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Nairobi | Monday, May 19, 2014
No. 17943
Nakuru 4,889
Nairobi 4,797
Kiambu 4,162
Kakamega 3,943
Siaya 3,603
Kisii 3,454
Muranga 3,433
Makueni 3,081
Kisumu 3,041
Nyeri 2,991
RANKING
Areas with most
varsity candidates
Nakuru 4,889
Nairobi 4,797
Kiambu 4,162
Kakamega 3,943
Siaya 3,603
Kisii 3,454
Muranga 3,433
Makueni 3,081
Kisumu 3,041
Nyeri 2,991
RANKING
Areas with most
varsity candidates
We have revamped
our web site to include
search, consent and
valuation forms
which can now be
downloaded.
Charity Ngilu, Cabinet
Secretary
Lands, Housing and
Urban Development
Cabinet Secretary
Charity Ngilu
addresses journalists
at Ardhi House,
Nairobi, yesterday
after the conclusion
of an audit at the
Lands ministry,
which is set to re-
open today. She
said transactions
will now take three
days, down from
more than 20,
after missing and
misplaced les
were found and
reorganised in a two
week audit that cost
Sh67 million.
SALATON NJAU | NATION
BY MAZERA NDURYA
mndurya@ke.nationmedia.com
AND ELIZABETH MERAB
emerab@ke.nationmedia.com
More than one million files that
had been missing or misplaced at
the lands registry have been recov-
ered in the two week reorganisation
and audit at Ardhi House in Nairobi,
Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu said
yesterday.
The registries all at Ardhi
House were closed from May 5
to May 16 for the re-organisation
and clean-up of records. During that
Over 1m lost land les found in audit
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Counties battle it out
for public varsity slots
EDUCATION | Selection for regular intake opens this morning and only those with minimum B- qualify
Nakuru expected to get highest number of places as regions with higher populations
turn tables on those that had the best mean score in KCSE examinations Page 4-5
INDEX
News Page 2-11, 16, Back
Opinion Page 12-13
Opinion Page 14
County Page 18-22
World Page 24-32
Business Page 36-38
Sport Page 58-63
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SERVICE DELIVERY | Headquarters reopens today after major clean-up
More than 1m lost les found
after audit at Lands Ministry
period, all searches, stamp duty
and land rent payments and
application for valuation and
processing had been stopped,
affecting transactions like
payment for allotments, ap-
plications for subdivision of
land, settlement programmes
and land adjudication.
Ms Ngilu, the Lands, Hous-
ing and Urban Development
Cabinet Secretary, said that
about 1.3 million files can
now be accounted for after the
audit. They are in the Central,
Nairobi and Records registries
where records for Nairobi and
other counties are kept.
With the clean-up of the
records, land transactions at
the ministry are now expected
to take three days, down from
20 before the audit.
Mrs Ngilu said that following
success in Nairobi, scrutiny of
land records will now move to
the counties.
The two-week audit which
was conducted by students
from Kenyatta University and
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Agriculture and Technology
(JKUAT) cost the govern-
ment Sh67 million.
The closure of the three
registries sparked a dispute
between Ms Ngilu and the
National Lands Commission,
which went to court seeking
to compel Ms Ngilu to rescind
her decision. The commission
withdrew its case last week
after the court ordered that
the dispute be resolved through
arbitration.
We have been able to re-
trieve, record and re-shelve
1,322,800 les and records in
the last 10 days. We are warn-
ing those who are hiding les
that we will soon catch up with
them, Ms Ngilu said.
Nairobi registry had 134,000
les, while Central registry had
188,000 but the records reg-
istry had 1,067,480 les that
were recovered.
However, she said there were
over 500, 000 les that are still
being traced as the search at
the registries conrmed that
only 2.5 million files were
available and not the three
million that the Lands min-
istry is believed to have in its
registries.
Among the changes that
have been eected at Ardhi
House, she said, include the
installation of CCTV cameras
to beef up security and iden-
tify brokers and unscrupulous
agents who have given the min-
istry a bad name.
People searching for the
status of their land will now
need to go to a cyber caf,
download the documents and
bring them to Ardhi House
for the process to begin and
within three days they will have
all the information required,
she said. We have revamped
our web site to include search
forms, consent forms and valu-
ation forms which can now be
downloaded from the comfort
of ones oce, house or cyber
caf.
Principal Secretary Mariamu
El-Maawy said the Ministry
had procured the services of
two private consultants to de-
velop software in preparation
for digitisation of all les.
She said all the necessary
contract procedures have been
nalised and that the names
of the companies, which have
been engaged for similar con-
tracts in Rwanda, Uganda and
Tanzania, will be made public
this week.
SALATON NJAU | NATION
Some of the university students who took part in the 10-day audit at
the Lands ministry. Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu said there were
still half a million les that had not been traced.
The National Treasury
has allocated Sh2 billion
for reorganisation of the
ministry in the 2014/2015
nancial year, with half
the money being spent
on preparation of title
deeds and the rest on
digitalisation of records.
Already, two companies
have been contracted to
develop software ahead
of the digitalisation
programme.
MORE INFO
Sh1bn to
digitise les
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Treasury taken to
task for slashing
Swazuri team cash
BY NATION REPORTERS
Parliament has questioned
the Treasurys move to reduce
the National Lands Commis-
sion budget from Sh1.9 billion
to Sh652 million.
The Parliamentary Budget
Oce (PBO) regretted that
although the House had
resolved that NLC be given
Sh1.992 billion, the printed
estimates show the amount
had been reduced by Sh1.34
billion.
Instead, a brief given to the
Committee on Lands by the
budget oce indicates that
the Ministry of Lands esti-
mates had been increased
from Sh15.5 billion passed by
the House to Sh21.7 billion or
a Sh6.1 billion increment.
In a presentation prepared
for the Budget and Appropria-
tions Committee, the PBO
criticised the manner in which
the Treasury reduced the al-
location for the commission
by 67 per cent.
Funds not allocated
It noted that whilst NLC is
supposed to establish County
Land Management Boards, a
key agship project of Vision
2030, Treasury had not allo-
cated money for it.
Mavoko MP Patrick Makau,
a member of the committee,
supported the higher alloca-
tion for the Lands ministry.
He said: The national
government cannot entrust
land matters to the commis-
sion because anything to do
with land is very sensitive and
the government must be held
squarely responsible, but the
commission cannot be held
squarely responsible.
What were supposed to
have is the ministry cleaned
of corruption so that we have
a Ministry of Lands that can
be trusted by Kenyans. The
commission was supposed to
come and clean that up and
when the President comes and
supports the CS in cleaning
up, thats good, Mr Makau
said.
Ocials unaware
When NLC chairman
Muhammad Swazuri, chief
executive ocer Tom Cha-
vangi and other ocials rst
met the committee, they said
they did not know how much
money had been allocated to
the commission in the esti-
mates.
Mr Chavangi said that if
the National Land Informa-
tion Management System and
the County Land Management
Boards are managed properly,
the commission would give
out 1.8 million title deeds in
the coming nancial year.
These two agships need
the support of the committee,
said Mr Chavangi.
But when committee chair-
man Mburi Mwiru pointed out
that the County Lands Man-
agement Boards appear not to
have been catered for in the
estimates by the Treasury, Dr
Swazuri was surprised.
We dont have these g-
ures. Were seeing them for
the rst time here, he said.
Mr Mwiru and Patrick
Makau (Mavoko, Wiper)
were similarly surprised and
told the NLC members that
in this day and age, they need
not wait for documents to be
delivered to them physically.
We are in the age of e-gov-
ernance. You can download
these documents from the
Treasury website, read them
and analyse and then come to
us, Mr Mwiru said.
The commission was then
given time to consult the PBO
for guidance before meeting
the committee again today.
We dont have these
gures. Were seeing
them for the rst time
here.
NLC chairman
Muhammad Swazuri
The national govern-
ment cannot entrust
land matters to the
commission because
anything to do with land
is very sensitive
Mavoko MP Patrick
Makau
We are in the age of
e-governance. You can
download these docu-
ments from the Treasury
website
Tharaka MP Mburi
Mwiru
REACTION
NLC unaware
of budget
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
2 | National News
BY JOHN NJAGI
jnjagi@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he name Hellen Nechesa
Machuka may not ring a
bell, but the high school
principal is Kenyas best civil
servant.
She scooped the award in the
Huduma Ombudsman Indi-
vidual Category awards held
last week.
Although the award came as a
surprise, its hard work that got
her to win.
I am humbled, honoured and
inspired. I have been doing what
I do because of the passion I have
for my work; little did I know I
would be recognised as the best
civil servant. I am challenged,
encouraged and inspired, she
said.
The principal of Kombeni Girls
Secondary School, Rabai, in Kili
County has made her school stand
out academically. The school also,
generates its own income to run
its activities, including bursaries
for the bright but needy girls.
She received the award for
distinction in efficiency, in-
novation and servant-hood in
public service, which she received
from President Uhuru Kenyatta
at the Kenyatta International
Convention Centre in Nairobi
last week.
She says all activities and
programmes at the school are
guided by a master plan, results
monitored and corrective action
taken promptly.
The plan drafted in 2008 has
seen the mean score rise over
the years from 2.5 to the current
4.5. There are 657 students tak-
ing Agriculture and Home Science
teacher.
Part of the strategy is involv-
ing parents, students, board of
management and community
members in managing the
school.
She says as the team leader she
sets the example for the teachers
and students, which inspires them
to perform.
My style is not to speak too
much, but let people do as I do
through being in class to teach
and waking up the students early
for prayers and morning preps,
she said.
In her bid to help needy stu-
dents and also achieve measure
of nancial independence for the
school, Ms Machuka has started
income generating projects at
the school, which has seen it
cut costs and run some of its
programmes, without asking
the parents to chip in.
The school, for instance, buys
sukuma wiki and milk, from
its own farm, thus generating
money.
The principal, whose teaching
career started in 1992, says she
wrote a proposal to the Finnish
government, which provided a
Sh2.4 million grant to put up a
school bakery, last November.
In its rst three months of op-
eration the bakery made a prot
of Sh486,000. Of this amount,
Sh300,000 has been directed to
the schools bursary fund, which
Ms Machuka started a few years
ago, using her salary to help bright
girls at her school.
Through her efforts, school
drop-out has been low, and the
students are motivated to work
hard to qualify for the school
bursary.
My role model is Dr Georey
Grin who founded Starehe Boys
Centre to help needy boys. I know
I might not be able to do the much
he did, but God will guide me on
how to go about it, she said.
An orphan she got from a
childrens home went on to get a
B Plus, and is now at university,
with a bright future beckoning,
she said.
The mother of four, who was
previously been voted Best School
Principal in Coast, and seventh
nationally, said she strives to
give love to her girls and be like
a mother to them, saying: I have
662 girls in my family. 657 are my
students, four my daughters and
a house help.
The award winner wakes up at
4.30am and leads the students in
prayers at 5am before they head
for the morning preps.
Speaking about her wooden
plaque with her name and rea-
sons she stood out, she says the
government should think of oer-
ing perhaps a car or cash reward
or even a promotion to motivate
civil servants to perform better.
She is also unhappy with lack of
promotion for teachers saying she
has been in the same grade Job
Group N for the seven years.
She urges fellow public serv-
ants: The question should be:
Am I earning a salary right-
fully?
She says her other motivator is
her supportive husband.
School principal
scoops award for
best civil servant
BILLY MUTAI | NATION
President Kenyatta congratulates Kombeni Girls School principal Hellen
Machuka at the KICC in Nairobi last Wednesday. Ms Machuka, who was
the Individuals Category winner in the Huduma Ombudsman Awards, was
recognised for servant leadership, eciency and innovation in public sec-
tor.
PUBLIC SERVICE | High schools bakery makes Sh486,000 in three months
To enhance accountabil-
ity in public service and
promote compliance
with administrative jus-
tice, the Commission on
Administrative Justice
came up with the an-
nual Huduma Ombuds-
man Awards.
The awards seek to
reward responsive and
compliant public oc-
ers and public institu-
tions in the country.
www.ombudsman.go.ke
BACKGROUND
About Huduma prize
FILE | NATION
Ms Machuka when she spoke to the Nation on Thursday last week.
