said brewers have been doing their
business with full knowledge of law
enforcers who he said collect bribes
to protect them.
TOUGH MEASURES
The county, he said, should estab-
lish its own law enforcers since the
Provincial Administration cannot be
trusted.
There was a time we planned to
raid a changaa den in Kiambu town
but the police refused to do it. When
we later went there, we found the
police guarding the den. The county
commissioner should have resigned
by now, he said.
Martin Njoroge from Karuri asked
the county government to suspend
with immediate effect all alcohol li-
cences. He regretted that such catas-
trophe befell the county year after and
the culprits who are never appre-
hended continue selling the deadly
concoctions.
Doctor ned Sh100,000 for medical negligence
By ERIC WAINAINA
The Kenya Medical Practitioners
and Dentists Board (KMPDB) Ki-
ambu chapter has ned a surgeon at
the Kikuyu PCEA Hospital Sh100, 000
for neglecting a patient.
A six-member board led by the
county Health Secretary, Jonah
Mwangi found Dr Patrick Kimpiatu
guilty of medical negligence and
misdiagnosing Henry Gicheru, lead-
ing to his death.
The board also ned the hospital
Sh250, 000 payable within 30 days.
The deceased was admitted at the
hospital on November 19, 2010 with
a gunshot wound and died while
undergoing treatment.
TEAM LEADER
Relatives launched a complaint
with the board which carried out an
inquiry faulting Kimpiatu, the leader
of a team of doctors handling the
patient and the hospital manage-
ment.
The board asked the doctor to
furnish the team with evidence of a
valid professional indemnity cover
within 14 days.
The correct treatment was initi-
ated but the technical decisions were
wanting. We also found laboratory
investigations and abdominal girth
measurement were incorrect, the
ruling read in part.
The PCEA Kikuyu Hospital is also
required to furnish the board with
evidence of valid professional in-
demnity cover for the institution,
practitioners and staff within 14
days.
The hospital was also ordered to
put in place and document appro-
priate referral and communication
polices.
This is after the committee found
out that the hospital did not have
documented policies on communi-
cation referral leading to a break-
down of communication between
relatives and the institution.
KIAMBU COUNTY
LAIKIPIA COUNTY
NYANDARUA COUNTY
Women carry jerricans in Kawangware yesterday. A biting water crisis in the
area has left residents calling on Nairobi County to restore supply of the com-
modity that only appears once in a week. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]
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TERROR: Residents urged to
be vigilant and alert
Residents of Isiolo town and its
environs have been advised to be
vigilant to ward off possible terror
attacks.
Isiolo County Commissioner
Wanyama Musiambo yesterday said
security has been beefed up in Isiolo
town and its environs to ward off
possible terror attacks but advised
residents to also take pre-emptive
measures.
This comes in the wake of
rising incidents of terror attacks
witnessed in Mombasa and Nairobi
with intelligence sources saying the
terrorists next targets are areas
outside Coast, Nairobi and North
Eastern.
We have advised all hotels,
business premises, banks, among
others, to institute their own security
measures. Most have abided by the
directive, Musiambo said.
However, a week-long survey by
The Standard shows that little has
been put in place, by residents, to
ward off such attacks in the town.
By JAMES MUNYEKI
and BONIFACE GIKANDI
Leaders from Nyandarua County
have blamed National Authority for
Campaign against Alcohol and Drug
Abuse (Nacada) for failing to effec-
tively implement the Alcoholic Drinks
Control Act.
They were speaking following the
death of over 60 people, country wide,
who consumed illicit brew.
Nyandarua deputy governor Wait-
haka Mwangi and former Ndaragwa
MP Jeremiah Kioni asked the Govern-
ment to review licences of all alco-
holic brewers in the country to avoid
future deaths as a result of illicit
brews.
They alleged that some factories
are manufacturing alcoholic drinks
without following laid down proce-
dures while others have acquired their
brewing licences through the back-
door.
ROOT CAUSE
We are calling for a fresh vetting
of these liquor companies and those
found to be contravening the law
should be closed down. These are the
factories brewing illegal drinks that
are causing our children to die, Wait-
haka said.
He said it is not right for the law to
only go after those consuming the
drinks and said it was time focus was
also placed on the brewers.
Nacada accused of laxity on
alcohol Act implementation
We should look at the root cause
of this problem. The Government
should rst deal with the brewers
before arresting innocent youth who
purchase the end product, said Wait-
haka.
Speaking in Nyahururu town, the
deputy governor said the Government
should place controls on the number
of factories manufacturing alcohol in
the region.
HELD RESPONSIBLE
Why is it that the deaths only oc-
cur in Central and Eastern parts of the
country? The law should be amended
to control the number of these manu-
facturers and those licensed should
be made to adhere to Kenya Bureau of
Standards regulations, he said.
Meanwhile, Muranga County
Women Representative Sabina Chege
has blamed the county governments,
Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) and
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over
laxity in enforcing alcohol laws.
She said these agencies should be
held responsible for deaths that occur
due to consumption of illicit brew
since they have failed to carry out
their mandate of inspecting and re-
moving potentially lethal alcoholic
brands from the market.
These liquor manufactures have
obtained all the required licences but
the products they avail to Kenya Bu-
reau of Standards and Nacada for
testing and analysis differs with the
ones in circulation, she said.
By LYDIAH NYAWIRA

The Nyeri county govern-
ment has assured residents
that services at the Level 5
Provincial General Hospital
will not be disrupted after the
national government slashed
their conditional grant.
Finance Secretary Martin
Wamwea said while the
Division of Revenue Bill had
been passed at the national
assembly, Senate is yet to
approve the bill, which saw
the Sh3.7 billion conditional
grants to level 5 hospitals
axed.
SET ASIDE
He said the county
government has allocated
Sh2.4 billion to the health
sector, which includes the
level 5 hospital.
He said the amount
needed to cover the running
costs, drugs and non-phar-
maceutical equipment would
be covered by the county
budget.
This amount will push us
into the next nancial year
but it is only for minimum
provisions to keep the
hospital running. The
conditional grant was very
important, Wamwea said.
MCAs denied access to KPCU
Ofcial: Hospital services wont be affected
By NDERITU GICHURE
Two Nyeri county assembly
committees were yesterday
blocked from accessing the
Kenya Planters Cooperative
Union (KPCU) Sagana Coffee
Mills.
Committees on Agriculture
and Trade were barred from
accessing the mills by security
guards who said they had no
notice of expected guests.
They had gone there to in-
spect coffee stocks being held
there under the county pool
marketing initiative.
The committees claimed
the county government is hid-
ing more than 135,000 bags of
coffee worth Sh3 billion and
wondered why they were being
denied entry yet they are farm-
ers representatives.
Their visit to KPCU was
prompted by looming uncer-
tainty as to whether there is
really a serious coffee buyer as
promised by the County Gov-
ernment.
DENIED ENTRY
Chairman of Agriculture,
Kibira Ngunyi, claimed the
governor has been lying to
farmers that he has found
ready market for their coffee,
yet they have not been paid for
the last one year.
Farmers have approached
us as a committee to intervene
and unravel the mystery why
they have not been paid for the
last one year, Kibira said.
The joint committees told
the Press this is the second
time they are being denied
entry into the go-down, and
accused the governor of trying
to intimidate and prevent them
from carrying out their man-
date.
The leader of majority, Ant-
ony Kibuu, accused the gov-
ernment of trying to frustrate
the House from carrying out its
oversight mandate.
NYERI COUNTY
NYERI COUNTY
ISIOLO COUNTY
Nakuru County Police Commandant John Koki (left) and Nakuru County Commis-
sioner Mohamed Birik get rid of illicit brew in Mwariki Estate in Nakuru Town. More
than 5,000 litres were destroyed. [PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH/STANDARD]
NYANDARUA COUNTY
We
must frst
deal with
brewers
before
arresting
consumers
Thursday May 8, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
Mourning Kenyans
count their losses KILLER BREWS
BY JOSEPH MUCHIRI
and MUNENE KAMAU
For relatives of the surviving vic-
tims of the lethal illicit brew that has
so far killed 35 people in Embu, it was
like waiting for death to happen be-
fore their own eyes.
Yesterday, some of the 77 victims
admitted at the Embu Provincial Gen-
eral Hospital complained of dryness
in the mouth, backache and head-
ache, while others had lost their eye-
sight.
The victims also accused the hos-
pital personnel of not doing much to
save their lives despite some of those
earlier admitted at the facility suc-
cumbing as everyone watched.
The hospital however appeared
overwhelmed by the high number of
victims brought in by relatives.
The situation was distressing and
heart-rending as relatives and family
members broke down on learning of
the deaths of their loved ones.
Others became inconsolable and
had to be held and calmed down after
they witnessed their loved ones pass
on in their hands.
The victims took illicit liquor sus-
pected to have been laced with meth-
anol at Shauri Yako slum in Embu
town on Sunday and early Monday
before the earliest fatalities were re-
corded.
LIMITED MEDICAL CARE
Susan Karimi, 26, a victim of the
brew remained distraught at the hos-
pital awaiting for treatment as she
tried to come to terms with the de-
mise of her husband, George Gachie,
31, who succumbed on Tuesday
night.
George was not attended to when
we arrived at the hospital on Monday
night. He was put on drip only on
Tuesday when he started foaming. I
tried to give him some porridge but
the hospital security restrained me on
grounds that he was under medica-
tion. He died at night, Ms Karimi
claimed.
Karimi said since she checked into
the hospital after learning the death
of her fellow drunks, she had only
been put on drip and told to buy drugs
for her treatment. Despite buying the
drugs, she had not been treated by
noon Tuesday.
I bought the drugs in the morning
(Tuesday) and swallowed one tablet
as I waited for doctors to inject me. We
fear the worst if something is not done
urgently. I appeal to the hospital to do
its best to save our lives, she said.
While she had appeared energetic
on Tuesday, yesterday she was a pale
shadow of herself tired, forlorn and
red in the eyes. The hospital medical
superintendent Gerald Ndiritu how-
ever, said they were trying their best
to cope with the situation and the
high number of patients.
The treatment we are offering is
right to get the poison out of the body.
We are also waiting for results from
the Government chemist to assist in
treatment. Most patients are stable
but we will retain them for a day or
two to watch over them, Dr Ndiritu
said.
Embu Governor Martin Wambora
who visited the patients recuperating
at the hospital said his government
would waive the hospital bill of all the
victims while Nacada will help affect-
ed families with cofns to bury the
dead.
He said they were liaising with
county commissioner to establish the
source of the brew saying it had
emerged that the brew could have in-
ltrated to other counties.
Makueni Deputy Governor Adeline Mwau listens to the accounts of some of the
victims at the Makueni Hospital yesterday. Below: Makueni Governor Kivutha
Kibwana holds a bottle sample used to package the killer brew. [PHOTO: ONESMUS
NZIOKA/STANDARD]
Victims in panic as hospital receives more patients
BY WILFRED AYAGA
Women Members of Parliament
have raised concern over the deaths
of over 70 people after consuming il-
licit liquor in various parts of the
country.
The MPs have now called on the
county governments to come up with
tough measures to address the situa-
tion.
The members drawn from various
counties addressed the Press at Par-
liament buildings yesterday and
called for strict licensing measures by
country governments to avoid such
cases in future.
They said the county governments
have the responsibility of ensuring
that the youth within their jurisdic-
tions are safe from brew laced with
dangerous substances, and that the li-
censing regime for brewers should be
made more strict.
CHIEFS EFFORT
The MPs included Gladys Wanga
(Homa Bay) Zipporah Kering (Nandi),
Rose Nyamunga (Kisumu), Rose Mi-
taru (Embu) and Dorcas Kedogo (Vi-
higa).
Ms Mitaru, in whose county over
24 people have died after consuming
the brew, said sacking of chiefs will
not solve the problem, and called for
concerted efforts by agencies ghting
alcohol abuse.
Those who are licensing are the
ones who should be condemned. We
also need to send medical personnel
to various parts of the county to mon-
itor the contents of the brews being
sold, she said.
Other areas that have been affect-
ed include Kiambu, Makueni, Kitui
and Muranga counties.
Mitarus sentiments were echoed
by her Nandi counterpart who ac-
cused county authorities of not doing
enough to counter the menace.
Liquor licensing is under county
governments. We need to target brew-
ers who do not have licenses as we
cannot sit and watch as our young
men die, she said.
Women MPs
want governors
to tame brews
arrest 3 over killer brew
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Majority Leader in the Kitui County Assembly Jacob Maundu addresses the
press outside the county chambers. Together with 20 MCAs, Maundu is
ghting an attempt by a colleague to le a motion to impeach Speaker
George Ndotto. [PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD]
By PAUL MUTUA
A group of Kitui County Assembly
members have distanced themselves
from an impending motion by their
colleagues to impeach Assembly
speaker George Ndotto.
The 20 MCAs accused Chuluni
Ward representative Francis Mwalili,
the mover of the motion, of engaging
in subversive schemes to demean the
speakers character, and by extension
the assembly.
The impeachment motion was to
be tabled on Tuesday, but was moved
to today due to lack of quorum.
Mwalili had said he had overwhelm-
ing support from fellow MCAs, who
appended their signatures in support
of the motion.
The motion is still alive and will
be brought to the assembly today,
said Mwalili.
But Majority Leader Jacob Maundu
and a group of 20 MCAs called on
Mwalili to abandon his pursuit and
publicly apologise to the assembly.
RIOTS ACT
He should apologise to the people
of Kitui if he wishes to sanitise his
name and be accepted back as one of
their own. It is abominable for a mem-
ber to not only move a motion to oust
the speaker, but also to contemplate
Kitui MCAs vow to shoot down
motion to impeach speaker
to do so, if they dont have substantive
evidence of his wrongdoing, said
Maundu.
Maundu accused Mwalili of driv-
ing a wedge between the Speaker and
the House, in a bid to alienate Ndotto
By PHILIP MUASYA
A family get-together turned tragic
at Mwambui village when three men
died after consuming a traditional
brew, locally known as kaluvu.
The men, in their mid-30s suc-
cumbed at Mwingi Level 4 Hospital,
where they were admitted suffering
from severe stomach pains and con-
vulsions.
It was not immediately clear what
substance they ingested. One of the
men had prepared the drink and in-
vited his relatives for a treat as they
discussed family matters.
Hours after taking the brew, they
started complaining of severe stom-
ach pains and dizziness, prompting
neighbours to rush them to the hos-
pital on Sunday evening.
STOMACH PAIN
The hospitals medical superin-
tended Dr Henry Mutune said the
three were brought in while in serious
condition, where one died just before
he could be admitted.
One of them died on arrival, an-
other one died within 24 hours while
the third one passed on this after-
noon, said Mutune on Tuesday.
The medic said that health ofcers
were looking for the samples of the
brew to determine what kind of sub-
stance was in the brew.
We are waiting for family mem-
bers so that we can do postmortem,
this will lead us to the probable cause
of their deaths, noted Mutune.
Three die in Kitui
after consuming
illicit brew
KITUI COUNTY
KITUI COUNTY
from the Kitui people.
We are reading the riot act to our
colleagues and any other individual in
the scheme to cause confusion in the
assembly. We are ready to face and
tame the dissenting voices, no matter
what it takes, Maundu added.
Ndotto asked for mutual respect
and tolerance among all leaders in the
county and urged them to avoid utter-
ances that may lead to mistrust and
suspicion.
He told residents to ignore leaders,
out to engage in witch-hunt cam-
paigns to derail the county govern-
ment from fullling its mandate to the
electorate.
MUTUAL RESPECT
Mwalili had indicated that he has
prepared a motion to be tabled in the
county assembly to remove Ndotto
from ofce.
Mwalili claimed he has over-
whelming support from his fellow
county assembly members who have
appended their signatures in support
of the motion.
The MCA accuses the speaker of
among other things, being unable to
interpret the constitution, laws,
standing orders hence failing to guide
the assembly accordingly, which have
led to the assembly missing crucial
legal deadlines.
This is the second time in two
months the Kitui County Assembly is
making an attempt at impeaching a
member.
Last month, the MCAs attempt to
impeach Kitui Governor Julius
Malombe was defeated at its infancy.
The Kitui County Assembly Speak-
er George Ndotto declared the motion
seeking the Houses adjournment to
discuss the governors impeachment
withdrawn and subsequently killed.
Ndottos ruling touched off sharp divi-
sions in the assembly.
By VICTOR NZUMA
Machakos Governor Dr Alfred
Mutua has refuted claims that he
threatened two MCAs.
In a statement issued by his Press
Service Unit, the governor expressed
shock over what he termed as false
allegations levelled against him by
two members of the county assemb-
ley.
He said the claims were not only
malicious, but also reckless and
amounting to a criminal offence.
By the manner in which they are
being sensationalised, it is clear that
they are aimed at causing public de-
spondency and disorder, as well as
demeaning the character and good
standing of the governor to the pub-
lic, said the statement in part.
Mutua, who has been praised for
initiating successful projects in the
county said his political detractors
keen on slowing him down were to
blame.
FORMAL COMPLAINT
As a result, Mutua said his ofce
has lodged a formal complaint
against the two MCAs with the CID in
Machakos, in a bid to put the record
Mutua lodges complaint
against two MCAs with CID
straight and protect his rights.
We expect the police to move
with speed to arrest and arraign the
culprits in court for giving false and
malicious information to the po-
lice, said the statement. He warned
the two MCAs and their masters
that their integrity is now in ques-
tion.
The statement further indicated
that the governor has instructed his
lawyers to institute civil proceed-
ings of defamation against those
involved.
Machakos OCPD Hillary Birgen
conrmed that the governor had
lodged a complaint with them, and
that the matter was under investiga-
tion.
However, he said that the matter
was not new since some time ago an
MCA had reported and recorded
statements with claims of having
been threatened by the governor on
phone.
I remember a few days ago an
MCA called us while we were on our
way from Embu on ofcial duty and
claimed he had been threatened on
phone by the governor, but advised
him to go to the Machakos police
station and make a formal report,
which he did, added the OCPD.
MACHAKOS COUNTY
We
expect the
police to
move with
speed to
arrest and
arraign the
culprits in
court
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Kakamega ACK Diocese Bishop Rev Simon Oketch speaks to the congregation
at the Milimani ACK Church in Kakamega. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]
By BRYAN TUMWA
Church leaders in Kakamega
County have appealed to Governor
Wycliffe Oparanya not to assent to the
Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill, which
proposes to increase the number of
hours bars operate.
The bill, which was concluded by
the County Assembly of Kakamega is
awaiting assent by Oparanya after the
county assembly forwarded it to his
ofce.
Contents of the bill include the
setting of licensing fees for changaa
and regulating its consumption. Dis-
tillers will also be required to pay
between Sh50,000 and Sh10,000 for
retailers, Sh15,000 for wholesalers
and Sh7,000 for manufacturers in li-
censing fees, once the bill is enacted.
Drinking hours will also stand re-
vised to between 2pm and 11pm for
weekdays, and weekends away from
the provision of Mututho Law, which
limited the selling of alcohol before
5pm on weekdays and 2pm on week-
ends, and after 11pm all week.
ALCOHOL ABUSE
ACK Bishop Simon Oketch said
increasing the number of hours for
liquor consumption would lead to
alcohol abuse.
Churches in
Kakamega
opposed to new
alcohol law
I plead with Governor Oparanya
to return the bill to the county assem-
bly because people will abdicate their
duties and resort to drinking, if bars
are opened early, said Oketch.
He noted that since the bill lega-
lises the consumption of busaa and
changaa, it would inevitably lead to
more problems, such as adulteration
with dangerous chemicals.
He alluded to the 63 deaths that
took place in various parts of Embu
and Eastern regions of the country
due to the consumption of illicit
brews.
Saying that you want to regulate
the consumption of busaa and
changaa will only cause more prob-
lems because we have seen how
people are dying as a result of these
brews. Security in rural areas should
also be reinforced to ensure that the
consumption of such liquor is
stopped, said Oketch.
Kakamega Fellowship Church
Bishop Nicholas Olumasai con-
demned the bill, noting that if it was
to be assented into law, it would make
it easier for residents to access liquor,
hence the loss of productivity.
As church leaders, we oppose the
bill as it is and demand that the
county assembly return it to the draw-
ing board for review. Let bars be open
after work. However, we should try, as
reached after the National Authority
for Campaign against Alcohol and
Drug Abuse (NACADA) carried a thor-
ough research. As much as we want
people to engage in pleasurable ac-
tivities, they should also remain pro-
ductive, said Sumbi.
He pointed out that increasing the
number of hours would eventually
lead to reduced working hours and
overindulgence in alcohol.
We want good things for our
people. It would be sad to be called a
drunkard county, he said.
much as possible to discourage the
consumption of liquor and instead
encourage people to engage in other
benecial ventures, said Olumasai.
WORKING HOURS
But Industrialisation, Trade and
Tourism County Executive Commit-
tee Member Robert Sumbi said the
bill had not reached the executive yet
for scrutiny, and vowed to ensure that
the contentious issues are dealt with.
The 5pm to 11 pm being the time
between which bars can open was
By ERIC LUNGAI
Controversy is brewing over the
implementation of the Sh25 million
bursary fund set aside by the Vihiga
County government for needy stu-
dents.
The Standard has learnt that MCAs
have appointed themselves as com-
mittee patrons to oversee the award-
ing of the money.
According to the Bill setting up the
kitty managment, a centralised man-
agement oversight committee at the
county headquarters was to be in
charge of the whole process.
Setting up of the committees at
the ward level will increase the cost of
administering the fund, as it will be-
come expensive, said the legal advi-
sor to the governor, Mr Aggrey Mus-
iega.
He is of the opinion that the fund
be managed by only one centralised
committee, since over 20 per cent of
the fund will be set aside for adminis-
tering the bursary.
The MCAs were also not to be part
of the committees that would oversee
the fund being dispatched, but have
since amended the Bill to be included
in the distribution of the Sh1 million
per ward.
Musiega says the committees will
end up using a huge amount of mon-
ey, leaving nothing for the needy.
MCAs eager to
manage Sh25m
bursary fund
Land disputes on the increase in Kakamega
By KENNEDY OKWATCH
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe
Oparanya has asked farmers in the
county to diversify crop production
instead of relying on sugarcane
farming.
Oparanya, while addressing resi-
dents in Likuyani yesterday, lament-
ed that many residents have aban-
doned food crops, and now rely on
sugarcane farming as the main
source of income.
He urged residents to practice
crop rotation and incorporate tradi-
tional crops, which he said can sur-
vive harsh climatic conditions and
offer more nutritious.
We should plant more of cassa-
By ALEX WAKHISI
Reisdents of Kakamega have been
urged to follow the law in handling
land matters and to avoid disputes
among family members.
Most land disputes among
families have ended up in law courts,
with most remaining unresolved.
Mumias Deputy sub-County
Commissioner Paul Langat urged
area residents to involve familiy
members while dividing or selling
land.
People should follow the right
laws in land transactions by involv-
ing family members to avoid dis-
putes that have resulted in blood-
shed in this region, said Langat.
FAMILY FEUDS
He said failure to adhere to land
laws has led to increased incidents of
land disputes in the county.
Langat urged residents to seek
the assistance of registered land sur-
veyors instead of quacks who mis-
lead them then they end up with
land conicts that end up in courts
and bloodshed.
Most of the cases have involved
boundary disputes, selling of family
land and land subdivisions that have
left some family members unhappy,
thus seeking legal assistance in the
law courts, he said.
Earlier, Kakamega High Court
Judge Saidi Chitembwe admitted
that land cases had piled up at the
court, pending the appointment of a
land judge to handle them.
Most cases in our courts are as a
result of land disputes and have kept
on increasing each year, said
Chitembwe.
Kakamega and Vihiga County
however lack a land and environ-
ment judge at the moment.
Residents urged to diversify crop production
VIHIGA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
vas, arrow roots, sorghum, yams
bananas, sweet potatoes among
other crops, because weather pat-
terns are changing. We should ensure
we have sustainable food production
in this county, he said. He warned
residents of Likuyani who have
started growing sugarcane of the
long-term repercussions.
ABJECT POVERTY
In Butere, people started plant-
ing sugarcane in 1976. This crop has
brought poverty to our people. I am
shocked that most of you are now
substituting food crops with sugar-
cane, be warned, you will regret it,
said Oparanya.
He observed that sugarcane takes
18 months to grow and farmers have
to wait another one month to be
paid by millers. This, he said, makes
farmers to live in abject poverty until
they are paid.
He told them to stop relying on
sugarcane millers for their food,
school fees and development.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe
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A completed
section of
Nyambaria
National School
in Kisii county.
The school plans
to spend Sh50
million in its
infractructure
development.
[PHOTO: ERIC
ABUGA/STAN-
DARD]
By ERIC ABUGA
Nyambaria School will spend Sh50
million in infrastructure development
to t in its new status as a national
school.
The Ministry of Education elevated
the institution to a national school
two years ago, and now parents have
decided to give it a facelift that bets
its status.
The money will be used to set up
a new ultra modern library, several
dormitories and a dining hall, among
other facilities.
Through its board of governors,
(BoG) and Parents Teachers Associa-
tion, (PTA), the school has managed
to purchase a 62 seater bus from the
neighbouring Nyambaria primary at
a cost of Sh15 million.
With a population of more than
1,300 students, some studenst were
forced to occupy makeshift muddy
dormitories. This forced parents to
purchase an alternative piece of land
where the primary section was relo-
cated to build a modern dormitory.
Classrooms acquired from a neigh-
bouring primary school have been
converted to dormitories.
MODEL CENTRE
The school principal, Robinson
Otwori, believes that the institution is
destined for greater things, both aca-
demically and infrastructure-wise.
The new structures will boost the
morale of students because they will
School spends Sh50m in facelift
have a better environment to carry
out their studies. Currently, the school
is too congested and we feel we may
not attract the best students during
national selections, said Otwori.
The school has been doing well in
the national examinations, with over
160 students getting a direct entry to
universities in the 2012 KCSE results.
At the moment, the social and
dining halls in the school can not ac-
commodate the large population,
forcing the students to take meals in
the open.
Our priority is to have new halls
of residence and a dinning hall in the
next two years. The money we receive
from the Government is not enough,
forcing us to charge parents extra lev-
ies to supplement the costs incurred
in development projects, Otwori
said.
The chairman of the board, Omw-
eri Kebwage, said the projects are
geared towards improving the schools
performance in the region, and na-
tionally.
We want to make this school a
model and centre of excellence in
Kisii County and the whole country.
Our targets are attainable. We will ac-
cept both the rich and poor students
in our school. So far, we have admit-
ted over 200 orphans, who benetted
from our endowment kitty, said Om-
weri.
The school, with seven streams per
class, also plans to drill a borehole,
put up a perimeter wall, improve
sports facilities and purchase an au-
tomatic generator.
By NAFTAL MAKORI
The family of the late veteran jour-
nalist Robert Otani commemorated
his second anniversary by donating
revision books to a local school.
Manyatta Primary School in Mig-
ori County received 50 revision books
from Olga Otani, daughter to the late
journalist.
Otani formerly worked with The
Standard, and later joined Daily Na-
tion. Olga explained that her father
loved education and the best way to
remember him was to support the
school, based in Manyatta village in
Awendo.
IN HIS HONOUR
It is the best way to honour him.
Although my father died, he is still
very close to my heart, she ex-
plained.
Otani was the younger brother to
veteran journalist Philip Ochieng.
George Odongo, the school head
teacher said the roof of the school was
last year blown off during a storm and
many books got destroyed by the
rains.
The donation is very important to
the community, especaially after a
storm destroyed most of our books,
said Odongo.
School gets book
donation from late
journalists family
By NAFTAL MAKORI
Women leaders in Nyamira
have called for change in tact
to ght Female Genital Muti-
lation (FGM).
The leaders, who were at-
tending a workshop at a
Nyamira hotel, decried the
lack of impact in attitude
change in some local com-
munities, despite the huge
nances pumped into cam-
paigns against FGM.
FGM campaigns started
in the 1980s, but the ght
against the outdated cultural
practice seems far from over,
said Nyamira County Women
MP Alice Chae.
She urged all leaders to
come out and help end the
outdated culture, even if it
would make them politically
unpopular.
During the workshop, the
leaders were shown videos
and illustrations depicting the
effects of the cut on the health
and sexual life of women.
Reports indicate that de-
spite spirited campaigns by
various stakeholders such as
religious organisations, non-
governmental organisations
(NGOs) and other anti-FGM
crusaders, the prevalence rate
still stands at 96 per cent. This
is because majority of resi-
dents carry out the practise
secretly.
SECOND WIVES
The meeting, organised by
Kenya Women Parliamentary
Association, brought together
women leaders such as Mem-
bers of the County Assembly,
executive committee mem-
bers, chiefs and teachers to
discuss strategies of protect-
ing girls from the cut.
Chae blamed some par-
ents, medics and traditional
circumcisers, who were frus-
trating efforts to end FGM.
Chae said the nurses are mo-
tivated by the desire to gener-
ate extra cash.
She said FGM had long
term effect on relationships as
most men in the community
were now opting to marry
second wives.
Former Maendeleo Ya Wa-
nawake chair Wilkister On-
sando asked young men to
join the war against FGM by
promising not to marry cir-
cumcised girls.
This practice brings
medical complications to the
victims. There is absolutely no
reason why our people should
tolerate it, she said.
Call for change in tact to ght FGM
NYAMIRA COUNTY
MIGORI COUNTY
KISII COUNTY
By STANLEY ONGWAE
Police in Migori County im-
pounded 11 cartons of hospital drugs
in a personal car in Rongo town.
Rongo OCPD Catherine Irungu
said the police ofcers who were on
patrol intercepted the car that was
carrying the drugs near Rongo pri-
mary school, along Homa Bay road
and agged it down but the driver
deed their order and sped off.
After being chased by the ofcers
for some kilometres, the driver aban-
doned the car at Sare area in Kama-
gambo, before escaping on foot.
The Toyota Probox registration
number KBT 118H was carrying an-
tibiotics, Co-Trimoxazole oral tab-
lets.
The recovered cartons had more
than 132,000 tablets of the drug.
The incident happened on Mon-
day evening at around 8pm.
CRUCIAL LEADS
The OCPD said investigations
were underway to establish owner-
ship of the vehicle, and the source of
the medicine. The boxes the Govern-
ment of Kenya labels on them and
were also stamped Not for Resale.
We are following crucial leads. It
will be a matter of time before we
conclude the investigations, said
Ms Irungu.
She suspected the drugs were be-
ing ferried to a private chemist in
South Nyanza region.
Police impound government hospital drugs in Rongo
MIGORI COUNTY
1. Background
Chronic Aatoxins ingestion has been shown to cause liver disease and, in high concentrations, death in both humans and domestic animals.
Aatoxin is strongly linked to immune-system suppression, increased susceptibility to diseases, and growth retardation, notably stunting.
According to CDC, about 5 billion people in the developing countries are chronically exposed to dangerous levels of Aatoxins trough their
diet. Recent studies have suggested an association between consumption of Aatoxins contaminated corn and the susceptibility to, and
progression and severity of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections. In summary, Aatoxins contamination is a signicant public health and
Food safety issue as well as a concern for animal health.
As part of the operationalization of the EAC Food Security Action Plan (2011-2015) that was approved by the 9
th
Extra Ordinary Summit
of the Heads of State held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in April 2011, the EAC (www.eac.int) has received nancial assistance from the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) and technical assistance from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
to support the implementation of the EAC Regional Project on Aatoxins Control and Improved Nutrition.
The EAC requires a LOGO and TAGLINE that will correctly and distinctly reect the mandate of the project and corporate image. EAC therefore
invites interested individuals and/or rms of designers into a competition to design the logo and tagline. The winning entries will be awarded
the following cash prices:
Best entry - 2000USD
1
st
runner-up - 1500 USD
2
nd
runner-up - 1000 USD
The following conditions will be observed:
The winner-entry/other entries that participate in the competition may be subject to modications and the EAC will adopt the winning logo/
tagline and have it registered as its copyright.
The logo/tagline must be clearly and distinctly identiable for application on all corporate platforms. The logo should use words or letters
that are recognizable, use colours that are appropriate. The logo should also be distinct, pass message and aim of the project. Cereals and
products that are highly prone to Aatoxins should also be featured in the logo. The logo should be easy to print and will be used on all
ofcial documents for the project. The design shall be accompanied by a written description of its features and meaning.
The design should be in black and white and in high revolution color, put in 10 hard copies on A3 paper and in PDF/JPEG/TIFF soft copy in
a window readable CD. Any material submitted by an entrant shall belong and remain the property of the EAC Secretariat.
The competition is open to all competent individuals, institutions, and rms/companies in the EAC Partner States. They should provide
their names, postal addresses, e-mails, and day time telephone/mobile numbers along with any other relevant information. EAC Secretariat
decision is nal and not open to appeal whatsoever.
The designers should obtain the EAC Secretariat mandate and strategic objective statements from its ofcial website (www.eac.int) to guide
them in design. The closing date will be Tuesday, 10th June 2014 at 4:00pm local time.
Interested applicants may obtain further information from the East African Community on the address given above from 8.30am to 4.00 pm
during working days/hours or through E-Mail: eac@eachq.org. Any changes or modications will be communicated on the EAC Website:
www.eac.int.
All submissions should be posted or deposited in plain sealed envelopes in the tender box located at the EAC Headquarters clearly marked-
LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION- AFLATOXIN FREE IN HUMAN FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDS and addressed to:
THE SECRETARY GENERAL
East African Community, EAC Headquarters, EAC Close, P. O. Box 1096, Arusha, Tanzania
Telephone Number: +255 27 2162100 OR +255 27 2504253/8;
Fax Number: +255 27 2162190 OR +255 27 2504255 / 4481
Telegraphic, Fax, E-mail or any other form of electronic submissions will not be accepted.
LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION- ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOGO
FOR AFLATOXIN FREE IN HUMAN FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDS
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
Page 34 / NYANZA NEWS
Members of the Kisumu County
Assembly during a session. The
MCAs are currently discussing the
Information Access motion. [PHOTO:
FILE/STANDARD]
FUNDS: Youth fear being
locked out of Uwezo fund
Youth leaders from Migori
County have expressed fears that
thousands of youths will be locked
out of the Uwezo fund due lack of
knowledge on proposal writing.
Speaking in Migori town yesterday,
the youths said that although
the funds were released by the
Government last month, it may
not be possible for most groups to
apply for them.
We have been informed that
business plans are mandatory
when applying for the funds. This
is despite the fact that nobody has
ever trained the groups on making
a proposal, Bernard Abongo, the
spokesperson of the group said
after a meeting in Migori town.
TENDER: Court nullies
waste management deal
A Sh18 billion solid waste
management contract awarded by
the Kisumu County Government has
been declared null and void by the
High Court.
In a case led by businessman
Erick Okeyo against the county
government, Finance Executive
Member Omulo Okal and Madam R
Enterprises, the court declared that
the award was an illegality.
Okeyo led the case claiming
that the project was going to take
up to 25 per cent of the countys
revenue annually. He said the
contract sought to commit the
county to an annual payment of
Sh1.2 billion for 15 years.
HEALTH: Counties urged to
spend more on health
Kenya Women Parliamentary
Association (KEWOPA) trainer
Chrispine Hafu has urged the
county governments to channel at
least 10 per cent of their budgets
to health care. Hafu said that for
the county governments to realise
effective development in the
health sector, they must allocate
a reasonable percentage to the
sector in their budgets. He said
almost all the 47 counties across
the country had gaps in healthcare
allocations in the last Financial
Year 2013/2014 and hence the need
for improvement.
He made the remark during
a one day capacity building
workshop that Kewopa organised
for members of Siaya County
Assembly on reproductive health.
By DENNIS ONYANGO AND
DOMNICK MITIRO
People with hearing and visual
disabilities in Kisumu County will be
able to easily access information if a
motion currently before the county
assembly becomes law.
The motion dubbed Information
Accessibility was tabled by the
nominated member representing
people with disabilities Carolyne
Agwanda and seeks to compel the
county government to put in place
measures to ensure the group
accesses important information.
The mover noted that people
with both visual and hearing
impairments in the county are not
able to access information due to
how the information is passed
during public meetings, in the
ofces and advertisements.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
This is contrary to Articles 35
and 54 of the Constitution, Disability
Act Sections 23 and 24, Section 39 on
sign language and television section
which back access to information for
every citizen, said Ms Agwanda.
While discussing the motion, the
Members of the County Assembly
(MCAs) welcomed the move saying it
will position the county as the rst
one to make laws favouring the
Good news for PWDs as MCAs
debate Information access Bill
disadvantaged group.
The MCAs lamented that there
had been laxity in enforcing the
Disability Act as outlined in the
Constitution, saying they must put
mechanisms to ensure that the law
is implemented in region.
Nominated MCA Lydia Odhia-
mbo claimed some members of the
group have missed employment
chances in the county because they
lack information regarding availabil-
ity of the opportunities.
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
Some of them have failed to
secure the jobs not because they are
unqualied but due to lack of
knowledge about the existence of
such opportunities, she said.
Aggrey Ogosi of East Seme ward
threatened to seek legal redress in
case the county government fails to
enforce the new regulation.
Some of us have suffered long
enough. The county administration
must put in efforts to implement this
law, he said.
Moses Ochele of East Kano said:
It is sad that up to this digital era,
there is still disparity in information
accessibility. We must x the
situation in our county.
Assembly whip Isaiah Onyango
said denying a particular group of
people access to information is
dehumanising and suggested that
the county should set pace by
implementing regulations friendly to
people with disability.
By JAMES OMORO
Police in Rachuonyo South
District have conscated 16,005
litres of illicit alcoholic drinks.
In an operation carried out at
Chabera village Tuesday night, the
police impounded 16,000 litres of a
locally made drink known as
Kangara alongside ve litres of
changaa.
Police raided a brewing den
along river Sondu where they found
the brew.
Speaking to The Standard on
phone, Rachuonyo South OCPD
Patricia Nasio said they arrested 12
people including two brewers and
ten consumers during the opera-
tion.
Other brewers and consumers
escaped in the darkness and swam
through the river to avoid wrath of
the law.
Nasio decried the rate at which
young people have indulged in
alcohol drinking in the village.
We have realised that it is only
Chabera where production of illicit
alcoholic brews is rampant in this
district, the OCPD said.
By NAFTAL MAKORI
Members of the County
Assembly in Nyamira failed to hit
quorum to discuss the fate of their
embattled speaker.
Reports indicate that the MCAs
planned to start debate on the
motion of impeaching Mongare
Kingoina yesterday but opted for a
tactical retreat upon suspicion a
court order barring such a move
may have been obtained.
On Tuesday, there was no
quorum since only nine of the 33
members turned up. By the time of
going to the press yesterday,
quorum was still lacking but MCAs
were spotted around the assembly.
An MCA who spoke to The
Standard on condition of anonym-
ity, said impeachment of the
speaker was imminent and hinted
it may happen by end of the week,
probably on Friday.
Another source said they were
exploring options of convening a
special session on Saturday.
Such a meeting would be
particularly odd.
Scare as two bags found abandoned at sports ground
Police impound 16,000 litres of illicit brew County misses quorum to discuss speaker
By HEZRON OCHIEL
There was a bomb scare in
Kisumu city when members of the
public alerted the police that two
bags had been left unattended at
the Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground.
The bags that had been left
unattended for more than ve
hours raised concern and forced
residents to call the police after
suspecting that they might be
carrying bombs.
Police who arrived at the scene
had hectic time securing the place
as residents thronged the venue to
have a glimpse of what was
happening.
The police then blocked the
busy Angawa Street and dispersed
locals to give way for anti-terrorism
police unit to detonate the sus-
pected bombs.
STUFFED WITH CLOTHES
But when the police connected
some wires to the bags in readiness
for detonation, they found out that
the bags were stuffed with clothes
and veils popular with the Somali.
It is not a coincidence the bags
were stuffed with such clothes. I
believe the terrorists are trying our
level of preparedness, said Awino.
Area OCPD Musa Kongoli said
the bags had no explosives but
called on the public to continue
reporting such cases to the police.
What we have witnessed is high
level of preparedness by our
people. Our team is investigating
circumstances under which the
bags were abandoned, he said.
According to John Otieno, an
eyewitness, the bags had been lying
at the scene, a few metres from the
busy Angawa Street used by motor-
ists to ferry passengers to the town,
for a long time.
When I came at the ground,
shortly after 9am, I saw the bag but
I never bothered. Then an hour
later I saw two people, a man and a
woman come near the bag, said
Otieno.
KISUMU COUNTY
NYAMIRA COUNTY HOMA BAY COUNTY
MIGORI COUNTY
SIAYA COUNTY
KISUMU COUNTY
Our Hansard reports should
come in large fonts, on screens, in
braille and sign interpreters should
relay the same information to
persons with hearing impairments.
In the new legislation, there
should be an interpreter in the
assembly to assist MCAs and
members of the public with hearing
challenges. The same will apply to
other public gatherings in the area
to benet all members of the
community.
Further, public institutions will
be required to hire sign language
experts to assist the hearing
impaired.
Suggestions were made in the
county assembly to introduce sign
language as a subject in all the
public institutions.
The initiative comes barely two
weeks after the assembly passed a
law seeking to enhance accessibility
to all public buildings in the area by
people with disability.
KISUMU COUNTY
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard Page 36 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS
Elgeyo-Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos (left) and area County Commissioner
Arthur Osiya when they toured Kocholwo, which is prone to landslides
yesterday. He urged residents to stop farming on steep areas to prevent
landslides. [PHOTO:FRED KIBOR/STANDARD]

