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Tunoi offered
to retire if
committee
cleared him
BY STAR REPORTER
Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi
offered to resign, rather than face the
Special Judicial Service Committee
over a Sh200 million bribe allegation,
the Star has learnt.
The judge met Chief Justice Willy
Mutunga and gave an undertaking
to quit, if the JSC Special Committee
cleared him.
However, the JSC rejected the
offer and established the committee
that on February 5 found Tunoi
culpable, cited gross misconduct
and recommended President
Uhuru Kenyatta form a tribunal to
story on page 6
More illegal
sugar seized
at Joho firm
by MAUREEN MUDI
and CALVIN ONSARIGO
THE controversy surrounding
the closure of Container Freight
Stations owned by Mombasa
Governor Hassan Johos family
deepened yesterday, after the taxman
impounded more contraband goods.
The Kenya Revenue Authority
announced it had unearthed a list
of cargo that included imported
sugar and ethanol worth millions
of shillings at the Autoports
CFS, causing confusion over the
support: JAP candidate for Kericho senator Aaron Cheruiyot and DP William Ruto at Manyoror Primary School, Kericho, yesterday.
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Letters
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LEISURE
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Classified
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Business
38
Sport
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Whats Trending
#JosephineKabura
@MutahiNgunyi: The NYS AFFIDAVIT by
Josephine whatever is a LIE. If she met Waiguru
and others, I was NOT there. If in doubt, YOU CAN SIT ON A
PIN!!!
@gathara: What if we treated Josephine Kabura and
Geoffrey Kiplagat as whistleblowers? Would it encourage
more unhappy small fish to come forward?
@OliverMathenge: With more storms coming her way,
Josephine Kabura will soon be regretting ever meeting her
handlers. Even Olivia Pope cant save her.
@kabetes: Now that Josephine Kabura Irungu has admitted
to stealing NYS millions with @AnneWaiguru, why cant the
court jail her next week?
@ItsMJ254: Josephine Kabura is telling the truth cause
shes willing to go to jail for her role in the theft.
@vinny_wa: Josephine Kabura is just doing what Nancy
Baraza did the other day Playing victim even when the know
they messed up.
@_ThePeasant_: Also, Josephine Kabura fell ill and thus
couldnt honour her date with the court. Petty offenders
should stage a protest. Lol
@Alex1Rango: Josephine Kabura looks like a gun for hire.
@samm_sos: So Josephine Kabura is a horn blower and Ann
Waiguru a whistle blower??? Kenya will one day be ruled by
referees.
@Leenyonyi_: What we should be focusing on is whether
Josephine Kabura is single and with an updated passport
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BY SONU TANU
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday apologised to residents of Kericho county over unfulfilled
promises.
Speaking in his local dialect, Ruto said he is sorry if
they feel neglected by the
government or taken for
a ride by not fulfilling the
pledges he made.
Speaker after speaker accused the government of
neglecting them, yet they
overwhelmingly voted for
Jubilee.
The residents, who did
not hide their feelings, accused Energy CS Charles
Keter of bullying them.
Keter is my neighbour,
I know him. He behaves
like a rogue bull charging
at everybody on his way,
resident Paul Chirchir said,
amid an uproar from the
crowd.
He said it is wrong for
Ruto as a father to favour
one child to the detriment
of others.
I assure you there will
be chaos at home, Chirchir
said.
He urged Ruto to ensure
the health function is returned to the national government, saying they have
suffered a lot.
The district hospital has
no medicine, not even painkillers, Chirchir said.
The resident said they are
running away to Kanu be-
vote hunt: Kericho county senate Jubilee aspirant Aaron Cheruiyot and DP William
Ruto at a campaign rally in Manyoror Primary School yesterday.
cause they feel neglected.
Jubilee candidate in the
March 7 Kericho senate
by-election Aaron Cheruiyot faces a stiff competition
from Kanus Paul Sang.
But when he stood to address the crowd, Ruto first
apologised, saying all the
pledges made by the government to Kericho will be
fulfilled.
He promised a road contractor will be on site in
three days.
If it does not happen
within three days, ask me,
the DP said.
He said the contracts
have already been awarded
and the first phase of the
roads to be tarmacked is in
Kericho.
Ruto said he was not
pledging the goodies because of the by-election, but
fulfilling the promises he
made.
He was with six MPs and
47 MCAs to campaign for
Cheruiyot.