My role model is Dr
Georey Grin who
founded Starehe Boys
Centre to help needy
boys.
Ms Hellen Machuka
Teacher
recognised
for
distinct-
ion in
eciency,
innova-
tion and
servant-
hood in
public
service
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
National News 3
BY NATION REPORTER
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
N
akuru, Nairobi, Kiambu,
and Kakamega are among
counties expected to send
the highest number of KCSE can-
didates to public universities when
the selection for the government-
sponsored regular programme
ocially starts today.
These counties have produced
the highest number of candidates
with an average grade of B- (minus)
and above in the Kenya Certicate
of Secondary Education (KCSE)
exams whose results were released
two months ago.
Although candidates who scored
C+ and above are qualified to
join universities, the cut-o for
the regular programme in public
universities has been set higher
with year because of the limited
number of spaces.
The Kenya Universities and Col-
leges Central Placement Service,
which replaced the Joint Admis-
sion board, has set a B- (minus) of
58 points as the least entry grade
for female candidates and a B plain
of 60 points for male candidates
who will be joining Kenyas 31
public universities this year. Those
who scored C+ and above but fell
below this years cut-o can still
join private universities or paral-
lel programmes oered by public
universities.
According to a Nation analysis,
Nakuru county produced the
highest number of candidates
who have qualied to join regular
programmes in public universi-
ties with 4,889. It was followed
by Nairobi with 4,797. Its neigh-
bour, Kiambu which has 4,162 was
third. Ironically, during the rank-
ing of counties when the KCSE
results were released, Nakuru
was ranked 19 while Nairobi was
ranked at number 29 out of 47.
Kiambu was number 37. Now they
have turned tables on the counties
that had better mean scores.
Many of the counties which
rated highly based on the mean
score of their students had fewer
candidates joining public universi-
ties under the regular programme.
Among them is Samburu county,
which topped the examinations
charts. Although the county had
the best mean score nationally,
only 159 of its KCSE candidates
scored B- (minus) and above.
The only exception is Siaya,
which was rated as the county
with the second best mean score
nationally. And now, gures show
that 3,603 of its candidates had
B- and above.
However, third best county in
the exams, Elgeyo Marakwet,
only has 1,331 candidates with
B- (minus) and above.
What these dierence between
counties like Samburu and Nairobi
indicate is that regions with fewer
KCSE candidates are more likely
to score highly when ranked in
terms of mean scores. Most of
the counties ranked as top per-
formers when the exams were
released are in arid and semi-arid
regions, which are also sparsely
populated. Because they had fewer
than 10,000 candidates, they had
better mean scores compared to
counties such as Nairobi, Ka-
jiado and Nyeri which have much
larger numbers of candidates. For
instance, Samburu which was
ranked position one nationally
only registered 969 KCSE can-
didates while Kiambu had 24,268.
That explains why Kiambu will be
sending more candidates to pub-
lic universities. Again, Kiambu is
home to several national schools
including Loreto Limuru, Mangu,
Limuru Girls, Alliance Girls and
Boys and Mary Hill Girls. At the
Coast, Mombasa has the highest
number of candidates (923) fol-
lowed by Kili with 598 and Taita
Taveta (444). Kwale has 362, Tana
River 71 and Lamu 49.
TOMORROW: The counties and
schools that produced the highest
number of A students.
Large counties set to dominate selection
FILE | NATION
Kenyatta University students celebrate after graduating during the institutions 33rd graduate ceremony in De-
cember 2012.
EDUCATION | Many of the regions which rated highly based on the mean score of their students will have fewer candidates joining
58
The least entry points set for
female students to be admitted to
public universities
Cut-o for regular programmes
in public institution has been
set higher due to limited slots
HIGHER LEARNING
Taita Taveta 444
Kwale 362
Mombasa 923
Kili 598
Tana River 72
Lamu 49
Nyandarua 2,022
Nyeri 2,991
Kirinyaga 1,605
Muranga 3,433
Kiambu 4,162
Machakos 2,331
Kitui 1,929
Embu 1,913
Meru 2,277
Marsabit 64
Isiolo 24
Makueni 3,081
Tharaka Nithi 1,623
Nairobi 4,797
Turkana 198
Samburu 159
Trans Nzoia 2,061
West Pokot 676
Bomet 2,101
Uasin Gishu 2,215
Nakuru 4,889
Kericho 2,595
Nandi 1,995
Laikipia 1,085
Kajiado 808
Narok 319
Baringo 1,145
Elgeyo Marakwet 1,331
Busia 1,322
Bungoma 2,960
Kakamega 3,843
Vihiga 2,254
Kisumu 3,041
Kisii 3,454
Homa Bay 2,811
Siaya 3,603
Nyamira 1,264
Migori 2,377
Garissa 103
Wajir 42
Mandera 61
COUNTIES/CANDIDATES
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
4 | National News
Nyakemincha sheds tail tag to
join top county schools league
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENT
Three years ago, a village in
Nyamira County made news
for the wrong reason.
Nyakemincha Primary
School, whose name means
tail, thrust Bonyamatuta Vil-
lage into the spotlight after
it brought up the rear in the
Kenya Certicate of Primary
Education examinations.
Since then, eorts have been
made to uplift standards in the
institution and its secondary
section, also called Nyakem-
incha.
The sustained campaign
has begun to bear fruit. The
Catholic Church-sponsored
St Peters Nyakemincha Sec-
ondary School beat academic
giants in the county, even
nationally, in last years Form
Four national exams.
The day school beat all odds
to remain among the three top
performers in KCSE examina-
tions in Nyamira County for a
number of years. The institu-
tion was ranked among the best
performing schools in Nyamira
South District.
The amazing performance
made the school the third top
performer in 2013 after Nyam-
baria Boys and Sironga Girls,
both national schools.
Out of its 76 KCSE candi-
dates, 57 scored C+ and above,
the minimum entry require-
ment for universities.
The school attained a
mean standard score of 7.7
or B- (minus). It was ranked
31st nationally among district
schools.
Four students from the
school scored a mean grade of
A (minus). Six others had B+
while 14 others scored B.
The schools Principal, Mr
Joseph Arama, attributed the
performance to commitment
of students, teachers and
parents.
My teachers have a passion
for excellence and are always
willing to work as a team, he
said.
Since the institution is a day
school, the sta teaches for
six days every week and usu-
ally covers the syllabus for
examination classes at the
end of rst term, according
to Mr Arama.
This allows students to
revise with the assistance of
teachers on dicult topics.
He said students admitted
to the school scored between
200 and 300 marks in the
Kenya Certicate of Primary
Education examination, add-
ing that it was a dicult task
to help them gain university
entry grades.
Lessons at the school start
at 6.20am and end at 7.40pm
with breaks for lunch and
games in between.
We have 10 lessons instead
of normal nine each day during
normal ocial working hours,
something that enables us to
cover the syllabus early to
allow us have more time to
revise with our students.
Overall, we have twelve les-
sons each day. Two of them last
for two hours each while the
remaining 10 take 40 minutes
each.
He said 50 minutes are set
aside for games and when they
end at 4.50pm, students go to
class for remedial lesions.
The Nation Media Group
recently sent a team from the
Daily Nation and Taifa Leo to
motivate the learners.
The institution has also
received assistance from the
regions elite and leaders.
57
Nyakemincha students,
out of 76 candidates, who
qualied to join university
My teachers have
a passion for
excellence
Mr Joseph Arama,
Nyakemincha School
Principal
BY AGGREY MUTAMBO
@agmutambo
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
P
ublic universities have less than
three weeks to return Sh1.6 bil-
lion they diverted to ineligible
expenditures to avert a strike.
The money is part of a collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) signed in
mid-March with the Public University
Vice-Chancellors Committee to end
a strike the workers had called.
According to details obtained by
the Nation on reimbursement of the
funds by each of the universities to
a common bank account, only Sh625
million has been returned.
All the 31 public universities and
university colleges are to return Sh2.2
billion by the last day of this month.
Only 10 institutions had cleared their
balances by last week.
The money was to be paid to the
more than 30,000 workers allied
to the Universities Academic Sta
Union, the Kenya Universities Sta
Union (Kusu) and the Kenya Union of
Domestic, Hotels, Education Institu-
tions, Hospitals and Allied Workers.
Last week, Kusu secretary-general
Charles Mukhwaya warned that the
unions would go on strike if the money
is not paid by May 30. Yesterday, he
maintained the position, accusing
university management of ignoring
their warning.
The agreement as we signed stated
that the money should be paid not
later than May 30.
We expect that they will meet their
side of the bargain but so far they have
not reached out to us to indicate they
will, Dr Mukhwaya told the Nation
on the phone.
We are aware that they have been
holding meetings among themselves
and consulting with the Ministry of
Education but as unions we have
not seen signs of that money com-
ing through, he added.
Within grace period
In response to the workers threats,
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob
Kaimenyi argued that the universi-
ties were well within the grace period
given to them in the agreement.
The bottom line is that they should
wait until the end. The CBA says the
money should be paid by the end of
May. The end of May has not arrived.
When it nally comes and the money
hasnt been paid, we shall know how
to cross the bridge, he told the Na-
tion.
The details contained in a document
titled 2010-2013 Funds Transferred to
JAB indicate that only Sh625, 871,728
had been remitted to the common
account agreed in March by May 9.
That amount is from the University
of Nairobi, Kenyatta University,
Garissa University College, Chuka
University, and Moi University. Others
are Multimedia University of Kenya,
Technical University of Mombasa,
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University
of Science and Technology, Maseno
and Kisii University College.
Kibabii, Taita Taveta, Embu, Rongo
and the University of Eldoret have
remitted some money, but they cu-
mulatively still owe workers Sh443
million from the March CBA.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agri-
culture and Technology and Maasai
Mara owe workers Sh71 million, but
had not paid a cent by May 9.
It means 19 institutions have two
weeks to pay up Sh1,644, 810,084 to
workers or face indenite closure.
In March this year, more than
500,000 regular and self-sponsored
students were forced to miss out on
classes for 10 days after the unions
went on strike over what they said was
the diversion by vice-chancellors of
money meant for allowances to other
programmes.
FILE | NATION
Kenya Universities Sta Union secretary-general Charles Mukhwaya (right) and
Universities Academic Sta Union chairman Sammy Kubasu at a past press con-
ference in Nairobi.
Universities on the spot
as time fast runs out
for them to pay back
workers Sh1.6bn
Kibabii: Sh53,900,00
Taita Taveta: Sh118,200,00
Embu: Sh101,000,000
Rongo: Sh81,351,668
University of Eldoret:
Sh142,729,666
MMUST: Sh242,888,432
Pwani: Sh45,033,923
Kabianga: Sh49,505,499
Karatina: Sh60,344,021
Dedan Kimathi: Sh54,640,274
Kirinyaga: Sh98,000,000
Meru: Sh53,085,066
Machakos: Sh104,000,000
SEKU: Sh39,476,669
Muranga: Sh98,400,000
Co-operative: Sh88,821,255
Laikipia: Sh25,721, 255
Egerton: Sh97,498,259
Technical University of Kenya:
Sh90,213,785
JKUAT: Sh65,237,744
Maasai Mara: Sh5,787,579
Total: Sh1,644, 810,084
BREAKDOWN
What educational
institutions owe
public universities under the regular programme as more populous ones turn tables on them
as varsities put on notice over sta cash
HIGHER LEARNING
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Land OLakes Inc., MN, USA invites bids for the sale of 18,800 Metric Tons of Wheat in three
lots of 5,000, 5,800 and 8,000 metric tons (+/- 10% at sellers option) Class: Northern Spring
Wheat, Grade: U.S. No. 2/ob; Protein: 13.5%; Moisture (Max.): 13.5%; Dockage (Max): 0.6%;
Test weight lbs/bu (Min.): 57.0; Falling Number (Min.): 300; Wheat of Other Classes (Max.):
3.0%; Total Defects (Max.): 1/ 3.5% of US origin in one bulk shipment for Kenya. Expected
shipping period is September 2014. Actual shipment schedule(s) will be based on supplier
procurement and delivery schedules. The load and delivery dates are neither promised nor
guaranteed by the Seller.
All interested parties should submit their bids in US Dollars ($) on May 27, 2014 at 13:00
hours EAT based on Incoterms CFR (C&F free out) Mombasa, Kenya basis. Please submit
your final bid along with your complete contact details by email to Land O Lakes Inc.