Sam Gitau
By FRED KIBOR
and TITUS TOO
Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex
Tolgos has cautioned residents against
cultivating along Kerio Escarpment to
prevent frequent landslides in the
area.
The governor also issued a notice
to the residents who have settled
along the escarpment to vacate the
area.
There is wanton destruction of
the environment through cultivation
and charcoal burning and the area is
no longer safe for human settlement,
warned the governor.
He said residents were ploughing
up step areas, something he said may
trigger landslides during the rainy
season.
In the past four years, we have
lost close to forty people as a result of
landslides, but it seems residents have
not learnt from the catastrophes,
said Tolgos.
He said his government was draft-
ing a Bill that would criminalise any
human activity that may interfere
with the natural environment around
the escarpment.
HOMES DESTROYED
We will soon table a Bill in the
county assembly to put a stop to the
deaths we witness every year when
rains pound, he said when he toured
Kocholwo in Keiyo South Sub-coun-
ty.
In December 2012, six people per-
ished after a downpour triggered a
landslide that swept away homes in
Kocholwo.
Tolgos explained the colonial gov-
ernment through the then Elgeyo
Marakwet District Agriculture Ofcer
William Spencer had identied areas
that were prohibited for human settle-
ment and cultivation.
There was a line that came to be
famously called the Spencer line that
locals wishing to set up home or any
do form of cultivation were not al-
lowed to cross. We want to restore this
Spencer line as a way of averting land-
slides as well as make the escarpment
a tourism area, he said.
County seeks to avert
recurrent landslides
The governor noted that commit-
tees would be formed in affected sub-
locations to spearhead relocation of
families living in areas prone to land-
slides.
I want to assure them that the
The governor asked locals who will
be relocated to embrace farming ac-
tivities that do not interfere withe the
structure of the soil such as bee keep-
ing and livestock rearing.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM) Board in
collaboration with Directorate of Pub-
lic Prosecution (DPP) has stepped up
efforts to eradicate the outdated prac-
tice across the country.
The boards Chairperson Linah
Kilimo said despite FGM having been
outlawed, some communities were
still practising it.
ANTI-FGM DRIVE
Kilimo said her board has teamed
up with specialised units from the
DPPs ofce to sensitise Kenyans on
the negative effects of FGM.
The specialised units are also
charged with prosecution of offend-
ers.
The former Marakwet East MP ap-
pealed to clerics and community
leaders to partner with the board in
the campaign against female circum-
cision, which she said is a threat to the
future of the girl child.
Girls should be accorded the con-
stitutional right to education. Com-
munities should discard FGM which
is to blame for early marriages and
high school dropout rates among
girls, said Kilimo.
exercise will be humane as it will en-
tail moving them from their ancestral
land, he said.
Tolgos said the relocation will pave
for restoration of the escarpments,
which will include planting of trees.
By NIKKO TANUI
Former Roads Minister Franklin
Bett has asked Deputy President Wil-
liam Ruto to help end the escalating
wrangles between Kericho Governor
and MCAs.
As stakeholders in the county, we
are asking Deputy President William
Ruto, as the URP leader ,to show lead-
ership and end the impasse between
Kericho governor and the MCAs for
the sake of development in the area,
said Bett.
Speaking to the press in Kericho
town, Bett also urged Governor Paul
Chepkwony and the MCAs to hold
talks and end the row.
If they keep ghting, how is devel-
opment going to take place. The ex-
ecutive and the assembly must con-
ne themselves to their respective
roles but at work together and respect
each other, said Bett.
Speaking separately, Soin/Sigowet
MP Justice Kemei pointed said the
squabble between the executive and
MCAs can be resolved through me-
diation.
As leader in Kericho County, we
had vowed that all of us would com-
plete our terms without ghting or
undermining each other. The dispute
between the governor and the MCAs
is not good for development of the
county and it must therefore come to
an end, said Kemei.
By OSINDE OBARE
Thirty three suspects were arrested
after residents of Kipsongo slums in
Kitale pelted police with stones as
they resisted a crackdown on illicit
brews in the area.
The ofcers had arrived in the area
when a group of people at an illicit
brews den attacked them.
Trans-Nzoia County Commander
Lillian Okembo said the ofcers had
gone to conduct a swoop on illicit
brews in the area when those con-
suming changaa turned against
them.
We have arrested 33 people in
connection with the attack on our of-
cers. We are not going to relent on
our efforts to root out brewsing and
consumption of illicit brews, vowed
Okembo.
Okembo said over 400 litres of
changaa was seized and destroyed
during the raid, adding that those ar-
rested will be arraigned in court soon.
Consumption of illicit brews in the
area has blamed for the social ills af-
licting most estates in Kitale.
Trans-Nzoia Woman Representa-
tive Janet Nangabo has been been
outspoken in the campaign against
sale of illicit brews, arguing they have
fuelled poverty and spread of HIV.
Bett wants Ruto to
help resolve MCAs,
governor dispute
30 held for fracas
during swoop
on illicit brews
By VINCENT MABATUK and
PATRICK KIBET
Embattled Nakuru County Execu-
tive in charge of Trade Sam Gitau has
stepped aside to allow for investiga-
tions over his academic qualica-
tions.
County Governor Kinuthia Mbu-
gua announced the new develop-
ment last evening after Gitau wrote
to him.
Kinuthia told journalists that he
was not aware about the allegations
of fake academic documents and
only learnt about it through a story
published by The Standard.
Earlier Nakuru civil society forum
had asked the Director of Public
Prosecution Keriako Tobiko and Eth-
ics and Anti-corruption to investi-
gate allegations aginst Gitau. Speak-
ing to journalists in Nakuru town,
the group said the allegations were
weighty and should not be wished
way.
They said Governor Kinuthia
Mbugua should also be investigated
to establish if he was involved in the
scam, saying his silence in the wake
of the expos by The standard on
Sunday had raised many questions.
IMPEACHMENT THREAT
The governor and the entire
county leadership has remained si-
lent about the matter since it was
raised ve days ago. We want Ke-
nyans and, especially people of Na-
kuru, to be told exactly what has
been happening and who knows
what, they said.
They warned that should the gov-
ernor be found to have played a role
in shielding Gitau from prosecution,
the county assembly must com-
mence a process to impeachment
him.
Centre for Enhancing Democracy
and Good Governance Programmes
Manager Kimunche Masese called
for a probe to establish whether the
governor rewarded his political cro-
nies with county posts without fol-
lowing due diligence.
While demanding for his imme-
diate dismissal from ofce, Mr Mas-
ese said Gitau must be arrested and
arraigned in court to answer to forg-
ery related charges.
They also revealed that the forum
has already written to EACC request-
ing it to commence investigations.
By MICHAEL OLLINGA
Eldoret West Sub-County Com-
missioner Christopher Wanjau has
asked Uasin Gishu residents to co-
operate with Government teams
collecting their identication details
as part of the Nyumba Kumi initia-
tive.
The administrator said the teams
have been tasked to carry out door-
to-door registration of residents.
There is a team approved by the
administration moving across es-
tates in Eldoret and its outskirts
seeking details of the residents. The
public should furnish them with re-
quired information, he explained.
GOVERNMENT DRIVE
He added: Some individuals are
refusing to open gates while others
decline to give the ofcers the re-
quired details. The exercise is a Gov-
ernment initiative and should be
taken positively, he stated.
According to the commissioner,
residents in Elgon View, Mwanzo
and sections of the larger Langas are
among those who have turned the
ofcials away.
It is better you register now be-
cause when we begin swoops to ar-
rest illegal inhabitants, we will target
areas where residents refused to co-
operate with our ofcers, he cau-
tioned the public. Wanjau also called
on parents to register their children
immediately after birth.
Trade executive steps aside over fake papers allegations
Residents told to support Nyumba Kumi data drive
NAKURU COUNTY
KERICHO COUNTY
TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY
ELGEYO-MARAKWET COUNTY
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Page 37 Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
By PETER OCHIENG
and KEVIN TUNOI
Three people have been killed
and ve others seriously injured in
fresh ghting that broke out on
Tuesday between members of the
Pokot and Turkana communities.
The ghting erupted early in the
morning and lasted about ve hours.
The latest clash came just two
days after Pokot leaders postponed a
peace meeting that was intended to
resolve the long-standing feud
between the two communities over a
boundary dispute and the cattle
rustling menace.
According to Loima MP Protus
Akujah, youths suspected to be from
the Pokot community invaded
Kotaruk village in the constituency
on Sunday although they were no
livestock stolen during the incident.
He said the suspected group
struck again on Monday morning
and drove several heads of livestock.
The stolen animals are said to
have been driven towards Apuke in
West Pokot District, but were later
recovered by police ofcers and
Kenya Police Reservists.
When the raiders came back on
Tuesday, they stole the livestock
without any confrontation because
they caught the villagers unawares.
A resident, Joseph Epokon, said
Three killed in fresh
Pokot, Turkana chaos
the tension was high in the area,
with residents scampering for safety.
I saw ve people from Turkana
area with blood stains who were
looking for vehicles to take them to
the hospitals. I did not know the
number of people injured on the
Pokot side, Epokon said.
Acting OCPD Chief Inspector
Edward Mutemi conrmed the
killing, adding that he was only
aware of one KPR who had been
injured and not ve.
We got information from the
ground and responded immediately
accompanied by the Kenya Police
Reservist ofcers. The team caught
up with the raiders before they could
cross the border, said Mutemi.
GUNFIGHT
Mutemi said the raiders engaged
police in a gunght for more than
ve hours before the ofcers
overpowered them.
Area county commandant
Emmanuel Karisa said he was aware
of the incident but promised to give
further details later.
Meanwhile, police in Eldoret
have disbanded a local community
policing unit for overstepping its
mandate.
The group is said to have been
extorting money from traders in
Langas area to offer them protec-
tion.
It was also reportedly operating a
police station and was issuing copies
By KARANJA NJOROGE
Members of the Nakuru County Assembly
have defended the plan to establish a Ward
Development Fund, saying it will help
accelerate economic development at the
grassroots.
The proposed Bill to anchor formation of
the fund has come under sharp criticism
from civil society groups who claim it is a
ploy by the ward representatives to create
jobs for their cronies.
But Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs
Committee Chairman Samuel Waithuki said
the fund would bring development closer to
the residents as well as create employment
for local youths.
Waithuki challenged Members of Parlia-
ment to have the Constituency Development
Fund (CDF) run under the Ward Develop-
ment Fund since their role is to legislate at
the national level.
MPs should let the CDF money be
managed by the counties to ensure that
development is realised at the grassroots,
Waithuki said.
Ofcers recover homemade gun, bullet as crime surges
MCAs defend proposal to form
Ward Fund, say it will spur growth
By MERCY KAHENDA
Police ofcers have recovered a
homemade gun and one bullet at a
Dam in Bahati constituency.
Bahati OCPD Duncan Nguthu
said the gun was found on the bank
of Mombasa Dam by a child who
had gone to fetch water on Monday
morning.
Nguthu said the child informed
his parents about the gun who later
reported the incident to the local
administration.
The OCPD said the gun might
have been hidden by suspects who
attacked a business man last
Saturday at Engashura village while
armed with a Ugandan police
weapon.
The suspects red at the
businessman, who shot back,
killing one of them.
It is suspected criminals who
attacked a businessman last week
are the ones who had the gun
because it had not stayed long at
the dam as it did not have rust, he
said.
CRIME WAVE
The incident happened amid
security fears following a crime
wave that has hit the are in the
recent.
In March, three rearms and 45
bullets were recovered at Tumaini
area in Mirangini location Nyan-
darua County.
The gun had been stolen form
Hugh Ross, who resides in Nakuru,
according to gun registration
documents and certicates.
Early last month, police ofcers
also recovered another rearm and
17 bullets at Ngata estate in Nakuru
town inside a polythene bag after
they were dropped by robbery
NAKURU COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
TURKANA COUNTY
Kitui Governor Julius Malombe commissions two garbage collection trucks
worth Sh16 million outside his ofce, yesterday. [PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/
STANDARD]
No monkey business
of P3 forms and police abstracts to
unsuspecting members of the public
at a fee.
Residents were also required to
report criminal and civil cases to the
ofces upon which they were issued
occurrence book (OB) numbers.
Uasin Gishu acting County
Commander Nelson Taliti said the
ofce had over-stepped its mandate
and was breaking the law.
The only places that can
operate as police stations are those
that are duly gazetted. The office
was acting as a parallel police
station, creating confusion among
residents, he said.
Taliti said all services offered at
police stations were free as per the
National Police Service Charter and
that they will not allow any group-
ings to taint the image of the service.
Elsewhere, a dismantled Kenya
National Highways Authority vehicle
that had been stolen was recovered
in Bondo in Nyanza, as the police
claimed they had broken a Govern-
ment car theft ring.
The Toyota Hilux registration
number KAU 269P and another
Toyota Prado KBN 918E were stolen
from the parastatals parking yard in
Eldoret between the nights of 16 and
17 February. Uasin Gishu County
Criminal Investigations Ofcer Isaac
Musyoki said although they did not
make any arrest, they were following
crucial leads to apprehend the
suspected criminals.
suspects.
Elsewhere, police ofcers in
Nakuru arrested three criminals
who had hidden a gun and 28
bullets at a leading supermarket
luggage store in Nakuru town.
The suspects led police ofcers
to the supermarket and retrieved a
bag which had the gun and 28
bullets that had been presented by
the suspects as a luggage.
Page 38 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS
RED FLAG: Hotels accused
of violating labour laws
Hotel owners in the world-
famous Maasai Mara have been
accused of outing labour laws.
A member of the National
Assembly Departmental Committee
on Labour and Social Welfare
Patrick Ntutu said a survey by
the team established that most
employees were casuals despite
having worked for the hostels for
several years.
Brieng The Standard after
the committee wound its visit
to several hotels, Ntutu, who
is also Narok West MP, said the
hotels and lodges also dont offer
accommodation to their staff.
The committee found out that
the hotels do not also adhere to
the 1/3 rule when hiring its staff,
he said.
AIR SAFETY: Man who made
chopper crash-land charged
A passenger who allegedly
caused a helicopter to crash-land
in Maasai Mara Game Reserve has
been arraigned before a Narok
court and charged with the offence.
Divani Raj was charged with
causing malicious damage worth
Sh15 million to the tourist chopper
when he appeared before Narok
Resident Magistrate Zainabu Abdul.
He faced another count of
jeopardising the safety of the
aircraft and forcing it to crash in
the Mara. He denied committing
the offences and was released on a
Sh2 million bond.
Meanwhile, a Rwandese was
charged with being in the country
illegally in the same court.
By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
and LEONARD KULEI
More than 50,000 residents of East
Pokot, Baringo County, are in dire
need of emergency relief food follow-
ing prolonged drought in the area.
The delay of rains in the semi-arid
area has led to vegetation and water
dams drying up, with Amaya, Churo,
Silale, Kositei, Akoret and Naudo be-
ing the worst-hit areas.
Herders are also said to have
moved to neighbouring districts
within the county such as Marigat and
Baringo North in search of water and
pasture.
HUNGER-RELATED DEATHS
Area Sub-county Commissioner
Daniel Kurui told The Standard the
situation has been deteriorating by
the day, and called for urgent inter-
vention to save residents.
The commissioner however, re-
futed claims of hunger-related deaths.
The hunger is really bad and each
farmer has lost an average of 30 goats,
Over 50,000 face hunger
as prolonged drought bites
but nobody has lost his or her life,
said Kurui.
He said the national Government
is set to distribute 300 bags of maize
and 150 bags of beans to the affected
Government told to urgently repair collapsing bridge
By SILAH KOSKEI
The Government has been urged
to allocate funds for the rehabilita-
tion of Kainuk Bridge in Turkana
South District.
The bridge over Turkwel River,
which links the area to other regions,
is reportedly falling apart.
Turkana County Governor Josphat
Nanok expressed concern over the
state of the bridge, and called for an
urgent response from the Govern-
ment to avert a looming disaster.
The national Government has a
mandate to rehabilitate the collaps-
ing bridge as its parts of its duties
according to the new Constitution,
he said.
He attributed the state of the
bridge to continued use by heavy
trucks carrying relief food to Turkana
County and also those headed to the
neighbouring Southern Sudan.
The governor added that he has
already written to the national gov-
ernment with regard to the matter.
The bridge connects Pokot and
Turkana counties and is also the
main link to South Sudan.
Nanok, who spoke to The Stan-
dard on telephone, said the recent
county assessment of the bridge in-
dicated extensive damage, which
needs immediate repair.
HEAVY RAINS
Bridge repair is a function of the
national Government and it should
rehabilitate it before the commence-
ment of heavy rains, he said.
Nanok said ongoing oil explora-
tion in the region may also be jeop-
ardised, as Tullow Oil the rm
spearheading petroleum mining
activities in the area depends on
the bridge to transport equipment to
the site.
Kainuk assistant chief Sarah Lo-
chodo said heavy vehicles, over 40
tonnes, plying the Kitale-Lodwar
route have contributed to the widen-
ing of the crack on the bridge.
It will be unfortunate for the
bridge to sink despite the prior
knowledge of the national Govern-
ment because it will greatly impact
on development in the area and
neighbouring counties, she added.
TURKANA COUNTY
NAROK COUNTY
NAROK COUNTY
A starving elderly woman in Nginyang in East Pokot, Baringo County, is happy
to have something to calm hunger pangs following famine in the area. [PHOTO:
ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]
families and called on well-wishers to
help mitigate the hunger crisis as the
food relief was not sufcient.
We are therefore calling on Ke-
nyans of goodwill to hold a food aid
drive like the 2012 Kenyans for Kenya
initiative, added Kurui.
He said the water in some dams
has been contaminated and pose a
health risk to the locals, adding that
several cases of diarrhoea have al-
ready been reported in the area.
About 10 schools in Mondi divi-
sion are yet to reopen as the pastoral-
ist community in the region has relo-
cated to other areas in search of water
and pasture.
LOW TURNOUT
Schools have opened for the sec-
ond term but only a handful of learn-
ers have reported back owing to the
hunger situation. Schools have food
but there is no water and we are ap-
pealing to Ministry of Water to supply
the commodity, said Richard Ptek-
wenyo, area Education Ofcer.
Various parts of Baringo County
such as Bartabwa and Arabal in
Marigat are also facing famine due to
the erratic rainfall.
Area Red Cross Society of Kenya
ofcial also refuted claims that seven
people have died in the wake of the
hunger.
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G F B H 22
D G C C 16
13 21 25 23
A J D F 20
Solution No. 1823
8 6 4 5 2 7 9 3 1
2 3 5 1 9 4 7 6 8
9 1 7 8 6 3 4 2 5
3 9 2 4 1 8 6 5 7
7 5 8 6 3 9 1 4 2
1 4 6 7 5 2 3 8 9
6 8 9 2 4 1 5 7 3
4 2 3 9 7 5 8 1 6
5 7 1 3 8 6 2 9 4
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
STANDOKU Imejin
1824 MEDIUM
4
6
5
8 7
9
5 6 8
2 6
8 1 3
3 4 2
3 1
9 6 3
puzzling
39
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: The
colourless can piles
are designed to
swim and y. (5, 8)
Middle line: What
a gorgeous gure
this star has! (1,
8, 4)
Bottom line: Em-
ploy a priestly ca-
nine? (3, 1, 3, 6)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
Interactions with co-workers may cause
you to plan a get-together at the noon
meal. Discussing a situation may add heat
to a problem. Continue business discus-
sions after the meal.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You can be most helpful in sorting out the
right action to take in order to turn a nega-
tive to a positive today. Target the next
few days for networking, conferences, etc.
Keep your sense of humor and do not push
your point of view too strongly.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
There could bel challenges in the work-
place, both in dealing with the work at
hand and in personal situations. Careful
unless you know the facts, it would be bet-
ter not to become involved in any disputes.
Aires (March 21 - April 20)
This is a very lucky day for making plans
or decisions and finding your way through
just about any problem you may discover.
Positive energies are available with re-
spect to love and money. You feel success-
ful and able to handle difficult situations.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Your professional job may demand a bit
of research today. You will be able to take
your time and take clear notes. You also
may expend a great deal of effort to se-
cure finances through some investments.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
Someone could challenge your sense
of identity. This will only take a small
amount of your time to decide on the
steps it will take to stop the problem. Now
is a good time to initiate any changes
needed to create that positive atmosphere
that you like so well.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(April 21 - May 20)
There is optimism now making
this an excellent time to work
for a promotion or take a vaca-
tion. You are likely to hear good
news regarding something of
importance to you today.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5184
NO 5183
A B C D E F G H J
8 1 5 9 2 4 7 3 7
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
L
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
T A D E R S H U O W
J C Z Y F X Q P G N
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V
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
With positive energy to burn this thursday,
you could promote most any idea. The re-
sults and reactions of others will be posi-
tive. The changes you have been thinking of
making for today, tomorrow and the next
day may need to be contemplated very
carefully.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
This is a good time to nish up unresolved
business. The longer you wait, the more
things can go wrong. You are lled with urge
to work hard and get things done. Do not
put off tomorrow what you can do today.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
Although the workday ows easily enough,
your mood may be pensive. Cleaning up your
work area and organising your thoughts
may take up much of the afernoon. There is
involvement in publication of ideas among
co-workers today.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
Complete unnished business today. You
have a sharp mind and your ability to grasp
the overview of a situation is strong. You
have expectations and the right amount of
discipline to get you where you want to go.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
Consciously, give yourself extra time to
stay organised with projects the rest of this
month. The instinct to be powerful and in
control seems quite strong. This may lead to
a greater interest or experience in investing.
Taurus
Solution No. 1823
8 6 4 5 2 7 9 3 1
2 3 5 1 9 4 7 6 8
9 1 7 8 6 3 4 2 5
3 9 2 4 1 8 6 5 7
7 5 8 6 3 9 1 4 2
1 4 6 7 5 2 3 8 9
6 8 9 2 4 1 5 7 3
4 2 3 9 7 5 8 1 6
5 7 1 3 8 6 2 9 4
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puzzling
Across
4 Afternoon nap (6)
7 Copious (8)
8 Eras (6)
10 Potatoes (5)
13 Podium (4)
14 Atmosphere (4)
15 Tablet (4)
16 Opposite of peace (3)
17 Complain bitterly (4)
19 Unlock (4)
21 Well-thought of (9)
23 Chuck (4)
24 Nearly all (4)
26 Farm animal (3)
27 Objectives (4)
29 Mimicked (4)
32 Former Italian cur-
rency (4)
33 Free of obstruction
(5)
34 Leg bone (6)
35 Next day (8)
36 Onto land from wa-
ter (6)
Down
1 Light wood (5)
2 Bode (5)
3 Betting chances (4)
4 Thieve (5)
5 Cupid (4)
6 Irans capital (6)
9 Fliers (6)
11 Play on words (3)
12 Challenges (5)
13 Predicament (7)
15 Fruit seed (3)
16 Marry (3)
18 Assault (6)
20 Flower part (5)
21 Noisy quarrel (3)
22 Lettuce (3)
23 Conservatives (6)
25 Adriatic, for example
(3)
28 Furious (5)
30 Oysters gem (5)
31 Die in water (5)
32 Board game (4)
33 Cut with an axe (4)
ACROSS: 1, Reggae 7, Elongate 8, Fall 10, Flutes 11, Junior 14, See 16, Limit 17, Else 19, Coral 21,
So far 22, Minim 23, Lids 26, Carat 28, Tar 29, Icarus 30, Ration 31, Axes 32, Ambition 33, Tu-
tors.
DOWN: 1, Rafe 2, Goatee 3, Eels 4, Angular 5, Maxim 6, Heart 8, Fuss 9, Lee 12, Nil 13, Oiled 15,
Soa 18, Lilac 19, Con 20, Ram 21, Situate 22, Mar 23, Latest 24, Iris 25, Singes 26, Cigar 27,
Rabbi 28, Tax 30, Rant.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
4 Such a hole as to make you
stare? (6)
7 Such a detective may charm,
perhaps, by his manner (8)
8 A German substitute (6)
10 A surname? Everybody has
one (5)
13 Makes sure that its returned
undamaged (4)
14 The red kind backs out of
the way (4)
15 She can crack a nut (4)
16 Today, a word of warning? (3)
17 Sugar beet extract we all have
(4)
19 Prepared to admit (4)
21 A twisters device to get a
drink (9)
23 List of protagonists (4)
24 Ten volunteers arent much
(4)
26 A masked marauder! (3)
27 Any one young fellow out of
hundreds (4)
29 How Charlie has to go short
(4)
32 Its not to be sniffed at! (4)
33 Plan well for a famous abode
(5)
34 Coronation route? (6)
35 Shows a consuming interest
in being humble! (4,4)
36 A scholarly introduction (6)
DOWN
1 A lads fresh food (5)
2 Look kindly on the photogra-
pher (5)
3 The aching part due to wag-
ging? (4)
4 A faster colour than red? (5)
5 Afterthought about an Ameri-
can cat (4)
6 Thought it up in time (6)
9 The labs reply? (6)
11 Collegiate member? (3)
12 Is it mostly borrowed from jar-
gon? (5)
13 Go down in reserve team? (7)
15 Vessel of an unfamiliar kind
(3)
16 Not the first to get fresh (3)
18 Having a growing potential
(6)
20 She has taste (5)
21 He guides many an animal (3)
22 Being timid, coolly robbed of
some dollars (3)
23 A bad lot getting worse? (6)
25 Organ necessary in rehearsal
(3)
28 Ring true, possibly, in a super-
ficial sense (5)
30 Its dangerous to be breezy
with a hothead (5)
31 School we joined with some
gusto (5)
32 Plant that grows as a sort of
tree out East (4)
33 See timber in terms of finance
(4)
ACROSS: 1, P-O-ints 7, Head-land 8, Base 10, The red 11, Minute 14, Ale 16, Sires 17, Lady 19, Came-L 21, Dated
22, Worst 23, Chap 26, Woman 28, Boa 29, Asides 30, Fan-Ned 31, Lark 32, Crevas-se 33, Andrew.
DOWN: 1, Pistol 2, N-early 3, Sh-ed 4, Advised 5, Namur 6, Id-L-es 8, Bead 9, SE-e 12, Nil 13, Tessa 15, Patsy 18,
A-DI-os 19, Car 20, Met 21, Done-gal 22, Wad 23, Conrad 24, Hank 25, Padsaw 26, Watch 27, Mixed 28, Baa 30,
Flea.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Happiness is not something
ready-made. It comes from your
own actions.
Dalai Lama
A plucky poultry played
chicken with a car travelling
at 70mph and the car
came off worse.
Driver Huang Lingyong, 31,
was at the wheel when the
bird-brained pedestrian
suddenly crossed the road in
front of him.
But instead of squashing the
chicken and leaving it as
roadkill, the car was left with
a huge hole in its bonnet
where the chicken remained
until the car stopped.
Huang said: I thought it was
dead but then I heard a
cluck-clucking. It was a little
shaken up and its feathers all
ruffled, but otherwise OK. It
looked like a very good
advert for chickens but a very
bad one for the quality of the
car I was driving.
The car manufacturer, a
Japanese company, said the
bumper of the car so easily
destroyed by poultry, is not
part of the original design
but a Chinese imitation.
Mirror Online
Chicken hit by car smashes hole in its bonnet
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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6.45pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
1.45pm, AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN 3D (PG)
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SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
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9.15pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
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MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm
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09:40 Border Security
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10:55 How Do They Do It?
11:25 How Its Made
11:50 Dynamo
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It revolves around Roland Deschain, the last
living member of a knightly order of gunsling-
ers, and humanitys last hope to save a civili-
sation that will crumble unless he nds the
Dark Tower. Howard and Goldsman describe
the world as an alternate Americana, one part
post-apocalyptic, one part Sergio Leone.
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05:50 MythBusters
05:45 How Do They Do It?
07:10 How Its Made
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5:00 Pambazuka
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11:30 Naswa
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13:00 Live at 1
14:00 African
leadership dialogue rpt
14:30 Afrosinema
16:00 Citizen alasiri
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alasiri
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00.00 Naijasinema rpt
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In this weeks episode: Mama Duka brings guidance and messages to various people who come to
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stories designed to inspire and motivate them to overcome their present dilemma by making the
moral choice.

