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State of the economy
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CONTINUED ON PAGES 2 & 3
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
President Uhuru Kenyattas sig-
nature on the Marriage Bill yesterday
lifted all legal encumbrances stand-
ing in the way of Kenyan men and
the number of wives they desire.
With the signature, the male-
dominated National Assembly got its
By JACKSON OKOTH
jokoth@standardmedia.co.ke
Elections, poor rainfall and terrorism
weighed heavily on business last year ac-
cording to gures in the National Eco-
nomic Survey released yesterday.
The data shows that the economy
grew by just 0.1 per cent last year to 4.7
per cent a very slight increase from the
4.6 per cent recorded in 2012.
Devolution and Planning Cabinet
Secretary Anne Waiguru released the g-
ures yesterday, but there was some con-
fusion after the Government, for the rst
time, failed to indicate by how much it
expects the economy to grow in the next
Grew from 3.2
per cent in 2012
to 4.8 per cent
From 6.5 per
cent in 2012 to
7.2 per cent
Expanded by 5.5
per cent up from
4.8 per cent
Grew by 9.6 per
cent in 2013, up
from 9.1 per cent
MANUFACTURING
SECTOR
SECTORS THAT RECORDED DECLINE
SECTORS THAT RECORDED GROWTH
AGRICULTURE TOURISM TRADE ELECTRICITY & WATER
FINANCE
INTERMEDIATION
TRANSPORT &
COMMUNICATION
BUILDING &
CONSTRUCTION
1.3% 13% 1.5% 4.4%
1.6% 0.7% 5.5%
0.5%
Dropped to 2.9 per
cent from a revised
growth of 4.2 per
cent in 2012
Number of interna-
tional visitors fell
from 1.7 million to
1.5 million
Wholesale and re-
tail sector declined
from 9 per cent 7.5
per cent in 2013
Declined from 10.3
per cent in 2013
to 5.9 per cent last
year
New law
makes
polygamy
much easier
Pain of a mother: Mama Amina Suleiman shares the agony of losing her son, Aden Suleiman, to
terrorists who went on to drag his body along the streets of Kismayu, on September 1, 2012.
She wants sellers of DVDs of the gruesome act prosecuted. SEE STORIES PAGES 6 & 7
Election jitters, insecurity and decline in key agricultural sector sees economy expand by a
modest 0.1 per cent to register 4.7 per cent growth even as outlook for 2014-15 looks gloomy
Day Al-Shabaab dragged my sons body on Kismayu street
THE SCARS OF WAR
Untold Stories of
fallen KDF men
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS
How election
jitters, terrorism
slowed down
the economy
nancial year.
It is suspected the omission is due
to the Governments ongoing review of
the way in which it calculates eco-
nomic growth.
The revised matrix for working out
the growth takes effect in September
when it is expected that new gures
will be released to put Kenya at par
with middle-income nations.
But even the economic growth pro-
jections for Kenya by the World Bank
and the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) were missed in 2013.
FOURTH QUARTER
Kenyas growth was also well behind
that of neighbouring Uganda (5.6 per
cent), Tanzania (7 per cent) and Rwan-
da (7.5 per cent).
The outcome contrasts with the
rosy projections by a red up Treasury
last year.
We had initially projected a growth
of 5.6 per cent in 2013 but looking at
the last three quarters we are now look-
ing at the growth of about ve or 5.1
per cent. But that means we must grow
strongly in the fourth quarter, Mr Jus-
tus Nyamunga, the Director at Trea-
surys Economic Affairs Department,
said in May last year.
Regardless of this, Kenyas is still the
largest economy in the East African
Community, which also includes Bu-
rundi.
POOR RAINFALL
More ominous are fears that poor
rainfall in most farming areas during
the planting season, including in the
North Rift region regarded as Ke-
nyas grain basket and terrorist at-
tacks will hurt the economy again this
year.
Agriculture was the worst hit sector
last year, with farmers in the dairy,
sugarcane, coffee, tea and horticul-
tural sectors earning less from their
produce.
Growth in the agricultural sector
fell to 2.9 per cent from a revised
growth of 4.2 per cent in 2012, partly
38.9 million bags last year, while wheat
rose 19.5 per cent from 162.7 million
tonnes to 194.5 million tonnes last
year.
Rice production increased from
83,600 tonnes in 2012 to 90,500 tonnes
last year.
Production of fresh horticultural
produce rose 3.9 per cent to 213,800
tonnes.
Much of the blame for Kenyas eco-
nomic slowdown is being put down to
election jitters, rising insecurity and
insufcient rainfall in the fourth quar-
ter of 2013 that hit agriculture, the
main turbine in its en-
gine.
DEVOLUTION FEARS
Apart from wheat and
rice, other cereals re-
corded signicant de-
clines in production.
A fall in international
prices and erratic weath-
er affected earnings from
coffee, tea and horticul-
ture, pushing down Ke-
nyas economic perfor-
mance last year.
There was risk aversion in the rst
quarter as key parastatals and govern-
due to inadequate rainfall received in
some grain growing
regions.
While tea output
rose 17.1 per cent from
369,400 tonnes in 2012
to 432,400 tonnes last
year, earnings from the
domestic and interna-
tional market have
been on a decline.
Coffee production
dropped 18.8 per cent
from 49,000 tonnes in
2012 to 39,800 tonnes
last year.
Production of maize also fell 2 per
cent from 39.7 million bags in 2012 to
Kenya National Bureau of Standards Chairman Prof Terry Ryan and
Ministry of Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Ms Ann
Waiguru at Kenyatta International Conference Centre yesterday
during the release of Economic Survey Report 2014. [PHOTOS: MBUGUA
KIBERA/STANDARD]
Female graduate
teachers eclipse
males in jobs
BY GATONYE GATHURA
For the rst time, degree trained
female teachers surpassed their male
counterparts in primary schools.
According to the Kenya Economic
Survey 2014, the Education Ministry
took 83 per cent of the total recurrent
expenditure in the social sector with
much of this going to the Teachers
Service Commission mainly to service
remuneration awards to teachers.
The Government had also expect-
ed to spend a lot of money in the im-
plementation of the now stalled lap-
tops project for primary schools
which had been factored in last years
expenses.
The expenditure in the Education
Ministry went up by 17 per cent from
Sh260 billion in 2012 to Sh304.9 bil-
lion. However, the devolution of pre-
primary education functions to coun-
ties is indicated to have cut a bit on
recurrent expenditure for the na-
tional government.
The upgrading of teachers who
had completed degree and diploma
courses resulted in signicant in-
crease of graduate teachers in pri-
mary schools from 6,865 in 2012 to
19,273 last year, with the number of
degree holding female teachers sur-
passing their male counterparts, says
the report.
During the same period, the num-
ber of diploma teachers in primary
schools almost doubled from 15,569
to 34, 048 while this upgrade reduced
to zero the number of P2 teachers in
the country.
A similar trend in secondary scho
during the period, with the number of
female graduate teachers increasing
almost three times than males. Di-
ploma teachers in secondary schools
doubled from 3,579 in 2012 to 6,303
last year.
While during the same period the
number of enrolment into secondary
schools increased by 10 per cent, the
retention rate went down marginally,
which education experts say is a cause
for concern.
More girls than boys were unable
to complete secondary education but
still, there was an increase of girls who
sat for KCSE last year compared to
boys in the same period.
A signicant development in the
education sector during the period
was a dramatic enrolment in universi-
ties shooting up by 34 per cent last
year.
This is attributed to a signicant
upgrading of public universities and
introduction of new and more mar-
ketable causes. Courses approved for
private universities almost doubled in
the same period.
0.1 per
cent
2013 economy
growth
ment agencies withheld spending dur-
ing the transition to devolved system
of governance, said Waiguru.
Tourism suffered as international
arrivals fell by 11.2 per cent from 1.7
million to 1.5 million with tourism
earnings declining from Sh96 billion in
2012 to Sh94 billion last year.
WESTGATE ATTACK
The tourism sector was badly af-
fected by the various travel advisories
that were issued by many source mar-
kets owing to security concerns, said
Waiguru.
Signs of trouble for Kenyas econo-
my emerged in the third quarter of last
year (July-September) when increased
cost of living and effects of the West-
gate terrorist attack began to sink in.
The shilling also depreciated as the
county imported more than it export-
ed. During this quarter, the economy
grew at 4.4 per cent, compared to 4.5
per cent in a similar period in 2012
with various sectors such as agricul-
ture, hotels and restaurants registering
subdued growth.
On average the economy expanded
by 4.6 per cent during the nine months
period (January-September 2013)
compared with 4.4 per cent in 2012.
GROWTH RATE FOR
DIFFERENT SECTORS
Manufacturing grew by 4.8
per cent in 2013 compared to
a revised growth of 3.2 per
cent in 2012 partly due to
higher investor condence,
easing of ination and stable
exchange and interest rates
Cargo handled at the port
in Mombasa increased by
1.8 per cent to 22.3 million
tonnes
Kenya Railways carried 1.2
million tonnes of cargo last
year, 200,000 tonnes less
than in 2012
Mobile connections rose
from 30.4 million in 2012
to 31.2 million in last year
with Internet subscriptions
up from 8.5 million Mobile
money transfers also grew
from Sh672 billion to Sh914
billion.
Total installed electricity-
generating capacity increased
from 1,606.1 Mega Watts
(MW) in 2012 to 1,717.8 MW
in 2013
Kenyas economy recorded a modest growth of 4.7 % in 2013
Sh1.02 trillion
Total expenditure to stand at
Sh1.3tr in 2013/14. As a result,
the net borrowing is expected
to deteriorate
further to
a decit of
Sh300b
4.8%
The Sector sector
created 9,000 jobs
in the formal sector,
a 3.4 per cent increase of
the 271,000 jobs created
in 2012.
Sh914
billion
The amount of
money transacted through
the mobile money transfer
service grew remarkably
from Sh672 billion as
at June 2012 to Sh914
billion as at June 2013.
Down to 2.9%
Depressed performance of the rains
affected the sector, which is the sinlge
largest contributor to GDP
1.2m
tonnes
Railway freight
tonnage dropped
from 1.4 million
tonnes in 2012 to
1.2 million tonnes in
2013.
Sh1.02 trillion
Total value of mineral output
declined by 28.6 per cent from
Sh27.6 billion in 2012 to Sh19.7b
TRADE MANUFACTURING MOBILE AGRICULTURE
RAILWAY
MINING
ECONOMIC
SURVEY 2014
Continued from P1
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
Malaria cited as top killer disease
porting period.
But on the social scene allocations
to orphans, vulnerable children and
older persons went up dramatically
during the period. The funding for the
elderly went up from Sh1,519 million
in 2012 to Sh3,168 million last year. The
allocation to orphans rose from
Sh1,081 million to Sh4,763 during the
same period.
THE NUMBERS
According to the Survey, Malaria
accounted for 12.2 per cent (23,789
deaths) of registered deaths while
Pnemonia accounted for 11.8 per cent
(22,918 deaths) last year.
Cancer, Aids and tuberculosis fol-
lowed closely, crossing the 10,000
mark, taking the third, fourth and fth
positions. Each recorded 13,720, 11,448
and 11,186 cases respectively for the
same year. Other major causes of death
were anaemia (8,134), road trafc ac-
cidents (4,942), other accidents (4,857),
heart disease (4,544) and meningitis
(4,265).
It was also shown that the total
registered births increased by 8.6 per
cent from 801, 815 in 2012 to 870,599
in 2013.
Garissa, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiam-
bu, Kirinyaga and Embu counties had
coverage of over 70 per cent.
State sets new
formula to
gauge growth
apart from in Garissa Country where
registration reached 70 per cent.
Nationally, only about 60 per cent
of births were registered last year and
less than half of births were recorded
in the same period.
On the brighter side, there was an
impressive rise on the number of
people joining the National Insurance
Fund going up by more than 13 per
cent. Majority of the new members, 70
per cent, were from the informal sec-
tor; a factor attributed to a better co-
ordinated recruitment campaign.
The national government, the re-
port says spent less money on health
with much expenses having been de-
volved to the counties during the re-
By GATONYE GATHURA
and LONAH KIBET
Malaria, followed by pneumonia
were the leading killer-diseases in the
country last year. Having claimed more
than 46,000 lives, the ailments have
proved to be serious threats to the
economy.
For the rst time, cancer has sur-
passed Aids as the third largest killer,
having claimed 13, 720 lives compared
to 11,448 deaths caused by HIV.
According to the Kenya Economic
Survey 2014 comparative gures for
the last four years show Aids and ma-
laria to have been on a slow but steady
decline while cancer and pneumonia
and other respiratory disease have
been on the rise.
The other causes of deaths that
should get Kenyans worried are road
trafc accidents, which have been on
a steep rise, just approaching the 5,000
mark for the rst time.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
However, medical experts would
dispute some of these gures claiming
most deaths recorded as having been
caused by pneumonia, cancers and
respiratory illnesses are actually Aids
related complications.
But still, the report shows a lot of
births and deaths in Kenya are not be-
ing registered especially in arid areas
BY MACHARIA KAMAU
A new method of computing the
market value of goods and services
produced in Kenya is set to see the
economy go up by as much as half a
trillion once completed.
The countrys Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), which is the total
value of products and services, is set
to grow to Sh4.2 trillion from about
the current Sh3.7 trillion.
According to the Economic Survey
2014, the GDP estimate for 2009 is
Sh486.6 billion or 20 per cent higher
than the previous estimates.
The Survey dedicated a whole
chapter to the rational of reviewing
the computation of the GDP referred
to as rebasing which will give an il-
lusion that Kenya is a middle-income
country. Kenya National Bureau of
Statistics (KNBS) said the rebasing is
partially done and will be complete
towards end of this year.
The process of rebasing the GDP is
based on the 2009 gures and factors
new sectors that are not captured us-
ing the current methodology of com-
puting GDP.
These include certain aspects of
Information Communication Tech-
nology, mining, oil and gas. The latter
two are expected to bring about heavy
foreign direct investments in coming
years. The last rebasing was carried
out in 2001 and the economy includ-
ing its drivers are seen to have signi-
cantly changed in the over one de-
cade. The revised GDP estimate for
2009 is Sh486.6 billion higher than the
previous estimates. This translates to
a 20.6 per cent increase, read the
Survey. KNBS said the current revision
has taken four years since inception
and will be concluded by end of next
year.Under the new method, agricul-
ture is still the single largest sector but
its inuence slightly waned owing to
slowed growth and a rapid expansion
of manufacturing, communication
and real estate.
Why manufacturing sector grew by 5 pc
By FRANKLINE SUNDAY
Increased production of agricul-
tural produce particularly in the sugar
and horticulture sectors buoyed Ke-
nyas manufacturing industry above
the 2012/2013 slump caused by the
2013 General Election jitters.
According to data in the 2013/2014
economic survey released by Cabinet
Secretary for Devolution and Planning
Ms Anne Waiguru, output in Kenyas
manufacturing industry grew by 4.8
per cent compared to 3.2 per cent re-
corded in a similar period the previous
year.
The volume of output grew by 2.6
per cent during the same period and
this is partly associated with the po-
litical stability that prevailed after the
March 2013 general elections, read
the report in part.
The manufacturing sector created
9,000 jobs in the formal sector, a 3.4
per cent increase of the 271,000 jobs
created in 2012.
The total value of manufacturing
output stood at Sh1 trillion with value
addition and intermediate consump-
tion growing by 5.2 and 4.3 per cent
respectively.
The production of sh however
recorded a slump in the second year
running with a drastic 17 per cent
drop in output in 2013 while produc-
tion in the dairy sector rose by 4 per
cent with the improved performance
attributed to favourable weather con-
ditions during the year.
The increased demand for motor
vehicles saw the assembly of motor
vehicles, semi-trailers and building of
bus bodies grow by 3.2 per cent com-
pared to a similar period the previous
year.
Kenyas infrastructure and real es-
tate growth was once again evident as
demand for cement drove up growth
in the sector by 7.8 per cent in 2013
compared to 4.8 per cent recorded in
2012 translating to 5,059 tonnes.
A child is immunised against polio in Embu County. A report has shown that a
lot of births and deaths are not being registered. [PHOTOS: FILE /STANDARD]
GRIM PICTURE OF RISE
IN FATALITIES
From the Survey, it was also
clear that 2013 recorded the
most fatalities, (194,332)
compared to previous years,
2010-2012
Death registration level at
the national level rose by 3.5
per cent from 187,811 in 2012.
2010 and 2011 each recorded
185,100 and 182,652 deaths
respectively, read the survey
in part.
1.5m
Visitors
The number of international
visitor arrivals decreased
from 1.7 million in 2012 to
1.5 million in 2013, largely
blamed on travel advisories
and insecurity
1.5m
Visitors
The number of
international visitor
arrivals decreased from
1.7 million in 2012 to 1.5
million in 2013
46,000
Malaria followed by
pneumonia were the
leading killer-diseases in
2013 claiming more than
46,000 lives and proving
to be serious threats to
economy.
3% drop
Exports declined by 3% from Sh517.8b in 2012
to Sh502b last year, while imports increased by
2.8% from Sh1.4tr in 2012 to Sh1.4tr last year
Sh305b
The expenditure in the education ministry
went up by 17 per cent from Sh260b in 2012
to Sh304.9b. However, the devolution of pre-
primary education functions has cut recurrent
expenditure for the national government.
TOURISM TRANSPORT HEALTH TRADE
EDUCATION
ECONOMIC
SURVEY 2014
population than to poverty incidence
in a given area.