Commodity and Monetization Manager Matthew Smith; commodities.kenya@idd.landolake
s.com in English. Bid documentation may also be requested from the above email address.
All bids should be valid for 15 days and with the words 2014 NS Tender in the email
subject line. Bids will be opened May 27, 2014 at 15:00 hours EAT at Land OLakes offices
Block B, 3rd Floor, Peponi Plaza,
Off Peponi Rd, Westlands,
P O Box 45006 GPO 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
The Winner will be chosen based on offer price (and approved externally), ability to meet
payment terms and past performance.
The most acceptable bidder will have to provide a 10% prepayment upon signing of sales
agreement and an irrevocable sight letter of credit issued by a bank of sellers choice for
the remaining 90% amount no later than 14 days before the loading of cargo at U.S. port.
Commodity is offered in three lots of 5,000, 5,800 and 8,000 metric tons; bidders are not
limited to one lot.
The seller reserves the right to reject any or all the bids and issue a fresh invitation for bids.
Buyer will take possession of wheat at US Port and imported it into Kenya.
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
National News 5
KIAMBU
MP defends Uhuru
over county bosses
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa
has reminded the Coalition for
Reform and Democracy (CORD)
that Jubilee has the tyranny
of numbers in Parliament and
would defeat any attempt to over-
turn President Kenyattas deci-
sion to give county commission-
ers more powers. He said Cord
was misinterpreting the directive,
as the president only delegated
functions of the national govern-
ment without touching aairs of
counties.
BRIEFLY
TURKANA
Villagers attack police
for death of rustler
Armed relatives of an alleged
cattle rustler who was shot dead
by a police reservist raided a
police camp in Turkana South
in pursuit of the culprit. The
group only retreated after police
reinforcements arrived. Deputy
County Commissioner Elijah
Kodoh said the villager was killed
for stealing a police reservists
goats at Kaalmorog village. He
urged residents to refrain from
attacking security personnel.
EMBU
MPs want probe into
high liquor death rate
Two Members of Parliament
want an inquiry conducted into
the high number of deaths of vic-
tims of the recent illicit brew that
killed 43 persons at the Embu
Level Five Hospital. Mbeere
North MP Charles Njagagua and
his Manyatta counterpart John
Muchiri said the many deaths
that occurred at the hospital
raised many questions that can
only be answered through thor-
ough investigation and inquiry.
Unease in Jubilee
over top State jobs
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENTS
The Jubilee Coalition
is facing what could be a
backlash with a section
of United Republican
Party leaders expressing
uneasiness in regard to
appointment of key gov-
ernment ocials.
MPs from Deputy
President William Rutos
URP said they have been
side-lined ever since job al-
locations and appointments
began late last year.
Led by Nandi Hills MP
Alfred Keter (below), the
MPs held several rallies
in Uasin Gishu and Nandi
counties over the weekend
with the same message
criticising the sacking
of National Youth Service
director Kiplimo Rugut
and crying foul over
State appointments that
favoured TNA.
Speaking during
an Education Day
at Kapsabet Girls
High School in
Nandi on Fri-
day, Mr Keter
criticised Mr
Ruto for remain-
ing silence on Mr
Ruguts sack-
ing. We
el ected
U h u r u
Kenyatta
as the President of Kenya
because of the respect
we had for Ruto. The DP
should be rm and ensure
that top civil servants from
the community are not re-
lieved of their duties with
no reason, he said.
Yesterday, Kapseret MP
Oscar Sudi, a close ally of
Mr Ruto, joined the fray by
criticizing the sacking of
Mr Rugut by Devolution
Cabinet Secretary Anne
Waiguru.
Mr Sudi was speaking at
a fund-raiser in Kapleketet,
Uasin Gishu County, where
he claimed a section of top
government ocials allied
to TNA were disrespect-
ing URP.
Those in TNA should
not be dominant because
they are veering off the
memorandum of under-
standing we had, he said.
On Saturday, Kericho
senator Charles Keter,
questioned the ur-
gency of making
the changes and
said the position
should have been
compet i t i vel y
led.
BY OUMA WANZALA
owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com
AND VINCENT ACHUKA
vachuka@ke.nationmedia.com
L
eaders of the Coalition for
Reforms and Democracy(Cord)
yesterday turned the heat on
embattled Nairobi Governor Evans
Kidero asking him to toe the Cord
line or be left on his own.
The politicians cautioned Dr Kidero
against associating with the Jubilee
government saying that he must be
committed to ODM and Cord if he
hoped to succeed in Nairobi county.
The leaders drawn from ODM and
Wiper spoke at a rally in Kibera, Nai-
robi during which they also renewed
attacks on the Jubilee Government
and announced the launch of nation-
wide rallies to dislodge the ruling
coalition from power. Dr Kidero did
not attend the rally.
The MPs and senators accused Ju-
bilee of failing to govern the country
and watching as insecurity soared and
tribalism and corruption thrived.
They said the government had failed
Kenyans and reversed gains made by
the country through fraudulent back
room deals.
Kicking o the tirade against Dr
Kidero, Machakos Senator Johnstone
Muthama said that Jubilee leaders had
lured the Nairobi governor to work
with them only to abandon him
after the Court of Appeal nullied
his election.
Dr Kidero was reinstated by the
Supreme Court which blocked his
removal until his application against
the Court Appeal ruling on a petition
by his rival Ferdinand Waititu is heard
and determined.
Mr Muthama also accused Dr
Kidero of abandoning Nairobi and
instead concentrating in Nyanza.
You should not take money from
Nairobi to Nyanza as you were not
elected by people of Nyanza, said
Mr Muthama.
Kakamega senator Bonny Khalwale
asked Dr Kidero to learn from what
happened to Amani coalition leader
Musalia Mudavadi when he agreed
to work with Jubilee. He said that
Mr Mudavadi was denounced by Ju-
bilee leaders hours after signing an
agreement with them on December
4 2012.
Kidero should know that he is our
son and we supported him and we
will continue to support him if only
he comes to the ground and talks
to people, said Gem MP Jakoyo
Midiwo.
Cord warns Kidero over loyalty
EVANS HABIL | NATION
From left: Senators Bonny Khalwale, James Orengo and Hassan Omar dance at a
Cord rally at Kamukunji Grounds in Kibera, Nairobi yesterday afternoon.
POLITICS | Leaders also declare they would mobilise Kenyans to reject Jubilee
Coalition accuses him
of associating with
Jubilee at the expense
of his ties with Cord
Kidero should know that he
is our son ... we will continue
to support him if only he
comes to the ground ...
Jakoyo Midiwo, Gem MP
NAIROBI
Provincial chiefs get
new titles in new plan
Provincial administrators will
now be known as National Gov-
ernment Administration Ocers.
In a statement yesterday, Interior
and Coordination of National
Government Principal Secretary
Mutea Iringo (above) said the
national function will be known
as the National Government
Administration Oce. All the
ocers serving under the new
legal framework have been for-
mally appointed. These include
the Regional Coordinators who
will be based in Jogoo House,
Nairobi, coordinating a cluster
of counties, said Mr Iringo. He
added that other ocers include
47 county commissioners, deputy
commissioners, assistant com-
missioners, chiefs and assistant
chiefs.
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
6 | National News
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
7
BY AGGREY MUTAMBO
@agmutambo
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
K
ampala University has
dismissed the verdict by
Ugandas higher education
regulator that Mombasa Gov-
ernor Hassan Joho fraudulently
obtained a degree certicate
from the institution.
Yesterday, Prof Badru
Kateregga, the institutions
vice chancellor, told reporters
in Nairobi that only the uni-
versity senate could revoke a
certicate that the institution
has issued to students and
that it was not the business
of any other agency to deter-
mine the authenticity of its
certicates.
No authority in Uganda
be it be the National Council
for Higher Education (NCHE)
or otherwise is clothed with
the legal mandate to recall,
cancel or revoke Mr Hassan
Johos degree apart from
Kampala Universitys senate,
he told a news conference at
the Serena Hotel.
As far as Kampala University
Senate is concerned, the degree
award to Mr Hassan Joho is
bona de, lawful and authen-
tic. The same was genuinely
awarded and Kampala Univer-
sity senate cannot and will not
recall, revoke or cancel an award
it deems to be valid.
Prof Kateregga was respond-
ing to an announcement last
Wednesday by NCHE that Mr
Joho obtained the degree out-
side the allowed procedure.
The council chaired by Prof
Nyeko Pen-Mogi adopted the
recommendations of a sub-
committee which had been
asked to investigate how the
governor obtained a Bachelors
degree from the university.
There was no clear evidence
that academic due process was
followed from admission to
graduation regarding a Bach-
elor of Business Administration
degree (Human Resource Man-
agement option) awarded to Mr
Hassan Ali Joho by Kampala
University, the council said in
a resolution.
In its April 30, 2013 report,
NCHE said it did not recognise
Mr Johos degree. However, the
university insisted that neither
NCHE nor Mr Johos political
competitors should tell the
world how authentic a degree
certicate is.
University defends
Joho degree award
JUSTICE | Verdict of education regulator dismissed
Kampala University says
NCHE doesnt have pow-
ers to recognise degrees,
but Kenyas equivalent,
Commission for University
Education (CUE) does.
Secretary David Some
says CUE cleared Mr Has-
san Johos certicate
because it had been
awarded by a recognised
university.
REACTION
Uganda varsity
is recognised
JEFF ANGOTE | NATION
Kampala University vice-chancellor Badru Kateregga ad-
dresses journalists at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi yesterday.
Prof Kateregga dismissed claims that Ugandas National
Council for Higher Education had declined to recognise a
degree that the university awarded Mombasa Governor Ali
Hassan Joho last year.
Don says only his
institutions senate
has power to award
or cancel certicates
Graduate
chiefs to be
promoted
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
More than 100 chiefs country-
wide who have degree certicates
and hold a good working record
will soon be promoted to assistant
county commissioners.
Interior Principal Secretary
Mutea Iringo said this was meant
to motivate chiefs to work dili-
gently knowing there was a chance
to climb up the ladder.
He said chiefs will now be closely
monitored to look at their service
delivery.
Illegal immigrants
Speaking at Kangaru High School
when he addressed 400 chiefs,
assistant county commissioners,
deputy county commissioners and
county commissioners from Embu
and Thararaka-Nithi counties at
the weekend, Mr Iringo directed
the chiefs to ensure they veried
details of people seeking national
identity cards to eliminate illegal
immigrants from accessing the
document.
Mr Iringo who had accompanied
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph
ole Lenku warned any chiefs found
helping an alien to access an ID
that they would be charged with
promoting terrorism.
He said several chiefs in Man-
dera, Wajir and Isiolo had already
been charged .
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
8 | National News
Lobby denies
mass tourist
evacuations
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Only one UK tour rm evacuated
tourists from the Coast, a tourism
assiciation has said.
Mombasa and Coast Tourist
Association (MCTA) chairman
Mohamed Hersi yesterday said
only TUI UK evacuated its clients
from hotels in South Coast.
Hotels in Mombasa, he said, are
still averaging between 30 and 40
per cent occupancy.
The MCTA ocial claimed that
the UK tour rm evacuated about
700 of its clients in the region last
week, and not 5,000 British tour-
ists as had been reported.
Before last weeks evacuation,
TUI UK used to make one ight a
week, bringing only 250 holiday-
makers to Mombasa, he said.
The tourists ferried by the UK
rm normally stay here for two
weeks. We wonder where the 5,000
gure came from, Mr Hersi told
Nation yesterday.
He noted that leading tour rms,
including Thomas Cook, Kuoni
UK, Cosmos and Hayes&Jarvis,
have not evacuated their British
clients from the country.
We have several United King-
dom tour companies which still
support our tourism sector by
allowing their clients to continue
enjoying their holidays at the
Coast, he said.
Mr Hersi, who is also the Herit-
age Hotels chief executive ocer,
thanked the German government
for allowing its citizens to stay at
Coast hotels.
Tourists from the Scandinavian
countries, Germany and other
European countries, he added,
were still enjoying their holidays
in Mombasa.
He assured international tourists
that hotels at the Coast are safe. He
explained most hotels had invested
heavily in security equipment such
as CCTVs and scanners.