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the level of NPLs in the Energy and
Water sectors due to the governments
efforts to boost its power sector and
reduction of cost electricity through
the production electricity using geo-
thermal steam.
But even as CBK sounded an alarm
over the likely increase in the level of
NPLs, commercial banks continued
to register improved protability in
the face of a weakening economy and
public protest over the high interest
rate regime.
BY JAMES ANYANZWA
Central Bank of Kenya has named
agriculture, tourism, transport and
real estate as high-risk sectors likely
to attract more loan defaults.
The regulator raised a red ag over
the sectors wobbling performance
on the face of increased insecurity
and poor prices for tea and coffee.
Also in the limelight is the person-
al/household sector that has born the
brunt of a high interest rate regime.
CBK says the sectors are likely to reg-
ister increased number of loan de-
faulters during the second quarter
(April-June) of this year owing to their
reduced performance.
Lending is the principal business
activity for most banks and as a result
credit risk is the single largest factor
affecting the soundness of banks and
the nancial system as a whole, says
CBK in its latest Credit survey.
The survey shows the proportion
of the non-performing loans (NPLs)
is expected to increase in these sec-
tors in a development that is likely to
choke the lenders protability.
The expected growth in the level of
NPLs is largely attributed to the strict
transport regulations, erratic weather
and rising incidents of insecurity,
which have dented Kenyas reputa-
tion as a safe tourist destination.
According CBK, the expected in-
crease of NPLs in the agriculture sec-
tor may be explained by reduction in
tea prices arising from over produc-
tion and glut in the market, and the
prevailing delayed onset of long rains,
which may result in food shortage.
The current spate of insecurity in
the country may be attributed to ex-
pected increase in NPLs in the tour-
ism sector while the high interest
rates is expected to impact negatively
on real estate sector, says CBK. Al-
ready, the credit standards for the
tourism sector have been tightened,
according to the Survey.
TOURISM SERVICES
The sector is staggering on the
brink of collapse due to among oth-
ers, insecurity and the Governments
imposition of a 16 per cent Value Add-
ed Tax (VAT) on the spare parts of
light aircrafts and tourism services.
CBK however, projects a drop in
Debt market
Business
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TODAY IN
BY MARGARET KANINI
and ISAAC MESSO
The cost of home ownership is
projected to reduce drastically by
about 30 per cent if a new technology
is adopted.
Besides, the Expanded Polystyrene
Panels (EPS) is expected to cut down
on the time spent to construct a home
or property by about 50 per cent.
EPS Managing Director Andrew
Saisi noted that the new technology
targets middle and low-income class,
as the country seeks to enable more
Kenyans own affordable and improved
housing. If the new technology is cor-
rectly installed and accepted by Ke-
nyans, it would enhance the ability of
Kenyans to own affordable and better
houses, he said, during a tour of the
factory in Mavokoni yesterday.
National Housing Corporation has
been exploring ways to enable Ke-
nyans own homes and reduce housing
shortage in the country and view the
new Italian technology in the housing
sector as part of the solution.
Heavy machinery is used in the
chain production of the polystyrene
panels, a task that would take several
manual workers to nish.
The panels also require very little
concrete to reinforce the buildings
and little manpower for the construc-
tion, which makes it cheap.
The state corporation has invested
billions of shillings in the production
of the polystyrene panels for the con-
struction of housing in the country.
Besides, the new technology is very
strong, making the new houses resis-
tant to earthquake and storm, besides
being re resistance, easy to install
and sound proof. The Italian technol-
ogy has been used in Europe for over
60 years, but only penetrated the Ke-
nya market late last year.
More than 30 local Kenyans have
been trained on the new technology
and are currently working with the
agency. NHC targets to construct more
than3,000 houses annually, however,
the only challenge is lack of raw mate-
rial to support the project.
The steel and the polystyrene
beads, which are the key raw materi-
als for the production of the polysty-
rene are all imported from china, In-
dia and Italy.
BY MACHARIA KAMAU
Tyre manufacturer Sameer Africa,
plans to build its own power plant to
cut dependence on electricity from
Kenya Power.
The rm yesterday announced it
would put up a six-megawatt coal
plant at its tyre manufacturing plant
in Nairobi that will be ready by 2016.
The rm expects the investment to
substantially reduce its power bill that
currently stands at between Sh20 and
Sh30 million every month.
We are still on the drawing phase,
but we are looking at having a thermal
coal power plant of about six mega-
watts. We should be able to start pro-
ducing power by 2016 at the mo-
ment we are still in the planning stage,
which will tell us how much we will
invest and how we will go about -
nancing it, said Allan Walmsley, the
Managing Director of Sameer Africa.
Kenya is rated as costly investment
destination, partly due to the coun-
trys high electricity cost that retails at
about 18 US cents, compared to other
destinations that retail at below nine
US cents.
This has made locally manufac-
tured goods costly and unable to
compete in the local and internation-
al markets.
The Energy Ministry pans to in-
crease electricity generation by over
5,000MW over the next three years, a
move that is hoped to bring down the
cost of electricity.
The rm also announced that it is
close to concluding the search for a
technical and capital partner. Walms-
ley said Sameer had already identied
potential partners and negotiations
are ongoing, but did not disclose any
details.
NHC bets on new technology to cut cost of building
Sameer to
invest in own
power plant
Central Bank raises red flag over
lending to tourism, agriculture
Tea is one of the sub-sectors that have been hit by a slump in prices. [PHOTO:
FILE/STANDARD]
QuickStop
Mauritius tech rm
eyes Kenyas Internet
payment service
Cost, technological complexity,
control and lack of education
are the major issues facing the
growth of internet payment
services in Kenya. This is the
position taken by Bardo Group,
a new entrant in the online
payment arena. Operating in the
country since January 2014, the
company whose head ofce is in
Mauritius is also incorporated in
Hong Kong, Panama and UK.
We chose Kenya as our rst
location within the region due
to the fact that it was the rst
country in East Africa to have
an ecommerce acquiring bank
and the best offering in terms
of e-commerce transaction
processing, said Bardo CEO
Laurent Alonzo who brings over
18 years worth of experience
in the industry. Internet
penetration in the country is
impressive with over 19 million
local users as well as a growing
middle class who have greater
access to debit and credit cards
and are looking for convenience
in their day-to-day operations.
Autogas-fuelled vehicle
to be unveiled in Nairobi
Hashi Energy Limited, a regional
energy solutions provider has
announced the introduction of
their latest Kenyan assembled
innovationAutogas car. The
car will be unveiled at major
shopping centres across the
Nairobi city over the next
three consecutive weekends.
The groundbreaking Autogas
solution enables any petrol
driven car to also drive on
liqueed gas, or LPG. Vehicles
that run on LPG, emit up to 20
per cent less pollutants into
the atmosphere as they burn
cleaner during the combustion
process. The rms Group Chief
Executive Ofcer Mohamed
Adan described greener energy
solutions as the future of Africa.
Maintenance-free vehicle
batteries in high demand
Chloride Exide Kenya Limited
has reported a rapidly growing
demand for maintenance free
(MF) vehicle batteries compared
to the use of the traditional
lead acid batteries. The
company has also noticed an
increasing interest in long life
batteries, which are expected
to last between seven and eight
years. These use Absorbed
Glass Mat technology, which
is an advanced battery design
eliminating water loss. Tim
Jessop, the General Manager of
Chloride Exide said the rm has
been importing MF batteries
for several years to meet the
growing preference for them.
Users are happy to t MF
batteries, he said.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard TODAY IN BUSINESS / Page 43
tor estimates that the Somali-owned
businesses in Eastleigh bring in an es-
timated $780 million per year in for-
eign currency to Kenyas exchequer.
According to Senior Vice Presi-
dent, Financial Risk Management at
Saudi Arabia-based Riyad Bank, Mo-
hamed Wehliye, the security opera-
tion in Eastleigh is likely to have far-
reaching ramications on the
economy in general.
Worried investors
want State to up
war on terrorists
By MARK KAPCHANGA
Investors are calling on the Gov-
ernment to amplify the ongoing op-
eration to weed out suspected terror-
ists across the country. They say the
shaky security situation is staining
Kenyas business prole, and could
have long-term ramications.
Eastleigh Business Community
Chairman Hassan Guleid says while
they support the States effort in cre-
ating stability in the country, author-
ities must not use it as an opportuni-
ty to extort from residents.
Businesses are down by about 70
per cent. We call on the Government
to not just target the Somali commu-
nity, but all criminals across the coun-
try, Mr Guleid told The Standard.
They say shaky security is
staining Kenyas business
profle and could have
long-term negative effects
We call on
the Government to
not just target the
Somali community,
but all criminals
across the country,
Eastleigh Business Community
Chairman Hassan Guleid.
BEIJING, WEDNESDAY
Chinas 7.4 per cent economic
growth in the rst quarter has dis-
missed fears about a possible hard
landing of the worlds second-larg-
est economy, as some pessimists
predicted.
Though it was the lowest quar-
terly rise since the third quarter of
2012, growth was stable and the
economy was generally in good
health, said the National Bureau of
Statistics while announcing eco-
nomic data yesterday.
China has set this years econom-
ic growth target at about 7.5 per cent.
Last year, it saw 7.7 per cent growth,
the same rate as 2012 and the lowest
since 1999.
Despite downward pressure in
the short term, Chinas economy de-
serves far-sighted optimism, as op-
portunities and potential will arise
from its restructuring, market-ori-
ented reforms and opening up,
which the top leadership has strived
to promote.
If you compare rst quarter of
this year to the same period last year
and the year before, the rst quarter
has always been slower, said Ken-
neth Jarrett, president of the Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce in
Shanghai. Xinhua
Chinese economy
deserves far-sighted
optimism, says official
According to Guleid, the commu-
nity would keep agitating for a stable
business environment, for Eastleigh
business is Nairobi Countys growth
engine.
In the last nancial year, we paid
the Kenya Revenue Authority more
than Sh1 billion in taxes. Eastleigh
businesses also employ thousands of
people across East Africa, he said.
In the past 20 years, a diaspora-fu-
elled economic boom has trans-
formed Nairobis Eastleigh estate into
a major East African commercial dis-
trict. New shopping zones, hotels and
restaurants have mushroomed, which
have primarily been associated with
Somalis. Despite its poor infrastruc-
ture, Eastleigh has lured shoppers as
far as Uganda, Tanzania, South Su-
dan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Dem-
ocratic Republic of Congo.
Majority of them make wholesale
purchases, with electronics, clothing
and food being the main commodi-
ties, said Mr Guleid.
Indeed, Cedric Barnes, Crisis
Groups Horn of Africa Project Direc-
Many Somali-owned businesses
in Eastleigh, fearing further State re-
prisals, may now be sending their
money to safer havens, he said in an
opinion published in The Standard.
Yesterday, Kenya Private Sector Al-
liance said terror attacks and general
insecurity is putting the country in an
awkward position as investors and
tourists look for relative safe places to
put their funds.
There is need to protect busi-
nesses. Further risk management is
crucial for continuous investment in-
ows, said Tom Mulwa of Kepsa.
Additional reporting by Nicholas
Waitathu
Security crackdown started early last
month. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES
A. BALANCE SHEET B. PROFIT AND LOSS C. OTHER DISCLOSURES
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Signed: Binay Dutta Signed: Prof. A. EL-busaidy
Managing Director Director
31.03.2013 31.12.2013 31.03.2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
A ASSETS
1 Cash (both Local & Foreign) 73,654 34,436 56,580
2 Balances due from Central Bank of Kenya 110,601 163,290 192,955
3 Kenya Government and other securities held for
dealing purposes - - -
4 Financial Assets at fair value through prot and loss - - -
5 Investment Securities: - - -
a) Held to Maturity: - - -
a. Kenya Government securities
b. Other securities
b) Available for sale: - - -
a. Kenya Government securities - - -
6 Deposits and balances due from local banking
institutions 165,870 190,056 100,000
7 Deposits and balances due from banking institutions
abroad 193,512 84,197 290,398
8 Tax recoverable - - -
9 Loans and advances to customers (net) 1,902,618 2,214,481 2,357,221
10 Balances due from banking institutions in the group - - -
11 Investments in associates - - -
12 Investments in subsidiary companies - - -
13 Investments in joint ventures - - -
14 Investment properties - - -
15 Property and equipment 17,217 13,693 12,888
16 Prepaid lease rentals -
17 Intangible assets 67,952 46,679 37,697
18 Deferred tax asset 63,030 17,355 17,355
19 Retirement benet asset -
20 Other assets 86,819 162,673 89,828
21 TOTAL ASSETS 2,681,273 2,926,860 3,154,922

B LIABILITIES
22 Balances due to Central Bank of Kenya - - -
23 Customer deposits 1,334,647 1,417,874 1,530,900
24 Deposits and balances due to local banking institutions 297,805 164,682
25 Deposits and balances due to foreign banking institutions 1,479 2,321 303,678
26 Other money market deposits - - -
27 Borrowed funds - - -
28 Balances due to banking institutions in the group - - -
29 Tax payable 50,417 - -
30 Dividends payable - - -
31 Deferred tax liability - - -
32 Retirement benet liability - - -
33 Other liabilities 60,828 306,481 272,695
34 TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,745,176 1,891,358 2,107,273

C SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
35 Paid up /Assigned capital 644,853 982,415 982,415
36 Share premium/(discount) - - -
37 Revaluation reserves - - -
38 Retained earnings/Accumulated losses 40,590 29,933 42,080
39 Statutory loan loss reserves 23,154 23,154 23,154
40 Other Reserves 227,500 - -
41 Proposed dividends - - -
42 Capital grants - - -
43 TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 936,097 1,035,502 1,047,649
44 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 2,681,273 2,926,860 3,154,922
31.03.2013 31.12.2013 31.03.2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
1.0 INTEREST INCOME
1.1 Loans and advances 80,974 237,359 56,960
1.2 Government securities 349 1,558
1.3 Deposits and placements with banking institutions 5,644 21,598 1,693
1.4 Other Interest Income - - -
1.5 Total interest income 86,967 260,515 58,653

2.0 INTEREST EXPENSE
2.1 Customer deposits 17,759 66,094 19,618
2.2 Deposits and placement from banking institutions 1,391 5,308 159
2.3 Other interest expenses 39 - 2
2.4 Total interest expenses 19,189 71,402 19,779
3.0 NET INTEREST INCOME/(LOSS) 67,778 189,113 38,874

4.0 NON-INTEREST INCOME
4.1 Fees and commissions on loans and advances - - -
4.2 Other fees and commissions 15,443 131,351 25,682
4.3 Foreign exchange trading income/(Loss) 4,418 14,883 16,628
4.4 Dividend Income - - -
4.5 Other income 23,633 110,346 5,604
4.6 Total Non-interest income 43,494 256,580 47,914
5.0 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 111,272 445,693 86,788

6.0 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
6.1 Loan loss provision 30,000 182,513 18,210
6.2 Staff costs 21,924 87,445 21,721
6.3 Directors emoluments 1,526 5,576 1,076
6.4 Rental charges 4,899 21,772 5,388
6.5 Depreciation charge on property and equipment 7,919 7,355 1,803
6.6 Amortisation charges 3,025 36,269 9,004
6.7 Other operating expenses 13,988 88,772 17,438
6.8 Total Other Operating Expenses 83,281 429,702 74,640
7.0 Prot/(loss) before tax and exceptional items 27,991 15,991 12,148
8.0 Exceptional items
9.0 Prot/(loss) after exceptional items 27,991 15,991 12,148
10.0 Current tax 8,397 7,054 3,644
11.0 Deferred tax - - -
12.0 Prot/(loss) after tax and exceptional items 19,594 8,937 8,504
13.0 Other Comprehensive Income
13.1 Gains/(Losses) from translating the nancial
statements of foreign operations - - -
13.2 Fair value changes in available for sale nancial assets - - -
13.3 Revaluation surplus on Property,plant and equipment - - -
13.4 Share of other comprehensive income of associates - - -
13.5 Income tax relating to components of other
comprehensive income - - -
14.0 Other Comprehensive Income for the year net of tax - - -
15.0 Total comprehensive income for the year 19,594 8,937 8,504

16.0 EARNINGS PER SHARE- BASIC & DILUTED

17.0 DIVIDEND PER SHARE -DECLARED
31.03.2013 31.12.2013 31.03.2014
Shs. 000 Shs. 000 Shs. 000
1.0 NON-PERFORMING LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Gross Non-performing loans and advances 802,444 1,501,691 1,836,541
(b) Less: Interest in Suspense 129,024 364,232 453,838
(c) Total Non-Performing Loans and Advances
(a-b) 673,420 1,137,459 1,382,703
(d) Less: Loan Loss Provision 229,775 343,380 239,575
(e) Net Non-Performing Loans and Advances(c-d) 443,645 794,079 1,143,128
(f) Discounted Value of Securities 443,645 794,079 1,143,128
(g) Net NPLs Exposure (e-f) - - -

2.0 INSIDER LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Directors, Shareholders and Associates 67,310 242,317 251,195
(b) Employees 8,718 12,641 8,802
(c) Total Insider Loans and Advances and
other facilities 76,028 254,958 259,997

3.0 OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS
(a) Letters of credit,guarantees, acceptances 687,010 1,580,689 2,232,455
(b) Forwards, swaps and options - - -
(c) Other contingent liabilities - - -
(d) Total Contingent Liabilities 687,010 1,580,689 2,232,455

4.0 CAPITAL STRENGTH
(a) Core capital 903,146 1,012,348 1,016,599
(b) Minimum Statutory Capital 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
(c) Excess/(Diciency)(a-b) (96,854) 12,348 16,599
(d) Supplementary Capital 23,154 23,154 23,154
(e) Total Capital (a+d) 926,300 1,035,502 1,039,753
(f) Total risk weighted assets 2,927,707 6,022,936 5,763,849
(g) Core Capital/Total deposits Liabilities 55.3% 64.0% 66.4%
(h) Minimum statutory Ratio 8.0% 8.0% 8.0%
(I) Excess/(Deciency) (g-h) 47.3% 56.0% 58.4%
(j) Core Capital / total risk weighted assets 30.8% 16.8% 17.6%
(k) Minimum Statutory Ratio 8.0% 8.0% 8.0%
(l) Excess (Deciency) (j-k) 22.8% 8.8% 9.6%
(m) Total Capital/total risk weighted assets 31.6% 17.2% 18.0%
(n) Minimum statutory Ratio 12.0% 12.0% 12.0%
(o) Excess/(Deciency) (m-n) 19.6% 5.2% 6.0%