A county with a high population
and low poverty incidence may have
a higher contribution to national pov-
erty than one with less population
even if it has a high poverty inci-
dence, reads part of the report.
According to the survey, Kakamega
County, which is ranked the highest,
has poverty index of 4.77 per cent
while Lamu has 0.19 per cent.
The top ve contributors to na-
tional poverty are Kakamega, Mande-
ra (4.69), Turkana (4.13), Nairobi (3.94)
and Bungoma with 3.79 per cent.
Lamu, Isiolo (0.73), Kirinyaga
(0.79), Taita Taveta (0.82) and Tharaka
Nithi (0.87) per cent are the lowest
contributors to the national poverty
index. According to the 2009 national
census, Kakamega has a population of
1.64 million and Mandera, Turkana,
Nairobi and Bungoma have 927,605,
801,346, 3.06 million and 1.35 million
respectively.
The report indicates that poverty
incidences per county ranged from a
low of 21.8 per cent in Nairobi to a
high of 87.5 in Turkana.
This implies that two in every 10
people in Nairobi live below poverty
line compared to nine in every 10 peo-
ple living in Turkana County.
Additionally, poverty rate in Nairo-
bi is approximately half the national
average 45.2 per cent, while Turka-
na has almost double the national
poverty incidence.
The results also show that Wajir
and Mandera in Northern Kenya have
high poverty incidences of above 80
per cent while those with low poverty
rates of below 30 per cent are Kiambu,
Kirinyaga and Nyeri counties.
BELOW THRESHOLD
Counties like Siaya (38.2), Kisumu
(39.9), Trans Nzoia (41.2), Machakos
(42.6), Bungoma (47.3), Laikipia (47.9),
(Homa Bay) 48.4, Kakamega (49.2)
and Migori (49.6) per cent have pov-
erty indices ranging from 38 to 50 per
cent respectively. The poverty line is
a threshold below which people are
deemed to be poor. The poverty gap
shows how far off individuals are from
the poverty line.
According to the results, nearly ve
in every 10 people in the rural areas
are poor compared to only three in 10
in urban areas.
Page 4 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Report lists counties with
highest levels of poverty
By RAWLINGS OTIENO
Kakamega County contributes to
the national poverty index 25 times
more than what Lamu contributes, a
new report has shown.
The Economic Survey 2014 indi-
cates that a county with a high popu-
lation of poor people contributes im-
mensely to the national poverty
index.
The survey states that the contri-
bution to the national poverty indica-
tor is dened as the number of poor
people in a county expressed as a per-
centage of the total number of poor
people in the country.
The indicator is more sensitive to
Stakeholders keenly follow release of the 2014 Economic Survey Report at
Kenyatta International Convention Centre, yesterday. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/
STANDARD]
It states that a county
with high population
and low poverty
incidence may have a
higher contribution to
national poverty
By NICHOLAS WAITATHU
Depressed rainfall patterns in
most grain growing parts of the coun-
try last year contributed to 1.3 per
cent decreased growth in the agricul-
ture sector.
Launching the Economic Survey
2014 yesterday in Nairobi, Devolution
Cabinet Secretary Ann Waiguru con-
rmed that growth in the agriculture
sector decelerated to 2.9 per cent
from a growth of 4.2 per cent in
2012.
Even though low rainfall patterns
instigated the low production, other
factors such as high cost of produc-
tion and processing in some sectors,
and low international prices occa-
sioned the same.
Most of the cereal crops recorded
signicant decline in production dur-
ing the review period apart from rice
and wheat. For example, maize pro-
duction decreased from 39.7 million
bags in 2012 to 38.9 million bags in
2013. Over the same period, produc-
tion of beans decreased from 6.8 mil-
lion bags to 6.1 million, she said.
Following the depressed output of
major crops, the total value of mar-
keted agricultural production de-
clined from Sh344.6 billion in 2012 to
Sh334.7 billion in 2013.
The decline in international coffee
prices together with lower produc-
tion resulted in 29.2 per cent decrease
in earnings from Sh15.4 billion in
2012 to Sh10.9 billion in 2013. The de-
cline was further triggered by rising
costs of farm and processing inputs.
DEFIED ODDS
Waiguru indicated that a number
of subsectors dared the drought pe-
riod to record increase both in pro-
duction and value.
For example, a notable increase
was recorded in the output of pro-
cessed milk products following an in-
crease in the volume of milk deliver-
ies to processors.
And the value of wheat increased
from Sh5.6 billion in 2012 to Sh6.9 bil-
lion in 2013 while the value of mar-
keted sugar cane increased by 13.4
per cent from Sh21.7 billion in 2012
to Sh24.6 billion in 2013.
See related stories on page 42
By STANDARD REPORTER
There were more than 742,000 jobs created last year,
majority by the informal sector.
Increase in number of jobs created in 2013 was attrib-
uted to growth in labour intensive sectors.
According to the Economic Survey 2014 released yester-
day, the total number of persons enrolled in both formal
and informal sectors increased from 12.8 million in 2012
to 13.5 million in 2013, translating to 742,800 new jobs.
The formal sector recorded 116,000 new jobs, 26,300
jobs of which were by the Government.
This means more than 600,000 jobs were created by the
informal sector.
Despite being essential in employment creation, the in-
formal sector has largely operated with little support from
the Government, which has to a large extent failed to offer
a conducive environment including the operationalisation
of essential legislation as well as putting in place infra-
structure.
The document detailing the performance of Kenyas
economy last year notes that employment in Government
was fuelled by the implementation of devolution, which
has resulted in county governments hiring in large num-
bers.
The expansion of jobs in the public sector was mainly
attributed to the recruitment in the devolved structures
and employment of more teachers, adds the report.
Agriculture production drops
after rains fail, prices fall
Over 600,000 jobs created in informal sector
ECONOMIC
SURVEY 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard Page 6 / NATIONAL NEWS
Untold stories of
the fallen KDF men SCARS OF WAR
Mother speaks about
shocking incident
which turned her
world upside down
BY PAUL WAFULA
and NYAMBEGA GISESA
On the morning of September 1,
2012, the world woke up to shocking
footage of Al-Shabaab militants drag-
ging the bodies of men in military
uniform in the streets of Kismayu.
The militants had forced families to
come out of their homes to watch them
lugging the bodies leashed on cars.
Kenyans were being subjected to same
humiliation that Americans endured
in 1993 when warlords dragged muti-
lated bodies of US soldiers through the
streets of Mogadishu.
The Twitter handle for Al-Shabaab
even referred to the infamous Battle of
Mogadishu in 1993, saying Just like all
invaders before them, #Kenyan sol-
diers were mercilessly dragged in the
streets of Kismayu by an angry mob.
One of the bodies tied to a vehicle
driving through the streets was that of
Private Suleiman Adan, the son of a
soldier from Isiolo, who was barely out
of his teens by the time he was enlisted
in the military.
The Kenya Defence Forces prom-
ised Kenyans that they would do every-
thing possible to have Suleimans body
brought back home for burial.
Although, nding the remains of
their son was supposed to dry their
tears and bring closure to their three-
month nightmare, the scars in their
hearts remain fresh.
One-and-a-half years after Sulei-
mans remains were brought home and
laid to rest, the pain is yet to go away.
My son grew up wanting to be a
soldier and to serve his country, his
mother Amina says, her face aged by
the ordeal. Often, she breaks down
when memories of her son ood back.
He was only 23-years-old when he was
killed.
Amina leads a quiet life alone in
Isiolo town, nursing painful wounds
from the 30 months of war. She heard
about the existence of a DVD showing
her son being dragged through the
streets. She went out, bought one and
inserted it into her player and held the
remote. I just could not watch it.
Suleiman had worked for two
years before he went to Somalia and
never came back. He had great plans
for this family and when he got the job,
we were hopeful that they would be
fullled, she says.
A footballer, Suleiman had bravely
followed in the footsteps of his father,
Adan Idema, also a soldier who is cur-
rently deployed in South Sudan for
peace keeping. He went to Isiolo Boys
and St Kizito Primary school.
Since the start of Operation Linda
Nchi on October 11, 2011, the blood-
bath at Miido has been one of the low-
est moments for KDF.
On August 31, 2011, men from the
Eldoret-based 9KR battalion under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel Has-
san left Afmadow for the 90km match
towards the epicentre of the war Kis-
mayu.
But they were attacked from all
sides a few kilometres after Afmadow,
leaving one of the platoon command-
ers, Lieutenant Francis Muthini, Pri-
vate Joseph Nditika Nyamu, Private
Martin Kimngich and Corporal Charles
Ndemo dead.
Private George Karari and Suleiman
never returned to base after combat.
The military classied them as missing
in action (MIA).
SOCIAL MEDIA
Hours after the attack, KDF de-
ployed more men including a team
from its highly trained Special Regi-
ment unit to search for the missing.
At the crack of dawn, the militants
with a penchant for social media,
posted pictures of the badly mutilated
body of Suleiman on Twitter and Face-
book. His body was later discovered in
a mass grave with the help of residents
of Kismayu after the port city was liber-
ated by KDF.
It was transported to the Armed
Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi
for DNA analysis. It was later released
to his family for burial, nearly three
months after his death. He was buried
at Jamia Mosque Cemetery in Isiolo
town.
Suleimans family is reluctant to talk
about his death. They fear this can
bring back painful memories. The fam-
ily learnt of his horric death through
the Internet, throwing his mother and
sister into their own private battle. It
has been a silent war at home that has
gone unnoticed for nearly two years.
It is a struggle to erase the horror of
Suleimans death. The tormenting im-
ages of him being dragged in the streets
are replayed like a bad movie every
night.
Al-Shabaab has portrayed the on-
going war in Somalia as a religious
ght against Islam. They describe the
Muslims, who are not on their side as
Kar, an Arabic word used in an Is-
lamic doctrine to refer to a traitor, an
indel, an unbeliever or a disbeliever.
The militants view KDF as a foreign
force occupying Somalia.
Yet, ironically, Suleiman was a Mus-
lim. According to the terror group, he
should not have gone to Somalia. They
argued that he endured the most pain-
ful death because he was Muslim.
The family is reminded every morn-
ing of Suleimans death whenever they
walk in the streets of Isiolo town. Ami-
na feels deeply betrayed by some
members of her religion who branded
her son a Kar.
My son was called a Kar yet he
was out there serving his country. I
raised him and I know Suleiman has
never stopped being a staunch Mus-
lim, she says. So it torments me so
much when his faith is put to question
just because he was ghting in Soma-
lia. He was not ghting Muslims.
But her nightmare does not end
with the terror groups and Muslims
who branded her son an unbeliever.
They are accentuated by the ruthless
and heartless businessmen who are
making money out of her sons pre-
dicament.
They openly sell the videos of my
son being tortured in Kismayu in small
video kiosks in the streets of Isiolo
town. How do you think a mother can
feel when people of my faith nd plea-
sure in watching how my son was tor-
tured?
We bought the DVDs at Sh300 out-
side Isiolos Jamia Mosque. The vendor
asked if we wanted a DVD of the late
Sheikh Aboud Rogo preaching or the
one with the beating of KDF in Kism-
ayu. My prayer is that the Government
would one day appreciate the pain I go
through and stop these businessmen
from distributing the videos, she
says.
Rahma, 23, Suleimans younger
sister says that though her father is a
soldier, she cannot stand watching a
man in military uniform. It opens
oodgates of pain. I do not want to
hear the word Somalia. It is like every-
thing starts afresh when someone talks
about Somalia. I avoid watching TV,
she says.
pwafula@standardmedia.co.ke
ngisesa@standardmedia.co.ke
Fallen KDF
soldier Sulei-
man Adans
sister (left) and
mother. RIGHT:
The late
Suleiman Adan.
[PHOTO:
STANDARD/
COURTESY]
The day they dragged my sons
body in the streets of Kismayu
4
DAY
ARMY
WIDOWS
My wedding
gown arrived
two weeks
after my
ancs
burial, only
in your copy
of
Tomorrow.
Page 8 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Go ye and marry many wives, new law says
riage. According to the Act, marriage
is the voluntary union of a man and a
woman, whether in a monogamous or
polygamous union, registered under
the Act.
The National Assembly passed the
controversial law last month in a heat-
ed session that saw women MPs storm
out in protest. The MPs allowed an
amendment that denies a jilted lover
the right to seek damages and anoth-
er that gives men a free hand to take
second wives to go through.
This now means that a provision
that required a partner who had
promised marriage to pay damages in
the event they do not honour the
promise, will no longer be applica-
ble.
Women will also be roped into the
sharing of maintenance costs for chil-
way and so just as with cars, which all
come with individual registration
plates, men now can have as many
marriage certicates as the number of
wives they marry.
This is because for the rst time,
monogamous and polygamous mar-
riages equally have the force and
guarantee of legal recognition and ex-
istence.
But for men who want to increase
their domestic brood, there is an un-
stated caveat anchored on personal
considerations; they would still have
to contend with the reaction of their
religious guides and the economic
burden that comes with each extra
mouth to feed in a household.
That notwithstanding, there is one
thing that should make many men
smile today a husband in a custom-
ary marriage will not be required to
seek the consent of his wife before
taking on a second wife as this earlier
clause was repealed before Parlia-
ment passed the Bill sent to the Presi-
dent.
While polygamy was not illegal, a
marriage certicate could be issued
only for a monogamous union.
The Marriage Act (2014) denes
various types of marriages including
monogamous, polygamous, custom-
ary, Christian, Islamic and Hindu.
The new law for the rst time
brings civil law, in which a man is al-
lowed only one wife, into line with
customary law by providing for the
same legal status in the case of polyg-
amy as that of a monogamous mar-
dren in cases of divorce. Male MPs
had ganged up to delete the clause
that had required a husband in a cus-
tomary marriage to seek consent from
his wife before marrying a second
one.
Leader of Majority Aden Duale,
Justice and Legal Affairs Committee
chairman Samuel Chepkonga, Gem
MP Jakoyo Midiwo and Suna East MP
Junet Mohamed were vocal in sup-
porting the deletion.
They argued that it was against
tradition to seek consent to marry a
second wife and claimed their female
colleagues had ulterior motives in try-
ing to push for the clause.
When you marry an African wom-
an, she must know the second one is
on the way, and a third one this is
Africa, Junet argued.
I want my Christian brothers to
read the Old Testament; King David
and King Solomon never consulted
anybody to marry a second wife. Du-
ale added. Narok Woman Representa-
tive Sopian Tuya argued that for the
sake of peace, it was important that
men seek their wifes consent to take
another one.
MAN ENOUGH
At the end of the day, if you are the
man of the house and you choose to
bring in another party (and there may
be two or three), I think it behoves you
to be man enough to agree that your
wife and family should know, she ar-
gued.
Priscilla Nyokabi (Kiambu) unsuc-
cessfully pushed the argument that it
was important that the amendments
be defeated for the sake of family uni-
ty.
If you choose to marry, it is im-
portant you inform your wife that you
are taking another partner. For the
sake of cohesion, it is important to in-
form all the parties, she said.
But Benjamin Washiali (Mumias)
supported the changes, saying he was
a product of a second wife.
SEIZING PROPERTY
Midiwo claimed that women op-
posed to the amendments were only
interested in seizing family property.
The law also provides for parties in
marriage to meet the maintenance
costs for children in cases of divorce.
The Act, which consolidates vari-
ous laws relating to marriage, pro-
vides procedures for separation and
divorce. It also regulates the custody
and maintenance of children in the
event of separation or divorce.
The MPs had also amended the
Bill to make it mandatory for those
who want to stop a Christian marriage
to put their reasons in writing despite
opposition from other MPs that it
might discriminate against Kenyans
who dont know how to write but have
valid reasons to stop an intended
marriage.
It states that parties to a marriage
have equal rights and obligations at
the time of marriage, during the mar-
riage and at the dissolution of the
marriage. All marriages registered un-
der the Act have the same legal sta-
tus.
POLYGAMY NOW
RECOGNISED BY LAW
For the frst time, monogamous
and polygamous marriages equally
have the force and guarantee of le-
gal recognition and existence
While polygamy was not illegal,
a marriage certifcate could be is-
sued only for a monogamous union
But for men who want to increase
their domestic brood, there is an
unstated caveat anchored on per-
sonal considerations; they would
still have to contend with the reac-
tion of their religious guides
Continued from P1
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Page 9
BY WILFRED AYAGA
A parliamentary committee
has approved Government
plans to pay off Sh1.4 billion
owed to two companies associ-
ated with the infamous Anglo
Leasing contracts.
The joint committee on
Budget and Appropriations,
and Finance voted to allow the
Government to pay the money
to Merchantile Securities Cor-
poration and Universal
Satspace LLC.
But the decision will be
considered when the report is
tabled this afternoon in the
House where it is likely to raise
a storm because the opposi-
tion has vowed to reject the
payments.
The committee resolved to
give the Government the green
light to make the controversial
Committee approves
Anglo Leasings Sh1.4b
Joint committee
members want
the Government
to pay for non-
existent projects
payments, which have been
pending since last year when
the Government lost two court
appeals against the two com-
panies.
The joint committee ad-
opted the report on the back of
arguments by the Treasury that
the Government was staring at
the possibility of its property
abroad being attached should
it fail to honour the court deci-
sions awarded in Swiss and
British courts.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary
Henry Rotich appeared before
the committee earlier in the
day accompanied by Solicitor
General and told the commit-
tee that the Government has
no option but to pay.