Also present was Kericho
Governor Paul Chepkwony,
MPs Erick Keter, Justice Ke-
ali noor
jewellers
ltd
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NEWS 3
PENALTY
Section 42(1)
and 43(1)
By 1 5 kph 500
By 6-10 kph 3000
By 11-15 kph - 6,000
By 16-20 - 10,000
By 1 5 kph 500
By 6-10 kph 3000
By 11-15 kph - 6,000
By 16-20 - 10,000
5,000
Section 30(1)
and (7)
7000
Driving without a valid
driving license endorsement
in respect of the class of
vehicle
1,000
Section 36(1)
and (3).
1,000
Rule 59A(1)
2,000
Rule 12(1)(b)
1,000
Rule 25
2000
10
11
Sec 33(c)and 41
7,000
12
5,000
13
5,000
14
2,000
BY RITA DAMARY
THE government has set aside
Sh7.6 billion for a lighting project
in 54 towns, the Kenya Power and
Lighting Company director Susan
Chesyna has said.
Yesterday she said electrification
of 38 towns is almost complete.
Chesyna said Kenya Power, in
conjunction with the Rural Electrification Authority, is committed to completing the remaining
projects.
She spoke to the press in Nakuru town.
We want to realise a 24-hour
economy. By 2020 we will have
connected all villages to electricity, Chesyna said.
She said accessing some schools
in Baringo, Samburu and Turkana
has been difficult due to poor
roads. Residents were warned
against vandalising transformers.
NATURE OF OFFENCE
photo/edwin nyarangi
500
The NTSA has published proposed on-thespot fines for minor traffic offenders to ensure
motorists do not pay police bribes.
The offences include driving without identification plates, speeding, driving on a pavement
or on a footpath and driving without a licence.
The move will reduce arrests, towing vehicles to police stations and other avenues used
by traffic police and court officials to solicit
bribes.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga last year unearthed a corruption cartel pocketing millions
of shillings from traffic offenders.
The scam, he said then, involved police, brokers and unscrupulous court officials targeting
motorists who do not want to be in court.
In the new provisions, however, traffic offenders who plead guilty to minor traffic offences will no longer have to appear.
Instead, they will pay fines using their mobile
phone money transfer platforms and receive a
standard receipt on the spot.
Use of the mobile money option will ensure
convenience and reduce bribes to corrupt traffic and court officers.
As it is, motorists arrested for traffic offences
must appear in court, a process that is tedious,
frustrating and time-consuming. Some motorists opt to pay bribes.
If and when the rules are gazetted, learners
who do not exhibit L plates on the front and
rear will pay Sh1,000.
Failure of a vehicle to display reflective life
savers will attract a Sh2,000 fine.
Obstruction will attract Sh10,000, while failure to stop when ordered by a uniformed police officer will attract a fine of Sh5,000.
Driving without a valid driving licence will
be fined Sh7,000, while failure to renew will
cost Sh1,000.
Failure to wear a seatbelt will be fined Sh500,
and failure by a PSV driver or conductor to
wear badge and uniform will attract a fine of
Sh2,000.
A motorcycle rider carrying more than one
passenger will part with Sh1,000, while a motorcycle passenger riding without protective
gear will pay Sh1,000 on the spot if they
plead guilty.
These measures are expected to end waste of
time and resources by minor traffic offenders,
the police, the court and prosecution.
The full list of the scheduled minor offences
can be found on www.ntsa.go.ke
fallen hero: Cord leader Raila Odinga at the funeral of Private Elias
Kirionki at Osupuko village, Trans Mara West subcounty, yesterday.
BY ELIUD KIBII
4 COURTS
Trader in
Sh21m
fraud case
BY Star Reporter
A businessman was yesterday charged before a
Mavoko court with obtaining Sh21 million by false
pretence.
Gulan Abdala appeared
before Mavoko principal
magistrate P Ooko in Athi
River.
He was charged alongside Elegance Agencies.
Abdala was charged
with obtaining credit of
Sh21,968,458 for the supply of assorted steel bars
between January 25 and
March 18 last year at Athi
River steel plant in Machakos county.
The court heard that he
and his accomplices pretended they could supply
steel bars.
Abdala was released on
Sh2 million bond with a
surety of a similar amount.
The case will be heard
March 5.
DPP wants
to release
held Briton
BY Alphonce Mungahu
The Director of Public
Prosecutions has withdrawn
an application seeking
to continue detaining a
businessman wanted in
Germany for alleged tax
evasion.
Rakesh Sharma allegedly
owes Sh200 million tax.
Prosecutor Daniel Karuri
told resident magistrate PM
Mugure that the decision
was made since they have
not received the original
request from Germany.
An affidavit sworn by Interpol indicated that Sharma
is a member of a gang that
evades VAT by giving fake
revenue particulars.
The respondent escaped
to Kenya and his accomplices were arrested, charged
and are serving sentence in
Germany, Joseph Ngari
said in an affidavit.
