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Why Okoa
wants poll
law reforms
UAE
LOS ANGELES
BY BERNARD NAMUNANE
@nobewe
bnamunane@ke.nationmedia.com
No. 18279
President Uhuru
Kenyatta is
welcomed to JKIA
by Gen Samson
Mwathethe, Chief
of Defence ForcesDesignate and the
outgoing Chief of
Defence Forces, Gen
Julius Karangi before
leaving for Dubai.
PHOTO | PSCU
The president
was to attend
an investors
conference in the
US city.
YEMEN
NAIROBI
8pm: Uhuru
leaves Nairobi for
Dubai aboard his
presidential jet.
Anticipated route
To Ethiopia
Back to Nairobi
The President
was to leave
his jet in Dubai
and take a
commercial ight
to Los Angeles,
in the United
States.
ETHIOPIA
10 pm: While ying
over Ethiopia, pilot
is advised not to
proceed because of
ghting in Yemen.
Plane returns to
Nairobi at 11.42 pm.
ILLUSTRATION: ANDREW ANINI
2 | National News
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
Cord, Jubilee in
tussle over draft
poll law reforms
FILE | NATION
President Kenyatta is received by Deputy President William Ruto at the Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport after he returned from a past trip. In the background is the jet he was using to travel to Dubai.
had told the Saturday Nation
authorities were looking for
other possible routes. All options for travel will be looked
into (but) Dubai is out now
because that will mean going
through Yemen, a statement
from the ministry said.
However, a few hours later,
State House issued a statement
announcing that the President
will no longer be making the
trip.
It has been the tradition for
the Head of State, whenever
travelling out of Africa, to use
the short-range jet to Dubai
or Abu Dhabi, from where he
takes a commercial ight.
The President was to attend
the Milken Institute Global
Conference, which will bring
together experts to seek ways
of overcoming challenges
in nancial markets, health,
government and education.
He was seen o at the airport
by Deputy President William
Ruto, Chief of Defence Forces
Julius Karangi and the latters
successor-designate, Gen Samson Mwathethe.
But as the Air Force plane
flew over Ethiopia, halfway
through to Dubai, the captain
was told by air trac controllers that it was not safe to
proceed.
On board were the Presidents Private Secretary, Mr
Jomo Gecaga, his doctor, Mr
Esipisu, four bodyguards and
the Chief of Protocol in the
Ministry of Foreign Aairs.
Saudi Arabia has been leading an Arab coalition carrying
In your
Tomorrow
Disputed results
INFORMATION
The public
vote process
Article 257 of the Constitution which provides
for popular amendment
of the supreme law
requires at least one million signatures of registered voters to start the
process through a proposal after which a draft
a Bill is prepared.
The draft Bill together
with supporting signatures is submitted to
IEBC for verication.
If the commission is satised, it will submit the
draft Bill to each of the
47 County Assemblies
for consideration within
three months.
If approved by a majority of the assemblies, it
would then be passed
on to Parliament. It then
has to be supported by
a majority of the members of each House for it
to pass.
Where either of the two
Houses rejects the Bill, it
shall automatically proceed to a referendum.
National News 3
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
SUSPENSION | Investigations against government ocials and politicians ongoing, says CEO
War on graft
on course, says
ethics team
The assurance
comes in the wake
of suspension of
Chairman Mumo
Matemu and deputy
BY SAMUEL KARANJA
@Wachege1
schege@ke.nationmedia.com
REASONS
Cause of Matemu,
Keino removal
Parliament approved a
report by the Committee
on Justice and Legal Aairs
that the duo were not t to
hold oce
President Uhuru Kenyatta then suspended the
ocers and set up a tribunal to investigate them
Retired Judge Jonathan
Bowen Havelock will chair
the tribunal.
Other members are Ms
Margaret Shava, Mr Issa
Mansur Muathe and Mr
Juster Nkoroi
SALATON NJAU/NATION
Let me
assure
Kenyans that
the EACC
has not been
disbanded as
many people
have been
misled to
believe
Halakhe Waqo,
EACC Chief
Executive
Anglo Leasing
suspects given
back passports
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Two suspects in the Sh10 billion Anglo Leasing case have been
given their passports back to allow
them to travel overseas.
The documents belonging to Mr
Rashmi Kamani and Mr Deepak
Kamani (above), who are brothers,
had been seized by a court after
they were charged over the Anglo
Leasing scandal.
However, Magistrate Doreen
Mulekyo ruled that despite the
case, the Kamani brothers were
free to continue with their normal
lives until such a time that they
are proven guilty.
She ordered that they be given
back their travel documents
pending the start of their trial on
July 20 to enable them attend
(to) their domestic and business
concerns.
The prosecution had objected
to the release of the passports,
arguing that the suspects may be
tempted to jump bail once they
travel.
The apprehension by the State,
while understandable, is nonetheless in my view unwarranted,
bearing in mind that the accused
were not arraigned pursuant to a
warrant of arrest but voluntarily
submitted to the authority of the
court, the magistrate said.
She said it was highly unlikely
that the brothers would go against
societal norms and expectations
and abandon their aged father, Mr
Chamanlal Kamani, with whom
they were jointly charged.
The Kamanis were charged
with ve counts of conspiracy to
commit an economic crime and
fraudulent acquisition of public
resources totalling Sh10.4 billion
for services not provided.
4 | National News
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
WAR ON TERRORISM
INVESTIGATION | None of the sugar barons were named in list of 86 companies and individuals whose accounts were frozen
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Reports by UN and US
agencies say there are
about 70 businessmen
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(KRA) office at the Liboi border
crossing is also implicated in the
scam, through creative invoicing
or by simply not declaring.
The trucks are also known to use
the Kolbio border post where they are
driven to Lamu and Mombasa and
resold to middle-men as customed
sugar. They are repackaged and made
to look like local sugar.
With Mumias Sugar, Kenyas biggest producer of the commodity in
nancial doldrums, sugar importation
has become even more lucrative.
The news could undermine
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April 25, 2015
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Businessmen in Kismayu,
Garissa and Nairobi, who are
brokers in the sugar trade
$56million
Estimated taxes collected
Sh1.5bn
The amount said to have been
made by the militants in a single
roadblock in a year
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Investigations
have
revealed that owners of
foreign exchange agencies
and individuals suspected
of funding terrorism use the
hawala money transfer system to avoid detection.
The nding was made after
the conclusion of the interrogation of suspects linked to
terrorism on April 17. Police
established that money was
sent through members of
particular clans.
Premises disguised as
cybercafes, forex bureaus,
or exhibitions, according to
detectives, are used as hawala
transaction centres.
Early this month, Inspector-General of Police Joseph
Boinnet published the names
of individuals, organisations
and foreign exchange bureaus
suspected to be aiding terrorists in the Kenya Gazette.
The suspects accounts were
frozen.
National News 5
WAR ON TERRORISM
April 17
Police completed the
interrogation of suspects
linked to terror on this date.
In 2014, a report by a US
government-funded organisation, which echoed earlier
ndings by the United Nations,
alleged that the KDF mission
to Somalia appears to include
the charcoal trade.
Kenya, although formally a
participant in Amisom, which
operates in support of the
Somali national government,
is also complicit in support of
trade that provides income to
Al-Shabaab, its military opponent both inside Somalia
and, increasingly, at home in
Kenya, the Institute of Defence Analyses (IDA) said in
its report by Mr George Ward,
formerly Washingtons ambassador to Namibia.
Kenyas military chiefs have
previously denied allegations
of involvement in any illicit
activity in Somalia and have
maintained that since October
2011, they have only engaged in
military action aimed at stabilising the war-torn country. But
the accusations have refused
to go away.
While businesses of the
sugar and charcoal barons
boom, most of Garissa town
is facing an economic crisis
following the attack on the
university college.
Traders in the county who
spoke to the Saturday Nation
said they had been incurring
heavy losses since the attack
and the dusk-to-dawn curfew
imposed by Inspector General
of Police Joseph Boinnet.
Police have also been accused of using the curfew to
extort money from residents.
See Editorial -- Page 12
Intelligence teams
We are now
witnessing more
sophisticated crime
and violence in
society
Interior CS Joseph
Nkaissery
notice corrupt public ocers
who jeopardise the countrys
national security, Mr Nkaissery said.
He was addressing a pass-
6 | National News
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
TO THE RESCUE | Expert tells them to abolish fund or their role in it for illegality to be cured
Legislators seek
ways to save pet
constituency fund
MPs meet at Safari Park
Hotel to tackle hurdles
facing the fund, after the
High Court ruled that it
was unconstitutional
BY CAROLINE WAFULA
@carwafs
cwafula@ke.nationmedia.com
Fund.
The meeting comes a few days
before lawyers representing the MPs
and the fund le an appeal against
a High Court ruling that outlawed
the fund.
The one-day retreat at Safari Park
Hotel in Nairobi will wrestle with
ways to save the fund from being
abolished.
The High Court ruled that the fund
was a duplication of state work and
interfered with division of revenue
between the national and county
governments.
The court gave one year during
which the fund should be wound up
or made to comply with the Constitution. But the legal team acting on
behalf of Parliament and the funds
board argue that the courts verdict
was based on a misinterpretation of
facts and of the law.
The lawyers intend to ask the Court
of Appeal to give MPs more time than
one year.
The options on the table are to
align the law with the Constitution,
making the fund a conditional grant
from the national government or renaming the fund and entrenching it
in the Constitution.
Constitutional lawyer Wachira
Maina has told the MPs: I have a
lot of sympathy for fund because it is
a good thing but there are important
constitutional questions that need to
be settled, he said.
He told the legislators at the retreat
sponsored by Suny Kenya that they
could abolish the fund or end the role
of MPs in it.
He has also suggested renaming it
the National Government Constituency Development and restricting it
to national government functions.
Lawyer Gatonye Waweru said if
argued properly in the Court of Appeal, the legal team can demonstrate
that the High Court ruling was wrong.
From left: MPs Dalmas Otieno (Rongo), Stephen Kirwa (Mosop) and Abdikadir Aden (Balambala) during a Members of Parliament forum to discuss the Constituency Development Fund at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi yesterday
There are clear grounds of misinterpretation and misrepresentation of
facts and the law by the High Court,
he said.
Kiharu MP Irungu Kangata, however, said it is more of a political than
a legal problem.
Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo,
Kitutu Chache MP Jimmy Angwenyi,
Rongo MP Dalmas Otieno and others argued that the Court erred with
No wonder
their accounts
are under
scrutiny. The
groups will
forfeit the
money in the
accounts if
investigations
establish that
they played
a role in
terrorism
Prosecution
counsel Alice
Mbaeh
Rights groups
Police say
man wasnt in
Uhuru home
BY NATION REPORTER
Police in Kiambu have denied
that a terrorism suspect was arrested at President Kenyattas
rural home in Ichaweri, Gatundu
South.
Speaking at a press briefing
yesterday, Kiambu County Commissioner Esther Maina said Mr
Said Mirre Siyad was moving from
one place to another and because
he is not from the village, police
became suspicions.
Senior Counsel Paul Muite (left) with Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Alexander Muteti in a Mombasa court yesterday during the hearing of a case led by Muslims for Human Rights and Haki Africa.
rushed to publish a gazette
notice listing organisations
suspected of having links with
Al-Shabaab.
Assistant DPP Alexander
Muteti said they would demonstrate they had an interest
in being enjoined.