GOVERNMENT ASSETS
It is important to note that
the Government has a notica-
tion for the attachment of
Government assets. Therefore,
failure to pay the negotiated
amounts will result in the at-
tachment of its assets abroad,
said Mr Rotich.
The cases are accruing
interest at the rate of Sh264,000
per day. On an annual basis,
the Government would be lia-
ble to pay an additional Sh96.6
million, Rotich told the com-
mittee. He said the Govern-
ments efforts to oat a sover-
eign bond in the international
market were being harmed by
delay in making the pay-
ments.
We estimate that the cost
of not paying could potentially
reach Sh20 billion, arising from
higher domestic interest rates.
Without the issuance of the
sovereign bond, domestic in-
terest rates are likely to be
higher for both private and
public sector, he said.
While members allied to
the Jubilee coalition supported
the payments, those allied to
the opposition, CORD, voted
to have the report thrown out.
Among those who sup-
ported the report were Jim-
myAngwenyi (Kitutu Chache
North), Johnson Sakaja (nomi-
nated) and Jamleck Kamau
(Kigumo). Four members op-
posed this, among them Timo-
thy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba)
James Nyikal (Seme) and Jared
Opiyo (Awendo).
The allegation that this is
the only Government that is
paying for the so-called Anglo-
Leasing contracts is incorrect,
Rotich said.
LSK Chief Ofcer Apollo Mboya, Chairman Eric Mutua and lawyer Willis otieno at a press brieng
yesterday. LSK has warned against paying Anglo Leasing. [PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]
Page 10 /NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
BY MOSES MICHIRA
Lawyers have threatened private prosecution
on any ofcer involved in the payments to An-
glo Leasing companies.
Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Chairman Eric
Mutua has warned top ofcials at the national
Treasury that they would be held individually
liable for payments for the controversial con-
tracts.
If these payments are made, then the Law
Society of Kenya shall take out private prosecu-
tion against all persons who contractually com-
mitted the country to such payments, said Mr
Mutua in a statement.
LSK has also demanded that Kenyas argu-
ments and submissions in the Swiss court that
awarded the Anglo Leasing rms to be made
public. Sharing the arguments could be a sig-
nicant step in unraveling a case that is billed to
be Kenyas biggest corruption scandal and pos-
sibly the deepest mystery.
Mutua faulted the Geneva court in awarding
the shoddy companies, citing that a corruptly
entered contract could not be enforced.
It is feared that the 18 Anglo Leasing con-
tracts that were cancelled in 2004 could poten-
tially cost the taxpayer Sh125 billion. So far, two
of the rms were awarded Sh1.4 billion in De-
cember following inability of the State to defend
its decision to cancel the suspicious contracts
ten years ago.
An even bigger mystery is exactly how much
Kenya is exposed in the court cases following
cancellation of the contracts. Top ofcials have
been issuing contradicting gures on how much
the country could be paying, with amounts vary-
ing from Sh1.4 billion to Sh125 billion.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich
disclosed in February that the State needed to
settle Sh125 billion owed to the Anglo Leasing
related rms to forestall endless legal battles.
He has now changed his stand and says Kenya is
ready to pay Sh1.4 billion.
LSK to sue individuals making payments
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Page 12 / NATIONAL: PARLIAMENT
The team wants the State
not to pay Essar during
their exit since they failed
to upgrade and modernise
the renery as per the
agreement
It wants the State to fast-
track development of a
modern renery to cater
for national consumption
and export, noting delays in
modernisation of the ren-
ery had contributed to high
pump prices
It wants Essar to under-
take a cleanup before mov-
ing out. It urges Nema to
assess the environmental
impact at the renery and
ensure Essar undertakes
the cleanup
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Esther Koimett John Mruttu Patrick Nyioke
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
House team wants top State
offcers probed over refnery
PIC wants anti-
graft agency to
probe offcials
over alleged
skewed agreement
favouring Essar
By MOSES NJAGIH and
ROSELYNE OBALA
A parliamentary watchdog
committee wants the anti-
corruption commission to in-
vestigate a governor, the In-
vestment Secretary and a
former PS over a skewed Kenya
Petroleum Renery Limited
shareholder agreement.
In a report tabled in the
National Assembly yesterday,
the Public Investment Com-
mittee (PIC) recommends that
the Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission (EACC) should
launch investigations into how
the ofcers allegedly devel-
oped the skewed agreement
which favours Essar Energy
Overseas Limited, a Mauritius
rm at the centre of a sus-
pected scam in the renery
upgrading.
The team wants Investment
By ROSELYNE OBALA
Mumias Sugar Company (MSC) is
at the center of investigations over the
inux of illegally imported sugar in
the country.
Parliamentary Committee on Ag-
riculture was told that the company
has been constantly circumventing
the law by importing and re-packing
sugar, which they later sell to Kenyans
at an exorbitant price. The illegal im-
ports are a threat to the survival of
other industries and six million cane
farmers.
Following the revelations, the MPs
raised a red ag on the impact of the
illegal exercise in the country, warn-
ing that if not urgently addressed, it
would kill the sugar industry and push
cane farmers out of business.
They raised concern that since
2008, a total of 50 metric tonnes of
sugar amounting to about Sh201 mil-
lion have found way into the local
market.
The committee chaired by Adan
Mohammed Nooru also took to task
Inspector General of Police David
Kimaiyo and Criminal Investigations
Directorate (CID) Director Ndegwa
Muhoro over failure to apprehend
sugar barons. The legislators noted
that for years, MSC has continued to
import sugar into the country and
even repackage it yet no action has
been taken against it.
They informed the top security
ofcers that the company between
2006 and 2008 failed to export sugar
to Uganda (3432 metric tonnes), Su-
dan (501 metric tonnes), Rwanda (300
metric tonnes), and Democratic Re-
public of Congo (50 metric tonnes).
Mumias Sugar in a spot over illegal imports
Adan Mohammed
>>
House
Diary
Debate:
National
Police Service
Commission
Amendment Bill
Debate:
Tabling
of budget
estimates
By JAMES MBAKA
and FELIX OLICK
The participation of the Govern-
ment in Thursdays Labour Day cele-
brations remains uncertain after La-
bour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu
Kambi yesterday said he would give
the fete a wide berth if it will not be
representative of two warring labour
unions.
The Central Organisation of Trade
Unions (Cotu) has been locked in a
supremacy tussle for the preparation,
organisation and moderation of the
May 1 annual celebrations with its
rival the Federation of Public Servants
Trade Union (Pusetu). Yesterday the
industrial court ordered Pusetu to
refrain from interfering with the work-
ers day celebrations, technically
blocking the infant labour union
launched barely three weeks ago from
attending the event which will be held
at Uhuru Park in Nairobi.
Yesterday, Pusetu claimed there
was a plot by their opponents to dis-
rupt the workers celebrations.
The union executive board,
through Secretary General Dr Charles
Mukhwaya, claimed it had received
intelligence reports that Cotu is hiring
goons to cause mayhem.
(See related story on Page 18)
By JAMES MWANGI
Nairobi County Public Works and
Transport Executive Ofcer Evans
Ondieki has been sacked after a Mo-
tion seeking his removal overwhelm-
ingly sailed through the assembly.
The county assembly sanctioned
his removal from ofce over several
accusations including alleging graft
among Members of the County As-
sembly (MCAs), incompetence and
gross misconduct.
The County Executive Committee
member made allegations in the me-
dia against the MCAs, thereby casting
aspersions on their integrity, the
mover of the Motion, Ngara Ward
Representative Chege Mwaura, said.
The notice of Motion was tabled
on Thursday giving Governor Evans
Kidero three days, as Standing Orders
provide, to dismiss Ondieki from of-
ce. However, when the time lapsed
without action being taken, the as-
sembly sacked him.
SIGNATURES TABLED
The Speaker said the Motion ad-
hered to Section 42 of the County
Government Act 2012 and Standing
Order 62 (1) and (2) of the County As-
sembly.
The Motion required a third of the
House-43 MCAs-to have their signa-
tures tabled in the assembly but 115
members out of the total 127 signed
it. Nyayo Highrise Ward Representa-
tive Maurice Akuk said the move
would bring major changes in Nairobi,
a sentiment echoed by Eastleigh MCA
Nelson Masiga.
We allocated Sh1.2 billion to his
(Ondieki) department hoping he
would change Nairobi. Now they have
used all money to repay developments
done ve to seven years ago. We need
somebody who can give meaningful
services, said Akuk.
Ondieki was also accused of asking
members to give lists of proposed ve
roads per ward (425 roads in all 85
wards) for rehabilitation for which
there was reportedly no budgetary
provision. Committee Chairperson
Diana Kapeen observed that Ondieki
was to blame for his fate.
MCAs sack Nairobi transport ofcial
Secretary Esther Koimett, for-
mer Energy PS Patrick Nyoike
and Taita Taveta Governor John
Mruttu, the then Chief Execu-
tive Ofcer of the renery,
probed and possibly prosecut-
ed for irregularities in the ne-
gotiations, drafting and signing
of a skewed shareholder agree-
ment in favour of Essar Energy
Overseas Ltd.
The committee chaired by
Eldas MP Adan Keynan further
wants the EACC to investigate
and determine the ownership
of Essar, a company incorpo-
rated in Mauritius in 2007.
It recommends that the of-
cers be held to account for
impropriety that saw Essar ac-
quire 50 per cent stake of the
renery, with a view of moder-
nising and enhancing its ca-
pacity. The envisaged moderni-
sation, including construction
of residue conversion facilities,
production of clean products
and determination of product
specications, minimisation of
emissions and stabilisation of
electricity supply is yet to take
place and Essar is seeking to
pull out of the agreement.
The ofcers should be
held accountable for commit-
ting Government to an agree-
ment that seeks to pay Essar
US$5m (Sh434 million) on exit.
EACC should investigate cir-
cumstances under which the
considerations payable to gov-
ernment for waiver of its pre-
emptive rights was reduced
from the initial $15 million to
$2 million, it recommends.
State presence at Labour Day
fete remains uncertain
By STANDARD REPORTER
President Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to
assent to a Bill that barred Cabinet secretar-
ies from enjoying the historical privilege of
ying the national ag on their ofcial vehi-
cles.
The draft law, which also denied gover-
nors the privilege of ying the miniature ag,
ranked Cabinet secretaries further down the
pecking order of State ofcers.
Yesterday, the President did not assent to
the National Flag, Emblems and Names
(Amendment) Bill that was passed by the
National Assembly on March 26, 2014.
According to State House Spokesperson
Manoah Esipisu, the Head of State was re-
viewing the Bill and is likely to return it to
Parliament with a memorandum in respect
of Cabinet secretaries.
MPs defeated an amendment to the Bill
that had sought to include Cabinet secretar-
ies in the list of State ofcers who should
enjoy the privilege of ying the miniature
ag.
Majority Leader Aden Duale had sought
to introduce the amendment to include
Cabinet secretaries during the committee
stage, in a bid to preserve the historical
privilege that senior Government ofcials
have enjoyed.
The amendment was defeated even as the
House granted a similar privilege to the
countrys diplomats. The diplomats, who are
below the Cabinet secretaries in the Govern-
ment pecking order, will however, be allowed
the ags while in foreign missions only.
Efforts by Naomi Shaaban (deputy Major-
ity Leader) to convince the members to vote
for the inclusion of Cabinet secretaries in the
list failed.
Uhuru rejects Bill
barring ofcials
from ying ag
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
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Superiority wars at
Lands costly to country
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I
t took too long for the chief government legal
advisor, Attorney General Githu Muigai, to come
out and speak publicly about the stand-off
between the chairman of the National Land Commis-
sion (NLC) and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of
Lands.
Day to day operations at the ministry have suffered
while the two institutions mandated to deal with
matters of land and title deeds pull in different
directions bickering over who is constitutionally
empowered to issue title deeds, appoint key officials
and renew land lease documents. The reluctance of
Mrs Charity Ngilu to hand over some key functions to
the NLC has not only occasioned bad blood, it has
seriously affected operations.
In his observation that none of the contested
functions exclusively belonged to either of the antago-
nists, the AG was simply affirming what has been
observed to be a duplication of duties, not just at the
Ministry of Lands, but other institutions as well.
Indeed, a review of existing institutions is necessary to
stop duplication of work and unnecessary friction.
Calling upon the NLC and the parent Lands ministry to
sit and work together in collaboration, consultation
and co-operation is an exercise in futility. The two
seemed to have irredeemable differences.
To avoid continued paralysis, there is need for
Parliament to sit and deliberate on the functionality of
the Lands ministry vis -a -vis the National Land
Commission and to set out clear demarcation lines in
the functions of both parties. Only recently, the NLC
put on notice land grabbers. Its efforts might come to
naught if at some point, the parent ministry objects to
its mode of operation. In a letter to governors, and
which they have vowed to ignore, the Lands Cabinet
secretary appears intent on subjugating the National
Land Commission or stating that NLC was superfluous
and needed to be disbanded. Meanwhile, no title deeds
are being issued to legitimate landowners.
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Gor Mahias Patrick Oboya
in a past Kenyan Premier League
match. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/
STANDARD]
KOgalo face Fifa sanction
over illegal signing of Oboya
By GILBERT WANDERA
Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia and
midelder Patrick Oboya are staring at possible sanctions from
world body Fifa over an alleged irregular signing of the player.
Two weeks ago, Fifa queried over how the player was acquired
by Gor Mahia and demanded an explanation from the club.
This could also be the reason, Gor Mahia have not been using
the player of late in their Kenyan Premier League (KPL) matches
as they wait to sort out the matter with Fifa.
Prior to joining Gor Mahia, Oboya was contracted to Viet-
namese Super League side Thanh Hoa where he stayed for hard-
ly three weeks before both parties terminated the contract.
He was previously at Slovakian club MFK Ruzomberok before
moving to Vietnam and eventually to Gor Mahia.
The club through Assistant Secretary General Ronald Ngala
said they do not know who has complained to Fifa about the
signing of Oboya which he insists only went ahead after they
were given the go ahead by Football Kenya Federation (FKF).
When we expressed interest in the player, we asked for his
ITC through FKF who after some time felt it was alright to use the
player and they duly registered him.
We are equally surprised by the query from Fifa and we do
not understand where it is coming from. We have wrote back to
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Lost without a
trace: Eight years
of pain
Family is yet to get information
on Collins Omondi since he left
home in 2006. P3
Former champs
Like billboards at international
meets they give Kenya glory,
now in squalor no one cares,
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who tumbled
into misery
off the track
who tumbled
into misery
off the track
Former champs
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Crime of ourtime
By James Mwangi
How land dealer brutally met death
If only he knew he was living on borrowed
time, he could have acted cautiously
Law-
rence
Githinji
Magon-
du who
met his
death at
the
hands of
purport-
ed land
buyers.
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W
hen a city land dealer
learnt that there were
some prospective
buyers keen on pur-
chasing his land, it was a dream
come true for Lawrence Githinji
Magondu.
The deal was fronted by two
buyers who promised to buy his
plot in Kitengela. Fourteen years
later, details of Magondus nal
moments still send chills down
the spines of many because he
met his death in a brutal way.
The drama started in January
2000 when Magondu received
two people who said they wanted
to buy his land. On the fateful
day, Magondu received a call
from the said land buyers, re-
questing that they meet to na-
lise the transaction.
The caller identied himself
as Wilson Mwangi.
The businessman, accompa-
nied by his driver, Kingori, drove
to the place and were joined by
the said buyers, who were ve in
a car. The group included Mwan-
gi, his sister Anna and three men
who were introduced as work-
ers.
Mwangi told Magondu that
the men were there to fence the
land as soon as the deal was
sealed. They carried barbed wire,
iron sheets and a panga.
After they inspected the land,
they all left in two cars and head-
ed towards Maasai Ostrich Farm.
Magondu rode together with
Mwangi and the woman while
Kingori ferried the three men
said to be workers.
Magondu and Mwangi went
into a hotel where they talked
and then came out a few minutes
later and the group embarked on
the journey to the land location.
Magondu gave Kingori
Sh1,000 and instructed him to go
order for nyama choma (roast
meat) at a local butchery. Kingori
did as instructed but he learnt
that one of his three passengers
had shifted to the other car car-
rying his employer. When he en-
quired what was happening, the
two men ordered him to take
them to the butchery.
LONG PLANNED
After a few minutes at the
butchery, the other car zoomed
past and stopped a distance
away. The man who had left the
car Kingori was driving came
back and asked him to follow
Mwangis car saying that was an
instruction from Magondu.
He followed behind the speed-
ing car but as they neared Port-
land Village, he noticed that Ma-
gondu was not in the other car.
Upon inquiry, he was told he was
sleeping in the back seat but af-
ter close scrutiny he established
otherwise.
When he became more con-
cerned, the men ordered him to
shut up. Next to Nairobi National
Park, Kingori was pulled out,
clobbered and left for dead.
It seemed the mission was
long planned but the killers blun-
dered. Kingori was rescued by a
passerby and the incident reported
at Athi River Police Station.
Kingori told the court that his
assaulters discussed how they
would hit him on the same point
they did to the slain Magondu. On
the same evening, Magondus
body was discovered at
Kitengela, his hands tied with
sisal rope. He had deep
wounds to the forehead.
A postmortem exami-
nation on February 8,
2000 by then govern-
ment pathologist Dr Al-
ex Olumbe concluded
that the head injuries
caused by a blunt object.
Within a week, police had
apprehended several peo-
ple in connection with
the murder.