The number of tourists evacuated
from the Coast last week, according
to MCTA
700
NATIONAL SECURITY
BY ZADOCK ANGIRA
@ZadockAngira
zangira@ke.nationmedia.com
AND JACQUELINE KUBANIA
@jacqui_jade
jkubania@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he United Nations has in-
troduced staggered working
hours and arranged for some
of their sta to work from home to
reduce their exposure in case of ter-
ror attacks.
These, among a raft of other meas-
ures, have been introduced to reduce
congestion at the UN complex and
its vicinity following the heightened
threats of terror in the country.
In a communication to sta, the
Director-General of UNON and
Designated Official for Kenya Ms
Sahle-Work Zewde noted that Kenya
had been a consistent target of terror-
ist groups over the last few months,
the latest tragic attacks being on 16
May at the Gikomba Market.
The UN is not immune from
these cowardly acts and we remain
concerned about your safety and that
of your family. In order to ensure that
your work environment remains safe
and tranquil, I shall be implementing
temporary measures immediate ef-
fect, she said.
She directed that access to the UN
Recreation Centre and the Commis-
sary be now restricted to UN Sta
only, and visitors will not be allowed.
Access will only be granted to those
with a valid UN Identication Card.
Please note that while we realise
these measures are an inconvenience
to you and your family, they are being
taken solely with your safety in mind,
she said.
Ms Zewde has also immediately
closed the UN Petrol Station, and
all staff members, agencies with
ocial vehicles will make alterna-
tive arrangements for fuelling their
vehicles. The petrol station is next to
the main entrance, directly opposite
the US embassy.
Persons without ocial UN busi-
ness will not be allowed entry to the
UNON complex. Members of sta are
asked to cooperate with this measure,
she added.
To avoid congestion within and
around the complex, all deliveries to
the UNON complex would be carried
out after working hours, between 6pm
and 10pm. Also, all deliveries will have
to be announced beforehand and the
registration number and names of the
driver provided to the Security and
Safety Service in advance.
Section heads have been directed
to encourage and exercise the utmost
flexibility in introducing flexible
work arrangements for sta. These
arrangements include staggered
working hours, telecommuting and
compressed work week. This will,
inter alia, reduce the congestion
along UN Avenue, she said.
Despite reports that the United
States envoy had asked for extra se-
curity, there was no visible increase
in security surveillance at the United
States Embassy or the United King-
dom High Commission, even after
reports that these two embassies
had requested additional security
personnel.
A check at both diplomatic facili-
ties revealed nothing more than the
regular guards at the gate, although
there was a group of General Service
Unit men outside the British High
Commission.
In a letter sent to US Embassy sta
on Friday and reported in the Sunday
Nation, US ambassador Robert Godec
said that Kenyan police ocers have
stepped up vigilance at the embassy
pending the arrival of more US ma-
rines from Washington next week.
UN declares oces o-limits
IVAN LIEMAN | AFP
Two customers having a drink at the Baobab Beach Resort in Diani Mombasa
County, yesterday. Hundreds of British tourists have been evacuated from beach
resorts near Mombasa following new warnings of terror attacks.
TERRORISM | Only members of sta would be allowed to access complex, top ocial says
New measures to reduce
congestion at the Gigiri
complex and its vicinity
due to security threats
Access: UN Complex visits lim-
ited to sta only; visitors not
allowed.
Work shift: Ocial working
hours staggered with some sta
allowed to work from home
Fuelling Vehicles: Sta to make
alternative arrangements for
fuelling their vehicles following
closure of UN petrol station at
the entrance of the complex
Deliveries: To be carried out
after working hours and only
between 6pm and 10pm and an-
nounced beforehand
RESPONSE
New measures
at a glance
Well source for tourists elsewhere, deant Uhuru tells the West
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENT
President Kenyatta yesterday
told o the West for imposing
travel advisories against Kenya,
saying tourists from other coun-
tries will visit Kenya.
In an uncharacteristic tough
language, President Kenyatta
accused the West of double
standards in the war against
terrorism.
A former USA President said
you are either with us or against
us. But when we are hit, they say
ni shauri yetu(you are on your
own), said President Kenyatta.
He was speaking at Kikuyu after
attending an event at Alliance
High School.
Advisories
US, Britain and other
countries have warned their
nationals against visiting Kenya
for fear of terrorists attacks.
Last week, Britain evacuated
its nationals.
Kenya hii ni yetu na tu-
taijenga. ..wachukue watu
wao lakini utalii utaendelea,
tutatafuta nchi zingine, tutapi-
gana na ugaidi,na hatutakubali
vitisho(Kenya is our country and
we will develop it. Even if they
take their tourists, we will look
for others. We will ght terror-
ists and we will not be cowed,
added the President.
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
National News 9
Orange MP backs
Anglo Leasing pay
BY NATION REPORTER
An Opposition MP
has broken ranks with
his party and declared
support for the Anglo
Leasing payments.
Mr Abdikadir Omar
Aden (Balambala, ODM)
told the Nation that the
explanations by Treasury
officials and President
Uhuru Kenyatta when he
met the Budget and Ap-
propriations Committee
on Thursday afternoon
make a lot of sense.
Mr Aden (above), who
is also in the Budget team,
said what certain govern-
ment ocials did in the
past has placed Kenya in
the current circumstances
and even as the money is
paid, those responsi-
ble must be brought to
book.
Paying these commit-
ments is an international
obligation that Kenya
must honour as a
sovereign state. The con-
sequences of failing to
pay will be that the credit
rating of this country will
be extremely poor and we
wont be able to borrow
from the international
market, said Mr Aden.
He said the benefits
of issuing the sovereign
bond would trickle down
to Kenyans because the
government wouldnt
borrow from local banks,
which would mean that
banks lend to Kenyans at
lower interest rates.
BY GRIFFINS OMWENGA
gomwenga@ke.nationmedia.com
F
ormer Permanent Secretary Sammy
Kyungu received goodies from one
of the faces behind Anglo Leasing
contracts.
Mr Anura Perera, the owner of First
Mercantile Securities, which was given a
contract to nance one of the agreements,
paid fees for daughters of the former Infor-
mation and Communication PS, according
to documents that were led in an Anglo
Leasing case.
The fees were paid on November 24,
2003. Other payments were made in No-
vember 2004 and January 2005.
From 1999 to 2003, Mr Kyungu was
the Director of the Communications
Commission of Kenya, before he was
appointed PS.
On July 11, 2002, he entered into a
contract with Spacenet International
Company for the supply and installation
of satellite communication equipment in
980 Kenyan post oces at a cost of US$
11.7 million.
Mr Perera had instructed his bank to
pay money out of his accounts to North
Hampton University for the benet of Hel-
len and Angela, daughters of Mr Kyungu,
says a court ling in the suit that First
Mercantile lodged against Kenya.
In the document, Mr Penera says he did
not know the beneciaries of his philan-
thropy and that he was contributing to
a harambee.
He says that he had been invited to con-
tribute to the funds drive by a Mr Samuel
Kiprono Chepkonga.
Mr Chepkonga worked as a secretary for
the Kenya Post and Telecommunication
Corporation, from 1994 to 1999.
He said he was conducting a funds
drive to nance university education of
Mr Kyungus daughters, according to the
documents.
It involved bringing together people
who gave money for a cause, particularly
the building of a church or university fees
for children who did not have sucient
nancial resources, said Mr Chepkonga.
He said he invited Mr Perera in 2001 to
contribute to the funds drive having known
him since 1995.
Anura Perera did not attend the collec-
tion of funds, but had promised to donate
money, several thousand pounds sterling,
he said.
Those payments took place as a result
of a collection of funds for the girls, organ-
ised on May 17, 2001, when Anura Perera
agreed to be responsible for Angela and
Hellen Kyungus school fees.
It was usual for businessmen to partici-
pate in collections of that kind.
According to Mr Perera, Mr Chepkonga
had explained to him that the collection
was for helping a student to study abroad
but he did not give specic details.
And Mr Chepkonga said the business-
man did not know whether the students
who had received his assistance included
children of
ministers or civil servants.
The only relevant question was for him
to know that the money was used for its
intended purpose.
Mr Perera also gave out about US$
25,000 to a public primary school, where
he was allegedly a member of the board
of governors.
During the negotiations for the nanc-
ing of the Spacenet contract, the company
claimed it would be nanced by the US
Exim Bank to undertake the deal.
In March 2002, Michael Alan , a repre-
sentative of Spacenet, had made an oer
for installation of the satellite system to
the Postal Corporation of Kenya.
The company claimed it had medium
term nancing from the United States
government.
Mr Musalia Mudavadi, then Finance
minister, sought conrmation of the -
nancing agreement. On May 23, 2002,
the US embassy informed him that the
Export Import Bank of the US had refused
to nance Spacenet for the contract, owing
to some arrears that Kenya owed it.
Four days later, Mr Kyungu asked
Spacenet to submit the draft contract
documents for the project to him with
the nancing agreement.
According to the documents, after Ky-
ungu sought to have the draft documents,
one Mr Samuel Bundotich, representing
the Ministry of Finance, entered into an
agreement for the nancing of the purchase
contract with First Mercantile.
First Mercantile was obliged to perform
the obligations of the Republic of Kenya
under the purchase contract, according to
the documents.
Owner of contracted
rm paid fees for PS
FILE | NATION
Jubilee MPs walk out in protest from a meet-
ing called by Treasury Cabinet Secretary
Henry Rotich in Nairobi to approve Anglo
Leasing payments recently. Left: Former
PS Sammy Kyungu, whose daughters uni-
versity fees were paid by Mr Anura Perera,
owner of First Mercentile Securities, which
was awarded one of the contracts.
INVESTIGATION | Top government ocial beneted from businessman, court documents show
First
Mercantile
Securities
proprietor
sponsored
Sammy
Kyungus
daughters
in
university
Those payments took place as a
result of a collection of funds for
the girls, organised on May 17,
2001
Mr Samuel Chepkonga, who invited
the businessman to contribute to a
harambee for the fees
ANGLO LEASING
$25,000
The amount donated by Mr Anura Perera
of First Mercentile Securities to a Kenyan
public primary school
How Kenya lost case against paying Sh1.4bn
BY NATION REPORTER
Kenya, in arguing against pay-
ing the Sh1.4 billion in the Anglo
Leasing case, based its argument
on ve grounds which were all
dismissed by the High Court of
Justice in Geneva, Switzerland.
The court said from the outset,
Kenya alleged that one Sammy
Kyungu signed the Anglo Leas-
ing financing contract after
promises that his daughters
school fees would to be taken
care of by one Anura Perera,
the owner of First Mercantile
Securities.
From 1999 to 2003, Mr Ky-
ungu was the director of the
Communication Commission
of Kenya, before becoming
the permanent secretary in the
Ministry of Information and
Communication.
Earlier on, in July 11, 2002,
Mr Sammy Kyungu entered
the contract with Spacenet
International Company for the
supply and installation of satel-
lite communication equipment in
980 Kenyan post oces at a cost
of US dollars 11.7 million.
In its defence, Kenya said that
Anura Pereras assumption of
responsibility for Kyungus
daughters school fees consti-
tutes an act of corruption.
The court said that Anura
agreed to pay the fees in May
2001 yet the negotiations for
the nancing of the Anglo leas-
ing contract occurred in March
2002. Kenya took no measures
to invalidate or terminate the
purchase contract if it thought
it inappropriate, reads the court
ruling.
The nancial support agreed
by Anura Perera to Kyungus
daughters had no connection
with the conclusion of the -
nancing agreement and cannot
therefore be equated to an act of
corruption, said the court.
Kenya further argued that
its regulations were infringed
in connection with the conclu-
sion of the nancing agreement,
and that the contract was over
valued.
Kenya argued that the Postal
Corporation of Kenya where
satellite equipment were to be
xed across all its 980 branches
countrywide was not the entity
that signed the contract.
The State said that PCK is a
legal company that exists on its
own and as such, the ministry in
charge (Information and Com-
munication), had no mandate to
undertake the tender on behalf
of the corporation.
However, the court shove
aside the argument as lack-
ing pertinence adding that the
Treasury had only guaranteed
the loan, which was incumbent
upon it in line with the purchase
contract.