Ms Wanjiku Mbiu, for the AG,
told the court that she had been
in contact with the police, who
promised to give the instructions by Monday. Ms Mbiu
argued that it was necessary
for the DPP to be included in
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
TENDER NOTICE
Mandera County Government invites sealed tenders from eligible candidates for the following tenders/ projects
NO. TENDER NO
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ELIGIBILITY
ROADS AND TRANSPORTS
Mandera County Government in partnership with Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure wishes to undertake the following works on B9 Road
MCG/501/2014-2015
Construction of Kutulo Dabasiti Road to an all Weather Marrum Road (30 KM - lot I)
Open
MCG/502/2014-2015
Construction of Dabasiti - Elwak Road to an all Weather Marrum Road (25 KM - lot II)
Open
OTHER ROADS AND TRANSPORT TENDERS
MCG/503/2014-2015
Purchase, Supply and Delivery of Earth Moving Equipment
Open
MCG/504/2014-2015
Installations of Motor Vehicles tracking & Fuel Management systems (Mandera Town)
Youth
WATER
MCG/505/2014-2015
Construction of 100,000m3 Dam On Lag Warera at Takaba
Open
MCG/506/2014-2015
Construction of 60,000m3 earth pan at Merrille in Banisa sub-county
Open
MCG/507/2014-2015
Construction of Water Piping from Darwed to Takaba town
Open
MCG/508/2014-2015
Construction of Darwed Water Supply infrastructure
Open
MCG/509/2014-2015
Extension of Water from Darwed to Afalo
Open
MCG/510/2014-2015
Extension of Water from Darwed to Bulla Mpya in Lagsure Ward
Youth
MCG/511/2014-2015
Equipping & Commissioning of Darwed Borehole
Open
MCG/512/2014-2015
Supply ,Install & Commissioning of Reverse Osmosis/Desalination Plant for Wangai Dahan Borehole
Open
MCG/513/2014-2015
Supply ,Installation & Commissioning of Reverse Osmosis /Desalination Plant for Elwak Borehole
Open
MCG/514/2014-2015
RFP for Consultancy Services for Supervision of construction and Disilting of Dams and Earth Pan in Mandera County
Open
MCG/515/2014-2015
RFP for Engineering Consultancy Services (ECS) for the Design and Development of Modern Sewerage and Drainage Systems for Mandera Town
Open
MCG/516/2014-2015
RFP for Engineering Consultancy Services (ECS) for the Design and Development of Modern Water Treatment Plant and water quality analysis laboratory for Mandera
Open
Urban Water Supply
MCG/517/2014-2015
RFP for Engineering Consultancy Services (ECS) for the Design and Development of Modern Water supply reticulation, automated leak detection &electronic metering
Open
and Billing systems for Mandera Urban Water Supply
MCG/518/2014-2015
RFP for Engineering Consultancy Services (ECS) for the Design and Development of Solid Waste Treatment (separations, recycling and Disposal) System for Mandera Town
Open
MCG/519/2014-2015
Construction of 60,000m3 Earth Pan at Fino in Lafey Sub-County
Open
ICT
MCG/520/2014-2015 Supply, Delivery of Computer Hardwares Equipment and Software
Youth
MCG/521/2014-2015 Construction of the Juice Processing Factory in Mandera County.
Open
MCG/522/2014-2015 Construction of Kutulo Market
Women
MCG/523/2014-2015 Construction of Ashabito Market
Women
LAND AND SURVEY
MCG/524/2014-2015 RFP for Physical Planning and Surveying of Mandera Town
Open
MCG/525/2014-2015 RFP for Physical Planning and Surveying of Elwak and Kutulo Towns
Open
LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES
MCG/526/2014-2015 RFP for Feasibility studies, social environmental impact assessment & Design works for World Class Modern Abattoir in Mandera County.
Open
MCG/527/2014-2015 Construction of Ofce Block for Department of Livestock.
Open
HEALTH
MCG/528/2014-2015 Construction of dispensary at Guba
Disabled group
MCG/529/2014-2015 Construction of Dispensary in Gari
Open
MCG/530/2014-2015 Construction of Dispensary in Qumbiso
Open
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the County Headquarters in Mandera, and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 08.00 Hours to 16.00 Hours, East African Time from
Monday to Friday except during lunch hours (13.00 Hours to 14.00 Hours), weekends and public holidays. Bidding documents are available in hard copies only.
The bid document may be obtained by interested rms upon payment of a non-refundable fee of KES 1, 000 (one thousand shillings only) in bankers cheque payable to Mandera County revenue account No 1140759469
KCB or 1000260858505 Equity bank Mandera. Please note that any bid submitted without the ofcial receipt will be rejected.
Submission of the following mandatory requirements shall be required in the determination of the completeness of the Bid. Bids that do not contain any of the requirements listed below shall be declared non responsive and shall
not be evaluated further.
a) Certicate of registration/ incorporation
b) Copy of the current tax compliance certicate
c) Certicate of Registration with National Construction Authority ( for construction projects)
d) Dully lled condential business questionnaire
e) VAT and PIN certicate
f)
Form of tender duly lled, signed and stamped
g) Memorandum and Article of Association
h) Should be registered with relevant professional bodies
Tender security is mandatory for all except special groups.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Monday 11th May, 2015 at 10.00 a.m East African Time. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders or their representatives who choose to attend, at the
County Boardroom immediately thereafter. Late bids will be rejected. All Bids must be accompanied by Bid Security of 2% tender sum as stipulated in the Bid Document and must be valid for 120 days from the date of closing the
Bids.
Site Visit and Pre-Bid Conference
There shall be a mandatory site visit and pre-Bid conference for the above tenders on 4th May, 2015 and all the bidders are requested to assemble at the county boardroom.
Complete tender document (Original and 1 Copy) should be enclosed in a plain sealed envelope marked with the tender name and reference number and be deposited in the tender box located at the supply chain
reception
Addressed to:
County Secretary
Mandera County Government
P.O Box 13-70300
Mandera, Kenya
Head of Supply Chain Management
FOR: COUNTY SECRETARY
8 | National News
DEVOLUTION
CONFERENCE
BY WANJIRU MACHARIA
@wanjirumachari1
lwmacharia@ke.nationmedia.com
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
Face challenges
boldly, DP Ruto
tells governors
BY NATION REPORTER
Deputy President William Ruto challenged governors to take advantage of
the challenges they are facing in their
devolved units to give better services
to residents.
The DP said that challenges faced at
the counties were a test on the leaders
resolve, impartiality, dispute resolution, integrity and eectiveness.
Mr Rutos exhortation was contained
in a speech read to the forum on his
behalf on Thursday by an ocial from
the Devolution Ministry.
The sentiments came in the wake
of reported inghting between governors and legislators in Embu and
Makueni counties and clamour for
increased funding by a majority of
the devolved units.
County bosses have in many
instances, also cried foul over interference from senators and members
of Parliament.
Mr Ruto said that challenges should
make the county chiefs stronger.
Like a diamond, you should let the
heat and pressure make your leadership even better, he said.
However, the DP urged the governors not to sacrice goodwill and
national unity in pursuit of their visions.
Makueni and Embu are examples
of what happens when we try too hard,
and forget to accommodate everyone,
he said.
National News 9
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
DISPUTE | National and county governments clash over roles and budget
Agencies fault
governors for
failing to use
money wisely
Ruto says functions
like roads and power
should be devolved
BY DAVE OPIYO
@DaveOpiyo
dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com
ontroller of Budget
Agnes Odhiambo said
regional governments
had failed to clearly distinguish
between recurrent and development expenditures.
There is also the failure to
institute internal audit mechanisms and committees to assist
Council of Governors chief executive Jacqueline Mogeni consults with chairman Isaac Ruto (left),
Deputy chairman Salim Mvurya and Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero during the Devolution Conference.
cised the decision by counties
to inherit workers from the defunct local authorities. She said
Sh7bn
10 | Special Report
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
ATTACKS | Sharing information on suspicious people through mobile phones key in ensuring Kenyans are safe
Security machinery
11
Date in 2001 when the World Trade Centre
in the United States was attacked by
terrorists
Special Report 11
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
FILE | NATION
Overcoming hurdles
to malaria-free Kenya
BY COLLINS OUMA
To date, malaria still occurs in over 100 countries
worldwide, with an estimated
annual cases of over 200 million, resulting in approximately
one million deaths worldwide,
especially in children below the
age of ve years and pregnant
women.
In Kenya, 28 million people
live in areas where there is risk
of contracting malaria. This
translated to about 3 out of 4
Kenyans who are at risk, with
the disease responsible for one
out of every three outpatient
consultations.
Furthermore, 20 per cent
of deaths in children below 5
years are attributed to malarial
infection.
Malaria can be treated and
eventually eradicated. However,
to win the ght, we need sufcient global commitment and
investment.
This years theme of World
Malaria Day is Invest in the
Future: Defeat Malaria. In the
past couple of years, there has
been a 10-fold increase in funding to support elimination of
malaria.
But donor sources have
dwindled and there are fears
that a resurgence of the disease could threaten hard-won
progress. The amount of
funds Kenya receives from
donors to fight malaria has
been continuously declining
annually despite the fact that
the disease is still endemic
and manifests clinically in
the form of severe malarial
anemia (western Kenya) and
cerebral malaria (coastal region
of Kenya).
The challenge is that current tools and treatments
are insufficient to achieve
elimination. Furthermore,
the cost of maintaining these
interventions amounts to several billion dollars a year with
the malaria parasite continuing
to develop resistance to current
insecticides and drugs.
Poor knowledge of the disease by a majority Kenyans
coupled with the continuous
lack of up-to-date diagnostic
equipment in health facilities
worsens the situation.
In addition, most people
affected by the disease or
caretakers of children infected,
are not taking seriously, preventive measures such as
sleeping under insecticidetreated nets.
Neither do they take curative
steps such as taking antimalarial drugs during pregnancy
and when infected.
The situation in Kenya has
been compounded by reports
of a signicant reduction in
number of households owning
insecticide-treated bed nets.
But its not all gloom and
doom. We have the opportunity
to accelerate progress towards
elimination of the disease in
Kenya and other countries
by improving the delivery of
existing interventions as well
as developing new tools and
strategies that target not just
malaria-transmitting mosqui-
12 | Opinion
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
Opinion 13
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
POLITICALLY CORRECT |
Kwamchetsi Makokha takes a
sideways look at graft issues
Corruption in
Kenya a gment
of imagination
14 | Opinion
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
MARK MY WORD |
Philip Ochieng
When
the US
embassy
treats us
with more
dignity
than the
South
African
embassy,
we wonder
what it
is South
Africa has
that we
might steal
ll across Africa,
people are hurting
about South Africa,
in essence still crying for
the beloved country. They
are also extremely tired,
not because they hate
that country but because
they cannot just let go of
South Africa. They love
the country too much.
They cannot believe the
horrors unleashed on
foreign Africans recently.
They refuse to believe it
in spite of the evidence
from 2008 to date. Those
were acts of genocide,
but we downgraded them
to xenophobia. Many Africans rationalised away
the heinous acts in 2008,
blamed it on anything
but ocial policy and
repressed tendencies internal to the country. Well,
arent we struggling with
similar brutalities now,
only coming to terms with
the fact that the violence
is still targeted at foreign
Africans?
The violence has been
baptised Afrophobia.
Many Africans cannot believe it because of all the
foreigners who visit, work,
or simply laze around that
country. South Africans
elected to murder fellow
Africans, the same people
with a demonstrable commitment to South Africa.
Africans have sacriced
the most for that beloved
country, including simply
to nd a caption?
QUOTED
Property and entertainment taxes are enough. It
does not make sense to tax the poor. Governors should
nd a way of dealing with the matter.
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
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16 | Letters
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
To the editor
Xenophobia a distress
to Mandelas spirit
The spirit of Nelson Mandela
must be in intense distress because
of the xenophobic behaviour of his
countrymen. If apartheid which this
hero spent the better part of his life
ghting against was unacceptable,
xenophobia is an abomination.
What guarantee is there that after
the immigrants are annihilated,
fellow South Africans will not turn
against each other? Evil portends
evil. South Africans should not be
blind to their true enemy.
The moral and material support
accorded to South Africans during
their struggle by fellow Africans
should have a lasting place in their
hearts. Immigrants should not be a
scapegoat for a disconnect in leadership at whatever level.
JAMES M. KINGAU, Nyahururu
TALKING POINT
BY THE WATCHMAN
FILE | NATION
YESTERDAYS TOPIC
DEBATE QUESTION
Do you believe
devolution has
improved lives in
the counties?
prosecuted.
Matemu is not new in Kenya. He should have
known Mwau, Lumumba and Ringera were
there and their end was not dierent. When
you decide to ght a giant, be prepared for
anything. Let the public be brought to light on
what goes on there in that stout like house.
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April 25, 2015
With
Njoki Chege
nchege@ke.nationmedia.com
City Girl
Four things that make you the best city wife
She is bold, sassy and audacious. See it through her prism
and ride the roller-coaster life of Nairobis young and trendy.