Twelve people were
arraigned in court. They
were former Lands Com-
missioner Wilson
Gachanja, his wife Eliza-
beth Gitiri, her brother
and sister, Mwangi and
seven others. Gitiri had on
several occasions during the pe-
riod close to the date Magondu
was killed, sent a lot of money to
his sister Rose Njoki, who was
said to be among the killers.
In March 2003, Justice Msagha
Mbogholi found eight accused
guilty and sentenced them to
death. Gachanja and three others
were acquitted. After an appeal,
Gitiris conviction was quashed
but the court upheld the sentence
of the other seven.
By the time she was released,
Gitiri had spent nine years inside
jail but left behind her sister and
brother cooling their heels in pris-
on.
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The day Uhurus
adviser vanished
Mother recalls sons last text mes- sage with the words goodbye mum as search for Albert Muriuki goes cold, P.3
Hidden cost
of Facebook
addiction
Kipleting
Maiyo: Social
media addiction is
terrible than drug
addiction. I have
even been
nicknamed
FACEBOOK.
Saiddah
Shikuku: My eyesight
is going because of
Facebook, oh poor me! The addiction has
taken a toll on me.
Jemmy Kiarie: My day cannot end without getting
connected and I dont mind that extra coin spent, poor me...
When Uhurus adviser vanished
Roselyne Orondo: I knew Dr Naomi
when she was a nurse at Moi University
clinic and Albert was in Primary
school, it is painful but look to the
cross, Jesus is on the cross. No stone
shall remain unturned!
Jdugna1960: Who makes Gods
innnocently created human beings
just disappear?
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Wednesday Life
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 / The Standard
Crime Hot spots
Lost Without a Trace
By Job Weru
When Presidents adviser vanished
into thin air
Robbers shif to new tactics to rob unsuspecting prey
W
hen Dr Naomi Kath- ure Mutea, a senior nursing lecturer at Dedan Kimathi Uni-
versity, received a call from her
rst born son, Albert Muriuki on
December 24, 2013, everything
seemed normal. Muriuki, who was an adviser
to President Uhuru Kenyatta on
constitutional matters, in the
course of the conversation made
an appeal for a Sh50,000 loan.
This, he said was to fund his
trip to his grandfathers resi-
dence in Meru, where he in-
tended to celebrate Christmas.
I casually, told him I could
not raise the amount since I had
just sent his younger brother
some money for a ticket from
the US. Instead, I offered be-
tween Sh5,000 and Sh10,000,
said Dr Mutea.
GOODBYE MUM Muriuki later called his
mother informing her not to
worry as he already had found a
solution. He followed this up with a
text message wishing her a mer-
ry Christmas.
Abdikadir Mohammed. He was appointed to the po-
sition in October 2013, two years
after he arrived in the country
from USA where he was pursu-
ing a Masters degree in Interna-
tional Law. In 2007, while still a law stu-
dent in the USA, Muriuki worked
as an intern at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) in The
Hague, Netherlands. He graduated from Columbia
Law School in 2011 and worked
in Abdikadirs law rm as an ad-
vocate and also for Nation Me-
dia Group, before he landed the
State House job. After missing out of the fam-
ilys Christmas festivities, Muri-
uki had on December 30, visited
Kalee Cafe in Nairobi, which is
owned by his uncle (Muteas
brother). Two workers later said he
had enquired whether his moth-
er had visited the facility. Earlier on December 29, the
lecturer sent her nephew identi-
ed as Andrew to look for her
missing son at his residence in
Kirinyaga Co-operative ats in
Westlands. Security guards at
HAPPY FAMILY: Dr Naomi Mutea with her sons Albert Muriuki (left) and Evans. INSET: Dr Mutea holds a portrait of her lost son, Muriuki.
What surprised me most is
that despite knowing that his
brother, Evans, would arrive lat-
er after Christmas Day, he wrote
telling me to greet him. The
message also included the words
goodbye mum, which appeared
unusual since he has never told
me goodbye, said Mutea. And even after texting him
back enquiring who had given
him money and why he was tell-
ing her goodbye, Mutea never
received any other call or a reply
from her son. My sons phone went off but
his colleague, Patricia, told me
he called her on December 30,
last year, the mother recalled,
sadness and confusion written
all over her face. Dr Mutea had relocated to
Nyeri after a short stint in the
USA, where she moved to es-
cape the eruption of post-elec-
tion violence of 2008. She has a home in Eldoret,
where she had lived for 22
years.
Until his disappearance, Mu-
riuki worked as a deputy Direc-
tor on Constitutional Affairs and
deputised former Mandera MP
By PKEMOI NGENOH Motorists and city residents beware that
robbers and carjackers have hatched new tactics
to separate you from your valuables.
Their motorbike will hit your car and once
you stop to assess the damage, their fellow
riders grab the opportunity to rob you either in
broad daylight or at night. Not long ago, KTNs investigative journalist
Mohammed Ali fell for this trick along Lunga
Lunga Road in Industrial Area when thugs on a
motorbike hit his car. When he stopped, the
passenger on the motorbike quickly got into Alis
car and took off with some valuables. The matter
was reported at Industrial Area Police Station.
At the city centre another gang of youthful
men along City Hall Way have turned the busy
road into their mobile phone snatching zone.
Here they tactfully snatch a cell phone from
unsuspecting prey, but once you raise the alarm,
their accomplices join the fray, disguising
themselves as saviours only to rob you some
more even as passersby watch in dismay.
For those who like picking money that has
been dropped either in coins or notes, beware.
Along Tom Mboya Street some daring robbers
use this trick to rob Nairobians in broad daylight.
Once you stoop to collect the money, the
thugs who watch from close by strike taking
everything from your pockets including your
purse or wallet. And, a common trick in Eastlands involves
men wearing the trademark red Maasai outts
and carry yellowish stuff sealed in test tubes
labelled Pure Gold from South Africa.
These, they use to goad unsuspecting
Nairobians to buy the fake gold claiming they
stumbled upon the stuff at the residence of their
Asian boss or Mzungu but cannot read to
decipher the bottles contents Unsuspecting prey quickly part with lots of
cash only to regret falling into the venerable
house of tricks hours later. Along Ronald Ngala Street and Muthurwa
market, it appears gamblers popularly known as
pata potea have found juju to attract clients into
their game before robbing them. Of late, they deliberately drop cards and call
passersby to collect them, but once you touch
the cards, you are into the game and your money
vanishes. Sometimes this even happens in the
vicinity of police ofcers. Lastly, withdrawing large sums of money
from city banks is a denite no-no. Of late,
robbers pose as police ofcers outside banks,
and quickly bundle you into a waiting car. They
rob and dump you far away. Minus your cash!
SUMMARY JUSTICE: A man is beaten by the public
for allegedly stealing a mobile phone from a
mourner.
the estate reportedly told An-
drew that they last saw the ten-
ant on December 24.
ANXIETY GREW The mothers anxiety grew
on January 8, after Muriuki
failed to report back to State
House for duty. The mother,
who was already worried, con-
tacted some of his colleagues
and who told her he was not at
his workplace. On January 10, after the fam-
ily failed to trace Muriuki, he
was formally booked as a miss-
ing person at Central Police Sta-
tion in Nairobi, which was fol-
lowed by the breaking in into his
residence. In Muriukis house, police
only found an identity card,
bank plates, a smart phone, lap-
top and an appointment letter
to his State House job placed on
top of his bed. The mother has knocked on
the doors of numerous ofces
including that of Interior Coor-
dination Secretary, Mutea Irin-
go and CID Director Ndegwa
Muhoro. She has been to hospi-
tals and mortuaries to no avail.
His mother claims the last time she spoke to her
son was on December 24, 2013, but all efforts to
trace him have borne no fruit
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 / The Standard
PAGE 7
Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
Like the way you ght the temptation to buy everything in vogue, exercise extreme money caution when
using the social media lest it becomes addictive and innitely costly.
Hidden cost of addiction to social media
Thousands of people devote
substantial cash buying airtime
or bundles to remain connected
on social media thus eating into
their savings and time
Provide your employees with big challenges
Leaving the comfort zone of employ-
ment to trudge the unsure murky waters of
self-employment is a risky venture.
Especially so when you have to look into a
new market, struggle to raise capital and
create faith in people to buy the dream of
your little known company.
On this forum, The Standard shares
survival tips of top businessmen who have
started their companies from scratch and
are now running businesses worth millions
of shillings.
Kamal Budhabhatti, the CEO Craft
Silicon, started up as a data entry operator
in a polythene factory earning Sh18,000 in
the late 1990s. In less than 15 years, the
man in his mid-30s has built an over Sh4.5
billion ICT business and employs more than
400 employees both in Kenya and India.
Tips on running business:
uo business in the eld ,ou love. when
you love your work, you would not get easily
burnt out.
uon't start the business to make
money; money will automatically ow in,
once you do things correctly.
lf ,ou an entrepreneur keep in mind
that experts (especially people who claim
that they are experts) are clueless. Most of
the times Experts can make you lose focus.
Customers don't know what the, want,
especially If you want to bring up something
disruptive. Customers can provide feedback
on existing product, but not about new
innovative product.
lrovide emplo,ees with big challenges.
Small challenges would not excite them.
Kamal Budhabhatti- Ceo, Craft Silicon
O
ne of the biggest techno-
logical leaps in recent
times has been the ad-
vent of the social media
such as Facebook, Twitter, Snap-
chat, WAYN, LinkedIn, Google
Plus and YouTube, among others.
Through these inventions, one
can communicate with thou-
sands of people across the globe.
More businesses have jumped
onto the social media platform to
increase their reach and so
have millions of individuals.
But, social networks are not
free. They could cost you a for-
tune. They rely on costly Internet
connectivity through computers,
tablets and smart mobile phones,
with the shillings counting at ev-
ery visit.
Personal nance experts warn
that avid users of these social
networks spend a lot of money to
keep up with cyberspace friends.
It all starts with the electronic de-
vice such as a mobile phone or
computer which takes priority
over other needs.
A social media addict can
spend at least six hours a day
surng and contributing to the
social chatter. This is at the ex-
pense of their hard earned cash
and time for actual work.
This is made bleak by the fact
that it is easy to recharge ones
surng credit because many -
nancial institutions have linked
up with mobile phone money
transfer services. Benson Gatere,
a tech-savvy economist, notes
that most people are shocked
when they track the money and
hours that they spend socialis-
ing. Elementary economics dic-
tates that if you spend over a
quarter of your day on social net-
works, then this activity should
create at least 25 per cent of your
daily income, says Gatere.
Yet, few people ever factor
this in their lives, making the so-
cial media a costly venture. Ga-
tere advises people to use the so-
cial media by advertising their
personal businesses, products
and skills instead of the normal
gossip and incredulity that goes
around.
Gatere likens peoples addic-
tion to social media with going
into a nightclub and drinking un-
til morning because good busi-
ness ideas can be gleaned from
the small talk there. But this is
costly until the day one learns to
choose the right crowd with the
right ideas, he says.
Ann Rose Njambi, a fourth
year student in a public univer-
sity admits to have been a social
media junkie for several years
until she tracked her expenses.
My day would never be com-
plete without connecting to a
multiplicity of friends on the so-
cial networks and participate in
all major debates, she says.
Many are the nights that she
would stay up to the wee hours
chatting away with friends.
Njambi says that the hidden cost
of this past time included the pe-
riodic updating of her laptop
computer so that it could upload
and download data shared with
friends.
I would also regularly buy
classy mobile phones with the
latest Internet features, she says.
The rst sign of Njambis social-
ising trouble came when she re-
sat college examinations.
I was devoting little time to
study as I was totally addicted to
the social media, she says. I was
routinely taking out my mobile
phone and chatting under the
desk during lectures, she says.
At the height of her addiction,
Njambi would spend phone
credit of Sh200 daily on this ac-
tivity alone. At this rate, her sti-
pend would run out within weeks
of the new semester.
She would then borrow mon-
ey from friends and relatives to
keep up her passion.
When my plea for examina-
tion and project money became
too common, I devised new lies.
But even these would be soon
busted. Over one holiday, Njam-
bi got a temporary job. But she
devoted Sh10,000 of her wages
on buying headphones and a
camcorder camera and upgrad-
ing her computer so that she
would hold live chats with her In-
ternet friends.
Unable to nish her college
projects and with the holiday
drawing to a close, Njambi sought
counselling help. She has since
risen above the veritable social
media junkie that she had be-
come.
The social media is just a
technology, not a strategy to re-
place good, old fashioned hu-
man interactions.
Use it as a tool for enhancing
your existing relations and be
wary of many swindlers lurking
in there.
Quick Wins
Signs youre going
overboard
when ,ou recharge ,our
mobile phone credit, the
Internet takes precedence over
other phone uses.
ou carr, spare mobile phone
batteries to extend ,our surng
wherever you go.
ou begin waking up earl, or
staying up late to update your
social media status.
1he social media has become
your one-stop shop for all your
human contacts.
CEOS take with Lilian Kiarie
Lucy Kimani: I enjoyed reading the new magazine. Keep up the good
work.
Life in jail after wiping out family
Carolyne Juma: The news showed the other day that 12 million people
in Kenya are psychotic, sadly it is true, considering this incident.
David Mulusa: Do not release him.
Jeni Dhi: Death penalty most appropriate. . .sick.
Scola Ochoki: You may nd him in heaven! Remember Saul.
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Wednesday Life
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
My eight-year-long
search for Collins
Crime Hot spots
Lost Without a Trace
By Maureen Odiwuor
Tip to motorists
when intercepted
W
hen a 14-year-old boy
strolled out of his
home, his family
thought he was going
for a walk. However, at the end
of the day when he failed to turn
up, his parents were not so wor-
ried for they thought he had
gone to visit one of their many
relatives or neighbours.
But when Collins Omondi al-
so nicknamed Daddy Kowino
failed to turn up at his home in
Kalwande village, West Seme
Ward in Kisumu, his mother Be-
atrice Akinyi panicked. Eight
years later Omondi has not been
seen and his family is still puz-
zled by his disappearance.
The last person to see him, a
cousin, reported spotting him
seven kilometres away along
Korwa-Kombewa route.
He was dressed in a pink
owery shirt, maroon shorts
and was bare foot.
His cousin told us that he
saw Daddy along Bar Korwa-
Kombewa route (seven kilome-
tres from home), asking for a lift
from a man who driving a white
car, says his father, Cosmas
Owino.
The boy who apparently
was Daddys age mate tried to
Collins Omondi (standing right) in a family photo. He
got lost in 2006 and has not been traced. INSET: Beatrice
Akinyi, his mother. [PHOTOS: PHILIP ORWA/COURTESY/STANDARD]
By PKEMOI NGENOH
Two police ofcers lost their lives last
Wednesday evening when a vehicle they were
escorting to Pangani Police Station was ripped off
by explosives it was carrying.
The ofcers had intercepted the car suspected
to be ferrying criminals and they opted to
accompany the suspects in their car, unknown to
them that it would be their last night; other two
people lost their lives in the 8pm explosion.
The unfortunate incident ought to be an eye
opener to motorists on how to react when
intercepted by police ofcers or when involved in
an accident.
DANGEROUS GANG
In an instance where a motorist is intercepted
by trafc ofcers, he or she should produce
required documents and allow them to conduct
screening but it is against the law for them to
board your car to the station.
If found with a fault, the ofcers ought to
conscate the motorists driving licence or the car
keys if one tries to resist and from here the car is
supposed to be towed to the station where the
matter will be handled.
Where unidentied people posing as police
ofcers try to forcefully enter your car, you have
the option of pushing them out lest they are a
dangerous gang!
Many a times, motorists tend to solve their
issues when they are involved in an accident
before police arrive, but did you know that the
person you exchange contacts with could be
belonging to a gang trying to lure you into trap?
When involved in such accidents motorists are
always advised to remain at the spot until
uniformed ofcers arrive to sort out the case.
Alighting from a vehicle at night when involved
in a minor accident is risky unless in a safe and
well-lit areas. For example, when the car develops
a puncture or its side mirror is ripped off at
locations like Globe Cinema roundabout in Nairobi;
alighting could expose one to thugs.
To motorists, your life is precious and you
should guard it more than your car!
He left as if going for a walk, but eight
years down the line, his family is yet to get
information on his whereabouts
When the deal is too good...
Just imagine how welcoming city brothers can be!
By NANJINIA WAMUSWA
Walls, so some people believe,
have ears and talking loudly in
unfamiliar environment can have
devastating consequences.
This is the bitter truth two
brothers Saul Makokha and Caleb
learnt when they landed in Nairobi
a year ago. The two were hunting
for jobs in the city after travelling
from Butere, Kakamega County.
While in the city, they were housed
by their uncle in Kawangware.
One day, the two woke up early
one morning and headed to the city
centre to look for jobs and
exchanged ideas while on the way
declaring they were ready to take
any job that came their way. As they
walked along Argwings Kodhek
Road they conversed loudly on the
kind of job they would prefer. I am
praying that we get employed as
supermarket attendants, Saul said.
Caleb nodded in agreement.
Coincidently, a man in a black
suit who had been walking closely
joined them after eavesdropping on
their conversation. He talked uent
Luhya just like them. The stranger
introduced himself as an agent who
supplies workers to companies.
He promised them supermarket
jobs but for a fee of Sh50,000 each.
Since you are from home, l will
take half the amount. I cannot do it
for free because the rm has to pay
administration bills, he said.