Furthermore, the defence al-
leged that public procurement
regulations of 2001 and the
telecommunications and postal
sector policy guidelines were al-
legedly contravened in award and
nancing of the contract.
However, the contract con-
tained express provisions which
were designed to prevent the
Republic of Kenya from invoking
any irregularity in its procedures
as grounds of defence against
any attempt to obtain perform-
ance of the contract.
The court thus overruled Ken-
yas argument saying although it
was aware of the irregularities
committed in its procedures, the
country proceeded to perform at
least some of the obligations in-
cumbent on it in the contract.
Kenya and First Mercantile
Securities both acted on the
basis of the mutually agreed
stipulation that all the re-
quired procedures had been
followed and the contract
was valid.
The fact that a party pays or
receives too great a sum of
money for a supply or service
does not in itself aect the
validity of the contract. ,
Kenya ordered to pay First
Mercantile the total late in-
terest on each of the sums
already paid and any other
money ordered in the case.
DECISION
What the court
said in ruling
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
10 | National News
BY JOHN NGIRACHU
@JohnNgirachu
jngirachu@ke.nationmedia.com
N
ational Authority for the
Campaign Against Alcohol
and Drug Abuse is seeking
Sh2 billion from the government for
setting up rehabilitation centres for
alcoholics.
Nacada Chairman John Mututho
told the Budget and Appropriations
Committee of the National Assembly
that it would cost Sh44 million to set
up a centre in each county and pleaded
with the MPs for support.
Alcoholism can be treated but in all
our budget regimes and our approach,
that issue of treatment was ignored in
total. Even when we came here, there
was never a budget for rehabilitation,
said Mr Mututho.
Committee chairman Rev Mutava
Musyimi had invited Mr Mututho to
present his views on what the powerful
House team could do to stop deaths
from illicit liquor.
Mr Mututho was accompanied by
Nacadas acting chief executive ocer
Mr Enock Onchwari and a director
Mr Fazul Mohamed.
He said the authority plans to ap-
point alcoholic drink control ocers
in each county to spearhead an ag-
gressive ght against alcohol abuse, as
provided for in the Mututho Law.
Rehabilitation centres are neces-
sary because alcoholism needs to be
seen as a disease that needs treat-
ment, he said. Mr Mututho said these
centres would use a four-phase proc-
ess to rehabilitate alcoholics.
The first three months of the
process would involve conventional
rehabilitation in which the alcohol-
ics go through a 90-day treatment.
This would be followed a three-month
training akin to what National Youth
Service recruits undergo and another
three months refresher training.
Training
Mr Mututho said the last three
months would be spent on training
on entrepreneurship.
MPs directed Mr Mututho to de-
velop a strategy for implementing the
project in phases starting with regions
that are hardest hit by alcoholism, due
to huge costs involved.
Mr Mututho will also get a chance
to present the idea to the House
Committee on Administration and
National Security.
Nacada seeks Sh2bn for rehabs
NAIROBI | Authority to use a four-phased strategy in treatment of alcoholics
Authority would set up
a rehab in each of the 47
counties for treatment
Rehabilitation centres
are necessary because
alcoholism needs to be
seen as a disease that
needs treatment
Nacada chairman John
Mututho
IN GOD NYERI TRUSTS | Traders protest against closure of the market to allow them attend church
JOSEPH KANYI| NATION
An administrator argues
with Mitumba traders at
Kiawara trading centre
in Nyeri County after
they were barred from
accessing the market to
sell their goods. The Ny-
eri county government
has changed market
days from Sunday to
Wednesday and Satur-
day to allow residents
attend church. The
traders want to be al-
lowed to work when they
want to.
Two investors
lay claim to
100-acre land
BY NATION REPORTER
Two investors are ghting over
a 100-acre piece of land in Kiambu
County after both were allegedly al-
located the property by the National
Land Commission.
The commissions chairman, Dr
Muhammad Swazuri, allocated the
land to Mbukoe Investments and
Selby Falls Development Company
in January, according to documents
seen by the Nation.
That was after he allocated the
same property, last November, to
Thogoto Ukai Self-Help Group.
Dr Swazuri yesterday said his of-
ce had done clean transactions. He
did not give details.
According to letters renewing
the lease that had expired last
year, he had oered a grant to the
land to Mbukoe Investment Com-
pany, which is registered to one
director, at a standard premium of
Sh2.5 million.
The Nation has established
that the transaction is among the
reasons for wrangles between the
Lands ministry and Dr Swazuris
team.
An audit at the ministrys head-
quarters, which ended on Saturday,
found that at least 500,000 titles
could not be accounted for.
Investigations have been launched
by to establish their location.
Sources said Dr Swazuris oce
would be combed to verify claims
that he had locked in some les. He
denied that he kept away les.
Land title deeds that cannot be ac-
counted for as revealed by a Lands
ministry audit
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National News 11
S
ince no local court
has been able to try
and convict any of the
suspects in the Goldenberg
and Anglo Leasing scandals,
I would like to propose
that the International
Criminal Court be allowed
to try these suspects for
crimes against humanity.
And heres why. It is not
machetes and guns that are
taking the most lives in our
country; it is corruption.
The billions that were
stolen from State coers
could have fed millions,
equipped thousands of
schools, built dozens of
roads, improved hospitals
and paid thousands of
teachers and doctors.
Because the money
was stolen, hundreds of
thousands of Kenyans
are much worse o today
than they were yesterday.
Many have died because
money for healthcare and
other basic services was
diverted into the pockets of
a few greedy individuals. If
that is not a crime against
humanity, I dont know
what is.
Dozens of people have
also died in terrorist
attacks in the last three
years because security and
surveillance equipment was
not bought and installed due
to grand corruption.
If the Anglo Leasing
deals had not been made
with ghost companies,
Kenya would now have
a tamper-proof passport
printing system, a forensic
laboratory and a military
surveillance system. Since
the ghosts didnt deliver on
these deals, we are now in a
situation where we have to
hand over terrorists bodies
to foreign governments so
they can do the forensic
investigations.
Forget the hi-tech
equipment; most of our
police stations dont even
have working telephone
lines or clean toilets.
In a recent article
published in Foreign Policy,
British journalist Michela
Wrong wrote that the
culture of corruption seems
to have escalated under the
Jubilee government even
though many Kenyans
had high hopes that this
government would be less
corrupt than previous ones.
Since both President
Kenyatta and Deputy
President William Ruto
come from ethnic groups
and elites that have already
eaten, she argued, Kenyans
believed their government
would be less likely to enter
into corrupt deals.
When the Supreme
Court conrmed Kenyattas
contested electoral win in
March 2013, many Kenyans
comforted themselves with
the notion that the economy
was safe in the hands of
the same ethnic Kikuyu
and Kalenjin elite that had
dominated the economy
since the days of Uhurus
father, Jomo Kenyatta,
she explained. It was an
argument that mistook the
nature of human greed.
I agree with commentator
Peter Kagwanja when he
says that future generations
will judge Jubilee harshly
for perilously sleeping
through a revolution, and
perhaps losing the nation.
Tackling corruption once
and for all is the revolution
that Kenyatta promised. He
has yet to deliver on that
promise.
However, I disagree
with Kagwanja when he
suggests that the discourse
on corruption has become
racialised in that it is
part of Western liberal
internationalism that is
fast replacing human rights
as the pivotal foreign policy
doctrine.
Kenyans do not want
a corruption-free society
because some Western
government is advocating
it, but because the cost of
corruption is simply too
high for a poor society like
Kenyas to bear.
The Chinese, who are
our new darlings, having
replaced the West as our
benefactors, may tolerate
corrupt practices when
they engage with African
governments, but the
Communist Party of China
does not tolerate corrupt
ocials within the party and
is known to mete our harsh
sentences to those who
pilfer or mismanage public
funds. The Chinese know
that runaway corruption
has a negative impact on
the economy and service
delivery, and they are not
willing to compromise on
either.
Corruption within the
Police Servlce is also
compromising our security.
Last week, a Kenyan
Somali who was detained
at Pangani Police Station
for two weeks during the
Eastleigh raid told me that
every detained person at
the police station was being
asked for bribes. They
dont care if you are Al-
Shabaab, he said. They
just want the money.
He said that he found it
ironic that Kenyans who do
not possess an ID card are
being arrested, yet he had to
wait for ve years to get his.
Clearly many systems need
to be xed before we can
claim to be a safe country.
rasna.warah@gmail.com
Forget the hi-tech
equipment; most of
our police stations
dont even have
working telephone
lines or clean toilets
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | Rasna Warah
Anglo Leasing and a corrupt Police
Service have made insecurity too real
Educate the public on
terrorism to save lives
T
he anxiety sparked by recent terrorist
attacks and the subsequent withdrawal of
British tourists from hotels at the Coast are
pointers that more needs to be done to crack down
on those perpetrating the attacks and at the same
time improve security in major towns.
Unless the security forces appear to be winning
against terrorists at home, there is a risk that the
public mood could swing from supporting the
countrys military action in Somalia.
Already, opposition politicians have started
calling for Kenyan troops to be withdrawn despite
the gains made in restoring peace in large areas
of the neighbouring country and cutting o key
economic links for Al-Shabaab.
The recent attacks targeting civilians are sending
the signal that terrorists will stop at nothing to
intimidate the population in the hope of making the
Kenyan military campaign in Somalia unpopular.
That is why the security agencies must do more,
not only to prevent attacks, but also to arrest those
planning them. Similarly, all agencies, including
foreign ones, should be encouraged to share
intelligence with the security forces in a manner
that will lead to prevention of possible attacks.
This should be done in a way that will not spark
public anxiety. As such, there is a need for greater
collaboration between Kenya and other partners if
the ght against terrorism is to be won.
The response from the police and other
emergency services during the Friday attack in
Gikomba was commendable and should set high
standards on how those tasked with saving lives in
case of emergencies should respond.
However, there were still numerous cases of
casualties being mishandled, which points to a need
to train the public on how to respond in the event
of disaster or terrorist attacks.
Relays expectations high
I
t might be the inaugural World Relays
Championships, but the expectations by
Kenyans are high when the championships go
down this weekend in Nassau, Bahamas.
While the focus will be on the middle distances
in 4x800m and 4x1,500m in both men and women,
the lessons learned by Athletics Kenya should be
vital in taking sprints serious, with Kenya only
taking 4x400m and 4x200n men teams.
The countrys expectations were heightened
when the womens team broke the 4x1,500m World
record twice within three weeks.
World 800m champion Eunice Sum guided her
team to a new record in the 4x1,500m on April 5
at the last leg of Athletics Kenya Series. The team
of World 5,000m silver medallist Mercy Cherono
erased the record with new times at the trials.
Athletics enthusiasts can only hope that the
training the team is receiving at Kasarani under
head coach Sammy Rono will be able to conjure
good results with at least four gold medals expected
in the middle distances.
With good teamwork and support, the 4x400m
and 4x200m can also stun critics, what with the
4x400m having featured at 2012 London Olympics
and 2013 Moscow Worlds.
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Monday May 19, 2014
12 | Opinion
NEW STRATEGY NEEDED | Ibrahim Mwathane
T
he National Land
Commission was
established to help
manage public land on behalf
of the national and county
governments. Besides the
mandate spelled out in Article
67 of the Constitution, extra
powers for the commission
were bundled in through the
National Land Commission
Act and the Land Act.
These extra powers are
tempered by some provisions
of the Land Registration Act,
which accords the Lands
Cabinet Secretary and the
Public Service Commission
powers to establish land
registries.
This eectively puts these
critical engines of our land
administration processes at
national and county levels
under the Ministry of Lands.
This law gives the
commission peripheral roles
in matters of land registries
too. Little wonder we are
now being treated to endless
arguments on matters
involving title deeds and who
should sign them.
Stakeholders are not entirely
surprised by the confusion.
Following the promulgation
of the Constitution in August
2010, the formulation of land
laws was delayed, leaving little
time for good background
research and review.
These laws were rushed
through Parliament in
early 2012, just to beat the
constitutional timelines. Due
to their complexity, Parliament
had to extend the timeline.
There were challenges
over process too. To stop
the furious turf wars in the
short term, the laws must
be amended to sort out any
inherent conicts.