14 LIQUIDITY
14.1 (a) Liquidity Ratio 20.1% 21.5% 22.0%
14.2 (b) Minimum Statutory Ratio 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
14.3 (c) Excess (Deciency) (a-b) 0.1% 1.4% 2.0%
USDOLLAR EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
AB C 86.90 87.10 0.20 120.95 121.24 0.29
EQUITY 86.85 87.05 0.20 120.80 121.17 0.37
I & M 86.85 87.05 0.20 120.87 121.16 0.29
DIAMONDTRUST 86.90 87.00 0.10 120.94 121.09 0.15
NI C 86.90 87.10 0.20 120.95 121.24 0.29
ECOBANK 86.90 87.05 0.15 120.80 121.17 0.37
1ST COMMUNITY 86.95 87.05 0.10 121.01 121.16 0.15
PRIME 86.90 87.05 0.15 120.40 120.70 0.30
MIDDLEEAST 86.50 86.70 0.20 120.40 120.70 0.30
CFC STANBIC 86.85 87.05 0.20 120.80 121.17 0.37
CITIBANK 86.95 87.10 0.15 121.01 121.25 0.24
C B A 86.90 87.10 0.20 120.90 121.28 0.38
NB K 86.90 87.05 0.15 121.01 121.16 0.15
BARCLAYS 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.81 121.10 0.29
STANDARD 86.92 87.12 0.20 120.84 121.14 0.30
KC B 86.95 87.05 0.10 121.01 121.16 0.15
BOA 86.95 87.05 0.10 121.00 121.17 0.17
CO-OP 86.90 87.10 0.20 120.99 121.30 0.31
USDOLLAR 86.9594
STGPOUND 147.6558
EURO 120.9958
SARAND 8.2561
KES/ USHS 28.9561
KES/ TSHS 18.9399
KES/ RWF 7.7738
KES/ BIF 17.7383
AEDIRHAM 23.6750
CAN$ 79.8878
SFRANC 99.4409
JPY(100) 85.6955
SW KRONER 13.4444
NOR KRONER 14.5972
DANKRONER 16.2167
IND RUPEE 1.4450
HONGKONGDOLLAR 11.2180
SINGAPOREDOLLAR 69.6986
SAUDI RIYAL 23.1864
CHINESEYUAN 13.9623
AUSTRALIAN$ 81.2332
Source: Central Bank
EXCHANGE RATES
BANK RATES
FOREX BUREAU
LAST12MONTHS SECTOR PRICES PREVIOUS SHARES
MAIN INVESTMENT MARKET
NAIROBI STOCKS
NSE All Share Index.UP 0.34 points to close at 151.77.
NSE 20-share Index. Up 3.37 points to close at 4946.24.
07/05/14
07/05/14
07/05/14
PER US DOLLAR PER EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
Alpha Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 119.50 122.00 2.50
Amana Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.60 1.10 119.00 121.50 2.50
Aristocrats Forex Bureau 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 121.00 2.00
Bamburi Forex BureauLtd 86.00 88.00 2.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Bay Forex Bureau(NBI) Ltd 86.60 87.40 0.80 119.40 121.00 1.60
Bogani Forex BureauLtd 85.10 89.10 4.00 118.00 123.20 5.20
Cashline Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.50 2.00 118.00 123.00 5.00
Central Forex BureauLtd 86.60 88.00 1.40 119.70 121.00 1.30
Classic Forex BureauLtd 86.20 87.60 1.40 118.50 121.80 3.30
Commercial Forex Bureau 86.70 87.50 0.80 119.00 121.00 2.00
Continental Forex Bureau 86.90 87.20 0.30 119.60 121.00 1.40
Cosmos Forex BureauLtd 86.90 87.50 0.60 120.00 122.00 2.00
Crater Forex BureauLtd 85.95 88.95 3.00 119.75 122.75 3.00
Crown BureauDe Change 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 122.00 3.00
Forex BureauAfroLtd 86.70 87.50 0.80 118.50 120.50 2.00
Gateway Forex BureauLtd 86.90 87.30 0.40 119.50 121.00 1.50
Giant Forex BureauLtd 85.50 87.50 2.00 115.00 122.00 7.00
Give andTake Forex Ltd 86.50 86.90 0.40 117.00 119.00 2.00
Hodan Global Forex Bureau 86.80 87.50 0.70 120.00 122.00 2.00
HurlinghamForex Bureau 85.80 87.30 1.50 116.50 121.00 4.50
Industrial Area Forex Ltd 85.00 88.00 3.00 115.00 123.00 8.00
IslandForex BureauLtd 86.80 87.20 0.40 120.60 121.50 0.90
Junction Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.50 1.50 118.50 122.00 3.50
Kenza Exchange Bureau 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.50 122.00 2.50
LeoForex BureauLtd 86.45 87.50 1.05 119.65 121.20 1.55
Link Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.50 0.90 119.00 121.00 2.00
Loki Forex BureauLtd. 86.50 87.50 1.00 114.00 120.00 6.00
Maritime Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.50 0.90 120.10 122.00 1.90
Metropolitan BureauLtd 85.50 89.00 3.50 117.00 123.00 6.00
Morgan Forex BureauLtd 87.00 87.40 0.40 119.50 120.50 1.00
Nawal Forex BureauLtd 86.20 87.50 1.30 118.50 122.00 3.50
Net Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.30 0.70 119.50 121.00 1.50
Offshore Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.30 0.50 119.50 121.00 1.50
Pacic Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.20 0.40 119.40 121.00 1.60
PeakTop Exchange Ltd 86.90 87.30 0.40 119.50 121.00 1.50
Pearl Forex BureauLtd 86.20 86.90 0.70 118.70 120.00 1.30
Pel Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 119.50 121.50 2.00
Pwani Forex BureauLt d 86.40 88.00 1.60 119.40 121.00 1.60
Qadisia Forex BureauLtd 86.30 87.35 1.05 119.50 120.85 1.35
Regional Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.90 1.10 119.50 122.00 2.50
Rift Valley Forex BureauLtd 85.70 87.20 1.50 118.30 120.00 1.70
Safari Forex BureauLtd 85.00 87.00 2.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Satellite Forex BureauLtd 86.70 87.40 0.70 119.50 121.50 2.00
Simba Forex BureauLtd 83.00 87.50 4.50 115.00 121.00 6.00
Sky Forex BureauLimited 86.80 87.40 0.60 119.80 121.00 1.20
SolidExchange BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 118.50 121.00 2.50
SterlingForex BureauLtd 86.00 87.80 1.80 119.40 121.80 2.40
Taipan Forex BureauLtd 85.00 88.00 3.00 117.00 121.00 4.00
Tawakal Forex BureauLtd 86.80 88.80 2.00 120.50 122.50 2.00
UNIT TRUSTS 06/05/14
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL
31.00 21.00 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS 29.75 -
124.00 80.00 Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00 116.00 -
167.00 110.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS 136.00 -
625.00 450.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS 620.00 -
30.00 19.40 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00 27.50 -
19.95 11.25 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 16.95 16.70 1,600
350.00 210.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 298.00 288.00 1,000
AUTOMOBILES&ACCESSORIES
50.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 33.00 31.25 100
- - CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50 13.50 -
13.50 9.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00 9.20 9.05 600
8.00 4.50 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00 7.80 7.30 237,800
BANKING
19.15 15.00 Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50 17.05 17.00 356,600
138.00 54.00 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 135.00 135.00 551,100
248.00 141.00 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 236.00 235.00 10,700
39.75 29.50 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 0.50 39.25 38.75 2,510,800
39.00 22.00 Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 37.75 37.25 788,500
145.00 85.00 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00 134.00 129.00 2,800
51.00 35.50 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00 49.50 49.50 2,817,100
39.25 18.50 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 29.75 29.50 47,900
68.00 48.50 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00 63.00 63.50 7,300
340.00 271.00 Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ord 5.00 305.00 308.00 5,600
23.50 14.50 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 22.75 22.75 509,500
COMMERCIALANDSERVICES
5.10 3.40 Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 4.95 4.95 89,000
- - Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00 20.25 -
14.70 8.30 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00 12.40 12.00 191,400
16.50 5.00 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS 13.00 12.80 8,300
400.00 271.00 Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50 311.00 310.00 9,300
247.00 44.00 Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00 46.75 46.50 2,900
39.00 24.50 Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00 33.00 33.00 2,800
56.50 40.00 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 40.25 40.50 2,100
24.00 14.00 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00 14.20 14.25 17,500
CONSTRUCTION&ALLIED
98.50 60.00 ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00 84.50 85.00 16,300
225.00 170.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 175.00 185.00 351,400
93.00 75.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 91.50 91.50 4,100
18.00 13.80 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 15.50 15.50 14,400
110.00 56.50 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 96.50 98.50 19,700
ENERGY&PETROLEUM
17.90 10.00 KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50 11.25 11.35 143,100
11.80 7.90 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 8.90 8.90 1,875,300
20.75 13.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50 14.75 14.85 127,000
- - Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 20.00 8.00
5.50 5.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 20.00 5.50
28.75 12.65 Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 27.00 26.75 40,800
13.00 13.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 13.00
INSURANCE
20.00 7.30 British-American Investments Co Ord 0.10 17.65 17.60 219,000
12.20 4.20 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00 11.60 11.70 1,253,900
325.00 217.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 312.00 310.00 6,400
21.00 13.10 Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ord 2.50 19.75 19.35 173,500
23.00 9.20 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord.1.00 22.50 22.50 44,900
145.00 51.50 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 136.00 -
INVESTMENT
41.00 17.05 Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50 38.25 38.75 22,600
6.00 3.50 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 4.70 4.50 56,900
37.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS 23.50 24.00 3,700
MANUFACTURING&ALLIED
- - A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 11.10 -
190.00 100.00 B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 139.00 139.00 9,700
635.00 521.00 British American Tobacco Kenya Ord 10.00 588.00 572.00 24,000
67.50 30.50 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00 33.00 33.00 54,500
426.00 212.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 297.00 298.00 192,000
3.90 1.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 3.50 3.55 4,500
7.90 4.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 7.90 -
5.05 2.85 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 3.15 3.15 373,300
27.00 14.00 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 25.75 25.75 41,800
TELECOMMUNICATION&TECHNOLOGY
13.40 6.15 Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05 12.90 12.80 17,359,800
GROWTH ENTERPRISEMARKETSEGMENT(GEMS)
25.00 4.40 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 4.90 4.95 951,900
06/05/14
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MONEY FUNDS Daily Yield E. A. Rate
British-American MoneyMarket Fund 9.35% 9.80%
CIC MoneyMarket Fund 9.49% 9.92%
GenCapHela Fund 11.78% 12.32%
ICEA MONEY MARKETFUND 8.72% 9.11%
Madison Asset MoneyMarket Fund 9.25% 9.66%
Old Mutual MoneyMarket Fund 6.40% 6.60%
CBA MoneyMarket Fund 6.04% 6.23%
STANLIB MoneyMarket Fund 7.34% 7.59%
OTHER FUNDS Buy Sell
British-American EquityFund 202.20 208.62
British-American Balanced Fund 192.23 197.85
British-American Bond Plus Fund 145.43 148.40
British-American Managed Retirement Fund 133.83 134.96
CIC Fixed Income Fund 9.19 9.43
CIC EquityFund 13.36 14.06
CIC Balanced Fund 13.14 13.76
GenCapEneza Fund 124.55 120.19
GenCapIman Fund 116.19 110.38
GenCapHazina Fund 118.72 114.57
GenCapHisa Fund 127.01 122.56
ICEA BONDFUND 99.50 100.50
ICEA EQUITY FUND 139.95 147.31
ICEA GROWTH FUND 140.37 147.75
Madison Asset Balanced Fund 69.43 73.25
Madison Asset EquityFund 55.95 59.40
Old Mutual EquityFund 376.56 403.47
Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa 154.62 164.64
Old Mutual East Africa Fund 150.04 158.79
Old Mutual Bond Fund 102.17 104.59
Commercial Bank of Africa EquityFund 155.69 165.28
STANLIB Balanced fund 129.72 129.72
STANLIB EquityFund 167.27 167.27
State warned against
bilateral tax treaties
A lobby group says the plan to
enter into these double taxation
agreements are being pushed
by strong business interests
By WINSLEY MASESE
Kenya risks losing billions of shillings if it
signs the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with
Mauritius, a lobby group has warned.
The East Africa Tax Governance Network (ET-
GN) urged the Government to take the agree-
ment for ratication before the oor of the House
and remove any lingering doubts about the
agreement.
Policy and Advocacy Manager at Tax Justice
Network-Africa, Savior Mwambwa said Mauri-
tius tax regime does not rhyme well with Kenya
on the yet to be signed DTA.
If the agreement is signed, it would be the
race to the bottom for the Kenyan economy and
erode the gains registered over a few years, he
said at a media brieng in Nairobi yesterday.
He argued that it is a fallacy that lowering tax-
es will attract more investors, adding that im-
proved infrastructure and enabling environment
that supports business can help accelerate the
projected economic growth.
Speaking on the issue, John Ochola of Econe-
ws Africa said there was no justication for the
Government to bend the tax regime to attract
Foreign Direct Investments. There is strong
business interests by a group of interests push-
ing for this agreement but the country will
emerge the loser, he said.
Ochola noted that besides there is a lot of tax
evasion and secrecy for companies registered
in Mauritius with main economic activities un-
dertaken in Kenya.
According to Kenya Revenue Authority Web-
site, DTAs are important in alleviating double
taxation where business is conducted in differ-
ent tax jurisdictions and also assist tax admin-
istrations in preventing scal evasion.
To date, government has concluded DTAs
with a number of countries. DTAs ratied and
in force include that with Zambia, Norway,
Denmark, Sweden, UK, Germany, Canada and
India, signed between 1968 and 1975, and are
contained in different legal notices.
DRAFT AGREEMENTS
Draft agreements under negotiation include
that with Tanzania, Uganda, France, Thailand
and India. Others are with Seychelles, Nigeria,
South Africa, Mauritius, Finland, Russia, UAE
and Islamic Union of Iran.
According to a member of ETGN, Yussuf
Bashir, public participation in the agreement
decision is crucial to the process since this is a
weighty matter.
The issue is neither a technical nor an ex-
ecutive matter and needs to be taken to parlia-
ment for ratication, which cannot be avoided
or else the country runs the risk of experienc-
ing revenue leakages, noted Bashir.
By STANDARD REPORTER
M-Pesa customers will now be able to make
mobile banking transactions instantly.
This follows a system upgrade to the Appli-
cation Programmable Interface (API), which
has resulted in a reduction of transaction time
from an average of two hours to less than 30
seconds. This will in effect help entrench the
move towards a cash-lite society through a
more effective mobile-banking proposition.
Innovation is a continuous process at Sa-
faricom and that is why we have been seeking
ways to deliver services to customers with
speed and efciency, said Safaricoms Chief
Executive Ofcer Bob Collymore.
He said 12 leading banks and 26 savings and
credit cooperatives (Saccos) have already mi-
grated to the new platform and migration is on-
going for 30 other institutions.
The new platform will also help streamline
operations for businesses that disburse staff
salaries through M-Pesa, as well as for those
businesses that receive payments through M-
Pesa and require moving cash to their bank ac-
counts on a regular basis.
Safaricom upgrades system to
fast-track M-Pesa transactions
Comesa Rules of Origin needs further explanation
There is a pressing need for exporters to know about trade opportunities
available in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(Comesa) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) regions
and on how to utilise trade preferences to exploit these opportunities.
In particular, many exporters are not aware about the benets to be
derived by companies by registering under the Comesa Rules of Origin
protocol. This emerged during an Export Awareness Seminar hosted by
Zimbabwe Trade Promotion and Development Organisation (ZimTrade) in
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe recently. The seminar was attended by established
and emerging exporters, government ofcials, Customs ofcials and
other stakeholders. Senior Trade Ofcer Tasara Muzorori noted that the
knowledge of exporters and other stakeholders on how to utilise Comesas
trade preferences, especially the rules of origin, is low.
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NEWS OF THE
ANC poised for victory in South
Africas frst Born Free election
People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a voting station in the Nkandla district. South Africans voted in the rst
Born Free election on Wednesday. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday
South Africans voted in the rst
Born Free election yesterday, with
polls suggesting the allure of the rul-
ing African National Congress as the
conqueror of apartheid will prevail
even among those with no memory of
white-minority rule.
Voters young and old wrapped up
against the early morning chill to
stand in long lines across the country,
evoking memories of the huge queues
that snaked through streets and elds
for South Africas historic all-race
elections in 1994.
It is great voting for the rst time.
Now I have a say in the countrys elec-
tion and what is happening. It is
something new in my life, said 18-
year-old Mawande Nkoyi - a so-called
post-apartheid Born Free - in the
Cape Town township of Langa.
Voting ends at 1900 GMT and a
rm idea of the outcome should
emerge by midday on May 8 although
there is little doubt about the result.
Polls put ANC support at around 65
percent, only a shade lower than the
65.9 percent it won in the 2009 elec-
tion that brought President Jacob Zu-
ma to power.
WANING GLORY
The ANCs enduring popularity
has surprised analysts who said the
party could suffer as its glorious past
recedes into history and voters focus
instead on the sluggish economic
growth and slew of scandals that have
typied Zumas rst term.
Africas most sophisticated econo-
my has struggled to recover from a
2009 recession - its rst since 1994 -
and the ANCs efforts to stimulate
growth and tackle 25 percent unem-
ployment have been hampered by
powerful unions.
South Africas top anti-graft agency
KAMPALA, Wednesday
The US has received intelligence
of a specic terrorist threat against
churches and other places of wor-
ship in Kampala, its embassy said.
A security message on the embas-
sys website did not say who was
planning the attack, but Somali Isla-
mist militants have previously threat-
ened, and struck, Uganda and other
east African countries that have sent
troops into Somalia.
The threat information indicates
a group of attackers may be prepar-
ing to strike places of worship in
Kampala, particularly churches, in-
cluding some that may be frequent-
ed by expatriates, in May or June,
said the notice dated May 6.
Regional economies have been
on a heightened state of alert since
militants killed at least 67 people, in-
cluding children, when they ram-
paged through an upscale Kenyan
shopping mall in September.
Somalias al Qaeda-linked al Sha-
baab group claimed responsibility.
Kenya has also suffered a string of
gun and bomb attacks, most recent-
ly over the weekend in Nairobi and
the port city of Mombasa. The gov-
ernment blamed them on al Sha-
baab and its sympathisers.
SUICIDE ATTACK
In 2010, al Shabaab bombers
killed 77 people watching the World
Cup soccer nal in a bar and restau-
rant in Kampala.
In March, the Ugandan authori-
ties warned of a militant plot to strike
petrol tankers and fuel depots.
Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Bu-
rundi as well as Djibouti and Sierra
Leone have all sent troops into So-
malia to crush al Shabaab.
The group, bent on imposing its
version of Islamic law across Soma-
lia, has turned increasingly to al Qae-
da-inspired suicide attacks as a mil-
itary offensive weakens it as a
conventional ghting force.
In Nairobi, three people were
killed and at least 60 more wounded,
some of them critically, after two ex-
plosions targeted buses travelling on
a highway in the Kenyan capital Nai-
robi on Sunday, local police said.
Reuters
US warns of plot to attack churches in Ugandan capital
Commentators had said
the party could suffer as
its glorious past recedes
into history
RoundUp
ABUJA: $300,000 bounty
offered on Boko Haram
Nigerian police offered $300,000 reward
to anyone who could give information
leading to the rescue of more than
200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist
rebels. Last months mass kidnapping
by militant group Boko Haram triggered
an international outcry and protests
in Nigeria, piling pressure on the
government to get the girls back. Public
anger mounted after locals on Tuesday
said another eight girls had been seized
from the same remote northeastern area
by suspected members of the group,
which is seeking to carve out an Islamist
state. Police listed six phone numbers
in their statement and urged Nigerians
to call in with credible information.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has
threatened to sell the girls abducted on
April 14 from a secondary school in the
village of Chibok on the market.
KAMPALA: Two Ugandans go
on trial over homosexuality
A Ugandan court has started hearing the
case against two Ugandans accused of
engaging in gay sex. The two appeared
before a magistrates court in the
Ugandan capital, Kampala, to apply for
bail after prosecutors said they had
enough evidence to proceed with the
case. The Human Rights Awareness and
Promotion Forum, a local watchdog
group, said that Ugandan police arrested
the couple in January as they ed an
angry mob. They were charged with
engaging in acts against the order of
nature. Although Uganda has had anti-
gay legislation since the colonial era,
the countrys president enacted a law in
February that strengthened penalties
against gay sex.
KHARTOUM: Sudan sues for
peace in the region
The Khartoum Government has promised
to remain neutral in the conict in the
South. Sudans presidential assistant,
Ibrahim Ghandour said Sudan observes
neutrality in the intra South Sudanese
conict. Despite the border dispute
and other outstanding issues between
the two countries, Sudan has frozen all
the disputes to help our brothers in the
South heal their rifts. In a related move,
Sudanese Parliament has expressed
willingness to help neighbouring Central
African Republic achieve lasting peace.
In a joint press conference with speaker
of Central African Republics National
Transition Council Alexander Ferdinand
Nguendet, the head of the National
Assembly Fatih Izz Al-Deen, said Sudan is
willing to support national reconciliation
and stability in the CAR.
BENGHAZI: Libyan rebels
occupying oil ports refuse to
deal with new PM
Libyan rebels occupying major oil ports
said they would not deal with new Prime
Minister Ahmed Maiteeq, branding him
illegitimate. Maiteeqs predecessor
Abdullah al-Thinni had reached an
agreement with the rebels to reopen
four eastern oil ports, but so far only the
smaller ones Hariga and Zueitina have
been handed over to government forces.
Both sides had agreed to hold further
talks over reopening the larger Ras Lanuf
and Es Sider exports terminals. But the
rebels comments suggested those efforts
could hit difculties. Maiteeq came to
power illegally, rebel spokesman Ali Hasi
said, without elaborating. Agencies
accused Zuma this year of beneting
unduly from a $23 million state-
funded security upgrade to his private
home at Nkandla in rural KwaZulu-
Natal province that included a swim-
ming pool and chicken run.
Zuma has steadfastly denied any
wrongdoing, defended the upgrades
to his home and said the accusations
against him were unfair given the im-
portance of protecting any head of
state. He condently told reporters on
Monday the Nkandla controversy was
not an issue with the voters.
His approval ratings have dipped,
but Zuma appeared relaxed and as-
sured as he voted at a school near Nk-
andla, ending what he described as a
very challenging campaign.
I hope that all voters will cast
their votes free, he told reporters.
This is our right that we fought for.
Besides being easy fodder for the
cartoonists who revel in the freedom
of speech enshrined in the post-apart-
heid constitution, Nkandla has ex-
posed the gulf between current and
former ANC leaders, in particular Nel-
son Mandela, South Africas rst black
president, who died in December.
It has also become the rallying cry
for those who feel the ANCs domi-
nance in its third decade in power has
damaged the soul of the 102-year-old
former liberation movement.
It is not necessarily the huge sum
paid by the public that is the most
corrupt aspect of Zumas palatial rural
estate, the Business Day newspaper
said in an editorial this week.
It is how voraciously this wretch-
ed business has sucked in so many
others: ministers, bureaucrats, party
ofcials and, as the election hots up,
ordinary loyalists.
Barring a major upset, the stock
market and rand should take the vote
in their stride and could even gain if
South Africas reputation for stability
relative to other emerging markets
such as Brazil, Ukraine or Turkey is af-
rmed.
Overall, the election is reassur-
ingly boring, said Simon Freemantle,
an economist at Standard Bank in Jo-
hannesburg. We know whos going to
win and we know there are not going
to be any radical policy changes. That
is reassuring.
The ANCs nearest rival, the Dem-
ocratic Alliance, polled 16.7 percent
nationwide in 2009 and, even though
it has been gaining ground, is still
seen too much as the political home
of privileged whites to have mass ap-
peal.
Instead, the most spirited chal-
lenge has come from the ultra-leftist
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led
by expelled ANC Youth League leader
Julius Malema, who models himself
on Venezuelas Hugo Chavez, right
down to the jaunty red beret.
In his nal rally at a Pretoria soc-
cer stadium, Malema, who wants to
nationalise banks and mines and
seize white-owned farms without
compensation, lambasted everything
from the Nkandla issue to foreign in-
vestors and former colonial powers.
Reuters
RoundUp
KABUL: Karzai pledges aid
to victims of landslide
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has
toured the site of last weeks horric
landslide, pledging to provide relief
to families displaced by the disaster
that killed hundreds of people. Karzai
met the victims in the village of Abi
Barik on Wednesday in northern
Badakhshan province, where around
700 families were forced to ee
their homes due to the possibility of
further landslides and ooding. He
also promised to rebuild houses for
the landslide survivors. Aid groups
and the government have rushed
to the remote area in northeastern
Afghanistan bordering Tajikistan and
China with food, shelter and water.
MOSCOW: US rms under
pressure to skip Russia event
The Kremlin said many US rms
were under pressure to skip an
annual economic forum which is
hosted by President Vladimir Putin
and is Russias answer to the World
Economic Forum in Davos. The May
22-24 St Petersburg Economic Forum
is usually attended by chief executives
of big US rms, as well as heads of
other international companies, but
the US government has said it is not
appropriate for them to attend this
year because of the crisis in Ukraine.
As we know, many U S companies
have faced direct unprecedented
pressure... They are deciding whether
to go or not to go to the forum but not
on their own, Putins press secretary,
Dmitry Peskov, said.
SANAA: Assailants target
Yemens main oil pipeline
Assailants blew up Yemens main
oil export pipeline, halting crude
ows, local ofcials said, while other
gunmen attacked electricity lines,
causing a power outage in most of
the countrys northern cities. Yemeni
tribesmen often attack oil pipelines
and power lines. Al Qaeda-linked
militants have also carried out
such attacks. The attacks late on
Tuesday and early on Wednesday
coincided with an offensive by Yemeni
government forces in mountainous
areas of southern Yemen that led to
the capture of the militants main
stronghold in that region. Agencies
US denounces referendum
plans in east Ukraine
nance in nationwide elections set for
May 25.
President Barack Obama and Ger-
man Chancellor Angela Merkel said
last week theyd move to impose
harsher sanctions against Russia if it
seeks to disrupt the elections.
Testifying before the Senate For-
eign Relations Committee, the top US
diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland,
said Tuesday that Russian recognition
of another separatist referendum and
Russian peacekeepers entering
Ukraine would be triggers for the
sanctions. If broad swaths of
Ukraine cannot hold elections, she
said, that might be another.
AP
WASHINGTON, Wednesday
The Obama administration de-
nounced as illegal a planned weekend
referendum by pro-Russian insur-
gents pushing for autonomy and in-
dependence for portions of eastern
Ukraine.
Secretary of State John Kerry said
Tuesday the referendum set for Sun-
day would be bogus and would not
be recognised by the West.
In March, Moscow supported an
independence referendum in the
Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which
led to its annexation by Russia. Lead-
ers of the anti-government movement
say they plan to hold a referendum on
autonomy in the areas of Donetsk and
Luhansk, although no preparations
for the vote have yet been seen.
We atly reject this illegal effort to
further divide Ukraine, Kerry said af-
ter meeting at the State Department
with EU foreign policy chief Catherine
Ashton. Its pursuit will create even
more problems in the effort to try to
de-escalate the situation.
HARSHER SANCTIONS
This is really the Crimea playbook
all over again, and no civilised nation
is going to recognise the results of
such a bogus effort, he said.
Although Russia has de facto con-
trol over Crimea, few nations recogn-
ise the move. The US and Europe have
hit Russia with sanctions over the an-
nexation and Moscows continued de-
stabilising actions in mainly Russian-
speaking east Ukraine.
In a nod to the Wests refusal to rec-
ognise Crimea as part of Russia, State
Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki
on Tuesday responded to a reporters
question about a potential visit to the
region by Russian President Vladimir
Putin by saying: I hope he enjoys his
visit to Ukraine.
US ofcials have said all Ukraini-
ans should vote on their future gover-
Kerry says its pursuit
will create more
problems in the
eastern peninsula
GUWAHATI, Wednesday
Indian police searched for at least
a dozen missing people on Wednes-
day after nding seven bodies oating
down river from a national park in As-
sam where Muslim villagers were
killed in a massacre that has marred
the countrys general election.
India is in the home`stretch of a
ve-week election, which has height-
ened ethnic and religious tensions in
some parts of the country, and in
which a coalition led by the opposi-
tion Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could
be within reach of claiming a parlia-
mentary majority.
The BJP has rmly condemned the
violence, which it blames on the rul-
ing Congress party. But the BJPs can-
didate for prime minister, Narendra
Modi, has ramped up verbal attacks
on illegal immigration by Muslims
from nearby Bangladesh, drawing
criticism from his opponents that he
is stirring up trouble.
The worst election violence was in
the northeastern state of Assam,
where at least 41 people were killed by
militants belonging to the Bodo tribe
in three massacres last week believed
to be revenge attacks after Muslims
voted against the Bodo candidate.
The brunt of the killing was in the
village of Narayanguri on the banks of
the Beki river and the fringes of the
Manas national park, where masked
gunmen burnt dozens of houses and
shot more than 20 men, women and
children. Villagers there insist more
people are missing.
We have deployed State Disaster
Response Team to search in the Beki
river for those missing people, AP
Rout, Assams Additional Director
General of Police, told reporters.
He said villagers and police had
found the remains of a six-month-old
child and a 35-year-old woman, both
oating in the river about 25 km (16
miles) from the site of the massacre
that took place on Friday. Police later
said ve more corpses had been found
oating in the river. The Manas park
is a UNESCO world heritage site bor-
dering the Himalayan kingdom of
Bhutan. It is popular with Indian and
foreign tourists drawn to its dense
biodiversity and tigers.
Reuters
Bodies found
after massacre of
Muslims in India
AMETHI, Wednesday
Indias Nehru-Gandhi dynasty
faced a battle on Wednesday to de-
fend one of its bastions from increas-
ingly condent opposition leader
Narendra Modi in the penultimate
round of the countrys ve-week
general election.
Modis Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), sensing that its coalition could
well be within reach of claiming a
parliamentary majority, has ramped
up a crusade against Sonia Gandhi
and her 43-year-old son Rahul who
lead the ruling Congress party.
The son of a tea-stall owner has
made it his mission to end the grip
on politics of the Gandhis, descen-
dants of Indias rst prime minister
Jawaharlal Nehru who have ruled for
most of the time since independence
in 1947. He poured scorn on the fam-
ily for failing to modernise India.
The Gandhis stand from two fam-
ily bastions in Uttar Pradesh state,
home to one in six of Indias 815 mil-
lion voters. Anger over poverty and a
collapse of services could weaken
Rahuls grip on the rural seat of Ame-
thi that was voting on Wednesday.
P.D. Pandey, a long-time Congress
supporter, said he had switched to
the BJP, as a wake-up call to Rahul.
There are 10 votes in my family.
Six of them will go to Modi, four for
Rahul. He will win but we will make
him cry before he wins, said Pandey,
who queued to vote at a lcollege.
Then he will understand the
pain. We struggle every day for ev-
erything, from buying vegetables to
sending our children to private
schools, said Pandey, echoing com-
plaints by locals that government
schools have shut.
Indias eighth round of voting
sees 64 seats being contested. Fif-
teen are in Uttar Pradesh, which
sends the largest contingent of 80 for
the 543 seats up for grabs in stag-
gered voting for the lower house of
parliament.
A further 25 are at stake in Andhra
Pradesh, which helped the Congress-
to a majority in 2009, but may now
swing decisively away amid anger
over the handling of a split of the
southeastern coastal state into two.
Reuters
Gandhi family dynasty under threat
as Indias election nears climax
JERUSALEM, Wednesday
Israeli settlers and Palestinians in
the West Bank rarely mix, but author-
ities are hoping their sewage will.
The Jewish settlement of Ofra and
neighbouring Palestinian villages
currently dump their sewage in the
valleys, threatening to contaminate
a critical underground water aquifer.
So Israeli authorities are advancing
plans to solve the mess with a new
treatment plant serving both sides.
But in the contentious West Bank,
politics can be just as dirty as the
sewage. The treatment plant was
originally intended to serve the Jew-
ish settlement only, but Israels su-
preme court halted it after determin-
ing that it was being built on private
Palestinian land.
According to Israeli rulings and
international law, private land in oc-
cupied territory cannot be conscat-
ed for a public works project unless
it benets the local Palestinian pop-
ulation as well.
So Israeli authorities are now try-
ing to legalise the land grab by retro-
tting the plant to serve area Pales-
tinian villages.
But Palestinian ofcials refuse to
cooperate, so as not to lend a hand
to Israels settlement enterprise.
All Palestinian villages rejected
the offer following the instructions
of the Palestinian leadership, said
Abed Rahman Saleh, mayor of the
village of Silwad.
Reuters
In West Bank, politics can be
as dirty as the sewage
46 / NEWS OF THE WORLD Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed the planned plebiscite set for Sunday
as bogus and that it would not be recognised by the West. [PHOTO: AP]
RoundUp
BANDA ACEH: Gang-raped Indonesian
woman faces public caning
An Indonesian woman who was gang raped by men
who accused her of extramarital sex now faces
possible public caning. The 25-year-old widow said
she was raped by eight men who allegedly found
her having sex with a married man in her house. The
men beat the man, doused the two with sewage, and
then turned them over to Islamic police. The head
of Islamic Shariah law in the district, Ibrahim Latief,
said the two face nine strokes of the cane for violating
religious law, pending an investigation.
HANOI: Vietnam tries to stop China oil
rig deployment
Vietnamese naval vessels and Chinese ships collided
Wednesday in the South China Sea as Hanoi sought
to prevent Beijing from setting up an oil rig in
an area claimed by both nations. According to a
Vietnamese government ofcial, no shots were
red and there were no reports of injuries in the
incident, the most serious in years between the two
countries at sea. If neither side steps down, clashes
could break out between the two navies in what has
long been regarded as a possible global ashpoint.
Chinas stationing of the oil rig over the weekend has
been seen as one of its most provocative steps in a
gradual campaign of asserting its sovereignty in the
South China Sea, parts of which are also claimed by
Vietnam, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian
nations.
MANILA: Fire, blast at Philippine army
barracks injure 24
A re at the Philippine armys explosives and
ordnance unit Wednesday triggered a large explosion
that destroyed a building and injured at least 24
people, mostly soldiers and reghters. The cause of
the re inside Fort Bonifacio, the army headquarters
in Taguig City in the suburbs of Manila, is being
investigated, army spokesman Lt Col Noel Detoyato
said. Army hospital staff said three soldiers suffered
serious burns. Detoyato said most of the injured were
hit by debris from the concrete structure after the
explosion attened the building. Agencies
BANGKOK, Wednesday
A Thai court found Prime Minis-
ter Yingluck Shinawatra (below)
guilty of violating the constitution on
Wednesday and said she had to step
down, throwing the country into fur-
ther political turmoil, although min-
isters not implicated in her case can
remain in ofce.
The decision is bound to anger
her supporters, but the survival of
her government could take the sting
out of protests they had planned for
the weekend and may make con-
frontation between pro- and anti-
government groups less likely.
Yingluck has faced six months of
sometimes deadly protests in the
capital, Bangkok, aimed at toppling
her government.
The anti-government protesters
failed to achieve their aim in the
street but turned to legal challenges
to remove her.
But there appears no end in sight
to Thailands dysfunctional status
quo, putting a further strain on the
tourism-led economy which could
be heading towards a recession, with
Yingluck has faced six
months of sometimes
deadly protests in the
capital, Bangkok
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard NEWS OF THE WORLD / Page 47
protesters pushing for political re-
form before any new elections.
The judge who delivered the ver-
dict said Yingluck had abused her
position by transferring the National
Security Council chief to another
post in 2011 so that a relative could
benet from subsequent job moves.
The accused was involved in the
transfer of Thawil Pliensri from his
position as National Security Coun-
cil head, the judge said, adding that
was done in order for Priewpan
Damapong, a relative, to gain a new
position.
The accused acted for her own
political benet ... The transfer wasnt
done for the benet of the country.
Yingluck denied wrongdoing
when she appeared in court on Tues-
day. She was not present on Wednes-
day and her spokesman was not im-
mediately available for comment.
It was not immediately clear if
she could appeal or if she faced oth-
er penalties apart from having to
stand down, or if she faced a ban on
participation in politics.
PARTIAL GOVERNMENT
Thailands drawn-out political
crisis broadly pits Bangkoks middle
class and royalist establishment
against the mainly poor, rural sup-
porters of Yingluck and her brother,
former premier Thaksin Shinawatra,
who was ousted by the military in
2006 and lives in exile abroad to
avoid a jail sentence handed down in
2008 for abuse of power.
Yinglucks supporters accuse the
Constitutional Court of bias in fre-
quently ruling against governments
loyal to Thaksin. In 2008, the court
forced two Thaksin-linked prime
ministers from ofce.
Legal experts had expected the
court to remove her entire govern-
ment. But, instead, it ruled that nine
ministers linked to the case should
step down but others could remain,
leaving Yinglucks ruling party still in
charge of a caretaker government.
We were bracing ourselves for
this verdict. Everything our enemies
do is to cripple the democratic pro-
cess, said Jatuporn Prompan, the
leader of pro-Shinawatra red shirt
activists.
Reuters
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TENDER NO. TENDER NAME
BCA/T/037/2013/2014 PROPOSED RENOVATION WORKS TO BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
RESTAURANT AND CANTEEN
The Baringo County Assembly Invites interested bidders from registered contractors (proof of registration required) for the
above works. Tender documents can be obtained from the Procurement Of ce Baringo County Assembly upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of Kenya Shillings One Thousand (Ksh 1000/=) payable in cash at the cash of ce located at ground oor of
the Baringo County Government of ces (Along The Hospital Road) or in form of a Bankers Cheque in favour of Baringo County
Government during of cial working hours (8.00 am-5.00 pm).
Interested bidders should note that only those meeting the criteria below as a minimum, supported by relevant documents will
be considered for further evaluation.
1. Proof of similar works undertaken in the last ve years.
2. Registration with National Construction Authority in the current category NCA 6 and above.
3. A Bid Bond of 2% of the tender bid in the form of a Bank Guarantee from a reputable bank or from an approved
insurance company and valid for one hundred and fty (150) days.
4. Proof of adequate equipment and key personnel.
5. Proof of sound nancial standing and adequate access to bank credit.
6. Litigation history of the company (both court and arbitration).
7. Condential Business Questionnaire duly signed.
8. Valid Tax Compliance Certicate, VAT, P.I.N and certicates of Business Registration and Incorporation.
9. Current and Single Business Permit
Further, tenders from the following bidders shall be treated as NON RESPONSIVE and therefore subject to automatic
disqualication.
i. A tender from a contractor whose on-going project(s) is /are behind schedule and without approved extension of time.
ii. A tender from a contractor who has been served with a default notice on ongoing project(s) or a contractor who has
been terminated in a Government Contract in the past.
iii. Declaration of false information.
Tenders in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked Original and Copy on the top right hand corner and bearing no indication of
the tenderer should be addressed to the undersigned or sent by post so as to reach the address on or before, Wednesday, 21
st
May, 2014, 12.00 noon to be deposited at tender box Lower Ground Floor of the Baringo County Assembly Of ces along Kabarnet-
Eldoret Road, opposite KCB Bank or sent by post.
Submitted bids will be opened publicly at the Assembly Board Room the above mentioned closing date and time in the presence
of tenderers or their representatives who choose to attend. Prices quoted must remain valid for one hundred and twenty (120)
days from the date of the tender.
The County Assembly of Baringo reserves the right to reject any tender without giving reasons for the rejection and is not bound
to accept the lowest tender.
THE CLERK,
BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY,
P.O BOX 159-30400,
KABARNET.
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
BARINGO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
INVITATION FOR BID
PUBLIC NOTICE
PHYSICAL PLANNING ACT (CAP. 286)
NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DRAWING NO. 134/KLF/2014/1-KILIFI STRATEGIC
URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 2014-2018
Notice is hereby given that preparation of the above Development Plan is complete.
The Plan relates to land situated within Kili Township, Kili North Constituency of Kili County.
Copies of the Development Plan as prepared have been deposited for public inspection at the ofces
of the Deputy Governor, County Commissioner, Chief Ofcer-Physical Planning and Energy, Member
of Parliament-Kili North Constituency and the County Physical Planning Ofcer-Kili.
The copies so deposited are available for inspection free of charge by all persons interested at the
above named addresses between the hours of 7.30am and 12.30 pm and 2.00 to 4.30pm, Monday
to Friday.
Any interested person who wishes to make any representation in connection with or objection to the
above named Development Plan may send such representations in writing to be received by the
County Physical Planning Ofcer, P.O Box 133, Kili not later than sixty days from the date of
this notice and such representation or objection shall state the grounds on which it is made.
Date 08
th
May 2014
CHARO KENNETH KAZUNGU
CHIEF OFFICER-PHYSICAL PLANNING AND ENERGY
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KILIFI
Page 48 / NOTICES Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
We SUMEYA INTERGRATED EDUCATION CENTRE SCHOOL we intend
to construct Classrooms Hostel, Library and laboratory in Garissa as
an extension of the school we hereby invite interested construction
companies/rm to get the tenders from our ofce at Garissa next to
Jihan Centre.