The two were happy but they
had no money. They exchanged the
numbers with the stranger and
promised to act within the shortest time
possible. The brothers updated their father
who sold his three bulls and raised Sh50,000
for both of them. He sent them the money.
On the agreed day, the stranger arrived,
telling them his joy at being saved and
even prayed to God to help the
brothers land the well paying job.
He was offered breakfast and
stashed the money in his pocket,
and the deal was sealed. He left
with the two smartly dressed
brothers to their new place of work,
ready to start job.
On the way, he informed them
they will be deployed in two
different supermarkets. In town he
went at the entrance of the rst
supermarket, spoke to somebody
on phone informing him that the
young man had arrived and they
left Saul at the entrance waiting to
be called in. He headed to another
supermarket and left Caleb in the
same style.
The brothers separately waited
for the stranger from 8am to 6pm
and it slowly dawned on them that
something was amiss.
Dear reader, you can ll in the
rest of this story.
convince him to
alight but he said he
was going for a ride
and would come back
after reaching Kombe-
wa, a promise he is yet
to full eight years later,
he says.
This revelation by his cousin
was the beginning of a search
mission that never materialised.
The family decided to report the
matter at Kombewa Police Sta-
tion where they left their con-
tacts.
Since that fateful day on No-
vember 21, 2006, the family has
never known peace as the par-
ents keep reliving the last mo-
ments with their rst born son
whom they cherished dearly de-
spite his being handicapped.
FOND MEMORIES
According to the family, Dad-
dy, was mentally challenged, a
situation which made it impos-
sible for him to enroll in school.
Despite this, they describe him
as cheerful and popular among
the villagers.
The mother, cannot hold
back her tears as she narrates
the turmoil her family has been
through since her son van-
ished.
The mothers love is evident
as her gloomy face lights up with
fond memories of happier days
with Daddy.
At the time of his disappear-
ance, Akinyi had only one child;
omondi , now she has two other
children and the last born is
three years old.
My son was special. We
could not afford to take him to a
special school because of lack of
income, she says.
But unlike many parents who
hide their children with special
needs, they set him free to inter-
act with the community.
His daily routine was pre-
dictable. He woke up, took
breakfast and then joined us in
the shamba later. When the need
arose he would take a stroll and
inform me that he was going for
a walk. On such occasions, he
came back for lunch, she re-
calls.
STILL WAITING
After lunch, he would go out
and return in the evening or
once in a while sleep at a rela-
tives house where the parents
could trace and nd him.
The day he disappeared, it
was quite cold and rainy. Inqui-
ries on his whereabouts yielded
nothing.
Eight years later, the parents
are still waiting for any word,
positive or negative. The family
has also shared their predica-
ment with local radio stations
but there has been no word yet
about missing Daddy.
I am desperate for any in-
formation which will help me
get my son back, she says.
Wednesday Life
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Your Environment
with Phares Mutembei
Battle for Tsavo waters sees off
some wildlife from the park
In some sections
where farmers have
diverted water for
irrigation, animals
have disappeared
Livestock cross
River Tsavo. A
conict among
farmers,
pastoralists
and KWS is
threatening
the very
existence of
the Tsavo and
Amboseli
national parks.
[PHOTO: PHARES
MUTEMBEI /
STANDARD]
In a Minute
ENVIRONMENT: Kisumu
shows way in new Bill
A bill that aims at correcting
the solid waste menace in
Kisumu County has been
drafted and ready for passing
and implementation by the
countys government. The
Bill, Solid Waste Management
Bill 2014, outlines acceptable
modes of disposal for solid waste
products. In addition, it spells
out street cleaning and handling
of industrial waste. Talking to
the media, the environment
management acting chief
ofcer Mr John Sande said that
county ofcials are planning
on educating the public on the
bills contents. The Bill will see
nes being imposed on people
who channel efuent into Lake
Victoria.
CONSERVATION: Drone
for white rhinos
Ol Pejeta Conservancy in
Laikipia County is drone for
surveillance to curtail poaching
activities. In a statement to
newsrooms, the drone, which
will be key in the war against
poaching, should be at work by
June this year. Elodie Sampere
the marketing manager, says
the drone will come in handy to
prevent poachers from hunting
down four northern white
rhinos. Only six of this species of
rhino are alive in the world.
DISEASE: Free vaccines
against tsetse
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary
Felix Koskei presided over a
vaccination and treatment
drive held at Galana area in
Malindi last week. Veterinary
ofcers from government
afliated Kenya Tsetse and
Trypanosomiasis Eradication
Council offered free services to
area farmers, vaccinating and
treating their livestock. Speaking
to journalists, Kosgey expressed
the governments plans to
reawaken agriculture and
livestock farming in the region in
a drive to boost food production
and economic development
among the poor in the region.
Gardy Chacha
Environment Disasters
Sludge, plastic threaten oceans food web
The Gyre Garbage Patch is characterised by high
concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge and
other debris formed gradually as a result of the marine
pollution gathered by oceanic currents.
The patch is a collection of marine debris in the North
Pacic Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in
oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water.
The Patch, also known as the Eastern Pacic Garbage
Patch and the Pacic Trash Vortex, lies in a high-pressure
area between the US states of Hawaii and California. An
ocean gyre is a circular ocean current formed by the
Earths wind patterns and the forces created by the
rotation of the planet.
The area in the centre of a gyre tends to be very calm
and stable. The circular motion of the gyre draws in
debris. Debris eventually makes its way into the centre of
the gyre, where it becomes trapped and builds up.
A similar garbage patch exists in the Atlantic Ocean, in
the North Atlantic Gyre.
Any kind of trash can get into the ocean from glass
bottles to aluminum cans to medical waste. The vast
majority of marine debris, however, is plastic.
Plastic products can be harmful to marine life in the
gyre. For instance, loggerhead sea turtles often mistake
plastic bags for jellysh, their favourite food. And many
marine mammals and birds, such as albatrosses, have
become strangled by the plastic rings used to hold
six-packs of soda together. Marine debris can also disturb
marine food webs. As microplastics and other trash collect
on the surface of the ocean, they block sunlight from
reaching plankton and algae below. Algae and plankton
are the most common autotrophs in the marine food web.
Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own
nutrients from oxygen, carbon, and sunlight.
If algae and plankton communities are threatened, the
entire food web may change. Animals such as sh and
turtles that feed on algae and plankton will have less food.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com
T
he Tsavo West, Tsavo West
and the Amboseli nation-
al parks, are in danger. If
degradation of the Tsavo
River is not checked, then the
parks amazing scenery and di-
verse wildlife will go down the
drain and with them, the lucra-
tive tourism industry.
The Amboseli National Park
in the Loitokitok area of the Rift
Valley, the elephants glitter
among other species animals
roaming the savannah grassland.
The Maasai live alongside these
animals and the more than 600
species of birds in the park.
There is also a spectacular
view of Mt Kilimanjaro.
A conict between farmers,
pastoralists, Kenya Wildlife Ser-
vice and other users of the waters
of the Tsavo River that courses
through the Tsavo and Amboseli
national parks in now threaten-
ing this beauty.
The ght over water is so in-
tense that last week, a team of
water and land management ex-
perts from the Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and
Technology, Kenya Wildlife Ser-
vice and the Water Resources
Management Authority toured
the catchment of the Tsavo River
to assess the damage its degrada-
tion is causing to the wildlife.
For four days, the team met
with the local community who
depend on the river for their ag-
riculture and livestock activities.
During a meeting in Loitokitok
town that was attended by all the
water resource users, it was
agreed that the Tsavo River,
which is now massively degraded
especially by farmers who use
water pumps for irrigation and
cause pollution, has to be re-
stored by all if only to preserve
the game parks it serves
The Tsavo River has been pro-
gressively drying up since 2000,
leading to serious reduction of
wildlife. At Nkiito and Mogoine
sections along the river, farmers
have diverted water into their
farms for irrigation adversely af-
fecting population of hippos,
crocodiles, sh and terrapins.
Says Musau Kimeu, a manag-
er at the Water Resources Man-
agement Authority, the govern-
ment body responsible for
regulating and protecting water
resources: There is a lot of water
in the Tsavo catchment area but
improper use has led to a loss of
biodiversity. Encroachment and
pollution of the Tsavo River has
led to human-wildlife conict.
LAND OF BEAUTY
Rose Malenya, the KWS assis-
tant warden in Tsavo West Na-
tional Park, says, This is a land
of beauty, the land of lava and
springs. There are volcanic for-
mations, and this is the home of
the black rhino, water birds and
so many other beautiful animals.
The Tsavo River is vital for surviv-
al of wildlife. Its the principal
water source and only perennial
river in the Tsavo catchment ar-
ea. Thousands of animals de-
pend on the river so it must be
saved at all costs.
Buffaloes are water-depen-
dent while one elephant con-
sumes 200 litres of water per
day.
The Kimana wetland that is
crucial to survival of the national
parks has lost its catchment func-
tions that has negatively affected
wildlife migration between the
Tsavo national parks and Am-
boseli National Park.
But farmers will not budge.
Its the only wetland here but
we have the title deed and will
not move out, unless we are giv-
en alternative land for agricul-
ture, avers Meitamei Kingese, a
community leader.
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Wednesday Life
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Doctors desk
Compiled by Dr Mercy Korir
An estimated 6.9
million people have
a bleeding disorder,
yet 75 per cent of
them dont know it
Health Briefs with Jerry Odumbe
Medicine, the
traditional way
RESEARCH: Kenya takes steps
to curb Ebola virus
Since the announcement of the Ebola virus
outbreak in West Africa by the World Health
Organisation, which has so far led to the deaths
of more than 100 people, many countries in
Africa are now taking appropriate measures
to prevent its spread. In Kenya, the Health
ministry recently issued an Ebola alert and
advised those who have been in Guinea in
the last few months to go for tests. Ebola
Haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a severe and often
deadly illness that can occur in humans and
primates and some of its symptoms include
fever, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting
and diarrhoea.
HEALTH: Pneumonia vaccine
offers fresh hope for Kenyans
According to the Health ministry, 23 per
cent of deaths in children aged ve and
below, occur as a result
of pneumonia. Kenyan
scientists say a certain
pneumonia vaccine,
known as PCV10, together
with improved health
monitoring systems may
help reduce the gure
signicantly. In an on-going study, there
are indications that the vaccine has proven
to be highly effective. The study is set to be
completed next year.
RESEARCH: Study links apathy
to brain size
A new study shows that old people who have
apathy (lack of feeling, emotion, energy or
interest) are more likely to have smaller brain
sizes as compared to age mates that are not
apathetic but in a similar age group. The study
involved 4,300 participants, whose average
age was 76. Researchers performed brain MRI
scans on the participants and measured the
size of the brains grey and white matter. The
subjects answered questions through which
researchers assessed their apathy symptoms.
The study, published in Neurology, found
apathetic participants had 1.4 and 1.6 percent
smaller grey white matter respectively.
Your Health
with Brigid Chemweno
My tired feet could no longer sustain my
frame. Having just been immersed into practice,
I was slowly adapting to the rude culture shock.
I was just winding up the day, making sure all
my patients were comfortable.
As I was just about to leave, in came a
pregnant-looking woman, wheeled by the
patient attendant, accompanied by a nurse
carrying a baby and a man carrying the few
belongings she would need whilst in the
hospital. I was bafed, because mine was
neither the paediatric nor maternity unit.
This 28-year-old woman had recently
delivered, I learnt, and had a two-month-old
baby, in addition to her other four children. She
could breastfeed him no more. She could not
breath well anymore, she could not eat, and all
the energy she had seemed to go into those
basic activities of daily living.
STOMACH CANCER
Later on, it emerged that she had stomach
cancer that had affected her liver and both her
lungs. This was just from the basic tests that my
hospital could do. Explaining this to her and the
husband was in itself an uphill task.
The man begged us to release his wife to a
famous village pastor who would pray for her
healing, or to a herbalist who would do what we
were unable to do. He wondered how I could just
give him such a diagnosis because the outcome
was unpalatable. Who would take care of their
ve children? He only sells charcoal, and needs
his wife for life to make any sense.
His questions, his despair, the womans
desperate attempt to cling on to life are an
episode I cannot forget as it resonates with
countless others I have encountered since.
Many a people seek modern medicare too
late, after having gone through a myriad of
traditional healers to get an array of concoc-
tions, part with their meagre earnings and get a
promise of healing.
Similarly, some religious personalities and
institutions promise healing to desperate
people, of course, after parting with some
money. Rich or poor, they will spend tonnes of
their earnings for some prayers and concoctions
in the name of herbal medicine.
Finally, theyll end up at the hands of modern
medicine, where little if any can be done,
considering our state of healthcare.
When a cancer that was in its early stages is
at its peak, gnawing away the persons mind,
body and soul. On realising this, with a strong
conviction that modern medicine was after all as
useless as theyd assumed, the very same
person will want another second opinion, one
from traditional medicine.
And the vicious cycle continues.
Is it health literacy? Is it the inadequacy of
our health facilities? I believe in miracles, thats
what faith demands of me. But then again, there
are no rehearsals in life.
B
ruises and minor cuts
might not concern many;
however, for people with
haemophilia, a rare
bleeding disorder, these can be
fatal. Bleeding in joints and mus-
cles can cause stiffness, pain, se-
vere joint damage, disability, and
sometimes death.
An estimated 6.9 million peo-
ple have a bleeding disorder, yet
75 per cent of them dont know
it. According to the Kenya Hae-
mophilia Association, at least
4,000 Kenyan men have a bleed-
ing disorder but 90 per cent are
not aware.
Currently, there are only 650
haemophilia patients registered
in the country leaving out a
chunk of patients who have nev-
er accessed treatment.
This was revealed during the
recent World Haemophilia Day,
which is marked every April 17.
Haemophilia is a genetic disor-
der that impairs the bodys abil-
ity to control blood clotting or
coagulation. Haemophiliacs can
suffer from uncontrolled bleed-
ing even from minor injuries and
bleeding in joints, muscles and
Silent medical
condition that
kills quietly
organs. These genetic disorders
occur more in males than fe-
males. However, women who
have the defective genes will
most likely become carriers and
can give birth to haemophiliac
males and females who are hae-
mophilia gene carriers.
Caroline Mutindi, a teacher at
Bishop Ndingi High School in
Mwala, got to know about hae-
mophilia when her son, Lance
Mwendwa, was three and after
he injured his knee after a fall.
When he was born, he did
not have any problems. I later
noticed that after injections, the
swellings would remain for long.
When he hit something he devel-
oped swellings and they wors-
ened when he was crawling and
learning to walk, she says.
She says family members
abandoned her as they believed
Lances condition was the result
of witchcraft or a curse. She even
sought divine intervention and
had libations poured on her son.
With time, the knee healed and
she thought the prayers had
worked. But the problem re-
curred a few weeks later in 2012.
Unable to bear her sons ex-
cruciating pain, Mutindi packed
and travelled that very night to
Nairobi to seek treatment.
After some blood tests at the
Kenyatta National Hospital,
Mutindi and son were asked to go
home to await results, but the
following day, they were back in
hospital, Lances stomach was in-
hance clot formation and brin
glues that help the clot to stabi-
lise. Factors Eight and Nine are
blood-clotting proteins needed
to save haemophiliacs lives in
case of an injury.
Dr Kibet says the factors are
not easily available and even
when they are, the price is too
high a single dosage of the
concentrates cost Sh50,000 and
an adult may require a minimum
of two doses in a day which cost
Sh100,000, an amount that very
few patients can afford.
To make it worse, only two
public hospitals offer this treat-
ment KNH and Moi Teaching
and Referral Hospital. These are
supported by donations from
World Federation of Haemophil-
ia and individuals.
amed. It was then they realised
he was haemophiliac.
She was inconsolable but with
time and after meeting other par-
ents whose children are haemo-
philiacs she accepted the situa-
tion. The condition can be fatal
as it can make one handicapped
following an untreated internal
bleeding on the knees and elbow
joints or even kill.
Doctors and health experts
say awareness about the disease
is still low. An haematologist at
KNH, Dr Kibet Shikuku, says due
to lack of awareness, it takes long
before one is diagnosed with the
bleeding disorder.
Haemophilia is treated by re-
placing the missing factor using
concentrates, fresh frozen plas-
ma or cryoprecipitate acid to en-
Lance Mwendwa who has haemophilia. Lack of awareness of condition
leaves many Kenyans untreated. [PHOTO: JEFF OCHIENG / STANDARD]
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
The pitfalls of aunting personal wealth
Showing off your riches opens you to
hangers-on, broke friends, lazy relatives,
gold-diggers and a whole posse of beggars
ready to separate cash your cash and you
An attitude
that money
can absolve
you from your
nasty social
character is
bad. People
with the real
money dont
go on such
escapades but
instead lead
quiet lives,
and raking in
even more
money.
Make it simple
Cost control: It is a process or activity on
controlling costs associated with an activity, process,
or company. Cost control includes investigative
procedures to detect variance of actual costs from
budgeted costs, diagnostic procedures to ascertain the
cause of variance, and corrective procedures to effect
realignment between actual and budgeted costs.
Labour market: This is the nominal market in
which workers nd paying work, employers nd willing
workers, and wage rates are determined. Labour
markets may be local, national lor international in
their scope and are made up of smaller, interacting
labour markets for different qualications, skills, and
geographical locations. They depend on exchange of
information between employers and job seekers about
wage rates, conditions of employment, level of
competition, and job location.
Procurement: This is the act of obtaining or
buying goods and services. The process includes
preparation and processing of a demand as well as the
end receipt and approval of payment.