But in the medium and long
term, Kenyans must devise an
appropriate model of a Land
Commission. Arrangements
in which the President and
the Commissioner of Lands
held sway over the allocation
of public land were routinely
abused.
While establishing the
commission, it was assumed
that professionalism would
govern the allocation and
management of public land
to support national and local
priorities. This is why the
commission was anchored
in the Constitution so that it
could have reasonable latitude
to make decisions.
But looking at events
in the last one year of the
commissions existence,
there are numerous emerging
concerns. Has the commission
worked in the best interest
of the country so far? Has
it demonstrated high-level
leadership? Is it able to
carefully navigate Kenyas
rough political environment?
Would it have done better
under political leadership?
Can it cope with the vast
mandate the Constitution
and the laws have bestowed
on it? Is it likely to do better
or diminish in stature with
time under the current
arrangements? Is it quite
feasible to totally delink the
allocation and management
of public land, a key resource
with political implications,
from government?
These are hard questions.
Ugandas land commission
is currently chaired by a
former Minister of Lands.
I havent interrogated the
reasons. But knowing that
such a chair fully understands
the sway land holds in the
countrys politics,
I guess this was Ugandas
way of ensuring that the
commission does not attempt
to operate outside the ruling
governments priorities and
interests.
Ghanas journey with land
commissions dates back to
1969. A land Commission
established under the 1969
constitution was chaired by
the Lands Minister, who, in
eect, subordinated its agenda
and priorities to those of the
days government.
To address this, Ghanas
1979 Constitution provided
that the Commission
chairman must not be a
minister or deputy minister
of state. This was written into
their Land Commission Act.
But it created institutional
problems since the
Department of Lands, which
held the records was left
answerable to the minister,
leaving the commission with
diculties in accessing the
very land records it needed for
eective operations.
Ghanas 1992 constitution,
which informed the Land
Commission Act of 1994,
redressed this by putting the
Lands Department under the
Land Commission. But to put
the key land institutions under
one roof, Ghana enacted a new
Land Commission Act 2008
through which the functions
of the commission, valuation
board, registration of title
and survey department were
merged.
But the chairperson and
members of the commission
are appointed by the
President and of course, these
appointees arent without
express political and party
aliations. Ghanas Land
Commission would, therefore,
nd it dicult to be politically
independent and neutral.
Kenyan authorities, too,
need to rethink the issue
in view of the endless
Commission-State feuds,
which have slowed down land
reforms and undermined
service delivery in the last one
year.
Mr Mwathane is a consultant in
surveying and land information
management, and has partici-
pated in the national and con-
tinental land policy processes.
(mwathane@landsca.co.ke)
Law made relations between ministry
and land commission quite dicult
Lands Cabinet Secretary Ngilu:
Relations with NLC are dicult.
T
he security challenges Kenya
is facing have stirred up
unprecedented reactions. There is
increased pressure on the government to
seek solutions. Concern is also growing
about its eects on the economy.
Almost two weeks ago, days after Mr
David Ndii argued in his Saturday column
that economic growth is merely a means
to an end, another columnist, Mr Jaindi
Kisero, wrote that terrorist attacks were
not just about lives lost, but also about
the economy.
Now, it is reasonable to be concerned
about Kenyas attractiveness as an
investment destination, but the idea that
the importance of the economy could, in
any way, trump human life is worrying;
the dead cannot invest.
To the cold bodies at the City Mortuary,
our attractiveness as an investment
destination, the ratings of Kenya by Fitch
and Moodys, the booming real estate
sector and the euro-bond chit-chat count
for nothing.
Economic policies that downplay the
importance of human life are typically
pushed by those who are reasonably
condent that the problems which plague
the working poor will never befall them.
For such people, the loss of life during
conicts or from violent crime or unsafe
workplaces is not a problem to be solved,
but merely a lter through which to
extract the nimblest and toughest.
Take the case of Andrew Carnegie, an
astoundingly successful steel baron, who
today is remembered as a philanthropist.
The Economist cites the author of his
biography, Peter Krass, who writes that
deadly accidents in Carnegies steel
mills accounted for 20 per cent of all
male deaths in Pittsburgh in the 1880s,
and that newspaper lists of men killed
and wounded each year were as long as
a casualty list for a small battle in the
American civil war.
Another example is Thomas Leyland,
a slave trader and one time mayor of
Liverpool. He invested his earnings
from slave trade into a bank, Leyland
and Bullins. Through mergers and
acquisitions, it became the Midland Bank.
These people did wonders for their
countries respective economies, but their
wealth was soaked in blood.
Could our country be heading in this
direction? The trend seems clear. While
the Thika highway was already a dual-
carriageway before its recent expansion,
the highway from Mombasa to Nairobi,
remains for long stretches undivided.
Its planned expansion is clearly driven
by the need for Kenya to be regionally
competitive.
Had saving life been our rst priority,
that highway would have been widened
long ago and we would still have reaped
the economic benets. But for now, the
casualties continue to climb.
Saving life should be at the centre of
our economic goals, not an afterthought.
Our economy is expressed in numbers,
but it is people who give those numbers
meaning.
Mr Ngethe is the Nation Media Groups Syn-
dication Editor. (www.nationmedia.com).
WRONG PRIORITIES | Vincent Ngethe
Dont choose economy over peoples lives
Policies that downplay the
importance of human life are
typically pushed by those who
believe the problems which plague
the poor will never befall them
Time Tower: Services at KRA too time-wasting.
THE CUTTING EDGE
BY THE WATCHMAN
FALSE SECURITY. Though he has no doubts about
the capability of the security surveillance system
Safaricom has been asked to put in place, Robinson
Ngano says he has some misgivings about the
integrity of the user. He adds: Gathering intelligence
is one thing, but acting on it is a dierent thing
altogether. In every single incident that has occurred,
our security organs had advance knowledge but failed
to act or bungled it. Ours is not a technology problem;
it is the users integrity.
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or write to Watchman
POB 49010, Nairobi 00100
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THIS IS DISCRIMINATION. Can the Nairobi
City government assure Tim Oduko that it does not
condone any form of discrimination in the delivery
of services and provision of facilities and amenities?
Gitanga Road in Lavington is fairly good, but hell
breaks loose just after Rusinga School as one enters
Kawangware, he moans. It has potholes lled with
water mixed with sewage, thanks to broken sewer
lines. The poor people in this area feel discriminated
against. His contact is timoduko@yahoo.com.
BLESSING IN DISGUISE. As much as the majority
of Kenyans may not like the county commissioners
appointed by the central government, John Gitau
believes their deployment could just turn out to be a
blessing in disguise. We shouldnt entrust politicians,
who lack experience, with the management of public
resources. The county commissioners are proven
administrators, who have been serving in those places,
and a better bet than some of the governors, who are
plundering resources. His contact is johngitau@africa
online.co.ke.
SHODDY SERVICE. A frequent visitor to the Kenya
Revenue Authority headquarters in Times Tower in
Nairobi, Arthur Rubia says though there has been
some improvement, service could be better. After
queuing and being issued with an e-slip, one is asked
to go some 500 metres away to get a photocopy,
contributing to the crowding at the entrance. And
that is not all; the customer will be required to go to
the bank and go out again to have it photocopied. He
believes this can be streamlined.
KIMAIYO IS WRONG. A man well-versed in
motoring and legal matters, Dr M. K. Adalja, wading
into the controversy on tinted windows, says the
Trac Act states that only PSVs are forbidden to have
these. Upset by Inspector-General of Police David
Kimaiyo directive to all motorists to remove the tints,
Adalja asks: Has he taken over Parliaments law-
making role? He adds: Interior Cabinet Secretary
Joseph ole Lenku says courts will release private
motorists with tinted windows. Then what is the point
of taking them to court in the rst place?
THIS IS HARASSMENT. The massive resources
being used to stop and subject motorists to Alcoblow
tests, some of whom will only have taken a beer or
two of the sanctioned drinks, would be better used
to curb the distribution and sale of illicit brews that
have killed nearly 100 Kenyans in recent weeks, says
Bernard Odhiambo. The blanket targeting all motorists
at roadblocks, Bernard feels, amounts to harassment
of even law-abiding citizens after a legal outing. His
contact is maninga54.bo@gmail.com.
Have a reasonable day, wont you!
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
Opinion 13
SATURDAYS QUESTION
Was Uhuru right to order payment of Sh1.4bn debt to Anglo Leasing?
TARUS ENOCK: No. Instead, feed
Kenyans dying of hunger in Pokot.
KARANJA KANGETHE: Yes, This
is an international debt that must be
paid. But we must be told the people
who signed the debt. Why is it dif-
cult to mention their names?
ODHIAMBO OBARE: No. It
would be foolhardy to pay a faceless
creditor, to avoid being a delinquent
debtor! Paying the Sh1.4 billion will
make other rms sue Kenya.
FREDERICK OLIMA: I wonder
why its now that they are being paid.
When the President was Finance
Minister, he said that Anglo Leasing
cannot be paid. Let him explain what
has changed now. Saying that the
government has to respect the courts
is not convincing.
ALINORY B. KWENA: There are
many more important things that
require his attention, which are of
benet, yet he only attends to issues
that oppresses the taxpayers.
DAVID KIMURA: Yes. Do you want
Kenyan property to be auctioned?
KIBET CHEPKWONY: Yes.
DEBATE QUESTION
Are western nations
justied to give
travel warnings
against Kenya?
Send your comments to:
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S
overeign bonds dont work
well where tourists are be-
ing evacuated, rhinos and
elephants are being wiped out, or
where terrorists routinely kill doz-
ens of civilians.
At the end of the 2012-2013 scal
year, the Treasury had Sh300 bil-
lion. This balance is slightly more
than double the amount we are
hoping to raise from oating the
bond. We can raise the funds we
need from our own taxes, you see.
Our hard-working Wanjiku pays
the myriad taxes imposed by the
Republic of Kenya most faithfully
until her death. And so do the
few responsible corporate citizens
Safaricom, East Africa Brewer-
ies, Kenya Airways, etc.
Even without oating the sover-
eign bond now, we can still grow
our economy and pursue Vision
2030, provided we plan well with
what we have and are honest about
service delivery to our people.
Vision 2030
For now, the only demands that
our people have on their govern-
ment are basic. They are patient,
reasonable, and know their priori-
ties well. They widely share the ide-
als of Vision 2030, because it rep-
resents their own personal dreams
and hopes.
However, until then, all that Ken-
yans seriously expect from their
government is to be safe and to be
heard whenever necessary, regard-
ing matters of collective interest.
Kenyans expect to get from their
government, fair and just treatment
in all the aairs of the State, with-
out discrimination, intimidation,
threat or treachery. It doesnt mat-
ter much to them now who in the
future will become their President
in 10 or 20 years. It matters most,
though that their government of
the day governs fairly, transpar-
ently, prudently, and faithfully as
provided by the people themselves
in their 2010 Constitution.
The demand for sovereign bonds
is not determined by a countrys
willingness to pay. It is inuenced
most by the countrys history. A
violent, troubled past or enduring
legacy of corruption, civil strife,
and ethnic tension can sink a
sovereign bond much faster than
honouring a bitterly disputed and
morally tainted debt.
Of course, those who buy sover-
eign bonds also look to the stabil-
ity, robustness, and direction of a
countrys economy. This is inu-
enced by a judicious, prudent, and
trusted political leadership.
In addition, sovereign bond mar-
kets rst consider the sovereign
credit rating. And it gives weight
to the degree of economic freedom
that exist in the issuing country, its
human rights record, as well as the
strength, integrity, and independ-
ence of its institutions.
Our sovereign bond issue will y
or sink, depending on how well our
government protects its traders in
Gikomba, or that herdsman who
unmasked mass-graves,
HENRY OLOO OKETCH, Nairobi
To the editor
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TALKING POINT
Paying Anglo Leasing will not sell
sovereign bond by an insecure state
FILE | NATION
A blast victim is received at the Kenyatta National hospital on Friday after a
blast killed 10 people at the populous Gikomba market in Nairobi.
Emails from correspondents
Indians have a reason to be the most optimistic people
The election of Narendra Modi, 62, of BJP, a former
chief minister of Gujarat State where he left a good
economic legacy, heralds a new dawn for India, the
most optimistic country on earth at the moment.