He works for Interpol
National Central Bureau at
the Directorate of Criminal
Investigations.
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BY SUSAN MUHINDI
FORMER Lugari MP Cyrus
Jirongo claims there is evidence to confirm he paid Sh7
million to the son of retired
President Moi for the purchase of a disputed piece of
land in Upper Hill, Nairobi.
Jirongo, who was set to
plead to charges of obtaining execution of security by
false pretence today, obtained
orders before the High Court
postponing the plea taking.
He is accused of giving false
information to the police and
forging a document.
Jirongo said the claim,
which forms the basis of the
charges, arose out of a commercial transaction that was
concluded 25 years ago.
Jirongo is charged that on
March 27 last year at Directorate of Criminal Investigation headquarters in Nairobi,
he informed Sergeant Maxwell Otieno that he paid Sh7
Million to Jonathan Moi as
an alleged balance for the
purchase of Soy Developers.
The charge sheet says Jirongo gave out the information
knowing that it was false, intending that the officer arrest
Moi as an accomplice in the
alleged fraudulent purchase
of Soy Developers.
But in his new application
at the High Court, the former
MP says as part of the purchase price, he paid Sh7 million to Jonathan Moi.
He said this was acknowledged by several witnesses,
including Sammy Boit Arap
Woman
seeks child
support
By Carole Maina
A woman is suing a senior
employee of the University
of Nairobi for the maintenance of a child he allegedly
sired with her two years
ago.
The woman is accusing
Jake Muchiri, an assistant
registrar, of neglecting his
child.
She claims she cohabited
with Muchiri for three and
a half years between 2012
and 2015 and they had a
son together.
But Muchiri has denied
the allegations, saying he
is a widower with a family
that he sustains.
The paternity of the
minor and allegations of cohabiting with her is alien to
me, he states in an affidavit.
In a suit filed at a Nairobi
court last December, the 31year-old unemployed mother said Muchiri dumped her
after she gave birth.
The mother says Muchiri
took care of their son until
last April. She said her son
will face extreme hardship
if the court does not compel
Muchiri to support him.
Our child is suffering
for lack of sufficient basic
needs, the woman says.
She says when they lived
together, she came to know
his family, including his
other children.
The mother wants
Sh43,000 monthly upkeep.
On February 2, the childrens court ordered Muchiri to go for a DNA test.
Muchiri wants the suit
dismissed.
photo/PHILIP KAMAKYA
Mwinzi.
Police said Otundo
was given a firearm but
he reported to his seniors
that his gun was stolen
in unclear circumstances,
which he could not
explain.
Otundo was released
on Sh100,000 bond
with a surety of a similar
amount or on Sh30,000
bail.
The case will be heard
on May 17.
BY Annette Wambulwa
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news 5
NYS staff
demand
Sh60m
pay arrears
BY ALVIN ANDANJE
More controversy has
dogged the National Youth
Service, as complaints
emerge about Sh60 million
salary arrears owed to technicians since 2014.
The NYS has been
marred by a Sh791 million
scandal, which led to the
sacking of director general
Nelson Githinji last year.
Dam construction unit
technicians yesterday said
they are yet to receive
payment for work done
between December 2014
and April last year.
The groups representatives, who declined to be
named to protect their jobs,
said attempts to reach out
to the management over the
pay have been met with job
threats and peoples names
being removed from the
payroll.
We have written letters
to NYS officials for one
year over the issue, but all
of them tell us to wait. On
other occasions, members
who insist about the money
are removed from the payroll, a representative said.
The workers said others
are transferred to far-flung
areas to silence them.
This comes a few weeks
after the new director
general, Richard Ndubai,
sacked nine senior officers.
The group has written
to Public Service CS Sicily
Kariuki to seek an audience
over the matter.
The letter says Dominic
Oduor, Kennedy Agama,
Dennis Mutua, Edward
Losike, Dennis Maneno,
Abdikadir Dika, Simon
Kinyanjui and Onesmus
Kibunja are among those
whose names have been
removed from the payroll.
Photo/Monicah Mwangi
POLITICal
gossip
powerful and
previously moneyed
TV reporter is in tears.
Reason? Her exboyfriend a Cabinet
minister in the grand coalition
government has withdrawn
all the high-end cars he had
given her. Part of the reason
for the acrimonious fallout is
the lass is allegedly pregnant
by another man. Sources tell
Corridors the woman, who
previously drove top-of-therange cars, including a Range
Rover, is now back behind
the wheel of her average car.
Its not clear whether she will
be moved out of her posh
residence in Nairobi.
HHH
eyes on the future: City Primary School pupils work on laptops during the launch of the nomadic
education programme at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development on May 9 last year.