It often involves purchase planning, standards
determination, specications development and
supplier research, selection and price negotiation,
among others. Procurement is often part of a
companys strategy because the ability to purchase
materials will determine if operations will continue.
Marketing mix: A planned mix of the controllable
elements of a products marketing plan encompassing
product, price, place, and promotion. These four
elements are adjusted until the right combination is
found that serves the needs of the products custom-
ers, while generating optimum income.
Corporate strategy: This is the overall scope and
direction of a corporation and the way in which its
various business operations work together to achieve
particular goals. Corporate strategy is in the decision-
making, problem solving and strategy.
Simplifying those big business terms
Quick Wins
Worth: Navigating
through the terrain
It pays to be discreet about
what you are worth if you want to
continue being wealthy for long.
When you faunt wealth
carelessly, you attract people who
will only need your money and the
relationship will be skewed in their
favour.
When you donate money to
a worthy cause, people will get
curious where it comes from.
They will start researching your
personal business and give it some
publicity which can make your
fortunes soar.
I
t is a societal taboo to aunt
wealth. Even proverbs and
wise sayings caution that
wealth can easily melt if one
lacks the right attitude to it. In
fact, a persons worth should be
a closely guarded secret if he or
she wants to be socially right.
But everywhere be it in
hospital outpatient queues, pubs,
matatus, banking halls or walk-
ways, we meet a breed of insen-
sitive people who aunt their
riches for a calculated and de-
testable social goal. Their ashy
lifestyle during hard times dem-
onstrate their immunity from the
biting money woes.
CUSTOMISED ATTENTION
Typically, such frauds ash
the latest mobile phones and
jewellery whose monetary worth
can comfortably run a govern-
ment department. They com-
plain of poor services and utter
awe-inspiring names of swanky
places where they can get better
deals and customised attention.
Others park their expensive
cars where they can be noticed.
They may make several trips to
the parking lot, ostensibly to get
mineral water, calculators, coats
or umbrellas and so on, leaving
no doubt who owns the limos.
But personal nance experts
warn that it is the small sh who
aunt their riches and one can-
not pick out the real wealthy peo-
ple in a crowd. They are humble
to a fault. The wannabe million-
aires want to prove that they have
arrived in big money business
by changing their social classes.
But the people with the real
money dont go on such esca-
pades. They instead lead quiet
lives, making even more money.
They have nothing to prove to
anybody. Paul Karuchi, a Nyahu-
ruru-based personal nance
banker, says it is unwise to show
off ones riches. By aunting
your riches around, you open
yourself to hangers-on, broke
friends, lazy relatives, gold-dig-
gers and a whole group of beg-
gars, he says.
Karuchi argues that keeping
ones wealth low-key is not the
same as hiding it from govern-
ment or tax evasion.
It is all about being wise with
your money and keeping it away
from people who can decimate it
given a chance, he says.
However, he adds that there
are times when showing off ones
wealth is necessary.
For a personal business to
gain public condence, the own-
er is expected to give generously
and publicly to worthy causes,
he says, adding that public con-
dence remains important to
any successful business.
This, he notes, is the best way
to show that one runs a nancial-
ly strong personal business.
Karuchi advises wealthy people
to display their riches in socially
acceptable yet discreet ways like
starting funds for worthy causes.
For example, billionaires such
as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet
have pledged enormous amounts
of money to charities, he says.
Charles Njeru, a business de-
velopment adviser with one of
the banking institutions, says
one should choose a money
show-off that he or she can af-
ford. Making a thoughtless
pledge might earn one some
publicity in the short-term, he
says. But when one cannot sus-
tain or even honour such a
pledge, he or she can be nan-
cially vanquished.
There is nothing that kills a
persons nancial reputation bet-
ter than pledging more than he
or she is actually worth, says
Njeru. Issuing bouncing cheques,
ostensibly to gain publicity at an
event, is nowadays considered a
criminal offence, adds Njeru.
A common money mistake
some people make is to display
an arrogance before friends, es-
pecially those that they have
toiled alongside. They may at-
tract some attention, but often
borne out of the false pretence.
FINANCIAL MESS
Such people shut the door to
friends who would bail them out
of future nancial doldrums or
recommend potential clients to
them. The richest people never
reveal how much they are worth.
Often, they grunt a non-commit-
tal answer. Their networth is of-
ten an approximation worked by
the media from the market value
of their many businesses.
Telling everybody how much
you make or have in your bank
account is the cheapest way to
show off your riches. Yet there are
scores of people in our midst
who commit this ultimate indis-
cretion at every opportunity.
Naturally, people dont like
loudmouths who brag about
their property and fat bank ac-
counts.
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Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
A student desperate for cash will often fake misfortune such as the theft of all of his or her personal
effects but will ensure they have bus fare stashed away, and money for refreshments during outings.
Nip your childrens
extravagance at
school in the bud
Send them to pay bills and
shopping so that they get a
sense of your net worth and
help them measure their
demands vis--vis this income
W
ith the new school
term starting next
week, many parents
will certainly fall prey
to the many tricks used by pupils
in obtaining more pocket mon-
ey than they require.
The tragedy is that modern
parents feel guilty of being ab-
sent in their childrens lives. They
compensate this by showering
them with excess money for their
use in school.
Parents or guardians will also
box themselves to a corner by
setting their childrens conspicu-
ous consumption for the next 14
weeks at the expense of urgent
needs at homes.
There have been extreme cas-
es in school where some parents
give their children as much as
Sh13,000 per term, Sh1,000
weekly, for their personal use.
This translates to Sh39,000 per
year and Sh159,000 over the en-
tire four year course.
This money could buy a mod-
est stake in the stock market
doubling or tripling in four years
and giving you a fabulous return.
But often, such pampered chil-
dren end up with discipline is-
sues. They may try out drugs and
alcohol or play truant.
Usually, they pay other less
privileged students to do their
washing, homework and as-
signed duties for them besides
running errands for them to ob-
tain contraband.
Besides growing up with the
wrong notion that money can
buy practically anything, includ-
ing friendship, such spoilt chil-
dren fail to get the all important
lesson of nancial discretion at a
critical and impressionable age.
So, how much money is enough
to leave with your child in
school?
FACTORING IN EXPENSES
The acceptable amount of
cash to entrust a child varies
from one school to another. But
one must factor in expenses such
as bus fare back home on closing
day, over-the-counter medica-
tion, occasional refreshment
when on school outings and
emergencies like loss of personal
items. Most teachers say Sh1,000
is adequate. Harry Gachunji, a
teacher and also a parent with
children in secondary school,
says soliciting for funds to pay for
upcoming school trips is the old-
est and most tenacious of all stu-
dents money scams.
Parents must verify all trips
with the school authorities and,
more importantly, the amount
required, he says. Often, the
charges are upped generously to
leave the students a little sti-
pend, adds Gachunji. He advis-
es parents to be keen when chil-
dren suddenly come up with so
many trips in a term.
This is often a pointer to a
spendthrift lifestyle that could be
unsustainable given your re-
sources and overheads of school
fees, he says.
Gachunji observes that a stu-
dent desperate for cash will often
fake a misfortune such as the
theft of all of his or her personal
effects. They use this guise to
borrow cash from friends and re-
quest their parents to foot the
bill. It may look perfect and sen-
sible, until you examine the nitty
gritty, warns Gachunji. Some
items are likely to be overpriced
or out of sync with the reality like
too many set books that the
school isnt even studying.
Faith Muraya, a mother of two
post-secondary children, says
when a child demands extra
cash, ostensibly to buy some spe-
cial soap, ointments, medicines
and other supplements, demand
to see the note of whoever gave
this prescription.
Ask why the problem only
arises in school and take your
child to a medical practitioner
you trust for a second opinion,
says Muraya. As Muraya has dis-
covered through the hard way, a
simple medical issue can be ex-
aggerated with a calculated -
nancial aim in mind.
Muraya adds that its a mark
Quick Wins
Tips on reining in
childrens money
excesses
Verify all of your childs
school trips with the school
authorities before parting
with your money.
If your child claims that he
or she has borrowed money
to buy lost items, demand to
be brought all the creditors,
in the school heads ofce.
Let your children help you
with your work or business
over the school holidays and
earn their pocket money.
This way, they are likely to
understand the value of
money and learn some
prudence in its spending.
Let your child learn of your
rent, power and water bills
and other overheads.
of maturity for pupils to handle
school shopping on their own.
But many parents are often
hoodwinked that things are so
expensive nowadays in obscure
shops or towns where their chil-
dren do their shopping.
She warns that if a childs
shopping always exceeds its bud-
get, chances are that the young-
ster could be making a generous
saving and using the extra money
for other things, like phone cred-
it for surng the net.
To stem this culture of care-
less spending, always demand a
receipt and a full account of your
money when your child does his
or her back-to-school shopping,
she says.
You may leave a little margin,
but there is something wrong if
your child cannot account for
anything upwards of Sh100 every
time he or she goes out to do
back-to-school shopping.
Embrace technology for ef ciency
CEOS take with Lilian Kiarie
On this second dispatch of tips from those who
have left their comfort zone to trudge the unsure
murky waters of self-employment, Justus Muriithi
Kirigua, the managing director of Pewin Cabs shares
what he has learnt.
Nine years ago, Muriithi was an employee at UPS,
a transport logistics company in the United States.
Today, the 34-year-old is the founder of Pewin Cabs
which has about 200 employees, an online applica-
tion service and is raking in millions of shillings from
the business. His rm was listed among the best
medium-sized rms with a turnover of between Sh70
million and Sh500 million.
Tips on running business:
Acquiring Customers: When starting a business,
the number one priority should be acquiring
customers NOT to make big prot.
Excuses and procrastination are early symptoms
of failure.
Consistency: Dont try to be all things to all
people. Stick to your lane.
Digital: Embrace technology as much as
possible. It cant replace people but can make
outcomes more predictable.
Benchmark: Seek the best in class in your
industry worldwide and pay them a visit.
Justus Muriithi Kirigua Manag-
ing Director Pewin Cabs
Wednesday Life
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
They are like billboards during international circuits and bring
home gold and glory. After shining in their prime, some go ahead
to lead successful lives but others spiral into oblivion, condemned
to a life of squalor.
H
e was one of the most tal-
ented runners of all time
and best remembered
for his athletic exploits.
But today, Samuel Kiprop Chep-
kok leads a squalid life.
His lifestyle best exemplies the
sad riches to rags story that is so
common among former ath-
letes.
The glittery trophies kept in their
houses, dusty medals hanging
from the walls and their generally
unkempt dressing aptly captures
their glorious past.
This also paints the grim picture
of the life led by some world-re-
cord beating Kenyan athletes de-
spite having won millions from
lucrative competitions in the
past.
Today, their superb sprint re-
cords only work out to their ad-
vantage whenever police raid
their villages in search of unli-
censed and illicit alcohol dens.
Although they trained and even
made the national team with
some of the most successful Ke-
nyan athletes such as Paul Tergat
and Moses Kiptanui, their desti-
tute lifestyles today are incompa-
rable.
Antony Kiprono and Charles
Kwambai, who represented Ke-
nya in the World Cross-country
Championships and won lucra-
tive races abroad, also feature on
the list of elite athletes who have
since fallen into disgrace.
Chepkok, who won a bronze
medal in the World Cross-country
Championships, is a poor man.
He has a small mud-walled house
and a granary at his home in Tui-
yoluk village in Uasin Gishu
County.
I won millions of money in ath-
letics. I spent everything on a lav-
ish lifestyle. I loved alcohol and
women. In fact, I never had male
friends, except when we drank to-
gether. I regret it all, said Chep-
kok in an interview with The Stan-
dard at his home last week.
The former champion, who says
he was nicknamed Digger for
his unwavering love for women,
says he did everything possible
even during competitions to
impress the ladies.
He started the habit at a young
age. When he was in high school,
the habit led to his expulsion
from three schools Kapteren,
Kipsoen and Kitany.
In Kipsoen, fresh from the World
Juniors in Bulgaria, I used to ask
my female classmates to wash my
uniform. They were all willing to
help provided I gave them soap.
Then one day the girls aired my
trousers alongside their clothes.
They were spotted by the master
on duty and I was suspended. I
made other mistakes after that
and was eventually expelled,
says Chepkok, who boasts a time
of 8:16.23, which he posted in
Seville, Spain, in 1999.
At Kitany Boys, I had earned
good money from running and
forged an affair with a teacher
from a nearby school. I told her I
was also a teacher. Little did I
know that she would come to the
school looking for me; I ed and
jumped over the fence when I
spotted her. She later saw me
competing in the secondary
schools meet at Kamariny Stadi-
um, he says.
After his secondary school edu-
cation in 1993, Chepkok was re-
cruited into the Kenya Defence
Forces as a sportsman.
Here, he made more money from
running.
By 1998, I had earned almost
Sh4 million. I would buy beer by
the crate, stack them until they
were taller than me, then begin to
drink with friends, he says, regret
written all over his face.
Chepkoks drinking extended to
international competitions.
Special Feature
By Jonathan Komen
THEN AND NOW:
Some athletes
who shone in
their heyday now
lead squalid lives
in the village.
[PHOTOS: MBUGUA
KIBERA / FILE /
STANDARD]
I won millions of shillings in athletics. I spent
everything on my lavish lifestyle. I love alcohol
and sex. In fact I never had friendship with men,
apart from drinking together but I am now re-
gretting Samuel Kiprop Chepkok
For some ex-champs,
the nish line is a
tumble into misery
Charles Kwambai.
Antony Kiprono.
Vincent Malakwen
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I would drink even the day be-
fore a race. After sailing through
the qualifying rounds in major
championships, I would move
out briey and have a beer after
resting, and I still performed well
in the nals, he says.
Chepkok says he remembers the
1996 IAAF World Cross-country
Championships held
in Cape Town, South
Africa because
of a woman
he met earlier
and decided
to show her his
prowess at the
nish line.
I felt re-energised
when I remembered
she was watching me from
the stands. I was num-
ber four in the nal
stretch but the thought
spurred me to sprint
and nish third be-
hind Assefa Mezege-
bu of Ethiopia and
the winner David Che-
lule, he says.
Chepkok, who was man-
aged by Italian track and eld
agent Gabrielle Rosa alongside
Paul Tergat and two-time Bos-
ton Marathon winner Moses Ta-
nui he got a serious knee injury
while training in Milan, Italy, in
1999.
Tragically, this ended Chepkoks
career despite going seeking
treatment in Italy and Britain.
The tendon fracture took a while
to heal. That denied me the op-
portunity to make more money.
This caused me stress and lost
hope as I faced money problems.
All my friends melted away one
by one, says the father of seven.
Chepkok blames himself for his
woes. I am to blame for my gen-
erosity and carelessness. And I
have decided to get back into
training.
He says Moses Tanui, who was
the rst man to run the half mar-
athon in under one hour, advised
him to stop drinking.
Former World Junior 5,000m run-
ner Antony Kipronos life script is
not very different from Chep-
koks.
Kiprono, who nished fth in the
5,000m in Bulgaria, is today a sin-
gle man, having separated from
his wife ten years ago.
For him, the problem was not al-
cohol but a dishonest wife.
When we visited him at home
near Singore Girls Secondary
School in Keiyo North recently, he
was just coming home with maize
our that he had gone to grind at
a nearby posho mill.
Looking weather-beaten but
speaking eloquently, Kiprono
granted us an interview immedi-
ately we introduced ourselves.
Help me out of this situation,
he begged. I am a frustrated man
even after making a name for this
country. My wife swindled me of
all my money and left me in pov-
erty, he said.
I now do manual jobs here and
there to earn Sh200 or Sh300,
which helps me buy a tin of maize
and some household items. Its
just terrible. I need help, said
Kiprono, who is known in the vil-
lage as Puma, after the interna-
tional company that used him in
his heyday to promote the sports-
wear brand.
The former student of athletics-
rich Marakwet High School add-
ed: I burnt logs for charcoal to
pay nursery school fees for my
child. Life is hard.
Kiprono competed against Chep-
kok during schools competitions
and even travelled abroad for
competitions together.
I helped pay my wifes fees at the
teachers college she attended
and she later ditched me. I have
sold my tractor to support my sib-
lings. Because of the stress, I took
to drinking, he said.
According to Kiprono, his tribu-
lations today are similar to the
disappointments he experienced
at the IAAF World Cross-country
Championships in France in
1993, when he nished 30th. Paul
Tergat nished 10th while Wil-
liam Sigei, Dominic Kirui and Is-
mael Kirui swept the podium.
But I was second in a 16-mile
race in the US. It was among the
many races that earned me good
money. I also enrolled for a course
in coaching at St Marys in Eng-
land, which helped me train ath-
letes after I stopped running,
said Kiprono, who was managed
by German agent Walter Hamire.
I have not been in contact with
my former training partners. I
have been looking for their cell
phone numbers, he said.
Similary, Charles Kwambai has
not found life after running very
rosy. He nished fth in the World
Cross-country Championships in
South Africa (1996) and Turin in
Italy (1997).
The shy-faced Kwambai said in-
jury ruled him out of competi-
tions after a brief stint at the in-
ternational level. I dont believe I
used my talent to its full poten-
tial. I am ready to stop drinking
and train well if I nd a sponsor,
says Kwambai, his eyes glittering
with some hope.
He is best remembered for win-
ning gold medals in the 3,000m
steeplechase, 5,000m and
10,000m races at the Africa Junior
Championships in West Africa.