In a blind arms race that made India the largest im-
porter of arms on the planet, the former ruling party,
the Congress, built up an unsustainable current ac-
count decit that threatened stability of the rupee and
left growth stuck in a rut at 5 per cent.
The BJP win was so resolute, it will be the rst time
in 30 years a party will govern without a coalition.
This win was in no less part driven by big business,
but also a rst-time voting block of 140 million ambi-
tious tweeting youths hungry for the elusive job.
Like Kenya, the Indian economy has to pull itself
out of a bureaucracy that is not only extremely expen-
sive, but wasteful and corrupt. Kenyas civil service, in
particular, has been at the centre of economy-busting
plunder without any response from Government.
To our collective credit, Kenyas Constitution now
oers a real probability of basing future electoral par-
adigms on issue-based choices. Like Modis election
in India, our own Mutuas in the counties who con-
tinue to create new hope for the people using meagre
resources oer new choices away from tired dynastic
politics. In a sense too, you see the drive of the youth
who do not particularly care about tribalism.
KARIUKI MUIRI, Karatina
I beg to dier with Michael Mburu
(Nation, May 17), who attributed
consumption of illicit brews to exor-
bitant prices charged on legal brews.
What Mr Mburu ought to under-
stand is that curbing consumption is
a collective responsibility. If a whole
village decides to take poison, you
cant blame the government as it
cant police every individual.
Of the agents of socialisation
family, religion, schools, politi-
cal system, economic system and
institutions the family is the most
fundamental.
Failure to instill desirable values
early in life is what is contributing to
the misery and desperation exhibited
by Kenyans who are willing to drink
themselves to death.
KUNGU WANJIRU, Limuru
Bad upbringing is to
blame for brew deaths
Fridays explosion at Gikomba
market, which left a dozen dead and
a good number maimed should have
been a wake-up call on the authori-
ties to change tack in this war. The
tough talk by the President and the
predictable rejoinder by David Ki-
maiyo have not been eective.
Terrorists have become stealthier
in their operations and the police
have to keep up. We can no longer
just rely on re power if the police
have no intelligence on the activities
of terrorist cells. We should weed out
all the elements of this trade without
causing unnecessary harm to the
citizens. Lip service by the authori-
ties is no longer acceptable.
TITUS N. PALA, Kisumu
Lip service will not help
in war against terrorism
The decision of LSK chairman
Eric Mutua to demand the immedi-
ate resignation of AG Githu Muigai
is timely, given the unprofessional
manner his oce handled the Anglo
Leasing saga.
Even President Kenyatta publicly
reprimanded the AGs oce for los-
ing the case. Stranger still, is that
up to now, Kenyans dont know who
they are paying. This has never hap-
pened anywhere in the world.
The AG and top ocials at the
State Law Oce should do the hon-
ourable thing and resign as any con-
dence that Kenyans had in them
has been damaged beyond repair.
Prof Muigai must simply pack up
and go.
ENOCK ONSANDO, Mombasa
Muigai must resign for
bungling Anglo Leasing
LET ACTION SPEAK: President
Kenyatta has declared terrorism an
act of cowardice. The irony is that
these cowards continue to success-
fully launch attacks as we, the brave,
lose lives, property, investors and
now tourists. This is because our
bravery is largely manifested in the
way the government talks tough!
Terrorism, just like any other vice,
cannot be eliminated by empty talk.
Action and decisive at that
must be seen; it speaks louder than
words. And stop blaming the West.
Tourists need to be safe.
KEVIN OTIENO, Maseno
CRIME-FRIENDLY LAWS: Our Con-
stitution must be the most friendly
in the world. It talks of our sover-
eignty and human rights. However,
the greatest beneciaries are the
criminals. They commit all manner
of crime and once apprehended, our
law allows them to bargain for their
release on bail. Sadly, activists will
loudly agitate for the rights of the
criminal but remain silent on victims
of crime. Laws must be made in
such a way that they act as deter-
rent. The terror we suer today is a
product of our bad laws.
MUNGAI JOE NGIGE, Thika
BANANA REPUBLIC: Three things
have now convinced me that Kenya
is a banana republic. First, the pay-
ing of two Anglo Leasing rms with-
out us knowing who the directors
of the rms are, yet the agreements
were between two parties; who ap-
pended their signatures on behalf
of the Kenya government? Second
David Kimaiyo giving orders against
tinted car windows, yet it does not
exist in the statute books, and third
people packaging poison as alcohol
with clear labels, yet they cannot be
apprehended,
MARK KARIIUKI, Nairobi
WEEP NOT, KENYA: When the Chi-
nese premier arrived in Nairobi for a
state visit, the rare 21 gun salute said
it all that the Jubilee government
had fully decided to point its eco-
nomic dimensions to the East and at
a level not seen before in the history
of both states. It was a done deal
that the West was obviously not go-
ing to blow a vuvuzela for. Travel ad-
visories are common, but the latest
evacuation of British tourists from
Coast seemed over-zealously done
and for sure, has dented Kenyas
image, putting it in the same league
with South Sudan and Somalia.
However, we should not lose hope.
DAVE MUNGAI, Nairobi
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
14 | Letters
DAILY NATION
Monday May 19, 2014
15
NAKURU
Kinsman blocks burial
of accident victim
One of the victims who died
in a road accident at Salgaa last
Sunday will remain unburied for
a while over a land dispute. A
relative has obtained court orders
barring the ceremony on grounds
he was the legal owner of the plot
in which Mr Francis Karanja was
to be buried. Karanja died last
Sunday when a matatu he was
travelling in was hit from behind
by a trailer at Bridge area. Mr Ka-
ranjas mother Ms Elizabeth Njeri
said that the piece of land was
bought by her late husband.
BY OUMA WANZALA
@Iwanzala
owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he umbrella trade union has
demanded the release of the
Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commissions ndings on the Tas-
sia housing project scandal.
Central Organisation of Trade Un-
ions (Cotu) chairman Rajabu Mwondi,
in press statement, said yesterday that
the union would accept the outcome
of the investigation and bring to rest
the matter.
He said the delay in making the
ndings public was a ploy to conceal
the truth in the hurried and suspi-
cious approval of the Sh5 billion
project.
In January, Labour Cabinet Secre-
tary Kazungu Kambi requested the
anti-corruption agency to investigate
the National Social Security Fund
(NSSF) board over the project.
Mr Mwondi said the infrastructure
development for Nairobis Tassias es-
tate was implemented before it was
taken to the NSSF board of trustees
for discussion and approval.
We are yet to witness any ac-
tion from the Kenya Government
despite all the efforts that we, as
an organisation, have made to avail
every information required to facilitate
investigations.
He said the EACC had remained
silent when other institutions such
as the Parliamentary Investments
Committee and the Commission on
Administrative Justice had released
their reports on the matter.
EACC silence continues to cause
anxiety and agony among the Ken-
yan workers and their leaders who
are eager to know the individuals be-
hind the fraudulent approval of such
a colossal sum of money from the
workers funds, said Mr Mwondi.
He said the matter had degenerated
into intimidation, harassment and
witch-hunt on the NSSF employees
by the funds management to divert
attention.
Most workers at the NSSF are now
in a state of fear and panic over grow-
ing victimisation of those perceived
to have had prior information on the
matter, said Mr Mwondi.
Parliamentary Investments Com-
mittee, chaired by Eldas MP Adan
Keynan, has recommended that the
anti-corruption commission investi-
gates all major controversial projects
undertaken by the NSSF.
The watchdog further asked the
commission to investigate why a
majority of the funds projects were
awarded to China Jiangxi Interna-
tional (Kenya).
Workers demand NSSF report
SCANDAL | Union ocial claims funds managers victimising employees
Cotu tells anti-graft
agency to release
ndings on Tassia
housing project
Francis Atwoli (right):
The Cotu boss, who
represents workers in
the NSSF board, raised
the alarm over the Tas-
sia housing project early
this year. He claimed its
approval was illegal and
fraudulent.
Commission on Ad-
ministrative Justice:
Last month, it released
its report on the project
and asked the NSSF
board to cancel a ten-
der awarded to China
Jiangxi International for
the works.
Parliamentary Invest-
ments Committee:
It has recommended
investigation into all
major controversial
NSSF projects.
BACKGROUND
Atwoli raised alarm over deals approval
Publishers back TSC over nursery tutors
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Textbook publishers have opposed
the hiring of nursery school teachers
by county governments saying it was
the mandate of the Teachers Service
Commission (TSC).
Kenya Publishers Association
(KPA) chairperson Lawrence Njagi
said even though the Constitution
mandates the county governments
to oversee pre-primary education and
early childhood education, hiring by
TSC would ensure uniform standards
are applied across all counties.
County governments should leave
the hiring to TSC and instead focus
on providing the infrastructure to
improve the eectiveness of ECDE
by building classes, buying learning
materials.
This will ensure standards of em-
ployment for these teachers are equal
across all counties, said Mr Njagi.
He was speaking at Meru Technical
Training Institute during the North
Imenti sub-county education forum
held at the weekend.
The Kenya National Union of
Teachers has also opposed the move
saying that TSC is the only agency
mandated by the Constitution to
employ teachers.
Among the counties that have
nalised the employment of ECDE
teachers are Meru, Bungoma, Kisii,
Bomet and Vihiga.
Mr Njagi said ECDE has been ig-
nored for long and noted that counties
were now better placed to come up
with policies that will improve pre-
primary education. He observed that
many children continue to under
perform in primary and secondary
schools due to lack of access to early
childhood education.
At the same time, KPA has raised a
red ag over unscrupulous booksell-
ers who are beneting from the free
education funds.
He said some headteachers have
been colluding with briefcase book
sellers to purchase textbooks that
have not been recommended by the
Ministry of Education.
The government through the
Education Ministry should tighten
the audit of schools so that errant
headteachers who cut deals with
the fraudulent booksellers to eece
schools face the law, he said.
The number of counties that have -
nalised employment of ECDE tutors
5
MERU
Leader gives sanitary
towels to 500 girls
More than 500 girls from seven
primary schools in Meru town
had a reason to smile yesterday
after they were given sanitary
towels and panties. Present-
ing the materials at the Kenya
Methodist University, Meru
County Women Representative
Florence Kajuju said: Many
girls skip classes due to lack of
sanitary towels, and this impacts
negatively on their performance.
She said a huge number of teen-
age girls used unhygienic pads
that exposed them to risks of
infections. The materials were
provided by the Florence Kajuju
Foundation.
BRIEFLY
KAKAMEGA
Sugar miller gives
farmers dairy cows
Mumias Sugar Company has
given out dairy cows to sugarcane
farmers in Kakamega County.
This is part of the companys
multi-million dairy farming ini-
tiative targeting growers in the
expansive Mumias and Busia
sugar zone. The cows were given
to farmers in Navakholo and
Bumula last week. The compa-
nys agriculture director Wesley
Koech said the drive is meant to
enrich sugarcane production. The
gesture also aims at providing
alternative streams of income to
sugarcane growers.
KWALE
Youths protest against
closure of sports centre
Youths from Msambweni
yesterday held demonstrations
against the closure of a sports
centre. They then removed pad-
locks that were used to close the
Diani Youth Friendly Centre. Led
by the chairman of the Kwale
Citizen Watchdog on governance
and Devolution Hassan Mzinga,
the youths accused area MP Sule-
iman Dori of closing the centre
for what they termed as political
reasons. The centre was built
during the tenure of the former
MP Omar Zonga.
Boys arrest
by Ugandan
army probed
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Kenyan authorities are investigat-
ing a case in which the Ugandan
army arrested a 12-year-old boy at
Kamrel village in Pokot County.
Lokany Longuratukei, is said to
have been seized by the Uganda
Peoples Defence Force soldiers
around 9am last week on Thurs-
day at a disputed piece of land.
His parents dont known of his
whereabouts.
His uncle, David Akudukor
told the Nation that the soldiers
stormed the village in North Pokot
subcounty near the border between
the two countries and took the boy
away.
Mr Akudukor lamented that it
was unrealistic for Ugandan soldiers
to arrest Kenyans on their soil, and
appealed to the government to act
quickly.
We are concerned about such
incidents yet it is not the rst time
we are witnessing such a case, he
said.
When contacted, subcounty
commissioner Abdulrazak Jaldesa
said Kenyan authorities had taken
up the matter and conducting in-
vestigations.