BY HENRY WANYAMA
ALL public primary schools
were given Sh1.32 billion to put
up storage facilities for laptops
set to be delivered by June.
Education Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi said all schools
have been given the cash to
build secure rooms for the sake
of security.
Given a total of 22,000 public primary schools, this means
each school received Sh60,000.
Schools have been given the
cash to build storage rooms.
That is why we are following
them to find out if the money
has been spent well, Matiangi
said.
He spoke on Monday in
a joint update on the laptop
project.
by ALPHONCE MUNGAHU
by ELIZABETH WERE
HHH
Some MPs with no postform four qualifications are
a worried lot. Recently, they
were heard planning to lobby
their colleagues to shoot
down changes to the law that
will make it mandatory for all
aspirants to hold a degree. The
proposed law has been drafted
by the electoral commission.
Their more educated
colleagues argue the form
four leavers debate is below
par and they are in Bunge to
make deals and protect their
businesses.
HHH
Some URP legislators were
heard whispering why former
Devolution Cabinet Secretary
Anne Waiguru is seemingly
getting preferential
treatment, including from
the EACC. This was after the
commission said she did not
play any role in the Sh791
million NYS storm, despite
being at the heart of it. The
MPs wondered why some
investigations pend for years
and are used to fight them
politically at the grassroots,
while others are dealt with in
record time.
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More
illegal
sugar
seized at
Joho firm
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contender: Kericho JAP senatorial candidate Aaron Cheruyot and Jubilee chairman Johnson Sakaja after receiving a confirmation certificate
at JAP headquarters, Nairobi, on January 22.
BY DAVID MWERE
TNA legislators have rubbished
the merger plans of the ruling
Jubilee parties and instead want
the alliances constituents to
go it alone at the 2017 general
election.
An MP who is privy to secret
merger meetings, but who did
not want to go on record, said
President Uhuru Kenyattas TNA
and Deputy President William
Rutos URP will not merge but
work together ahead of the
Tuesday, August 8, 2017, polls.
The thinking among TNA
MPs is that we go to elections as
individual parties as opposed to a
merger. This is the stand we have
taken and we will be briefing our
coalition bosses when we meet
them, the MP said yesterday.
Although the decision has not
been made public, it could mean
that the planned merger into the
Judiciary.
It says on February 9 the
JSC sent the head of state a
transmittal letter, the petition
and report of the findings of the
commission on allegations of
bribery against Tunoi.
The JSC fully satisfied
provisions of Article 168(4) of
the constitution on content and
procedure of such a petition to
the President, it says, adding this
was not the first such petition.
The situation became murkier
after Attorney General Githu
Muigai described both Justices
Tunoi and Kalpana Rawal as
retired judges, during a public
event in his office.
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NEWS 7
photo/PSCU
Train cops on
human rights,
urges Ipoa
BY JOSEPH NDUNDA
HEADED FOR WAR: Cord leaders heading to the IEBC offices on Tuesday.
Bitter spat as
Cord storms
IEBC offices
BY FELIX OLICK
Man denies
sugar import
MCA out on
Sh1m bond
Fire at Moi
Mixed school
in BRIEF
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Khalwale voted
out of Senate
accounts team
party hopper? Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale and opposition MPs protest at Parliament Buildings during the Security bill debate on December 18, 2014.
By GIDEON KETER
AND JAMES MBAKA
KAKAMEGA Senator Bonny Khalwale was yesterday
kicked out as chairman of
the Senate Public Accounts
Committee.
Nyamira
Senator
Kennedy Mongare defeated Khalwale by six votes to
three in a secret ballot held
at Parliament Buildings.
Mongare, who is a Ford
Kenya senator, is said to
enjoy cordial relationship
across the political divide in
the 11-member opposition
watchdog committee.
Senators present during
the voting were Khalwale,
Martha Wangari (nomi-
tor General.
The Star has established
that Senators allied to Jubilee resolved to vote for
Mongare during a strategy
meeting on Tuesday at a
Nairobi hotel.
Speaking
yesterday,
Khalwale conceded defeat
and promised to support
Mongare.
The defeat should not
invoke bitterness among
us. This is not an individual
show, he said.
We have been working together as a team and
I promise we shall do the
same.
Mongare promised to fill
Khalwales shoes adequately.
Treasury wants
less cash sent
to the counties
Senate committee
wants councillors
paid Sh1.5 million
By GIDEON KETER
By GIDEON KETER
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Nairobi nEWS 9
Bid to raise
more cash at
Country Bus
photo/ibrahim oruko
BY chrispinus wekesa
lets walk together: Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and Mugumoine MCA Alex
Otieno after a meeting at the Hotel Intercontinental yesterday.