TENDER NOTICE SUMEYA
Date: 08 May 2014

Sealed bids are invited from reputed Construction Companies who are
duly registered with National Construction Authority, have Valid Tax
Compliance Certicate and have done similar work previously for provision
of all required materials and construction of hostel,classrooms,library
and laboratory.

Tender No: RFP No. SUM/001/2014/DO
Closing date and Time for Submission: 16
th
May 2014: 16:00HRS

Sealed Bids to be addressed as follows: THE TENDER COMMITTEE
SUMEYA RFP/SUM/001/2014
Sealed Bids to be hand delivered to tender box Sumeya ofce at
Garissa opposite JIHAN CENTER

SECTION 2 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
1) Bidders shall include the following information and documents with
their offers, unless otherwise stated:
(a) Copies of certicates of registration, and principal place of
business;
(b) Total monetary value of construction works performed for each
of the last three years;
(c) Experience in works of a similar nature and size for each of the
last three years, and clients who may be contacted for further
information on these contracts;
(d) Major items of construction equipment owned to carry out the
Contract and an undertaking that they will be available for the
Contract.
(e) Qualications and experience of key site management and
technical personnel proposed for contract;
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u-have drinks. 552265, 0722-
527924.
NGO urg req. 30 Form 4s n above.
65k p.m. Sms-0729140349
POSITIONS WANTED
J4/DOMESTIC
10 H/GIRLS wanted daily. 0720-
673202.
COMMERCIAL
K4/MACHINERY FOR SALE
JCB EXCAVATOR, 2004, 10.8m ono.
JCB wheel loader, 2004, 9.8m ono.
Volvo prime mover, 2006, 3.6m ono.
Mobil compressor, 875,000 ono.
Contact 0715-647529.
4BR, South C, sq, m/ensuite, 18m.
0733-233995.
4BR, sq, Woodley (Ngong Rd), 20m.
0733-233995.
CLAYWORKS, 2br ats, 3 ats on
33 by 112 plot to redevelop, 15m.
0733-471539.
GIGIRI, 5bd mansion in a serene &
secure location on 1 acre @ 135m.
Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
KAREN, Rhino Park Rd, 5 acre @
30m per acre. 0722-390085, 0727-
777401.
KOMAROCK, 1br + ext. Call 0703-
445790.
THIGIRI Ridge, 4br bungalow, dsq,
0.6 acre, 75m. 0727-777401, 0723-
042098.
VARTUS: 0719-163896/0733-713172
/0727-536798.
VARTUS: Muthaiga, abt 1.30ac
Shs 120m.
info@villacarekenya.com 0722-
512803, 4447444, 0727-116712,
0770-386578.
VILLACARE: Embakasi, Nyayo Estate,
3br, master ensuite, spacious rooms,
sale KSh 8m. Call 0727-116712.
VILLACARE: Kileleshwa, Olekejuado
Rd, Coolbreeze Flats, 3br, master en-
suite, s/pool, gym, sale KSh 18m.
VILLACARE: Upperhill, Kiambere
Rd, 3br, master ensuite, s/pool,
gym, ample parking apt for sale,
KSh 22m.
W/LANDS, impressive 4bd hse in a
compound of 4, on Church Rd @ 38m.
Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
W/LANDS, magnicent 5 room town
hse on Grevellia Grove, 5200 sq ft @
60m. Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
WESTLAND off Peponi Rd, 5br and
4br town house, all ensuite. 0733-
471539.
YAYA, exc apt 3bd. 0721-846422.
L4/PROPERTIES TO LET
B/BURU III, 3b/r, vacant, 26k. Tel.
0721-163436.
BURU, 1 & 2br, secure. 0707-
537670.
GIGIRI, Whispers Ave, 5br bungalow,
gwing 2br, dsq, ac. 0718-702234.
GUESTWING @ KMA-South C. 0721-
627703.
HIGHRISE, 2br at. Tel Landvalue
020-2168022/0720-791008.
KAREN 3br hse + sq + 2 guest
wings near NBI Academy 140k
0720912485
MOMBASA Rd, 3br executive
at, master ensuite near Airport,
40,000/=. 0733-471539.
OFF Othaya Rd, self-contained
4bdr maisonettes, dsq, 140k. 0722-
730082.
PEPONI Road, 5 br, near ISK, 450k
pm. 0722 745545.
RUNDA, 4 br all ensuite, 280k pm.
0722 745545.
SHILELI: Karen, 5br house, 200k.
0727-437410.
SHILELI: Langata, 2br apt, 33k.
0711-634161.
SHILELI: Runda, 4br hse, 200k.
0725-858063.
info@sigimoenterprises.com
0724-002605, 0722-938873, 0722-
633057.
SIGIMO ENTERPRISES: Ki l e-
leshwa, Laikipia Rd, 3br + dsq,
all ensuite apt, s/pool, gym, club
house, KSh 200k furnished. Call
0722-938873.
SIGIMO: Kileleshwa, Kandara Rd,
3br + duplex, 4br, master ensuite,
furnished apt, 170k, 200k respec-
tively.
SIGIMO: Kileleshwa, Olekejuado Rd,
3br apt, furnished, master ensuite
with a jacuzzi, s/pool, gym, KSh 140k.
Call 0722-938873, 0724-002605.
SIGIMO: Kilimani, D/Pritt Rd, 3br
+ dsq, master ensuite apt, fur-
nished, 150k. Call 0722-938873,
0722-633057.
SIGIMO: Westlands, Waiyaki Way,
3br master ensuite apt, s/pool, gym
club house, KSh 90k, 2br KSh 75k.
SOUTH C, 3br, 2 sqs, 55k. Tel. 0733-
233995.
SPRING Valley, 4 br with sq, 150k
pm. 0722 745545.
THIKA Garissa Rd, 2 storey hse, 20
rooms for guesthse, hotel, hospital
on 5 acres. 0733-471539.
VALLEY Arcade, 3br apt. 0738-
255410.
VARTUS: 0719-163896/0733-713172
/0727-536798.
VARTUS: 14 g/downs x 6200 s.f. Msa
Rd 35/= p.s.f. + 3/= s/c + VAT.
VARTUS: 100000 s.f. g/downs
Msa Rd.
VARTUS: Old Msa Rd, 54000 s.f. g/
downs @ 30/= p.s.f. + VAT.
info@villacarekenya.com 0722-
512803, 020-4447444, 0722-
938873.
VILLACARE: Mugumo Crescent,
maisonette, 5br on an acre land,
300k.
VILLACARE: Parklands Avenue,
3br, all ensuite with sq, furnished,
100k.
VILLACARE: Riara Rd, 4br, fully fur-
nished, serviced, all ensuite with
dsq, called young gardens, 250k.
VILLACARE: Riverside Mews off
Riverside Drive, serviced apt,
3br, master ensuite, 120k. 0722-
938873.
VILLACARE: South B, Eagle Plains
Estate, 4br + dsq maisonete, KSh
80k.
VILLACARE: Tigoni, 4br, all ensuite
with 2 guest wings on 1 acre plot, am-
bassadorial hse, KSh 300k.
WAGA: South B, 1br at, 18k (veg-
etarian). 2213022, 0701-340967,
info@wagaholdings.com
WAGA: Kitisuru, 4br + 3 dsq, 1.5ac,
pool, gym, 500k.
WAGA: Lavi-Gitanga, 4br + sq t/hse,
borehole, 200k.
WAGA: Loresho-Springs, 3br + sq
apt, 75k.
WAGA: Ngong town, 3br apt, 22k.
WAGA: Ngong-town, Vineyard Est,
2No. 4br mnst, 1/8ac (gated), 24-hr
security, solar, borehole, 60k each.
WAGA: Syokimau-Olonyori, 2br
apt, 25k.
WESTLANDS, 3br apt, 65k. 0707-
537670.
YAYA, apt 3bd large. 0721-
846422.
RESIDENTIAL & BUSINESS
PROPERTIES
L1/PROPERTIES FOR SALE
2BR, Imara-Daima, 7m, sale !!!
0733-233995.
2BR, Nyayo-Highrise, 4.3m. 0733-
233995.
3BR, Banque- Villa, sq, 14m. 0733-
233995.
3BR, Baraka, maisonette, 12m.
0733-233995.
3BR, Harambee, 2br ext, acre.
0733-233995.
3BR, Kileleshwa NHC, 18m. 0733-
233995.
3BR, Langata NHC, sale !! 8m. 0733-
233995.
3BR, Madaraka, 1st oor, 9.5m.
0733-233995.
3BR, South C, m/ensuite, 12m.
0733-233995.
3BR, sq, Ngei Ph 2, sale!!!, 18m.
0733-233995.
3BR, Valley-View, 7.5m, sale !!! 0733-
233995.
4BR, 2sqs, Lavington, 1/3 acre.
0733-233995.
4BR, new maisonettes, located off
Mombasa Road, sale !!! 11m. 0733-
233995.
POSITIONS VACANT
I5/GENERAL
AIRPORT casuals F4s 36k pm.SMS
ur phone no. 0729041366
I N D U S T R Y r e q w o r k -
ers.0707977997
MEMBLEY 4bdrm maisonette, all
ensuite plus dsq. 0722-855593.
NAKURU TURI, 40 acres fertile
agri land immdt adjacent to St. An-
drews Sch Turi, ideal for ower,
fruits farming, use of private Air-
strip to farm available. 0722390319
/ 0732390319 / 0720822223 /
0732822223.
OFF Enterprise Rd, godowns. Tel.
0727-300450/0786-300450.
RIVERSIDE, 3br apartments. 0733-
471539.
RONGAI, plot, acre, 3.2m. 0727-
959643.
SPRING Valley, off Shanzu Rd, 4br
with sq, 36m. 0722 745545 NYAYO
Highrise, 3.1m. 0722 745545
STUDIOS, C.B.D., 3.2m cash, 2.8m.
0733-233995.
COAST
RESIDENTIAL & BUSINESS
PROPERTIES
L2/PROPERTIES FOR SALE
CHEVRON PROPERTIES: 0721-
606 800.
CP: 3bd @ 6.5m Zawadi appt.
CP: 1 acres @45m 2nd beach Shan-
zu Pangoni;
CP: 1.75 acres @ 15m @ Kili Bofa
local beach;
CP: 2 acres @ 10m 3km Mtwapa
North;
CP: 42 acres @105m touching Kili
channel;
L9/PLOTS/LAND FOR SALE
KILIFI BOFA, 1/8 pl ot 2m.
0722867672.
KILIFI opp Tuskys 1/8 2.5m.
0722867672.
KILIFI Mrimani 2ac seaview 2m.
0722867672.
KI TEGELA 2br f l at 2. 5m.
0722867672.
L9/PLOTS/LAND FOR SALE
1/8TH, ACRES, South B (comm)
plots. 0733-233995.
ACRES, Kitengela (Milimani).
0733-233995.
ACRE, Thindigua (on tarmac).
0733-233995.
ACRE, Waiyaki-Way near Wida,
40m. 0733-233995.
30 x 66 FT. Muimara (res), 6.5m.
0733-233995.
38 ACRES, Thika Rd, 1 1/2km @ 25m.
0733-233995.
40 x 80 FT, Embakasi Pipeline,
2.9m. 0733-233995.
40 x 80 FT, Muigai-Inn, 1.8m. 0733-
233995.
5 ACRES, Mombasa Road, 350m.
0733-233995.
50 x 100 FT, Ongata-Rongai, 6.5m.
0733-233995.
60 ACRES, Loitoktok, 12m. 0733-
233995.
ISINYA, 25 acres serviced land, 4.5m
p/a. 0733-471539.
KAJIADO town, 100 acres, 1 1/2 km
from main rd, borehole, redsoil, 1.2m
p/a. 0733-471539.
KAWANGWARE Ngina Rd, acre,
8m. 0722-430159.
KENANIE Nzoyani, 20 acres, 5 acres
@ 1m p.a. 0721-536602.
MOMBASA Rd, 10 acres land near
Container Depo. 0733-471539.
NAIVASHA Greenpark, 10 acres, Phs
2, 35m. 0727-777401, 0733-991512.
NAIVASHA Kedong, 25 acres, fenced,
borehole, 40m. 0733-991512.
REDHILL, 20 acres land, 10m p/a.
0733-471539.
RUNDA, 1 acre plot. 0733-471539.
RUNDA, 2ac commercial plots.
0733-471539.
SHILELI: Birika, 1/8 acre near Os-
trich Farm at 550k. 0725-858063.
SHILELI: Kabiria Satellite, 1/4 acre
at 7.2m ono. 0725-858063.
SHILELI: Kileleshwa, 0.65 acres at
150m ono. 0725-858063.
SHILELI: Kitengela Acacia, 1/8 acre
at 800k. 0711-634161.
SHILELI: Kitengela, 5 acres, 12km
from town at 1.7m per acre. 0711-
634161.
SHILELI: Kitengela, Sifa Farm, 1/8
acre at 700k. 0711-634161.
SHILELI: Longonot, 1/8 acre at 550k.
0727-437410.
SHILELI: Sagana, 44 acres, 650k
per acre. 0727-437410.
SOUTH C, 1/2ac serviced plot, 30m.
0733-471539.
SPRING Valley, 1/2 acre plot. 0733-
471539.
L10/PREMISES/OFFICES TO LET
GODOWN, 5000 sq. ft (Butere Road).
Tel. 0733-233995.
GODOWNS, 5-10000 s.f. Msa Rd.
0722-204686.
PEPONI Road, 8000 square feet.
0722 745545
UN Avenue, 6000 square feet. 0722
745545
W/LANDS, commercial space on
Gen. Mathenge Drive between
50k/m and 250k/m. Call Simpsons
0738-916716.
WESTLANDS, 462 sq. ft. Tel. 0720-
791008.
L11/PREMISES/OFFICES FOR SALE
KEEKOROK (CBD), commercial
four storey building with good
income @ 140m. Call Simpsons
0738-916716.
COAST
ACCOMMODATION
E2/WHERE TO STAY
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT
THE SENATE
STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, COMMERCE AND BUDGET
The Division of Revenue Bill, 2014
PUBLIC HEARINGS/ RECEIPT OF MEMORANDA
Following the submission to the Senate by the National Assembly of the Division
of Revenue Bill, 2014, on Tuesday 6
th
May, 2014, the Bill was committed to
the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget for consideration
pursuant to standing order 130, as read with standing order 160 of the Senate
Standing Orders.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution and standing order
130 (4), the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget now invites
interested members of the public to submit any representations that they may
have on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2014. The representations may be made
orally or by submission of written memoranda in the following manner-
Public Hearings shall be held on 1. Friday, 9
th
May, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. at the Senate Chamber, First Floor, County Hall, Parliament
Buildings, Nairobi; or
Written Memoranda may be forwarded to the 2. Clerk of the Senate, P.O. Box
41842-00100, Nairobi, hand-delivered to the Ofce of the Clerk, Second
Floor, County Hall, Parliament Buildings, Nairobi or emailed to csenate@
parliament.go.ke, to be received on or before 5.00 p.m., Friday, 9
th
May
2014.
J. M. NYEGENYE, C.B.S,
CLERK OF THE SENATE.
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ATHLETICS: Blake doping
ban cut by 18 months
Jamaican 400m runner
Dominique Blakes six-year ban
for a second doping offence
has been cut to four-and-a-half
years on appeal. The Court
of Arbitration for Sport said
it had reached its decision
in view of some mitigating
factors. However, it added
that the athlete has failed to
establish that she bears no
signicant fault or negligence.
Blake, 26, tested positive for
methylhexanamine at the 2012
Olympic trials. She had served
a nine-month ban after testing
positive for ephedrine in 2006.
Having nished sixth at the 2012
trials, she was picked as a relay
runner for the London Olympics
but did not compete. -BBC
NBA: Heat, Spurs win
2nd-round series openers
Defending champion Miami and
perennial power San Antonio
asserted their claims to the NBA
title with authoritative wins on
Tuesday in the opening games of
their NBA second-round playoff
series. Miami was too good
for its bogey team Brooklyn,
beating the Nets 107-86, while
San Antonio led from start to
nish in beating Portland 116-
92. LeBron James scored 22
points and Ray Allen added 19 as
Miami remained undefeated this
postseason. Brooklyn had beaten
the Heat narrowly in all four
of their previous meeting this
season. Game 2 of the best-of-
seven series is Thursday night.
AP
NBA: LA Clippers
president to step down
The president of the Los Angeles
Clippers basketball team has
taken an indenite leave of
absence as the league prepares
to force a sale. A spokesman
for the National Basketball
Association (NBA) said Andy
Roesers departure would
allow the teams new executive
to begin on a clean slate.
Clippers owner Donald Sterling
was banned from the sport
for life after he was recorded
making racist remarks. The
NBA advisory panel has agreed
to begin the process of selling
the team. Mr Roeser has been
employed by the Clippers for 30
years, working entirely under Mr
Sterlings ownership. -BBC
SERENA POWERS
PAST PENG IN MADRID
MADRID
World number one Ser-
ena Williams cruised into
the last 16 of the Madrid
Open on Wednesday with
a 6-2, 6-3 thrashing of Chi-
nas Peng Shuai.
The 17-time Grand
Slam champion powered
through the rst set against
the world number 42 for
the loss of just one point
on her own serve.
Peng showed more re-
sistence in the second, but
couldnt convert on two
break points and Williams
needed just one chance to
seal the only break of the
set before serving out the
match to set up a third
round meeting with Spains
Carla Suarez Navarro or
fellow American Alison
Riske.
Williams wore a heavy
strapping on her left leg
throughout the match, but
insisted there is no serious
injury to worry about.
Its okay. I was just tap-
ing it to make sure it stays
kind of warm and ready. I
just had some issues and
went preventive to make
sure I didnt make any-
thing worse, she said.
Im literally taking it
one day, one match at a
time, and not putting any
pressure on myself here.
PRESSURE
Fourth seed Simona
Halep also had a comfort-
able passage into round
three as she saw off Spains
Lara Arruabarrena 6-4,
6-4.
This tournament
means a lot for me, be-
cause the last year it was a
real turning point for me.
Im really happy that I
could win today in two
sets to be in third round
here, said the Romanian
who could face compatriot
Irina-Camelia Begu next
should she overcome 15th
seed Sabine Lisicki.
In the mens Masters
tournament, sixth seed
Thomas Berdych stretched
his perfect record against
South African Kevin An-
derson to 11-0 with a 6-1,
6-4 win.
I always like to play
here. The courts are great,
very well prepared. Its a
bit faster because of the al-
titude, which suits my
game well and means I can
serve well and play aggres-
sively, said the Czech.
Polish lucky loser Lu-
kasz Kubot made the most
of Roger Federers with-
drawal to be at the birth of
his twin sons on Tuesday
by beating Frenchman
Gilles Simon 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Latvias Ernests Gulbis
also moved into round
three with a 6-3, 6-4 win
over Ukrainian Alexandr
Golgopolov.
SHOCK DEFEAT
Australian Open cham-
pion Stanislas Wawrinka
suffered a shock defeat to
Austrian qualier Dominic
Thiem at the Madrid Mas-
ters on Tuesday as his
compatriot Roger Federer
withdrew to attend the
birth of his second set of
twins.
A nalist in Madrid last
year, Wawrinka seemed on
course for a routine win af-
ter romping through the
rst set, but Thiem levelled
with some excellent tennis
in the second before seal-
ing the biggest win of his
career 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 with
the only break of serve in
the third set.
Wawrinkas defeat
means Rafael Nadal is the
only top four seed left in
the draw before he even
starts his campaign on
Wednesday as Federer
joined Novak Djokovic in
withdrawing from the
tournament.
Federer announced on
Tuesday evening that his
wife Mirka had given birth
to the couples second set
of twins, this time boys
named Leo and Lenny.
Mirka and I are so in-
credibly happy to share
that Leo and Lenny were
born this evening! Twins
again.. miracle! Federer
wrote on his ofcial Face-
book page.
AFP
World number
one tennis player
thrashes Chinese to
cruise into the last 16
at the Spain Masters
US player Serena
Williams returns the
ball to Chinese player
Peng Shuai during their
womens singles second
round tennis match of
the Madrid Masters at
Sports Complex,
yesterday. [PHOTO: AFP]
FEVERPITCH / Page 55 Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard
Cover of the book Running
for Black Gold.
EAEP to distribute Running for Black Gold book
By OSCAR PILIPILI
The half-century time
since Ethiopian marathon
runner, Abebe Bikila, won
Olympic gold in world record
time in Rome back in 1960 has
been a golden period for Afri-
can athletics.
Ever since, Africans have
won 57 Olympic gold medals,
numerous IAAF World Cham-
pionships titles and estab-
lished a string of world records
in international competitions.
Most, but not all, came
from the Eastern African high-
lands of Kenya and Ethiopia
with other notable successes
from Mediterranean athletes
especially Morocco. They re-
main amongst the very elite of
the worlds athletes.
This has been illustrated
and documented in a intrigu-
ing book Running for Black
Gold now available in book-
shop shelves countrywide.
Distributed locally by East
Africa Educational Publishers,
Running for Black Gold doc-
uments in both text and statis-
tics the African dominance in
the middle and long distance
events in international athlet-
ics competition.
It highlights the successes
of over 100 male and female
athletes, their gold medals
and world records including
the still rivalry between Paul
Tergat and Haile Gebresse-
lassie, the domination of Cath-
erine Ndereba in women mar-
athon and star performances
from Kenenisa Bekele, Benja-
min Limo and Pamela Jelimo,
just to name but a few.
Amateur sportsman and
writer Kevin Lillis focuses on
the on-track performances of
these athletes at the Olympic
Games and the IAAF World
Championships exclusively, as
the black gold standard
against which supreme per-
formance is measured.
Written from the viewpoint
of a keen observer of both Af-
rica and athletics, the author
(Kevin Lillis) provides a broad
map of the key moments in
the history for African runners
running for black gold culmi-
nating in the dominance of
Kenyans at the 2011 IAAF
World championships in Dae-
gu, Korea.
The text and accompany-
ing statistics are illustrated
with photographs of the out-
standing gold medal winners
and the world record holders
by internationally acclaimed
photographer Mark Shear-
man.
Sports enthusiasts espe-
cially those with an interest in
the development of African
athletics and the history of
Olympics as well as journalists
broadcasters and sport
statisticians will revel in
this revealing and easily read
account of African athletics
achievement from Bikila to
Rudisha.
Kevin Lillis is an interna-
tional professional education-
ist and amateur sportsman
who also writes on African
Sport. He holds a doctorate
from the University of Sussex
while Mark Shearman is an in-
ternationally acclaimed pho-
tographer.
He is the ofcial photogra-
pher for Athletics Weekly, the
leading track and eld maga-
zine in Great Britain.
KASS REWARDS WINNERS
Alice Chelegat during last
years Kass Marathon in
Eldoret. BELOW: Coach
Titus Limo (right)
receives a dummy
cheque on behalf of
Thomas Kiplagat winner
of Kass Marathon from
Kass Group Chairman
Joshua Chepkwony.
[PHOTO: PETER OCHIENG
and DENNIS OKEYO/
STANDARD]
By DENNIS OKEYO
Over 30 athletes were
Wednesday afternoon feted
for their exploits in last years
Kass International Mara-
thon.
Athletics Kenya Chairman
Isaiah Kiplagat said they want
to form a local Marathon Ma-
jors series, which will include
races in Kisumu, Mombasa,
Eldoret and Nairobi.
Elite runners dominated
last years race, which was
marking its seventh edition
with Thomas Kiplagat steal-
ing the limelight to clinch the
mens title in Eldoret.
The women title went Al-
ice Chelagat, who at the time
was the Prague Half Marathon
champion. Joyce Chepkirui,
has since won the Prague Half
Marathon.
Organisers, sponsors and
AK said it is time to start relay
marathon series, which will
incorporate the Nairobi,
Mombasa and Kisumu road
races, to reward consistent
athletes.
We are talking and soon
we will announce once the
prize money and other logis-
tics have been conrmed. We
want to form a marathon
jackpot, said Kiplagat.
Athletics Kenya is also in
talks with World Anti-Doping
Agency (Wada) to set up a test
collection centre in Nairobi to
handle all samples for dope
tests. Currently the same is
sent to Johannesburg, South
Africa for analysis.
The 2013 Kass Marathon
winners received their mon-
etary awards with the winner
of the 42km race pocketing
Sh1.5 million.
Other athletes feted were
the top ten nishers in both
men and women categories
and the top three in the half
marathon race.
Standard Groups Manag-
ing Director-Print Francis
Munywoki reafrmed the
companys support to the
event having been partners
for the past seven years.
Kass Marathon is spon-
sored by Kass FM, Transna-
tional Bank, Africa Merchant
Assurance (Amaco) and Safa-
ricom. dokeyo@standard-
media.co.ke
Athletics Kenya to start
marathon jackpot soon
Kiplagat
targets
Diamond
League
By JONATHAN KOMEN
After false starts at the
World Championships in
Moscow and London Olym-
pic, Commonwealth Games
1,500m champion Silas Kip-
lagat is hopeful to redeem his
career this season.
Kiplagat, who has a per-
sonal best time of 3:29.27 won
silver in Daegu World Cham-
pionships back in 2011. Now
he is dreaming of success at
the inaugural IAAF World Re-
lay Championships in Nas-
sau, Bahamas, on May 24-25.
My focus is on the World
Relays Championship and a
few Diamond League races.
But we need to focus on good
split times and mistakes we
have made in the past, Kipla-
gat said yesterday before leav-
ing for Doha for the rst leg of
the Diamond League meet in
Qatar.
I missed the relay series
but I have picked on well. A
good show in Doha might
translate into better result in
Bahamas, said Kiplagat.
Not bad for an athlete
from Siboh Village in Marak-
wet, who used to trek long
distances uphill to Tot Pri-
mary School in hardship con-
ditions.
EARLY LIFE
Since he could not make
it home for lunch, he carried
his food to school wrapped
in leaves. He usually covered
30km to and from school. The
practice was helpful when the
Pokot cattle rustlers raided
their villages.
Kiplagat trains under for-
mer World 3,000m steeple-
chase record holder Moses
Kiptanui. World 3,000m stee-
plechase champion Ezekiel
Kemboi, Sammy Kitwara and
former Olympic champion
Brimin Kipruto in Eldoret.
He will team up with two-
time World 1,500m champion
Asbel Kiprop, former World
Junior 1,500m silver medalist
James Magut, Olympian Nix-
on Chepseba, Collins Cheboi
and Hillary Maiyo in the
4x1,500m relays.
Kiplagat overcame numer-
ous hardships before he took
up athletics. He came from a
poor family of peasant farm-
ers in a poor village in Marak-
wet. He has Moses Kiptanui
and Kipchoge Keino, who as
his role models.
Head coach Sammy Rono
said Kiplagat and Kiprop
form a perfect team capable
of breaking the 4x1,500m
world record.
They are very strong and
can beat any challenge in Nas-
sau. We are expecting them in
camp on Sunday, said Rono.
Kenya team hold the mens
4x1500m world record at
14:36.23, set in 2009 in Brus-
sels.
SHOWDOWN BECKONS
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard Page 56 / FEVERPITCH
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FOOTBALL: Kariobangi
South edge Paris Club
Kariobangi South edged Paris
Sports Club 3-2 in a tightly
contested friendly encounter
played at Tena grounds,
Nairobi, on Saturday. During the
encounter, Kariobangi pulled the
rst blood in the 10th minute
through Collins Omondi, who
added his second goal ten
minutes later for a 2-0 score line
at half-time. On resumption, Paris
Sports Club intensied attacks
which bore fruit when Aranda
Ochieng and Kennedy Otieno
netted to make matters level
before Moses Chege scored the
winner for Kariobangi South.
Erick Ochieng
FOOTBALL: Jua Kali
scorch Turbo in nal
The Eldoret West champions and
hosts Jua Kali crushed Green
Valley of Turbo 2-0 in an exciting
football match nal to lift peace
tournament title in Eldoret.
Under the management of
Clement Bulinda, Jua Kali opened
the scores when Enock Choge
scored. Peter Korir put matters
beyond the opponents reach
when he added Jua Kalis second
goal one minute to the nal
whistle. According to Bulinda, the
purpose of the tournament was to
enhance peace among the youth
in the region. Bulinda said the
tournament that is sponsored by
Thomas Kiprotich of Keep Moving
Group of China will be an annual
event. Oscar Pilipili
FOOTBALL: Coast Ladies
League begins in August
Football Kenya Federation
South Coast Womens
representative Asha Pili has
conrmed the inaugural Coast
Ladies Football League will kick
off on August 24 as planned. Pili
said the objective of the league
is to nurture talent as well as
empower women to prevent
early marriages, unwanted
pregnancies, abortions and girl
child prostitution. Currently we
do not have any active womens
football league at the national
level since the Kenya Womens
Premier League grounded to a
halt, said Pili.
Ernest Ndunda
Samir Sherman in a past
action.
By BEN AHENDA
National Boxing League
defending champions Ke-
nya Police will be seeking
to extend their dominance
as the rst leg of the league
begins in Mombasa this af-
ternoon.
Police, who are hoping
to lift their seventh straight
league title, are condent their
pugilists will shine during the
three-day competition that
has attracted teams like Coast
Combined, Kenya Defence
Forces (KDF), Kenya Prisons,
Administration Police, Nyanza
and Kenyatta National Hospi-
tal.
Police captain light y-
weight Peter Mungai told Fe-
verPitch yesterday that he is
aware of the scheme by his
opponents to bring him down,
but he is t for any opposition.
As a champion, every play-
er is keen to beat me, but I will
shock everybody, said Mungai
before the team left for Mom-
basa, yesterday.
Mungai, however, admitted
that the league standards have
improved and there is no room
to underrate any opponent.
All pugilists have trained
well and no one is superior to
the other although victory will
depend on an individual play-
ers tness and exposure,
he observed.
Light heavyweight
Elly Ajowi identied
his vicious op-
ponents as KDF
boxers.
H i s
t e a m -
mate,
Vic-
t o-
r y
Onyango, who has sfted from
light welterweight to welter-
weight, has warned his oppo-
nents to brace for a bruising
ght.
Prisons coach Maurice
Maina warned: KDF is a team
to watch following their mas-
sive recruitment of top players
from leading teams.
SEVEN PLAYERS
During the event, Police will
be represented by seven play-
ers including Francis Munene
(light y), Calvin Okello (ban-
tam), Evans Thiongo (light),
Joseph Njogu (light welter),
Moses Oluoch (light heavy),
Julius Atito (heavy) and Daniel
Shitsia (super heavy).
Atito has replaced Olym-
pian Aziz Ali who is attend-
ing training while Shitsia has
moved to super heavyweight
from heavyweight.
The rst leg of the league
is coming at a time when a
provisional squad selected for
the Commonwealth Games at
Nairobis Kaloleni Social Hall
last month is expected to use
the three-day competition as a
training session.
However, the federation
has exempted ve players who
took part in the Lions Interna-
tional Boxing Championships
in Colombo, Sri Lanka from the
Mombasa championships.
Boxing Association of Ke-
nya treasurer George Foreman
Onyango said the ve players
are too tired for the league as-
signment.
They are Rayton Okwiri of
Prisons, Dennis Okoth of KDF
and teammate Simon Mul-
inge, the 2010 Commonwealth
Games bantamweight silver
medalist Benson Gicharu and
National lightweight champion
John Kariuki of Nakuru ABC.
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dia.co.ke
Stage set for Kenya National Motocross 3 in Solai
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Mastery of muddy condi-
tions will be key to winning
races should the rains con-
tinue during the third round of
the Kenya National Motocross
Championship on Sunday at
Solai race circuit in Nakuru.
Since most local motocross
events are held under dry and
dusty conditions, wet and slip-
pery surfaces will be an unusu-
al test for championship con-
tenders like Ivan Guya, Tutu
Maina and Ethan Nyachae.
Riders who are able to cover
the complete distance of each
race without a spill will be at
an advantage. Such muddy
conditions will present a treat
for spectators, as riders will
plough through mud baths
and pools of water. The cham-
pionship leaders will be out
to slip and slide as they battle
with their opponents to stay in
front during the Rift Valley Mo-
tor Sports & Club (RVM&SC)
organised championships.
Paul Bailey, chairman of
the motocross section of the
club is organising the event as
well as being the Clerk of the
Course.
Bailey, who said they are
putting the nal touches to the
track, added he is happy the
rains have come.
I would also like to thank
Dex Wahome, Sari Sherman
and especially Motorcycle
Commission Chairman Maina
Muturi for all the help with the
event, said Bailey.
Its great to see the friend-
ship by the Motorcycle Com-
mission and also EAMSC
members. We are requesting
that the fans in Nakuru turn
out in large members to sup-
port the event, said Bailey.
Practice is scheduled for
Saturday afternoon. The event
starts early at eight oclock on
Sunday morning.
RENEWS RIVALRY
During the event, multiple
KCB Safari Rally navigators
winner Tim Jessop will be up
against the likes of Patrick Gar-
ner (KTM), Mikhail Barman
(KTM), Peter Young (KTM),
David I Njagi (KTM) and Moses
Mugo (KTM), among others.
The 50cc leader Jet Tak-
kunen (KTM) renews his ri-
valry with Tyler Huth (KTM),
Rafe Garner (KTM), Jaiden
Takkunen (KTM), and Mali Ny-
achae.
Ethan Nyachae, the de-
fending MX 60 champion, is
expected to call the shots in
his category but he will have to
use every trick in the book to
eclipse the likes of Maina Wan-
jigi (KTM), Tai Wahome (KTM)
and Kigen Kiplagat (KTM) in
what will be an exhilarating
podium dash.
Ivan Guya (KTM) and de-
fending champion Tutu Maina
(KAW) will be the riders to
watch in MX1 class.
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dia.co.ke
Jackline Awuor (left), in a
special contest against
Millicent Anyango at St
Teresas Hall, Nairobi,
during ABA National
League. [PHOTO: JONAH
ONYANGO/STANDARD]
Police out to extend
supremacy as boxing
league begins in Mombasa
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TENDER NOTICE
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equipment listed below. Interested suppliers should provide us with proposals and prices including after sales
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P.O Box 437-50200
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P.O. Box 2344-00900 Kiambu
So as to reach him not later than 10.30 am on 21
st
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the bid documents will be publicly opened at the chambers in the presence of
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FOR COUNTY SECRETARY
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KIAMBU
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INVITATION FOR TENDER
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INSTALLATION, TESTING & COMMISSIONING OF 100M
3

