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Nairobi | January 20, 2013
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No. 17465
IEBC shocker for political party hoppers

BY EMEKA-MAYAKA GEKARA
gmayaka@ke.nationmedia.com
PARTY PRIMARIES | Nominations yield surprises for leaders as new entrants win races
AND JULIUS SIGEI
The big losers

Robinson Githae: Finance minister lost the race for TNA ticket for the post of Kirinyaga governor to Joseph Ndathi Soita Shitanda: The Housing minister was disqualied from UDF primaries on academic grounds but decamped to New Ford Kenya Gideon Ndambuki: The Agriculture assistant minister lost his bid for Wiper ticket to run for Makueni senate seat to Mutula Kilonzo
jsigei@ke.nationmedia.com The move by political parties to hold primaries two days before the proscribed deadline may prove costly after the ocial elections team yesterday said it would not recognise candidates nominated after midnight on Friday. A number of politicians who had lost nominations yesterday said they were defecting to other parties. These include former Naivasha MP John Mututho, Makuenis Peter Kiilu, assistant minister Gideon Ndambuki, Mombasa gubernatorial candidate Suleiman Shabal and hundreds of other aspirants who had secured nomination certicates yesterday. In a terse statement to newsrooms yesterday, the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission described the nominations carried out after Friday midnight as illegal and put the police on high alert. Any person who has not been nominated following party primaries as at midnight last night (Friday) is disqualied and cannot move to another party for a nomination CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Ministers, MPs and business magnates among the aspirants denied their preferred party tickets to run for key posts by voters and election rules Pages 15, 16, 26 & 27
Jakoyo Midiwo: The fate of outgoing government whip is unknown. Initial results showed he lost to Elisha Odhiambo in race for Gem MP
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BUSINESS
Lewis Nguyai: Local Government assistant minister lost TNA ticket for Kabete MP to trade unionist George Muchai
John Mututho: Outgoing chairman of parliamentary committee on agriculture lost TNA ticket for Naivasha parliamentary seat
Beatrice Kones: The assistant minister for Home Aairs failed to get the URP ticket to defend her Bomet parliamentary seat
Jimnah Mbaru: Investment banker lost the battle for the TNA ticket to contest the Nairobi governors seat to Ferdinand Waititu
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Margaret Wanjiru: Fate of the Housing assistant minister is not clear after ODM barred her from seeking Nairobi governors seat Anyang Nyongo: Medical Services ministers bid to become Kisumus senator on an ODM ticket appears to have hit a snag Oburu Oginga: The Finance assistant minister was reported to have lost ODM ticket for Siaya governor but nal decision not yet made Elias Mbau: Outgoing parliamentary budget committee chairman lost TNA ticket to run for the Maragua parliamentary seat
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LOGISTICS | Final results to be announced after agents sign Form 16
Parties to test tallying system

Inspection of the technology will boost credibility of results, says Oswago
BY BENJAMIN MUINDI
bmuindi@ke.nationmedia.com March 4, the country will get a picture of where dierent parties stand in the elections and their accumulated results, he said. Mr Oswago said the media in Kenya will be granted unimpeded access to the results as they are transmitted directly from the polling centres across the country. There will be no room for anyone to doctor the results as the live feed will be seen across all the tallying centres, he added. In recent by-elections when results were transmitted electronically, no variance was reported with the hard copy results, indicating the accuracy of the system, he added. The IEBC CEO said the use of biometric voter registration kits to create the voter register and biometric voter verification kits at the polling stations would ensure that cases of fraud or impersonation are detected. Abut 1.2 million dead voters appeared on the manual registers used by the discredited and defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) in the bungled 2007 General Election. There were also allegations of ballot box stung, one of the factors that led the Kriegler commission investigating the outcome to conclude it was dicult to establish the winner of the elections. A lot can go wrong during the tabulation and transmission of the results, and that is why we have relied heavily on technology, Mr Oswago said.
he electoral agency has invited all political parties to inspect the system it will use to transmit real time election results on March 4. At the same time, hard copy results from areas that are more than three hours drive from Nairobi will be delivered by air. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said the inspection of the technology by political parties would boost credibility of the results. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems is working with the IEBC to develop a system that will enable transmission of the General Election results. We have asked the political parties to bring in their best information and technology experts to test our systems, IEBC chief executive ocer James Oswago said. We want to present the system to them and show how it will work and let them test it so that they can have faith in the technology as well, he said. It will be the first time since independence in 1963 that the results of a General Election will be gathered and transmitted electronically.
The chief executive of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Mr James Oswago (left), shares a word with the head of the Africa Policy Institute, Prof Peter Kagwanja, during an election forum at the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi.
But these electronic results will be provisional. The nal results will be announced after agents of each party have axed their signatures to the hard copy, commonly known as Form 16. The results will be transmitted via the Internet from polling stations across the country to collection centres at the constiuency and county levels and then on to the national tallying centre in Nairobi. Mr Oswago told a January 16 forum on the IEBCs preparedness to manage the General Election that there will be no room for errors. The forum at Nairobis Stanley Hotel was organised by the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, the Africa Policy Institute and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. This is because the results received at the national tallying centre in Nairobi will have been veried at the constituency and the county tallying centres respectively across the country, he said. The results of the presidential election will be announced rst. By the close of the day on
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ODM chairman Henry Kosgey clinched the party ticket for the Nandi Senate race while his son, Kigen, won the URP ticket for the Emgwen constituency race
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The family factor in nominations

BY SUNDAY NATION TEAM
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com Sons of at least three outgoing MPs triumphed in the party nominations ahead of March 4 elections. The son of Industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey, Mr Alex Kigen, won the URP party nomination for Emgwen constituency. The senior Kosgey will carry ODMs flag in the Nandi senatorial race. For Environment assistant minister Ramadhan Kajembe who won the ODM senatorial nomination in Mombasa, it was a tough choice between a son and a son-in-law. Ultimately blood proved to be thicker than water and he threw his weight behind his son, Mr Seif Kajembe, who ended up trouncing the sonin-law, Mr Badi Twalib, in the nomination for the Jomvu parliamentary seat. And not even political noises from a group led by his daughter could dent the resolve by Mr Kajembe, the outgoing Changamwe MP, who has now set his eyes on the senators seat. We know the nominations are fair. It is normal in politics to make political noise when in competition, said the assistant minister, referring to the sustained effort by the anti-Seif Kajembe campaigners to shout him down. Seif won with 2,333 votes. In Nairobi, the son of Housing assistant minister Margaret Wanjiru, Mr Stephen Kariuki, bagged the Mathare ODM ticket although theres controversy over his victory. Bishop Wanjirus eorts to vie for Nairobis gubernatorial seat were thwarted by her questionable education qualications. In Ugenya, two sons of former assistant minister, the late Stephen Ondieki, lost in ODM primaries. In Taita Taveta County, the former Central Bank of Kenya acting governor Jacinta Mwatela decamped from ODM to join the Wiper party to face it o with the ODM winner, John Mruttu, for the gubernatorial race within the Cord coalition. In the primaries, Mrs Mwatela lost as her husband, Education assistant minister Calist Mwatela, lost to a newcomer, Andrew Mwadime. Mr Kigen Kosgey, the last born son of industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey, scored 12,017 votes against outgoing county council chairman Joel Marel, who nished second with 4,120 votes followed by Sammy Ketter with 2,119 votes.
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NOMINATIONS | MPs amended the election law last month to extend deadline to January 18
IEBC rm on party hopper deadline

Statement by the electoral commission says nominations ended at midnight on Friday going by Elections Act
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 certicate, said the statement. Party nominations ended at midnight last night and any nominations ongoing are illegal and against the Elections Act as per the Kenya Gazette Notice No 132 of 28th December 2012, the statement read. Mr Shabal and the Mombasa senatorial aspirant, Mr Omar Hassan, teamed up to join VicePresident Kalonzo Musyokas Wiper party. Former ambassador to South Africa Tabitha Seii, who was seeking nomination for a parliamentary seat in Keiyo, also defected to Wiper yesterday. After losing to lawyer Daniel Maanzo, Mr Kiilu and Mr Ndambuki, who lost to Education minister Mutula Kilonzo, were said to be headed to The National Alliance (TNA). According to the commission, any party conducting primaries after the deadline was violating the law, and the commission would not accept those results. The police have been notied and are on high alert to investigate those violating the law. MPs had last month amended the election law to extend the deadline to enable them to party hop from January 4 to Friday, January 18. Political parties are required to hand over their lists of nominees to the IEBC tomorrow. Asked about the move yesterday, Mr Mututho said he was not worried because he had obtained the certicate by Friday. I paid Sh100,000 to Narc by Friday 9.30. I would not know about their processes, he said. A number of primaries in Nanominations by 10 pm yesterday (Friday). All we are doing today is verication and addressing arising disputes. To secure their place on a ballot, some candidates in big political parties had secretly obtained nomination certicates from small parties in advance, but which were signed on Friday. The challenge then would be to explain how they ran in two party primaries at the same time. The outcome of the primaries has given the presidential campaigns a new face with many allies of the top candidates falling by the wayside. This eectively paved the way for new entrants in races as aspirants assembled their arsenals for the March 4 battle. In some cases, voters rejected candidates seen to be backed by powerful quarters. An attempt to push through Prime Minister Raila Odingas elder brother, Dr Oburu Oginga, as the Siaya governor nominee was greeted with hostility, which has seen the party suspend the nomination result even as there are fears that it might lead to voter apathy if approved. In President Kibakis Othaya backyard, voters rejected lawyer Gichuki Mugambi who was endorsed and supported by First Family members Jimmy and Judy Kibaki and instead handed the TNA nomination to inuential businesswoman Mary Wambui. Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta also suered a blow when voters rejected his Kirinyaga pointman and successor at the Treasury, Mr Njeru Githae. And Mr Odingas allies like Chief Whip Jakoyo Midiwo was resolutely shown the door in Gem. The nomination of Eldoret North MP William Rutos ally Isaac Ruto as the URP Bomet governor candidate sparked acrimony with claims the former Chepalungu MP, who was pitted against his Konoin counterpart Julius Kones, was being imposed by the Jubilee presumptive running mate.
Kuresoi South residents protest yesterday against alleged awed URP primaries in the area.
kuru, Nairobi, Siaya, Kisumu, Muhoroni and sections of North Rift had not been concluded by yesterday. IEBC vice-chairperson Lilian Mahiri-Zaja warned yesterday that the body would not accept results from parties whose primaries were not nalised on deadline day. January 18 is a legal deadline for the nominations, and no party should have carried on with the exercise until yesterday, and any results obtained after the deadline are null and void, she told the Sunday Nation. Ms Mahiri-Zaja said the law provides for parties to resolve any disputes stemming from the outcome and could do so from yesterday through to 5 pm on Tuesday. They have the three days to determine their issues using their own internal mechanisms. And should they exhaust them. With the disagreements unresolved, they can lodge their complaints with the IEBC by 5 pm o Tuesday, she said. But Wiper secretary-general Mutula Kilonzo dismissed the commissions position, saying it was dead wrong. Mr Kilonzo, whose nomination for the Makueni Senate seat was declared yesterday, said parties were only resolving disputes, not conducting primaries. Repeats are part of internal dispute resolution mechanisms for parties. The IEBC deadline is
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45 days
Elections Act requires political parties to nominate candidates at least 45 days before elections
just administrative and not cast in stone. That is why they have extended it several times. However, Section 13 of the Elections Act requires political parties to nominate their candidates for an election at least 45 days before the General Election which was January 18. An ocial of the URP electoral board, Mr Bill Ruto, described the electoral commissions declaration as ridiculous. The Supreme Court will have to overturn this as much of the country is still in the queue to vote now, he told the Sunday Nation. But TNA secretary-general Onyango Oloo supported the electoral commissions statement and asked it to crack down on ODM which, he said, was conducting its primary elections yesterday. That is the law. and we have complied with it. We nished our
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COUNTY/CONSTITUENCY POSITION
MOMBASA GOVERNOR Hassan Joho ODM Ibrahim Khamisi RC SENATOR Ramadhan Seif Kajembe ODM Najib Balala RC Hassan Omar WIPER Hassan Mwakimako URP WOMEN REP Asha Hussein ODM MP Omar Mwinyi ODM Philip Ndolo WIPER Seif Kajembe ODM
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Dujis Balambala Lagdera Dadaab Fa Ijara WAJIR
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Manyatta Runyenjes Mbeere North Mbeere South KITUI
PARTY
Kigumo Maragwa Kandara Gatanga KIAMBU
Hassan Joho
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP Charity Ngilu
GOVERNOR Gakuru Kanyanja SENATOR WOMEN REP MP
APK
Changamwe Jomvu Kisauni Nyali Likoni
KWALE
Masoud Mwahima Jackline Almasi Suleiman Shakombo GOVERNOR Simeon Mkala SENATOR WOMEN REP Mwanakombo Juma MP Suleiman Omari Mwakoja
ODM WIPER URP UDF
Wajir North Wajir East Tarbaj Wajir West Eldas Wajir South MANDERA GOVERNOR SENATOR
Mwingi North Mwingi Central Mwingi South Kitui West Kitui Rural Kitui Town Mutito Kitui South MACHAKOS
UDF UDF UDF UDF ODM ODM UDF ODM UDF ODM ODM Ukur Yattani Mandera West Banisa Mandera North Mandera South Mandera East Lafey MARSABIT
WOMEN REP MP Alfred Mutua Masinga Yatta Kangundo Matungulu Kathiani Mavoko Machakos town Mwala MAKUENI
GOVERNOR Alfred Mutua SENATOR Johnstone Muthama WOMEN REP MP Joseph Mathuki Titus Nzeki
WIPER WIPER
Gatundu South Gatundu North Juja Thika Town Ruiru Githunguri Kiambu Kiambaa Kabete Kikuyu Limuru Lari TURKANA
Josephat Waweru Gikonyo APK
Macdonald Goko
APK
Msambweni Lunga Lunga Matuga Kinango KILIFI
Amason Kingi
Kili North Kili South Kaloleni Rabai Ganze Malindi Magarini TANA RIVER
Athman Mwalora Haman Kombo Murabu GOVERNOR Amason Kingi SENATOR Stewart Madzayo Joseph Katana WOMEN REP Joyce Lay Esther Kache MP Gideon Mungaro Nicholas Mrima Mwanyepe
WIPER WIPER
Ekwee Ethuro
GOVERNOR Peter Emuria Matthew Logurale SENATOR Ekwee Ethuro WOMEN REP MP
URP Narc Kenya URP
GOVERNOR Ukur Yattani Mohamud Ali SENATOR Abubakar Hargura WOMEN REP MP
ODM URP ODM
Albanas Mutisya Ben Musau GOVERNOR SENATOR Mutula Kilonzo WOMEN REP Rose Museo MP
WIPER WIPER
Turkana North Turkana West Turkana Central Loima Turkana South Turkana East WEST POKOT
GOVERNOR SENATOR Samuel Poghisio WOMEN REP MP
WIPER WIPER
URP
GOVERNOR Adam Dhidha ODM Hussein Dado WIPER Mandara Barisa Badiribu Narc-K SENATOR WOMEN REP MP Wellington Godo
Moyale North Horr Saku Laisamis ISIOLO
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP
Mbooni Kilome Kaiti Makueni Kibwezi West Kibwezi East NYANDARUA
Regina Ndambuki
WIPER
Kapenguria Sigor Kacheliba Pokot South SAMBURU
GOVERNOR SENATOR
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP WOMEN REP MP
Hussein Dado
Garsen Galole Bura LAMU
ODM
Isiolo North Isiolo South MERU
Lamu East Lamu West TAITA TAVETA
GOVERNOR Swaleh Salim Swaleh Imu APK Issa Timmamy UDF Fahim Twaha TNA SENATOR Ali Abdulrahman Aboud APK Nganga Githuka DP WOMEN REP Seif Sheyumbe ODM Shakila Abdalla WIPER Abdullah Albeit UDF Anastacia Mwangi DP MP Mohammed Madhubuti ODM Sada Mohammed ODM Rishad Amana DP GOVERNOR John Mruttu ODM Wisdom Mwamburi URP Mwanyengela Ngali Narc Kenya SENATOR Dan Mwazo ODM WOMEN REP MP
Kilemi Mwiria
Igembe South Igembe Central Igembe North Tigania West Tigania East North Imenti Mbuuri Central Imenti South Imenti THARAKA
GOVERNOR Peter Munya Kilemi Mwiria SENATOR Kiraitu Murungi Gitobu Imanyara WOMEN REP Elizabeth Karabu Kailemia MP Martin Mutuma Patrick Muthomi Daniel Karitho Kubai Kiringo Ntoitha MMithairu Maoka Maore Peter Ndubai Thilange Acquilino Munjuri Abdul Rahim Dawood Mary K. N. Marete Gedion Mwiti Livondo Jenaro G. I. Gatangugi GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP
APK TNA APK ODM APK APK ODM APK ODM APK ODM APK APK APK APK APK APK
MP Kipipiri Ol-Kalou Ol-Jorok Ndaragwa NYERI
Samburu West Samburu North Samburu East TRANS NZOIA
GOVERNOR Wahome Gakuru SENATOR
TNA
GOVERNOR Patrick Simiyu Khaemba Ford-K Kakai Bisau New Ford-K SENATOR Henry ole Ndiema Ford-K WOMEN REP MP
Tetu Kieni Mathira Othaya Mukurwe-ini Nyeri Town KIRINYAGA
WOMEN REP Priscilla Nyokabi TNA MP James Ndungu TNA James Mathenge TNA James Keega TNA Mary Wambui TNA Kabando wa Kabando TNA Esther Murugi TNA GOVERNOR James Kibicho Narc Kenya SENATOR WOMEN REP MP
Kwanza Endebess Saboti Kiminini Cherenganyi UASIN GISHU
Margaret Kamar Soy Turbo Moiben Ainabkoi Kapseret Kesses ELGEYO MARAKWET
GOVERNOR Margaret Kamar SENATOR Paul Birech WOMEN REP Moira Jepkor MP David Songok
ODM ODM ODM
Taveta Wundanyi Mwatate Voi GARISSA
Thomas Mwadeghu Andrew Mwadime Johnes Mlolwa GOVERNOR SENATOR Yusuf Haji WOMEN REP
ODM ODM ODM
Nithi Maara Tharaka EMBU
Mwea Gichugu Ndia Kirinyaga Central MURANGA APK TNA APK TNA APK
ODM
TNA Kithinji Kiragu
Yusuf Haji
MP
GOVERNOR Kithinji Kiragu Wabora Nyanja SENATOR Lenny Maxwell Kivuti Njeru Ndwiga WOMEN REP Eusebia Mwaniki
GOVERNOR SENATOR Kipchumba Murkomen WOMEN REP MP
URP
Kangema Mathioya Kiharu
Marakwet East

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MP GOVERNOR Cleophas Langat SENATOR Henry Kosgey WOMEN REP MP URP ODM Kipkelion East Kipkelion West Ainamoi Bureti Belgut Sigowet BOMET
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Ugunja Alego Usonga Gem Bondo Rarieda KISUMU
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ODM ODM ODM ODM
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP Kisumu East Kisumu West Kisumu Central Seme Nyando Muhoroni Nyakach HOMA BAY ODM ODM
WOMEN REP MP Shakeel Shabbir Ken Obura
Tinderet Aldai
Sally Kosgey
ODM
ODM ODM
Chesumei Emgwen Nandi Hills Mosop LAIKIPIA
Elijah Lagat Alex Kosgey
URP URP
MP Sotik Chepalungu Bomet East Konoin KAKAMEGA
GOVERNOR SENATOR
BARINGO
Benjamin Cheboi
GOVERNOR Benjamin Cheboi SENATOR Jackson Kosgei Gideon Moi WOMEN REP Grace Kiptui MP
URP URP Kanu URP
GOVERNOR Wiclie Oparanya SENATOR Shanyisa Khasiani WOMEN REP MP
Awuor Aduma GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP
ODM
Wyclie Oparanya Lugari Likuyani Malava Lurambi Navakholo Mumias Mumias East Matungu Butere Khwisero Shinyalu Ikolomani VIHIGA Kasipul Kabondo Karachuonyo Rangwe Homa Bay Town Ndhiwa Mbita Gwasi MIGORI
James Rege Otieno Okambo
ODM ODM
Baringo East Baringo West Baringo Central Mochongoi Mogotio Eldama Ravine LAIKIPIA
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Justine Mutobera Paul Posho Andrew Taboso Benjamin Adhola
ODM ODM ODM ODM
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP
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ODM ODM ODM
Laikipia West Laikipia East Laikipia North NAKURU
GOVERNOR Kennedy Butiko Jairus Amayi SENATOR Henry Embeywa WOMEN REP MP
ODM UDF ODM
Vihiga Sabatia Hamisi Emuhaya Luanda BUNGOMA
Rongo Awendo Suna Migori East Suna Migori West Uriri Nyatike Kuria East Kuria West KISII
MP Dalmas Otieno John Pesa Joseph Ndiege
GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP Bonchari South Mugirango Bomachoge Borabu Bobasi Bomachoge Chache Nyaribari Masaba Nyaribari Chache Marani Mosocho NYAMIRA
Molo Njoro Naivasha Gilgil Kuresoi South Kuresoi North Subukia Rongai Bahati Nakuru Town West Nakuru Town East NAROK
GOVERNOR James Ongwae SENATOR Chris Obure WOMEN REP Mary Otara MP Manson Nyamweya Peter Kemori Naftali Mogere Simon Ogari
ODM ODM ODM
GOVERNOR Josiah Kores SENATOR WOMEN REP
TNA
Mt. Elgon Sirisia Kabuchai Bumula Kanduyi Webuye Bokoli Kimilili Tongaren BUSIA
ODM ODM ODM ODM
Josiah Kores MP Kilgoris Emurua Dikirr Narok North Narok East 1Narok South Narok West KAJIADO
GOVERNOR Sospeter Ojaamong SENATOR Amos Wako WOMEN REP MP Albert Ekirapa Okudoi Maskini Gorey Mulanya Sakwa Bunyasi Godfrey Odanga Catherine Omayo Ignatius Oyola Paul Otuoma Oundo Midenyo Ababu Namwamba Raphael Wanjala GOVERNOR SENATOR James Orengo WOMEN REP
ODM ODM Kitutu Masaba West Mugirango North Mugirango Borabu NAIROBI
GOVERNOR John Nyagarama SENATOR Abuya Abuya WOMEN REP MP
ODM ODM
Teso North Teso South Nambale GOVERNOR SENATOR WOMEN REP MP Matayos Butula Funyula Budalangi SIAYA
Kajiado North Kajiado Central Kajiado East Kajiado South KERICHO
ODM ODM ODM UDF ODM UDF UDF ODM UDF ODM UDF
Patrick Osero GOVERNOR Evans Kidero SENATOR Gidion Mbuvi Sonko Elizabeth Ongoro WOMEN REP Rachel Shebesh MP
ODM ODM
Gidion Mbuvi
TNA ODM
GOVERNOR SENATOR Charles Keter WOMEN REP James Orengo URP Ugenya
ODM
MP David Ochieng
ODM
Westlands Parklands Dagoretti North Karen / Langata Kibra Roysambu Kasarani Ruaraka Kariobangi
Simba Arati
ODM
ducation Minister Mutula Kilonzo trounced Agriculture assistant minister Gideon Ndambuki in the race for the Wiper party ticket for the Makueni senatorial seat. Mr Kilonzo won in all the six constituencies in the county, including Kaiti, which is the home of Mr Ndambuki. Mr Ndambuki is the out-going MP of Kaiti. The ocial results announced yesterday in Wote show that Mr Kilonzo got 79,270 votes, while Mr Ndambuki got 61,425. Ms Rose Museo got 47,319 and defeated Ms Jane Kitundu (40,703) and Esther Musumbi (35,636) in the women representative seat. The partys commissioner of elections, Mr Juma Wario, certied the results and approved the process as fair and free. Mr Mutula will now face outgoing Kilome MP Harun Mwau on March 4. The party primaries in Makueni County were marred by delays in the delivery of ballot papers to the polling stations. Mr Kilonzo and Mr Ndambuki had all expressed fears that the delay was part of a plot to rig them out. Mr Ndambuki lost Kaiti constituency with 8,572 votes against Mr Kilonzos 13,506. In Mr Kilonzos Mbooni bastion, Mr Ndambuki got 11,674 votes against his rivals 15,059. In Kilome, Mr Kilonzo had 9,402 votes, while Mr Ndambuki had 7,538 votes. In Kibwezi West, Mr Kilonzo got 12,904, while Mr Ndambuki got 9,935. In Kibwezi East, Mr Kilonzo got 11,122 votes, while Mr Ndambuki got 7,281. Former sports secretary Daniel Maanzo won the Wiper ticket for Makueni parliamentary seat. In Kibwezi West, Mr Mwengi Mutuse, a former aide of the government spokesperson Alfred Mutua got the Wiper parliamentary ticket. In Kaiti, Mr Richard Makenga won the Wiper ticket. When the Sunday Nation caught up with Mr Kilonzo in Mbooni, he said he was humbled by the huge number of votes that he got. I am amazed, said Mr Kilonzo. The minister said that even though the Wiper nominations fiasco were a contamination of democracy, the voters had decided to back him. It was a big challenge and I am humbled by the way the public reacted, because, they would have been easily confused with the statement by the party leader that Mutula should go and vie for senator in Nairobi. The few gifts that God has given me, I want to use them here, said Mr Kilonzo. Mr Ndambuki said the delays had cost him the election: When you look at these things, you start asking yourself... Are all these hitches genuine? There were no free and fair nominations in Makueni County.
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NOMINATIONS | Aggrived members asked to lodge complaints with team
TNA sets up tribunal to settle disputes