Help me recover
Sh158bn rates
arrears Kidero
BY julius otieno
NAIROBI Governor Evans
Kidero yesterday asked
MCAs to support his efforts to recover Sh158 billion land rates arrears owed
by private and government
institutions.
He urged the 127 MCAs
to back him in fighting cartels and corruption at City
Hall.
Kidero said graft has
slowed services.
Addressing the MCAs at
the Hotel Intercontinental,
he said national government institutions and parastatals are the leading defaulters.
BY joseph ndunda
Foundation.
US President Barack
Obama made the promise
during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in
Nairobi last July.
The centre should
collaborate with public
institutions in enhancing
the skills of businesswomen
and expanding their businesses beyond the borders,
Kariuki said.
Godec said women are
a powerhouse in entrepreneurship if given an
opportunity and the centre
will help many.
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Reviving
Uhuru ICC
case futile
BY kirimi muriithi
ICC Prosecutor Fatou
Bensouda is fighting a losing
battle if she thinks she can
rekindle President Uhuru
Kenyattas case by citing
cases of witness interference,
an MP has said.
Speaking in Meru town
on Monday, county woman
representative Florence
Kajuju said the Assembly
of States Parties wants the
prosecutors office audited
on how it procured witnesses.
She said it recommended
scrutiny on the way witnesses are chosen and how
data is collected.
We are waiting for the
formation of the audit committee so we can re-examine
the way witnesses were
procured in the Uhuru and
[Deputy President William]
Ruto cases, Kajuju said.
She said Bensoudas
efforts are worthless
because the court said there
is no evidence to warrant
Uhurus prosecution.
A criminal case requires
proof beyond reasonable
doubt, Kajuju said.
Even if she attempts
now, she will fail miserably.
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photo/Reuben Githenji
BY reuben githinji
MCAs in Embu would
rather miss sittings for six
months than approve the
11-member House Business
Committee.
By a vote of 16 against
15 with one abstention, the
MCAs on Tuesday said they
cannot retake food that
we had vomited.
Majority leader Andrew
Musakwa first tabled the
teams names on February
9 to allow assembly sittings
to resume after the November recess.
Tabling the list afresh
on Tuesday, he said the assembly cannot do business
without the committee,
which is reconstituted every
year.
Musakwa said rejecting it
results in a six-month wait
for a fresh team to be presented for approval.
He agreed the committee requires amendments to
tackle gender equality and
representation of persons
with disability legislation.
Such changes can only be
of the 2014-15 supplementary budget. Some 25 Jubilee MCAs voted out Musakwa on December 7 last
year and replaced him with
Nyaki Muria.
The speaker declared the
move illegal and unprocedural, retaining Musakwa.
in BRIEF
Munyas wife
in cancer drive
meru Governor Peter
Munyas wife Phoebe
has begun a campaign to
educate residents on cancer
and related illnesses.
Launching a weeks free
cancer screening in Igembe
South yesterday, she appealed to industry players
to help the fight against
cancer.
I urge residents to come
and get checked, she said.
We do not want our
people to suffer the effects
of cancer without knowing
how to avoid it.
Diploma for
reps unfair
BY Dennis Dibondo
constituency.
Murungi said the county should
be more proactive in dealing with
healthcare problems, despite resource
constraints.
He also urged nurses to resume
services, as solutions to their
grievances are sought.
We call on healthcare personnel to
adhere to their call of service to the ill
and suffering, Murungi said.
He urged the Kenya National Union
of Nurses and the county to hold talks.
They should immediately engage in
open and sincere dialogue, with a view
to ironing out any pending issues,
Murungi said.
The chairman said religious leaders
are ready to advise the government
and the nurses union.
This will help them reach consensus
for the common good of residents, he
said.
County defies
order on goods
meru The county government has defied a court
order to surrender the
property of businessman
Njiru Mkombozi.
Meru principal magistrate Charles Kutwa last
month ordered the assets
released for inspection.
They include wagons, a
lorry and rice, impounded
over alleged nonpayment
of trade licence and excise
duties.
Yesterday, two inspection
officers turned up in court
but no county representative appeared.
Kutwa gave the county
until March 8 to comply to
the directive.
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UoN lecturer
eyes Kitui
woman rep
BY musembi nzengu
A University of Nairobi
lecturer has declared her
interest in the Kitui woman
representatives seat.
Irene Kasalu, who
teaches mathematics, made
the announcement a month
after incumbent Nyiva
Mwendwa said she will
not vie again because of
her age.
Speaking in Kitui town
during the launch of the
David Musila Foundation
on January 11, Mwendwa
said she will be a political
adviser to those seeking
leadership.