A Nairobi married
woman must be cocky,
strong-willed and does
not listen to her husband
or anybody else
Teachers
set to be
transferred
Understaed
3. Be over-protective of your
husband: Forget what the pastor
said on your wedding day about
trust and love being the building blocks of marriage. A married
woman cannot aord to trust her
husband. You must watch over
him like an eagle. He is successful, good-looking and well-dressed,
BY MAURICE KALUOCH
Unconstitutional
Just reading your article and nodding all the way with a big grin. I
have three kids, so I am not saying
this because I have not yet experienced the immeasurable joys
of motherhood. I believe parenting
is a private aair. Do all the cooing and celebrating in private chat
groups if you must. Kate Tongoi
My coee got cold while reading
your last weeks piece. What about
those who wish their parents
happy birthday on FB yet the only
idea of net their parents have is a
mosquito net. Leah Ngige
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
PUBLIC NOTICE
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The estimates are available for scrutiny by members of the public in the Countys website
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Pursuant to section 125 (2) of the PFM Act, 2012, the County treasury invites institutions,
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make submissions which are specific as to either: inclusion or amendment to the
proposed provision on any of the budget estimates to facilitate finalization.
To facilitate timely consultations and adequate consideration, your submission should
be forwarded to the undersigned by 29th April, 2015. There will be specific public hearing
meetings in all the wards on the 28th April, 2015. The meeting venues are as listed
below;
SUBCOUNTY
WARD
Angurai East
1.
TESO
NORTH
Angurai North
Angurai South
Malaba North
Malaba Central
Malaba South
Chakol North
Amukura East
Amukura Central
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TESO
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MATAYOS
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NAMBALE
BUTULA
FUNYULA
BUNYALA
Great danger
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Nambale Township
Bukhayo Central
Bukhayo East
Igara Dispensary
Nambale Headquarters
Malanga market
Mungatsi centre
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Marachi North
Marachi West
Kingandole
Marachi Central
Marachi East
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Nangina
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Ganga market
Agenga Family life
Funyula ACK Church
Namboboto Ack
Church
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Bunyala North
Bunyala South
Bunyala Central
Bunyala West
Muriri centre
Lugare market
Mubwayo centre
Port Victoria Town Hall
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Chakol South
Burumba
Mayenje
Busibwabo
Bukhayo West
Ezekiel O. Okwach
Ag. County Secretary.
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Chamasari Chief
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Akiriamet ACK Church
Katakwa ACK Church
Town Hall Malaba
Town Hall Malaba
Kocholia Market
BY WINNIE ATIENO
Asinge Market
Ongaroi ward Office
Amukura Social Hall
Amairo centre (County
hall)
Adungosi market
Angorom primary
school
Angorom
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Red alert
Ocial backs
new transport
system in city
BY NATION REPORTER
Matatu Owners Association has
thrown its weight behind the Bus
Rapid Transit system that is aimed
at decongesting the city.
We are concerned about the
time motorists waste in traffic
jams. Any means to decongest the
city is welcome, chairman Simon
Kimutai said.
He said the system has worked
well in other countries and it would
be a big relief to commuters.
This is a transit system that
delivers fast, comfortable, and
cost-effective services, Mr Kimutai said.
He was addressing the media at a
Naivasha hotel on Thursday during
the associations annual National
Governing Council meeting.
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April 25, 2015
Weekend
BOOK REVIEW | Recurring moments of rejection for Indians at independence, the 1982 coup bid and the 1972 Uganda expulsions
Othering of Indians
31,983
Indian women.
The release of this book
is timely, even godsend. We
currently have a new cast of
railway builders whose residency
will not be eeting and we must
prepare for the consequences.
Additionally, we are in the grips
of an existential war in which
the word alien is increasingly
conated with extremism. What
are the rights of newcomers?
What confers upon them a sense
of belonging? One is legal, the
other is cultural and sometimes
it is political.
Nowrojee makes it clear that
recurring moments of rejection,
such as the near-statelessness
of Indians at independence, the
1982 coup attempt and the 1972
expulsion of Asians from Uganda,
create a tenuous bond.
The relationship of a newcomer
to his adopted country is not a
marriage. It is a love aair. It may
be passionate, it may be resentful.
It is sometimes both.
Having
redeemed
the
memory of his grandfather
and his contribution to
Kenya, Nowrojees epilogue
turns to the role of his father,
Eruch Nowrojee, in the Mau
Mau trials. This is the role
that the British Historian,
David Anderson,
reduced to
a
mere
footnote
in
his
352-page
Book explains
why Kenyans
have a disdain for
the justice system
inherited at
independence.
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April 25, 2015
FILE | NATION
Creative writing students should study and listen to what established writers have said
about the art of writing.
One has to be wild to see what others do
not see. The writer has to be free to defy
inhibitions and conjure up wild images.
One has to be adventurous to experience,
feel and touch the world around.
I think the biggest challenge to any
writer is how to bring method and madness together. Alice Laplante asks: how
can one, who is highly inspired, be in
sucient presence of mind to shape all
lovely, raw, messy materials into something
coherent? How then can one reconcile the
method and the madness? Unfortunately,
many writers are unable to reconcile the
two. Perhaps that is why the world has
very few writers. I almost gave up those
early years.
So how does one bridge this gap and
reconcile these aspects of the creative
process? Alice Laplante has an answer that
I believe in. She observes that to bridge
this dichotomy one needs to reconcile
the working of the left and the right part
of the brain. The brain, according to this
theory has two sides and therefore two
modes of thinking. The left brain is logical,
sequential, and rational. The right brain
is random, intuitive and holistic.
We are largely using the left brain which
embodies the analytical skills to read a
story or a poem and gure out why it does
not work. These skills are only good for
editing a story. We are trained to favour
our left brain over our right brain. This is
bad for the creative process especially in
generating new stories.
Other thinkers agree with this view. B
.J Chute has a more interesting observation on being a ction writer. He was once
asked what makes him a ction writer and
he had a host of qualities that one needs
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April 25, 2015
OUTSIDER
LOOKING IN |
Musings of a wanderer
Holiday in
Durban? No,
consider Dar
or Diani!
BY ZUKISWA WANNER
satnation@ke.nationmedia.com
In 2008 I cried. I was at a literary
festival in one of the wealthier parts
of South Africa, when I got a phone
call from a South African woman. She
needed a safe place to go with her
son. Her neighbours were threatening
to kill her for being a prostitute to
foreigners. The woman I am writing
about is my aunt. She is not related to
me from my South African side of the
family though. Rather, we are related
because she was married to one of my
Zimbabwean uncles.
Uncle Ephraim died in the early
2000s but his wife was still suering
in 2008 for having married him so
many years after he died. Then, we
cursed the idiocy of the Standard Six
dropout who stated on the news that
he was killing other Africans for taking
his job; we gasped at the 60 something
year-old who ran laughing while carting
away her neighbours fridge; we were
horried when we saw an audience that
uncaringly chatted as a human being
was burnt. Then somehow the attacks
stopped. Or they stopped making the
news. We moved on with our lives.
We talked of the African World Cup.
When the South African national team
lost, South Africa donned Ghanaian
jerseys and we nicknamed the Black
Stars BaGhana BaGhana. Before the
Ghanaian team left South Africa, the
city of Johannesburg hosted them in
what was akin to a victory parade. Little
children in Soweto ran on Vilakazi Street
and screamed in excitement when they
saw their Ghanaian heroes in an open
bus. Asamoah Gyan may have missed
that penalty, but they all wanted to be
him when they grew up.
Last Friday, in Elmina as I walked
along the shores of the Atlantic, I met
a Ghanaian sherman who had been
in South Africa during that World Cup.
He talked favourably of South African
hospitality. Then he asked the question
I had been dreading. Why are you now
killing your fellow Africans? I dont
remember my answer. I mumbled
something. Then I excused myself.
And cried. I have seen the videos,
and just like in 2008, the Afrophobia
does not make sense.
When not in an election year, I
have noticed that the South African
government (like many governments)
does not listen to anyone who is not big
business. On Friday, April 17, Zambians,
Mozambicans and other Africans wore
black, picketed and boycotted South
African businesses. Here in Ghana,
many of my friends stopped shopping at
the South African-owned supermarket,
Shoprite. I suggest that Kenyans do
the same. Instead of that holiday to
Durban, go to Dar, Diani, the Seychelles.
There are those who may argue that
the violence is not state sanctioned but
the violence in Durban started after a
speech by King Goodwill Zwelithini
(who gets paid by the State).
The world suspended South Africa
from international bodies and boycotted
its goods during apartheid. We all can
help now by taking action against South
Africa. If South Africa does not need
Africa then Africans can surely also
show South Africa they do not need it
by withholding their monies.
FILE | NATION
Maendeleo ya Wanaume chairman Ndiritu Njoka visits Mr Antony Nganga at Muranga District Hospital
after he was attacked with hot water by his wife. The traditional role of men in the family is changing.
To borrow Amokos idea of
false or failed fatherhood, not
necessarily as a symbol of a
declining patriarchy alienated
from the security of skewed
gender relations, but possibly
a demonstration of individual
inadequacies, we must wonder
whether Ngugi, in a somewhat
prescient tone, had foreshadowed
the current state in the world
where a general confusion reigns
when it comes to gender roles, the
meanings of success and of failure
in life, especially for men.
In Weep Not, Child, Ngotho
is presented as a failed father,
therefore, false to the extent
that he does not play the role
of providing unquestionable
leadership to his household.
Nyokabi, his second wife, is
presented as the pillar of the
protagonists home, while Boro
and Kamau become surrogate
fathers who oer leadership in
political and economic terms,
respectively.
All the while, Ngotho and some
of his age mates bid time in the
service of their employers while
waiting for the mythic prophecy
of restoration to occur. By the
time the Ngotho generation
realises that the restoration
may never happen, it is rather
late in the day and their standing
both in the eyes of their children
and the colonial agents has been
badly ruined.
Sadly for Ngotho, the most
prominent father and father
figure in the novel, Njoroge,
sees him at this point in his
symbolic nakedness, in his
most vulnerable state, broken.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
What literature
shares with
mathematics
BY HENRY INDANGASI
BY AUSTIN BUKENYA
Prof Austin Bukenya during an interview at the Nation Centre in Nairobi on April 5.
tradition with our revolutionary
ideas.
Anyway, Wanjiku maintained
her brilliant performance through
to graduate study, and later joined
me as a colleague in the Department of Literature at Kenyatta,
our third meeting on campus. But
KU was not yet an autonomous
university then. That is why I said
Wanjiku and I have interacted at
nearly three universities. She
went further aeld later and we
lost contact until her recent communication.
But, as I keep saying, naming
names is an invidious task for a
long-lasting mwalimu like me.
Once I start, each and every one
of my students and pupils, from
the little ones I taught at the Save
the Children Reception Centre
in Kampala after my O-Levels
in 1962 to my current graduate
supervises, has a right to demand
individual mention.
This is particularly fair because
I can say, in total sincerity, that
in my entire teaching career, I
cant think of a single protg of
mine that I would rather forget.
But, of course, even if my editor
were to indulge me with a whole
column or even several columns,
just to mention the names of my
students, I would still be found
wanting.
Sometime last December,
one of my former students at
Kenyatta University, who is also
a mwalimu and columnist like me,
wondered in these pages if I remember or take due pride in all
the hundreds, maybe thousands,
of students I have taught in my
long and variegated career.
The answer is an emphatic
Yes to both questions. Its impossible, of course, to remember
the details of each name and face.
But my collective memory of all
Recently, a former
student hailed me,
saying he couldnt
fail to recognise
that voice. When
I called him by
name, Leteipa ole
Sunkuli asked me
how I managed
to remember my
student...
FILE | NATION
Tragic story
The husband is the
intellectual, cerebral
type; but his wife is this
emotional character, ready
to die for love. Vronsky,
the man who storms into
Annas life and wrecks
her marriage, is a dashing, young military ocer;
Annas lover is also the
emotional type, the kind
who cannot live with rejection. We can, therefore,
see that Tolstoys character permutations are the
perfect recipe for a great
tragic story.
Imagine a situation in
which Anna and Karenin
are age mates and are of
the same temperament.
Vronsky would not have
intruded into their marriage; and there would
have been no story.