Party also constitutes appeals chamber to be led by Justice Ringera
BY KENFREY KIBERENGE
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com
he National Alliance (TNA) party has created a dispute resolution tribunal in a bid to stem defections by disgruntled aspirants who failed to win nominations. The tribunal will be chaired by Nairobi lawyer Faith Waigwa and will work for the next seven days, TNA chairman Johnson Sakaja announced. Mr Sakaja unveiled the team in Nairobi yesterday anked by party secretary general Onyango Oloo. He said the move was consistent with the law that allows parties time to resolve all disputes arising from the primaries that concluded on Friday. We request those who lost to accept because in TNA we are all winners, said Mr Sakaja. If anybody has complaints they should lodge them with the council at the party headquarters in Nairobi. Written complaints can be lodged until 3 pm today with all evidence attached. Mr Sakaja assured party members that all aspirants who won fairly would be issued their certicates. Mr Oloo also announced that an appeals chamber to be headed by Justice (rtd) Aaron Ringera had
IF ALL FAILS
IEBC last to hear disputes

Any aggrieved contestant may lodge a complaint with the Commission on the 22nd January 2013 latest 5 p.m. by lling the prescribed form provided for in the Gazetted Elections Rules and Procedures, added IEBC. Prior to lodging the complaint, the contestant/party must have exhausted all Political Party internal disputes resolution mechanisms as provided in the respective political parties Constitutions and the nomination rules...
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TNA secretary Onyango Oloo hands over aspirants les to disputes tribunal chairperson Faith Waigwa at a Press brieng at the Silver Springs Hotel in Nairobi yesterday as party chairman Johnson Sakaja looks on.
been formed. One of the cogs in the democratic process is that both the winner and the loser should go back home knowing that they won or lost fairly and that the peoples voices were heard, said Mr Oloo. Ms Waigwa assured the process would be above board. We promise to dispense our mandate in a free, fair and impartial manner and fast enough to meet the deadlines, she said.
The lawyer added that the council will be operating on a 24hour basis with several chambers at the party headquarters,located on Jogoo Road in Nairobi. She will be deputised by lawyer Dickson Anyul. Other members are a Dr Thuranira, Cecil Kuyo, Mr Patrick Mwiandi, Ms Debra Dubi, Ms Faith Kamau, Mr Yusuf Sharif, Mr Raymond Omolo and Ms Dorothy Jematoo. On Friday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said all disputes arising from the party nominations must be resolved through the political parties disputes resolution mechanisms as provided in their respective party constitutions within three days from yesterday. IEBC said all contestants who are disatised with the outcome of the nomination should complain to their parties before January 22 (Tuesday) at 5pm. The Disputes Resolution Commission is mandated to hear and determine all disputes from the nominations within seven days from the day a complaint is lodged. Political parties are required to submit the final list of the nominees to the IEBC by 5 pm tomorrow.
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NOMINATIONS | Why URP had dicult time organising primaries
We have had sleepless nights because of these laws. The current regime of laws will deny many Kenyans an opportunity to vote. And I dont think this is democracy
Francis ole Kaparo, URP chairman
Kaparo blames poll chaos on dicult law

Party calls for review of electoral rules in the next House
BY AGGREY MUTAMBO
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
nited Republican Party (URP) ocials yesterday blamed the partys chaotic nominations on difficult election laws and hoped the 11th Parliament would review them. URP chairman Francis ole Kaparo told a news conference in Nairobi that the laws controlling the electioneering process
are a barrier to the growth of democracy. We have had a very dicult law. The law must be facilitative, not punishing the electorate and aspirants. There were too many laws and we were rst required to read them as school children before we followed each one of them, he said. Many regulations do not facilitate the electoral process. They hinder and make it prohibitive.
The party which had to move its primaries from Thursday to Friday said it was faced with financial, logistical and legal challenges making it dicult to have nominations on time. In the confusion, some of the ballot papers meant for one county were taken to another. In most cases, ballot papers and other election materials arrived late, leaving many of the voters who had queued up early
disappointed. Yesterday, the party awarded certicates to candidates who had been nominated and expressed condence they would win on March 4. Mr Kaparo said that although the partys primaries were successful, the problems it faced were a result of too many regulations, including holding nominations not later than January 18.
URP officials said they had spent Sh20 million to conduct the nominations. You therefore understand when we cannot measure up to the standards of IEBC. In future, we should look at funding for parties, he said. But Mr Kaparo was hard put to explain why they had to wait till the last day to organise primaries yet they had had at least three weeks to do so.
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CHALLENGES | VP urges parties to learn from problems and in future contract IEBC to conduct nominations
Wiper will resolve disputes fast and fairly, says Kalonzo

Cord principals will visit Ukambani to reassure supporters who have threatened to boycott March 4 poll, citing awed primaries
BY PETER OBUYA
potieno@ke.nationmedia.com Mwendwa (womens representative), Mr Francis Nyenze (MP, Kitui West) and Mr Charles Nyamai to run for MP in the newly created Kitui Rural constituency. Mr Musyoka promised that the partys appeals board made up of Justice (rtd) Kasanga Mulwa, Judy Sijeni and lawyer John Katiku will adjudicate the grievances before tomorrows deadline for submitting nal party lists. Mr Musyoka disclosed that the Cord alliance principals will visit Ukambani region to reassure supporters who have threatened to boycott the March 4 election citing awed primaries. Today, the team heads to Machakos for a major rally. The VP will attend a church service at AIC Athi River before setting o in a convoy that will stop at Matuu, Tala and Wamunyu before the Cord team holds a joint rally in Machakos town.
iper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has admitted that party primaries faced major challenges but urged disgruntled aspirants to use the internal dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve their grievances. The Vice-President, who is also the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the Cord alliance, also urged all political parties to learn from the challenges and in future contract the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct their nominations. All political parties will agree with me that going forward, we will have to have better ways of nominations, Mr Musyoka said. Party primaries have turned out to be more like general elections. The VPs close allies, among them Mr Isaac Muoki who was seeking to vie for Kitui governor on a Wiper ticket, Mr Benson Mbai (Masinga constituency) and Dr Munyaka (Machakos Town) all lost out in the primaries. But other close allies in the VPs Kitui County sailed through the nominations. They include Mr David Musila (senator), Mrs Nyiva
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The number of days principals of the Cord alliance will be campaigning in Ukambani this week
Tomorrow, the Cord alliance will campaign in Kitui County where Mr Odingas convoy will go through Mutomo while the VP will visit Nzombe. The other principal in the alliance, Mr Moses Wetangula, will be in Kabati, Kitui, before turning up for a joint rally in Kitui town in the afternoon. On Tuesday, Cord will be in Makueni County with Mr Odinga starting from Kambu and the VP from Kibwezi town while Mr Wetangula will begin from Emali before the leaders converge at Wote town for a joint rally. We are aware that some of the aspirants are still nursing wounds from losing the primaries, and these rallies will be to assure them that as Cord we are one. Any ones victory
belongs to all of us, he said. My Musyoka urged the alliances supporters to remain focused on March 4 saying Cords victory was now in sight. He was speaking at Wiper party headquarters in Nairobi where he welcomed new members. Notable candidates who joined the party to contest various seats on its ticket are former human rights commissioner Hassan Omar and Mombasa businessman Suleiman Shahbal. They will be vying for the senate and gubernatorial seats for Mombasa County respectively. Mr Shabal, who was widely expected to be the UDF candidate for the Mombasa governor, said his supporters had told him to decamp to Wiper to give them an alternative within the Cord alliance.
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka (centre) speaks yesterday when he received former human rights commissioner Hassan Omar (left) and Mombasa businessman Suleiman Shahbal, who both defected from ODM to the Wiper party.
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RETURN OF POACHERS | Last year, 375 jumbos and 20 rhinos were slaughtered in four months
State links Somali gangs to increased wildlife poaching

Head of Civil Service says inltration by the criminals into Kenyan territory is a national security threat and calls for thorough probe
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com angs from neighbouring Somalia and former game rangers are behind the stepped-up poaching of Kenyan wildlife, a senior government ocial says. Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia says he has directed the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) top leadership to investigate and furnish the Oce of the President with ndings into the Somalia link. Just last week, a gang of 10 poachers killed a family of 11 elephants in Tsavo National Park in the illegal hunt for tusks. In total, Kenya lost 375 elephants and 20 rhinos to poaching in the past year compared to 289 elephants and 29 rhinos the year before. Eighty per cent of the elephants were poached on private conservancies and 20 per cent in the national parks and game reserves. They are supposed to submit a report on how we lost 300 elephants in a very short time. This happened in 2012 and it is very wrong, he said. Mr Kimemia said perpetrators should be brought to book because they are infringing on the countrys territory and also posing a security threat. He noted that the poaching has largely been happening in the conservancies. The matter is a national security issue, and KWS ofcials need to tell us why it has persisted and why they are not preserving our conservancy, he said. We want to know if it is an outside or inside job; the issues have to come out in the open. It has to be known who is behind the poaching. KWS spokesman Paul Mbugua also conrmed that most of the poachers shot in the act usually do not have any identity cards and their bodies are never claimed. Independent investigations by the Sunday Nation established that the escalation of poaching could also be a result of a goslow by the KWS rangers out to force better terms. The rangers we spoke to said junior rangers are paid a eld allowance of Sh110 while their seniors get Sh200 per day. The money is paid whenever they move outside the protected areas for operations such as chasing after the poachers or handling a stray animal. Tell me, you are going after somebody who has stolen ve tusks each worth over a million shillings and at the back of your mind, you know you will get Sh110. Does that make sense? a ranger who sought anonymity to avoid victimisation told the Sunday Nation. In China, elephant tusks can fetch an estimated Sh77,400 ($900) per kilo, while a kilo of powdered rhino horn can net as much as Sh5.6 million
BRIEFLY
NAIROBI
Police probe theft of metals for Thika road

Two local steel companies are being investigated over vandalism of metals for the Thika superhighway. On Friday, Flying Squad ocers raided a company in Dandora and recovered metal worth about Sh3 million that had been stolen while in transit. The metals were to be used on the pedestrian foot bridges at Pangani, Kasarani and Kenyatta University yovers. Two people were arrested and will appear in court on Tuesday.
KITALE
Two arrested for marking ballots

Two suspects who were allegedly marking URP ballot papers at a hotel in Kitale in favour of a certain aspirant for womens representative seat escaped death narrowly after they were cornered by party members. The two, a man and a woman, had reportedly marked 500 ballot papers in favour of one candidate when the crowd, acting on a tip-o, stormed the hotel. They threatened to torch the hotel before police moved in and arrested the suspects. The partys election ocials were also accused of conspiring to rig out one of the senatorial candidates.
Kenya Wildlife Service ocer in charge of Coast Simon Gitau inspects some of the 638 tusks impounded at the port of Mombasa while in transit to Indonesia last week.
($65,000). Furthermore, KWS lacks a clear structure for promotion. Recently, senior ocers from the head oce are said to have visited various stations around the country and conducted oral interviews and ended up promoting 220 ocers. The ocers are currently undergoing promotion training at the KWS training school in Manyani. According to the rangers, ones oratory skills played a role in the exercise. The rangers now want the promotions recommended by their immediate bosses whom they say understand their abilities. In addition, some rangers WARNING have not been transferred in more than 10 years, raising the possibility of being compromised by poachers. KWS Director William Kiprono has denied any knowledge of sabotage but promised an investigation. If somebody is caught sabotaging operations, we will deal with them accordingly, he vowed last Wednesday. The law is very clear; you cannot kill because you want something. Its like your home; when there is no food, do you go burning the house? Last year, two KWS rangers were arrested and charged with poaching in Tsavo National Park. Intelligence reports indicate that some dishonest KWS personnel are in cahoots with criminal gangs to undermine the ght against poaching. The management should smoke them out, KWS board of directors chairman David Mwiraria said. The elephant population in the country has been dwindling fast due to poaching fuelled by demand for ivory and elephant teeth. Mr Kimemias directive comes days after the government said it had launched investigations following the recovery of 638 pieces of ivory estimated to be worth Sh100 million that were impounded at the port of Mombasa on Tuesday. The consignment, weighing two tonnes, was intercepted at the container verication area of the port by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) ocials after receiving a tip-off from their head oce in Nairobi. Mr Kimemia said the investigations are meant to establish the source of the ivory and prosecute those responsible for killing wildlife for self-gain. Losing our animals to poachers is the most despicable thing. How does someone do that for self-gain? The investigations are meant to unravel the source of the ivory, said Mr Kimemia. According to KRA deputy commissioner in charge of port operations Gitau G. Gitau, the consignment was packed in a 20-foot container that was destined for Indonesia aboard mv LalaBahadur. He said a similar shipment was also intercepted in Hong Kong after it evaded verication a month ago in what he termed use of fake documents for clearance at the customs and Kenya Ports Authority. As we speak, the clearing agent will be relieved of his customs password; we will suspend him and zero in on the importer, he added. He pointed out that the use of bogus documents was also key in the process that ensured the other consignment was shipped to Hong Kong before it was intercepted by ocials in Mombasa. KWS assistant director at the Coast, Mr Simon Gitau, who counted the pieces, said the tusks may have come from outside Kenya because the sacks have labels of Tanzania and Rwanda. Reported by Jonathan Mwanyindo, Kenfrey Kiberenge and Edith Fortunate TO COMMENT ON THIS AND OTHER STORIES GO TO www.nation.co.ke
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NAIROBI
US-based centre sends poll observers
Working with criminals
Crime threatens Kenyas security
A team of 14 election observers is being deployed in Kenya at the invitation of the electoral commission. Thirty more monitors will join them before the March 4 election, the sponsor, US-based Carter Centre, announced on Friday. Founded 30 years ago by former US President Jimmy Carter, the centre sent a team led by former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda (pictured) in 2002.
NAIVASHA
Boy, 9, shot as debt dispute turns violent

A nine-year-old boy is recovering at a hospital in Gilgil after he was allegedly shot by police in Elementaita. Area police boss Charles Kortok said the minor was hit by a bullet red by a police ocer who had gone to separate two groups ghting over a debt. It was alleged one group had gone to collect cash loaned to another when the ght broke out. The boy was hit by a stray bullet, he said. But a source at the scene said the boy was shot as he attempted to deate a tyre of a debt collectors car.
If you poach animals you should also be poached. Theyve killed many rangers so why should they be spared?
Mr Francis Kimemia, the head of the civil service
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Courts watch
BACKLOG | Lawyer says delay to prosecute case an instance of justice denied
Narok ammo cache case yet to start 3 years on

Police impounded the largest consignment of ammunition and weapons in Kenyan civilian hands over 30,000 bullets and six guns but suspects are out on bond
BY BENSON WAMBUGU
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
ven as Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has announced wide-ranging changes in the Judiciary to deal with the backlog of cases in various courts, little progress has been made to hear the shocking case of an arms cache unearthed in Narok three years ago. Described as the countrys largest consignment of ammunition and guns in civilian hands to be seized by police, the criminal trial of businessman Munir Ishmael, his wife Nahid Tabasum, former AP chief armourer John Maritim and civilians John Wandeto and Dominic Mufumu is yet to begin three years after the suspects were arraigned in court. And the vetting of magistrates by the Sharad Rao team is likely to slow down the court process. A total of 109 principal magistrates are to be vetted by March 28, and thereafter more than 200 others of the lower courts will face the panel, chairman of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board Rao announced last week. This is a clear case of justice delayed is justice denied, said Mr Cli Ombeta, the suspects lawyer. The case has been handled by at least four chief magistrates and two High Court judges for plea taking and bail application respectively. Former magistrates Ms Esther Maina and Ms Grace Macharia
found 28,783 bullets of 9mm calibre, 353 of 7.6 mm, 1,552 of .22 mm, 500 of .38mm and 25 of .28mm calibre in two containers branded with the logo and colours of a local milk factory. The detectives had earlier recovered six guns and 100,000 rounds of ammunition at a petrol station within Narok town. Retired Police Commissioner Matthew Iteere, who supervised the opening of the consignment and the counting of the ammunition, said some of it came from the Czech Republic while others were from the Eldoret bullet factory.
REPORT
Most guns in pastoral areas

The study, conducted by the Danish government and the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons, indicated that a majority of the half a million guns in civilian hands are held in pastoral communities and urban areas. While issuing bail for suspects of the Narok cache, Justice Warsame had warned: There is a major security lapse in the country given the status of events and most recent incidents.
Mr Munir Ismail and his wife Nahid Tabasum when they appeared in court in 2009 over the arms cache found in their garage in Narok.
who previously handled the case are now High Court judges, while Mr Gilbert Mutembei is now a High Court Registrar. The case came up for mention last December before the new Nairobi Chief Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie who xed another mention date for directions later next month. Mr Ishmael, who was described by Justice Mohammed Warsame as the central player in the case, is out on a Sh1 million cash bail and two sureties of Sh3 million.
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The number of rearms in the wrong hands in Kenya, according to a survey funded by the Danish Government last year
And delivering a ruling to bail the suspects two years ago, Justice Warsame used the occasion to warn security agencies against sleeping on the job, saying the security arm was poorly run and had jeopardised the security of the country. There is a serious indictment on the Department of Internal Security, said Justice Warsame. He said security agents attached to the department were required to act honestly to restore public condence and avert the continuous public outcry about insecurity.
500,000
His wife Tabasum was given a cash bail of Sh1 million, Mr Maritim deposited two sureties of Sh500,000 while Mr Wandeto and Mr Mufumu are out on Sh200,000 sureties each. The suspects face two separate charges of being in possession of government property after they were found with 31,211 rounds of ammunition in a garage and another 100,000 seized in the same compound. They have denied the charges. On February 1, 2010, police
12 | Opinion
We must safeguard our wildlife heritage

here are few things for which Kenya is more famous than its fabulous natural heritage which includes some of the worlds nest collections of wild game. Yet, in the past few years, the country has been squandering this precious and unique gift from nature at an unacceptable pace. Its elephants and rhinos are now slipping rmly into the endangered species category. In 2012 alone, the countrys national parks saw the killing of a staggering 384 elephants and 19 rhinos. It was not the rst recent year of such major losses. In 2011, 289 elephants and 29 rhinos were mowed down by poachers. This is an outrage. The generous gift nature has given Kenya in terms of its spectacular national parks and its uniquely varied natural terrain has produced billions of shillings for the nations coers and provides employment for hundreds of thousands. But this is not a gift for Kenya alone. The nation has a responsibility to humanity to take care of a natural heritage that few other nations can match. That makes the carelessness and casual approach being taken by ocialdom to the thriving poaching industry unacceptable. As we report elsewhere in this edition, Kenya Wildlife Service rangers are not only under-equipped to tackle the monumental challenge of dealing with heavily armed poachers, they are also seriously under-motivated. Their terms have not been reviewed for many years, and they are paid a woefully low allowance for doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. These terms should be reviewed. But, more urgently, there is a need for a change of strategy that will see this problem being handled by a multi-agency force including a revamped KWS. The task should extend not just to physically tracking the poachers but also to dismantling the sophisticated networks behind this industry and their enablers. Dr Richard Leakey showed it could be done with his decisive leadership of the KWS in the 1980s. It is time for another major operation to save Kenyas elephants and rhinos.
THIS AND THAT | Murithi Mutiga
Act on Land Commission