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WATER SUPPLY PROJECT IN KIAMBU SUB COUNTY.
TO: Hon. Martin Nyaga Wambora, the Governor, Embu County.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 181 of the Constitution and section 33 of the County
Governments Act, 2012, on 29
th
April, 2014 the County Assembly of Embu approved
a Motion for the removal from ofce of the Governor of Embu County;
AND FURTHER, WHEREAS, by letters dated 29
th
April, 2014 (Ref: CAE/SCA/1/35 and
36) and received in the Ofce of the Speaker of the Senate on 30
th
April, 2014 and
2
nd
May, 2014, respectively, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Embu informed
the Speaker of the Senate of the approval of the Motion by the County Assembly
and further forwarded to the Speaker of the Senate documents in evidence of the
proceedings of the Assembly;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to section 33(3)(b) of the County Governments Act, 2012
and standing order 65(1)(b) of the Senate Standing Orders, the Senate, at a Special
Sitting held on Tuesday, 6
th
May, 2014, by resolution, appointed a Special Committee
comprising eleven of its Members to investigate the matter and to report to the
Senate within ten days on whether it nds the particulars of the allegations to have
been substantiated;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to section 33(5) of the County Governments Act, 2012 and
standing order 65(3) of the Senate Standing Orders you have the right to appear and
be represented before the Special Committee during its investigations;
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before the Committee during its investigations. The rst meeting of the Committee
shall be held on Friday, 9
th
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Building, Nairobi. If you choose to appear before the Committee, the Committee
requires that you le, with the Ofce of the Clerk of the Senate, 2
nd
Floor, County
Hall Building, Parliament Road, Nairobi, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 8
th
May,
2014, your answer to the Particulars of the Allegations, which are annexed hereto,
setting out-

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how you propose to appear before the Special Committee; whether in (b)
person, by Advocate, or in person and by Advocate;
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witness statements containing a summary of the evidence to be presented
by such witnesses before the Committee; and
any other evidence to be relied on. (d)
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Removal from Ofce of a Governor as adopted by the Special Committee, which are
available in the Ofce of the Clerk of the Senate, shall apply to the proceedings of the
Committee.
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Committee on the date and time specied in this Invitation, the Committee,
and thereafter the Senate, shall proceed with this matter in accordance with the
Constitution and the law, without further reference to you.
GIVEN under my hand, for and on behalf of the Special Committee, this 6
th
day of
May, 2014.
J. M. NYEGENYE, C.B.S.,
CLERK OF THE SENATE.
THE SENATE
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
INVITATION TO APPEAR
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSED REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF EMBU COUNTY
By MARCUS KWESI OMARD
The 3-3 draw against
Crystal Palace has stunnned
everyone connected with
Liverpool and effectively
ended the Reds hopes of
winning the Premier League
title.
What happened was
straight out of Herman Mel-
villes novel Moby-Dick; or,
The Whale.
Liverpool was cruising
when Luis Suarezs (right)
goal made it 3-0 after 55
minutes.
Instead of managing the
next 35-40 minutes and see-
ing out the game, the Reds
shifted into overdrive as they
sought to cut down Man-
chester Citys sizable lead in
goal difference.
Daniel Sturridge forgoing
his celebratory dance (after
scoring two minutes prior)
or Suarez rushing back to-
ward the halfway line with
the ball under his arm as
Liverpool fans shouted at-
tack were telling images.
Liverpool rode its high-
powered attack to Selhurst
Park, its vaunted SAS strike
force had nally reawakened
and it was ready to go for the
title on its own rather than
wait for Aston Villa or West
Ham to take points off Man-
chester City in its nal two
games.
That approach made
sense until it didnt.
Liverpool pushed for-
ward in search of more goals
but, over the next 20 min-
utes, lost the balance that is
necessary to win high-level
football matches games.
This allowed Crystal Pal-
ace to strike twice in quick
succession and add the in-
evitable third goal 10 min-
utes later, as manager Bren-
dan Rodgers lamented
afterward.
The reckless chase for
goals exposed Liverpools
Achilles heel: defensive
frailty. Liverpool has con-
ceded 49 league goals this
season involved the
leagues ninth best defensive
record in current campaign
and the Reds worst in 15
years.
Liverpools goal-scoring
exploits hid its dirty little se-
cret until Monday, and the
second-half collapse left its
title dreams in a rubble.
But most great teams suf-
fer defeat before they taste
victory, and Mondays set-
back should teach the young
Reds and their young man-
ager the fundamental lesson
in Captain Ahabs story the
one about pursuing some-
thing that might not have
existed at a given moment in
time.
Agencies
By ROBIN TOSKIN
When the shoe is on the
other foot is an idiom sel-
dom experienced by sports
journalists. They often, al-
most with divine authority,
dissect the performance of
sportsmen and women be-
fore deifying or demonising
them using carefully chosen
adjectives.
For the Standard Group
football team, the moment of
truth is fast approaching as
they y out to Liverpool, Eng-
land tomorrow to represent
Kenya in the Standard Char-
tered Road to Aneld Trophy.
The team, dubbed Game
Yetu, won the Kenya chapter
of the Standard Chartered
Trophy, 5-a-side football tour-
nament for amateurs in
March and will pit their might
against teams from Europe,
Hong Kong, Singapore, Ma-
laysia, Indonesia, India, Ke-
nya, Bahrain, Thailand, Ko-
rea, Nigeria, Gambia and
Vietnam.
Stancharts Annie Kinuthia
wished the Standard Group-
team well.
We have condence in
the team. Go there and show
the world we are a great sport-
ing nation, she said.
Game Yetu will not only be
ying the Standard Group
name but that of an entire na-
tion given the countrys sport-
ing prole.
BIG RESPONSIBILITY
Speaking ahead of their
departure as they were kitted
by Standard Chartered Bank,
Game Yetu captain, Bismarck
Mutahi said: This trip has be-
stowed on our shoulders a big
responsibility to ag the ags
of the country and Standard
Group high.
We commit to work our
socks off knowing the country
is watching. Standard group
thanks the Standard Char-
tered Bank for this noble
idea, he said.
The nal will be played at
Aneld, the home of Liver-
pool FC, on May 13. The team
will have had the opportunity
to watch Liverpool play New-
castle on the nal day of the
English Premier League sea-
son.
The Standard Chartered
Trophy tournament is or-
ganised annually by Standard
Chartered Bank for countries
where the bank operates.
STAFF TRAVELLING
Andrew Rukangu and
Cherotich Rutto are the two
Bank staff travelling with the
Standard Group team to rep-
resent the Bank at the Liver-
pools Aneld ground.
The two were selected as
the best players from the
Banks team during the Road
to Aneld nal tourney based
on their performance and val-
ue added to their teams.
The team will receive a
professional training session
at the Liverpool Football
Academy with Liverpool FC
legends and coaches to help
them prepare for the nal
5-A-Side tournament.
The initiative is part of the
sponsorship by Standard
Chartered Bank and Liverpool
FC.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 / The Standard Page 58 / FEVERPITCH
Rodgers Reds suffer captain Ahabs fate
GAME YETU SET FOR
LIVERPOOL TOURNEY

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SOUTHAMPTON: United
target Shaw for talks
Luke Shaw will seek talks with
Southampton over his future after
their nal game of the season
against Manchester United on
Sunday. Shaw, 18, is the subject
of interest from several leading
clubs in the Premier League
and abroad and wants to know
whether Southampton will allow
him to leave. The left-back is
valued at 30million and is a
candidate to be named in Roy
Hodgsons England World Cup
squad on Monday having made
his international debut earlier this
year. Agencies
BAYERN: Pep ghting
internal battle
Pep Guardiola is facing dressing
room unrest thus alerting
English Premier Leagues elite
to his services. The Spaniard
arrived in Germany at the
start of the season and has
already won the Bundesliga,
UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA
World Club Cup. But the former
Barcelona manager is facing
battle to convince his highly-
talented squad that he remains
the man to continue the clubs
recent success. Despite having
already won three trophies this
season, the clubs humiliating
Champions League semi-nal
failure against Real Madrid has
raised questions about his reign.
Agencies
ARSENAL: Gunners want
clarication on Javi
Arsene Wenger wants clarication
on Javi Martinezs future at
Bayern Munich before pressing
ahead with a 20million move for
Lars Bender. As it stands, Bayer
Leverkusens Bender remains
the Gunners leading mideld
transfer candidate, with club
ofcials feeling he is the best
realistic option open to them this
summer. But the Gunners are
monitoring Martinezs future,
amid suggestions the Spaniard is
unhappy at Bayern. Wenger tried
to sign Martinez ahead of the 2012-
13 season as a replacement for the
outgoing Alex Song. But Arsenal
were blown out of the water by
Bayern. Agencies
Standard Group team gets warm
send-off from StanChart Bank
ahead of Road to Aneld Trophy
TOP: Standard Groups Game Yetu team. ABOVE: Standard Chartered Banks Annie Kinuthia poses with
the team during the kitting ceremony, yesterday, ahead of their departure to Liverpool, England,
tomorrow for the Road to Aneld Trophy tournament. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/ STANDARD]
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No surprise as Scolari names
Brazil World Cup squad
RIO DE JANEIRO
Napoli defender Hen-
rique was the only surprise
inclusion when Brazil coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari named
his provisional 23-man
squad for the World Cup on
Wednesday.
The squad, which will be
aiming to win the title for a
record sixth time, features
Barcelona striker Neymar
and will be captained by Par-
is St Germain defender Thia-
go Silva.
Henrique, who has played
just 71 minutes at interna-
tional level but worked un-
der Scolari at Palmeiras, won
out over Atletico Madrids in-
form defender Miranda and
PSGs youngster Marquinhos
for the spot as fourth central
defender.
Scolari, who guided Brazil
to their fth World Cup in Ja-
pan in 2002, took Brazil to
the Confederations Cup
crown last year, beating Italy,
Uruguay and Spain on their
way to the title.
The team has won 13 of
their last 14 matches and is
favourite to win the rst
World Cup to be played in
Brazil since 1950.
The players will meet up
on May 26 in Rio de Janeiro
and play two friendlies
against Panama and Serbia
before opening their World
Cup campaign against Croa-
tia in Sao Paulo on June 12.
BRAZIL TEAM
Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Toronto FC),
Jefferson (Botafogo), Victor (Atletico
Mineiro). Defenders: Marcelo (Real
Madrid), Daniel Alves (Barcelona),
Maicon (AS Roma), Maxwell, Thiago
Silva (both Paris St Germain), David
Luiz (Chelsea), Dante (Bayern Munich),
Henrique (Napoli). Midelders:
Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur), Ramires,
Willian, Oscar (all Chelsea), Hernanes
(Inter Milan), Luiz Gustavo (VfL
Wolfsburg), Fernandinho (Manchester
City). Forwards: Bernard (Shakhtar
Donetsk), Neymar (Barcelona), Fred
(Fluminense), Jo (Atletico Mineiro), Hulk
(Zenit St Petersburg).
WORLD CUP FANS FACE SKY-HIGH PRICES IN BRAZIL
A mural showing Fuleco the ofcial mascot of the 2014 Brazil
World Cup.
RIO DE JANEIRO
Tourists visiting Brazil for
the World Cup are advised to
pack a bathing suit, sunscreen,
and a whole lot of cash.
Home to some of the
worlds most expensive restau-
rants and hotels, and with
some prices rising more as the
opening match approaches,
Brazil will shock those visitors
whose idea of a tropical para-
dise is paying $1 for a beach-
side beer.
Instead, Brazil is often the
land of the $10 caipirinha (the
sugar cane-based local drink
of choice), the $100 risotto and
the $1,000-a-night hotel room,
prices fueled by many of the
same imbalances and govern-
ment policies that have re-
strained economic growth in
recent years.
Even by European and US
standards, prices for basic
items are often staggering. In
Sao Paulo, an espresso costs
twice as much as in Lisbon,
says Paulo Duarte, a pharma-
ceutical consultant who splits
time between both cities.
Its absurd, Duarte said.
Were talking about one coun-
try that produces coffee and
another that imports it.
High prices are nothing
new in Brazil. The country has
a long history of economic in-
stability and runaway ina-
tion, which topped 2,400 per-
cent in 1993. Ination these
days is much more manage-
able, running at about 6 per-
cent a year.
EXPENSIVE CITY
Sao Paulo, for example, is
the most expensive city in the
Americas and the 19th most
expensive in the world, ahead
of New York and London, ac-
cording to a recent survey by
the Mercer consulting rm.
Rio is among the worlds 30
most expensive cities.
One reason prices are so
steep is because the cost of do-
ing business is so high, thanks
to a mind-boggling mix of tax-
es, import tariffs, bureaucracy
and poor infrastructure that
can make Brazil a difcult
place to operate.
Making matters worse, pro-
duction costs have climbed in
recent years with rising wages
and energy prices, while gov-
ernment policies aimed at bol-
stering household consump-
tion have driven up prices at
the cash register.
Even for tourists with some
money to burn, creative solu-
tions are often called for.
Dimitar Bogdanov and
Simeon Vassilev, a Hungarian
couple who visited Rio de Ja-
neiro for the rst time early
this year, paid the equivalent
of $100 for a risotto at one of
the citys chic restaurants. But
they decided to alternate their
big nights out with simpler
spots, and managed to spend
only $30 at a per-kilo buffet
place where you pay by the
weight of your serving.
Some things are way over-
priced but some others are
cheap compared to Europe,
Bogdanov said.
Sometimes, though, theres
no getting around the problem
- especially when it comes to
the World Cup. The average ho-
tel cost for the night of the -
nal on July 13 in Rio is 816 reais
($371), according to Trivago, a
website that compares prices
on over 190 booking websites.
One two-star bed and break-
fast in Copacabana is charging
$909 for a cramped, poorly
furnished room for one night.
In Sao Paulo, visitors will
pay an average of 621 reais
($282) for lodging on June 12,
when Brazil plays Croatia in
the opening game.
A one-way ight between
the two cities - which are only
269 miles (433 km) apart -
takes 50 minutes and costs 549
reais to 1,130 reais ($250-
$514), booked on short notice
on an average weekday. By
comparison, an 80-minute
ight between New York and
Washington under the same
conditions costs as little as
$167. The costs have their
roots in economic problems.
Encouraged by strong
housing demand and an abun-
dance of subsidized credit,
construction companies have
focused mainly on building
homes. That left many cities
with a growing decit of hotel
rooms, industry experts say.
Similarly, Brazils success in
boosting its middle class
caused domestic air trafc to
double over the past ve years,
while little investment was
made in infrastructure. At least
ve of the 12 World Cup host
cities wont complete the air-
port expansion projects they
promised for the tournament.
But there may be one sav-
ing grace in World Cup.
Reuters
Economic
instability,
ination are
common in
host country
Brazil will also face Mexico
and Cameroon in Group A.
In Sydney, long-serving
former Australia captain Lu-
cas Neill will not be part of
the squad for the World Cup
nals due to lack of playing
time, coach Ange Posteco-
glou said.
The 36-year-old former
Millwall, Blackburn and West
Ham defender joined Wat-
ford in Englands second tier
in February but managed
only a few minutes on the
pitch before being loaned to
Championship strugglers
Doncaster in late March.
In the end I just had to
make a decision not so much
about the recent history but
the last six months in terms
of form and tness, said
Postecoglou. Reuters
35
DAYS TO GO

FastTrack
BUILD-UP: Colombia to
play Senegal and Jordan
Colombia will play World Cup
warm-up matches against
Senegal and Jordan in
Buenos Aires, home city of
their Argentine coach Jose
Pekerman, the Colombian
Football Federation said on
Tuesday. On their way to
the World Cup in Brazil, the
Colombian national team will
play two friendly preparation
matches in Buenos Aires
against Senegal on May 31
and Jordan on June 6, it said.
Colombia, who are waiting
on the recovery of top striker
Radamel Falcao, face Greece,
Ivory Coast and Japan in Group
C at the World Cup nals,
starting on June 12. Reuters
SECURITY: Hosts not war
country - Brazil minister
Brazilian sports minister Aldo
Rebelo admitted the World
Cup faced serious security
problems -- but said the
country was not a war zone
like Iraq or Afghanistan. Riots
rocked Rio de Janeiros famous
Copacabana Beach district last
month and fears about safety
for thousands of football fans
visiting Brazil were heightened
last week by the fatal shooting
of a man during a clash with
police close to the England
team hotel in the city. We
all have our tragedies and
challenges, serious problems
relating to security, said
Rebelo as he defended Brazil.
AFP
COACH: Edu will assist
Iran boss Queiroz
Corinthians general manager
Edu Gasper will aide Iran
head coach Carlos Queiroz
during the countrys World
Cup campaign next month,
according to Iranian media.
Iran will also hold a training
camp at the Brazilian clubs
ground before the June 12-July
13 tournament where the Asian
side face Argentina, Nigeria
and Bosnia in Group F. The
35-year-old former Arsenal
and Valencia midelder retired
from playing in 2010 after a
short second playing stint with
Corinthians, where he began
his career. Reuters
LAUSANNE
Fifa has been through hell over this sum-
mers World Cup in Brazil, according to general
secretary Jerome Valcke.
In Brazil there are certain politicians who
are against the World Cup, and the fact is that
weve been through hell, essentially because in
Brazil you have three political levels and there
has been a change there was an election and
were not necessarily talking with the same
people (as before) and it was difcult to keep
repeating the same message, Valcke said on
Tuesday evening at a forum in Lausanne.
Its not FIFA that is organising the World
Cup in Brazil but Brazil which is organising the
Fifa has been through hell over World Cup - Valcke
WORLD CUP FANS FACE SKY-HIGH PRICES IN BRAZIL
Fifa Secretary General
Jerome Valcke (right)
shares a light moment
with Brazils Sports
Minister Aldo Rebelo.
[PHOTO: AP]
World Cup in 12 towns.
Were supporting Brazil to
ensure that its a success be-
cause the whole of FIFA is
based around the success of
the World Cup. If the World
Cup is a failure then we, FIFA,
are in trouble.
One of the main concerns
has been consistent delays to
the completion of stadiums.
Fifa had set a December
deadline but this has been
forced to be extended as sev-
eral of the stadiums simply
hadnt been completed.
We should have received
the stadiums in December,
well receive them on May 15
(less than a month before the
World Cup kicks off ), added
the Frenchman, second in
command at FIFA behind
president Sepp Blatter.
Its a little bit later than
expected but we know how to
adapt.
Valcke, however, warned
2018 World Cup hosts Russia
that such leniency would not
be repeated.
TIME EXPECTATIONS
If I can pass on just one
ofcial message, it is that Rus-
sia should not believe that de-
livering a stadium on May 15
is a point of reference. I hope
they will respect the tim-
ings.
However, Valcke admitted
that certain works, for exam-
ple in the town of Cuiaba,
would not be nished by the
time the tournament starts.
Im not saying everything
will be nished, but when it
comes to the stadiums, after
everything thats been said,
having reduced our expecta-
tions and our needs, well
have what is necessary to en-
sure that for the journalists,
teams, fans and ofcials, there
will be a World Cup that re-
mains, I hope, especially if the
drama of 1950 can be erased
for Brazil, an exceptional
memory, he said.
FIFA RULES
Turning his attention to
Qatar in 2022, Valcke insisted
the World Cup would be
played in winter.
The World Cup will be
played in winter, I think ev-
eryone has said that and re-
peated it. Now we need to
know when in winter it will be
played and the executive com-
mittee will try to reply to that
in March 2015.
He added that the tourna-
ment would be played in eight
stadiums, not the usual 12.
I was the rst person to
speak with Qatar to say that
there is no sense in having 12
or 10; eight is the right num-
ber of stadiums for the size of
the country, he added.
Fifa rules state that an or-
ganising country must have at
least eight stadiums with at
least one of those able to hold
a minimum of 80,000 people.
AFP
35
DAYS TO GO
Continued From P64
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BRILLIANT SHOW
Shedu satised with draw against AFC
Manchester Uniteds James Wilson celebrates
scoring the opening goal of the English Premier
League football match against Hull City at Old
Trafford in Manchester, on Tuesday. [PHOTO:AFP]
LONDON
Manchester Uniteds two-
goal debutant James Wilson
can help bring back the ex-
citement to Old Trafford, in-
terim manager Ryan Giggs
said after the 18-year-old
shone in a 3-1 Premier
League win over Hull City on
Tuesday.
Wilson, the latest young
talent to come off the United
production line, showed ra-
zor sharp predatory instincts
to score a goal in each half
as Giggss side completed a
comfortable victory in their
nal home match of the sea-
son.
Wilson was one of two
youngsters making their rst
United appearances on the
night, along with 20-year-
old forward Tom Lawrence,
and was the leading light in
a three-pronged attack with
19-year-old Adnan Januzaj.
The performance of the
three youngsters will give
beleaguered United sup-
porters hope that better
times lie ahead after a night-
mare season.
The club, who sacked Da-
vid Moyes late last month af-
ter a disastrous 10-month
spell in charge, can nish no
higher than sixth and are in
danger of missing out on
European football for the
rst time since 1990.
FRESHEN THINGS
I said when I took over I
wanted to bring excitement
back. Some of the forward
play from the three young
lads was brilliant, Giggs
said.
We got the young lads in
to train with us and they
never looked out of place. I
wanted to freshen things up
from Saturday and they nev-
er let us down. James Wilson
is not just a nisher, his all-
round play is very good and
he is exciting.
The sight of Uniteds
youngsters tearing into Hull
on a night when Nemanja
Vidic made his nal home
appearance and Giggs was
keeping his cards close to
his chest about his own fu-
ture, added to the impres-
sion the club were ushering
in a new era.
EIGHT-YEAR SPELL
Vidic, who is leaving for
Inter Milan in the close sea-
son, ended his eight-year
spell at United with a substi-
tute appearance.
I had so many great
times here. It is hard to speak
because of the emotions,
he stuttered as he stood on
the pitch at full-time and
addressed the crowd, who
chanted his name.
Most important I would
like to thank the players, the
manager and all the coach-
es. Thank you for everything
and especially to the fans,
you have been fantastic to
me all these years.
Vidic was for so long the
rock at the heart of defence
in Uniteds successful sides,
his towering presence and
menacing physique proving
an immovable object as he
picked up ve league titles
and a Champions League
crown.
Giggs was giving away no
clues about his own future.
Coming on as a late substi-
tute against Hull, the 40-
year-old may have made the
last of his 963 appearances
for the club.
My concentration has
not changed, I will do my
job on and off the pitch and
we will see what happens af-
ter Sunday, he said. AP
Wilson can bring the
excitement back
to United, says
coach Giggs
the match with ten men each.
Again it was the bankers who
were reduced to ten men rst
after Idah was sent off in the
30th minute for hacking Oscar
Kadenge.
Then Musa Mudde was
sent off in the 70th minute for
a second bookable offence.
If there were prizes to be
given for the number of chanc-
es created by a team, then
Leopards would have won the
encounter hands down.
The team had at least ve
chances in the rst half to set-
tle matters, but their strikers
proved too wasteful.
Allan Wanga should have
put his side ahead as early as
the second minute but was de-
nied from a back heel by Sam-
my Okinda in the KCB goal.
Then two minute later, Paul
Were failed to tap home with
Okinda well beaten after he
failed to hold onto an Abdalla
Juma free kick.
The bankers did not come
into the match until the 15th
minute but their effort ended
in a fruitless corner. Another
back heel effort from Wanga
ended at Okindas hand.
In the 25th minute, KCB
were rewarded from their sec-
ond chance of the match when
Murunga headed home.
The goal disorganised
Leopards, forcing them to
scale down their attack, some-
thing that allowed the bankers
to go all out.
Afterwards, KCB coach Ri-
shadi Shedu said he was sat-
ised with the result and ad-
mitted that the red card to his
player was unexpected.
This is a good result for
us considering we were away.
We had a strategy to lock them
(AFC Leopards) out of the
anks and it worked but when
our player was sent off we had
to change strategy, he said.
His AFC Leopards coun-
terpart Abdalla Juma said the
goal by KCB was unexpected
and shocked them.
Our plan was to score
an early goal but when they
scored it shocked us a bit. We
had a slight advantage when
their player was sent off, but
when Mudde was also sent off
we had to change tactics and I
am glad it worked and we got
a goal.
Leopards fans turned on
the referee after the match and
attacked him with all manner
of objects, forcing police to
come to his aid.
The fans alleged bias from
the centre referee.
gwandera@standard-
media.co.ke
Salary row rocks Sofapaka
ahead of Gor Mahia match
By FEVERPITCH TEAM
Trouble is brewing at Ke-
nyan Premier League (KPL) side
Sofapaka following reports that
players are planning to boycott
their weekend match against
Gor Mahia to protest against
non-payment of salaries.
Sources in the team told Fe-
verpitch that the players have
not been paid for the last two
months and they are not ready
to continue giving their servic-
es without the club honouring
its obligations.
We have had enough and if
nothing happens between now
and Saturday, we will not turn
up for the match against Gor
Mahia, said the sources who
did not want to be named for
fear of victimisation.
Coach Sam Timbe, howev-
er, declined to comment on the
reports insisting that the team
is continuing with their train-
ing as usual.
The players are here with
me in training. I am not quali-
ed to comment on such re-
ports because it is not my
work. Only the management
can comment on the same, he
said.
Sofapaka Secretary General
Emmanuel Kayoyi admitted
they owe the players but insist-
ed they are working on paying
them soon.
It is true we owe them
(players) but we are determined
to pay as soon as possible. We
always pay even though when
there are delays sometimes,
he said.
UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Elsewhere, Sofapaka de-
fensive midelder Johnstone
Bagoole and fullback Thomas
Wanyama are facing uncertain
future at the club after missing
several training sessions, Fe-
verPitch can reveal.
The Ugandan has report-
edly been withdrawn from the
club by his agent over unpaid
debt of the players transfer
fees, while Wanyama allegedly
travelled to Sweden two weeks
ago to see his girlfriend.
Bagoole, who has been a
regular for Batoto Ba Mungu
since penning a two year deal
in June 2013, last featured for
the club in their emphatic 3-0
win over Kenya Revenue Au-
thority on 23 March, but his
Kenyan counterpart has only
made a few appearances for
the Sam Timbe trained side.
REFUTED CLAIMS
However, in an interview
with FeverPitch, Sofapaka
President Elly Kalekwa refuted
the claims and explained why
the pair is not in the country.
Its true we owe Bagooles
agent some money, but we
had agreed to settle the arrears
next month. Bagoole was not
feeling well and wanted some
time to recover, Kalekwa told
FeverPitch.
He also had a family mat-
ter to attend to, but weve been
in contact with the player and
we expect him before the end
of the week. So those two issues
are not related at all,added
Kalekwa.
Wanyama is out of the
country for trials in Sweden
and Norway. He still has a two-
year contract with the club, but
we permitted him to attend the
trials. He left the country thir-
teen days ago and we wish him
all the best.
Asked on how soon the off-
season signings, the Burun-
dian duo of Abdul Fiston and
Celestine Habonimana will
make their KPL debut, Kalekwa
said: Weve nalised with their
respective clubs, but unfortu-
nately the transfer window is
closed. We dont want to risk
elding them without valid
transfer documents.
They (Fiston and Haboni-
mana) are currently training
with the club as we wait for
their International Transfer
Certicates to be issued on
June 1 when the window of-
cially opens, added the Sofa-
paka President.
DISQUIET IN CAMP
Obungu, Kasaya seeking to start against Comoros