Kasalu said she has what
it takes to win the seat.
She addressed the media
at a Kitui town hotel on
Monday evening.
Kasalu said she wants to
serve the county women.
I am educated, a married woman and a mother
of two. I have over the
years served women from
across the country through
various non-governmental
groups, she said.
Kasalu said in 2013 she
unsuccessfully vied for Nairobi woman representative
seat on a Ford-K ticket.
BY Reuben Githinji
Miraa growing in Mbeere
subcounty, Embu county, is
hurting childrens performance in school.
Gikiiro chief Eston Ireri
said the children doze off
in class the whole day because they must pick miraa
at night.
He said parents wake up
their children at 2am.
Speaking at Mutus Primary School during an
education meeting, Ireri
said if the trend continues,
it will be detrimental to the
childrens future.
He said development in
the area will also be hurt
as the number of educated
people will continue to decline.
Ireri said parents forcing
their children to pick miraa
at night will be arrested
and prosecuted.
The administrator said
miraa farmers no longer
pick the stimulant during
the day and most of them
do not want to employ casuals for the job.
forced to toil: Gikiiro chief Eston Ireri addresses pupils of Mutus Primary School
in Mbeere South, Embu county, on February 9.
He said it is a security
risk for the children and
their parents to work at
night.
BY STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Two legislators from
Garissa county have urged
the government to fasttrack a report on issuing
IDs to Kenyans registered
as refugees.
They said 100,00 eligible
youth in the county may
be locked out of the voter
registration that started on
Monday.
Speaking in Dadaab during the handover of three
boreholes financed by Islamic Relief yesterday, area
MP Mohamed Dahiye said
the report should be tabled
in the National Assembly
for debate and adoption.
Garissa woman representative Shukran Gure
said most residents registered as refugees in Dadaab
after losing livestock their
only source of livelihood
to drought.
Northeastern, then it
should urgently address this
problem, which has denied
youth jobs and business,
she said.
Gure urged the government to allocate IEBC more
funds and extend the onemonth registration.
Farmers sell
produce at
low price
BY Lydia ngoolo
Mwingi farmers are selling their produce at throwaway prices after a bumper
harvest.
A kilo of ndengu, which
fetches as much as Sh200,
is going for Sh35.
Mwingi Central subcounty agriculture officer
Samuel Kamau said they
have tried in vain to convince the farmers not to sell
their produce.
He said they argue the
Agriculture ministry did
not help them in their
farms.
They cannot be stopped
so we can only tell them
why they should preserve
their produce until the market is promising, Kamau
said.
He said the farmers do
not trust the National
Cereals and Produce Board,
which can be their saviour
now.
Mwingi NCPB manager
Gideon Ntoribi said the
board is waiting for directives from headquarters
in a month to buy 15,000
bags of ndengu in Mwingi
North and Mwingi Central
for Sh60 to Sh65 per kilo.
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PEOPLE NOT POLITICS: Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi, speaker Gathii Irungu and Gatuanyaga MCA Cecilia
Wamaitha at the Kiambu county assembly on Tuesday.
Muranga, Kirinyaga
fight over highway
Nyandarua
medics to
go on strike
BY Ndichu Wainaina
Photo/ALICE WAITHERA
BY Alice Waithera
and Jane Mugambi
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyattas directive to divert the
Kenol-Sagana-Marwa dual
carriageway to Muranga
town has sparked a feud
between Muranga and Kirinyaga counties.
Uhuru gave the order
last week during his tour of
Central.
He said he had heard the
pleas of Muranga leaders,
led by Senator Kembi Gitura, who have relentlessly
called for the carriageways
redesign.
Gitura had said the dual
carriageway meant to ease
traffic on the Sagana highway would kill Muranga
towns economy.
Kembi said most people
travelling from Nairobi
to Nyeri county prefer using the Muranga-Othaya
route, as it is shorter, and
this improves the economy
of Muranga town.
Muranga
Governor
Mwangi Wairia and Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau
praised the directive, saying
the dual carriageway will
transform the town into a
24-hour economy.
There are no major
towns on the Kenol-Sagana highway and it would
not make sense to bypass
the town which is already
struggling economically,
Gitura said.
He said Muranga would
be disadvantaged by the ab-
ROAD RAGE: Workers repair the Kenol-Muranga-Sagana road on January 19 last year.
sence of major link roads.
However, leaders from
Kirinyaga county, led by
Governor Joseph Ndathi,
have urged the government
not to change the route.
He said many towns on
the Sagana highway will be
reduced to ghost towns and
urged the President to use
the initial design.
Ndathi has said the government has shortchanged
Kirinyaga.
He said residents were
preparing to develop property on the highway.