Few institutions are more critical to the eective implementation of the Constitution than the National Land Commission. Disputes over land have been cited as contributing to political violence in the country since 1992. Both President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed an accord committing to work on land reforms as one of the key pillars of long-term changes necessary to avoid a return to bloodletting in future. It is, therefore, singularly disappointing that President Kibaki has failed to appoint a new commission despite the process having gone through all the stages, including parliamentary approval. It is worth restating the importance of this critical body. The land commission is the body that will manage public land on behalf of the national and county governments, recommend a national land policy to the national government and advise the national government on a comprehensive programme for the registration of titles. It will also investigate present and past land injustices. The courts have twice declined to issue orders stopping the appointment of land commissioners. Still, Mr Kibaki has not made these appointments. The Lands minister and AG should petition the President to gazette members of this commission immediately.
Waititu would be disaster as governor; but not everyone will weep if he wins O
What counts:
Its not the people who vote that count. Its the people who count the votes
ne of the rst things you notice when you go to a slum in Nairobi is the number of services on oer that are unknown elsewhere in the city. Phone charging: Sh10. That is because virtually all the adults in the informal settlements have mobile phones, but the majority have no electricity connection. Water: Sh20 per container. Most houses do not have water connections. According to UN-Habitat, about 65 per cent of Nairobians live in slums. Only 22 per cent of them have water connections. Compare that with the higher income groups (11-12 per cent of the population) who consume 30 per cent of the citys water. Cooking githeri, Sh15; ugali, beans, ndengu, ngwachi, Sh10; Waru, heating water for bathing, Sh10. Most heads of households in the slums calculate that buying kerosene at Sh87 a litre to cook at home does not make economic sense when they earn about Sh300 gross per day. So they pay Sh15 to some merchant to do the cooking for them. More to the point, there was this huge poster that greeted the Sunday Nation team when we went on a reporting trip to Mukuru kwa Njenga last year: All Land Grabbers, Come Baby Come, and Mukuru Ndio Ocha (rural home), We have nowhere else to go, Mukuru is not for Sale. Those banner signs were put up by an organisation called Muungano wa Wanavijiji which has been working for several years to prevent grabbers from taking the land in Mukuru which is home to hundreds of thousands of city residents. The group has moved to court and stopped many characters who were allocated prime plots in the slums in the 1980s from carrying out eviction orders. But the resistance to those evictions has also taken a political character. And, after a week in the slums, we came back aware of the depth of popularity of Mike Sonko and Ferdinand Cliord Waititu. It was Waititu and Sonko who would be on the ground within minutes every time a demolition squad arrived in the service of grabbers seeking to atten shacks which inconveniently sit on land worth of millions of shillings near the Industrial Area. Many residents of Mukuru and other slums in the capital are completely alienated from the government. They are not idlers. Many are welders, masons, informal sector teachers, vegetable vendors whose monthly income falls below Sh10,000. The slums are the only place they
can aord to live in. But the city council and government pretend they do not exist. Basic services such as water and sewerage are absent. Populist politicians and Western governments and agencies have lled this void. When it is not Sonko delivering large tanks of water in the slums, you will see embarrassing signs like one we spotted: This public toilet was funded by the World Bank. In this situation, it is easy to explain the popularity of the likes of Waititu. Jimnah Mbaru would make a far better Nairobi governor for everyone. His plan to raise a bond to build 500,000 cheap housing units, for example, would have been a good rst step to get rid of slums. My vote will now switch to Evans Kidero. But I understand where the massive support for Waititu and Sonko springs from. It can be summarised in the slogan that the populist leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez uses to win elections despite the wishes of the middle class and better o Venezuelans. Somos la mayora We (the poor) are the majority. *** Anyone taking part in future primaries will remember this quote commonly attributed to Stalin: Its not the people who vote that count. Its the people who count the votes. mmutiga@ke.nationmedia.com
QUOTED
A vote is like a rie: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Many residents of Mukuru and other slums in the capital are alienated from the government
Murithi Mutiga
Theodore Roosevelt
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FIFTH COLUMNIST | Philip Ochieng
OPINION MAKERS | What they said
The presiding ocer and clerks are partisan. My agents have been kicked out... Election process should be democratic to enable voters pick a representative of their choice Ms Jane Wangui, a county representative aspirant for Market Ward in Turbo Constituency, Uasin Gishu County, protesting after her agents were allegedly ejected from M.V. Patel Memorial Hall polling station during the Jubilee coalition nominations on Friday.
Prof Nyongo does not work for the elections board as far as we are concerned and, therefore, he is not authorised to speak for us Orange Democratic Movement National Elections Board chairman Franklin Bett while responding to claims that party secretary- general Anyang Nyongo had said nominations would continue yesterday in areas that had not been able to hold the elections. Mr Bett denied such plans.
This is a ploy to rig the election and we are aware most poll ocials are on the payroll of our rivals. We know people have been claiming they have penetrated the party establishment and want to use underhand deals to clinch this nomination Othaya parliamentary aspirant Gichuki Mugambi of TNA protesting over two extra names of contestants on the ballot papers claiming this was meant to confuse his supporters.
The Commission therefore wishes to notify members of the political parties that party nominations ended midnight last night (Friday) and any nominations ongoing are illegal and against the Elections Act -Communication from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declaring it would not accept nomination losers claiming to have received certicates from other parties after midnight of Friday 18th.
It is clear the process is awed but I have decided to withdraw honourably from the race. I will henceforth devout my energies in campaigning for party candidates in the county and the presidential nominees Outgoing Kitui South MP Isaac Muoki on Friday when he dropped his bid for Kitui County governor after his opponent, Dr Julius Malombe, took a commanding lead. He said he would not decamp.
SUNDAY VIEW | Gitau Warigi
Our political parties simply lack the capacity to carry out credible polls
Devolve: It would be preferable to strengthen local branches in the counties to do the spadework, with headquarters only playing a broad supervisory role
enyas political parties should look at what happened on Thursday and accept one simple fact: They lack what it takes to organise primaries on a national scale. Their eorts ended up being utterly shambolic and very, very embarrassing. Rather than expend their energy shouting how democratic they are, they should invest more in something called organisation. Success depends on being methodical and organised. Being stued full with democracy or what have you wont help you pull o an exercise such as national party primaries. It is not my intention to og a dead horse or to belabour what is already obvious. I only wish to make a couple of suggestions. First and foremost, it is important that political parties decentralise their operations. It is clearly not feasible that any of them can carry out a countrywide activity on this scale and run it awlessly from a single, central headquarters. They just dont have that capacity. It would be preferable to strengthen local branches in the counties to do the spadework, with headquarters only playing a broad supervisory role. Let the branches handle their own logistics in their own counties. There is no reason, for instance, why they should not contract to print their own ballots at the county level. Why do they have to wait for ballots from Nairobi? Since we Kenyans have developed a mania about comparing ourselves on matters political with America, we may wish to remember that party primaries there are organised at the
state level for presidential, gubernatorial, senate and other local oces. It is also useful to remember that at the national level what we know as the Republican and Democratic parties are rather loose coalitions incorporating strong state aliates. It is these state and local branches that are given the responsibility of conducting party primaries. One of the useful things our parties could learn from American practice is not to necessarily hold primaries on the same day. It simply bogs down things. Each US state sets its own primary dates, as long as they t the national electoral calendar. It is too much to expect coalitions like Jubilee and Cord, which sprang from nowhere just the other day, can execute awless nationwide nominations on a single, uniform calendar day. Its just not possible. The British conduct their par-
Each US state sets its own primary dates, as long as they t the national electoral calendar Gitau Warigi
liamentary nominations quite dierently. It is not a very democratic process in the sense we would want to understand the word, but it dispenses with a lot of populist cha and would suit our own disorderly parties quite ne. The Conservatives (Tories) simply solicit applicants for what is called an approved party list, and once approved, the successful candidate can be chosen to run in any constituency where the party deems t. The Labour party, on the other hand, has a selection committee in every parliamentary constituency that meets with applicants wishing to contest. The candidates are questioned about their opinions regarding various party policies, and, thereafter the committee meets alone to pick its choice. The selected candidates from both the Tory and Labour parties then meet at the General Election proper where every British Wanjiku votes. If it were not for the unfortunate Kenyan xation with mob democracy, our nascent parties would do well to start o with something akin to the British model of selection. That would have forestalled a situation like that of TNA forcing a ballot between a man of the calibre of Jimnah Mbaru and a fellow like Ferdinand (or is it Cliord?) Waititu in Nairobi. It has turned out to be a national shame. A party that accepts to front a guy like Waititu as its candidate for governor of Nairobi does not deserve to be given national power in Kenya. gwarigi@ke.nationmedia.com editor@nation.co.ke Registered at the GPO as a newspaper
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oday, human gadgets can bring us knowledge both from the edge of the universe and from inside the atom in the squeezing of a lemon. In his Megatrends, John Naisbitt called it the Information Age . In Out Of Eden, Stephen Oppenheimer shows that, despite our great variety of races and cultures, we Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH) are among natures most homogeneous species. Science always arms our unity both with external nature and within the species. In The Ascent Of Man, Jacob Bronowski remarks that self-knowledge is AMHs collective destiny. Nature gave us free hands, a versatile brain and a exible tongue with which to obtain knowledge together, deploy it together and thrive together. Why, then, does humanity remain so small-minded about endowments which nature added to us only as protection against our diering environmental habitats? Why is it that, generally, AMHs techno-scientically most advanced societies are also the puniest-minded about our variety in race and religion? But, in particular, nothing is more empty-headed than an African called Felix who, nevertheless, publicly condemns all foreign things Felix Nasibu (Nation, January 15) vehe. mently condemns the word harambee simply because it is sub-continental in origin. Vedic Indians used it as a heave-ho an invocation to the god Hare in collective eorts. Mohandas Gandhi recently recalled Hare in his advocacy for Harijans (Gods children). Perhaps this was what inspired Jomo Kenyatta to adopt harambee as his means of exhorting the new nation to collective hard work our subsequent corruption of it notwithstanding. It seemed an eective answer to the vicious individualist greed which Euro-Protestantism bequeathed to us and which is now ruining our country. Indeed, the Mahatma might today ask Felix Nasibu: How does the mere Indianness of the word harambee hurt any East African? Felix Nasibus answer is revealing. It is that to invoke Hare is to commit a dalliance with non-existent deities This is vintage Euro-Christianity the holier-than-thou enthusiasm which once drove Rome to the Inquisition and the witch-hunt and Europe to the murder of African, American and Australasian natives by the million. Even in the 21st century, Pope Benedict has declared that Roman Catholicism is the only genuine religion. This incredible straitjacket of thought is what enables Mr Nasibu to declare (silently) that Africans are better o with Felix the name of a Euro-Roman tyrant in Judaea than with harambee and that the European monotheon is the only existing deity. The Daily Nations easy crossword puzzle alleges it again and again. One of its favourite clues is: Any false god and , Baal is always the solution. In our new Constitution, this is direct hate speech against Canaan, Cassite, Colchis, Copt, Cush, Dravidia, Edom, Etruria, Gaul, Kalenjin, Luo, Pelasgus, Shasu, Sumeria and other consanguine Afro-Asians who have traditionally worshipped the deity variously as Abal, Abol, Apol, Apollo, Polo, Baal, Bel and Bellona. The Aryan invaders of India produced the Vedas and Hinduism out of religious raw materials usurped from the defeated native Dravidians, who had arrived in India from the Nile valley through Egypt, Canaan and Sumeria. Their god Hare was thus but an Alter Ego of the Coptic Osiris-Aten, Shasu Yahu, Edomite El, Canaanite Baal and Babylonian Marduk. And Joseph Campbell (Occidental Mythology) and HS Hooke (Middle Eastern Mythology) show that these were the raw materials from which the Judaeo-Christian monotheon was distilled and universalised Take your choice freely. But . watch your mouth because free worship does not license you to provoke others by declaring their choices non-existent . To proclaim so is simply to express the kasumba which drives formerly colonised peoples to worship European things against corresponding things from, say India and China. That is why it is possible for an African Christian called Felix to use a European computer and a European language to alienate an Indian word without batting an eyelid. ochiengotani@gmail.com
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14 | Letters
To the editor
Kimaiyo needs to get his priorities right
It seems the new Inspector-General of Police, Mr David Kimaiyo, has no blueprint on tackling insecurity and reforming the force. Rooting out malcontents is one thing, but leaving intact structures of a bygone era is another. The realities of the new Constitution should have given him a clear roadmap on how to restructure and reform the force. He should have used the fact that he heads two distinct forces regular and administration police to redene their roles. The reality of counties should prompt him to reorganise so that formation commanders will be peaked at county levels since we no longer have provinces. The designs of police stations should also be on his priority list. It should be realistic to avoid having tiny oces and cells which constrain the work of ocers. Kimaiyo should also automate record-keeping and nger-printing. You cannot get information regarding suspects because of the bureaucracy and the cumbersome procedure that involves inter-departmental coordination. As he battles rising crime and prepares his ocers for the General Election, the Inspector-General should not lose sight of the fact that he must put long-term measures in place and work smart. Raymond Kirundi via email.
The editor welcomes brief letters on topical issues. Write on e-mail to: sundaynation@ke.nationmedia.com. You can also mail to: The Editor, Sunday Nation, P.O.B 49010, Nairobi 00100. Letters may be edited for clarity, space or legal considerations.
TALKING POINT
Attempt to kill freedom of speech is ill-advised

ost people may not agree with the views Prof Makau Mutua shares with the public through his weekly opinion articles. Lately, his opinion has attracted condemnation from Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo. According to Dr Ndemo, Prof Mutua is feeding the public with a fallacious litany of information gathered from unreliable Internet sources. In Dr Ndemos estimates, Prof Mutuas analysis on the political situation is not supported by any research evidence. The point of contention for the PS is not really about the accuracy of data used in making the political hypothesis, but the inflammatory tone of the message which has a high propensity for incitement of people during an election season. He has come out strongly in reprimanding bloggers with a warning that they should respect the rights of other people in exercising their freedom of speech. Violation of a persons rights is an oence. People whose rights are violated have the opportunity to make claims against the oending parties before the courts of law. But the parameter of freedom of speech, a fundamental element within the Bill of Rights, is very thinly demarcated for pedes-
The Cutting Edge

BY THE WATCHMAN
AUDIT FOR MPS: Passing Bills should not be depicted as one of the biggest accomplishments of the 10th Parliament, and for which the outgoing MPs should be feted, remarks Steve Wathome, adding that it was precisely what they were elected to the august House to do. This, among other duties, is what they were employed for; the same way police are hired to ensure that law and order prevail. Can someone, anyone, kindly point out to me any genuine achievements by these MPs that could go down into our history books? ALCOHOL LEGISLATION: Politicians and other campaigners who incite voters are more dangerous than alcohol, whose sale former Naivasha MP John Mututho had sought to have banned two days before the March 4 polling day, says Jimford Kebira. The Bill by Parliament to outlaw alcohol consumption during the poll not only doesnt make economic sense, its also irrational. While established businesses would have suered, the illegal joints dealing in cheap drinks would have beneted. His contact is jimkeb@gmail.com. FAKE AND GENUINE: On the saga of the man who masqueraded as the Rift Valley deputy police boss for years, John Mukui says there is a simple way to lay the matter to rest once and for all. In normal usage, a product is considered fake in comparison with a genuine one of known and generally-accepted characteristics. If the police claim they have a fake ocer, they should also parade the genuine one. Otherwise, it might turn out that Kenya does not have a genuine police force, teachers, doctors, parliamentarians, civil service, Prime Minister or even the President. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX: The idea of people going to college so that they can get jobs is outdated, says Albert Gedi, adding that university students should be fully trained in entrepreneurship, as a matter of priority. The time has come, he adds, for all to think outside the box instead of dreaming about the few jobs available. Dont just sit on your talent. Start a bee-keeping project or sell arts and crafts or something. Dont just wait for manna from heaven. University graduates should not be professional jobseekers, but smart job opportunity creators. FIX STREET LIGHTS: There is some urgent work for Nairobi Town Clerk Tom Odongo to do in the central business district, following an inux of street families who, like swarms of bees, are to blame for the rising insecurity, says Fredrick Edward Ochieng. The city boss should also pay some attention to xing the street lights, many of which no longer function, providing the crooks with a cover of darkness under which to attack pedestrians and rob them of their belongings. You must make a mark if you hope to be remembered like former town clerk John Gakuo, when your tenure ends. APOLOGY TO SUBSCRIBERS: Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, apologising to Michael Round-Turner and other residents of Diani Beach on the South Coast for the erratic network the area has been experiencing in the recent past says a technical team was sent , there and has rectied the problem. He adds: The network in the aected area is now stable. Subsequently, dropped calls are expected to reduce signicantly. We recognise the critical role our rm plays in customers lives and, therefore, remain committed to providing quality products and services. SECURITY CONCERN: Kenya Airports Authority has noted Samsam Oresis security concern on the cargo terminal route at the JKIA and alerted the Kenya Airports Police Unit, says communications ofcial Angela Tilitei. We also wish to point out that the police do not check every car. What they do are random checks and the number increases with the security alert levels at any particular time. This is the practice worldwide in most airports. On the potholes at the roundabout, that is the job of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority, who already have a contractor on the ground. Her contact is Angela.Tilitei@kaa.go.ke. Have a protected day, wont you! Email: watchman@nation.co.ke or mail: The Watchman PO BOX 49010, GPO 00100, Nairobi. Fax 2213946.
A blogger using social media. Dr Bitange Ndemo has come out strongly in reprimanding bloggers.
trian or casual interpretation. It is even more intricate in the digital age where social interaction is transacted globally, with minimal time and space restriction. This means the extent of freedom of speech is no longer conned to local jurisdiction but has acquired a global standard. Maybe, this is where we can distinguish between two intellectual titans Prof Mutua and Dr Ndemo as they try to dene, delineate the space and freedom of action a person can exercise in enjoying free speech. Obviously, Dr Ndemo has gone an extra length to make a case for himself while vilifying Prof Mutua in his weekend opinion piece. But there is nothing like absolute freedom anywhere including in the jungle. A civilised nation has a system of checks and balances or institutional oversight mechanisms to regulate the behaviour of its citizens. Invariably people have had the opportunity for remedies against tortuous behaviour. Any policy or attempt to censure freedom of speech is ill-advised and unproductive. What is needed in Kenya is a deliberate, pragmatic eort to strengthen legal, justice and law enforcement capacity to deal with a rapidly changing social and political environment. Mohamed Wato, via email. See also page 19
How to solve the mess at City Hall

Murithi Mutigas column in the last edition of the Sunday Nation was straight and to the point. It is true that the City Council of Nairobi has failed to cater for the needs of residents. I suggest two simple ways to achieve a psychological leap. First, the new governor should transfer all city council operations to a new oce block in the city centre. City Hall is a reminder of historical injustices and ranks up there with the infamous Nyayo House torture chambers. There is a need for change in thinking for both employees and the public. Second, the new governor should ensure that employees of the city council communicate only in English and Kiswahili while serving clients. Having visited city council oces a couple of times, I have noticed that a majority of the employees communicate in one language when doing ocial business. The incoming governor should ensure that the workforce represents the face of the county. Basil Tado, via email.
Vote wisely, especially for governor

Many Kenyans must have heaved a sigh of relief when the sun nally set for the 10th Parliament. Kenyans had become sick and tired of it mainly due to shameless perdy and greed by MPs. In mid-2011, they armtwisted then Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta to set aside Sh2 billion to cover the tax for their allowances. Then in 2012, they forced an additional Sh500 million into the budget to cover their taxes up to the expiry of their term. For them to drop their bid to regulate interest rates through law, they cut a deal with the Finance minister to have their sendo package increased from Sh1.5 million to Sh3.72 million. On the night of their last sitting, they authorised for themselves Sh9.3 retirement benefits, which President Kibaki refused to okay. Tragically for this country, Kenyans never seem to learn. This could explain why they are cheering, applauding and ululating as politicians dish out money to bribe voters so that they can get back to elective positions. Indeed, these politicians from the 10th Parliament are frontrunners for positions in the March 4 elections. It is for this reason Kenyans should tread very carefully when it comes to voting for sensitive positions especially that of governor. This is because although it is political due to the fact it is elective, the very nature of the job is managerial. This is why politicians from the 10th Parliament should be avoided like the plague when it comes to choosing a person for this position, unless of course Kenyans want their counties to be sucked dry by greedy individuals. Kimani wa Njuguna, Gatundu South.
Thirty Years Ago

January 20, 1983 Committal proceedings against a son of former Vice-President Oginga Odinga and an assistant managing editor of the Sunday Standard on charges of treason and a Nairobi University professor facing a misprision of treason charge start today. The proceedings were expected to have started yesterday, but Deputy Public Prosecutor Sharad Rao did not turn up for formal mention before Chief Magistrate Abdul Rauf. No explanation was given for Mr Raos non-appearance. Mr Rauf further remanded Raila Amolo Odinga and Otieno MakOnyango as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Nairobi University, Alfred Vincent Otieno -- charged with misprision of treason -- until today. The State has led 11 overt acts concerning a treason charge against Raila in respect of a plot to overthrow the Government. MakOnyango is facing six overt acts relating to a similar treason charge while Otieno is facing four overt acts on a misprision of treason charge. The cases against the three have been consolidated.
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Raila Odinga.
SUNDAY REVIEW
Elections law leaves those who miss the boat when the nal announcements are made with no room to manoeuvre
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com inance minister Njeru Githae and his assistant Oburu Oginga were last night the biggest losers of the shambolic primaries whose nal outcome remained unknown as parties rushed to clean up their act. The losses were underlined by the Friday midnight deadline set by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for parties to nominate their candidates, which means that those who will miss the boat when the final announcements are made will have no room for manoeuvre. According to the law, parties were supposed to have completed their nominations by Friday, meaning that the aspirants who decamped must have certicates dated January 18. According to the IEBC requirements, parties are expected to submit their nal lists by tomorrow and any complaints should be filed by Tuesday after all intra-party mechanisms to resolve disputes have been exhausted. ODM national elections board chairman Franklin Bett said last evening that a meeting over disputes in Siaya and Gem would go on late into the night. By the time of going to press no report had been released on the outcome of the meeting. The attempts to smooth over things were made in the wake of reported losses by key lieutenants of the principals in both Jubilee and Cord teams. This follows a tradition where an estimated 70 per cent of MPs lose their seats in every General Election since independence. The Prime Ministers brother, Dr Oginga, was earlier reported to have lost to newcomer William Oduol in his bid to get ODMs ticket for the governors seat in Siaya. But the news changed later on Friday night. Mr Bett then suspended the results and was for the better part of the day in meetings convened to resolve the crises arising from the nominations. ODM Chief Whip Jakoyo Midiwo and Medical Services minister Prof Anyang Nyongo were reported to have suered a similar fate. With his loss at the primaries, Mr Githaes tenure at Treasury is bound to end on a bad note. He authored and passed through Parliament a Bill, rejected by the President a week ago, to hand members of the 10th Parliament a hefty pension. In his last days in Parliament, Mr Githae complained that as they slogged in the House, MPs opponents were making progress on the ground with their campaigns. His fears were confirmed on Saturday afternoon at Kerugoya Stadium. Mr Joseph Ndathi, the former director of administration in THE LOSERS
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SUNDAY NATION Sunday, January 20, 2013
ELECTIONS | Key allies of major leaders defeated in nominations
Big names fall in party primaries tainted by chaos and confusion

Political fate of former legislators unknown
BITS & PIECES | Gakiha Weru

MISPLACED SWAGGER
For some time now, political parties and their bigwigs have been strutting across the countryside, presenting themselves as the best thing that ever happened this side of the Sahara. The shameful conduct of the party primaries has just blown them o their clay feet. If that sham is acceptable to them and the parties they lead, then we have every reason to be very scared. Hopefully, the incompetence they displayed in the conduct of the party primaries will have knocked the swagger from their stride.
A LOOTER, A WARMONGER!
On the brighter side, the majority of us are very optimistic people. So great is our faith in things turning out right by themselves that we never bother to take part in party nominations either because we delude ourselves that we are too busy or that the primaries are a nuisance that we can do without. Some bad news: what we consider a nuisance is what will give us the next crop of leaders, and our choices are limited. Thankfully, we wont waste the next ve years wondering how we ended up with a looter here, a crackpot there, and a warmonger in between.
Njeru Githae:Lost TNA nomination for Kirinyaga governor
Oburu Oginga: Fate still unknown in race for Siaya governors race
Anyang Nyongo: Fate still unknown in race for Kisumu senate seat
Soita Shitanda:Did not clinch the UDF nomination due to degree requirement
CHURCHILLS NEW GIRTH

Calist Mwatela: Failed to win ODM ticket for Mwatate MP Lewis Nguyai:Lost graciously in his bid for Kabete seat on TNA ticket Gideon Ndambuki: Lost race for the Wiper ticket for Makueni senator Lee Kinyanjui: Failed to win TNA ticket to run for Nakuru giovernor
My all-time favourite comedian Daniel Ndambuki returns with Churchill Live on NTV next month. It tickles me when I try to associate the well fed Ndambuki with the skinny kid with large ears who used to appear on KBC soap Kisulisuli. Occasionally, I would share a table with the chap who, at a glance, was living with malnutrition, on a terrace at the Kenya National Theatre. His favourite drink those days was the strained tea served there in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Nevertheless, Ndambuki has risen to become a runaway success.
I will be appealing the outcome within the party and if that fails I will consult with the elders, family, and my constituents on my next course of action
David Koech
the ministry of Foreign Aairs, garnered 39,103 votes against Mr Githaes 29,532. Mr Githae and Dr Oginga joined Housing minister Soita Shitanda and assistant minister Bishop Margaret Wanjiru on the sidelines of their preferred parties. The Housing duo suered a technical knockout on Thursday after the Commission on University Education said it could not verify the authenticity of their degrees. The National Alliance party was also caught up in the confusion that characterised its nominations. In Nairobi, the partys website indicated that businessman Jimnah Mbaru had lost to Ferdinand Waititu. A disclaimer on the site said the results were provisional but the party had not given a nal report by the time of going to press. Mr Mbaru had put up a ro-
bust campaign, putting out a detailed CV on Facebook and Twitter, online advertisements, plus the conventional posters and banners all over the city. And in Kiambu county, the winners of the governor, senator and womens representatives ticket were announced without reporting the number of votes garnered. Those who had not defected to other parties by midnight on Friday would also be disqualied, as the IEBC announced it had shut the door on those who had not decided which party to sponsor them. Basing its decision on Section 13 of the Elections Act, IEBC said it would not accept nomination certicates from people who defected after midnight on Friday. This means that aspirants such as Mr Githae and Dr Oginga
are unlikely to compete at the General Election unless they defected to other parties and were nominated before then. Agriculture assistant minister Gideon Ndambuki faced a similar fate, with Education minister Mutula Kilonzo beating him by a 17,000-vote margin for the Wiper Democratic Movements ticket for senator of Makueni. Mr Kilonzo won the vote in all six Makueni constituencies, including Kaiti, which Mr Ndambuki represented. In Nyeri, aspirant Gichuki Mugambi, backed by the Kibaki family to succeed their father in the Othaya parliamentary seat, fell to prominent businesswoman Mary Wambui. In the Central Rift, former Konoin MP Julius Kones lost the Bomet gubernatorial URP ticket to Isaac Ruto by CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
CRINGEWORTHY FASHION
When you migrate from the city to work in some hamlet in the middle of nowhere, trends in fashion are likely to elude you. A friend who left Nairobi when the city was in the hands of Jeshi la Mzee turned up the other day dressed in a double-breasted jacket for a job interview. I dont want to think of the impression he made on the panel. I shudder to think that I once used to wear such a jacket. And I would never get the tie knot right invariably, it always ended up taking the shape of a samosa. gakihaweru@gmail.com
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ELECTIONS | Key allies of prominent leaders defeated
Big names fall in chaotic party primaries