FastTrack
AFC: Kasaya blames
injuries for poor show
AFC Leopards goalkeeper Wycliff
Kasaya says injuries to key
players was to blame for the
teams poor start to the local
league. Kasaya, who is back
from a month-long injury said
it was difcult for the club to
pick up well with so many key
player out with injuries. After
our Confederations Cup match
against SuperSport United, we
had many players on the injury
list. Apart from myself, Allan
Wanga went on the injury list as
well as Martin Imbalambala. All
these were key players and we
could not perform without them,
he said.
BANDARI: Obungu
grateful for support
Bandari goalkeeper Wilson
Obungu has thanked the club
management and fans for
standing by them at the beginning
of the season when they were
performing poorly in their
matches. Obungu said this action
gave them a lot of condence
and believes this is now behind
them. When we were performing
poorly, the management and fans
did not give up on us. This helped
us grow in our condence and it is
the reason we have done well so
far, he said. He believes the team
will have a better performance
this season and improve on last
years sixth position.
Reports by Gilbert Wandera
STARS: Nandwa axed
as assistant coach
Former AFC Leopards coach
James Nandwa has been
dropped as an assistant
coach at the national team
Harambee Stars for allegedly
absconding duty. The coach
has however defended himself
over the claims, insisting he
was too busy at AFC Leopards.
Harambee Stars coach Adel
Amrouche claimed Nandwa
has not shown commitment
to the team and has therefore
been dropped. Football Kenya
Federation chairman Sam
Nyamweya said they are not
aware of the move and insisted
that Nandwa stays.
A section of Sofapaka FC
players. [PHOTO:FILE/
STANDARD]
By GILBERT WANDERA
In the absence of number
one goalkeeper Arnold Origi
and Duncun Ochieng, com-
petition for the Number One
shirt has turned to three local
custodians ahead of the May
17 Africa Cup of Nations qual-
ier against Comoros in Nai-
robi.
Two of the goalkeepers
Wilson Obungu and Wycliff
Kasaya have declared they
have what it takes to take over
from the two and will be ght-
ing for the starting position
against Comoros.
Origi has been ruled out of
the xture due to club en-
gagements while Ochieng is
injured and will be out for at
least another two months.
Bandari goalkeeper Obun-
gu said: It is sad that we will
miss two players who have
been very important to the
team and we wish them well.
However, this is our chance to
get an opportunity to play.
Obungu said all of them
are determined to work hard
and get the nod to start against
Comoros.
We have been here for a
while and the coach has a lot
of condence in us. All we
need to do is to push each
other and whoever gets the
opportunity to start be given
the support by everyone, said
AFC Leopards custodian,
Kasaya (pictured), expressing
condence that the team will
eventually make it to the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations nals.
After winning the regional
tournament last year, morale
is high in camp among the
players. I remain condent of
our chances to play in the
2015 nals.
We are disappointed that
Duncun Ochieng and Arnold
Origi will not make it against
Comoros but all the three of
us remaining are in good
shape and are able to do the
job, he added.
Comoros have not been
regular participants in inter-
national tournaments or-
ganised by CAF and Fifa and
only entered the Africa Cup of
Nations qualiers in 2010.
They have taken part
mostly in the Indian Ocean
games and the Arab Nations
Cup.
Comoros played their rst
international match in the
1979 Indian ocean games. Af-
ter that, they qualied for the
2009 Arab Nations Cup. Their
rst fully Fifa recognised
match did not come until
2006 when they played Dji-
bouti and won 4-2.
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media.co.ke
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
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KCB HOLD
LEOPARDS
Keli strike earns Ingwe
draw against KCB in
Top-8 match
By GILBERT WANDERA
A couple of set-pieces decided yesterdays Kenyan Pre-
mier League (KPL) Top-8 match between AFC Leopards
and KCB who shared the spoils ahead of the return leg.
The bankers, however, have an advantage going into
the return match as they were the away team.
First, Andrew Murunga headed home the bankers after
Sosthenes Idah found him unmarked inside the Leop-
ards danger zone and he beat Wycliffe Kasaya with a
ne header.
Then former KCB striker Jacob Keli equalised
with a quarter of an hour to go as he sent home
Juma Abdallas well curved free kick on the
edge of the bankers box. Both teams ended
CONTINUED ON PAGE 62
AFC Leopards Abdalla Juma (left) vies for ball
possession against KCBs Andrew Murunga during
their Kenyan Premier League Top-8 semi-nal
match at Nyayo National Stadium, yesterday.
[PHOTO: DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
Thursday, April 17, 2014
BUILD YOUR OWN
HOME
Why steel is a
good trussing
alternative
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LANDSCAPING
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a garden gate
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Chasing a
dream,
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EXPERT TALK: What it
will take to issue one
million titles a year
This crash programme requires
about 40 land registrars, 50 ling
clerks and 100 copy typists to
prepare land registers and title
deeds every day. PAGE 4
STORY BEHIND: Mosque
that is a key feature of
Isiolo town
It is difcult to miss the towering
Al-Falah mosque. The mosque
stands out from the rest of the
buildings in the area, both by size
and design. PAGE 6
PROPERTY SPOTLIGHT:
Jujas changing look
Tucked away just before Juja town
is an upcoming property that is
set in the midst of a plain, which
was once a sisal farm. Known as
Juja South Estate, developers of
this project hope to lure potential
buyers and investors to this fast
growing area. PAGE 7
SECOND FEATURE:
Counties boosting
landscaping business
Landscapers are opening up
satellite ofces across counties
as they position themselves to
capture the fast growing market.
PAGE 11
PROPERTY LAW: Law
a step in the right
direction
A provision in the Land
Registration Act 2012 that
provides for geo-referencing will
also make it possible to conduct
an ofcial search of a single unit
in an apartment.
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THE IRONY OF THE HOUSING MARKET
E
very now and then reports by reputable organi-
sations, put Nairobi as among the fastest grow-
ing players in the real estate investment sector.
Such reports have pointed to Kenyas position
in the region and ambitious infrastructural projects that
are going on.
Add on to this increasing number of multi-nationals
setting up bases in the
country and you can see
why there is a lot of op-
timism. This optimism,
however, seems shared
only by the investor
community.
The situation is,
however, very much dif-
ferent on the ground
where many can only
dream of owning a
home. A situation
where many cannot
afford to buy a house
worth Sh700,000 (ac-
cording to the latest property and mortgage indices) is
telling. This on the back of the ambitious Vision 2030.
A quick look around at developed countries show that
home ownership, and basically shelter security is a key
part of this growth.
As it stands today, Kenyans in urban areas are a rent-
ing society. This includes even those many might mis-
takenly think can easily afford to own their own homes.
Something that contributes to many building homes in
rural areas, where they rarely spend time, and pay rent
in urban areas.
The bottom line is that deliberate and sustained ac-
tion spearheaded by Government agencies is needed to
bridge the housing gap.
M
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on
gela Exciting corridors.
Jujas changing look. Add glamour with garden gates.
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newsfeature
Real estate growth spurs
boom for products, services
By KEVIN OGUOKO
T
he growth of real estate in the
country has created a booming
market for products and services
that make home living comfort-
able.
This became apparent last weekend
during the 17th Build Home Expo at the
Kenyatta International Convention Cen-
tre, Nairobi.
Among the products that stood out at
the expo were breglass products by Su-
per Manufacturers Limited, whose list of
products include berlite roong sheets,
corrosion-resistant water proong tanks
and sanitary ware ttings.
In keeping with the expos goal of
showcasing the widest range of fascinat-
ing technologies in construction machin-
ery, building-material machines, min-
ing machines, construction vehicles and
construction equipment, last weekends
edition also showcased heavy machinery
such as farming and excavation tractors
with inviting mantras such as sit back and
watch your money come to you. Some of
the machines came from as far as China
and Indonesia.
FOCUS
Rather than attract individual industry
players, the expo focuses on group of com-
panies so as to get a number of exhibitors
at a go. Take the example of Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII) that showcased In-
dian building and construction products,
equipment and machinery.
CII connects Indian businesses with
global businesses through activities like
meeting the heads of state and govern-
ments, decision-makers, networking with
other organisations, multilateral and aca-
news now
By H&A CORRESPONDENT
C
rown Paints Kenya Limited has
announced a 49 per cent increase
in pretax prot for the year end-
ing December 31, 2013. The paint
maker recorded a Sh333.4 million prot in
the year under review compared to Sh224
million the previous year.
Crown Paints CEO Rakesh Rao attrib-
uted the impressive results to aggressive
sales and improved efciency that saw the
companys turnover increase from Sh4.2
billion in 2012 to Sh5.1 billion in 2013.
We managed to grow our sales despite
high interest rates. In addition, year-on-
year growth has been between 40 and 50
per cent hence the rise in turnover, said
Rao.
Rao said the paint industry had become
very competitive. The industry is becom-
ing very competitive from a price perspec-
tive. However, our focus on introducing
new, innovative products into the market
is paying off. We are optimistic about the
future, he said.
With growth of the construction sector
averaging 15 per cent over the last six years,
Crown Paints has positioned itself to reap
from the increased demand for its prod-
ucts, especially in the premium category.
HIGH-END MARKET
The high-end product market has been
growing. Premium category now accounts
for 40 per cent of our sales compared to 20
per cent two years ago, said Rao.
Rao also said his company was on track
to entrench its presence in the region using
a unique model of setting up mini-plants
that feed demand for specic regions.
We are putting up satellite factories in
Arusha, Mwanza and Dar es Salaam at an
estimated cost of $3 million (Sh258 mil-
lion). Crown Paints also plans to increase
export to Rwanda, South Sudan and So-
malia. The directors have recommended
a dividend per share of Sh1.75 for the year
ended December 31, 2013.
EXPANSION STRATEGY
As part of its expansion strategy and
move to gain from the increased activity
in the construction sector, especially in the
counties,.
Crown Paints has spent over Sh100
million in the rst quarter of 2014 to open
showrooms across the major counties, in-
cluding Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret and
Nakuru.
Paint makers prot
up 49 per cent
Mayur Lalji Shah, Managing Director of Su-
per Manufacturers Limited (SML) and Esther
Gichuru picking out the winner of a water tank,
Sikujua Whelan Seboru, during the expo.
INSET: Deep Shah, Marketing Director of SML and
Lilly Kambe of Vectus presenting the water tank.
[PHOTOS: COURTESY/STANDARD]
demic institutions and policy making bod-
ies.
Build Expo Africa has been a meet-up
place for building material manufacturers
in the Kenyan market for the last 15 years.
At last weekends expo, Apex Steel, one
of Kenyas largest integrated building and
engineering material suppliers, showcased
some of their steel products.
The company operates throughout
East and Central African regions, specialis-
ing in manufacturing of steel and trading
in a wide range of building materials, engi-
neering steel and general hardware.
The Expo Group owners of the Build
Expo began as an export-oriented in-
ternational trade exhibition in the Middle
East and Africa. Since then, it has been or-
ganising annual trade fairs in 14 countries
within the region. It has also organised sev-
eral other events in emerging markets such
as the Commonwealth of Independent
States, Australia, Latin America and India.
The Expo Group has now spread its net-
work to more than 37 countries, managing
more than 20 trade fairs annually.

koguoko@standardmedia.co.ke
Page 4 / HOME AND AWAY
By F T ODHIAMBO
T
he never-ending supremacy bat-
tles between Lands Cabinet Secre-
tary Charity Ngilu and Chairman
of the National Land Commission
Muhammad Swazuri have slowed down
land reforms.
This negates the Jubilees administra-
tion manifestos pledge of repossession of
all illegally occupied land, prosecution of
land grabbers and acceleration of issuance
of title deeds to enable sustainable use of
land.
A random check across the country
reveals a big disparity in socio-economic
and infrastructure development, with
titled areas recording much progress and
untitled areas lagging behind. Apart from
land registration guaranteeing and pro-
tecting rights and interests of individuals
thus improving access to credit, services
and predictability of land markets, it also
accelerates infrastructure planning and
protection of the environment within lo-
cal communities and helping in poverty
alleviation.
DEVELOPMENT ACCELERATION
To accelerate development country-
wide, the Government has issued title
deeds to areas hitherto unregistered and
plans to issue one million title deeds by
the end of 2014. To achieve this, a simple
calculation reveals that 4,000 title deeds
must be prepared every day for newly
registered areas. This crash programme
requires about 40 land registrars, 50 ling
clerks and 100 copy typists to prepare land
registers and title deeds every day.
And this is not to forget that numerous
other land transactions such as transfers,
charges, leases, succession and partition
are equally important to drive the econo-
my forward.
Theoretically, it is possible to issue one
million title deeds a year for newly reg-
istered areas on assumption that all the
due process in land adjudication has been
completed over the past several years and
that what remains is the issuance of title
What it will take to
issue a million titles
deeds.
But this is impossible if in areas where
land adjudication, demarcation, mapping
and registration have not been carried out
or completed. This is because these are
long processes, which take years to ac-
complish, assuming appeals and objec-
tions are few, and might stretch several
more years if there are many objections,
appeals and counter-claims.
ACQUIRING TITLE DEEDS
Title deeds are documents showing
ownership of rights and interests in land.
Due to their sanctity, they should be fool-
proof. Titles can be obtained by either pri-
mary or secondary methods. Secondary
methods are through transfer by way of
valuable consideration, gift, succession or
statutory sale. Primary methods of obtain-
ing title deeds can be through Government
allocations or allotment of land.
The major primary methods of obtain-
ing a title deed is through rst registration
during land adjudication process where
rights and interests in ancestral lands are
claimed, recorded and registered. The ti-
tles are issued on the strength of land reg-
ister based on preliminary index diagrams,
or registry index maps (RIMs).
LAND ADJUDICATION PROCESS
Land adjudication involves several sec-
tors and personnel, starting with the local
people, local administration, and Ministry
of Land, legal, paralegal and technical staff.
By the time a title deed is being issued, it
will have undergone numerous complex
processes, which encompass both eld
and ofce work.
Land adjudication commences with
the appointment of adjudication ofcer,
his staff, adjudication committee and arbi-
tration board, which is then gazetted.
The adjudication section is established
and its area dened. It is then declared that
interest in land within the section will be
ascertained and recorded, giving suf-
cient notice for claims and demarcation of
boundaries.
Aerial photography of the area is done
and enlarged aerial photographs prepared
for boundary determination. A survey of-
cer prepares demarcation maps showing
every parcel of land identied by a distin-
guished number.
The demarcation maps, which are pre-
liminary index diagrams (PIDs), are pro-
duced and eld queries done if any arises.
Any complaint should be directed to the
executive committee, which can also reach
the arbitration board.
The PIDs can be upgraded to RIMs by
re-ying the adjudication section, prepar-
ing machine plots and solving any re-y
queries. The RIMs are superior and more
accurate than PIDs. The demarcation map
and adjudication records form the adjudi-
cation register.
Sufcient period is given for inspection
of the register and any objection raised
within 60 days of notice. Appeals should
also be made within 60 days of determi-
nation of objections to the Lands Cabinet
Secretary.
Once the adjudication register is de-
clared nal, it is handed to chief land regis-
trar to prepare land register and issue title
deeds, while Survey of Kenya prepares the
nal cadastral maps. The cadastral maps
and the land register support the title deed
and form the cadastre.
In order to have a good title deed, a
thorough check and counter-check is
done at every stage to minimise future
disputes. Land adjudication requires thor-
ough preparation and adequate funding.
It might take a minimum of three years to
complete a small adjudication section if all
data is available and claimants have mini-
mal disputes.
Areas with numerous disputes and
counter-claims can take longer periods of
up to 40 years as witnessed in some parts
of Kenya where adjudication work is yet to
be nished.
So, will the target of one million title
deeds annually be possible? To be able
to meet this target in future, legislation
should be made for private participation
in land adjudication process. With the re-
quirement of geo-referencing as stipulated
in the Land Act 2012 and Land Registration
Act 2012, the Government should facilitate
access to affordable survey grade GPS in-
struments to enable geo-spatial engineers
acquire the gadgets to enable acceleration
of issuances of title deeds.
The writer is a survey and mapping
professional with Maptech Consult
experttalk
Kiambu County lifts ban on
land transactions
Kiambu County has lifted the six-
month ban on land transactions im-
posed six months ago. The ban, which
included a freeze on change-of-user, was
lifted after the county government com-
pleted the drafting of new guidelines to
regulate land transactions within its ju-
risdiction.
According to area Governor William
Kabogo, regulations had to be set to
protect the tea and coffee sectors after
developers invaded virtually all land in
the area. Property developers say they
have incurred losses during the six-
month ban.
Nakuru, Naivasha towns in
Sh116m growth plan
Nakuru and Naivasha towns are set
to benet from a Sh116 million digi-
tal mapping programme that will help
them develop a blueprint for the next
20 years.
The programme, funded by the World
Bank and other development partners,
is expected to spearhead socio-econom-
ic growth for the two towns that will lead
to changes in the transport sector, secu-
rity, roads and development standards.
Nakuru County Governor Kinuthia
Mbugua said the project, undertaken by
Real Consultants, would take 12 months.
He added that the county would soon
start upgrading all informal estates in
Naivasha.

Manufacturer partners with
the World Bank
Devki Group of Companies, which
specialises in manufacturing roong ma-
terials, steel and cement, will increase
production after it partnered with the
World Bank.
The company plans to increase its
turnover from about Sh42 billion to
Sh85 billion annually.
Devki Group Chairman Narendra
Raval said they were partnering with
the World Bank, which also has a stake
in the company, and for the next three
years, they would be expanding their
presence in East African countries. The
move to partner with the World Bank
was informed by the high interest rates
that local banks charge.
Co-operative to showcase
new project
Stima Investment Co-operative So-
ciety Limited will this weekend hold an
open day for its ongoing housing proj-
ect, Stima Village.
The development, set in Syokimau,
3.5km from the Mombasa-Nairobi high-
way, will consist of 76 townhouses 35
houses will be three-bedroom and 41
will be four-bedroom.
The two-day open day is meant to
showcase the property to potential buy-
ers and investors. The locality has in
the recent past experienced an inux of
modern housing developments.
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W
hen Joseph Kamau used his
savings to buy a plot in Ruiru,
Kiambu, he thought he had
nally realised his dream to
have a property under his name.
Kamau, a businessman based in Nai-
robi, had seen an advertisement on the
parcel of land outside a land agents ofce
in Nairobi and got interested in buying it.
He hurriedly contacted the agent,
ready to buy the 100 by 50 feet parcel of
land. He was shown the plot, which he said
impressed him.
His plan was to use the propertys title
deed to take a loan to supplement the little
savings that would remain after buying the
land to build a three-bedroom house for
his family, having paid Sh15,000 in month-
ly rent for years.
The broker took him to a gentleman
who claimed to be the owner of the land.
The owner said they would transact the
deal through the agents ofce.
Satised, Kamau paid Sh600,000 to the
agent purportedly on behalf of the owner
and was now ready to start waiting for the
Land deals gone sour
processing of ownership documents.
While waiting to get the documents,
Kamau decided to fence the plot, only to
be confronted by another person who said
he was the genuine owner and even pro-
duced ownership documents as proof.
I told him I had bought it and he asked
me to produce ownership documents,
which I told him were being processed.
He produced his and told me the land was
his and that he had not sold it to anyone
neither did he have intentions to do so,
he said.
SWINDLED
After a protracted tussle, which ended
up at the police station, it dawned on him
that a bogus land agent had swindled him
of his money. He also later learnt he was
not the only victim; many others before
him had fallen victim of the con.
But he is not alone. About two years
ago, houses belonging to innocent Ke-
nyans were reduced to rubble in Syoki-
mau, Machakos, when the Kenya Airports
Authority moved in to reclaim land that
it said was theirs but had allegedly been
fraudulently sold to unsuspecting mem-
bers of the public.
In other cases it is the question of rec-
onciling actions by the former local au-
thorities to present realities.
In Kiambu, Christian Foundation Fel-
lowship Church is embroiled in a land dis-
pute with the County Government of Ki-
ambu over a plot located in Kiambu town
near the GK Prison.
The county says the land was for pub-
lic utility. The church management, on
the other hand, claims it acquired the plot
from the defunct Kiambu Municipal Coun-
cil and even produced approval letters.
Area County Representative James
Njenga, who led the demolition of the
church over a year ago, said that the land
was earmarked for the construction of a
library and a youth polytechnic.
Reverend Willy Wanderi, who is in
charge of the church, said they genuinely
acquired the land with the approval of the
Municipal Council of Kiambu and dis-
played some documents to prove it.
The land was given to us six years ago
and letters of approval as well as the plan
were signed by at the council. The Local
Authority Ministry also approved it, he
said.
The disputes have seen an ongoing
construction project demolished three
times, subjecting worshipers to about Sh7
million in losses.
Land experts say ignorance and the
quest by Kenyans to own properties in
prime areas have left many buyers vulner-
able to con men who pose as brokers.
There are hundreds of fraud cases in
courts, involving peoples who have lost
millions of shillings in phantom land
deals.
Kiarie Njoroge, a surveyor, says many
are not aware of the process involved in
land transactions, neither do they make an
effort to learn and criminals are taking
advantage of that.
Many buyers give the responsibility to
verify the authenticity of the property they
are buying to brokers and agents. Con men
have learnt that and often put up adver-
tisements of land for sale, knowing they
will get calls from potential buyers, says
Kiarie. He adds that most the advertise-
ment are fake, unsuspecting Kenyans go
ahead and buy other peoples plots, only to
realise later that they had been conned.
AFFECTED AREAS
He says the most affected areas are
Kiambu, Nairobi, Kajiado and Machakos
counties, which have prime land buyers
are scrambling for.
John Mwaniki, who runs a property
agency, says ignorance among buyers has
exposed Kenyans to con artists.
They (con men) are well dressed with
decent ofces and put out expensive ad-
vertisements about plots for sale. Potential
buyers ock to or call their ofces where
they authorise the agent to conduct the
transaction and make sure he or she gets
the land, he says.
The police have been handling and in-
vestigating cases where hundreds of peo-
ple have been defrauded while transacting
land deals.
specialfeature
The quest by many to own plots in
prime areas turn into heartache as
fraudsters con them, in other cases it
is a challenge reconciling actions by
the former local authorities to present
realities, writes ERIC WAINAINA
A building belong-
ing to Christian
Foundation Fel-
lowship Church
that was demol-
ished following
claims that it is on
a public land.
The church insists
they had been
genuinely al-
located the land.
[PHOTOS: ERIC WAIN-
AINA/STANDARD]
By SYLVIA WAKHISI
T
he road to Isiolo from Nanyuki
is picturesque, more like those
winding roads racing on in the
middle of nowhere in country
ballads. Once in Isiolo town it is difcult
to miss the towering Al-Falah Mosque.
The mosque stands out from the rest of
the buildings in the area, both by size and
design.
Slightly hidden by a hedgerow of tan-
gled savannah tree branches that denes
the mosques perimeter, it not only acts as
a place of worship for Muslims, but also
captures the attention of rst time visi-
tors.
According to Ahmed Set, the mosques
administrator who is also in charge of the
Al-Falah Islamic Centre, many interna-
tional tourists on their way to Sarova Sha-
ba and Samburu game reserves, which are
located several kilometres from the town,
always stop for some time to view and take
photos of the building.
Despite the cool dry wind, which blows
across this arid town, leaving a blanket of
dust on the whitewashed buildings, in-
cluding the Al-Falah Mosque, one can
never fail to notice its unique features.
The architecture used in its construc-
tion is unique as it is borrowed from the
Asian-Arabic model of construction, says
Set.
With the capacity to hold about 1,000
people in one prayer session, Al-Falah is
the biggest mosque in the upper eastern
region, which comprises Marsabit, Moy-
ale and Isiolo.
storybehind...
Mosque that is a key
feature of Isiolo town
The mosque, which has been in exis-
tence for more than 30 years, rst opened
its doors to the residents in 1980. Prior to
that, there existed another small mosque,
which could only accommodate a few
people, says Set.
Mosques such as Al-Falah have evolved
over the ages from simple places of wor-
ship to centres of learning as well as eco-
nomic and cultural activities.
There are mainly two types of mosques,
depending on their range of inuence and
also the religious activities undertaken.
Mosques, which conduct the Friday
prayers on a grand scale, which have spe-
cial religious signicance, are known as
great mosques and are often built elabo-
rately, while the other mosques used
for daily prayers are simply known as
masjids.
DESIGN
There are no hard and fast designs for
mosques, which tend to vary from coun-
try to country, according to local tradition.
Many like the Great Mosque in Damascus
or Hagia Soa in Turkey, are converted
from Christian churches. But there are
several common features.
An important feature in the construc-
tion of mosques is that the direction to
Mecca, the main religious pilgrimage cen-
tre of Islam in Saudi Arabia, has to be in-
dicated and the wall facing that direction
is called as prayers are performed facing it
and this is where the Imam stands while
conducting the prayers. The direction to
Mecca is shown by the niche or Mihrab.
Two further important features of the
Al-Falah Mosque.
[PHOTOS:BRUNO MU-
TUNGA/STANDARD]
mosque is the minaret, or tower, from
which the Muezzin calls the community
of Muslims to prayer, and a room for ritual
washing, so that a Muslim may be clean
for his prayers.
Steps for the imam to stand on when
giving sermons on Friday or other occa-
sions are also found. The oor is usually
furnished with carpets or other coverings
for prayers.
Established under the Islamic Founda-
tion, an educational, charitable and wel-
fare organisation working for the welfare
of humanity, the Al-Falah Mosque has set
up a medical centre, a nursery school, a
primary and boarding school as well as a
childrens home, which is located within
its vicinity and they all form the Al-Falah
Islamic Centre.
The centre, in collaboration with the
mosque, provides medical services to the
poor and destitute around the community
as well as offering humanitarian aid to ref-
ugees and the starving in famine-stricken
areas.
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propertyspotlight
Jujas changing look
By MKALA MWAGHESHA
T
he congestion in Nairobi neigh-
bourhoods has forced the expan-
sion of the city to its outlying ar-
eas. Kiambu County has been the
major beneciary of this expansion. Ki-
ambu, Machakos and Kitengela were part
of the Nairobi Metropolitan Region once
envisaged by the Kibaki regime.
Tucked away just before Juja town is an
upcoming property that is set in the mid
of a plain, which was once a sisal farm.
Known as Juja South Estate, developers of
this project hope to lure potential buyers
and investors to this fast growing area.
Built by Developing Africa Limited
(DAL), a construction arm of the ABC
Group, Juja South Estate will comprise 257
units in two phases. Phase one, which is
ongoing and expected to be completed by
April next year, will comprise 112 units of
70 two-bedroom apartments, ten three-
bedroom penthouses, 16 three-bedroom
townhouses and 16 four-bedroom town-
houses.
APARTMENTS
The apartments, which are located on
the southern entrance of the gated estate,
will cover 86 square metres each and will
have, among other things, a tted kitchen,
a pantry, an ensuite master bedroom and
inbuilt wardrobes, features that are most
enticing to buyers these days.
Each penthouse will cover 140 square
metres and will have similar features but
with an added parking for two vehicles
and a master bedroom with a balcony. The
townhouses will cover between 196 square
metres and 173 square metres each, de-
pending on the room and will have a ser-
vant quarters and a private garden, besides
other common facilities.
The townhouses, on the other hand,
will each have a low chain-link fence
around it, making the houses more private
and with a beautiful view.
The houses are well tiled and there is
a high level of workmanship in the tting.
Well-painted walls and tting electrical
sockets make the rooms appear safe for
families with young members. Built-in
wooden closets hug the ceiling, offering a
lot of space for clothes and other stuff.
The washroom area is also well laid
with ceramic tiles and lighting, giving the
place a warm feel. The lounge area is quite
spacious and a dining area sits adjacent to
the accessorised kitchen. The backdoor
lead to the servant quarters for the town-
houses.
Upstairs, where the bedrooms are,
there is a small sitting area that overlooks
the lounge. Those with children might
want to consider some safety measures
around this sitting area to prevent acci-
dental falls.
A feature that does not appear enticing
for the houses are the bedrooms, which
appear smaller. The houses and apart-
ments cost Sh5.95 million (two-bedroom
apartments), Sh8.95 million (three bed-
room penthouses), Sh12 million (three
bedroom townhouses) and Sh13 million
(four bedroom townhouses).
The washroom and the guest bed-
room sit side by side with the much bigger
lounge area, which some might see as hav-
ing a sense of congestion.
The development is yet to be connect-
ed to the main power grid, but this is be-
ing handled. We have applied for power
from Kenya Power and we are still wait-
ing. Fresh water is available, though, says
General manager of DAL, Adnan Savani.
The development is currently running on
generators. A few years back, the land
was not serviced at all so we are actually
upbeat that the relevant authorities will
come through.
ROAD
A, roughly, two-kilometre all weather
road leads from the Thika Superhighway
to the development. Savani says they are
in talks with the Kiambu County govern-
ment to have it tarmacked.
According to DAL, the property is 54
per cent sold off. The apartments are on
sale but the management has a number set
aside for renting out. The second phase of
the development will see the construction
of a swimming pool, clubhouse, shopping
complex, school and other amenities.
Savani says the entire development
would be completed by December 2016.
We offer tranquility and a spacious
neighbourhood far from the congestion
in most estates in the city, says DAL CEO,
Patricia Githu.
Units in the development in different
stages of completion. [PHOTOS: MKALA
MWAGHESHA/STANDARD]
mainfeature mainfeature
I
f you are earning Sh100,000 or below,
chances are that you cannot afford
to buy a Sh900,000 house through a
mortgage. The latest data from The
Mortgage Company reveals that half of all
urban Kenyans cannot afford loan repay-
ments on a Sh700,000 house.
In its report for the rst quarter of this
year, the rm also shows that just one per
cent of urban Kenyans can afford mortgage
repayments on a Sh5.7 million house, and
a further four per cent for a Sh3.9 million
house.
A person earning Sh100,000 a month
would have to spend close to 70 per cent
Sh69,230 of their salary for 20 years to
service a Sh5.6 million mortgage on a two-
bedroom house in Mlolongo at the current
best market rate of 13.9 per cent.
The same unit would cost Sh21,000 or
less in monthly rent, thus making it conve-
nient to rent, leading to what is commonly
referred to as rent-trap.
An American would spend 40 per cent of
their salary to service a similarly priced unit
at their best market rate (current) of six per
cent.
So the question now is: Are Kenyans
gearing up for a real estate bubble? A prop-
erty bubble occurs when property prices
increase rapidly until they reach unsustain-
able levels, then they start plummeting.
This comes in the wake of reports that
low-income houses and middle-income
homes, normally costing below Sh4 million,
are being snapped up by wealthy cash buy-
ers who then rent them out.
This has been made worse by the high
property prices, coupled with high interest
rates, making mortgage to be out of reach
for the majority of Kenyans.
The market continues to be handi-
capped by the lack of access to mortgages
for mid-level and lower-level buyers, said
Sakina Hassanali, Head of Marketing and
Research at Hass Consult Limited, during
the release of the Hass Property Index re-
port for the rst quarter of this year.
She added: Nationwide, the demand
for housing is strongest at the lowest end
of the market, but the nancing options are
almost non-existent, rendering the private
sector property market a high-end affair for
so long as property remains cash purchase
only.
According to the Hass Consult report,
property prices have increased by a stagger-
ing 3.44 times since 2000. The average price
of a property has gone from Sh7.1 million in
December 2000 to Sh24.6 million in March
2014.
The average value for a four to six-bed-
Chasing
a dream
room property is currently Sh34.5 million,
while the average value for a one- to three-
bedroom property is currently Sh11.5 mil-
lion.
Investopedia describes a housing bub-
ble as an increase in demand in the face of
limited supply, which takes a relatively long
period of time to replenish and increase.
Kenya faces a shortage of 170,000 housing
units per year against an annual demand of
200,000.
It is a suppliers market; they (develop-
ers) are determining housing prices against
a huge demand. As a result, developers are
enjoying the highest margins ever, says
Patrick Wameyo, an investment lecturer at
the Kenya School of Monetary Studies.
He adds: What we are experiencing in
Kenya is not a housing bubble but a dream
where one is chasing a monkey at night. If
we do not take strategic measures to pro-
vide affordable quality housing to a major-
ity of the population, Vision 2030 dream
of providing sufcient homes will not be
achieved.
The US housing market, which provides
a wealth of information on description of a
housing bubble, experienced tremendous
growth in its real estate sector when the gov-
ernment of the day localised United King-
doms Margaret Thatcher policy of making
houses affordable to all. Her belief was that
capitalism was good not only for the rich,
but for people on modest incomes.
LOWERED RATES
US banks lowered interest rates and al-
most every working man or woman could
afford a home. Home ownership picked up
steeply from the 1960s all the way to early
2000s. That is when trouble started.
Because of the availability of loans,
people took mortgages to develop second
and third homes for rental or personal use.
When the interest rates started rising, they
couldnt afford to service the loans, leading
to foreclosures, says Wameyo.
As at 2007, the debt to GDP ratio in
the US economy was 102.1 per cent, which
means people were surviving fully on loans.
Banks tried to sell the houses in the market,
but couldnt realise market rates because
of the reduced demand. Rich cash buyers
came snapped up the houses at reduced
rates. That is what caused the housing bub-
ble.
Back home, a number of factors hinder
mortgage take-up, thus decreasing hom-
eownership. One of them is low supply of
appropriately priced homes.
According to the mortgage report, only
salaried employees can access loans from
While experts say the country is not
experiencing a housing bubble, they
agree that strategic measures are
required to correct the situation, writes
KEVIN OGUOKO
mainfeature mainfeature
A growing area of
Nairobi showing
buildings under
construction.
BOTTOM: An estate
in Nairobi. [PHOTOS:
GILBERT OTIENO AND
WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/
STANDARD]
banks as banks consider pay-slips lock-
ing out the 12 million Kenyans, according
to data from the Africa Economics data, in
informal employment.
It is ironic that an owner of a small and
medium enterprise cannot access a mort-
gage because they dont have a pay-slip,
while his employees, with pay-slips, have a
smooth ride to the bank. The bank is will-
ing to take a risk on the employee, but not
the person ensuring that the employee gets
paid, noted the mortgage report.
Banks consider people without a steady
income as high risk and are therefore are
reluctant to extend loans to them, Caro-
line Kariuki, the Managing Director of The
Mortgage Company, said during the release
of the report.
RISK ASSESSMENT
She added: We need to learn how to as-
sess the risk of the informal sector and the
self-employed. Even those who boast rental
income are considered risky for banks,
with their income so heavily discounted
as to be way too low to allow access to any
decent loan. The current rental discount
means that for every Sh100 in rental in-
come, the nanciers will only allow Sh45 to
Sh55 for mortgage income considerations.
This is despite the fact that to earn this level
of rental income, the person already owns a
highly valuable property.
To make owning a house less of a dream,
a number of suggestions are being explored,
one of them being introduction of a second-
ary mortgage market.
The banks have always argued high op-
eration costs and the risks involved for the
high interest rates. The Government is con-
stituting an inter-ministerial forum where
the discussion of reduction of the high in-
terest rates by banks is the top agenda. It
is our hope that our plea for the channel-
ling of pension funds to provide long-term
funds to the mortgage market to reduce the
high interest rates will be one of the sugges-
tions put forward, said Kariuki.
But as Patrick Wameyo argues, this can
only do so much as insurance companies
and the National Social Security Fund
(NSSF) is limited by the rule on the amount
of money they could channel into the mon-
ey market.
The Government raised the minimum
retirement age from 55 to 60. This was
due to a liquidity problem whereby they
couldnt pay out pension benets so they
had to stretch it out, said Wameyo.
The other suggestion is to encourage
increasing the number of developers, es-
pecially foreign developers, who would go
along way in increasing the supply and in
turn reduce demand.
But as Abdullahi Dahir, Director of Im-
ara Gardens Apartments argue, this is not
Lessons from
Singapore
housing model
By KEVIN OGUOKO
Eastern countries citizens save
about 30 per cent of their household
incomes. This gure is 4.3 per cent
in Kenya.
According to World Bank records,
Singapore GDP per capita in 1963
was $472 (Sh40,592) while Kenyas
was $104 (Sh10,816). In 2013, Sin-
gapores GDP was $64,584 (Sh5.55
million), while Kenyas was $1,812
(Sh155,832).
Singapore has one of the best hous-
ing solutions in the world. If Kenya
wants to achieve its Vision 2030
goals, there are a couple of things
it could learn from this Eastern
country.
The majority of the residential hous-
ing developments in Singapore are
publicly governed and developed.
About 85 per cent of Singaporeans,
or 17 in 20 of the resident popula-
tion, live in such houses.
Public housing in Singapore is
generally not considered as a sign of
poverty or lower standards of living,
as compared to public housing in
other countries.
Although they are cheaper than
privately built homes, they are also
built in a variety of quality and
nishes to cater for the middle- and
upper middle-income groups.
The housing managed by Housing
Development Board, equivalent of
the National Housing Corporation in
Kenya, are built primarily to provide
affordable housing for the masses,
with their purchases nancially
aided by Central Provident Fund,
which is the equivalent of the Na-
tional Social Security Fund (NSSF) in
Kenya.
The fund is a compulsory compre-
hensive savings plan for working
Singaporeans, primarily to fund their
retirement, healthcare and housing
needs.
The employer has to contribute 16
per cent of the employees monthly
gross salary, while the employee
contributes 20 per cent of his or her
monthly gross salary.
Compare this to the newly NSSF
introduced six per cent compulsory
amount whereby an employee has
to contribute three per cent and the
employer the remaining three per
cent of ones gross salary.
NSSF needs to give us a reason to
save money with them beyond the
minimum required amount. As it is
now, there is no incentive to give that
extra Sh1,000 to NSSF, says Patrick
Wameyo.
He adds: The banks are also to
blame for the low saving culture
because they operate in a shallow
system. Why should I save money
with you at two to three per cent
interest rate, only for you to loan me
the same amount at a 18 to 20 per
cent interest rate?
koguoko@standardmedia.co.ke
necessarily a solution.
Unless the Chinese are given special
incentives, they will experience the same
difculties and harsh economic environ-
ment as we do. To deal with housing prob-
lems and make it less of a dream, we need
a holistic approach from different angles,
says Dahir.
There is a need, he says, for a mind shift
when it comes to cheaper building solu-
tions. Kenyans, he says, are still reluctant to
embrace cheaper building technologies.
Kenyans still believe that if a house is
not made of concrete, then it is not a solid
house. These prefab solutions are what are
being used in Western countries, taking into
consideration their harsh weather condi-
tions. If it is good enough for them, it should
be good enough for us, says Dahir.
propertywatch/WITH FRANCIS AYIEKO
T
here is something curious about
the suspension of services at the
Lands ministry that started on
Monday this week.
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu
said the closure of the ofces was to facili-
tate reforms in the ministry. She said that
during the closure, the ministry would un-
dertake an audit of land records at the cen-
tral registry.
Among other things, she said, the re-
forms would involve an audit and proper
arrangement of land records as well as
installation of cameras so that we get to
know who walks into the registries and who
is doing what.
Ngilu could be well meaning in her lat-
est move. However, there are three issues
that raise curiosity in the whole affair. One,
why is it necessary for such an important
ministry to shut its doors on wananchi for
a whole two weeks just to put its records in
order?
CONFUSING
Two, it is confusing for Ngilu to call the
activities they are planning to undertake
during the closure such as an audit of
the records at the central registry as well as
other things like installing cameras land
reforms.
Three, claims that the decision to tem-
porarily shut down operations of the min-
istry was reached without involving the
National Land Commission (NLC), which is
Why Ngilus actions are puzzling
housed at Ardhi House, and whose opera-
tions are also being directly affected by the
closure, does not sound right.
On Monday, the impact of the shut-
down was severe as many Kenyans who
had come from various parts of the country
to seek services at Ardhi House were turned
away. Why didnt the ministry come up with
a method that would allow it to undertake
the changes and at the same time continue
rendering services to the public?
But even more serious were claims that
the minister decided to unilaterally close
the ofces without consulting the NLC. Re-
ports indicated that armed police placed on
the fourth, sixth and ninth oors of Ardhi
House on Monday barred ofcials of the
National Land Commission from accessing
their ofces, prompting a standoff.
This is something that could have been
avoided had Ngilu and the commission
agreed before such a measure was effected.
The commissions claim that they were not
consulted if true does not augur well
for the running f land affairs.
The main question, however, is: Will
Kenyans see changes in the delivery of ser-
vices at the Lands ministry after the ofces
re-open?
Land records are in such a disorderly
state that those doing a simple search are
forced to wait for two or more weeks. It
takes months in some cases to locate a
correspondence le, grossly delaying land
transactions.
Perhaps this is why on Monday, the
Chairman of the Land Development and
Governance Institute Ibrahim Mwathane,
seemed to agree with Ngilus move.
If we have to establish an efcient and
computer-based land management sys-
tem, records must be audited and put in or-
der. We, however, must do so in the shortest
possible period to minimise inconvenienc-
es in service delivery, he said in a short text
message.
END RESULT
The end result, he said, should be of in-
terest not only to Kenyans but also to both
Lands ministry and the commission hence
the two should put their egos and differ-
ences aside and work towards giving us an
efcient system.
True, efcient systems are what we need
at the ministry. However, how does the lat-
est move by Ngilu differ from the ministrys
pet subject of digitising land records that
they have been singing about for eons, but
with no tangible outcome to show for it?
Land reforms are about creating systems
that work. What makes Ngilus declaration
that the closure is to facilitate reforms
curious and confusing is that reform is a
process, not an event achieved after closing
ofces for ten working days.