A second mathematical concept I want to
relate to literature is the
so-called Venn diagram,
something I came across
in 1967 at Friends School
Kamusinga.
Yes, the Venn diagram
is about sets, subsets,
overlaps, and intersections, a mathematics
professor confirmed to
me. One of the most interesting works I taught
in my Russian literature
class in the 1980s was Alexander Pushkins novel
in verse called Eugene
Onegin. This book has
the storys arc and the
characterisation strategies of a novel; but it
takes the form of a series
of sonnets. Students of
literature know that the
sonnet is a xed lyrical
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to handle during
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or even when
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The Guernsey
is an efficient
converter
of
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They also require
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than the larger Frie- sian Holsteins
and Ayrshires, yet still convert this
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butterfat per unit of body weight.
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feed converter when compared to
other dairy breeds. Further, the
breed is an excellent grazer, which
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their production system of choice
when rearing the Guernsey, as they
are ideal for both pasture based
production system or intensive
grazing.
Interestingly, they reach maturity
early enough and calve down easily
and stay productive in the herd long
enough attracting more income for
the farmer.
They have lower mortality risks
and do not need unnecessary surgical intervention. Even though the
Guernsey may not be the highest
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hands down in milk quality, avour
and colour even when reared under
limiting conditions and low maintenance. This makes the breed more
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In a nutshell, this breed is generally able to produce remarkably well
on quality pastures even in small
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colour enhances heat tolerance and
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well to wide climatic conditions in
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of the Rift Valley, Nyanza and western Kenya.
Guernsey breed is generally a
competitive dairy cow, able to effectively and eciently maintain
prots. As such, they can be used
for crossing with both local breeds
like zebu or other dairy breeds.
They are
light brown,
grey,
brown, cream or
black. Even though they are the
smallest dairy breeds with cows
weighing 400 to 500kg and bulls
540 to 820kg, they possess some
of the biggest personalities. They
have hard black hooves that
make them less vulnerable to
lameness. This breed is popular
for the highest butterfat content
of its milk of over 4.9 per cent
and over 3.9 per cent protein
giving better-tasting products
like cheese and butter. Their
milk also contains more calcium
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Esther Rotich in
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Greenhouses get
contaminated by
people visiting the
structures or by use
of infected plant
material and water
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Baraka Group
members with
their milksh
harvest in Kwale.
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heir big eyes and slender bodies made them stand out as a group
of farmers put them in a plastic basket hanging on a weighing scale.
Each of the persons in the group of
about 10 men and women were eager
to see how many kilos the shoal of
sh weighed.
It was harvesting day for the
members of Baraka Conservation,
Milksh and Prawn Group in Makongeni, Kwale, who ended up with
640kg of milksh on that day. The
group is pioneering the farming of
milksh in the larger Coast region.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes milksh as a large fork-tailed
silvery herbivorous food sh (Chanos
chanos) of warm parts of the Pacic
and Indian Ocean.
The 25 members have constructed
earthen ponds with aid of the governments Kenya Coastal Development
Project and are breeding juveniles
(sh stage after hatching from eggs
into larvae) for supply on order.
Besides the juvenile sh, the group
stocks four ponds with 3,600 ngerlings each.
Juma Mwarandani, a coordinator
of the group, says the juveniles are
captured from the ocean and kept
in a oating cage that holds at least
5,000 of them for about a month to
become ngerlings, when they are
transferred to ponds.
We started the mariculture project
as a group in 2013 by keeping milksh, barracuda, mullet, grouper, red
snapper, white snapper, zebra sh
and parrot sh. But we found that
milksh and barracuda were adapting
to the environment well, says the
42-year-old. They sell the ngerlings
from Sh10 to Sh15 while mature sh
goes for Sh200 a kilo.
Last year, we sold 64kg, which
A 100G FISH
REQUIRES
FEEDS 3 PER
CENT OF
ITS BODY
WEIGHT FOR
IT TO GROW
FAST TO
BETWEEN 250
TO 350G IN SEVEN
MONTHS
Dr David Mirera, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute
waters in the mangroves.
They make their own feeds from
omena, cassava our that acts as a
binder, coconut trashes to make pellets that are rich in carbohydrates
and protein.
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute aquaculture research
ocer David Mirera says they are
working with farmers to develop
hatcheries to boost mariculture so
that residents can stop going to sh
in the ocean.
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Policy matters
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LAND QUERIES
ompulsory
acquisition
refers to the power of the government to acquire rights in a parcel
of land without the willing consent of its owners or occupants
to benet society.
The law governing compulsory
acquisition is in Part VIII, Section
107 to 133 of the Land Act 2012.
The process involves:
Pre-inquiry
Preliminary Notice,
Land Act Sec. 107(1) and (5):
The National Land Commission
(NLC) receives a request for acquisition from the acquiring body
(for instance, Kenya Railways or
Ministry of Roads) from the
respective Cabinet Secretary or
County Executive Member. The
land should be acquired for public
purposes or in public interest.
Preliminary Requirements,
Sec. 107(2): NLC will require
the acquiring body to provide a
A man demolishes a
building on land acquired
for construction of the
standard gauge railway at
the Coast. FILE | NATION
comprehensive list of the aected
parcels of land and the respective owners, title search details,
cadastral maps of the aected
areas, a Resettlement Action
Plan accompanied by a list of
Persons Affected by Project.
Compensation should address
all the rights of aected persons
in an equitable manner.
Notice of intention to acquire,
Land Act Sec. 107 (5) 110(1): This
is published in the Kenya Gazette
after the commission certies in
writing that the land is required
for public purposes or in public
interest. Upon certication, the
Inquiry
Post -inquiry
Award of compensation,
Sec. 113 and 114(1): Upon
conclusion of the inquiry, the
commission shall make a separate
award of compensation for every
person whom it has determined
to be interested in the land. The
commission shall then serve on
each person a notice of the award
and oer of compensation.
RAIN ADDITION OF HIGH QUALITY COMPOST TO THE SOIL WILL ENSURE THAT IT RECEIVES AS MUCH RAIN AS POSSIBLE
BY ANJA WEBER
satnation@ke.nationmedia.com
A worker in a farm in
Kisumu where rainwater
is stored underground for
irrigation. FILE | NATION
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PASSION FRUIT
Time to harvest
Blasio Alwanga,
a passion fruit
farmer in Vihiga
County harvests
his produce. The
farmer is among
few in the county
who are growing
the crop. He carefully picks each
fruit from the
stem and sells a
tin at Sh50.
a farmer.
She said farmers are turning
to green grams to avoid losses
from planting sorghum due to
lack of market.
The few farmers who
planted green grams this past
season got better returns
compared to those who grew
Gadam sorghum.
Other farmers are growing
cowpeas and millet, which
have market locally.
They are selling a kilo of
green grams at an average of
Sh120. Green grams is better because I do not have to
rely on a company to buy my
produce, says Njeru Gitunda,
a farmer from Kithino village
who harvested about 50 90kg
sacks of the produce.
Kevin Ngai
SEEDS OF GOLD
agronomy
BY SOPHIE MBUGUA
Experts | Talk
satnation@ke.nationmedia.com
After
harvesting
summer
owers,
Watheru
plants
cabbages
which help
to better
the soil
enabling
him to
earn over
Sh100,000
a month
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6,000
The number of ower stems Paul
Watheru harvests every week
from his farm.
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listing
SELLERS
ANIMAL FEED FORMULATIONS: Inclusive of chickmash, growers mash, layers
mash, kienyeji mash and dairy meal.
Price: Sh3,000.
Contact: Tom, 0715795577.
GREENHOUSES/HYDROPONICS:
8x15m at Sh170,000, 8x24m at
Sh280,000 and 8x30m at Sh300,000.
Free seeds, soil analysis and irrigation
tank. We also do hydroponic fodder
units and trays and supply barley.
Contact: 0716293131.
AUTOMATIC CHICKEN EGG INCUBATOR: 100 dierent sizes, power
ecient with automatic heat regulation
controls.
Price: Ranges from Sh25,000 to
Sh120,000.
Location: Nairobi.
Contact: 0722519547.
KARI KIENYEJI CHICKEN: Day-old
chicks at Sh20, one-week-old at Sh150,
two weeks old at Sh180 and three
weeks old at Sh220.
Contact: 0722776690.
AEROPONICS FODDER GROW MACHINE: As per demand.
SELLER: RABBITS
Hybrid mature rabbits does
and bucks at Sh2000 each.
Contact 0722308537/
0720070300
SELLER:
TOMATOES
High grade ripe tree tomato
fruits as per demand at
Sh70 per kilo in Nyeri.
Contact : 0722269167/
0722269152.
Kiambu County.
Contact 0734160711/0713558936.
SELLER: HONEY
Pure honey from Baringo and
Kerio Valley. Sh430 per kilo.
Contact 0717586086
SELLER: PIGLETS
Eight piglets two months
old, good breed at Sh3,000
each. Available in Ruiru.
Contact: Peter: 0711952727.
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April 25, 2015
Readers corner
Literary Discourse
Self-publishing is ne,
but quality comes rst
BY VINCENT DE PAUL
Cosmas Mogere was right in his article, New
writers overlook traditional publishers for genuine
reasons (Saturday Nation, April 18). However, selfpublishing may morph into vanity publishing, that
is, writing and publishing own work for pride, or
fame, or the thrill of seeing the work published either
electronically or in print (magazine or book).
The market for this writing is personal blogs,
Facebook, Twitter, online self-publishing platforms
like Kindle and others where everybody can put their
work because there are no committees that sit down
to determine whether it is publishable or not.
Traditional vanity publishing is where a publisher
asks the writer to foot part of the publishing bill, but
the modern vanity writing and publishing is the easiest because the writer publishes his or her work and
it follows no stringent rules, guidelines and there are
no deadlines to be met. Vanity writers rush to selfpublishing when they face it rough with mainstream
publishers, especially if their work lacks creativity or
the publishers desk is already full.
While I disagree that self-publishing is an excuse
for complacency, if left unchecked to disgruntled
writers and those out just to see their work in print no
matter what without caring to do justice to the work,
self-publishing will not produce quality work.
But as Cosmas points out, this can be circumvented
by engaging professional content editing, working
with professional book cover designers and following standard publishing guidelines. This way, no
traditional publisher will boast of producing better
products than the self-published writer.
On the other hand, if professional services are above
the poverty line, someone has to do it him or herself.
If you want something done right, you have to do it
yourself, right? So, the vanity writer-cum-publisher
(if I may use the term just for eect), has to go the
extra mile and learn basic editing skills.
If self-publishing will stand the test of time, virulent
censure by unforgiving critics and lambasting from
the advocates of mainstream publishing, then quality
works need to be put out there.
The writer is freelance writer, blogger and poet
FILE | NATION
University of Nairobi graduands last year. New African writers have new
themes to explore in their literary works,
Eurocentric issues at length in
their works. These were the issues
in Africa at the time. However, it
is imperative that contemporary
African writers not be held hostage
to these issues at the expense of
emerging issues in Africa.
Prof Mwangi argues that writers such Ngugi and Achebe are
shunned in the West not because
of writing in the past since past
writers like Shakespeare are also
taught but because of writing
about outdated issues. But a writer
like Shakespeare tackled a ray
of thematic concerns that still
resonate with the contemporary
world and that the literary aesthetics inherent in their works are at
the core of modern literature. A
big number of African writers like
Ngugi dwell on reminiscing the
past without due regard to the
aesthetic value of their works. It
is clear from his works that armed
with the enormous urge to address
Writers
clinic most
welcome
BY OUMAH OTIENOH
When Ernest Hemingway, an
astute novelist, was asked about
the most frightening thing he
had ever encountered he said:
A blank sheet of paper. When
I dipped my pen into the ink
pot to scribble this article,
the sight of an empty sheet of
paper in some way dampened
my writing spirit, too. This is
a common occurrence, especially with us budding writers.
Nonetheless, the urge to give
Egara Kabaji a pat on the back
overwhelmed me.
His maiden article in the
brand new segment , the
Writers Clinic: Its a long,
lonely road to the kingdom
of creative writers (Saturday
Nation, April 18) was, indeed,
a masterpiece.
Prof Kabaji is unquestionably
true to his title. Every time he
sits down to write in this column, its always a ne craft.