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 a 3,000-vote margin. In the Coast, Education assistant minister Calist Mwatela failed to clinch the ODM ticket for Mwatate parliamentary seat, as did his wife, former Central Bank deputy governor Jacinta Mwatela, who lost the Taita-Taveta Orange ticket for governor. In similar circumstances was former Mosop MP David Koech who, as he announced his resignation from URP, accused it of failing to conduct fair primaries. An ally of URP leader William Ruto, Mr Koech said he would appeal for the nullication of the outcome. Without that, he said, he would ditch the party. I will be appealing the outcome within the party and if that fails I will consult with the elders, family, and my constituents to deliberate on my next political decision, he said at Sirikwa hotel in Eldoret. Lewis Nguyai was also shown the door by TNA voters in the new Kabete constituency, losing to Central Organisation of Trade Unions supremo George Muchai. So close is the Local Government assistant minister to Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta that he was his witness at the International Criminal Court conrmation hearings. Said Mr Nguyai on Facebook: Wish to thank the people of Kabete for turning up in large numbers we lost gracefully, Muchai 7,642 and Nguyai 6,802. In Machakos, former Water minister Mutua Katuku announced he would join assistant minister Wavinya Ndetis team as her running mate. He polled 18,000 votes against Mr Alfred Mutuas 122,000 but described the primaries as a sham. Also left looking for options were robust debaters in the 10th Parliament, John Mututho of Naivasha and Erastus Mureithi of Ol Kalou. Beatrice Kones of Bomet and Lucas Chepkitony in Keiyo North were also shown the door. Mr Chepkitony was said to be headed to the UDF. Roads assistant minister Lee Kinyanjui lost the quest for the TNA governors nomination to former AP Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua. Home Affairs assistant minister Manyala Keya lost his quest to bear the UDF ag in Lurambi while in Matungu former MP David Were lost his bid for the ODM ticket. In Kipipiri, Transport minister Amos
I wish to thank the people of Kabete for turning up in large numbers we lost gracefully Muchai 7,642 and Nguyai 6,802
Lewis Nguyai
81 votes
The slim margin by which Transport minister Amos Kimunya won the TNA ticket to run for the Kipipiri MPs seat
Kimunya won the TNA ticket by the skin of his teeth a mere 81 votes. According to the nal tally announced at Miharati shopping centre, Mr Kimunya bagged 11,546 votes compared to 11, 465 votes by Mr Samuel Gichigi for the MPs seat. In Muranga, Maragua MP Elias Mbau and his Kandara counterpart
Maina Kamau were rejected by voters in TNA nominations. Mr Mbau, however, contested the results alleging irregularities and claimed his agents in 77 polling stations were harassed and denied entry to polling stations. Mr Kamau got 10,845 votes against Alice Muthoni Wahomes 27,602 votes.
Former AP commandant Kinuthia Mbugua drives on Nakuru streets yesterday after he won the TNA ticket.
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THE WEEK THAT WAS | Kwendo Opanga
IEBC must rid us of the stigma of poll violence

For ve years we have been singled out to the world as those who killed each other because we could not count
ELECTIONS | Eric Ngeno
Laughing stock: We have been referred to as the shining example of how not to run an election
ook, the political parties were overwhelmed. That is what the minister for Education, Mr Mutula Kilonzo, meant when he said on Thursday that the parties were not prepared for the nominations. The task of conducting six elections across Kenya is a gargantuan undertaking demanding painstaking planning and enormous resources. Kenyas parties do not invest in research, planning and logistics when they have money. They invest in incessant intra and inter-party feuds and in plotting to gain power. They seek power without the benet of researched and reasoned strategies put forward by think tanks but through forced and arranged marriages. That is why these parties have gone to sleep between elections and come alive with months to go to a General Election or weeks to a by-election. That is why politicians have belonged to party A at sunrise and become members of party B at sunset, with a switch to party C a clear possibility at the breakfast table. However, no matter how shambolic or chaotic the party nominations have been, attention has shifted to the March 4 General Election. The spotlight is now squarely on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to deliver an election that will forever exorcise the ghosts of the blood-soaked 2007 presidential poll. Unlike politicians, the IEBC does not have the luxury of changing direction like
a feather in the wind. It must ensure that it has planned for the delivery of the right ballot papers at the right time to El Wak in the northernmost part of Kenya and ensure the legitimate results are relayed from there to the constituency, county and national ofces on time. Chairman Isaack Hassan and chief executive ocer James Oswago and company must ensure that the election of 290 members of Parliament, 1,450 county assembly ward representatives; 47 governors, 47 senators; 47 womens representatives and 1 President a total of 1,882 ocers are elected on that single day March 4, 2013. In preparation for this enormous logistical operation the IEBC is, according to Mr Oswago, planning to print some 110 million ballot papers. That is paper enough to ll more than ve jumbo jets. But whatever the enormity of the exercise facing Mr Hassan and Mr Oswago and company, Kenyans, as we are wont to say, do not want to know. We want to wake up that morning and nd all the materials and personnel ready and for everything to work with military or clockwork precision. We know that the IEBC can take up to seven days to announce the election results. But we will be in no mood to wait for the second day to know the results, especially of the presidential poll.
In preparation for the March General Election, IEBC plans to print 110 million ballot papers
Kwendo Opanga
Look, very many folks have laughed at us because we got our 2007 presidential poll numbers wrong. Listen, far too many folks have laughed at us for far too long because we unsheathed and unleashed machetes on our neighbours and relatives because one fellow and not the other was declared winner of the presidential poll. For far too long we have been referred to as the shining example of how not to run an election. For ve long years we have been singled out to the world as those who killed each other because they could neither count nor tally ballots. IEBC must rid us of this stigma once and for all by delivering six credible nationwide elections on that day. Of course, there will be disputes after the General Election. Suppose each of the 50 parties elds candidates for all of the oces above except the presidency. That would mean some 94,050 candidates across the land. I leave it to you to imagine the number of candidates who will take IEBC to court to answer for irregularities that cost them seats. And suppose, as appears likely, there is a run-o? IEBC will have to make sure that everything is in place to enable us go to the polls in 30 days. Do you, good people, begin to appreciate the enormity of the task facing Mr Hassan and Mr Oswago and company? Now what is yours? One, you must refuse to be incited to violence. Two, report any irregularity you witness immediately. Three, remember this: voters do not lose elections; it is candidates who do. Four, winners will represent those who voted for them and those who voted against them. Five, politely tell a losing candidate to be leader enough to accept defeat or seek redress in court. Kwendo Opanga is a media consultant opanga@diplomateastafrica.com
Why our democracy is dangerous

eekends u s e d to be a breeze for motorists, but those days are fast fading into the recollection segments of our memory. More typically, there is likely to be a glut of stationary trac somewhere on our way, overlapping, squeezing and blocking. If you can calm down suciently to observe, you will note a few peculiar things. First, you will see someone calmly parked in a junction, as he waits for the cars ahead to move, and blocking everyone else who could otherwise move in other directions. Secondly, you will notice that Keep Left has been negotiated into a driving style that does not distinguish pavements, ower beds and on-going construction. Finally, you will observe tens of cars whose signal lights have been ashing for hours. In due course, you will realise that the ashers are the direct victims of the junction-hog and the overlapper who adamantly refuse to give way. Their philosophy of life seems to be Its Either Me or Bust! The ashers represent those who attempt to follow the rules in vain, and get locked out by smug outlaws and thugs. Until a police ocer is deployed to restore sanity (apparently, sanity in Kenya is like data bundles, or electric power charge easily depleted, and possible to replenish), you will sit in your vehicle, on the highway, nowhere near our destination, angry. During football weekends (not local football derbies, mind, but the English Premier League), eating out can be fraught. One chooses a table at the zone of the team one supports, or, failing that, nds a neutral nook to enjoy. Although the spectating is mediated through digital satellite and media systems, the crowd is energetic and vocal, and rivalries intense and personal. Interactions are peppered with vociferous contestations of we/us and you Occasionally, egos are . bruised and, because many followers are male, redress quickly takes the irrational, violent form. We are done. I hope you have enjoyed your afternoon out. What am I on about? Everyday transactions reveal a lot about the national psyche of Kenyans. In situations requiring us to practise borrowed behaviour, we become intractably chaotic and almost self-destructive. Thus, the highway becomes the National Bad Manners Expo, and a game of football thousands of miles away a divisive, threatening aair. When the behaviour on the road and in the sports bar merge, we have a recipe for violent political contests. Our emotional over-investment in these contests makes us irrational and volatile. Our inability to adhere to rules places us directly in the way of conict. Until we begin to follow rules, democracy will always be a dangerous adventure. ericngeno@gmail.com
STRAIGHT TALK | Ahmednasir Abdullahi
Vetting of judges: Successes and failures T

Build on it: The judiciary must build on that and continue a constant internal scrutiny
his past week, the Vetting Board for judges and magistrates rendered its last verdict on four judges of the High Court. This brought to an end the vetting of all judges of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. The vetting has so far removed about 14 judges from the judiciary. The board will shortly start vetting magistrates, and is expected to wind up that exercise by December. With the end of the critical phase of the vetting, it is important to examine the successes, failures and lessons of the exercise. Vetting was a constitutional process designed to reclaim the judiciary and free it from the yoke of a corrupt cabal involving judicial sta, lawyers and the public. The Constitution designed the exercise to bring about a complete rebirth of the judiciary. The important question that needs an answer is whether the vetting has achieved that noble goal. On this aspect, the jury is split. The single most important achievement of the exercise is that it allows the judiciary to move forward. The vetting has, for the rst time, addressed and laid to rest the grievances Kenyans had against the judiciary. Although the process wasnt perfect, it can rightly be claimed that it put the judiciary on a high pedestal, in that all its judges have been vetted on a constitutional criterion and either red or found t. The vetting allows judges found t to hold their heads high, feel rightly vindicated, and ready for the new challenges. The exercise was seen by many observers to have successfully addressed the fears and injustice Kenyans expressed in relation to the Court of Appeal. In removing four senior judges in the court, Kenyans saw the vetting board as having rightly struck down impunity, causes of distress in the court and historic injustices. That set alive the vetting. So in so far as the Court of Appeal is concerned, the vetting board
Causes of distress
scored a very high grade. The High Court process was different. The board adopted a more lenient and relaxed approach. It overlooked many issues of corruption as it relates to members of the court, and gave the benet of doubt to the judges. It wasnt as robust and interrogative as it was with the judges of appeal. It is here that many dangerous culprits were given a second chance in the bench. Lawyers and the Kenyan public were the biggest culprits of the vetting. The process was, in large part, let down by these two groups. Many lawyers refused to come forward against judges against whom they had watertight accusations. Their calculation was to continue their symbiotic relationship once the process comes to an
end. Lawyers pose the greatest threat to judicial reform and will pose great obstacles and challenges in future. The public, on whose behalf and benet the vetting was conceived and carried out, also kept quiet. Here both the perpetrators and victims of corruption and injustice in the judiciary kept their peace instead of coming forward. That was a principal symptom of a Kenyan sickness that accepts corruption in the judiciary as a normal part of our lives.
The board adopted a more lenient and relaxed approach on High Court judges Ahmednasir Abdullahi
But the vetting on the whole is a great success. It must be treasured for its historic lessons. The judiciary must build on that and continue a constant internal process of vetting. The vetting has not addressed corruption in the judiciary at all. However, it is an open secret that corruption is rampant in our courts. The next big challenge is to ght and eradicate it. The Chief Justice must urgently come forward with big ideas, policies and programmes on corruption in the judiciary. The role of lawyers in this enterprise must be addressed too. Ahmednasir Abdullahi is the publisher, Nairobi Law Monthly ahmednasir@yahoo.com
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK | Makau Mutua
Ndemos remarks amount to suppression of free speech

It is not my column that will scare away investors but killings in Tana River, and pre-election violence
hey say that bad habits die hard. Thats what I thought of Information PS Bitange Ndemos rant against me on national TV. He called me unpatriotic and labelled as garbage my Sunday Nation column. He lumped me with hate mongers in the blogosphere. Then he called my column trash (Makau can do better than prophesying doom, Sunday Nation, January 13, 2013). I thought defamation and suppression of free speech. On TV, the celebrated bureaucrat was anked by Deputy Police Spokesman Charles Owino and National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairperson Mzalendo Kibunjia. The three spat re and vowed to arrest and prosecute hate-speakers When did Dr Ndemo become . a cop? We are headed down the cli when State agents decide who is and isnt patriotic. But Dr Ndemos TV rant begs more questions than it answers. Why, for example, did he single me out? What in my column could specically be classied in law as hate speech? Was Dr Ndemo speaking for himself, or was he a mouthpiece for someone else? What did he seek to achieve by telling Kenyans that I wasnt a patriot? Then I asked myself this question is the Kanu-era really over if a senior ocial can attack a scholar the way Dr Ndemo did? But I was also struck by another thing. Dr Ndemo was largely discombobulated during his rant. Was his conscience gnawing at him? Did he get a visit from devils and dark forces? Dr Ndemo seems to have been particularly riled by my column (Why loser of March election may not concede, Sunday Nation, January 6, 2013). He charged that as a distinguished Kenyan I was scaring away investors. I thought what I wrote was plainly clear to every honest thinker. How does shooting the messenger kill the message? I noticed that Dr Ndemo didnt actually make a counter-argument. He didnt say that my analysis was wrong. But he thought it should be suppressed because although correct it would scare investors away. Dr Ndemo would rather impose censorship than speak truth to power. He wants Kenya to be Orwellian conceal the truth through propaganda, misinformation, manipulation and surveillance. Dr Ndemos attack on me was nothing short of an attempt to overthrow the new Constitution. He seems to think that anything he disagrees with is hate speech . What he doesnt know is that free speech is one of the key pillars virtues in the Constitution. Thats why free speech trumps hate speech in the Constitution. The bar to prove hate speech is so high that its not easy to do so. Thats because censorship under any pretence hate speech, or national security is the biggest threat to democracy. Its why the benet goes to the speaker when theres a tie with the censor, or the State. Dr Ndemo shouldnt take us back to the dark days of Kanu. Dr Ndemo took issue with me for discrediting the IEBC. When I pushed him on Twitter, he argued that the 2008 postelection violence started with discrediting ECK. Dr Ndemo, a scholar, ought to know better, and I told him so. The 2008 mayhem occurred because the ECK couldnt, or wouldnt, stop ballot stung, vote-stealing, and voodoo math in vote counting. Perhaps Dr Ndemo should re-read the Kriegler report. Things at the ECK got so bad that ECK chair Samuel Kivuitu declared that he didnt know who had won the election. In my column, I simply warned that the bungling IEBC could swoon under the weight of a contested election. I expected Dr Ndemo to agree that wasnt rocket science. The timing of Dr Ndemos attack is curious. It wasnt clear he was accusing me of hate speech. If so, why only mention me by name while identifying hate blogs? His attack seems part of a larger political campaign to discredit and silence me and other human rights defenders. It reminded me of an absurd and Machiavellian attempt by the CID to investigate me for allegedly tampering with ICC witnesses. Then, as now, the focus was my Sunday Nation column. Im sure there are some who would like nothing more than to see my Sunday Nation column terminated. Its quite clear that the column is a source of angst for some, but a welcome contribution to many. I dont deny that theres hate speech, and that its extremely dangerous in an ethnically polarised society like Kenya. This is more so during elections. Hate speakers, including virulent bloggers, must be tracked down and prosecuted. But thats easier said than done. Nor should anti-hate speech campaigns be used to silence opponents or proponents of certain politicians or political groups. But I am clear that politicians are the worst hate speech oenders. Not only do they organise by stoking tribal hatred, they do so in the open market place. Dr Ndemo and his hate speech police should go after politicians before expending scarce resources trawling Facebook and Twitter. Dr Ndemo apparently classies as hate speech anything he disagrees with. The PS must be honest to himself. Its not my column opposing impunity or warning Kenyans about the dire consequences of making unwise political decisions that will harm investment. Prof Joel D. Barkan, a renowned American Kenyanologist, has made similar predictions on the website of the inuential Council on Foreign Relations in New York http://www.cfr.org/kenya/electoral-violence-kenya/p29761. Dr Ndemo should cheer me on, and worry more about the eect on investors of the International Criminal Court cases, killings in Tana River, and pre-election violence. Gagging me would only kill free speech, the pivot of democracy. Makau Mutua is Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor at SUNY Bualo Law School and chair of the KHRC. Twitter @makaumutua
Dont gag: Gagging me would only kill free speech, the pivot of democracy
Conceal truth
Dr Ndemo would rather impose censorship than speak truth to power. He wants Kenya to be Orwellian
Makau Mutua
Machiavellian attempt
SECOND THOUGHT | Mukhisa Kituyi
Legitimacy of General Election eroded before voting day T

We have seen the battles for the souls of Kenyans played out in crude nomination failures
Drama:
he past week has been dominated by the debacle of political party nominations. Every media house has rolled out in great detail the thrills and spills that add both colour and cast a long shadow on our system of choosing leaders. Many comments will continue to be made on how under-developed our parties are. Leaders who have appeared to benet from the chaos have been roundly condemned as enemies of the system we have all aspired to deepen. There is something depressing about the drama we have enjoyed watching or been hurt by depending on which side of the combat we found ourselves on. Yet in all the colourful theatrics and outrageous dishonesty, a simple condemnation of the parties may miss part of the fundamental challenge. I watched the early reporting of the nominations from the comfort of a hotel bar, sandwiched by a well travelled South African and a member of the 10th Parliament. The excited Kenyan politician saw the unfolding drama as conrmation of what retired President Moi repeated to us all; that Kenyans are not ready for democracy. The South African kept quiet through it all. When the next item was the battles in northern Mali, he turned to us and said: There. Those are the Africans who are not ready for democracy. Do not ignore the signicance of your people turning out in such numbers to express their preference. When you look at it, our people are a highly participatory lot. We must learn how not to destroy this public spiritedness by either sabotaging their will or misdirecting their energies. The fact that chaos touched virtually all parties raised one question to me: Is this a aw of leadership or a systemic problem? If a teacher sets an examination and virtually all the pupils fail, we must start asking whether the blame is not shared between pupil and teacher. In our zeal to transform governance, we created laws and rules which increase popular participation at all levels of politics in an abstract way. For some reason we appear to assume that the more open and competitive a nomination system, the more we will throw up good leaders. This thinking is encoded in the laws governing political parties and how they should conduct their business. A blossoming appetite for inclusivity led to the creation of a labyrinth of rules without any anticipation that participation must be managed. We assumed that parties without a history and organisational muscle could be created and, once registered, evolve the capacity to run what in reality is a general election weeks before our national elections. Looking at these laws, a foreigner would not believe that they were written by politicians. But they were. I have argued before that the 10th Parliament was not always in charge of what it was doing. We are witnessing some of the consequences of this. Parties have meekly submitted to rigid rituals whose value is questionable and whose outcome was always destined to be heartbreaking for many. When a large section of the electorate is carried through a practice awed by institutional weakness and worsened by raw atavistic pursuit of power by candidates, two things will happen. First, the legitimacy of the main election is fundamentally eroded before voting day. Second, the public is fatigued by rituals which brought the crescendo too early in the script. Turnout at the main election may be hurt in some areas. Political parties must be encouraged to evolve in the direction of a more democratic and open system. But history has no precedents where this is written into prescriptive law. The law should not have the eect of crippling parties before their main function: competing with each other for power. Good candidate selection is supposed to strengthen parties for competition. Imposed rituals of selecting candidates are doing the opposite. Weakening, stalking res of dissent, opening the oodgates for departure and making parties look ugly, all at the very worst time possible.
The 10th Parliament was not always in charge of what it was doing. We are witnessing some of the consequences of this
Dr Kituyi
Back to the Sahel. The events unfolding in Mali are very instructive. A few years ago, this land was getting praised for deepening democracy. It received high marks on governance. The US graduated them to the Millennium Challenge Account, a governancebased grant award programme, ahead of Kenya. Yet all seems to have gone wrong. We have seen the drama of battles for the souls of Kenyans played out in crude nomination failures while systemic failure threatened the very survival of Mali as alien groups battled out their old wars on a new soil. It reminds us of how fragile our transitions are when planted in thin soils of well meaning laws and pocket parties which will be as democratic as they can be so long as they do not invert the pecking order of the elite owners. But it is also reassuring as we play out our frustrations with fisticuffs on the voting queue rather than with rocket propelled grenades across some desert. Dr Mukhisa Kituyi is a director at the Kenya Institute of Governance mukhisakituyi@yahoo.com
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ELECTIONS | Only two female candidates have set their sights on the governorship
Outgoing women MPs win party tickets

Ngilu and Ongoro the only ones from the 10th Parliament seeking senatorial position
BY NJERI RUGENE
nrugene@ke.nationmedia.com CANDIDATES
AND BILLY MUIRURI

bmuiruri@ke.nationmedia
The faces on the ballot on March 4
majority of the 16 outgoing women MPs managed to clinch their parties tickets. The few women who were eyeing key elective positions of governorship and Parliament lost to their male opponents while ve of the elected outgoing women got a nod to defend their seats. Four-time Gichugu MP Martha Karua is the only female MP who will be on the presidential ballot. Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi was one of the few women MPs who fought o competition from their male rivals to win tickets to defend their seats. Sotik MP Joyce Laboso easily won the URP ticket to seek a second term in Parliament. The former university lecturer was an active and eloquent member of the 10th Parliament where she served as a Temporary Speaker. In Runyenjes, assistant minister Cecily Mbarire is now set to seek a third term in Parliament after clinching the TNA ticket for the seat. The youthful MP rst made it to the House as a nominated MP. Ms Mbarire seemed to have beneted hugely from a political deal between her and her nemesis
Martha Karua: Presidency
Esther Murugi: MP
Joyce Laboso: MP
Cecily Mbarire: MP
Jebii Kilimo: MP
Wavinya Ndeti: Governor
Margaret Kamar: Governor
Naomi Shaban: MP
Nyaga Wambora whom she beat in 2007. In the deal which also looped in former Cabinet minister Njeru Ndwiga saw Mr Wambora run for Embu governorship and the later for senate. Both men also won the TNA ticket. In Bomet, assistant minister Beatrice Kones lost the bid to defend her seat on a URP ticket while a similar fate befell her colleague Eldoret East Peris Simam. Ms Kones garnered 5,691 against her rival Bernard Bett who polled 21,764. However, her son Nixon Korir will be running for the Langata parliamentary seat on a URP ticket. Marakwet East MP Jebii Kilimo will be defending her seat for the third time on a TNA ticket where she will lock horns with the URP candidate. In North Eastern, former
ODM nominated MP Sophia Abdio Noor has entered elective politics and will be seeking the Ijara parliamentary seat on a URP ticket. Mrs Abdi, a women and children rights crusader, is the only woman running for a constituency seat in North Eastern region. The seat was held by Defence minister Haji who will be running for the Garissa senate seat on a TNA ticket. Another outgoing ODM nominated MP Millie Odhiambo was in the race to become the
The number of outgoing women MPs who got the nod to defend their seats
partys agbearer for Mbita. The results were not yet declared by the time of going to press. Only two outgoing women MPs have set their sights on the governorship. Kathiani MP Wavinya Ndeti is running for the Machakos gubernatorial seat on a Chama cha Uzalendo (CCU) ticket and is expected to give the Wiper Democratic Movement choice, Dr Alfred Mutua, a run for his money. Higher Education minister and Eldoret East MP Margaret Kamar is pitted against URPs Jackson Mandago for the governorship of Uasin Gishu County. Her Agriculture counterpart Dr Sally Kosgey has the ODM nod to defend her Aldai seat. Former Sports minister Prof Hellen Sambili got the Kanu ticket to defend her Mogotio seat.
At the Coast, Gender minister Naomi Shaban will be defending her Taveta seat on a TNA ticket while former Wipers nominated MP Shakila Abdala will be seeking the Women Representatives seat in Lamu. Former nominated MPs Rachel Shebesh and Maison Leshoomo successfully sought the TNA ticket to run for the Women Representative seat in Nairobi and Samburu counties respectively. Ms Amina Abdalla who has served for two terms as a Kanu nominated MP is not seeking any elective seat. It was not clear if Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru who was disqualified by her ODM party from seeking the Nairobi governorship will accept an oer to run for Women Representative seat whose ticket was yet to be given out by last evening. Narc leader Chality Ngilu and the outgoing Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro are the only women from the 10th Parliament to get the nod to run for senate. Mrs Ngilu will face Wiper chairman David Musila for the Kitui seat in a race expected to be gruelling. Ms Ongoro has a ght on her hands for the Nairobi senate battle against controversial outgoing Makadara MP Mike Mbuvi, UDFs Stanley Livondo and Ms Millicent Omanga of URP.
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CAMPAIGNS | Coalitions return to campaigning to forestall fallout after shambolic party nominations
Cord, Amani resume battle for Western