I am asking Athletics Kenya and
the Government to help us, said
Kwambai, who trained under Ital-
ian agent Gabrielle Rosa.
For Vincent Malakwen, the 1995
All Africa Games 1,500m champi-
on, it was a hamstring injury that
took the wind out of his sails.
I stopped running in 2000 after
the injury. But the national trials
for the Commonwealth Games in
1998 stand out as my most mem-
orable moment, said Malakwen,
whose agent was Dutchman Jose
Hermens.
Last week, former World Junior
champion Raymond Yator admit-
ted that alcoholism forced him
out of athletics.
He said his passion for athletics
is still very much alive but exces-
sive drinking had taken a toll on
him. Alcohol has led me to aban-
don my career but my body is still
raring to go. My appeal is to any
sponsor who can provide me with
training and facilities. I will not
disappoint, he said.
Yator, Malakwen and Kiprono
studied at Marakwet High School,
which former world record hold-
ers Moses Kiptanui and Qatari
Said Seif Shaheen (formerly Ste-
phen Cherono) also attended.
Some athletes who have been
successful at the podium as well
as off the track such as Thomas
Pkemoi Longosiwa say they nd
their anchor in religion.
After winning their races, Lon-
gosiwa, who is popularly known
as Pastor, and the others often
kneel down for prayer.
Even if you have billions or
whatever wealth, you can get no-
where without Jesus Christ, Lon-
gosiwa says.
Special Feature
BY JONATHAN
KOMEN
Its no secret
that most world
beating ath-
letes emerged
from poor fam-
ily back-
grounds to
global fame.
And the sud-
den rise has
never been all rosy for some of the athletes,
which has seen some misuse their earnings in
ashy lifestyles and alcoholism and eventually
slip back to poverty or even die.
General (rtd) Jackson Tuwei, the Athletics Ke-
nya Vice President in charge of youth develop-
ment, said the big money subject them to un-
necessary pressure from society.
When they win huge money, these athletes are
honoured and even adored everywhere. With
their little education and little exposure and
their young age, they become easy prey to those
who mislead them into making wrong deci-
sions, said Tuwei.
They are exposed to the many challenges in
the society, which get them by surprise since
most of them were born and bred in rural ar-
eas. In this case, even the educated people, who
may not be nancially stable, cannot challenge
the bad habits against the rising poverty levels
in our society, where all love and adore them,
he said.
For example, Olympic marathon winner, the
late Sammy Wanjiru, led a ashy lifestyle and
later died in sad circumstances.
In December 2012, Athletics Kenya rolled out
athletes training programmes to help curb the
habit that has denied many athletes the oppor-
tunity to enjoy their glorious earnings.
We felt that training them on a number of is-
sues such as banking, nance, property man-
agement and importance of spirituality will
steer them the right way. But its good for them
to also get advice from their parents, sports ad-
ministrators and successful athletes, he said.
The next AK seminar will be held next year.
Lots of money
at tender age
steers athletes
off course
Samuel Chepkok
Born in 1975, according to ofcial records,
Chepkok, says he will train for marathon
(42km).
Anthony Kiprono
He was born in 1971 and began to win money
at 18. He was in the world cross-country team
to France in 1990 and nished fth in 5,000m
at the World Junior Championships in Bulgaria
that year. There is little possibility that he can
get back to active running at 43.
Charles Kwambai
He was born in 1978 and bagged his rst
money in 1996 when aged 18, winning
triple gold medals at the Africa Junior
Championships in Younde, Cameroon. At 36,
Kwambai can still train and get back to active
running in marathon.
Vincent Malakwen
He was born in 1974 and won gold at the 1995
All Africa Games 1,500m at 19 years. He not
keen about staging a comeback.
Raymond Yator
He was born in 1981 and surprised all when he
broke the world junior 3,000m steeplechase
record in 2,000 at 19 years. He is strong and,
at 32, he is ready to keep off alcoholism and
return to the tracks.
Quick Link
Samuel Chepkok outside his mud-
walled house.
Raymond Yator.
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Innovator
with Kamuzu Banda
Gifted brains in biometric
land registration system
It relies on unique
features of human
beings to capture
and store a persons
information
L
and ownership remains a
sticky issue in our country
and record management
seems to be one of the core
problems. There are many in-
stances where several people
have title deeds for the same par-
cel of land.
This issue led two innovative
minds from Jomo Kenyatta Uni-
versity of Agriculture and Tech-
nology (JKUAT) to seek solutions
in technology and the result has
been quite impressive.
Robert Ouko and Jennifer
Mwai, both at the universitys
School of Computing and Infor-
mation Technology, are the brains
behind a Biometric Land Regis-
tration system that seeks to fore-
stall land ownership issues such
as land grabbing.
The system has a database
where information on the parcels
of land, say in a district, is stored.
The information entered in-
cludes the geographical location,
size, map, owner and the number
of times it has changed hands.
land is retrieved. Because no two
persons in the world have similar
nger thumbs, the information
can only be unique to one per-
son, explains Mwai, 22.
For those persons without n-
ger thumbs for any reason, the
system can store their eye iris,
which is another unique feature
for every individual.
Should one opt to sell the land
or transfer after registering bio-
metrically, the system initiates
the change.
It cost the duo Sh50,000 and it
took seven months to put togeth-
er the prototype, which has been
tested using a sample data at the
university and the result has been
accurate.
The innovation caught the at-
tention of the Ministry of Lands
with Cabinet Secretary Charity
Jennifer Mwai
and Robert
Ouko during
different
presentations
on the
biometric land
registration
device.
[PHOTOS/
KAMUZU
BANDA/
STANDARD]
Tech World
with Jerry Odumbe Otieno
to individuals but they see ave-
nues of working with the govern-
ment to help digitalise lands re-
cords from where there can be a
revenue share.
The students acknowledge
that this would not have been
possible without the support of
the chairman IT department
Philip Oyier, David Kagima and
Eunice Olweny of Extension De-
partment, among others at
JKUAT.
Kamuzu_b@yahoo.com
@TKB101
Power cables could soon
be a thing of the past
Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology, a South
Korean research centre has
created a novel wireless charg-
ing system which, from tests
carried out, was seen to be capable
of charging up to 40 smartphones
at the same time which were
placed five metres away. Dubbed
the Dipole Coil Resonant System
(DSRS), it is still in its prototype stage,
though the inventors believe that an
implementation of such a system on a
large scale will make power cords and
cables a thing of the past. The
charging system is equipped with two
long magnetic coils which through a
process of inductive charging can
power up a number of devices
including televisions, laptops, fans and
smartphones wirelessly. A similar
system known as Cota was developed
last year but from tests, the team
found that the DSRS is more efficient,
not complex and less sensitive to
interference from factors such as
temperature and humidity.
LatentGesture
adds security to
your handsets
A team of inventors
from the Georgia Institute
of Technology in the US are currently
working on a new security technology
which they believe will highly
improve mobile security. The security
software-system is known as the
LatentGesture, and is based on the
users touch signature. The
inventors define touch signature as
a users unique style of touch
interaction with the touchscreen of a
device such as smartphones. The
inventors say their creation is
capable of monitoring and determin-
ing the users touching pattern when
users frequently tap on a touchscreen
of a device and store this as their
touch
signature.
The
technolo-
gy is
pro-
grammed
to
compare the pattern stored to that
of the current user and if the
signatures do not match, the device
locks itself until it detects a similar
touch tendencies as that which was
stored. During tests using android
smartphones and tablets, the
LatentGesture was found to be 98
per cent accurate on a smartphone
and 97 per cent accurate on tablets
in matching the owner as well as the
unauthorised users.
New device helps the
blind read
MIT researchers have created a
wearable device called the Finger-
Reader that can read out printed text
using a synthesised voice, helping
people who are visually impaired
read books without the use of braille.
The FingerReader is the ring-like
device which is worn on the finger
and is equipped with a micro-camera
which is responsible for scanning
printed texts. When in use, the device
produces an audio feedback on the
texts captured by the camera with the
help of open source software installed
on the device. The device at this stage,
however, only works with 12-point
printed text. At the moment the
FingerReader is just a prototype and
there are no immediate plans to take
FingerReader to market.
The owners details are also en-
tered and the nger print stored.
The system uses a mSQL and or-
acle databases to store the infor-
mation.
UNIQUE FEATURES
This innovation relies on the
unique features of the human be-
ing such as iris and ngerprints
to capture and store a persons
land title information like loca-
tion of the land, size, land photo,
personal details of the person
registering for land.
If a person is blind, he or she
can be registered by use of a bar
code reader which uniquely iden-
ties the person or the owner of
the title deed.
If the owner of the land puts
a nger on the ngerprint detec-
tor, all the information about his
Ngilu inviting the duo to make a
presentation to the ministrys IT
team.
WAY FORWARD
We were invited last Decem-
ber by the CS and we took the IT
team through the system and
how it works and they were quite
impressed. We have a follow up
meeting from where we will see
the way forward but we hope it
can be improved and adopted,
explains Ouko, a former at Homa
Bay Secondary School student.
He is, however, of the opinion
that the system is not one for sale
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Usenge plot graph of better
days ahead in academics
School puts in place measures
to sustain and build on its
excellent performance in 2013
Usenge High
School
students
attend class.
[PHOTOS:
ISAIAH
GWENGI/
STANDARD]
Education
with Isaiah Gwengi
O
ne time, its name could
appear alongside other
top academic giants
such as Sawagongo, St
Marys Yala and Ambira high
schools among others in the then
Siaya District.
And some of its former stu-
dents went ahead and assumed
important positions in both pri-
vate and public sectors.
Among them is the Deputy
Minority leader in the National
Assembly and Gem legislator
Washington Jakoyo Midiwo.
Usenge High Schools alumni
list also include the names of gy-
naecologist cum assistant direc-
tor of reproductive health at Ke-
nyatta National Hospital Dr John
Ongech.
Also in the list is Siaya Coun-
tys gubernatorial contestant
William Oduol.
Sufce to say, this was one of
the countys top schools whose
students went to excel elsewhere
after walking out of its gates.
In an interview with The Stan-
dard, Principal Daniel Wasambo
is more condent that better
days of academic success are
ahead.
As a strategy, he says, they
now endeavour subject-based
seminars for teachers.
We also work towards com-
pleting the syllabus by second
term so as to secure ample time
for the students to do their revi-
sions ahead of the national ex-
ams, discloses Wasambo.
MODERN LABORATORY
He further says that the
schools enrollment has expand-
ed since its establishment in
1967. The school has a popula-
tion of 800.
The rising enrollment has
been attributed to the consisten-
cy in good academic perfor-
mance as well as the spill of stu-
dents which has been as a result
of Free Primary Education, he
says.
However, the principal says
that the entry behaviour in the
school is still a big challenge.
Some of the students we se-
lect with good marks never turn
up, he says adding that the
schools curriculum is still offer-
ing eleven subjects and, there-
fore, not giving them a fair
ground for competition with the
rest of the schools.
In last years KCSE examina-
tion results in which the school
had a mean grade of 8.1, Wasam-
bo says that about 117 out of 123
students have direct intake into
the university.
These are the best results
that the school has ever had in
the past ten years and this is a
clear indication that we are head-
ed to the right direction having
positioned ourselves at position
two in Bondo sub-county, he
says disclosing that this year the
school registered 177 candi-
dates.
As a way of improving the
learning environment for both
the staff and students, Wasambo
says that they have embarked on
a major infrastructure and facili-
ties revamp, which will cost Sh15
million. This will include refur-
bishing of a science laboratory,
classrooms, dormitories and
fencing of the school.
He says the school has plans
to construct a modern laborato-
ry to meet the rising schools en-
rolment.
We have had one laboratory
which cannot handle the in-
creasing student population. The
school has however received
Sh2.9million from the CDF kitty
to construct a modern science
laboratory, he says adding that
this will enable the school to im-
prove in sciences.
He says the science laborato-
ry would help improve teaching
and learning, as students would
not only learn theory but also
practical science.
Science and technology
plays a very important role in the
development of the country and
our students should take scienc-
es seriously to enable them at-
tain enviable professions in fu-
ture, he urges.
School Spot
With Samuel Ochieng
Chavakali Highs
secret of success
No one had expected Chavakali High to
outshine academic giants in last years Kenya
Certicate of Secondary Education exams. Even
the students were surprised when the Education
Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi
announced the top ten best schools nationally
and Chavakali took the enviable eighth position.
For a moment, everything was at a standstill.
Then the students erupted with excitement and
took over Chavakali town in style.
Students and teachers attribute this historic
success to hard work, teamwork, discipline and
above all, belief in God.
We understand that discipline is the
cornerstone to any success. I am happy to say
that there has been improved discipline in this
school and no doubt, students at Chavakali are
beginning to reap its fruits, says Ngaira Sharky,
the schools head boy, who is in charge of 1,300,
students.
BREAKING RECORD
According to the schools deputy principal
Mudevi Joab, the sterling performance in last
years examination was not a surprise but a
result of good work both by the students and the
teachers.
He says the school has been breaking records
and many of these are unnoticed adding that
Chavakali was the rst school in the whole
country to introduce agriculture as a subject and
also the rst to offer industrial arts, wood
technology.
To Mudevi, the 2013 class performance was a
result of curriculum outline that was moulded in
the year 2010.
We had to sit down and plan because of the
trend that was in the school. For a long time, the
school could only produce few quality grades.
We wanted a plan that could make the
candidates get good grades. One way was to
reward any student who gets an A with a
motorbike, says Mudevi.
He says the plan worked well and the year
2011 it almost became a threat to the local
giants as the school produced 18 straight As.
However, the following year, the school did not
perform as well and the deputy blamed this on
the teachers strike.
We had prepared the 2012 class well. In fact
we were targeting a mean of 10.33 but the strike
interfered at a very wrong time, he says. That
year, the school managed position 64 nationally.
The 2013 team managed an additional 0.4
point on the set mean score of 10.33 to make it
10.73.
In out of class activities, the school equally
does well comparatively. Its star is shining
brightly in choir and rugby nationally among
other activities.
Chavakali students during a break. [PHOTO:
SAMUEL OCHIENG / STANDARD]
B J H F 18
E J F D 25
H G C B 14
18 17 19 25
G C D A 22
Solution No. 1816
5 6 9 3 4 2 1 7 8
7 4 1 8 6 5 3 2 9
3 8 2 1 7 9 5 6 4
4 2 6 7 8 3 9 5 1
8 9 5 2 1 4 7 3 6
1 7 3 9 5 6 8 4 2
6 5 8 4 9 7 2 1 3
2 1 7 6 3 8 4 9 5
9 3 4 5 2 1 6 8 7
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
STANDOKU Imejin
1817 COFFEE BREAK
2 9 4 1
1 4
3 6
2
6 3 2 8
8 3 2 7
9
4 5 3
5 2 1 6
1 8 9 7
5 9 4 1
9 7 5 6
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: Denitely
we, at her wedding,
want sun not rain.
(7)
Middle line: In his
rst model he high-
lights places. (9)
Bottom line: Un-
founded rumours
about French
ducks.. (7)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
There is an emphasis on close relation-
ships. and a preoccupation with ideas of
fairness and harmony are part and parcel
of the cycle you have begun.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You can bring an attitude of common
sense, positive energy and warmth to a
frustrated person today, enabling the cre-
ation of more positive thinking. You have a
calm way about you.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
Go ahead and work on your ideas and
make your presentation. Be ready to
change or adapt but know that rewards
are in the making and the last-minute re-
vealing of your idea to co-workers is the
witness to your hard work.
Aires (March 21 - April 20)
There may be a bit of restlessness over
something you cannot change today. It
would be good to busy yourself with those
things within your own work area. Inven-
tive concepts come easily.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Be careful of procrastination today. True
procrastination is not the result of simple
laziness it is trying to delay what will
really become the end result or outcome.
There could be a challenge teasing you
and you are not sure how to proceed.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
Decisive action is the main order of busi-
ness now: how you respond to change and
maintain your independence is a major fo-
cus. You look for new and innovative ways
to handle your job. During your lunch break
you will find that there is more than one
way to handle the requests that are upon
you in the work place now.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(April 21 - May 20)
Someone may say something
that does not seem quite right
a very sensitive issue. This
may touch you in some emo-
tional ways. The person that is
difcult to understand.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5177
NO 5176
A B C D E F G H J
6 9 4 5 8 2 3 7 1
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
I C E L R T O B F U
M S Q Y D K J O V H
N
Z
W
X
A
G
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
A hot discussion may take place today but
you enjoy the debate. Through your ability
to listen and to solve problems, you teach
others. There is a vast amount of intelligent
energy available to you.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
A new forum could be a turning point in a
meeting this morning. A group meeting on
the sales oor is exciting as well as frustrat-
ing. Give this time to unwind there is more
to discover.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
You are supportive of a loved ones ideas this
morning and may nd yourself in deep con-
versation. You do not forget your various re-
sponsibilities however, and may nd yourself
working a little late this afernoon.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
Do not worry too much about what others
think about your work or abilities. You will be
able to achieve quite a lot today. An empha-
sis on business is positive and you will nd
the day moving along rather quickly.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
In a business meeting today you should not
become preoccupied with one idea and ac-
cept it as gospel. Consider all sides of an is-
sue. This could be your most benecial move
now, yet it may be hard to hold yourself back
in order to hear all the sides.