Its true that the secret to
writing is getting started.
Writers write, the good professor tells us. In any work of
art, the rst draft is always a
childs play. Let every character
say what their heart desires and
permit them to behave in a way
that pleases them as nobody
will be privy to this draft my
rst draft of this work was one
mass of pigsty. In the second
and the third draft, the characters should have matured.
Especially new writers, in
order for us to sharpen our literary pens, we need to read other
peoples works. My appetite for
books has in the recent past
grown in leaps and bounds.
The best moment finally
comes when the writing bug to
pen something better catches
up with us. Kabaji calls it obsessive interest.
John Grishon says that before
one can be a writer, one must
possess some knowledge to
write about.
As a new writer, you must
be out to love; sometimes you
need to experience heartbreaks;
these experiences will accord
you something stimulating to
write about. You also need to
magically weave characters
along the subject matter that
you genuinely care about.
Most times when one decides
to write about a remote subject
because one feels like a word
smith, the characters may appear detached or mechanical.
As a consequence, we should
strive to write about something
that soothes our souls.
Writing is, indeed, a solitary
aair and those who prefer to
hold a bottle of liquor on one
hand and a pen on the other
should bid bye to this trade.
The writer teaches at Ngiya
Girls in Siaya County (oumaho
tienoh2009@yahoo.com
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WEEKS PICK
TODAY
Struggles
of
sportsmen
to keep
boxing
alive in a
country
where
public
lack of
interest in
the game
is only
matched
by that of
the State
and its
institutions
charged
with
keeping the
sport alive
angaira@ke.nationmedi
a.com
BY EUGENE MBUGUA
Nakuru to renovate
county theatre hall
BY EDDY KIMANI
FILE | NATION
Boxers from Nakuru Amateur Boxing Club stage a demonstration on Kenyatta Avenue in January following the death of their
colleague, Victor Andai, who was attacked and killed while jogging in Section 58. They called for the beeng up of security
in the area mostly used by sportsmen in Nakuru Town for training. A new lm, The Last Fight, that dramatises the plight of
boxers, was launched last week.
2012
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April 25, 2015
WORLD
VIOLENCE | Attacks on foreigners have left seven dead and about 5,000 displaced
PHOTOS | AFP
Though
acknowledging
role played
by Africa
in their
liberation,
there is
resentment that
foreigners
are getting
a better
deal than
locals
Foreigners cheer from the windows of their homes and shops as thousands march through the streets of
Johannesburg on Thursday against the wave of xenophobic attacks. Below: The men suspected of killing
Mozambican Emmanuel Sithole in a Johannesburg court on April 21.
BY JULIUS SIGEI
TO COMMENT ON THESE
AND OTHER STORIES GO TO
www.nation.co.ke
Lawmakers
sent home
to sing the
peace tune
CAPE TOWN, Friday
South Africas parliament will
be suspended from next week
to enable lawmakers to return to
their constituencies to spread the
anti-xenophobia message.
The move is the latest in a series
of government initiatives aimed at
quelling weeks of violence against
foreigners, which has left at least
seven dead and driven thousands
from their homes.
We cant carry on at Parliament like it is business as usual,
National Assembly Speaker Baleka
Mbete said.
A statement issued by parliament
stressed the need for tolerance.
Parliament adds its voice to the
all-round condemnation of violence
against foreign nationals, racism
and forms of intolerance, it said.
The dignity and respect we
should give to all people was
shown to us many times over by
particularly the people of Africa
during our own struggle for non-
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April 25, 2015
TRAGEDY | Experts say virus outbreak largely overwhelmed already fragile healthcare systems
Ebola epidemic
likely drove up
malaria deaths
Disease could have
caused an additional
11,000 deaths due to
collapsed services
PARIS, Friday
journal.
The ongoing Ebola epidemic
in parts of West Africa largely
overwhelmed already fragile
healthcare systems in 2014
making adequate care for malaria
impossible, said Patrick Walker
from Imperial College London,
the lead author of the study.
Walker and a team analysed
demographic and health survey
data for malaria prevention and
care from 2000 to March 2014
in Guinea, Sierra Leone and
Liberia.
They removed the eect of
treatment and hospital care to
estimate the potential impact.
The worst-case scenario,
assuming the Ebola epidemic
stopped all malaria care, yielded a
10,800
Number of people who died
since the outbreak began in
2013
Sudan hit by
worst measles
outbreak ever
BY MOHAMMED AMIN
NATION Correspondent
KHARTOUM
Liberian Health
Minister Burnice
Dahn washes her
hands as WHO Africa region director
Matshidiso Moeti
(right) waits her
turn during a visit
to a Monrovia hospital on April 22.
Researchers say
the Ebola outbreak
raised the number
of malaria deaths.
PHOTO | AFP
herever I go in the
world, immigrants
are the reason behind every calamity known
to man.
They bring Ebola to America.
They bring terrorism to Europe.
They are ruining the economy
in South Africa.
I thought of this as I read the
news that over 800 souls were
lost in the Mediterranean Sea
this week. They were part of
a regular illegal crossing from
North Africa to Europe.
I thought about this as I saw
video clips of Isis beheading
Christians on the beaches of
Libya, a country where many
begin their journeys overseas.
I thought about this as I
watched television reports
about murderous attacks in
South Africa on newly landed
immigrants who had set up
small shops in the cities of
Durban and Johannesburg.
In America, immigrants often
do the jobs that Americans
wont do.
You find them wiping tables in fast food restaurants.
You nd them in the hot sun,
putting new roofs on homes.
You nd them cleaning bed
pans in nursing homes. Youll
see them picking fruit in the
orchards of California.
The joke is that as soon as
one set of immigrants begins
to feel comfortable in America,
Author
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Nigerian Martin Anderson is escorted to court by police in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 19. Anderson
faces execution with nine other foreign drug convicts after they lost appeals for mercy.
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BUSINESS
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IN ASIA WITHOUT FANFARE
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INSURANCE | Increased national cover rates will be eective starting this month
Sh1,700
Monthly premiums workers
earning over Sh100,000 will
be deducted from their pay
Sh1.3bn
TransCentury
slides into
Sh2.3bn loss
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Delays in the execution of
projects has pushed infrastructure rm, TransCentury, into
the loss making territory. The
company suered Sh2.3 billion
loss in the 2014 nancial with
management saying earnings
were hit by a 36 per cent drop
in revenue of its Engineering
Division due to a number of
delayed works.
Total revenue declined by
13.5 per cent to Sh10.2 billion
in 2014 down from Sh11.8 billion reported in 2013.
TransCentury said the sale of
its stake in Rift Valley Railways
(RVR) contributed to the loss.
Through its subsidiary, Safari
Rail Company, TransCentury
sold its entire 34 per cent stake
at the Kenya Uganda Railways
on March 31, 2014, after the
investment failed to meet the
set return targets.
Challenging
Turnaround
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BY VINCENT AGOYA
@royagoya
vagoya@ke.nationmedia.com
An earth mover works on Nyali Road, in Mombasa, yesterday. The road expansion project was initiated by the Mombasa County government to ease congestion on the busy
link in the coastal town.
AT STAKE
Why Diageo is
ghting over label
Investment: Diageo notes that
it has invested over Sh80 million in advertising and promotion of Smirno Double Black
Ice Guarana. It therefore terms
Platinums move as infringement on its trademark.
Returns: Out of its marketing and promotion campaigns,
Diageo said it has generated
Sh700 million in sales since the
launch of the product a year
ago.
INVITATION TO TENDER
The Laikipia County Government is in the process of procuring the item below.
This is therefore to invite all interested bidders for the supply and Delivery of the
same
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ITEM DESCRIPTION
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(i)
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(iv) Manufacturers authorization letter
(v) Duly filled tender document as per the instructions.
(vi) Certificate of good conduct.
Invitation to tender documents, containing detailed terms and conditions can be
obtained from Supply Chain Management Offices during working hours upon
payment of a non refundable fee of ksh.1, 000.00.
EU lifts checks on
local bean exports
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENT
Kenyan exporters of beans
to Europe can breathe a sigh
of relief after checks on pesticides were lifted.
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis)
acting managing director
Esther Kimani said the plan
will not only save exporters
the expense associated with
laboratory analysis but also
accelerate accessing the
market.
This means that Runner
beans and French beans
will no longer be subject
to mandatory testing at the
European points of entry
for compliance with the EU
pesticide maximum residue
limits, Dr Kimani said.
This implies that the produce will get to European
consumers fresh and fast
and cut the cost of labora-
Sh6bn
Approved pesticides
Kephis is the government
arm charged with quality
assurance for agricultural
inputs and produce.
Since last years imposition of the condition, Kenya
embarked on working with
farmers in improving post
harvest handling and use of
approved pesticides.
The order had dealt a
blow to the lucrative export
business that had brought in
about Sh6 billion in foreign
exchange from in 2014.
Peas with pods (sugar
snaps, snow peas) are, however, still subject to the 10
per cent watch list and have
not been removed from the
mandatory sampling.
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11th May, 2015 at 11.00 am. The tender documents will be opened immediately
thereafter in the presence of candidate or their representatives who choose to
attend.
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENT
Safaricom customers were
yesterday aected by a daylong network failure that
disrupted SMS services.
The technical hitch means
that customers are experiencing delays when they send or
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28.00
15.00
11.75
73.50
150.00
110.00
15.60
56.00
78,200
2,000
9.70
9.00
17.35
5.30
5.50
23.25
17.45
60,400
116,600
79,600
500
300
22.50
9.25
570.00
17.85
23.25
125.00
20.50 2,320,800
9.20
195,400
570.00
4,400
17.90
22,000
23.00
106,500
120.00 10,000
61.00
5.55
16.10
60.00
5.65
17.25
19.55
19.50
1,100
131,500
7,700
58,700
135.00
711.00
20.50
319.00
4.50
2.25
50.00
1,162,000
200
17.20
14,060,100
17.30
11.00
9.75
3.05
700
19,100
785,900
152,900
56,500
11.10
9.80
3.05
1,500.00
1,900
19,700
134,200
NSE ALL SHARE INDEX (NASI)-01st Jan 2008=100 Up 0.97 points to close at 172.55
NSE 20-SHARE INDEX- (1966=100) Up 34.29 points to close at 5061.09
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sell
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sell
buy
sell
buy
sell
buy
sell
buy
sell
buy
sell
buy
sell
Euro
99.13
99.44
101.43
101.84
101.48
101.71
99.97
100.22
101.38
101.79
102.83
102.43
102.18
102.40
101.57
101.81
100.44
100.53
101.20
101.70
100.50
101.00
CBK RATES
1 US Dollar
1 Sterling Pound
1 Euro
1 South African Rand
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Ksh/Tsh
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Ksh/Burundi Franc
1 UAE Dirham
1 Canadian Dollar
1 Swiss Franc
100 Japanese Yen
1 Swedish Kroner
1 Norwegian Kroner
1 Danish Kroner
1 Indian Rupee
1Hong Kong Dollar
1 Singapore Dollar
1 Saudi Riyal
1 Chinese Yuan
1 Australian Dollar
$
92.30
92.50
93.35
94.15
93.95
94.15
92.25
92.40
93.80
94.20
94.13
94.33
94.05
94.25
93.95
94.15
93.75
93.80
93.70
94.10
93.50
94.00
136.42
136.81
141.30
141.78
141.35
141.69
136.45
136.77
141.19
141.75
142.65
143.05
142.25
142.60
141.47
141.77
140.93
141.86
141.10
141.70
140..60
141.20
Mean
94.0478
141.5558
101.5778
7.7243
31.9094
20.3354
7.3261
16.5874
25.6059
77.3737
98.2633
78.6714
10.8710
11.9806
13.6127
1.4833
12.1352
70.2295
25.0784
15.1752
73.0892
C$
77.28
77.57
77.32
77.52
72.92
73.10
77.21
77.57
77.61
78.01
75.14
75.61
77.33
77.50
76.60
76.36
77.00
77.50
76.70
77.20
SF
94.81
95.12
98.12
98.53
98.18
98.41
95.55
95.80
98.07
98.50
98.69
99.09
98.50
98.83
98.22
98.43
96.69
98.80
97.80
98.40
97.80
98.30
Buy
93.9644
141.4061
101.4717
7.7147
31.8279
20.2908
7.2771
16.4664
25.5797
77.2988
98.1451
78.5984
10.8580
11.9616
13.6001
1.4819
12.1244
70.1646
25.0478
15.1612
73.0198
IR
1.47
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.47
1.48
1.47
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.47
1.48
1.47
1.48
1.48
1.48
1.30
1.60
1.49
1.51
Apple says the watch will connect wirelessly to a users iPhone and will be the
interface for messaging, calls and apps,
especially ones geared toward health
and tness. Users can also send a realtime display of their heartbeat to another
Apple Watch.