I went up to Loroo in Uganda
and met the soldiers who said the
reason for their patrol along the
border was to maintain peace and
order, he said.
We are concerned about
such incidents, yet it is
not the rst time were are
witnessing such a case
Boys uncle David Akudukor
LOANS BOOST | Giving widows something to smile about
JOSEPH KANYI | NATION
Widows during a fundraiser organised by the Nyeri county government and Wajane Foundation at Dedan Kimathi
Stadium at the weekend. The widows will now be able to borrow money from the fund to start businesses.
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MOMBASA
Getrudes opens new
branch for region
A leading childrens hospital
has opened a branch in Mom-
basa, taking its services closer
to the area residents. Getrudes
Childrens Hospital clinic lo-
cated on Links Road in Nyali will
provide its diverse services to
children and youths aged under
21. Nyali MP Hezron Awiti led
guests, hospital sta and resi-
dents in the grand opening of the
hospital at the weekend during
which he assured investors and
tourists that the region was safe
for investment.
BY GEOFFREY RONO
marukware@yahoo.com
T
he Council of Governors
will move to court should
President Kenyatta stick
to his decision to delegate his
powers to county commission-
ers.
Council chairman Isaac Ruto
said the Presidents decision to
give the commissioners more
powers was a scheme by the
Jubilee administration to un-
dermine county governments.
By giving commissioners
the powers to give instructions
to the police, the President is
merely re-introducing the dra-
conian and outdated laws that
required politicians and other
people to seek permits to hold
rallies or other forums. We
cannot allow this to happen,
he said.
Jeopardise gains
The Bomet governor made
the remarks at Simoti Mixed
Day Secondary School at the
weekend during the institutions
prize-giving day.
Konoin MP Sam Koech and
the area MCA William Mosonik
accompanied the governor.
Mr Ruto said the move
would jeopardise the gains of
devolution that Kenyans at the
grass root level were currently
enjoying.
While launching the new
structure last week, the Head
of State mandated the commis-
sioners to represent national
governments in their areas,
chair security talks and disci-
pline sta.
The former Chepalungu MP
added: Kenyans should be
given the opportunity to enjoy
the expanded democratic space
as enshrined in the Constitution
instead of the Jubilee adminis-
tration taking the country back
to the days of authoritarian-
ism.
Mr Ruto claimed that the
county commissioner in his
county had started executing the
excessive powers by blocking the
construction of sub-county and
wards oces in the region.
Build oces
He said both the county
and national governments
were serving the same people
and wondered why the com-
missioner in his county was
opposing the setting up of the
structures meant to take serv-
ices closer to the people.
He cited the construction
of sub-county offices in
Chepalungu and Bomet Cen-
tral constituencies and ward
oces in Cheptalal and Nda-
nai as some of the structures
that had been blocked by the
national administration.
But according to Bomets
deputy commissioner Josphat
Mutisya, the grounds on which
the county government wants
to build offices to house the
national administration team
belong to the national govern-
ment.
He advised the county govern-
ment to look for its own land to
set up the buildings.
BOMET | Move by President Kenyatta rekindles power row between county and national governments
Governors threaten court action
over county commissioners roles
Giving administrators
more powers is
tantamount to
undermining county
governments, says
council boss
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FILE | NATION
Council of
Governors
chairman Isaac
Ruto addresses a
press conference
at the Boma
Hotel in Nairobi
last week,
accompanied by
fellow governors.
They condemned
President
Kenyattas
decision to
give county
commissioners
more powers.
PAY RETIREES OR GO TO
JAIL, TSC BOSS TOLD
Police ordered to arrest
Lengoiboni if he fails to release
cash in 90 days . P.23
THE COUNTIES
KAKAMEGA
Lynched man linked to
grandfathers killing
Three people lost their lives in
a land dispute at Muchipwa Vil-
lage on the border of Vihiga and
Kakamega counties at the week-
end. One of the three, Mr John
Karani, 68, was found dead in un-
clear circumstances, prompting
the angered public to lynch two
others one of them his grand-
son suspected to have killed
him. The Nation learnt that Mr
Karani was killed on Friday night
around 10pm by a gang that later
dumped his body in Izava River
in Vihiga County.
KERICHO
Signature campaign to
block governors ouster
A group of Kericho residents
have started a campaign to col-
lect 100,000 signatures in a bid
to petition the Senate to block
the impeachment of Governor
Paul Chepkwony. Mr Joel Soi,
the chairman of the campaign
dubbed Operation Stop Im-
peachment, said over 15,000
residents across all the six con-
stituencies had already signed
the petition by yesterday. We will
present the signed forms to the
Senate team that will investigate
the claims levelled against the
governor by the MCAs, he said.
KISUMU
Clerics warn of tension after ocials given more powers
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Church leaders yesterday warned
that conict of interest was likely to
ensue in devolved units after President
Kenyatta gave county commissioners
more powers.
Kisumu County National Council of
Churches of Kenta chairman Joshua
Koyo said that the Head of State is
threatening the future of devolved
governments through the move.
Bishop Koyo told a congregation at
the Episcopal Church of Africa in Kis-
umu that the commissioners should
work under the governors, although
they represent the interests of the
national government.
Prof David Kodia of St Stephens
Anglican Church in Kisumu said del-
egating excessive powers to county
commissioners was reminiscent of
the old days of dictatorship.
The county commissioners regalia
is a reminder of the old days. It is a
symbol of an authoritarian system of
government, the don said.
Conict of interest
Prof Kodia, who is also the principal
of the Bishop Okulu College of the
Great Lakes University, said giving
excessive powers to the commission-
ers will result in conict of interest.
You cannot give powers to an ap-
pointee at the expense of Kenyans
who elected a leader of their choice.
These gimmicks are going to bring
tension in counties, he said.
However, Rev Jephthah K. Gathaka,
the executive director of the Ecumeni-
cal Centre for Justice and Peace, said
the action by the President was con-
stitutional.
BRIEFLY
NAIROBI
7,000 traders occupy
new market stalls
At least 7,000 traders moved
into the new Zimmerman market
stalls in Nairobi County at the
weekend. The new unit is ex-
pected to de-congest other mar-
kets in the city and oer services
to residents in the neighbouring
areas of Githurai, Kasarani and
Kahawa West. Mr Francis Kirima,
the chairman of Zimma Settle-
ment Scheme which allocated
the stalls to its members, said the
market was the rst phase of the
project expected to create 20,000
jobs and serve 40,000 residents.
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KISUMU
Hoteliers lament cost of
insecurity on tourism
Hoteliers in western Kenya
have warned that the poor mar-
keting of domestic tourism will
aect earnings from the sector.
Mr Robinson Anyal, chairman
Western Kenya Hotel Managers
Association, said Kenyas reliance
on international tourism was
its greatest undoing following
threats posed by terrorism, travel
advisories and poaching. He
lamented that insecurity had low-
ered their revenue by 15 per cent.
VIHIGA
Changaa seized as
sellers arrested
More than 10,000 litres of kan-
gara from which changaa is made
and 20 litres of the liquor have
been impounded in Sabatia, Vih-
iga County. Area police boss Mar-
tha Mutegi and ocers seized
the illicit drink and arrested its
producers. The suspects are be-
ing held at Mudete Police Station
and will be charged, Mrs Mutegi
said yesterday. The operation
would be extended to Chavakali
Division, she added.
MIGORI | UDF leader accuses government of tribalism in hiring of security ocers
BY ELISHA OTIENO
elisha_otieno@yahoo.com
U
nited Democratic Forum
leader Musalia Mudavadi
has hinted that the Amani
coalition may soon withdraw from
the Jubilee alliance.
He said they will forge an alliance
with other like-minded parties to keep
the government in check.
Mr Mudavadi has been under
pressure from his partys MPs to
leave Jubilee amid a general feeling
of marginalisation of the western
region.
The former Deputy Prime Minister
said the Amani coalition was ready
to embrace progressive ideas from
leaders in other parties.
In politics, anything is possible.
We are not permanently allied to the
Jubilee Government, Mr Mudavadi
said at the weekend in Benga Village,
Uriri, Migori County, during the burial
of Rev George Kivandah.
There are no permanent enemies
in politics and we will review our stand
in the wake of failure by Jubilee to ad-
dress problems aecting Kenyans.
The government of President
Kenyatta has engaged high gear to
kill devolution through creation of a
powerful county administration. What
he is doing is illegal and runs contrary
to the tenets of the Constitution, Mr
Mudavadi said.
The UDF leader claimed the Head
of State was putting in place parallel
centres of power through creation of
powerful county commissioners.
We will ght to the bitter end to
protect the Constitution and our 47
governors, he added.
Mr Mudavadi further accused Mr
Kenyatta of making one ethnic group
dominate security agencies.
Security system
Insecurity has partly been caused
by the Presidents move to make our
security system a one-tribe aair.
The rest of Kenyans have, therefore,
stopped passing intelligence to these
ocers, he said.
Our security establishment does
not reect the face of Kenya and this
is very absurd, Mr Mudavadi said.
He pointed out that the new wave
of impeaching governors presented
an internal threat to devolution.
The law should, therefore, be
changed to raise the impeachment
bar higher so that members of county
assemblies do not use that clause to
settle personal scores with their
bosses, Mr Mudavadi said.
Two governors, who accompanied
Mr Mudavadi, Mr Okoth Obado
(Migori) and Mr Moses Akaranga
(Vihiga), said that terrorism posed
a major threat to socio-economic
development in the country.
Mudavadi gives hint on
intended move after
party MPs pile pressure
on him to withdraw
from ruling coalition
Amani plans to ditch Jubilee
FILE | NATION
Amani coalition leader Musalia Mudavadi addresses a past press conference in
Nakuru. The politician yesterday hinted that Amani might ditch Jubilee.
MPs John Kobado (Uriri) and
Alfred Agoi (Sabatia) said UDF MPs
were already working with Cord in
Parliament.
A government that does not
listen to the wishes of the people
does not deserve any support from
us, Mr Agoi said.
Mr Kobado said: Terrorism has
now become part of our daily lives,
as if we dont have a serious gov-
ernment in power.
REACTION
We are working with
Cord, say lawmakers
KIRINYAGA
Villager arrested over
possession of bhang
A suspected drug dealer was
yesterday arrested during a raid
on his home at Mucangodi Village
in Kirinyaga County. Administra-
tion Police ocers, led by Nyan-
gati location chief Immaculate
Wanjiru, said they seized bhang
worth Sh3,000 from the man,
whom they frogmarched to the
Kimbimbi chiefs camp. He was
locked him up for questioning
and is set to be charged in court
with possession of a drug.
LAIKIPIA
Villagers fury as cattle raiders
gun down two in pasture wars
BY NATION
CORRESPONDENT
Leaders and residents
in Laikipia Central at the
weekend expressed anger
over last weeks killing of
two women by raiders.
The suspected cattle
rustlers shot dead Ms Juliet
Wamuyu, 70, and Ms Anna
Njoki, 51, on Wednesday last
week before stealing four cat-
tle at Munyaka village.
During a security meeting
at the weekend, the leaders
demanded the eviction of
herders who have driven
their animals into the
area, saying, the killings
were related to demand for
pasture.
They must leave im-
mediately if they cannot
keep peace. They cannot
come from Isiolo, Baringo
and Samburu to provoke
the residents of Laikipia,
Ngobit County Assembly
member Mwangi Kamakia
said.
He told security agents to
vet workers in the surround-
ing wildlife ranches, whom,
he claimed, were abetting
cattle rustling.
Residents, however,
blamed chiefs for failing
to enforce by-laws meant
to be observed by villagers
and herders from outside the
area to ensure peace.
Herders bringing their ani-
mals to the area supposed to
be vetted by 10 elders from
each community before they
can graze in the area.
They told the security
team led by district ocer
Maina Ngunyi that the sys-
tem collapsed after the chiefs
started selling pasture to
the migrant pastoralists.
Wanted to access
These women were killed
because of pasture. They
were living in an area with
very good pasture and some
people wanted to access it,
Mr James Lepuyo said.
The residents said destruc-
tion of six dams by heavy
rains last December was
forcing people and livestock
to compete for the resource
leading to insecurity.
10
Community elders
supposed to vet in-
coming herders