Taurus
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Across
1 Jungle expedi ti on
(6)
7 Refur bi sh (8)
8 Mexi can snack (4)
1 0 Tropi cal Amer i can
bi rd (6)
1 1 Pi cture house (6)
14 Bread rol l (3)
1 6 Celesti al body (5)
17 Drawn matches (4)
1 9 Tree (5)
21 Tag (5)
22 Devi l (5)
23 Sketched (4)
26 Lowest poi nt (5)
28 Charge (3)
29 I mproves (6)
30 Fi nd (6)
31 Dr y (4)
32 Pai nti ng of a per-
son (8)
33 Vi ew or gl ance (6)
Down
1 Group of seven (6)
2 Counti ng frame (6)
3 Press (4)
4 Of cur rent affai r s
(7)
5 Seragl i o (5)
6 Gai n access to (3, 2)
8 Cyl i nder (4)
9 Contai ner (3)
12 And not (3)
13 Fuse (5)
1 5 Excl ude (5)
1 8 A rel i gi on (5)
1 9 Fel i ne (3)
20 Lai r (3)
21 Pantr i es (7)
22 Transgressi on (3)
23 Reach a deci si on
(6)
24 Per use wr i ti ng (4)
25 Snout beetle (6)
26 Di aper (5)
27 Di sparage (5)
28 I n favour of (3)
30 Overdue (4)
ACROSS: 1, Speak 6, Sheep 9, Risible 10, Heart 11, Erect 12, Liver 13, Plastic 15, Dry 17, East
18, Rebate 19, Sewer 20, Clever 22, Puce 24, Her 25, Pullman 26, Dupes 27, Fatal 28, Oscar
29,Tantrum 30, Never 31, Tales.
DOWN: 2, Paella 3, Arrest 4, Kit 5, Mimic 6, Sleeper 7, Herr 8, Escort 12, Liner 13, Peach 14, Aster
15, Datum 16, Yemen 18, Rebus 19, Secular 21, Legate 22, Plasma 23, Carafe 25, Petty 26, Date
28, Out.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Quietly, frequently in foxy fash-
ion (6)
7 If dice cant be shaken, its just
one of those things (8)
8 French, perhaps, at an early
time (4)
10 Misdirected, hikers may cry (6)
11 When the lake is frozen, one
cannot really be a sher (6)
14 Did one crawl out of a Sherman
tank? (3)
16 The inclinations of tournament
entrants? (5)
17 In addition, they return us a
manuscript (4)
19 Old-fashioned and dead wrong
about central heating (5)
21 Charges to make you stare? (5)
22 Do hundreds of them get
pounded? (5)
23 In this case nishing nowhere
(4)
26 Less than explicit but quite ac-
ceptable (5)
28 Where dads concerned, it may
be de Calais (3)
29 Alternatives may be short out
East (6)
30 Garment on show, eventu-
ally? (6)
31 Sounds fruity and doesnt look
good! (4)
32 Open the shop for charming
women to make changes (8)
33 Added up by that little boy Ed-
ward (6)
DOWN
1 Sudden outbursts of sibilance?
(6)
2 Teaches half-wits to get out of
the rain (6)
3 An American, just possibly a
jerk (4)
4 The best boys difculties? (7)
5 Theyre common in trafc acci-
dents (5)
6 Phenomena seen with striking
effect? (5)
8 Drink half a day with the doc-
tor (4)
9 The drippy type? (3)
12 First thing needed afer an ac-
cident? (3)
13 Three may put you to sleep! (5)
15 Vesta, relation of Lucifer? (5)
18 Not ready to have wild fun with
a bit of a nitwit (5)
19 Hes always in danger (3)
20 Where to drive in the late eve-
ning (3)
21 Take back what you said about
a pamphlet (7)
22 A bird with taste (3)
23 Little place, dramatically Dan-
ish (6)
24 See as an eggheaded mole?
(4)
25 Job for a messenger or a clever
darner (6)
26 Burns wrote a poem to one,
perhaps surprisingly (5)
27 One can link it with a bicycle (5)
28 Dog, a bit ugly on the quiet?
(3)
30 Barely above board? (4)
ACROSS: 1, Athos 6, Gail-y 9, Factors 10, Craft 11, A-head 12, H-inn-y 13, CL-Acton 15, Veg 17, Elbe 18, Albino
19, El-e.g.-y 20, Lo-udly 22, Tea-s(trainer) 24, Oft 25, Some-one 26, Screw 27, Remit 28, Rules 29, Deliver 30,
Add-ED 31, Verse.
DOWN: 2, Th-rill 3, Off-ice 4, Sat 5, Stain 6, Gr-and-ly 7, A-shy 8, Le-Aden 12,Hotly 13, Cell-O 14, A-bout 15, V-I-
deo 16, G-orse 18, A-glow 19, Elected 21, Off-end 22, Tenure 23, Angels 25, Sepia 26, Side 28, Rev.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
There is no pleasure in having
nothing to do; the fun is
having lots to do and not
doing it.
Andrew Jackson
Workers at a Los Angeles
di ner were speechless after
seei ng the face of Jesus
appear i n a pancake on
Good Fri day.
Karen Hendri ckson, who
runs Cowgi rl Cafe, sai d she
prayed to God and asked
Hi m to watch over her
busi ness on Thursday, Apri l
17.
Then the followi ng
morni ng she was called
over by staff to wi tness
the breakfast treats
remarkable holy resem-
blance.
She told CBS Local: Hes
got a mustache and a
beard, and i t looks li ke hes
got a recedi ng hai rli ne.
Employee Edgar Cej a
added: I di d see the face.
Its i mpressi ve because i t
was on Good Fri day, and I
don t really see that very
often.
But i ts not the fi rst ti me
the Messi ah has shown up
i n an unusual place.
Mirror Online
Face of Jesus spotted in pancake on Good Friday
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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FOX CI NEPLEX SARI T CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I DI VERGENT ( PG) At
11 . 00am, 2 STATE ( U16) At 2. 30pm, ,
8. 50pm, KAANCHI ( TBA) At 6. 15pm
SCREEN I I NON STOP ( PG) At
11 . 00am, 1 . 45pm, 4. 00pm, 8. 50pm,
THE OTHER WOMAN ( TBA) At 6. 30pm,
PLANET MEDI A CI NEMAS - KI SUMU
SCREEN I THE HOBBI T ( PG)
At 2. 40pm. THE SECRET LI FE OF
WALTER MI TTY ( PG) At 6. 00pm,
8. 30pm.
SCREEN I I SON OF GOD ( TBA) At
11 . 00am
RI O 2 G/E) At 1 . 30pm, CAPTAI N
AMERI CA ( PG. 13) At 6. 00p. m 2
STATES ( TBA) At 3. 20pm, 8. 40pm
NYALI CI NEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I KAANCHI At 6. 15pm, THE
OTHER WOMAN At 6. 45pm, 2 STATES
At 9. 00pm, NON STOP At 9. 15pm.
Cinema Guide
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui:
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
N
o
w
S
h
o
w
i
n
g
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
07:00 Diamond Divers
07:50 Fast N Loud
08:40 Car Vs Wild
09:30 Storage Hunters
09:55 Auction Kings
10:25 Baggage Battles
10:50 How Do They Do It?
11:20 How Its Made
11:45 Gold Rush
12:40 Gold Fever
01:35 Ice Cold Gold
Willie is an alcoholic, a sex addict and is get-
ting gradually unable to perform the Santa
routine much to Marcus dismay. This year,
Willie and Marcus are hired at a mall in Phoe-
nix, Arizona and Willies vulgar remarks shock
the prudish mall manager Bob Chipeska who
brings Willie to the attention of security chief
Gin Slagel.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Bad Boys 2
TV Quiz
02:30 Storage Hunters
03:00 Auction Kings
03:25 Baggage Battles
03:55 Diamond Divers
04:50 The Big Brain Theory
05:45 Fast N Loud
06:40 How Do They Do It?
07:05 How Its Made
07:35 Sons Of Guns
08:30 Baggage Battles
09:00 Auction Kings
09:30 Manhunt
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5:00 Pambazuka
6:00 Powerbreakfast
9:00 Afrosinema
11;30 Naswa
12:00 Gabriela
13:00 Live at 1
14:00 Cheche rpt
15:00 Afrosinema
16:00 Citizen alasiri
16:10 Mseto East Africa
17:00 Pavitra rishta
18:00 Un refugio
19:00 Citizen nipashe
19:35 Kansiime
20:05 Wild at heart
21:00 Citizen business
center
22:00 Corona de
lagrimas
23:00 Afrosinema
0.00 Citizen late night
news
1:00 Afro-sinema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBC Lunch Time
News
1:30 Moving The Masses
1:30 Grapevine
2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
9:00 Channel 1 News
9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
11:30 You Are The One
12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 AM Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young & The
Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 La Patrona
8:30 Baileys Wedding
Show
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 Movie
12:00 NTV Late Night
12:15 CNN
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
9.00 Tendereza
10:00 Movie: Midnight
Stallion
12.00 Tomorrow Today
12.30 E-curve
1.00 NEWSDESK
1.30 Road to Brasil
2:00 Afri-Screen
4.00 MBIU YA KTN
4.10 Batman Of The Future
4.30 Avengers Assemble
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Her Mothers Daughter
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Real Househelps of
Kawangware
8.00 Los Rey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 Jeff Koinange Live
11.00 The Diary
12:00 Road to Brasil
12.30 CNN
Pick Of The Day 7.30PM
4.00 Al jazeera
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24 alfairi
9.00 Lady of the rose rpt
10.00 Naijasinema
12.00 Al jazeera news
13.00 K24 newscut
13.30 Box Ofce movie
rpt
16.00 Mchipuko wa alasiri
16.10 Team raha
18.00 The loop
19.00 K24 saa moja
19.35 Gumbaru skool
20.05 The couples show
21.00 K24 evening edition
21.50 Alfajiri social hour
rpt
11.00 Naijasinema rpt
1.30 Al jazeera
On this weeks episode: The Real Househelps of Kawangware looks into the lives of four
househelp Awiti, Kalekye, Njambi and Trufena as they go about daily happenings in their
lives, loved ones and Bosses.
4:00AM Safari na Antony Ndiema
6:00AM Maisha Asubuhi na Alex and Jalas
10:00AM Staarabika na Ann Njogu
1:00PM Konnect na Mwende and Clemo
4:00PM Maisha Jioni na Tina and Zuleka
7:00PM Rhumba Attencion na Mwashumbe
10:00PM Maji Makuu na Ali Hassan and Babu
12:00AM Hakuna Kulala
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Social Media
with Kenny Kaburu @Kennytoonz
Should the government pay Anglo
Leasing rm Sh125 billion ? Kenyans give
their views on the issue
KTNs Kathryn Omwandho retraced
the steps of Kenyan heroes who died in
Somalia on #ScarsOfWar, a four-part
series on KDF in Somalia. The story
stirred a lot of emotion on Twitter
@Mchinah91: Quite a sad story. It is like the men
were ghting a personal war as no one seems
bothered about their families.
@OsmanMOsman: Our very own Kenyans ghting.
They lost their lives in the line of duty. A duty to serve
and protect.
@BMyner: Does the army deploy soldiers on the
basis of young with no family and no experience?
@KenyanFist: Watching #Scarsofwar and it leaves
you teary. Only God can protect those families.
@SingoeiJoylene: Very disheartened after
watching the #ScarsOfWar, May God help those
families handle the trauma and I thank Him for
Safe Surng
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protecting my dad in Somalia.
@Abduhar: Riveting, touching, informative and
well balanced story of sad untold events of uniformed
victims of war on terror.
@Kollince03: It is strange that some of the fallen
soldiers families are yet to be compensated two years
after losing their loved ones.
@KuisanMacharia: Dying while ghting for ones
country should command highest form of respect. In
Kenya this is not the case.
@NyakwarSire: If this is what it takes to be a
patriot, then I dread the prospect of my children
joining KDF. Very pitiful #ScarsOfWar as leaders live
large!
@Moseax: Kenyans crying about insecurity. How
can you risk dying in line of duty when your family will
still remain suffering?
@MomanyiOmboto: Finish school 2010, employed
2011, die 2012! Is this the ultimate prize for defending
Kenya?
@ItsJumax: We salute our fallen soldiers for the
hard struggle they went through.
Auma Victor Ochieng: Who is the government?
Does the so called government have its own money? Or
is it tax-payers money you are talking about? These
people are robbing us dry and everyone thinks it is
okay.
Sammy Ndichu: How do you pay ghosts or rather
who are the ghosts demanding payment? These so
called ghosts are known individuals and well connected
public ofcers who have been fast tracking payment so
that they benet. It beats logic why anyone would pay
for goods and services undelivered.
Stanley Ofula: Mwiraria admitted receiving refunds
from Anglo Leasing, what gives the government the
moral ground to pay a shadowy organisation billions of
shillings and turn around to order salary cuts.
Allan Kimolo: It is time we pay because of the
accumulating interest. Furthermore we keep losing this
case in court, so no more appeals.
Nguithi Kahando: Kenyans want to see the faces
behind Anglo leasing!
Dancan Barkx: I thought Anglo Leasing were bad
guys? Maybe thieves or con men? How come now
instead of you guys asking whether they should be
jailed, you are asking
whether they should be
rewarded? Which world
are we living in?
Qs Victor Omosh:
It is not the govern-
ment paying, it is you
and me. Therefore,
should we pay Anglo
Leasing rm Sh125
billion?
Bilshan Mwangura
Mwambonu: That
amount of money? I wish it could be distributed to all
counties for service delivery. We need schools, good
hospitals, roads and water. Anglo Leasing is a creation
to eece Kenyans.
Bernard Kithusi Ndulu: What bafes me is who is
this Anglo Leasing? The international courts want them
paid with interest. The more we argue the more the
money increases. Every time we go to court we lose the
case and incur legal costs. Who is this untouchable
Anglo Leasing eecing Kenyans for supplying nothing?
With tuition having been banned
in schools by the Education
ministry as a way of helping
children relax and mingle with
their families during holidays,
most children find themselves
with too much free time on their
hands on holidays and this can
lead to mischief.
With computers now readily
available in schools, many
children can easily navigate
through the Internet exposing
themselves to risks associated
with the online presence.
Young people are fast joining
online social circles where
they communicate with
acquaintances and strangers
through popular social
networks. The greatest risk is
the high number of adult sexual
predators posing as teenagers
targeting unsuspecting
youngsters.
Social media has also gone
gutter and some users are
posting all kind of pictures and
stories which are not suitable
for young audiences.
Cyber bullying is on the rise
too and can be emotionally
destructive to the young
ones. Parents should assist
youngsters to navigate safely
by placing the computer in a
common area. Also ensure they
dont post suggestive images
or user names which might
be attractive to unsavoury
characters.
Regularly monitor what children
are doing online and set time
limits. Also ensure you install
software that block dangerous
sites and warn them against
meeting strangers.
But most important, talk to your
child, listen and empower them
to report suspicious people with
suspicious interactions with
them.
Protecting children
on social media
University student gives mother
unpleasant surprise
An expectant pregnant second year university
student from a village in Kirinyaga County
stunned parents and villagers recently when she
visited them after six months of absence. The
woman, who studies at a top learning institution
in Thika town, stays alone in a two-bedroomed
rented house outside the institution.
On the fateful Friday evening, the student, a
rstborn and only daughter in the family of six,
visited her relatives back in the village after her
mother called her and enquired why she had
stayed away for so long.
The mother was very happy and even
slaughtered a chicken for her visitor. She reached
home after dusk and her mother was not able to
notice her protruding stomach at that time.
The following morning, her mother, who is a
businesswoman at the nearby market, decided
not to leave for work early as she wanted to
catch up on her daughters life. It was then she
saw the protruding stomach and words owed
from her mouth like a stream, attracting villagers
to the scene.
Her angry mother shouted: So getting you
rental housing was just a bad idea! Who will be
looking after your baby when you are in class or
will you terminate your education? You have
ashamed me before the entire village.
And she stalked off.
Immediately the mother left for the market,
the villagers started to piece together the cause
of the commotion. Dont you see her daughter is
pregnant, one villager quipped. To make
matters worse, she is the rst person to join
university from this village. If those are the kind
of universities they go to then we are better off
not having an education at all!
-Felix Muriithi
Doctor cons love-hungry woman
of Sh50,000
A middle-aged woman from a village in
Kirinyaga County was recently conned of
Sh50,000 by a love doctor who promised to
solve her relationship woes.
The woman was desperate after learning that
the man she was dating was planning to marry a
different woman.
She had sought the help of his friends to talk
sense into him but her efforts bore no fruit after
the man snubbed them.
As she grappled with what to do to get him
back, a friend suggested she visits
a love doctor from Tanzania
famous for reuniting feuding
couples.
When they visited the doctor,
he introduced himself as an expert
in solving modern relationship
issues using time-tested methods
that his ancestors employed.
He keenly listened to the
womans troubles and prescribed
some sweet-smelling herbs in his
bath water that would entice him to
her. He asked for Sh20,000 downpayment and
the balance of Sh30,000 later before the
ultimate dose that would have the man running
after her. Since the man no longer visited her,
she bribed his houseboy to add the herbs to his
bath water. After the last payment, the love
doctor spelt out the nal intervention: She was
to storm the house of the other woman, hug the
man and they would walk home together
hand-in-hand.
Trouble struck when she
stormed her adversarys rented
house and met her boyfriend
there. Instead of the expected
reunion, he jumped at her with
kicks and blows and she ed for
her life.
She immediately called the
woman who introduced her to the
love doctor but when they tried
to call him, they found his phone
was off.
By Lewis Karimi