Nothing is being left to chance as alliances target every vote in region
BY BENSON AMADALA
bamadala@ke.nationmedia.com ord and Amani will be opening a fresh battleground in their campaigns for elective oce in the four counties in western Kenya just days after going through a rough patch in the nominations of candidates for ve dierent positions. Still smarting from the headache of disputed party primaries, the coalitions are back to the drawing board to try and mend cracks that could undermine their support in key strongholds in the region. In the last two days, the two teams have been grappling with a litany of complaints from aspirants and their supporters unhappy with the conduct of the nominations. A number of aspirants from parties associated with the coalitions have already switched camps protesting what they termed as bungled nominations. Aspirants have faulted the exercise, and the setback has dampened the euphoric mood among supporters in the region. In Vihiga County, the home turf of the Amani coalitions presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi, the
battle for the governors position has produced a surprise candidate after the familiar names, including a former permanent secretary Mr Gaylord Avedi, fell by the way side in the contest. A newcomer to the Vihiga political scene, Mr Jairus Amayi clinched the UDF ticket for the seat. Mr Ken Butiko of ODM will be challenging Mr Amayi for the governorship. Assistant minister George Khaniri ran unopposed for the Senate seat, making him a strong contender for the position considering the support UDF enjoys in Vihiga. Mr Mudavadi and the UDF team have intensied campaigns in their backyard in a strategy meant to prevent the Cord from winning seats in the county. Cord includes ODM of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Wiper Democratic Movement of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Ford Kenya lead by Trade minister Moses Wetangula and has been locked in tough battles for votes in Western Province. Leaders in the Amani coalition, which brings together UDF, Kanu, National Vision Party and New Ford Kenya of Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa, have been buoyed by the support Mr Mudavadis presidential bid has received in the region. Kakamega County is another voterich region closely contested by the
Mr Boni Khalwale (left) takes part in a jig at a rally two weeks ago. The Senate candidate has become a valued asset in Amani coalitions campaigns in western.
coalitions as campaigning enters the homestretch. Former Ikolomani MP Boni Khalwale clinched the UDF ticket for the Senate unopposed. Mr Khalwale and Housing minister Soita Shitanda are key supporters of Mr Mudavadi and have been leading campaigns in the populous county with 568,813 registered voters. But Mr Shitanda, who is eyeing the governors position, suered a setback in his campaign when UDF blocked his bid after the Commission for Higher Education rejected his degree certicates, saying they were not from an accredited institution. Mr Shitanda then decamped to New Ford Kenya and got the nomination. Former Provincial Commissioner Paul Olando was cleared to contest the governorship on the UDF ticket. Mr Olando, unlike Mr Shitanda, is reserved and has not featured prominently in the UDF campaigns for Mr Mudavadi. The absence of Mr Shitanda from Mr Mudavadis campaign itinerary could impact negatively on the Deputy Prime Ministers hunt for votes in Kakamega since the former Malava MP has gained popularity among cane growers for his vocal campaigns on issues aecting the sugar industry. Sugarcane is a leading cash crop in the county and growers in the sugar zones form a critical voting bloc that could tip the vote one way or the other. Mr Shitanda has been campaigning to ensure the Amani coalition clinches votes from sugarcane growing zones. Planning minister Wycliffe Oparanya is the man to watch in ODM after he put up a strong showing in the nominations and clinched the party ticket by a huge margin, dwarng his closest opponent, Dr Simbauni Ndombi, the son of a former trade unionist, Mr Wasike Ndombi. ODM will be counting on Mr Oparanya to deliver crucial votes from Mumias, Matungu, Butere and Khwisero where it enjoys support. The minister has emerged as the pointman for the Orange party in Kakamega since Mr Mudavadi quit the party last year. Prof Shanyisa Khasiani got the ODM nomination to contest the Senate position without having to
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put up a fight. She said she was condent of victory. The don, a political newcomer in Kakamega, is expected to help the Orange party win support from the large voting bloc of women and youth in the county. I want to tell my supporters that I will not let them down since Im prepared to campaign aggressively to ensure ODM clinches the seat, said Prof Khasiani when she was cleared to contest. The entry of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo into the Senate contest is seen as a Cord strategy (of which his Federal Party of Kenya is a member) to reduce Dr Khalwales chances in the race. Mr Jirongo is considered an aggressive campaigner with the resources to pull off high profile campaigns to keep the Bull Fighter in check. But it remains to be seen whether the entry of Mr Jirongo in the Cord coalition will help turn around the fortunes for Mr Odingas presidential bid as he desperately tries to win back support from Kakamega before the March 4 polls. In Bungoma, an intense battle is shaping up between Cord and Amani as the rival alliances seek to consolidate their support. The coalitions are eyeing Bungomas 411,981 votes considered crucial in boosting chances for both Mr Odinga and Mr Mudavadi.
1,400,000
The estimated number of registered voters in Western region according to the IEBC.
The Cord onslaught in Bungoma is being led by Mr Wetangula who is contesting the Senate seat on his partys ticket and is the man the Cord alliance is banking on to galvanise the regions vote and hand Mr Odinga victory in the county. Meanwhile, Mr Wamalwa is leading the campaign to ensure voters in the region vote for the Deputy Prime Minister as a bloc. Former Cabinet minister Mukhisa Kituyi will face Mr Wetangula in the battle for Senate and is also expected to use his inuence to persuade the Bukusu community to back Mr Mudavadi. Former Cabinet minister Musikari Kombo who has picked the New Ford Kenya ticket and former MP Lawrence Sifuna of URP will also be in the Senate race. The governors position has attracted assistant minister Alfred Khangati of ODM, another pointman for the Cord coalition in Bungoma, and former Permanent Secretary Ken Lusaka on New Ford Kenya ticket. A former Commissioner with the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya Jack Tumwa will be battling for the governorship on a Ford-Kenya ticket. In Busia County, former Attorney General Amos Wako is in the race for the Senate on an ODM ticket and has stepped up campaigning to give the Cord alliance an edge over their opponents in a region that appears to lean towards the alliance with Amani battling for the spoils. Former MPs from the county have remained steadfast in their support of the Prime Minster.
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (IEBC)

POLITICAL PARTIES DISPUTES RESOLUTION AND SUBMISSION OF POLITICAL PARTIES NOMINEES TO IEBC
Further to the General Elections Guidelines given in the Kenya Gazette Vol. CXIV- No. 132 of 28th December 2012, the Commission hereby gives direction on the matter. Your attention is specifically drawn to Paragraph C of the said Notice that disputes relating to or arising from nomination shall be determined within seven days of the lodging of the dispute with the Commission. The Commission hereby informs political parties and the public in general that all disputes arising from the party nominations must be lodged, heard and concluded through political parties disputes resolution mechanisms as provided in their respective party constitutions within a period of three days from 19th - 21st January 2013. Any aggrieved contestant may lodge a complaint with the Commission on the 22nd January 2013 latest 5 p.m. by filling the prescribed form provided for in the Gazetted Elections Rules and Procedures. Prior to lodging the complaint, the contestant/party must have exhausted all Political Party internal disputes resolution mechanisms as provided in the respective political parties Constitutions and the nomination rules. The Commission will adjudicate and determine on all such disputes by 25th January 2013. All political parties must submit their final list of the nominees to the Chairperson of the Commission at IEBC Headquarters, 6th floor Anniversary Towers, Nairobi by 5 p.m. on 21st January 2013. Former AttorneyGeneral Amos Wako rooting for Cord in Busia
Critical bloc
Justice minister Eugene Walwa is in Mr Mudavadis alliance
AHMED ISSACK HASSAN, EBS CHAIRPERSON INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (IEBC)
Ford-K leader Moses Wetangula leading Cord campaigns
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KISII COUNTY| ODM banking on a seat-sharing formula
Politicians strategy to win March 4 polls

Ongeri plotting to help Jubilee take the county despite Cords popular plan
BY JACKLINE MORAA
newdesk@ke.nationmedia.com fter helping secure nominations for key aspirants in the ODM primaries in Kisii, a powersharing formula by party leaders is set for a major test in the March elections. The Jubilee coalition pointman, Prof Sam Ongeri, is also said to be working on a formula to counter the ODM deal, which saw its aspirants easily clinch the party ticket across the county. According to the ODMs formula, the Senate seat was assigned to Bobasi constituency, gubernatorial to Kitutu Chache, womens representative to Bonchari and County Speaker to Nyaribari. Gucha district got the slot of Deputy Governor. Public Works minister Chris Obure (Bobasi) and Prime Minister Raila Odingas pointman got a direct nomination to contest the Kisii Senate seat. Former PS James Ongwae beat former Bomachoge MP Ferdinand Obure for the gubernatorial post. Mr Ongwae had it easier after one of his competitors, Foreign Affairs assistant minister Richard Onyonka, dropped out of the race in his favour. Mrs Mary Otara (Bonchari) was cleared to vie for the womens representatives seat. Prof Ongeri (Nyaribari Masaba) is eyeing the Senate seat on a TNA ticket while Mr Justry Patrick Lumumba is seeking the gubernatorial seat. Jubilee is banking on former Ford People MPs to deliver the community vote. But this may not tilt the scales given that the partys top leadership is divided over which coalition to support. According to Mr Albert Nyaundi, Ford Peoples national organising secretary, the party is not backing any presidential aspirant. We never entered into any political arrangement with either Cord or Jubilee, he said. But there are indications that most of the party leaders in the region are leaning towards Cord. Mr Obure is condent that their formula will deliver victory on election day, arguing that it accommodates clan interests, an important factor in local politics. We wanted to avoid a scenario where one clan would bag more than one seat because of its numbers,
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leaving out marginalised clans, said Mr Obure. He also said that the formula has stemmed clan rivalry and possible fallouts. This was evident during a recent meeting between the Bobasi and Bomachoge constituents who vowed to work together. But Mr David Omato, a university lecturer, disagrees with the calculations by the parties, saying the politicians ignored the interests of voters. The candidates may be perceived as strong, but they may not be true representatives of the people. My worry is how the voter was involved, he said. Mr Omato further said that voters have the nal say despite the fact that they are not consulted in boardrooms where such sharing formulas are drawn. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Omingo Magara said the people of Kisii cannot be tied to any political party. Mr Magara, who is hoping to represent the county in the Senate, said politicians are distributing seats among friends for fear of competition. They have been wishing others out by zoning and allocating seats to eliminate us, he said. Mr Ongwae now faces Mr Peter Ndemo (Ford People), Prof Zaddock Ogutu (UDF) and Mr Shem Machoka (KSC). Ms Otara, Ms Jane Matoke (Ford People) and Ms Fontina Obare (Narc-K) are in the race for womens representative. Mr Omato said that in areas where aspirants feel shortchanged or unfairly locked out by the formula, the losers may join the opposition to settle political scores. This could give candidates in small parties who have not entered into such formulas a chance to sail through. The lecturer says both Jubilee and Cord primaries were a mockery of democracy and a sham. They showed that our democracy has not matured, he said.
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REALIGNMENTS | Shahbal decamps to Wiper leaving UDF without a gubernatorial aspirant and kingpin to coordinate aairs
Coast bedfellows mark battle lines

Stakes are high as rival camps within Cord alliance set to ght it out with Jubilee in Mombasa
BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA
mmwajefa@ke.nationmedia.com rregularities and cheating claims aside, the stage is set for erce battles pitting strange bedfellows in the Coast region ahead of the March 4 General Election. The highly anticipated ODM nomination battle between outgoing Changamwe MP Ramadhan Kajembe and former human rights activist Hassan Omar turned out to be an anti-climax after the latter jumped ship to Wiper Party at the eleventh hour. Mr Omar said he could not participate in an exercise that was riddled with thuggery, bribery and manipulation noting that his move was a tactical retreat. It is in the interest of ODM party, it is in the interest of our presidential candidate Raila Odinga that I bowed out to preserve the integrity of the party, he said during a press conference at his Kizingo secretariat oce. In Mombasa, the battle lines are drawn with Mr Omar ganging up with Wipers Suleiman Shahbal, Nyali parliamentary aspirant Hezron Awiti Bolo and several other aspirants to form a rival camp within the Cord alliance. This creates two camps one led by outgoing Kisauni MP Hassan Joho and Mr Kajembe and the other led by Mr Shahbal and Mr Omar will face it o with the Najib Balala-Ibrahim Khamis Babangida (RC) axis and Abdallah Mwaruwa (TNA) for the gubernatorial and senatorial seats. Mr Kajembe said that the moving of Mr Omar to Wiper was a sign that the latter was afraid of facing him in the nominations. He knows that I am popular having served 15 years as councillor and 15 years as MP, said Mr Kajembe. The decamping of Shahbal to Wiper Party has left Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadis UDF party without a gubernatorial aspirant and coastal kingpin to coordinate its aairs. UDF does not have gubernatorial aspirants in Mombasa, Kili, Taita Taveta, Tana River and no candidate for senator in Kwale, Taita Taveta and Tana River. In Taita Taveta County, two women losers for governor and senator seats former Central Bank of Kenya Jacinta Mwatela and former Kenya envoy in Japan Esther Tolle have called on the ODM party to nullify the results. Speaking in a phone interview, Mrs Mwatela said she had quit the party because her conscience could not accept a awed process.
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Hassan Dukicha and Bakero Tuma garnered the UDF ticket for Galole and Garsen parliamentary seats respectively. Kwale County saw Environment minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere scoop the URP ticket to contest against former Matuga MP Boy Juma Boy (ODM) and former permanent secretary Kombo Mwero (KNC). For the gubernatorial seat, former Kinango MP Simon Mkala (UDF) will ght it out with the immediate former Forestry PS Mohamed Mwachai (KNC) and Plan International regional coordinator Salim Mvurya (ODM). In Lamu, the battle will be between TNA team led by the outgoing MPs Fahim Twaha (governor) and Abu Chaiba (senator) against UDF force of former National Museums of Kenya chairman Issa Timmamy (governor) and Hassan Albeity (senator). But ODM Seif Sheyumbe for senator may spoil the party. However, contacted for comment over the coalitions and party nominations, a USIU lecturer Prof Ngure wa Mwachofi expressed disappointment that it was the parties and not the people who choose the March 4 aspirants. Throughout the entire region, crooked aspirants won the day as malpractices made nonsense of the spirit of the new Constitution as old guard used tired tactics to be on the ballot paper, he said on a phone interview.
Line-ups
A police ocer calms voters who turned up for ODM primaries at the World Bank Primary School in Mombasa on Thursday.
Ms Tolle warned that the party would have an uphill task to sell itself to supporters and voters who were bitter over the way the primaries were conducted in the county. But Tourism minister Dan Mwazo who bagged the senatorial ticket told o critics of the process saying if they thought it was defective, they should have opted out rather than participate in it. In Kili County, former Cabinet minister and son of the late Ronald Ngala, Katana was oored by retired Justice Stewart Madzayo for the senatorial seat but cried foul over the process. This leaves Fisheries minister Amason Kingi (governor), Madzayo and Ester Kache (women representative) to lead the battle for the Cord coalition against Immigration assistant minister Francis Baya and his Jubilee team. Apart from UDFs Joseph Katana for senator, they will have to hold their horses to know their rivals once other parties conrm their ag bearers before tomorrows deadline. Outgoing Garsen MP Danson Mungatana bagged the TNA ticket for governors seat unopposed while
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It is in the interest of our presidential candidate Raila Odinga that I bowed out to preserve the integrity of the party
Hassan Omar
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COMMENTARY | Ngari Gituku
Of course Kenya is bigger than poll winners and losers

Nothing should be hoisted above the greater interests of the country
nless the end of the world is scheduled to take place on or before March 4, 2013, nothing else should be allowed to lead to the uprooting of Kenya from Space. Neither the protestations of losers nor the merry-making by winners of the forthcoming elections should be allowed to stop Kenyas clock for a second. And any display of unfounded protesting or revelry by political camps must be stopped from returning Kenya to the brink of an apocalypse come March 5. The dreary but man-made dooms-day cult atmosphere being forced onto our political scene by politicians seems to suggest that Kenya will explode into a huge ball of re if one camp wins and the others lose. The folly of this mindset is that in any contest there must be winners and losers anyway. Commonsense should dictate that winning and losing are two sides of the same coin.
The reason the end of political contests turns ugly is all about lies peddled about illusory gains lined up for grabs for the supporters of a party or a politician. Yet , oftentimes, when wananchi join political contests, they hardly acknowledge that besides having the power to hire and fire politicians they are mostly reduced to bystanders in duels that hand them very little in return. The same gullible hoi polloi get duped into lighting bonres and erecting roadblocks all over. The 2007/8 post-election mayhem should have taught us that it is dangerous to elevate partisan political interests whether expressed by individual politicians or political parties above the more supreme interests of the nation. Whoever could be leading Kenyans down the same cursed path the last election culminated in is not worth the political position he or she is seeking. But why, pray, do we so easily agree to be blindfolded by political competitors? There must be numerous reasons for this but ve, for me, seem real
REASONS
Why we are so gullible

We seem to believe that losing an election is a matter of life and death. It is not. Ours is predatory politics primarily driven by selfinterest. None of us is immortal and the country must outlive all of us. The talk about being in government is a sick fallacy. It cannot be the duty of future generations to clean our messes of today.
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Two, we dont realise that ours is predatory politics. So just like in the jungle where the highlight of the hyenas triumph is in snatching of a piece of bone from a lion, so is our political culture. And assuming the rest of the country is the gazelle that the lion is making dinner out of, there is really nothing at all for the gazelle whose time has not yet come to celebrate on account of the presumed victory of a scavenger. Forgetting that our politics is primarily driven by self interest is essentially forgetting that wananchi should never peg their hopes for the future on the sweet nothings promised from campaign rostrums. Instead, wananchi should be more concerned with what, for instance, Vision 2030 or the new Constitution and not on politicians theatrics or empty promises can do for them. Three, none of us is immortal and one day the country we are so ready to burn will belong to our progeny. Therefore, should Kenya survive till, say, 2078, it will still have politicians. And guess what? None of them is born yet but whoever
Sweet nothings promised
Commonsense should dictate that winning and losing are two sides of the same coin
Ngari Gituku
losers, it is immaturity or greed or lies that can make losing fatal. Put otherwise, it is outright silly to make big business out of losing or winning an election.
in our situation. One, we seem to literally believe that an election is a matter of life and death. While the taunting of winners in a political contest can irritate
they will be, they will need the space we call Kenya to practise their trade. So behaving as if Kenya should evaporate if camp A losses to camp B on March 4 is wilful idiocy. Four, we believe the lie that there is something real for many of us in the so-called being in government. This is a sick fallacy. The truth is that only a handful of political supporters end up seeing the real inside of the government. A few wheeler-dealers may take occasional peeps through the perimeter fence but that is the closest they can get. Five, we wrongly tend to believe that our messes of today will be cleaned by the generations to follow. There are no guarantees that after a ve-year cycle culture of razing down buildings, uprooting railway-lines, maiming and even killing our competitors, we can simply say abracadabra and voila!... Every mess is xed pronto. Nothing should be hoisted above the greater interests of Kenya. Not even political duels, whoever the kingpins are. Mr Ngari Gituku is a communications consultant ngari.gituku@gmail.com
ANALYSIS | Samuel Siringi
Politicians need to back promises with plans

ne of the most astonishing things about the current political campaigns is the utter incompetence with which teams are dealing with the most serious issues aicting our country. With 43 days left before Kenyans vote in the March 4 General Election, hardly any political alliance or party can claim to be running an issuebased campaign. Instead, most politicians have elected to spew populist verbiage, much of which borders on character assassination. And where they hint at a solid issue, they only scratch its surface, leaving the public more confused. This week for instance, Kalonzo Musyoka, the Coalition for Reform and Democracys candidate for running mate when campaigning in Garissa, promised that his alliance with presidential candidate Raila Odinga would ght poverty should it form the next government. Although the promise sounded good given that nearly half of Kenyans live below the poverty line, Mr Musyoka did not explain measures the coalition would take to turn the situation around. The ght against poverty is not easy and will take years of
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The 12 issues to focus on: job creation food security healthcare education energy water and environment social protection public infrastructure national security and foreign policy boosting exports devolution ethnicity.
Party policies and development agenda should be addressed at political rallies, not just party manifestos
Dr Siringi
Aspiring leaders must show wananchi what they will do when they rise to power
Campaign:
Fight poverty
very eective action to reduce, particularly in a country where the population is rising by a million people a year.
In claiming to have a solution to this issue, therefore, politicians could be expected to outline a step-by-step plan regarding
the income and expenditure scenarios, for example, that would enable more Kenyans to move out of poverty. This could include measures such as increasing the supply of cheap credit and access to higher and quality education. The Jubilee coalition, on its part, this week promised to roll out a universal health insurance scheme within the rst 100 days of assuming oce. During a visit to Ukambani, the coalitions candidate for running mate William Ruto and Narc leader Charity Ngilu (pictured) accused President Kibaki of rejecting the controversial National Social Health Insurance Bill in 2004 which, they claimed, would have reduced health care costs. The Bill was mooted by Mrs Ngilu in 2004 when she was Health minister. What the duo failed to mention
was that the President had convincing reasons for rejecting the Bill, which included a lack of tenable options for nancing the programme. They did not tell Kenyans where, and how, they would raise the money to fund the scheme in just 100 days. Mr Ruto, who prides himself as being the man of kusema na kutenda, should also have explained how he would transform Ukambani into an agriculturally rich zone as he promised during the rally. And in Narok, Amani presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi pledged that his government would protect community land owned by pastoralist communities. Protect it from whom? At best, the statement sounds divisive and separatist. Such examples from this weeks campaigns should serve to sound the alarm that they are tending towards the cheap. Politicians must do their homework, synthesise their promises and convincingly show wananchi what they will do should they rise to power. They cannot continue just reciting a litany of the problems Kenyans face. Dr Siringi is an editor with the Nation
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PRIMARIES | ODM party leader Raila Odinga chooses not to discuss the shambolic nominations even as supporters of former
Waititu silences opponents as queries

INVESTOR FEARS TRIPLE CHALLENGE RARE CONTEST
Doubts raised over candidates appeal
TNA hopefuls team up in bid for Nairobi

TNAs Ferdinand Waititu, Mike Sonko and Rachel Shebesh have combined forces and launched a united campaign for the Nairobi governor, senator and womens representative seats. The three, who have won their party nominations, have been criss-crossing the city and outlining their plans as a team. When Ms Shebesh joined TNA in September last year, Mr Sonko said she would help them strategise on how to popularise the party in Nairobi. She is an asset to the party, and some of us who were close to her when she was in ODM have worked hard to bring her on board. Now TNA is becoming stronger, he said. The former nominated MP ditched Prime Minister Raila Odinga ODM for Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyattas party. She had hitherto been a vocal supporter of Mr Odinga. On their billboards across the city, the three aspirants, who have dubbed themselves the peoples servants, have gone a step further and given themselves nicknames they hope will resonate with the electorate. Mr Waititu is Baba Yao, Mr Sonko is A Man of the People, while Ms Shebesh is Manzi wa Naii.
Wambui wins Othaya seat
TNA gubernatorial candidate Ferdinand Waititu addresses supporters at Njiru Primary School. His critics have questioned whether he can win against ODMs Evans Kidero.
JENNIFER MUIRURI | NATION
The National Alliance yesterday found itself at a crossroads over the outcome of the Nairobi gubernatorial race after a section of party members questioned whether former Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu could defeat ODMs candidate, Dr Evans Kidero. Mr Waititu defeated investment banker Jimnah Mbaru to clinch the TNA nomination. The former MPs staunch supporters said they were certain Mr Waititu would win more people to his side. Those opposed to Mr Waititu should know he is not a candidate of his community, but of a certain class of people the low income earners across the board, said Mr Francis Macharia, the secretary of the Muthurwa Market Sacco Ltd. Chairman of the Nairobi Central Business District Association Timothy Muriuki, who had stepped down for Mr Mbaru, said: We were looking at a person with a record that can transform the city for all cadres of Nairobians ... TNA has about 900,000 members. Less than 15 per cent of them participated, he said.
Businesswoman Mary Wambui holds up her certicate after she won the TNA nomination for Othayas parliamentary seat, defeating Mr Gichuki Mugambi, whom Jimmy Kibaki had said was his fathers choice of successor.
Businesswoman Mary Wambui clinched the TNA Othaya parliamentary ticket after a bruising contest with Othaya Development Authority chairman Gichuki Mugambi. Ms Wambui garnered 13,050 votes against Mr Gichukis 10,080 in nominations whose nal tally was announced yesterday morning. The campaigns that have electried the Othaya political scene in ways not seen in the last 34 years that President Kibaki was the area MP were dominated by the apparent preference of Mr Mugambi by the First Family. President Kibakis son, Mr Jimmy Kibaki, told Othaya residents on December 23 that his father had endorsed Mr Mugambi for the Othaya MPs seat. Jimmy said that he had sat with the President and TNA leader Uhuru Kenyatta, and Mr Kibaki had told them that his choice for successor was Mr Mugambi.
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One of the billboards campaigning for TNAs Nairobi aspirants for governor, senator and womens representative, respectively, on Thika Road.
BONIFACE MWANGI | NATION
Raila steers clear of talk on chaotic primaries in Kericho tour