Prices start at $349, with a limited-edition gold version costing $10,000. (AFP)
UNIT TRUSTS
11.10
132.00
705.00
21.00
319.00
4.30
110.00
2.25
45.50
FCB
17,500
500
13.75
11.00 Atlas Development & Support Services
8.00 Flame Tree Group Holdings Ord. 0.825
14.00
2.90 Home Afrika Ltd Ord. 1.00
5.80
Kurwitu Ventures Ltd Ord. 100.00
1,500 1,500
Equity
152,000
31,600
10,200
27,700
500
1,000
520,300
Insurance
40.00 16.40
7.50
12.40
599.00 301.00
21.00 16.00
26.00 15.10
142.00 101.00
Co-op
8.50
13.50
30.75
325.00
247.00
47.50
49.50
15.60
Previous
165.00 123.00
1050.00 521.00
37.00 19.60
355.00 250.00
2.65
5.35
192.00
4.40
3.85
1.35
56.50 22.00
17.50
Holding the packaging for the new Apple Watch, Makoto Saito (left) and her friend Kazumi
Oda pose after getting a new watch at a telecom shop, in Tokyo, yesterday.
JY
76.92
77.15
78.43
78.79
78.57
78.77
76.93
77.10
78.43
78.78
78.89
79.29
78.50
78.83
78.62
78.79
78.30
78.38
78.00
78.40
78.35
79.00
ZR
7.60
7.64
7.71
7.74
8.50
8.77
7.59
7.63
7.71
7.75
7.65
7.95
7.71
7.75
7.72
7.82
7.67
7.68
7.20
8.30
7.70
7.90
Selll
94.1311
141.7056
100.6839
7.7340
31.9908
20.3800
7.3751
16.7084
25.6320
77.4487
98.3812
78.7444
10.8840
11.9996
13.6252
1.4847
12.1459
70.2943
25.1090
15.1893
73.1587
Kenya Shilling
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Djibouti Franc
Egyptian Pound
Lebanese Pound
Libyan Dinar
Omani Riyal
Qatar Riyal
Saudi Riyal
Syrian Pound
UAE Dirham
Currencies are quoted against the US Dollar
Buy
11.40
9.92
94.91
98.59
11.05
207.05
152.99
214.31
169.06
14.89
414.98
188.78
51.44
101.81
140.47
22.78
142.97
144.69
124.95
195.82
13.91
111..77
164.59
65.00
10.61
124.48
6.33
131.12
133.99
119.02
100.26
99.55
161.89
138.02
114.44
98.82
101.48
10.85
10.13
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11.03
10.81
95.85
98.59
11.60
194.44
161.04
221.12
169.06
15.67
444.64
188.78
54.61
101.81
135.55
21.46
144.18
152.30
124.95
201.55
14.57
111.77
175.27
68.58
10.94
124.48
6.52
131.12
129.30
113.07
100.26
99.55
171.33
140.84
110.44
99.82
103.89
10.85
10.142
97.9434
0.3789
178.6
7.63
1506
1.3995
0.38496
3.6483
3.75
2149.45
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Promotion to Glory
Chief Francis
Morogo
Son of the late Rev. Daniel Kuria and the late Sarah
Njeri. Husband of Jane Wanjiku. Father of Denis Kuria,
Paul Kamau (KDF), David Kinuthia (Multi Tech), Mercy
Njeri, Grace Kariuki(Hand in Hand Foundation) and
Erick Murigi. Brother of Mungai, Simon, Ndungu,
Njau, Wanyoike, Wairimu, Peris, Susan and Wanjiku.
Grandfather of Louis, Tabby, Tiffany, Linet and Brenda.
Peter Njuguna
Mwai
Pst/Senior Chief
Thomas Kariuki
Kuria
William Kipkemoi
Langat
Woki Munyui
1921-21/4/2015
Maurice Amatta
Wambura,
MBS, AIG
Kanchanben Chandulal
Devji Shah
(Born In 1928)
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Chandulal Devji Karamshi Shah of Nishit &
Co. on Thursday 23rd April 2015 and his beloved wife, Kanchanben Chandulal Devji Shah on Friday
24th April 2015.
They were: Parents of Priti Satish of Epsom, UK and Nishit Chandulal of Nishit & Co.
Parents-in-law of Satish Ramniklal and Dipshikha (Dina) Nishit.
Loving grandparents of Adarsh, Ankeet, Pooja and Saajan.
Cortege will leave at 2 p.m. from Chandrami Hall, Oshwal Centre, Ring Road, Westlands Opposite
Nakumatt Ukay on Saturday 25th April 2015 for cremation at 2:30 p.m. at Hindu Smashan Bhumi.
Prayer meeting will be held on Saturday 25th April 2015 at 8 p.m. at Chandrami Hall, Oshwal
Centre.
May their souls rest in eternal peace.
OM Shanti OM Shanti OM Shanti
51
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April 25, 2015
Sport
2015 LONDON MARATHON | The 2013 winner Jeptoo also back from nagging knee injury
Strathmore Universitys Winnie Ingati (left) beats Cassandra Dacha of Simbarettes to the ball during Vaisakhi
tournament match at City Park Stadium on Thursday.
33
BY BRIAN YONGA
byonga@ke.nationmedia.com
Mary Keitany (right), her husband and coach Charles Koech (left) and upcoming athlete Andrew Kibet train in Iten last week. Keitany will compete in the London Marathon tomorrow.
New York Marathon though was about six
minutes slower than her personal best.
Keitany, the fastest of the elite women
lined up, acknowledges that the London
Marathon, which is the oldest marathon
making the six most competitive and lucrative big city races, has assembled the fastest
athletes this year.
I think it (London Marathon) has the
fastest women in the startlist this year. It
will not be easy, having eight women with
sub 2.20 and fast, it is quite competitive,
Keitany said as she nished up a 16km jog
with her husband Charles Koech last week.
Koech, who doubles as her coach says Keitanys body has reacted well since the training
began about four months ago.
Defending champion Edna Kiplagat has
two silvers in the race, having nished second
to Keitany in 2012 and to Priscah Jeptoo in
2013. Kiplagat (Edna) is the second fastest
ponyango@ke.nationmedia.com
Maseno School is determined
to reclaim the East Africa Secondary Schools basketball title
in Kigali in August.
These are the sentiments of
the schools head coach Paul
Otula who believes reclaiming
the national title they last won
in 2010 was already a gigantic
step towards achieving their
regional desires. Speaking for
the rst time since Masenos
3-2
Victory by Kenya Police
over Strathmore in
Vaisakhi Cup matches
tion to win it, Kaunda
said.
Also on course for the
semi-finals are visitors
Ghana Revenue Authority who top Pool A with
three points after beating
Greensharks in their rst
game. The West African
sides match against Impala was also rained o
and will be played this
morning.
In the womens event,
champions
Telkom
Orange and rivals Strathmore Scorpions will face
o again in the nal after
winning all their preliminary matches.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
52 | Sport
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
BEYOND
ROY EXPECTATIONS | A rags-to-riches story
GACHUHI
Budding boxers covered miles of road and bathed in their own sweat in the gym trying
to become like the Kenya ghters who eorlessly won the Commonwealth crown
Commonwealth champions, in the
process winning more medals than
its athletics counterpart.
That year, Boxing Illustrated, the
authoritative American magazine
accepted as the bible of the sport,
placed eight Kenyans among the
top 10 best amateurs in the world.
They were led by the peerless
national captain of the day, the
southpaw Kamau Pipino Wanyoike, who had won the prestigious
Thailand Kings Cup gold medal
three successive times.
The magazines other top Kenyans were Commonwealth Games
champions Ibrahim Surf Bilali,
Michael Spinks Mutua and
Hussein Juba Khalili followed
by John Duran Wanjau, Charles
Owiso, Mohammed Abdalla Kent
and the super heavyweight, James
Demosh Omondi.
There were only three countries
ranked ahead of Kenya in the amateur ranks in the world. They were
the United States, Cuba and the
Soviet Union, now Russia.
Id scarcely seen happier sportsmen. Budding boxers covered
miles of road and bathed in their
own sweat in the gym trying to
become like them. Their peers did
likewise, only they were sworn to
dethrone the famous champions
from their high pedestal.
At that time, Kenya used to raise
three powerful national teams simultaneously one could be in
Algiers taking part in an African
championship, the other in Thailand competing for the Kings Cup
and the third at home preparing
for the East and Central African
title.
I thought the future was bright.
But that was then. Along the railway line 33 years later, I came
upon four young boxers, two from
Nairobi and two from Nakuru. The
choice of Nairobi and Nakuru was
deliberate; the story of who we
were once upon a time and who
we are today reposes there.
Anywhere else is peripheral.
other.
Its a David versus Goliath
battle but so far the two coaches
are holding their own. But just
a little slip up and the hall that
gave Kenya Stephen Muchoki and
Robert Wangila and which today
is a beacon to many youths who
do not wish to get into drug and
prostitution rings, will be gone.
This hall has saved many lives,
Ndirangu says. That is why it
must be saved.
For us, it must be declared a
national monument. We wont rest
until the government does this. I
was taught that if you beat a man
with a club, he will return. But if
you beat him with justice, he is
gone forever. We shall beat land
grabbers with justice.
Among the many youngsters
whose lives Muthurwa Social Hall
has transformed is a young boxer
named Issa Mwangi (pictured),
who used to sleep inside parked
wagons because he was homeless,
who washed matatus to eke out a
living and who taught himself to
read and write and is today one
of 10,000 youths who are reporting to Kiganjo Police College
for training after the latest
recruitment. Issas story
shows indeed that the seemingly impossible is actually
possible. Over in Nakuru,
Madison Square Garden, the
club of Maxie McCullough where
Philip Waruinge, Sammy Mbogua,
John Nderu, Peter Manene and all
those others too numerous to t in
this space came from, the ght is
not an existential one. The
club is safe. In fact, it is the only
private members club with a ring
1982
Sport 53
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
VOLLEYBALL | Maiyo, Lusenaka leads their B team to easy victory over Burundi in Kampala
BY CLIVE KYAZZE
ckyazze@ug.nationmedia.com
3-0
Kenyas victory over Burundi in volleyball yesterdays 2015 All Africa Games
qualier matches in Kampala
Uganda is a competitive
side and despite the team
not being in contention for
qualication, we still want to
play for a win
David Lungaho, Kenyas
volleyball coach
sayodi@ke.nationmedia.com
Kenya won three gold medals,
ve silver and a bronze yesterday
as the second edition of the Africa
Youth Championships in Athletics
entered its second day in Bambous,
Mauritius.
The results brought Kenyas
medals tally to four gold, six silver
and one bronze after Emily Chebet
had led Sheila Chelangat to as 1-2
sweep in girls 3,000m on the opening day on Thursday. Perhaps the
most celebrated victory yesterday
was by Georey Kipngetich, who
clocked 52.29 seconds to claim
gold in boys 400m hurdles nal.
Emmanuel Kipyegon took bronze
in 53.52. The event featured for the
rst time in the championships.
Not only did Vincent Kipyegon
ensure that Kenya retained boys
2,000m steeplechase title in a
championship record time but he
also ensured a 1-2 sweep, with Nixon
Kiplagat getting silver.
Kipyegon crossed the line in a
championship record time of 5:36.43
ahead of Kiplagat in 5:40.72. Edwin
Melly won the inaugural 2013 event
in 5:42.18. Kimaru Tarus won boys
1,500m in a championship record
time of 3:41.36. Brimin Kiprono, who
won the Kenyan trials, ensured a 1-2
nish with silver in 3:44.56.