Ndathi said the county
NYANDARUA county
health workers say they
will go on strike from midnight if their pay demands
are not met.
They have already told
residents to transfer their
relatives to other hospitals.
Acting health workers
chairman Alfred Kemori
said medics were promoted
on September 1 last year
and were to be paid accrued benefits backdated to
July 1 last year but this has
not been done.
He spoke to the press
after a meeting at JM Kariuki Memorial Hospital on
Tuesday evening.
Workers employed in
2014 also want to be
confirmed as permanent
employees.
On January 7, the health
workers representatives
presented their grievances
to Nyandarua Governor
Waithaka Mwangi, Health
executive Peter Mbugua
and chief health officer
Daniel Irungu.
The governor and his
team allegedly promised to
implement the salary increment by the first week of
February.
Kemori urged Waithaka
to address their grievances.
He also urged residents
to cooperate by withdrawing relatives from public
hospitals.
But if our grievances
are addressed and promotions are made by February
18 midnight, we will have
the motivation to work,
Kemori said.
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Laikipia told
to develop
soil policy
BY Eliud Waithaka
huge support: President Uhuru Kenyatta with Central Kenya leaders after a meeting
on Sunday in Nyeri to discuss revival of the coffee sector.
Central traders
raise Sh52m
for politicians
By STAR REPORTER
The business community
in Central Kenya on
Tuesday raised Sh52 million
to support activities of the
regions elected leaders for
this month.
The money was raised in
an hour on Tuesday night at
a hotel on Kiambu Road.
It will cater for meetings,
including one held in Nyeri
town yesterday. Another
meeting is planned for
Limuru next week.
The leaders from the 11
counties have embarked
on a series of meetings to
discuss, among others, illicit
brew, issuance of IDs and
next years elections.
The meetings are being
coordinated by Central
Kenya
Leaders
patron
Kiraitu Murungi, the forums
chair, Dagoretti South MP
By Nganga Thairu
Sabina Chege.
Rachel said some families
struggle financially, as the
money earned by husbands
is insufficient, yet there are
many small-scale businesses
that do not require much
capital.
She urged women to save
to enable them to start businesses.
Rachel urged parents to
start saving for the education of their children when
they are young.
She said it is unfortunate
some children miss out on
education.
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Man denies
having bhang
MALINDI A man was yesterday charged with having
bhang.
Gawawa Omar was
allegedly found with 112
rolls of bhang worth
Sh11,200 at New Stage,
Malindi subcounty, on
January 31.
The bhang weighed
5.1kg.
Omar denied the charges
and was released on
Sh50,000 bond.
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Sh10,000 bail
for trees theft
MALINDI A man was yesterday charged with stealing
indigenous trees.
Chogo Nzai allegedly
had 50 indigenous logs
without a permit.
He was arrested on January 2 in Madunguni village, Magarini subcounty.
Nzai denied the charges
before Malindi resident
magistrate Caroline Nzibe.
He was released on
Sh10,000 bail.
Duo on jumbo
tusks charge
MALINDI Two men were
yesterday accused of illegally ferrying elephant
tusks.
Joshua Kahindi and
Jonathan Thoya denied
having the ivory in Magarini subcounty on August 7,
2013.
They were released on
Sh50,000 bond each.
Malindi senior resident
magistrate Yusuf Shikanda
set the case for May 9.
BY MANUEL ODENY
County sets
aside Sh166m
for tourism
BY ERNEST CORNEL
Statements to
be translated
MALINDI A man accused
of stealing a goat yesterday asked to have witness
statements translated into
Kiswahili.
Senior resident magistrate Yusuf Shikanda told
the prosecution to help
Charo Katana get translated statements.
He is accused of stealing
the goat in Mambrui village, Magarini subcounty,
last December 6.
BY PHILIP MBAJI
Instead of leaders pushing residents to register as
voters, they are out campaigning for the Malindi byelection, an elder has said.
Mijikenda Kaya Elders
Council secretary Vincent
Mwachiro yesterday said
it would be difficult to balance the events.
Three-year-old girls
rapist gets life sentence
BY KERUBO LORNAH
A man will serve a life
sentence for defiling a
three-year-old girl.
Juma Wanje defiled the
girl on October 22, 2013 in
Malindi subcounty.
The child could not talk.
The prosecution called
five witnesses in the case.
The case was heard
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Two schools
lack head
teachers
BY RAPHAEL MWADIME
A Wundanyi MP aspirant
has blamed parents and
politicians for declining
education standards.
Steven Saleka said two
primary schools have been
operating without head
teachers for six weeks but
the authorities have not
intervened.
He spoke to the Star on
the phone yesterday.