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T
alk of interior design or landscaping
and what comes to mind is home
life in major towns like Nairobi,
Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru.
Up to about a year ago, it was virtually
impossible to get even a landscaping busi-
ness going on outside these towns; smaller
towns were deemed too small for such
businesses. Getting even one landscaper
would be a miracle.
However, with the opening up of these
small towns, courtesy of devolution, land-
scapers are giving the towns a second look.
Today, a number of landscapers are open-
ing up satellite ofces across counties as
they position themselves to capture the
fast growing real estate market, after county
governments made these towns their head-
quarters.
From Kakamega to Homa Bay, Kisii to
Kericho and Makueni, landscapers have
been busy marketing their services as
they seek to do business with the growing
middle-class created by the county govern-
ments.
According to Timothy Karani, a Nairobi-
based landscaper with satellite branches in
Nakuru and Migori counties, although it is
still not protable to open a fully functional
ofce within the counties, the increasing
number of clients looking for landscaping
professionals within the counties mean that
Counties boosting
landscaping business
secondfeature
Many landscapers and interior
designers are opening satellite ofces
in small county towns to cash in on the
growth of the middle-class, writes NICK
OLUOCH
they can no longer be ignored.
The need for landscaping services
within the county headquarters is growing
fast, he says.
He says he rst went to Migori to carry
out landscaping for a client whom he had
worked with in another project in Nairobi
and who was putting up a home in Migori.
When I was through, another client,
who was impressed with my work, gave me
another contract, he says, adding that this
saw him get another four contracts in the
area, leading to him opening a small ofce.
Today, Timos Landscapers has got an
agency which look for new clients, help
them in signing contracts before contacting
the Nairobi ofce, which then sends per-
sonnel to the ground to carry out the work.
CONTRACTS
He says at the moment, he gets two to
three contracts a month within Migori
county, a gure he says while is still quite
low, will hopefully continue rising as more
structures continue coming up.
And he is not alone. In Kisumu, Jim On-
yango, a contractor with Jida Construction
Company, says they had to diversify and
get into the landscaping business after they
failed to get a qualied landscaper to work
on a housing project they had put up in the
lakeside town.
During this period, he realised that lack
of qualied landscapers was a common
problem in the region as he met a number
of other homeowners who were also look-
ing for landscapers.
Most of the people we were referred to
had learnt the job just through observation
without undergoing any formal training,
he says, adding that this made him doubt
the quality of their work.
After looking around for sometime,
they eventually met a young man who had
trained as a landscaper but was still look-
ing for employment and decided to employ
him. Since then, he says, the department
of landscaping within their company has
grown with ve full-time employees. They
have so far managed to get clients in Kisii,
Homa Bay, Kakamega and Eldoret.
He says most of the clients they get are
through referrals by those they had worked
for before and were happy with their work.
However, they also market through
word of mouth whenever they come across
new constructions coming up, letting the
owners know what they do.
Onyango says they are yet to open of-
ces in other towns. They, however, have
people on the ground who look for such
jobs for them on commission basis.
We are seriously thinking about open-
ing ofces in Kakamega and Eldoret, he
says.
It is not just the landscaping sector,
which is booming in the counties. Interior
design business is also fast picking up as
new homeowners look for professionals to
design their homes.
And according to Karani, so far, his com-
pany has linked more than ten people from
Migori and Nakuru with interior designers
from Nairobi.
However, he says landscaping as a busi-
ness faces a number of challenges as it
seeks to expand into the counties, which is
a new ground.
Pricing is a challenge, especially for rst
time clients, he says, adding that most cli-
ents simply do not understand why some-
one could charge so much to do land-
scaping.
This, he says, has been made even worse
by the presence of many untrained land-
scapers who he says are ready to take any
amount of money for the sub-standard ser-
vice they offer, making the prices quoted by
the professionals look too high.
Closely related to this, he says, is lack of
understanding about just what is the role
of the landscaper, especially in the smaller
towns, with a number of clients assuming
landscaping is all about levelling the soil
within the compound.
LEVIES
He says another factor hindering the
growth of this business is the introduc-
tion of a number of levies on businesses by
county governments.
Many county governments believe
landscapers get a lot of money hence highly
tax them, he says, adding that this has
scared landscapers from opening ofces in
county headquarters, instead preferring to
use agencies.
Karani concurs, saying some counties
require landscapers to pay up to Sh10,000
per year before they are allowed to operate
ofces in the counties. He says while this is
not a lot of money for established landscap-
ers, it is unfair for young rms.
Let the counties allow businesses to
grow before demanding such hefty charg-
es, he says.
Once the businesses pick up, we will
not only be able to pay the charges, but also
act as a source of employment for tens of
youths within the counties.
Page 12 / HOME AND AWAY
Why steel is a good trussing alternative
buildyourownhome
W
ith prices of roong materi-
als skyrocketing every day,
real estate and industrial
developers are looking for
cheaper roong materials to save on the
cost of construction.
One such material is light gauge steel
truss, which is quickly replacing conven-
tional timber.
Trusses are used in a broad range of
buildings, mainly where there is a re-
quirement for very long spans such as in
airport terminals, aircraft hangers, sports
stadia roofs, auditoriums, residential
houses, churches, schools and other lei-
sure buildings.
Demand for the product for residen-
tial and other buildings has been growing
exponentially in Kenya. Possible reasons
could be the increase in timber prices or
increased awareness of the advantages
of light steel trusses due to the develop-
ment of the market for light steel frame
building systems.
A local company, Safal Mitek, formed
through a joint venture between Mitek
Industries (SA) and Mabati Rolling Mills,
is currently the leading manufacturer of
light gauge steel trusses.
Other companies dealing in the prod-
Ready trusses are then lifted up and
joined together to form a roof.
The material is stackable in such a
way that large numbers of components
can be stacked into relatively small, light
bundles.
Complete roofs can be transported
on a single truck, cutting down transport
costs. Ultra span competes even better
against other conventional timber truss
solutions.
The material reduces cost of roong
by 30 per cent (when material, labour,
wastage and time is considered).
We are not able to compare Ultras-
pan and timber directly using cost per
metre because an Ultraspan truss is
uct are Athi River Steel Plant, Space &
Style and Trusstech Engineering.
Safal Miteks steel truss is made from
steel coils coated with a protective alloy
of aluminium that forms a protective
barrier against corrosion. It also uses zinc
for safeguarding the edges and scratches
and silicon as a binding agent.
During installation or roong, mate-
rial is cut to size then delivered to site in
neat packs. Truss members are screw-
fastened using self-tapping screws and a
screw gun.
READY TRUSSES
Assembled trusses are stacked to-
gether before lifting them onto the roof.
Developers are realising that
they gain more by using this
material than other conventional
roong materials, and it is an
avenue you can explore when
you are building your home,
writes JAMES WANZALA
made up of different sections and sizes
and the assembly is totally different
from timber as this is a pre-engineered
product, says Phyllis Temet, the Sales
Engineer at Safal Mitek.
When space allows, trusses are as-
sembled into sheathed roof sections
that are hoisted into the nal position by
a crane, says Premkumar Murthy, Sales
Manager at Safal Mitek.
Our steel framed systems provide
superior strength, better energy efcien-
cy, less maintenance, a non-combus-
tible material, and the use of a renew-
able green product in your homes main
frame support system, says Murthy.
A house with steel trussing in place. [PHOTOS: JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD]
Why steel is a good trussing alternative
buildyourownhome
According to Wilfred Mwakai Kiute, a
civil and structural engineer, steel truss
makes the roof truly levelled and prop-
erly aligned with uniform slopes.
Levels and alignments are easy to
achieve because the trusses are well fab-
ricated and its not heavy but easier to
load and not easily distorted too, says
Kiute.
GREEN CHOICE
Building with steel truss is a green
choice; they make strong and beautiful
homes and buildings, while protecting
the environment.
Murthy says that steel recycling pro-
grammes reduce solid waste. Murthy ar-
gues that when you frame a house with
wood, you use approximately 40 trees.
When you frame a house with steel, you
use approximately 11 recycled cars.
It is lightweight and compact, thus
reduces transportation costs greatly.
This means less manpower is required
compared to timber, adds Temet.
Her views are supported by Maurice
Akech, General Manager Research, Busi-
ness Development an Capacity Building
at the National Construction Authority.
PREFABRICATED
Due to its ability to be prefabricated
in the factory or off-site, the speed and
quality of construction is greatly en-
hanced. The steel is faster to fabricate
and the only site activity is the assem-
bly of various steel parts, which is done
quickly through bolting. There is also the
aspect of less-skilled labour being used
on site, making it cost-effective. This en-
sures that homeowners can occupy their
new homes early, he says.
He adds that for commercial devel-
opers, the return on investments can be
achieved much earlier compared to tim-
ber construction, which will take a lon-
ger duration to construct.
Safal Mitek requests interested cli-
ents to send architectural drawings for
the building to the company after which,
their engineers will design the roof struc-
ture free of charge to establish the quan-
tity of material required and thereafter
provide a quotation.
There is no deterioration of quality
in long exposure to weather, therefore
no maintenance costs, says Kiute, who
adds that light gauge steel trusses do not
require treatment and grading unlike in
timber.
It can also be used for any type of
roof, with all kinds of roof covers like iron
sheets, clay/concrete tiles, and stone
coated tiles among others.
Steel has higher strength to weight
ratio compared to timber. This means
that steel can span over large distances
using smaller quantity. The impact of
weight on the design of heavy founda-
tion for the building is reduced, hence
saving on cost of the foundation. The
fewer quantities used also result in plen-
ty of space in the roof void, says Akech.
Light steel gauge technology is suited
for complex roofs. There is also no need
for large storage space on site as the vari-
ous pieces are made on demand and are
brought ready-made and get xed into
the nal position. This eliminates the
Advantages of using light steel trusses
Steel roof and wall systems are

durable, and need replacing much
less often than traditional building
materials.
Cost-effective, locally rolled and

cut to length hence no wastage on
the site, reducing environmental
degradation.
Reduces costs, improves handling

and erection.
Fire-resistant, much safer in case

of re outbreak unlike timber and
other materials, which burn when
re breaks out.
Termite and insect-free.
Higher energy efciency when

designed with our thermal breaks
unlike timber or other materials,
which can break when heavy loads
are exerted on.
Minimal expansion and contrac-

tion, allowing much straighter
walls and less costly repairs. Lon-
gevity of building life, which holds
the values of properties longer.
Higher appraisals, which add

value to the bottom line. Mould-
free, less toxic to the environment
and better interior air quality
is also advantages of the steel
trusses.
Long lasting since they are

corrosion-proof.
need for investing in heavy security and
pilferage of materials from the site, says
Akech.
STRENGTH
Manufacturers use high strength steel
sheet, with coated material thicknesses.
Different proles are produced by roll
forming the sheet into Z, C or U-shaped
sections, or other more complex shapes.
These proles are joined using rivets,
screws or bolts.
Assembling steels into trusses could
take place in a factory, or the sections
could be bundled, or at packed, trans-
ported to be assembled on site the lat-
ter option is often selected for remote
building sites, as it reduces the cost of
transport.
The cold-formed sections are rolled
into long standard lengths, cut to size
and assembled in a jig, similar to the tim-
ber truss process.
Alternatively, the trusses could be
produced on specialised roll-forming.
Anderson Njiru,
director Trusstech
Engineering, with
a steel truss
model during the
19th Kenya Homes
Expo. [PHOTO:
WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/
STANDARD]
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netouch/WITH WANGECI KANYEKI
Exciting
corridors
PHOTOS AND PICTURES
A
dorn the walls with creatively
organised art gallery of pho-
tographs of family members
or paintings with coordinated
frameworks.
Rather than stare into blank walls, your
display will pleasantly surprise those
strolling the corridors and provide them
with an opportunity to observe the inter-
esting artwork.
Play around with light by using coloured
wall brackets and spotlights to create fo-
cus on the display while lighting up the
passage way.
CARPETS AND RUGS
Long corridors can be decorated with a
long carpet or rugs to warm up the oor
space. Always ensure that the carpet is
non-slip so it does not cause one to slip
or fall.
Use carpets with a simple design in
strong contrasting colours so that it
draws the eye to itself or a single coloured
runner to create a peaceful path for the
eye to rest.
POTS AND PLANTS
Potted plants can add that much more
interest to your pathways, especially
where there are wide corridors such as
ofces and retail centres.
Use pots that look alike or that have a
common theme to create unity or paint
them in similar colours to create unity.
Decorative large pots will add drama to
These are among the most neglected
spaces in homes due to their peculiar
shapes, usually characterised by elongated
pathways. But this need not be the case. Put
on your creative hat and nd some exciting
ideas to spruce up corridors
the space but be careful to select pots
that blend in with the rest of the dcor.
WALLPAPER AND PAINT
Choosing to paint the corridor could be
the one thing that resurrects a dead look-
ing space to life. Balance the colours by
painting the same paint colour on both
sides of the elongated wall and painting
a lighter hue on the ceiling to illuminate
the space.
Ensure that the colours used on the
corridor blend in with the paint in the
other rooms along the corridor so that
when those rooms are opened, the inte-
rior room colours do not clash with the
paint on the corridor.
Another way to add interest to the walls
is by using wallpaper or wall dcor stick-
ers that will capture the audience and
which you can easily remove.
STYLISH FURNITURE AND LIGHTING
Nothing beats a stylish entryway an-
tique bench, chest of drawers or a slim
console table adorned with a oral deco-
ration and a table lamp.
Adding a chandelier on the corridor
will illuminate the furniture and bring
forth light to show off the intricate de-
tails of the furniture.
Select few simple but classy furniture
items to spruce up your transit path and
make every step a pleasantly charming
experience.
jkanyeki@standardmedia.co.ke
I
t will soon be easier to locate a house
within apartments in a gated com-
munity without the assistance of
caretakers. A provision in the Land
Registration Act (LRA) 2012 that provides
for geo-referencing will also make it possi-
ble to conduct an ofcial search of a single
unit in an apartment.
Currently, housing units in apartments
cannot be located on maps as the lands
register only has the mother title deed on
which the whole apartment stands.
It is for the same reason that housing
units are referred with their block and
house numbers, which are only known to
the private developers but not in the regis-
ter at Lands Ministry.
Geo-referencing as provided for in the
LRA means referring to an object using
specic location on, above or below the
surface of the earth.
Majority of land parcels in towns are
geo-referenced as they are surveyed to
xed standards and their registrations
supported by maps based on precise sur-
vey, which apartments lack.
The new law also provides that the reg-
istrar shall on geo-referenced property
register long-term leases, issue certi-
cates of leases over apartments, ats, mai-
sonettes, townhouses or ofces.
Presently, lack of geo-referencing has
made it harder to locate apartments and
ofce suites using maps.
property law
WITH HAROLD AYODO
Law a step in right direction
Surveyors concur that geo-referencing
is about accurate spatial information criti-
cal in decision making on real estate in-
vestment.
According to the Land Development
and Governance Institute Chairman Ibra-
him Mwathane, the technology, if imple-
mented, will revamp the lucrative real es-
tate sector.
For instance, the value of high-rise de-
velopments supported by geo-referenced
maps will increase and also enable easy
identication of properties and boundar-
ies at the click of a button.
ADVANTAGES
Other notable advantages include
improving the quality of cadastral maps
for use by planners, surveyors, valuers,
infrastructure providers and property
map users. It will also minimise property
boundary disputes, increase condence
in stating land sizes on title deeds and pre-
vent encroachment.
Geo-referencing would also help in
developing a modern Land Information
Management System, which will improve
administration and management of land.
Surveying experts concur that the
development would guarantee rapid de-
marcation and preparation of plans/maps
as opposed to rigorous and slow manual
methods. Legally, geo-referencing, if
implemented by the Ministry of Lands,
would ensure the construction of apart-
ments would continue growing.
Flash back to 1987 before enactment of
the Sectional Properties Act that opened
the oodgates to apartments construc-
tion, vertical developments of ats and of-
ces could only be registered as sub-leases
against mother titles. Consequently, origi-
nal property owners continued to hold the
title deeds whose determination would im-
ply a pre-determination of the sub-leases.
Moreover, the payment of land rates
was also tied to the head title, creating a
situation where liability could accrue for
the individual unit owners without their
knowledge. The unit owners were not able
to freely transact in their units without ref-
erence to the original owner
However, the Sectional Properties Act
(1987) enabled issuance of individual ti-
tles for a oor or a unit within a high-rise
building. The legal development improved
the kind of titles buyers would hold which
were separate from the mother title.
The unit buyers could also use their
units as collateral and pay annual land
rates to the local authority separately.

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Your choice should, however,
be guided by your garden style as
well as personal preferences.
Wrought iron gates or their
look-alikes produce a classic old
world look like no other garden
gate type.
No wonder they are so popu-
lar among traditional gardeners.
They are strong and durable, but
their real strength is in their ver-
satility.
You can create an endless range
of intricate designs from curvy
vine-like patterns to leaf and ani-
mal shapes and family names or
initials. Wrought iron also com-
bines well with timber to produce
a sophisticated modern look.
Wrought iron arches and
arched mini-gates are popular
in larger gardens to dene and
frame entrances into sub-spaces
or rooms within the garden.
Used in this way, they can serve
a purely ornamental function
framing and directing views
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here is more to a gate
than enhancing your pri-
vacy and security. A well
thought-out gate will
usher guests into the garden and
the rooms therein and reinforce
a sense of place.
Gates in the garden also cre-
ate mystery by stirring visitors
curiosity and make them wonder
and eager to nd out what lies
beyond.
They are used to frame views
inside and out of the garden,
much like a picture frame sets off
and focuses attention on a paint-
ing.
At the same time, they are a
decorative feature in their own
right, standing out as accent fea-
tures around which the rest of the
garden may be organised.
WROUGHT IRON GATES
There are many types of garden
gates you can consider.
Add glamour with
garden gates
as well as utilitarian functions of
controlling movement within the
garden.
TIMBER GATES
Timber gates are warm, natural
and welcoming. They are espe-
cially great for country homes or
country-like settings. They can
be solid or picket-like, depending
on the privacy requirements. The
tops may be straight or curved
and may be accessorised with an
appropriate arbour or arch.
Durability depends on the tim-
ber used. Cedar lasts longest but
pressure-treated cypress may just
do when the budget is tight. Ei-
ther way, periodic painting, sand-
ing and staining will be required
throughout its useful life.
MOON GATES
These are eye-catching, round
gates originally from the ancient
Chinese garden culture. They
were introduced to the island of
Bermuda by sailors and immedi-
ately became a hit, even becoming
a national symbol.
Moon gates are parked with
symbolism. In ancient China, ev-
ery piece of tile on the gate had a
meaning. The sloping roofs, for in-
stance, represented the half-moon
of Chinese summers.
Lately, however, the gate has
acquired new meaning. The com-
plete circle symbolises unity,
peace and happiness. It is be-
lieved that when a couple makes
a wish as they pass hand-in-hand
through a moon gate, they are
guaranteed everlasting happi-
ness and good fortune throughout
their marriage.
So if you fancy symbolism,
meaning or just something differ-
ent, a moon gate will denitely do.
They may be left open or nished
with a door. Either way, they are
sure to add an extra interest to any
garden.
The writer is a landscape ar-
chitect

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FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,

Steel roof and wall systems are

Cost-effective, locally rolled and

Reduces costs, improves handling

Fire-resistant, much safer in case

Termite and insect-free.

Higher energy efciency when

Minimal expansion and contrac-

Higher appraisals, which add

Long lasting since they are

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