Kenya took silver in girls 800m
tand 100m race as well as boys
400m finals. Betty Chepkemoi
(2:10.11) was second in 800m as
Damaris Akoth (11.85) took silver
in girls 100m. Jaspher Ngeno collected silver in boys 400m after
stopping the clock in 47.85.
54 | Sport
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
BUNDESLIGA
LA LIGA
Tusker coach Francis Kimanzi. Right: AFC Leopards players (from left) Noah Wafula, Jacob Keli and Abdalla Juma in a celebratory mood
last season. Kimanzi will be chasing his rst league win as Tusker coach against Leopards when the two sides meet today at Nyayo.
dravko
Logarusics
exuberant demeanour
meets Francis Kimanzis
arrogant tranquillity this afternoon when AFC Leopards
clash with Tusker at the Nyayo
national Stadium.
There was uncertainty surrounding this fixture with
Leopards players threatening
a boycott over unpaid salaries
sportsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Kenyan Premier League
side Sony Sugar aim to break
a four-year winless streak
against Chemelil Sugar when
the sides clash at Awendo
Green Stadium today.
Sony, who will be without
goalkeeper Jairus Adira are
yet to win against Chemelil
Sport 55
SATURDAY NATION
April 25, 2015
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | Real face Juve, seeking to become rst club to keep title in current era
1992
Madrid
Barcelona ESP
2014: Quarter-final
Best: 4-time winner
Bayern Munich GER
2014: Semi-final
Best: 5-time winner
Head-to-head: W1-D2-L5
Juventus ITA
2014: Group stage
Best: Winner 1985, 1996
Real Madrid ESP
2014: Winner
Best: 10-time winner
Head-to-head: W7-D1-L8
FINAL: Jun 6, Olympiastadion, Berlin
Picture: Getty Images
GRAPHIC NEWS
dkwalimwa@ke.nationmedia.com
Struggling Nakumatt will entertain
Moyas at Kasarani in one of the six
Footbal Kenya Federation Premier
League matches this weekend.
Nakumatt, an outt bankrolled by
the largest chain of supermarkets in
the country, was widely expected to
dominate the competition this season,
especially in the wake of the acquisition of a number of big-name players
at the start of this campaign.
But alas, the likes of Ugandan Jimmy
Bageya and John Njoroge, formerly of
Poor run
EMOTIONAL OCCASION
Enrique: Guardiola
return is special
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique
admitted the return of club legend Pep Guardiola to the Camp
Nou when Bayern Munich face
the Catalans in the rst leg of
their Champions League seminal will be an emotional occasion for all involved.
Enrique and Guardiola played
together in the Barca mideld
during the 1990s and Enrique
then succeeded Guardiola as
Barca B team coach when he
moved up to manage the rst
team in 2008. Guardiola went
on to be the most successful
coach in Barcelonas history as
he won 14 trophies in a glorious four-year spell with what
is widely regarded as one of
the best teams in the history of
the game.
It is a special game because
Pep is on the other side, it will
be the rst time that he has
faced his Barca, it will be the
rst time that I have faced him
as a coach, which will be special for me, and I am sure it will
also be for my players, Enrique
said yesterday.
Barca will host the German
champions on May 6 before
travelling to the Allianz Arena
six days later. However, Enrique
dismissed suggestions that his
side had been the unfortunate
ones given the quality that
Bayern possess and having to
play the second leg away from
home.
In a draw like this I always
think the team that has to play
against this Barca has had little luck. Bayern aspire to win
everything like us and they
have the best coach. Pep is the
best because he has won many
titles, because of his style of
football and how he has adapted to a new country with a very
dicult language. (AFP)
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BY JOAN TATIA
OMUST DO LIS
OF THE WEEK
This is clearly
The Age of Self.
We each live in
a self-sufficient
bubble, each
doing all for
herself
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and I
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othing annoed m
high school English
teacher more
than the phrase
Me, Mself
and I, which one or
other of her teenagers
fashionabl used
to conve the
information
that she alone
would be
responsible
for carring
out some
task. Im sure
the teacher had a
suitable technical
term for the
mistake, but
unfortunatel I
remember nothing
about high school
English ecept
vowels, consonants
and Things Fall
Apart. owever, the
self-absorbed phrase
accuratel depicts the
direction that modern
photograph is taking.
This came home to
me when I recentl took
a local ight. As I boarded
the plane using the mobile staircase,
the queue in front of me suddenl
came to a complete standstill. The
embarking passengers had paused to
allow a plain-looking gentleman snap
a self-portrait using his tablet. The
photographic session did not stop
there. e hugged his tablet to himself
as he squeezed into his window seat
which, unfortunatel, was adjacent to
mine. Ever few minutes he stretched
out his arm (forcing me and the
gentleman seated in the aisle seat to
practicall fall into the aisle) and took
et another picture of himself.
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MAINFEATURE
Under
30 and n
CARGE
This week we talk to four women under the
age of 30 who are all founders of successful
businesses. B Joan Thatiah
My first year
saw me do a
lot of pro bono
work to prove
myself.
- Mary Njoki
Mar NjokI
anjiku Kariuki
Kandie, 30,
founder of
Waridi Events
Wanjiku lives b
a saing that her
father drummed
into her and her three siblings during their
childhood ears in Buruburu, Nairobi. She grew
up believing that anthing can be done, an
attitude that has seen her build a successful
corporate events planning agenc.
At rst, I imagined that being oung would
be a hurdle in m quest to build a business but
it has been a great asset. Because I was oung,
I could aord to take the risk of starting a
business. It also helped that man organisations
believed that our oung team could bring
freshness to their events, she sas.
The idea of Waridi Events was sown in a
Universit of Nairobi hostel room eight ears
ago. While nal ear students were planning
for job searches, Wanjiku, who studied actuarial
science, was dreaming of owning a business
and drawing up business plans.
I had seen a need for a platform for brides
and grooms to access wedding planning
information in Kena. Upon graduation, I
set up a website that was a director and an
information hub, she recalls.
er mother and her sister invested in
her business, but it was a hard idea to sell.
Slowl, the website transitioned to providing
wedding planning services and then eventuall,
corporate event planning services. With no
knowledge on running a business it wasnt
Janet Mwaluda
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I started with
three clients
who were all
my mothers
friends.
- Kui Munderu
Kui Munderu
the business rather than the nance one, she
partnered with her sister who is in charge
of the mone. Then she focused on putting
together a team of writers, editors and a
director.
All what she knows about production,
she sas, she has learnt on the job. It is a
competitive business. Shooting a pilot is the
rst part. Getting it on television is the other
part, she sas.
She also gets to travel a lot on the job
and eperience dierent cultures. She loves
to incorporate concepts she sees abroad in
her productions. The compan is working on
the nishing touches of a television series
the have been shooting for the past ear.
On running a production business at her age,
she sas, Its not eas but ou can make it if
ou keep our ees on the
bigger picture.
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Finall, the
meeting...
out
he
is the
head
chef of the
restaurant, Peter.
ow about some
teppanaki toda? he asks.
Well, we hadnt quite planned
it arr starts to sa.
Oh, dont
worr about it,
well give ou our
special house rate,
he winks, and then
turns to signal
the waitress and
asks her to get all
his raw food and
equipment read.
I am feeling a little
mied; I hadnt
quite planned on
staing out too long with arr
because it usuall onl takes about
half an hour before we run out
of things to sa he is so boring
but now that were going to have
a chef plaing with knives right
Everyone stops
what they are
doing to look at
us... including
Chantal and
Alex
before us
and fring up things on the table,
perhaps we might be able to just
sit in silence and enjo the show.
Eventuall, the waitress places
cutler and crocker in front of us
and Peter starts twirling his knives
around as he cuts up spices and
meats.
I actuall got to watch a real
teppanaki eperience in Japan
when I was there last ear, arr
sas, b wa of small talk.
Whats the dierence between
that and this? I ask him?
Well, the he starts, but then
I am distracted b the sight I have
been waiting for all evening Ale
emerging from the inner recesses
of the restaurant. From where he is
standing, he cant get a view of me
because we are practicall in a dark
RESEARCHCENTRE
BY JOAN TATIA
ow it works
The hurdles
saturday magazine
WOMANOFPASSION
Jigna Parmar
is the founder
of Pla Time
Kena, a
childrens
entertainment
compan. She
speaks to Jan
Thatah about
it.
er business is seasonal. She has learnt to spread her income through the ear.
She staed dedicated. Even when she started doing consultanc on the side,
she never got her mind o her business.
She reinvests in her business.
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Respectful barber
He respects
my head and
any man who
respects my
head deserves
and award,
surely
award at the Kena air Awards (did
ou know the have a hair award?)
This is where all hair specialists come
together and are judged on their skill
and he Sam beat hundreds of
barbers from all over this nation. (Yes,
m barber can beat our barber, etc.) I
wasnt surprised; he is dedicated to his
job and he respects it. Which means
he respects m head and an man
who respects m head (its not the
best shaped, to be honest) deserves an
award, surel.
To Sam and all those barbers out
there who make us look like esquires,
this is for ou. Continue doing what
ou gus do best: constantl make us
look better than we actuall are.
saturday magazine
M husband is
mistreating me
This week we counsel a housewife
who feels undermined and unloved
b her partner.
I have been married for
eight ears. M husband
and I agreed that I should
become a sta-at-home
mother after the birth of
m second born who is
now four. We also have
a si-ear-old, two-earold and 10-month-old.
M problem is that m
husband now despises me.
e pas the bills but he is
sting he made sure that
we moved to the cheapest
house and that we eat the
most basic food. e uses
most of what is left of his
salar drinking with his
buddies and he brushes
me o when I tr to tell him
to invest. e sas that all I
know is to give birth and
EPERT ADVICE
sacrice I made. I am so
angr and frustrated that I
keep snapping at him. I feel
that he has fallen short as
a husband and father. I am
not sure I love him anmore
but Im afraid of leaving.
Where can a woman with
four children and no job go?
I feel ver frustrated. What
should I do?
READERS ADVICE
11
NET WEEKS
DILEMMA:
I am a single mother of
an 11-ear-old daughter.
After the relationship
with her father, which
ended with him refusing
to take responsibilit for
making me pregnant 10
ears ago, I felt repulsed
b men, so I have not been
in a relationship since.
owever, last ear I started
dating a man who has
made me remember what
it feels like to be treated
like a special woman. We
get along ver well and I
would consider settling
down with him. e has
been asking to meet m
daughter but I feel it is too
soon. M daughter, who is
usuall awa at boarding
school, overheard me
talking to him on phone
the other da. I usuall
call him one so when
I hung up the phone, she
asked me defensivel who
he was. I eplained to her
that he is m bofriend.
She replied with hostilit,
saing that she doesnt
want a stepfather because
he will mistreat her, and
ran o to her bedroom
cring. I reall want this
to work because I know
he will make a good
husband and father, but
m daughter might be an
obstacle. ow do I make
her realise that he is a
good man, bearing in mind
that I feel it is too soon to
introduce her to him? I
do not want m daughter
to get stressed over m
dating life. Please help.
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STOCKISTS Clothing Garage, Chania Av, Kilimani, Nairobi. Tel: 0708 428 832
IG ON TE SIDE
FASHION&STYLE
EXPERT
TIPS
What to
do with
a fringe
saturday magazine
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Gr aual
lt t, Sh5,
Clthng
Garag. Blak
knn ant,
Sh2 4;
hunk lvr
nk-,
Sh1 3; lvr
bangl, Sh75,
all frm Mr
Pr.
Black slit
chion top with
print detail,
Sh500, Moselle
Eclusive. Gold
laered neck
chain, Sh750;
chunk gold
bangles, Sh750,
sold as set, both
from Mr Price.
Checked high
slit top, Sh1
800, Linen
& Khaki.
Gold shaped
earrings,
Sh350; gold
cut-out cu,
Sh450, both
from Mr Price.