Saleka said parents
of Msangarinyi Primary
School students forcibly
transferred the head teacher
for allegedly misusing
Sh1,000 for firewood.
She was transferred to
Ngulu Primary School in
Wundanyi but refused to
report.
This month she was
transferred to Jora Primary
School in Voi.
For six weeks, political leaders and education
officials watched helplessly
without offering any solution. Students are the ones
who suffered most, Saleka
said.
This is the reason why
our education performance
in national examinations
has continued to decline.
Hitches, confusion
slow voter listing
Health cover
may soon be
compulsory
BY CHARLES MGHENYI
BY CALVIN ONSARIGO
and MOSES MZUNGU
SOME Mombasa residents
yesterday said they do not
know where the centres for
the ongoing mass voter registration are.
A spot check by the Star
revealed many residents had
camped at the IEBC voter
registration centres at Lohana Hall, Majengo village,
Sakina and Lasco.
Its unfortunate IEBC
decided to change the traditional way of registering voters. This has created confusion and many people have
decided to go back home,
resident Said Kibwana from
Majengo village said.
He said the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries
Commission should have
conducted awareness campaigns before launching the
exercise.
IEBC South West Coast
regional coordinator Gogo
Nguma said the commission
released a timetable on how
the biometric voter registration kits will be distributed.
BY CHARLES MGHENYI
TALKS to reinstate 2,400
employees of the MK Apparel EPZ in Changamwe
hit a snag on Tuesday.
The company directors
and the sacked workers appeared before the
Mombasa county assembly
Labour and Social Affairs
committee on Tuesday to
find a solution.
The employees complained of unfair dismissal
on December 24.
Other complaints include
poor working conditions,
sexual harassment, salary
deductions and working
overtime without payment.
Financial director Pankaj
Mehta said the company
does not condone sexual
harassment.
He said there were no
dismissals but rather workers contracts expired and
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NAROK Governor Samuel
Tunai has urged secondary
schools to make sciences
compulsory because their
is a shortage of technical
professionals.
He said they do not have
enough engineers because
most university and college
students opt for softer
courses.
Tunai was speaking at
Narok Boys High School
when he launched the
Governors Cup football
tournament on Tuesday.
He said investors signed
Sh536 billion deals last
December so there is a high
demand for technical jobs.
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eyeing more cash: The southern wing of the KVDA Plaza under construction in Eldoret town.
BY mathews ndanyi
The second wing of the Kerio Valley Development Authority Plaza in
Eldoret town will be complete by
June.
The Sh400 million 14-storey
building will be the second tallest
in the town and region.
KVDA chief executive David Kimosop said the building will have
an international conference centre
fitted with modern gadgets to host
more than 400 people at a go.
The stadium-shaped centre will
be on the first floor.
The building will have offices to
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Hardship status
for county row
narok The Kuppet executive secretary, Charles
Ngeno, has urged MPs to
push for the gazetting of the
whole county as a hardship
area.
He said the Teachers
Service Commission should
repeal an Act that degazetted certain parts of the
county, which used to enjoy
hardship allowance.
Speaking to the Star on
the phone yesterday, Ngeno
said they will campaign
against any MP who does
not support the move.
Church urged to
help list voters
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BY joyce kimani
Authority to allocate
funds, he said.
The governor said his
administration has sunk
boreholes and assisted
10,000 farmers to irrigate
2,500 acres.
Cheboi praised the
assembly for working
hand-in-hand with the
executive.
The governor said
BY Joyce Kimani
P&G gives 8m
sanitary pads
nyandarua Proctor &
Gamble has since 2006
donated eight million sanitary towels to the Always
Keeping Girls in School
programme.
The programme, which
educates girls on menstrual
hygiene, has reached 1.5
million in East Africa.
Speaking in Nyandarua
yesterday, Proctors associate director of communications for Sub-Saharan Africa Khululiwe Mabaso said
the company has provided
sanitary pads, puberty and
reproductive health education and financial literacy
training to 100,000 girls.
Health centres
short of drugs
uasin gishu The county
government has been urged
to equip new health facilities.
Kuinet-Kapsuswa MCA
Rebecca Magut said despite
the county government
opening several new health
facilities, most of them do
not have basic medicine.
Speaking at the county
assembly on Tuesday, he
said most patients are referred to the Moi Teaching
and Referral Hospital.
Magut said the assembly passed a budget that
factored in drugs.
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Sports to
end Nandi,
Luo clashes
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BY Rita Damary
Regaining lost glory: Kanus Benson Kiptire (Kapyego ward) speaks at a rally in his
ward in Elgeyo Marakwet on Tuesday. He said Kanu is becoming popular in the Rift Valley.
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