Prime Minister Raila Odinga yesterday steered clear of the controversial ODM nominations as he campaigned in Kericho County, only saying that voters had made their decision. The PM said the exercise marked a new dawn for the country and that he would work with the chosen leaders to form a formidable team The people have spoken through the nominations, and with it they are ready to usher in a new dawn, Mr Odinga said. Speaking at the Kericho Green Stadium, the PM expressed confidence that his alliance would form the next government. He also hit out at those asking him to retire with President Kibaki, saying he still had a lot to oer the country. I was not able to implement my policies in 2007, but if you vote for me, I will implement them and bring change to the country, he said. Mr Odinga again reiterated that he would work to bring the ICC cases back to the country so as to ensure peace. Mr Odinga noted that the youth and women enterprise funds, which had been expected to help tackle rising poverty in the country, had not met their objectives and promised that a Cord government would come up with new programmes that would deliver better results. The PM extended an olive branch to his opponents, saying he bore no grudge against anyone and had forgiven them. Mr Moses Wetangula, the party leader of Ford Kenya, which is a member of Cord, added that most Kenyans had faith in the PM to lead the country after President Kibaki. As Cord leaders, we settled on Mr Odinga because he has the capability to lead this country and implement the new Constitution fully because he helped pass it, he said.
Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga addresses supporters at Kericho Green Stadium yesterday.
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Starehe MP accuse the Orange party of betraying her
linger over Wanjiru

RESOUNDING WIN MYSTERY
New wave of change leaves Raila allies politically wounded

BY JUSTUS WANGA
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Nakuru gives ex-MP his marching orders

Former AP Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua yesterday secured the TNA ticket to vie for Nakurus gubernatorial seat with a landslide. Mr Mbugua, who initiated peace caravans in hotspot areas of the Rift Valley region after the 2007/08 polls chaos, garnered 143,487 votes against his sole opponents, former Nakuru MP Lee Kinyanjui, 53,137 votes. The civil society should stop branding Nakuru as a hotspot as those days are long gone. We have conducted peaceful and credible primaries without an incident, Mr Mbugua told supporters outside Nakuru County Council hall on being declared the winner. His supporters say that since Mr Mbugua managed to get votes from a cross-section of the communities resident in Nakuru, it is a sign that he is in the best position to address the issues of ethnic rivalry that had retarded development in the county. Mr Mbugua will face Dr Francis Kiranga of UDF and Rev Lawrence Bomett of ODM during the March 4 elections. By the time of going to press, results for senate aspirants had not been announced, but the battle was between Mr James Mungai and Mr Madaraka Mwithaga. Similarly, the tally for womens representative was yet to be announced, with Ms Mary Mbugua and Ms Grace Kibuku neck-and-neck.
What next for the Bishop?
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru at a past ODM function. She has only today to decide if she will accept her partys direct nomination for Nairobi womens representative.
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Former AP Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua waves after being declared TNAs gubernatorial candidate for Nakuru. He defeated former Nakuru MP Lee Kinyanjui to win the ticket.
SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION
Was former Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru duped by ODM functionaries to remain in the party only to be sacriced later? That was the question on many of her supporters minds after she was barred from the gubernatorial race over controversy surrounding her academic certicates. A few months ago, the former MP had indicated she was ready to switch camps from ODM to TNA and even met with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta over the matter. But sources say Mr Kenyatta could not give in to her demands for a direct nomination for a specic seat. She returned to ODM as TNA welcomed former nominated MP Rachel Shebesh to its fold. Other sources in ODM intimated that Prime Minister Raila Odinga lured her back with a promise to support her bid for the Nairobi gubernatorial race. Indeed, Mr Odinga publicly supported her at ODM rallies in the city, and when the partys delegates met to nominate Mr Odinga at Kasarani stadium last month, Bishop Wanjiru was the master of ceremonies. Yesterday, the party left vacant the seat of womens representative after Dr Evans Kidero clinched the governors seat ticket and Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro the senators. Bishop Wanjiru will have only today to decide if she will take up the direct nomination for the womens representative seat.
he wind of change that has struck ODM strongholds in Nyanza has blown a number of aspirants and outgoing MPs widely seen as favourites of Orange House out of the race. One of the likely casualties is Finance assistant minister Dr Oburu Oginga who was vying for the Siaya governors job on the ODM ticket against newcomer William Oduol. Dr Oginga is the elder brother of ODM leader and Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga. By last evening, the partys elections board had not resolved the dispute that arose from the ODM nominations in Siaya. The verdict was very decisive in other areas like Gem, where the ery Jakoyo Midiwo was oored by a newcomer Elisha Odhiambo. Mr Midiwo immediately rejected the outcome, forcing the chairman of the elections board, Mr Franklin Bett, to summon the two contestants for talks in Nairobi yesterday. Mr Martin Ogindo, the former Rangwe MP, also fell by the wayside as did Mr Pollins Ochieng Daima from Nyakach who lost to Mr Owuor Aduma. The wave of change knocked out Mr Edwin Yinda in Alego Usonga where Mr Omondi Mulwan got the ODM nomination. Mr Yinda was third. In Nyatike, Mr Tom Odege was declared the winner, but the former MP, Mr Edick Anyanga, and two other aspirants claimed that no elections were conducted there. The situation was not any different in Kisumu county where a couple of seasoned leaders were trounced by youthful aspirants. With delayed voting and other logistical challenges, it was evident that most outgoing MPs were losing.
individuals that he would otherwise not have dealt with before in his Nyanza backyard. This may, however, come as an advantage to the PM if the defeat of his allies means he had surrounded himself with unpopular leaders. Overall, there are many new faces that the electorate now banks its hopes on after expressing disappointment in those they sent to the 10th Parliament. Not even the key proponents of negotiated democracy, a term that has widely been accepted when referring to scenarios where leaders of a given county strike deals on how to share out seats, have been spared. Dr Wilfred Machage was one such aspirant who was favoured by a caucus close
My opponent ferried youths from Kisumu and, for that matter, the party bears the responsibility and must punish him accordingly
Jakoyo Midiwo
Mututho: Bar owners tried to rig me out

Former Naivasha MP John Mututho yesterday claimed bar owners in the newly formed Gilgil constituency wanted to rig him out of the just-concluded party nominations to explain why he decamped from TNA to Charity Ngilus Narc. He claimed that those overseeing the nominations in the constituency were bar owners who wanted him out because of the tough laws against alcohol consumption that he initiated in Parliament during his tenure as Naivasha MP. They made deliberate eorts to rig me out. My photo was not on the ballot unlike the rest of my competitors, and my name was also not visible, he told journalists at the Narc headquarters in Nairobi after being ocially welcomed to the party by former Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo. I will not allow minorities to be trampled upon by bar owners who have too much changaa in their heads, he said. He added that he would contest the Gilgil parliamentary seat on a Narc ticket and let the people decide in a fair process at the ballot. He said he opted for Narc because the party was in the Jubilee alliance, which is led by Uhuru Kenyatta, who is also its presidential candidate with former Eldoret MP William Ruto his running mate. Uhuru is my president and will always remain my president, he said. Reports by Edith Fortunate, Billy Muiruri, Francis Mureithi, Peter Obuya, Justus Wanga, Charles Mwaniki, Timothy Kimei and Brian Yonga
Deliberate eorts
Mr John Mututho who obtained a Narc nomination certicate for the Gilgil parliamentary seat.
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In the race for senator, ODM secretary-general Prof Anyang Nyongo was trailing Ochola Ogoda in the initial results. Former Muhoroni MP Prof Ayiecho Olweny was also trailing his opponent. If Prof Nyongo loses, it will be a big blow to Mr Odinga as he is a key member of the ODM think tank. In Siaya, when Dr Oginga was declared the winner what followed was a massive revolt by the voters who felt that the decision did not reect their wishes. In an apparent bid to save the party from likely apathy in the region, the party ocials invited Dr Oginga and his rival to Nairobi ostensibly to nd an amicable solution. The developments may force Mr Odinga to forge a new working relationship with
Was trailing
to Mr Odinga to contest the Migori senators seat. He lost to Mr John Magaiwa, a fellow Kuria. Dr Machage issued a statement after the election stating that he would not decamp from the party. The tacit agreement stipulated that, in the spirit of armative action because of their smaller numbers, the Kuria would take the Senate seat while the majority Luo took the governors. The Prime Ministers aim was to galvanise all communities to support his presidential bid. Political scientist Tom Mboya said the wave of deance in Nyanza was good for the expansion of democracy in the region. The message the people are sending is that their destiny is in their hands that they have the power to hire and re. The net eect of this is a crop of leaders who will always endeavour to deliver on their promises because any deviation from this will backre, he said.
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POLITICS | Why former Westlands MP has called it quits
Exit Nairobis hard man Gumo

A streetwise politician, he was often accused of using unorthodox means to win elections but had his way with the powerful, including Presidents Moi and Kibaki and PM Raila Odinga
BY JUSTUS WANGA
jwanga@ke.nationmedia.com Gumo says he has no regrets about his public life. I have enjoyed working with Mzee Moi, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and I also thank the people of Westlands who gave me an opportunity to represent them in Parliament for all these years. Im pleased with what God enabled me to accomplish, he said. He served as Transport and Communications assistant minister after being elected Kitale East MP when he dislodged Mr Muliro in 1979. Mr Muliro recaptured the seat in the 1983 elections. Mr Gumo would later shift base to Nairobi after unsuccessful attempts to be elected in Kwanza constituency and in his Bunyala home turf. He lost to Wildlife minister Noah Wekesa and Mr James Osogo respectively in the 1988 and 1992 elections. Mr Gumo was the chairman of the Nairobi City Commission, the body formed by President Moi after he disbanded the City Council of Nairobi. Announcing his retirement, Mr Gumo said he had wanted to quit at 60, but pressure from ODM and his supporters made him defend his Westlands seat in 2007. They requested me to take another stab in the last elections. This was against my plans given that I had set 60 as my retirement age from politics, he said. He intends to establish a trust to pay school fees for bright orphans in the country. There is so much we can do to help the less fortunate members of the society without seeking elective positions. That is my next calling, he said. He has been a senior member of ODM. In the run-up to the 2007 General Election, Mr Gumo was appointed chairman of the ODM Kenya council of elders, a group founded to determine who among Mr Raila Odinga, Mr Kalonzo Musyoka and Mr Musalia Mudavadi should be the partys presidential torchbearer. Mr Odinga and Mr Mudavadi separated with Mr Musyoka and joined ODM. Last year, when Mr Mudavadi, now the UDF presidential candidate, resigned as Local Government minister, it was Mr Gumo who was chosen by the ODM wing of the Grand Coalition government to hold brief before a substantive minister was appointed. Although he promises to support Mr Odingas presidential bid, his absence on the campaign trail will certainly be missed by the Orange party. He would have been an asset in stemming Mr Mudavadis inuence, especially in western Kenya, and swinging the Luhya to the PMs side. As he exits the political stage, Mr Fred Gumo has some advice for youthful politicians. Your senior is your senior, and as such, you are under duty to respect them. They are a repository of the wisdom you need in your leadership quest and so never look down upon them.
MY THOUGHTS | Dominic Wamugunda
Aspirants must learn to control their supporters

constant theme in this column has been the need for us to work towards becoming truly civilised. The kind of civilisation I have in mind here is mainly in the manner in which we do our politics. It seems to me that in the mind of a lot of politicians and their followers, the possibility for violence is considered an important component in the electoral process. The unfortunate bit about this is that the world out there now perceives us in that light. Just last Thursday, our department at the university had a scheduled meeting with a visiting chaplain from the University of Columbia in New York. Two hours to the time of the visit, they called to say that they had been warned not to come to the university due to the nominations that were ongoing that day. Apart from the fact that they disorganised us a little bit, I felt bitter and betrayed that I live in a country that is perceived this way by the rest of the world as a result of the behaviour of a section of our political class. Even though politics in the West can at times be very intense, at no time is violence considered an option in the electoral process. In civilised society, violence has no place whatsoever in democracy. To a casual observer, this may look like a non issue. In my opinion, however, it is a critical issue that calls for the attention of all. The President and Inspector General of Police have assured us of our security during the elections. But why should the matter even arise? It is every citizens right to be secure at all times. This issue of violence during elections has disenfranchised many voters and denied us many good leaders who do not want to get mixed up in senseless violence. The organs that are charged with the responsibility of running elections at any stage must wake up to the fact that this is a culture that needs to be eradicated completely if we are to rightfully claim our space in civilised society. Why dont they consider getting contestants at all levels of leadership to take an oath that binds them to control their supporters and be held responsible for any act of violence emanating from such supporters? Our corporate image as a nation is an important capital for us and future generations, but it continues to be ruined by unscrupulous politicians. Fr Dominic Wamugunda is the dean of students and sociology lecturer at the University of Nairobi. wamugundaw@uonbi.ac.ke
is brand of politics may have been loved and hated in equal measure and may have stood out as does his hulking frame. His abrasive style captured in his favourite phrase kaa ngumu (tough it out) is best captured in the energy with which he bellows his political message when he canvasses for votes. And its not in doubt that Regional Development minister Fredrick Fidelis Gumo was, until this week, one of the most controversial political gures in Nairobi and the country. As he departs, he leaves a large imprint on Kenyas political history from Kitale Municipal Council, to Nairobi City Council to Westlands constituency where he caused perennial rival Betty Tett political misery. Not only was he a streetwise politician who was often accused of using unorthodox means to win elections, Mr Gumo has also had his way with the powerful, including Presidents Moi and Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. His unapologetic nature of seeking and exercising power casts him in the mould of other controversial city politicians like the late Embakasi MP David Mwenje and Adolf Muchiri before Ferdinand Waititu and Gidion Sonko Mbuvi came on the scene. The reasons for his controversial ways are good, bad or ugly, depending on how one views a man who has had an illustrious political career spanning 38 years, beginning 1974 when he became Kitale mayor at the tender age of 27. Mr Gumo first made it to Parliament in 1979 when Kanu was the only political party. He oored a veteran politician, the late Masinde Muliro, in Kitale East constituency in elections widely marred by claims of rigging. Announcing his decision to call it a day last Wednesday, the former Westlands MP said he had reached his peak in public service, and it was time he passed the baton to youthful leaders. I have done all I could have done in my lifetime as a public servant, and as such, Im embarking on a low-key life so I can have more time with my family, he said. He is challenging his age- mates and those older than him to also consider quitting. They should learn to quit while they can still be useful to their families
Critical issue
and businesses in their private life. I appreciate the phrase leaving while its still sweet, said the 65-year-old. He said his decision to bow out was. to a very large extent, inuenced by an observation that those who retire from public life early have a longer life and better health compared to those who choose to stay on to the end. Look at former AG Charles Njonjo; he chose to go home at 63, and look at himhe is 93, 30 years on and still drives himself around. I mean, as t as a ddle! he said. His reference to Mr Njonjo raises the other issue the minister did not want to take head-onwhether his departure from active politics comes as a result of failing health because there are politicians older than he who are still active in politics. He has had to deny rumours in the past that he is not in his prime; this stems largely from his absence from many political rallies organised by his ODM party in dierent parts of the country. But deciding to leave the political arena must have come as somewhat of an afterthought because the toughtalking leader had earlier expressed interest in the Nairobi Senate seat on an ODM party ticket. Mr Gumo was not a darling of the opposition in the 1990s as he was part of the Kanu regime and had all manner of accusations levelled against him.
A key Kanu pointman in Nairobi Province in the 1990s and given the fact that he was the only elected Kanu MP in the region, Mr Gumo had to constantly fend o accusations from the opposition that he was behind Jeshi la Mzee, a dreaded gang used by Kanu politicians to unleash terror on opponents at the time. In 2000, he threatened to sue the media or anyone who associated him with the gang, saying he had nothing to do with it. Last September, a vehicle belonging to retired President Daniel Moi tht had been reported stolen was reportedly found with his driver. This cast the minister in bad light. He denied blame and said the vehicle came into his possession through a transaction with a Mombasa businessman. The businessman has since been charged in court. Having served Cabinets of Presidents Moi and Kibaki, Mr
There is so much we can do to help the less fortunate members of the society without seeking elective positions. That is my next calling
Fred Gumo
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OUTSIDE THE BOX | Otieno Otieno
LETTER FROM LONDON | Gerry Loughran
Therere worse things than getting a put-down

As I press on grumpily, I meet a priest who updates me about a sick boy
buy train tickets to meet a couple of old colleagues for lunch at a cost of 120 (Sh16,720). First friend emails, Sorry, cant make it, got a virus. Second emails, Sorry, got new medication, cant travel. And so through swirling snow to the ticket oce with lled-in refund claim and the 10 (Sh1,390) administration fee. Lady glances at the form, then the tickets: These tickets are not refundable. Not, Im sorry, these tickets etc ... or Im afraid these tickets etc ... just These tickets are not etc. Only open tickets get refunds, it seems. The logic escapes me but she is not about to explain. They always win, dont they, the big boys! Promises and smiles and Have a good day when youre giving them money, but when you want some of it back, you get the frozen face and the cold shoulder. Thanks for nothing , I mutter, and stomp out. Not a good start to Monday morning as I press on grumpily through the snow. Then I bump into our priest, who updates me about the boy weve been praying for. Aged 18, he was admitted to hospital for a heart transplant. The transplant went ne, but something else went wrong and he had both legs amputated. He then had
He said yesterday he thought he was going to die but he didnt, so he believes God has a plan for him
Gods will:
a slight stroke. Then he had a bleed into the brain. Then he needed kidney dialysis. Unbelievable! And now? Now he is stable. He said yesterday he thought he was going to die but he didnt, so he believes God has a plan for him. Maybe it is to counsel others who might get into the same terrible x as himself, he said. Or perhaps to train as a Paralympic athlete. After all, he had wanted to be a footballer but that was out of the question now. Rev Father says he got a lump in his throat listening. I decide to stop complaining about the rude woman in the ticket oce. *** To the accompaniment of lm showing giant bulldozers dumping tonnes and tonnes of perfect vegetables, the BBC reported that as much as half of the worlds food ends up being thrown away. A study by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers said the waste was caused by poor storage, too-strict sell-by dates, discount oers and demands for perfection in items for sale. Old people complain about three-for-two oers because they cannot consume three items before sell-by time. Farmers say the supermarkets demand for perfectly shaped and perfectly coloured vegetables and fruit means some excellent crops are not even harvested. Four billion tonnes of food are produced worldwide every
Aged 18, he was admitted to hospital for a heart transplant ... but something else went wrong and he had both legs amputated
Gerry Loughran
oesophagus and palliative care. Rev Graham said he had declined surgery and aggressive chemotherapy. The doctors did not know how long he had to live not years, but maybe a large number of months. People have been ringing me and sending me cards, he said. It is very touching. *** In a country somewhere or other, an MP told his audience, There was a father who gave $100 to each of his three sons and asked them to buy things and ll up a room completely. First son bought beans worth $100 but couldnt ll the room entirely. Second son bought cotton for the same amount but also could not ll the room. Third son bought a single candle for a dollar and lled the room with light. Said the MP, Our glorious leader is like the third son. From the day he took oce, our country is lled with the bright light of prosperity. Then a voice from the back asked, So where are the other $99? And nally: Michael Goodwin spent several years awaiting the electric chair in South Carolina on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life imprisonment. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to x his small TV set, he bit into a live wire and was electrocuted. gerryo69@hotmail.com
Why Luoland rose up against the Odingas in ODM polls

riday, January 18, 2013 is a day Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga may want to mark in his diary. It is the day Luo Nyanza woke up. National television beamed images of angry Karachuonyo youth tearing Mr Odingas campaign posters and chanting pro-TNA slogans. A young man sensing that Mr William Oduol, the peoples choice for Siaya governor, might be short-changed in the ODM nominations in favour of Dr Oburu Oginga, the PMs elder brother, warned on TV: If Raila lets us down, we shall let him down. NTV reporter Larry Madowo, who has been covering the nominations in the county in the past three days, posted a telling tweet: A mother just stopped me in Siaya town: Bwana Larry, tell Raila Odinga that the fact that were poor does not mean were stupid. Politicians passing themselves as close allies of the PMs were voted out amidst an angry wave of anti-Odinga sentiment across the land. To make sense of these events, one has to consider the fact that until recently the picture would be very dierent. The Siaya man would be hero-worshipping Raila, the Karachuonyo crowd would be declaring its willingness to die for Raila, the Siaya mother would be singing Railas praises, and the politicians would only need to pass by a trading centre to deliver fake greetings from Raila to earn the party ticket. Chances are that the PM will publicly dismiss Fridays events as another storm in a tea cup. But privately hell be hurting and asking himself how it came to this. Well, he wont have to look any further than himself and the people around him for an answer. The current rebellion is a culmination of a simmering resentment against an evolving Odinga hegemony and his patronising of Luo politics over the years. There is a growing perception that voters in Luo Nyanza dont go to the polls to elect their leaders but to help Raila select his friends. It is not by accident that the ODM nominations were particularly awed in the Luo Nyanza counties. The informal power wielded by Mrs Ida Odinga, the PMs wife, in ODM Elena Ceausescu-style has also alienated a section of party faithful. If the people had somehow come to tolerate the patronage as a small sacrice for the party leader, their patience has lately worn thin in light of what they consider attempts by the Odingas to go for broke. Word on the street is that in this election alone, at least ve members of the Odinga family intended to run for various seats in Nairobi, Siaya and Kisumu. For a man who partly owes his popularity to the notion that he is a political enigma, the PMs high-prole role in the coalition government also served to remove the mystery. Even among his most ardent supporters, there have to be some who look at him and think of the scandals at his ofce discussed in WikiLeaks and Miguna Migunas Peeling Back the Mask. jkotieno@ke.nationmedia.com
year and as much as two billions are junked, mostly in Europe and the United States. The Institutions Dr Tim Fox said, The waste is staggering. In Britain there has been a sharp increase in the number of food banks, where people hit by the recession can get free supplies from charity donations. *** A leading crossword compiler used one of his own puzzles last week to reveal that he is dying of cancer. The crossword in the Guardian newspaper was set by the Reverend John Graham, 91, known as Arucaria, which is Latin for the monkey puzzle tree. The clue said Arucaria had 18 down (six letters) of the 19 down (10 letters), which was being treated with 13 (10 letters), 15 (four letters). The necessary words were cancer,
BAROMETER | Lukoye Atwoli
Politicians must denounce their violent supporters