HANDY FACTS
POINTERS
White printed
high slit top,
Sh1 800, Linen
& Khaki. Black
skinn pants,
Sh2 400; pearl
bracelets,
Sh600, sold
as set, all
from Mr
Price. Shoes,
model`s own
building, Nairobi. Tel: 0731 006 187 Linen & Khaki, 2nd Fl, Interna ouse, Tom Mboa St, Nairobi. Tel: 0715 823 259 Moselle Eclusive, Nairobi. Tel: 0734 032 916 / 0787 335 393 Mr Price, The Junction, Nairobi. Tel: (20) 386 1894
Colour
collection
12 saturday magazine
STOCKISTS Clothing Garage, Chania Av, Kilimani, Nairobi. Tel: 0708 428 832
IG ON TE SIDE
FASHION&STYLE
EXPERT
TIPS
What to
do with
a fringe
saturday magazine
13
Gr aual
lt t, Sh5,
Clthng
Garag. Blak
knn ant,
Sh2 4;
hunk lvr
nk-,
Sh1 3; lvr
bangl, Sh75,
all frm Mr
Pr.
Black slit
chion top with
print detail,
Sh500, Moselle
Eclusive. Gold
laered neck
chain, Sh750;
chunk gold
bangles, Sh750,
sold as set, both
from Mr Price.
Checked high
slit top, Sh1
800, Linen
& Khaki.
Gold shaped
earrings,
Sh350; gold
cut-out cu,
Sh450, both
from Mr Price.
HANDY FACTS
POINTERS
White printed
high slit top,
Sh1 800, Linen
& Khaki. Black
skinn pants,
Sh2 400; pearl
bracelets,
Sh600, sold
as set, all
from Mr
Price. Shoes,
model`s own
building, Nairobi. Tel: 0731 006 187 Linen & Khaki, 2nd Fl, Interna ouse, Tom Mboa St, Nairobi. Tel: 0715 823 259 Moselle Eclusive, Nairobi. Tel: 0734 032 916 / 0787 335 393 Mr Price, The Junction, Nairobi. Tel: (20) 386 1894
Colour
collection
14 saturday magazine
Inside
mumm brain
Pregnanc and new motherhood can wreak
havoc on our abilit to function. Florence
Bett eplains wh.
OW TO MANAGE PREGNANCY
BRAIN.
At work
Do you know
those people in
your team who
drag their feet
all day? That
was me. - Janet,
mother of two
DIARY OF A
WORKING
MOTHER
Siji is 3
years, 11
months a
26 days o nd
ld
today
Nann
cracks
the whip
saturday magazine
Possible pschosis?
It is many times
caused by
relationship
discontent,
poor intimacy
and power
struggles.
and pushed out of the hotel, the mob
cring for his blood. The accused
him of sleeping with one of his church
members, a married woman. The were
getting read to lnch him with a tre
when the Good Samaritan turned up and
rescued him.
Johns wife, Jane, had alread been
called b one of her friends who
informed her that her husband was
in danger. She was walking out of the
house to go to the hotel when the car
carring her naked husband arrived at
her doorstep. She jumped into the car
and ordered the driver
to proceed to the
seolog clinic. And
so here the were.
e is m
husband but
I think he is
ver sick! Jane
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HEALTH&NUTRITION
16 saturday magazine
Neat edges
If our hair is natural and ou wish to
wear an etension, blow-dr our
hair slightl and then appl stling
gel. The gel helps the hair sta
straight without an frizz parts
sticking out once the etension is
ed. If ou have ne hair at the
nape area, wear a low etension to
conceal this problem.
Natural
etensions
Get a weave that
looks like kink hair
for a fresh look.
NATURALHAIRCORNER
: Should I steam m
hair?
saturday magazine
PERSONALFINANCE
Wh ou should save
Are ou looking for the net quick deal
instead of putting mone awa? You are
doing it wrong. B Wak Nduat Omanga
planning
for the net
holida eperience.
It could also be the
condence of knowing
ou are empowering
ourself to making
nancial choices that
will ield returns. For
eample saving to
be able to invest and
acquire assets that
will work for ou. Do
ourself a favour:
dont procrastinate,
start saving.
Waceke runs
programmes on
personal nancial
management and
entrepreneurship.
Find her at
waceke@centonom.com| twitter @centonom
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RELATIONSHIPS
blouse or that skirt is too tight. Apparentl, sas Peris, her partner has even
threatened to walk out on her. e will
act mied and tell me not to dress a
certain wa or else hell not walk hand
in hand with me. I am not a school kid
and its reall annoing, she sas. Rather
than tone down, Peris sas that she
deliberatel wears what he objects to. I
cant tone down if I feel m dressing is
decent enough.
Is the eperience
the same for all
women when
it comes to the
things that irritate
them about men?
Simon Mburu
nds out.
Grooming
Whining
Some men
openly ogle
other women
in front of their
partners.
Financial tight st
Poor intimac
Mamas bo
Things
women hate
about their
men
selshness.
Ecess control
Roaming ee
saturday magazine
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EATING&OUTING
Despite wanting
service, this
restaurant serves
the best Kenan
food in the cit. B
Bon Vivant
Baraza Caf Rtaurant,
Shalm u,
Ngng Rad,
Narb.
Clueless waiter
EATINGIN
Method:
dont overmi.
Divide the mi between 3 20cm
baking tins and bake the laers
until
golden brown and cooked
through, about 30-45 minutes.
250ml cream
200g white chocolate
15ml cinnamon powder
200ml whipping/thick cream
(36% fat content)
Method
Caramel ingredients
1 cup sugar
180ml cream
90g butter
Method
MEETTHECHEF
A taste of heaven
Nanc Murugi
Kinua,
lecturer, TA
School of
Culinar Art,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Assembl
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FACT FILE
Stiing afternoon
Bountiful market
Sanaa Culture
April 25
Ma 9
SIMPLE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1.To wash the hair and the scalp
7.Chief town in eastern Nigeria
9.Bustle
11.Countried
12.Ancient measures each
approximately 18 to 20 inches
13.Poetic for before
14.A male swan
16.Type of goat, rabbit with very
long soft hair or fur
17.A large spoon for serving
food
19.A small enclosure for sheep,
etc.
20.A workers organization
21.A girls ball game of seven
aside
DOWN
1.Distance or area between
things
2.A sun-dried brick
3.Relevant or relating to the
matter at hand
4.Ones responsibility of doing
thing
5.The possessive form of us
6.Abbreviation for July
8.In abundance
Leisure
YESTERDAYS
SOLUTION
ACROSS
2. Grounds
8. Aria
9. Roue
10. Dragnet
11. Aide
13. Try
14. Ale
17. Scow
18. Snigger
20. Agog
21. Seer
22. Pansies
SUDOKU
Sudoku with Steers
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DOWN
1. Carat
2. Giddy
3. Rare
4. Urge
5. Non
6. Duello
7. Set
12. Iringa
14. Acres
15. Ewers
16. Eggs
17. Sese
18. Sap
19. Ion
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
COMPLEX CROSSWORD
ACROSS
House cleric organised for
partial gure (10)
6 Disagreeable family creating
fairytales, we hear (4)
9 Country lawyer featuring in
paper (5)
10 One in lodge scrawling
forenames (9)
12 It made one smart on board
in the main? (3-1-4-5)
14 Room Serb fashioned for
headwear (8)
15 Coverage obtained in
Germany for aircraft (6)
17 Foreign correspondent not
available for meeting? (3,3)
19 Plain verbal wit from a
former PM? (8)
21 Daughter into volunteering
possibly given to excess? (13)
24 Rank attacking action (9)
25 Tone adopted by cretin
generally (5)
26 Shout, Previously you should
take left and left again (4)
27 Night-time comforts
provided by feast in county (10)
DOWN
1 Piece of ribbon put under
second tree (4)
2 Instant maxim with time
forgotten a bit (7)
3 Dismay one inside with austere
allowance thats not right (13)
4 Whistleblower in Eastern
network, source of valued
stu? (8)
ANDY CAPP
CODEWORD
YESTERDAYS
SOLUTION
1 Groundswell
9 Outnumber
10 Apron
11 INephew
12 Asterisk
13 Plants
15 Paramour
18 Pipe down
19 Grasps
21 Teaching
23 Treble
26 Resit
27 Overdraft
28 Legal tender
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Each number in our Codeword grid represents a dierent letter of the alphabet. For example,
today 18 represents G so ll in G every time the gure 180 appears. You have one letter in the
control grid to start you o. Enter it in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your
knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the
letters, ll in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check o
the list of alphabetical letters as you identify them.
DOWN
1 Grown up
2 On Tap
3 Nauseated
4 Sobs
5 Eurostar
6 Lease
7 Moniker
8 Traitors
14 Applause
16 Air Bridge
17 Swan song
18 Petards
20 Sweater
22 Hotel
24 Brand
25 Peal
YESTERDAYS
SOLUTION
22 Leisure
YOUR STARS
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600am
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9.00am
Generation
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Ubongo Kids Show
10:30am
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Airtel Trace Music
Star
Finale
7:00pm
NTV
Jioni
11:00am
Teen Republik
7:30pm
Airtel Trace Music
Star
Finale
1:00pm
NTV at
1
9:00pm
NTV Weekend
Edition
1:30pm
Prankstars
10:00pm
Movie:
Hansel & GretelWitch
Hunters
2:00pm
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Sport
4:00pm
Scandal
5:00am AL-Jazeera
6:00am Workers Prayer
6:20am Tumsifu
7:30am Gods Empire Church
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7:30pm Block D
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8:30pm I-Seme
9:00pm WWE :Bottomline
10:00pm Irie-Reggae
11:00pm AL-Jazeera
5:00pm
Africa
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12:00am
CNN
Hansel & Gretel are bounty hunters who track and kill witches
all over the world. Fifteen years after Hansel and Gretel
defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her
dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters.
Hell-bent on retribution, they have dedicated their lives to
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WOMEN
Im Dorris amilton, 29 ears old, single
with one child, Christian, kind, loving,
working and living in Kena, seriousl
looking forward to meet a honest and
mature man, 38 ears and above for a
true relationship leading to marriage.
CALL/SMS 0732 785 630.
I am Candilarious, 30 ears old, humble,
caring, kind and hearted lad working
and living in Kena, looking for an African
man who is read to establish a lasting
relationship that will lead to marriage.
CALL / SMS 0732 902 482.
Dais Mueni, a 34 ear old, hardworking
focused lad, in a senior profession
based in Nairobi, holds a Masters
degree, Catholic, is looking for a partner.
Preferabl based in Nairobi, equall
hardworking, at least a graduate. Tribe
is not an issue. Email: daismueni2
@gmail.com.
Rosemar Miano, born in 1960,
professional lad working in Nairobi,
holds a degree, never married, no
dependants, brown compleion, average
size; wants a life partner preferabl from
GEMA, aged 50 ears and above, living in
or near Nairobi, professionall emploed
or in business, graduate, over ve feet
si inches tall, dark compleion. Email:
rosemarmiano18@gmail.com.
Charit Mwihaki, a 42 ear old lad,
born in Nairobi, holds an MBA working
in Nairobi, Catholic, with strong famil
values, abl taking care of her two
children.
Wishes to meet a man aged 42 to 52
290 624
Kimotho, 32 an accounts professional
in stable career, Nairobi, is seeking a
mature lad aged 25-32 from the house
of Mumbi. I am here again because most
of ou oung queens are marriageindecisive. Pra before responding.
M marriage adviser Pastor Patrick of
Covenant Marriage Pastor Facebook
page, runs a singles forum in Thika since
2000. Send our details onl 0725 290
624
Meet Paul, 44rs old widower and father
of two girls aged 15 & 19 rs. Am a God
fearing, honest and faithful Christian
leaving and working in Nairobi. Looking
for a lad with qualities of a wife. Call or
sms 0721 762 033
I am Isaiah aged 39, looking for a lad
between 35 & 40 for companionship
leading to marriage. She should be
of average height & curvaceous, from
GEMA communit. Should be working
(preferabl a teacher). Call/sms 0707 548
180 or 0734 293 348.
GEORGE Gachara, 34 professional/
businessman in Nairobi is seeking a
serious lad aged between 26-33 ears
with no kid (s), never married. Should be
a Presbterian from GEMA communit in
a professional career and or business lad
who is nanciall stable, working and
living in Nairobi. Call 0727 086 899 for a
serious relationship leading to marriage.
IV test a must.
JAMES, 50 is a legall divorced
professional in a stable job in Nairobi.
I am seeking a mature, honest and
hardworking Christian lad aged 40
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