s we enter the home stretch towards the epochal General Election in March, many events are taking place that give the lie to the assumption that we are a functioning democracy. Some indicators have already emerged that we are most likely just paying lip-service to the concept of democracy while secretly wishing we could rig the system such that no matter what happens, our preferred candidate comes out on top. Firstly, campaign violence is rearing its ugly head again. People are being attacked, maimed and even killed in the guise of campaign activity. Five years ago I argued in the Daily Nation that giving crime labels such as political violence only legitimises crime and allows people to carry out barbaric acts without fearing the repercussions. In that article, I was warning about the risk of escalation of conict beyond that which is manageable if we allowed politics to be the excuse for violence. I argued for the strict, impartial and severe application of the law in
Yet again:
I regret that I have to repeat this warning as we march towards the elections.
order to deter hooligans who wore political masks and went out to harm others, knowing that their political god-fathers would raise a ruckus if the law took its course. I regret that I have to repeat this warning as we march towards the elections. Secondly, political arguments are becoming more and more shrill, with the tribal essence driving it all becoming more and more evident. A recent opinion poll resulted in the CEO of the polling company being called a tribalist because her polls showed that a candidate who might share her ethnicity was leading. The resulting insults and both sexist and tribal innuendo would make anyone who knows how violence is prepared cringe. We know from history that before all-out violence breaks out, the potential perpetrators must be psychologically prepared for it. This is often done by gradually softening them and reducing the innate human aversion to shedding human
blood, often by portraying the potential targets as something less than human. It begins by showing examples of evil people within the target group, and both personalising and magnifying the potential harm posed by them. Next, their evil deeds are compared to the behaviour of animals and, gradually, the message is subtly passed that it is okay to attack them whenever one gets an opportunity. Once the ground has been prepared thus, it takes only a small infraction for the potential perpetrators to be aroused into righteous anger that sends them into a genocidal
The message
Tribal innuendo
We know from history that before all-out violence breaks out, the potential perpetrators must be psychologically prepared for it Lukoye
frenzy, which eventually begins to feed o itself. The perpetrators go about their grim business without a care, and if you confront them later, they may either explain it away as something that was necessary at that time, or they may just exclaim that they did not know what they were doing then. The emergence of tribal Councils of Elders that give political edicts with threats of damnation to their people will only serve to legitimise any dehumanisation of the opponent, changing elections into a matter of life and death for most of those involved. For the sake of our childrens future, we must stop this jingoistic nonsense. I challenge all the political party leaders to denounce any of their supporters who engage in violent acts, and to allow law enforcers to do their job. Dr Atwoli is secretary, Kenya Psychiatric Association, and senior lecturer, Moi University School of Medicine. lukoye@gmail.com; Twitter @LukoyeAtwoli
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Initial ndings doctored to please the rms board in light of the harsh realities uncovered by audit
BY CHARLES WOKABI
cwokabi@ke.nationmedia.com tate-owned milk processor New Kenya Co-operative Creameries is facing a new nancial crisis a decade after its rebirth in 2003. An investigation has revealed glaring anomalies in the companys procurement and human resources departments that insiders say could be responsible for the nancial challenges facing the milk processor. Internal controls are inadequate to safeguard the assets or minimise exposure to nancial losses. The lack of controls is likely to have a material impact on New KCC, says an internal audit report on the rms procurement processes seen by the Sunday Nation. The document further says that irregularities entrenched in the procurement of supplies and services for millions of shillings has prevented the company from achieving its strategic plans and has distorted its nancial plans. Company nancial plans are distorted. Funds were held in capital projects which were not generating income while the company continued huge loan repayments, the report says, revealing weaknesses in the rms nancial management. Because of a weak balance sheet the firm has been operating on a bank overdraft of Sh830 million; it has shot up from Sh556 million last year. While confirming that the company has been running on an overdraft, New KCC chairman Matu Wamae maintained that the rm is in solid nancial condition, saying the amount of the overdraft would be oset by selling the milk powder held in its stores. The milk processor is said to be holding stock worth slightly more than Sh450 million as of Wednesday last week. But he ws unable to provide the value of the milk powder in the processors warehouse, saying only that managing director Kipkirui Langat, who should know, is out of the country on ocial business.
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jwahome@ke.nationmedia.com The insurance regulator is recommending tax waivers, product bundling and the adoption of ICT platforms to give impetus to the growth of micro-insurance in the country. In a policy paper, the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) says adoption of these measures would ensure distribution of the products to make them aordable and accessible to as many people as possible. Micro-insurance has been growing in recent years, albeit slowly, and experts have partly blamed the restrictive law and policy framework for this. If the policy paper is adopted, it will be much easier to register a microinsurance provider as it would be in a dierent regime from the conventional insurance that is subjected to a stringent regime. Micro-insurance is currently regulated under miscellaneous class of insurance in the Insurance Act, stiing its growth. The micro-insurance business has
The head oce of New Kenya Cooperative Creameries in Nairobis Industrial Area.
In view of its weak financial status, the company has adopted new cost-cutting measures including the closure of some of its processing plants and the consolidation of milk collection depots. We have closed them down because we are running them at a loss since we dont have enough raw milk to sustain production. We hope things will turn around when the rain falls and milk production reaches peak, said Mr Wamae, adding that the Miritini plant has just been closed for maintenance. The company has been facing strong competition from other local processors including Brookside Limited which has risen to control the market according to the latest statistics from the Kenya Dairy Board. Brookside is the market leader in the uptake of raw milk with a 40 per cent stake while New KCC is second with 20 per cent. According to the procurement audit report, irregularities in procurement that could cost the company dearly could result in ination in the cost of items, penalties for non-compliance
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We hope things will turn around when the rain falls and milk production reaches peak. Matu Wamae
with the procurement regulations, irregular payments to contractors or could expose the rm to inferior items in terms of quality. A dierent controversy surrounds an internal audit report on human resources which is said to have been doctored to please the companys board in light of the harsh realities uncovered through the audit process. Two of the companys employees involved in the audit process said the supervisor diluted the HR report before presenting it to the board of directors to conceal huge anomalies in the companys HR system. While the original report said internal controls were insucient to safeguard assets or minimise exposure to nancial losses, the report presented to the board said internal controls are mostly acceptable. New KCC was reborn in 2003 after the initial rm collapsed in the 1990s due to mismanagement. The government owns the processor, but plans to privatise it are underway.
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The number of insurance companies in Kenya.
been growing rapidly but there has been a policy gap specically to deal with the issues. The growth in numbers and new players make a legal framework inevitable. The policy paper will ensure micro-insurance is recognised as a class of business in the industry, said IRA chief executive ocer Sammy Makove. The micro-insurance products will be standardised and streamlined to meet the expectations of the policyholders in relation to costs, premium payments and claims management. A Policyholder Protection Fund will be established to conform with the international best practice as recommended by International Association of Insurance Supervisors. Mr Makove said the micro-insurance is a low-price, high-volume business, and its success and market sustainability depend on keeping the cost of transaction low. The regulator says micro-insurance should oer aordable premiums, limited risk cover, use easily unCONTINUED ON PAGE 35
THIS WEEKS INDICATORS

MARKET PERFORMANCE
Points NSE20 Close 4500.09 1 Week change Up Index 150.22
TOP GAINERS
Price KenGen 13.75 Express Kenya Ltd 3.55 Trans-Century 27.75 % 36.14 16.39 15.63
BIGGEST LOSERS
Price Eveready E.A. Kakuzi Ltd Scangroup Ltd 1.90 70.00 65.50 % -2.56 -2.78 -5.07
TOP TRADERS
Price(sh) Safaricom 5.75 KenGen 13.75 Co-op Bank 13.00 Shares(m) 39.9m 10.1m 8.1m
MARKET TURNOVER
Friday Equities Sh2.15bn Bonds Sh5.46m Prev Sh2.15bn Sh8.85bn
MACRO INDICATORS
Interest rates Latest Prev 91-day T-Bills 8.052 24/01/2013 182-day T-Bills 8.088 23/01/2013 Compiled by Charles Wokabi
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Expected good end-year earnings by rms raise demand for stocks

BY JOSHUA MASINDE
jmasinde@ke.nationmedia.com Expected good end-year results and falling lending rates fuelled a stock market rally and the crossing of two psychological barriers in three trading days. The NSE 20 Share Index crossed both the 4400 and the 4500 mark in a three-day period; the levels were last seen in 2010. Equity analysts say the heightened speculation following the expected good earnings by listed companies has signicantly increased demand for stocks. According to NIC Securities research analyst Faith Atiti, the counters got a boost from speculation on the expectation of good company earnings ahead of the reporting period and improving liquidity in the money markets. A lot of investors are expecting good results and higher dividends to shareholders, Ms Atiti said by telephone. Good earnings are expected on the back of an improved macro-economic environment that has seen ination decline to 3.2 per cent from 18.31 per cent in January last year. The cost of credit has also been declining owing to the move by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to cut its benchmark lending rate to 9.5 per cent currently from 11 per cent. The declining cost of borrowing has pushed down the cost of credit and operating costs for companies, which has improved their earnings outlook, Ms Atiti said. The shilling has also exhibited signs of stability despite slight weakening in the past few weeks where it has been trading in the 85-86 levels against the US dollar. All these factors have raised investor expectations of a bullish market, but the recent sharp rise over the 4400 mark and then the 4500 mark was unexpected as analysts said they had expected much slower movement. Between Monday and Wednesday the bourse rose by 4.61 per cent to settle at 4553.25 points. As of Thursday last week, market capitalisation the measure of shareholder wealth pushed up investor wealth by 61 per cent to Sh1.4 trillion from Sh868.2 billion at the beginning of last year. Market capitalisation surged to Sh1.398 trillion backed by foreign investors who have been attracted by prospects of high returns on the Nairobi Bourse. The gains could be eroded by risks that may arise due to election period jitters and the widening current account decit that could negatively aect the shilling. There is a bit of panic buying due to the perceived political risk arising from on-going political events, which saw the shilling inch closer to the 87-to-the-dollar-mark in Fridays trading, according to African Banking Corporation senior dealer Julius Kiriinya.
A lot of investors are expecting good results and higher dividends to shareholders.
Faith Atiti
CANDIDATURE | Mohammed seeks to become rst African and woman to hold top WTO post
Kenya ramps up diplomatic pitch for top global posts

Move a well coordinated campaign by government to assert its place in international arena, says Ongeri
BY MUTHOKI MUMO
mumumo@ke.nationmedia.com enya is exing its diplomatic muscles as the country angles for top posts in international organisations. Over the last seven months Kenyans have been elected to high positions in at least three multilateral bodies while the country has been called on to chair two more. It is a deliberate, well coordinated diplomatic campaign by the government. We have always held back, but now we are ready to take our place in the international arena, Foreign Affairs minister Sam Ongeri told the Sunday Nation. In its latest move, the country has nominated United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) assistant secretary-general, Ms Amina Mohammed, for the post of secretary-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). If elected, she would be the rst African and the rst woman to hold the post. Ms Mohammed is a former permanent secretary in the ministry of Justice and has served as Kenyan envoy to Geneva. In 2005, she chaired the WTO General Working Council. The task facing her is by no means easy. The WTO has been deadlocked in trade negotiations, dubbed the Doha Development Round, for nearly a decade. The talks have pitted developing nations against their developed counterparts and hve brought to the forefront issues concerning market protectionism.
Kibaki assents to three Bills to reform farming sector

BY MWANIKI WAHOME
jwahome@ke.nationmedia.com President Kibaki has assented to three Bills intended to transform the agricultural sector. The Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries Authority Bill, the Kenya Agriculture Research Bill and the Crops Bill have consolidated the disparate pieces of legislation that have governed the sector since the colonial days. The presidential assent eectively puts the sector in the process of transformation intended to result in more agri-businesses as the Bills have been simplied and structures made fairly easy to understand. Analysts say this will allow farmers to t into the market chain more easily and much faster thereby cutting o middlemen who have often eeced them. Despite contributing a quarter of the national wealth, the agricultural sector remins largely underdeveloped. Most of the laws governing agriculture were enacted by the British colonial legislature and were meant to facilitate settler exploitation of natural resources and labour; they largely relegated Africans to the level of producers. The sector lacked strong rules to foster competition but has also been thwarted by many parastatals that play multiple, overlapping and, at times, contradictory functions. The sector also suered from a restrictive regulatory environment that hindered private sector investment. As a result, agriculture has largely remained at subsistence level for the majority of small-scale farmers even as large estates make good prots from various farming activities. The assent to the Bills will usher a new period of growth in the agriculture sector, improving production and employment to many more people, said Mr Paul Mbuni, an agribusiness expert. Agriculture will now be managed under an oversight body the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority with the livestock sector having a separate body after stakeholders strongly lobbied to remain autonomous. The agriculture-related state corporations will be scrapped while others will operate as directorates or merged to form ecient authorities.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Global posts for Kenyans

June 7, 2012: Simon Njuguna is elected a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, a United Nations organisation that determines international maritime borders. October 15, 2012: Erastus Mwencha is re-elected to the post of deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission. October 25, 2012: Kenya is elected to chair the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO). November 12, 2012: Kenya is elected to the 47-member council of the United Nation Human Rights Council. December 21, 2012: Kenya nominates Ms Amina Mohammed for the post of secretarygeneral of the World Trade Organisation. January 14, 2012: Mr Bishar Hussein assumes the post of the Director General of the Universal Postal Union.
being discovered in the waters o eastern Africa. Last November Kenya was elected to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council. In the 193-nation General Assembly, there wasnt a single objection to Kenyas candidature.
Unep assistant secretary-general Amina Mohammed. Kenya has nominated her for secretary-general of the World Trade Organisation.
Ms Mohammed has already declared her intentions to take stock and review the negotiations of the Doha Round thus far and to come up with a way forward. Since its creation in 1995, the position of WTO secretary-general has been held by people from Europe, the United States and Asia. It is hoped that the election of a candidate, either from Africa or Latin America, would give greater momentum to the push by developing nations to gain a greater voice in international organisations. Most of the members of the WTO are from the global South. I think it is about time that we held this leadership post, Ms Mohammed said. International aairs experts note that the seats Kenya has decided to pursue are directly related to its growing economic interests. Ms Mohammed is submitting her bid for the post at a time when Kenya and other East African countries are struggling to come up with a WTO-compliant Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. We are stepping away from the post-independence decolonisation-driven diplomacy and starting to embrace economically driven diplomacy. It is therefore no wonder that the government has gone for the organisations that it has, said Foreign Service Institute director Phillip Mwanzia. On January 15, a Kenyan, Mr Bishar Huessin, took over as director-general of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations body. In October, Kenya was elected to chair the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Council for a one-year term. In June 2012, Mr Simon Njuguna won Kenya one of 21 seats on the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, a United Nations body that determines international maritime borders. This came at a time when offshore oil and natural gas deposits were
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UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND | Only yuMobile is ready begin remitting 0.5 per cent of its annual revenue to the kitty
Mobile operators split over use of new levy

Safaricom says there is no industry involvement in its administration
BY CHARLES WOKABI
cwokabi@ke.nationmeida.com
obile operators are split over the modalities of applying a new levy introduced this year to help increase penetration of mobile and internet service in the country. While all agree that taxing them 0.5 per cent of their annual revenues to be administered by Universal Service Fund (USF) is good idea, the questions how the money will be utilised and the composition of the council to administer the fund has split them. By last week, only yuMobile had committed to begin remitting 0.5 per cent of its annual revenue to the fund in its current form with other operators citing concerns they say must be addressed before they can participate. As yuMobile, we do support the decision and will contribute the relevant tax when applicable, yuMobile chief executive Madhur Taneja said in a statement. Safaricom, while agreeing with the idea behind the USF, said a few concerns have to be settled before it fully commits and begins contributing to it. We are waiting to hear from the commission and the advisory board on this issue with clarity on whether all licensees will be contributing to the fund. In the past we had raised concerns regarding noninclusion of mobile operators in deciding the use to which the contributions will be applied. We also believe as contributors to this fund we should be engaged at the decision making level in the use to which it is applied, Safaricom corporate aairs director Nzioka Waita said. According to CCK statistics released in October last year, the four mobile operators recorded a total revenue of Sh116 billion. The industry revenues could be signicantly higher now considering that Safaricoms revenues for 2012 went above Sh107 billion. Mr Waita noted that while the fund is fully serviced by the private sector, there is no oversight whatsoever to ensure the funds are used as intended by the contributors. Sources at Telkom Orange voiced similar
Communication Commission of Kenya director-general Francis Wangusi. He says all licencees will have to give their contributions this year.
concerns as Safaricom while Airtel declined to comment on the issue. In addition to a demand to be represented on the board, Telkom Kenya also wants the fund to be structured in a way that at some point it will become self-sustaining so that the players either completely stop remitting any contribution or to contribute lower amounts. Operators also want to be included on the funds administration board to make sure the decisions are in line with their interests. But Communications Commission of Kenya director-general Francis Wangusi last week insisted that all concerns raised by the mobile operators and other players in the sector had been settled mutually and maintained that all licencees will have to make their contributions this year. The strategy was formed in close consultation with the sector, and their concerns are well incorporated. We must hit the ground running with this project now because it will contribute heavily to the countrys Vision 2030, Mr Wangusi said. He said activation of the universal access and broadband strategies would invigorate the growth of the ICT sector and thus ac-
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celerate the development of other sectors of the economy, including the provision of government services on the electronic and mobile platforms. We are looking further into the future as we envision broadband networks facilitating the ecient provision of services in areas including healthcare, education, energy management, transport systems, emergency services and much more, Mr Wangusi said. The fund was set up two years ago by an Act of Parliament. However the failure by Information and Communications minister Samuel Poghisio to set up the council to administer the fund delayed putting the tax into eect. The tax is applicable to all licensees in the information and communications sector including mobile operators, broadcasters, Internet service providers and postal/courier service providers. We were not able to start collecting the contributions because the administration board for the fund had not been gazetted. Following the gazettement by the minister last month, we now have capacity to activate the fund and hit the ground running, Mr Wangusi said. The fund is meant to facilitate the spread of information and communications services across the country reaching remote areas the market does not consider commercially viable. We have a responsibility to make sure everyone has access to quality information services especially if we want to turn the country into a knowledge-based society by vision 2030, Mr Wangusi said.
The governance structure for the Universal Service Fund should also be scrutinised ensure that contributions are applied to projects that achieve their intended purpose
Nzioka Waita, Safaricom corporate aairs director
Boeing halts deliveries as experts examine faults

WASHINGTON, Saturday
The American aerospace giant Boeing halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner yesterday but said it would continue to build the aircraft while safety experts examine its battery and electrical systems. The announcement capped a week in which all 50 787s in service around the world were grounded on orders from multiple aviation authorities to investigate the cause of two incidents, including a re, linked to its batteries. We will not deliver 787s until the FAA approves a means of compliance with their recent Airworthiness Directive concerning batteries and the approved approach has been implemented, a Boeing spokesman said. Production of 787s continues, he said. Dreamliners had been ying in Chile, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Poland, Qatar and the United States until their ights were stopped after a global alert issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Boeings chairman and chief executive Jim McNerney in a statement to employees defended his company and the aircraft against the negative news attention over the past several days. As everyone inside the company knows, nothing is more important to us than the safety of the passengers, pilots and crew members who y aboard Boeing commercial and military aircraft, he said. His comments came as US and Japanese experts began examining an All Nippon Airways 787 forced to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu in southwest Japan on Wednesday because of a smoke alert apparently linked to a lithium-ion battery. No airline has cancelled purchases for the 787, but with 850 of the ambitious $200 millionplus aircraft on order, a fortune is at stake.
No funds to supply a million computers: PS

BY KEN KIBERENGE
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com An ambitious programme aimed at providing computers to university students zzled because the government could no longer aord to run it, Information and Communication permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo said. The ministry has not provided computers for over a year now, and the government was now looking for alternative funding for the programme, he said. In 2009, the government embarked on an initiative dubbed One Million Computers that was intended to provide a million students in universities and colleges with computers. Former Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta announced commitments of over Sh16.3 billion to the Mobile Computer Laboratories, Digital Villages, and One Million Computers programmes in his 2009-2010 Budget speech as a way for Kenyans to take advantage of the cheaper broadband internet. But the initiative stopped after beneting just 150,000 students. Initially, the programme was designed to operate as a revolving fund to make others benet, but Dr Ndemo said the idea proved to be untenable and was consequently reorganised. The process of recovering the money was tedious and dicult so we decided to subsidise the computers instead, said the PS. Dr Ndemo says a huge chunk of the money meant for the project was channelled through the Education ministry that is providing computers to schools. The PS, however, faults the model saying the ministry was buying desktop computers instead of monitors only and then taking advantage of cloud computing. Cloud computing is cheaper, and this translates to more computers, he said. The PS said the ministry was now exploring the possibility of providing students with tablets instead of laptops. This, he says, will help the country keep up with the ongoing global technological advancements. A pilot project was launched at Starehe Boys Centre in July last year where the ministry provided the school with some iPads for e-learning management system. The portal runs on Safaricoms cloud. It will be rolled out on a nationwide scale if it is found to be successful. If we do not equip the students, especially in the rural areas, with the tablets, then they will be left behind causing a great digital divide, said the PS. More money was also used to provide broadband (expanded Internet access) to universities and colleges in the country at a subsidised fee. Today all State universities have Internet access. Students need to have a wi- enabled laptop or tablet which has to be congured to access the Internet. The project is managed by Kenya Educational Network. According to Dr Ndemo, the Internet access initiative has achieved the intended purpose of the one million computers as universities are using it for education. If the idea was to take e-learning to one million students, we have surpassed that target, said the PS.
The process of recovering the money was tedious and dicult so we decided to subsidise the computers instead. Ndemo
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Drop primitive attitudes towards women S

The threat: Every society that tolerates retrograde sentiments keeps itself underdeveloped
he was a bright, determined, hard-working girl from a poor family. She persuaded her father to sell his only plot of land to pay for her dream to become a doctor. She promised him he would never have to work again as a labourer once her ambition was fullled. She worked nights in a call centre to help pay her way. That girl is now dead, killed in the most horric way imaginable. I refer to the victim of the heinous Delhi bus gang-rape, whose death has convulsed India and appalled the world at large. I will not go into the details of the attack they are almost too gruesome to contemplate. The only good thing about this girls death is that it has exposed, for the rst time, the rot that lies at the heart of Indias treatment of women. This has come out in a number of ways. First, in the alarming rate of fresh rape and murder cases now hitting the headlines. This is not because Indias men have suddenly gone mad with crazed lust; it is simply that the Delhi case has given new courage to women and their families to report their own incidents and generated fresh zeal in the media to report them. Second, we are all able to listen in disbelief as senior Indian males articulate their feelings on the case. There was the guru who suggested the girl was to blame for the ferocity of the attack because she resisted it
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Indian residents gather to pray for gang-rape victim during a protest in New Delhi on January 1, 2013.
and fought back rather than seeking mercy; there was the senior politician who referred to painted-dented women who invite attacks; and lets not leave out the suspected assailants lawyer, who suggested that respected women are not raped. Add to this the many voices that advocated that women should wear traditional clothes and overcoats; that they should not be allowed to use mobile phones; or that western lifestyles and junk food are to blame for this malaise. After listening to such idiotic, primitive and oensive bile, it is all I can do to stop myself from throwing up. There is more. It was also revealed that 68 per cent of Indian judges surveyed a decade ago believed that provocative attire was an invitation to rape and 55 per cent felt that the moral character of the victim was relevant. Those are judges, please note, not illiterate drunkards. But they might as well be. These men are not alone in such attitudes, and this is not Indias problem alone. Those thoughts, whether expressed in public or not, would resonate with reactionary males everywhere. But here is the
The time for this nonsense is gone, and it must go for all of us.
Sunny Bindra
thing: these viewpoints have no intellectual basis, and no moral standing either. They are simply backward. They come from the male desire to dominate and control women and keep them obedient at all times. That is all. Every society that tolerates such retrograde sentiments keeps itself underdeveloped. The freeing of women to make their own choices and to enter the workforce as equals is not a western concept; it is simply an enlightened one that every society has to embrace if it wishes to develop. Look around you: the societies that most oppress their women are also the ones languishing in medieval attitudes and zero competitive advantage. Who does India need more: the young, educated, industrious woman who was murdered; or the perpetually drunk idlers and hate-lled beasts who committed this crime? Who will help any country more: senile old men giving out moronic decrees on how women should behave and dress; or educators and entrepreneurs who allow women full and fullling involvement in the economy and in decisionmaking? The time for this nonsense is gone, and it must go for all of us. Let us light a candle for that brave Delhi girl, and hope it shows us all the way out of this darkness. www.sunwords.com
IRA pushes for tax cuts to boost small policyholders

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 derstood contracts, few exclusions, uses appropriate delivery channels, provide fast and efficient claims settlement. Some of the current problems include lack of trust, low awareness and understanding which is exacerbated by lack of relevant products for the low-income earners. A study by the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri) based in South Africa conducted in 2010 identied the lack of a legal framework as a barrier to the penetration of micro-insurance products in the country. Of a potential 11 million people, only about 200,000 have micro-insurance covers mainly in the income range of between Sh22,500 and Sh40,000 a month. According to a FinAccess study carried out in 2009, only seven per cent of the total national population had any form of insurance, with ve per cent being in salaried employment. According to experts in the industry, micro-insurance will need to adopt a dierent model to reach small-scale farmers, small-and-medium-sized entrepreneurs and artisans who form the bulk of the target market. Analysts say the government has not supported micro-insurance through tax exemptions and other conducive scal measures that would help attract more people and exploit the untapped potential. Kenyas insurance industry, according to them, is characterised by a small market that is more focused on the corporate and asset markets which has resulted in sti competition among the 47 insurance companies. Among the reports recommendations is the bundling of risk portfolios where a policyholder is covered for multiple risks like health and funeral expenses. Relevant laws should also be amended to permit savings and credit societies, banks, money transfer providers like M-Pesa, Yucash and Orange money to be used as channels of distribution and claim settlement. Mr Makove said the policy paper arose from the growth of micro-insurance that exposed policyholders since this class of business is largely unregulated. New products introduced include pension, travel and funeral expenses covers, some of which are delivered through mobile phone. Experts see micro-insurance as a way to enhance insurance penetration in the country; it remains dismally low at about 3 per cent. The regulator is recommending inclusion of strategic partners with other business partners and donors for funding, distribution, risk-sharing, consumer education and creation of awareness about the products. Reinsurance in micro-insurance will not be mandatory but will be encouraged. The Actuarial Society of Kenya will sign o on the providers of micro-insurance after an assessment of their pricing, reserve and underwriting risks. Registered insurers may underwrite part of the risks of micro-insurers, but they will be required to acquire a micro-insurance licence.
Dierent model
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Phone interviews limit biases in opinion polls T

Advantage: They aord more discreet anonymity for the respondent and provide more honest replies
he subject of opinion polls has raised quite a storm recently and will be on the public agenda till March 4. Nearly all the presidential candidates have either welcomed or dismissed the results in equal measures. This underscores the fact that polls exert an inuence on the public in much the same manner that any book or discussion of public aairs does. Those trailing in the opinion polls pay attention because there is a possibility that voters could troop to the candidate with a healthy lead in the polls because they want to be with the winner. On the ip side, theres the underdog eect, when voters switch to the trailing candidate out of sympathy. Then there is the boomerang effect, when people are so sure that their favoured candidate will win that they dont bother to vote. What pollsters should guard against is poor sampling. George Gallup, the father of modern opinion polling once said that sampling people to give their opinions is like sampling soup: One spoonful can reect the taste of the whole pot if the soup is well-stirred. In other words, it is all about nding a sample that reects the larger population. Many people wonder why only about 2,000
We must guard against the use of voodoo polls, poor sampling approaches and improperly conducted surveys.
individuals are contacted in opinions polls to represent the 14 million voters in Kenya. Well, polling is based on the laws of probability. According to probability theory, it is not necessary to sample the opinions of all 14 million Kenyans. A much smaller sample can reect the larger population if that sample is truly representative. The sample has to reach a certain size threshold to be statistically accurate. It also has to be systematic so as not to leave out an important segment of the population. The polling industry always asserts that a sample of a thousand or so individuals will provide the same results,
within a plus-or-minus 3.5 per cent error and with a 95 per cent condence level meaning that similar samples would obtain the same results. Smaller samples have a higher margin of error, that is, that the true outcome may be signicantly dierent from what is observed in the survey result. But there are many reasons why the opinions expressed in the surveys may not reect there reality. This could be because the surveyed individuals were not selected in a random manner. Other reasons could be because of doctoring or cooking of data, the wording of questions, the order they are asked, the interviewers tone of voice or the exaggeration of reported ndings. That is why some polling experts argue that opinion poll results should routinely publish the full questionnaire, so people can judge whether the questions are biased. In order to satisfy the law of randomisation, it is possible that with poorly paid research assistants and harsh terrain to cover to interview some people within strict deadlines, there can be motivation to cook data. Phone interviews could be investigated as a possible method to minimise on the biases and
errors associated with opinion polling. With a phone penetration of over 75 per cent and all phone lines registered, Kenya is ripe for phone-based polls conducted on randomly selected phone numbers. Interviewing from a central telephone unit lends itself to careful supervision and control. Telephone surveys arguably provide a rapid and timely data collection and can be deployed quickly compared to personal one-on-one interviews. Telephone surveys also aord more discreet anonymity for the respondent and therefore are proven to provide more honest replies when the interviewer and interviewee are fundamentally unknown to one another. But if all considerations are made to ensure that potential errors are kept at minimum, opinion polls provide parties with a picture of how the voters perceive them, therefore providing parties with the necessary ammunition to reposition themselves. What we must guard against is the use of voodoo polls, poor sampling approaches, improperly conducted surveys, and inaccurate reporting of polling results.
The risk
Sam Wambugu is a monitoring and evaluation specialist. Email: samwambugugmail.com
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JITTERS | World leaders concerned over threat to hostages as rescue operation continues
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Algeria crisis forces the West to consider cost of foreign interventions

The grisly aftermath of hostage situation has brought to the fore the risk nationals of developed countries face in volatile zones
BY CIUGU MWAGIRU
ciugumwagiru@yahoo.co.uk he media has been kept on its toes trying to keep up with news from Algeria as casualty gures from last weeks hostage crisis kept rising amid uncertainties regarding the fate of foreign nationals resident in the country. In the meantime, Algerian Special Forces are reported to be hot on the heels of the al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants who sparked the crisis when they overran a British Petroleum gas plant during a dawn raid on Wednesday morning. Estimated to have been about 30, at least 18 of the militants were by the weeks end reported to have been killed during the rather catastrophic rescue mission, which unfortunately resulted in the deaths of some of the hostages. Launched on Thursday, the hurried mission came amid fears of an immediate threat to the hostages, both Algerian and foreign. As it turned out, the militant group behind the raid was reportedly the Katibat Moulathamine, or The Masked Ones, and is said to have been retaliating for French military intervention against al Qaeda-backed rebels in neighbouring Mali. The feared militant group was also demanding the release of two terrorists held in the US, including the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman, as a precondition for the handing over of captured American hostages. According to British Prime Minister David Cameron, the attack on the BP complex was large, well co-ordinated and heavily armed and appeared to , be pre-planned. After chairing an emergency session of the British Cobra emergency committee, he informed concerned British MPs that the hostage crisis in Algeria would hopefully be resolved shortly. Camerons optimistic condence aside, the grisly aftermath of the horrendous event sent
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Shabaab hits out at France

A bungled French hostage rescue mission in Somalia earlier this month also brought home the realisation that foreign intervention comes at a price. A French hostage and two soldiers were killed in the ght that ensued after Frances secret service attempted a helicopter mission in the town of Bulo Marer to rescue Denis Allex, the pseudonym of an agent kidnapped in Somalia in 2009. French ministers said the agents were met with very strong resistance, and that 17 terrorists were killed. President Obama said the US oered the French limited technical support.
Agency urges Egypt not to deport Syrians

The Egypt government unlawfully expelled two Syrian refugees back to the war-ravaged country last week, and two Palestinians from Syria now risk being deported, the watchdog Human Rights Watch said yesterday. A Palestinian man and his son, currently being held at Cairo airport, would face indiscriminate violence and possible persecution if returned to Syria, the group said. Egypt is obligated under international law not to return anyone, regardless of status, to a place where they would be persecuted, they added. The group added that while Egypt has provided a safe haven for more than 13,000 Syrian refugees, recent cases raise concerns deportation is on the rise. At a time of great conict and tragedy in Syria, we call on Egypt and all countries not to return any residents of Syria, including Palestinians, to Syria. (AFP)
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The year Omar Abdel Rahman one of the terrorists the Algerian Islamists wanted released by the US in exchange for hostages masterminded the bombing of the World Trade Centre.
o the mark, given that the same news agency reported that scores of people had been seized by the militants during the attack earlier in the week. And although by the end of the week about 100 foreign workers had been released after the Algerian military intervention, alongside 573 Algerian employees, the casualty gures released by western media were much higher than the ocial Algerian ones. The horrendous aftermath of the hostage crisis was that the western world remained jittery as it emerged that their nationals based in volatile zones of the developing world remained at risk. Particularly aected was Britain, whose nationals were the main victims during the BP gas plant attack. As the western worlds jitters intensied over the weekend, it was becoming clear that there was realisation that foreign intervention has a price tag. Not surprisingly, amid the mounting uncertainty US Foreign Secretary Hillary Clinton was reported to have urged Algerian authorities to show utmost care in their interventions in order to safeguard the lives of hostages reported to have been still at risk. TO COMMENT ON THIS AND OTHER STORIES, GO TO www.nation.co.ke
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Rape on the rise in DRC, warns charity

Rape by armed men of displaced women is on the rise to an alarming extent in camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a medical charity. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) took in 95 victims of sexual assault between December 3 and January 5, the charity said. MSF deplored a lack of involvement by bodies responsible for the protection of civilians , creating chronic insecurity and making rape systemic. (AFP)
Already we know of one [Briton] who has died. The Algerian armed forces have now attacked this compound. It is a very dangerous, very uncertain, a very uid situation and I think we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility of bad news ahead
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday
Militant group
Algerian Islamists clash with security forces on Friday to protest against the decision taken by President Abdelaziz Bouteika to allow French ghter jets to y in Algerian airspace.
jitters across the western world. The British premier later met with the outgoing US defence secretary Leon Panetta in a bid to arrive at a co-ordinated response to the latest al Qaeda threat in the Islamic Maghreb. The militants involved in the hostage saga were reported to have been under the command of the al Qaeda-linked one-eyed Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Balmokhtar, who was later in the week reported to have been killed during the rescue mission carried out by the Algerian army. Belmokhtar, popularly known as The Uncatchable, is said have specialised in hostage taking, and headed a top al Qaeda outt in the Islamic Maghreb commonly abbreviated as AQIM. The hostage takers were earlier in the week reported to have said they were holding three Belgians, two Americans, one Japanese and a Briton. It, however, later turned out that there were numerous other foreign nationals still unaccounted for. Among them were 20 Japanese nationals and eight Norwegians whose fate was still unknown as the drama unfolded. In the meantime, western countries, including Britain, France and the USA, were busy trying to evacuate their nationals from Algeria. As the drama unfolded, there were reports of a US plane beginning the process of evacuating its citizens and other nationalities deemed to be at risk. Unfortunately, some of those nationals had to be taken home in body bags, having been among the victims killed during the hostage debacle. By Friday night, the Algerian news agency APS reported that a provisional gure of 12 foreign and Algerian workers at the ill-fated gas plant had been killed during last weeks events at the BP gas plant located at the remote desert facility of In Amenas. The provisional gures, however, appeared to have been wide
PHOTO | AFP
BAMAKO
Malian artists launch 7-minute peace song

Some of Malis biggest artists have composed a song for peace in a country where the army, backed by French troops, is battling to drive out Islamist extremists occupying the vast desert north. The seven-minute song is titled Mali Ko (For Mali in the local Bambara language). It features about 40 artists, including Fatoumata Diawara (pictured). Music is deeply ingrained in Malian culture and the country boasts some of Africas best loved singers. (AFP)
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ARREST | His boss has been detained by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity
Gbagbo ally extradited to Cote dIvoire

Goude is wanted for his role in the 20102011 post-poll crisis that left 3,000 dead
ABIDJAN, Saturday
warrant for his role in Cote dIvoires December 2010-April 2011 post-election crisis that left at least 3,000 people dead after Gbagbo refused to accept defeat in a presidential election. According to Goudes lawyer, Israeli national Nick Kaufman, Ghanaian police said his client was arrested on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). But the ICC told AFP it had no public link with Goude, meaning no warrant for his arrest had been made public, and leaving open the possibility that a sealed warrant was used.
Zambia fears a slide into dictatorship

LUSAKA, Saturday
Whether by coincidence or design, the Zambian presidents political foes are systematically being detained, raising fears of creeping authoritarianism in the copper-rich nation. When perennial presidential candidate Michael Sata came to power in September 2011, there were vocal concerns about how King Cobra would rule the country. Zambians, having dodged the worst excesses of Africas lost decades, were keen to ensure a new generation of rapacious politicos did not steal the fruits gleaned from sustained economic growth. Thankfully, the worst fears about Sata have so far proven unfounded. But some say a recent spate of government sackings and opposition arrests bear the hallmarks of a witch hunt against his critics and of backsliding on democracy. The latest arrest came Thursday, when police picked up Hakainde Hichilema, the leader of the countrys second largest opposition party. He was charged with defaming the president. (AFP)
harles Ble Goude, the righthand man to exIvorian leader Laurent Gbagbo, was extradited to Cote dIvoire Friday after his arrest in Ghana a day earlier, Abidjan said. After a police operation jointly carried out by Ivory Coast and Ghana, Charles Ble Goude was arrested on Thursday in Ghana. He is currently being held in Ivory Coast as part of legal proceedings involving him that are already under way in Ivory Coast, said a joint statement from the Cote dIvoire Justice and Interior ministries. A former youth minister and powerful orator known for galvanising popular support for Gbagbo, Goude was the subject of an Ivorian arrest
Large-scale protests
BACKGROUND
2006
The year Charles Ble Goude was sanctioned by the UN for inciting attacks against its sta.
Goude came to the political fore for his skill in rallying large-scale protests demanding the withdrawal of French military present in Cote dIvoire in the years following a failed coup in 2002. Sanctioned by the UN in 2006, accused of inciting attacks against its sta, Goude went on the run in West Africa. He had spent time in Ghana in particular, home to a number of Gbagbo loyalists. The militant leader of the proGbagbo Young Patriots has been touted as a possible target for trial by the ICC, joining his former boss, who has been detained by the Hague-based court since the end of 2011 pending
Former leaders role in crisis

The civil war of 2002 came to an end in 2004, but Ivory Coast is still divided along religious and ethnic lines. The presidential elections in 2010 triggered another eruption of violence after incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept he had been defeated by opposition leader Alassane Ouattara. This resulted in bloody post-election violence. Atrocities were committed both by forces loyal to Gbagbo and Ouattara. (Genocide Watch)
his trial for crimes against humanity. Goude insists he is innocent of any crimes. Human Rights Watch said in a statement Friday it welcomed the arrest but called on Ivorian authorities to ensure that Goude was treated fairly. His arrest comes as members of Gbagbos Ivorian Popular Front Party begin dialogue with current President Alassane Ouattaras government ahead of upcoming local elections in a bid to move Cote dIvoire forward from its recent crises. (AFP)
Charles Ble Goude greets his supporters in February 2011. He was arrested in Ghana and handed over to Ivorian authorities on Friday to face charges related to post-election violence.
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TOUGH GOING | There are crises that need to be averted, but theres also commitment to democracy
Hollywood lures Chinese to the movies

BEIJING, Saturday
Ten new movie screens open each day in China as the popularity of cinema soars in the country, but the appeal of Chinese lms has failed to maintain the pace. Box oce receipts jumped 30 per cent last year to 17 billion yuan ($2.7 billion), lifting China up to become the worlds number two cinema market behind the United States, gures last week showed. Yet foreign titles took the bulk of the money, scooping up just over half the revenue in 2012 despite facing an annual cap of only 34 releases while Chinese lmmakers produced 893 lms last year. The successful movies are nearly all Hollywood blockbusters, said Pen Kang, a researcher for the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Film. Chinese domestic lms have no advantages compared to these Hollywood lms. The production standards and technology are less advanced. China only increased its foreign movie quota from 20 in 2012 after long pressure from Hollywood and the World Trade Organization. As a result foreign lms edged out domestic ones in ticket sales for the rst time in a decade, taking 51.5 per cent of the total. (AFP)
Zafar Baloch, who is associated with the main ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), gestures during an interview at his home in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. A wave of violent attacks in the city, which have been linked to ethnic and political tensions, have raised concerns for the general elections scheduled for May.
PHOTO | AFP
Pakistan heads towards historic poll

Current government seems poised to become the rst to complete a term in oce and oversee a democratic transition in midMay
ISLAMABAD, Sunday
Islamabad has brokered an end to a protest challenging its rule that paves the way to historic elections, but rising violence in the weak nuclear-armed state is still a threat, analysts say. After another week of profound instability, Pakistans civilian politicians are arguably more resilient than ever, credited with averting fears of a rumoured military-judicial plot to subvert a democratic transition of power. Charismatic preacher Tahirul Qadri brought the centre of Islamabad to a standstill for four days in the largest rally seen in the heavily guarded capital for years, but retreated overnight after winning few concessions. Qadri secured only a vague date for Parliament to dissolve by mid-March and a promise that he would be consulted on the appointment of a caretaker prime minister in the run-up to polls, as well as a 30-day period for candidates to be screened. We are moving in the right direction. It shows Pakistan is not as fragile as people think, said political analyst and retired general Talat Masood. It fell far short of his call for an Egypt-style revolution and the immediate collapse of the government to make way for an administration of technocrats to introduce sweeping reforms before elections. For the moment, an order from the Supreme Court to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over corruption BACKGROUND allegations has been left hanging, and even if he is detained, he can continue on the job until and until he is convicted. President Asif Ali Zardaris government looks more certain now of holding on to become the rst civilian government in Pakistan history to complete a term in oce and achieve a democratic transition at the ballot box, by mid-May. Analysts and newspapers fell over themselves to congratulate politicians for showing maturity and uniting against Qadri, regardless of the lack of evidence that the military was engineering a fourth coup from behind the scenes. This time we surely have moved on, Raza Rumi, director of policy at the Jinnah Institute think tank, told AFP. Because all political parties that have a stake in the democratic system stood together and resisted the attempt to derail the constitution. And that is a major development in the Pakistani context, he told AFP. But Qadris protest also underscored deep frustrations. Appalling gas and electricity cuts are getting worse, making the lives of millions of people unbearable and hammering industry. Educated Pakistanis, men and women, are increasingly fed up with a corrupt elite that seems either unable or unwilling to stem the violence, and provide jobs, an an adequate education and public health service. The four-day dharna (sitin) has brought to the fore the widening political, social and economic ssures in our society, wrote author Zahid Hussain in Dawn newspaper, warning that the reverberations would leave a deep impact. Foreign powers view Pakistan as a nuclear weapons state, said political analyst Hasan Askari. Further chaos cannot be ruled out. The government wants to hang on. But they have no capacity, he warned. Pakistan has recently been praised for playing a constructive role in peace eorts in Afghanistan, but concerns remain in Delhi, Kabul and Washington about support for Islamist militants, harboured by elements in the military. (AFP)
Economic ssures
Largest rally
Frustrations of the people

The Pakistani economy is in a worse state now than it was when the government was elected in 2008. Taliban attacks are on the rise. Shiite Muslims are suffering record levels of violence as is Karachi, the countrys business and economic hub.
Police: Blaze killed pedestrian in copter crash

LONDON, Saturday
A pedestrian caught up in the London helicopter crash died from severe burns, police said Friday as they announced the ocial causes of death for the passer-by and the pilot. The post-mortem results on the two men killed in Wednesdays crash were given as work continued to remove the mangled wreckage of the crane hit by the helicopter. The autopsies conducted Thursday found that 50year-old pilot Pete Barnes died from multiple injuries, while pedestrian Matthew Wood, 39, suered severe burns and a leg injury, said Scotland Yard police headquarters. In dense mist, the helicopter hit the crane and plunged to the ground, crashing into a road during the morning rush hour, just metres from the train line linking Londons busiest railway terminus with much of southern England. It was the rst fatal helicopter accident since records began in 1976. The helicopter exploded in ames, sending burning wreckage across the street and setting a car on fire, while the boom of the crane fell onto a street below. Wood was killed as he walked to his job as a manager at a pest control rm. Five people were taken to hospital, four with minor injuries and one with a broken leg, while seven others were treated at the scene. Police commander Neil Basu said it was something of a miracle that there were not more fatalities. The crane was attached to a 51-storey tower of luxury ats at Vauxhall, near the headquarters of the MI6 foreign spy agency on the south bank of the River Thames. The top of The Tower, One St George Wharf was shrouded in mist. It will be Britains tallest solelyresidential building once complete. Barnes was one of the most highly qualified helicopter pilots in Britain.
Brazil ocer kills colleague in a prank gone wrong

SAO PAULO, Saturday
A policeman was in custody in western Brazil after he shot and killed a colleague who pranked him by faking a holdup, local media said Friday. The incident occurred late Thursday in Rondonopolis, Mato Grosso state, when the prankster turned up on a motorcycle outside the ocers house and told him he was being held up. Caught unaware, the officer, who was in a car, pulled out his gun and red several shots into the stomach of the fellow cop, who died after being rushed to hospital, according to reports. (AFP)
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PAYBACK | The bullied may seek redress
Former seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong at a past press event. The disgraced American cyclists confessions on television on Thursday and Friday came after 14 years of repeated denials that he used banned substances to win his races.
PHOTO | FILE
Armstrongs fall from grace may get pricey

Cycling legends TV confession did not endear him to those he bullied, insulted
WASHINGTON, Saturday
allen cycling legend Lance Armstrong took a major legal risk in confessing to drug use in a TV interview and has exposed himself to signicant litigation, lawyers warned on Friday. The seven-time Tour de France champion already faced several potential lawsuits from former teammates and sponsors who claim they were hurt by his doping and his ferocious but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to cover it up.
fans after the rst part of the interview was broadcast late Thursday. Kobritz said Armstrong missed an opportunity to make a genuine apology to two women, former team masseuse Emma OReilly and a teammates wife, Betsy Andreu, whom he had insulted when they attempted to reveal his doping. He ruined their life, he called them some violent names, said Kobritz, predicting the women would launch defamation suits. The most logical result would be ... buying them o. But that might not even
Yet by appearing with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey and bluntly admitting to taking a cocktail of banned substances over a decade and a half while bullying those around him, he may have put more than his reputation at risk. I think its going to be a big judgment against him, said Peter Keane, a law professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Meanwhile, his aggressive demeanor and perceived lack of contrition in the interview may turn judges and jurors against him if cases go to court. He did a terrible job, said Jordan Kobritz, a former lawyer and head of sports at SUNY Cortland University, reecting the view of many sports
Banned substances
I didnt think he was sincere, contrite, forthright or remorseful

Jordan Kobritz, former lawyer
be Armstrongs biggest legal challenge. The US Department of Justice is close to making a decision on whether to add the governments name to a complaint lodged in 2010 against Armstrong by former fellow US Postal Service teammate Floyd Landis. The Postal Service, a federal agency, paid $30 million in public money to sponsor Armstrongs team, and may now seek to get it back. (AFP)
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It is with deep sorrow and humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the death of our Dad, Pastor Thomas Kivuya Mirembe, which occurred on Tuesday, 15/01/2013. Husband of the Late Peris Kaleha Kivuya. Father of Joyce Madegwa, WO1 Eliud Madaga (Kenya Airforce), Wilson, Stanley, Emmy, Lydia, Beatrice, Violet, Caroline, Jacqueline, Erick, and the Late Phanice. Brother of Javan, Erastus, Dinah, Nedi, the Late Herman, and the Habil Mirembe. Loving GrandPa of Wycliffe Madaga (GSU), Tony Siema (USA), Patricia (USA), Kennedy Madegwa (Direct Line), Beverly, Priscah (Agha Khan), Leon (KU), among others.
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We little knew that morning God was to call your name. Your departure left a heartache no one can heal, but you left a memory no one can steal. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, and you did not go alone, part of us went with you. You left us beautiful memories, your legacy, teachings and hard work, and we are proud of your accomplishments. Though absent, you are always at our side. Time mends broken hearts they say. If true, then we shall count the days until we meet again in glory. Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.
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It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the demise of Bernice Gathoni Njenga on 18th January 2013. Wife of the late John Njenga Njoroge (Nararashi). Loving mother of the late Fred Njoroge Njenga, Jeremiah Manyara Njenga, Margaret Wanjiru Thande, late Catherine Nyambura Lucas, Elizabeth Wambui Harding, Mary Njeri Thuo, Nancy Wanjiku Brady and Eva Wangeci Njenga. Prayers and funeral arrangements are being held at Kieha Farm, Kentmere starting today at 2pm funeral will be announced later.
Fondly remembered by your wife Rosemary and dearly missed by your children Brenda, Ed, Beryl and Kevin; grandchildren Chris and Sylvia; mum Loice, family, relatives and friends. May you rest in eternal peace. Rev 7:16-17: Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst.The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
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For the best sports news, analysis and pictures Despres also closes in on the motorcyle title on nal day of race, home boy Lopez in hot pursuit
La Serena, Chile
Giniel De Villiers. On Fridays penultimate 441km stage from Copiapo the longest of the two-week, 8,000km event Peterhansel nished in ninth place. We had to get through this stage without any problems, so there was a lot of stress in the car, rst when we were crossing the rst dunes, said Peterhansel.
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GHANA SEEK TO END THREE DECADES OF FAILED DREAMS
Black Stars, who last won the Nations Cup in 1982, launch their campaign against the DRC this evening. Page 46-47
MOTORSPORT | Frenchman was set to tackle nal stage yesterday with 44 minute lead over nearest rival
Peterhansel on the verge of glory

Frances driver Stephane Peterhansel and codriver Jean Paul Cottret compete during stage 13 of the 2013 Dakar Rally between Copiapo and La Serena, in Chile, on Friday.
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BRIEFLY
NBA
Bulls dig deep to oor Celtics in extra time

Marco Belinellis turnaround jump shot with 3.1 seconds left in overtime lifted the Chicago Bulls to a 100-99 National Basketball Association win over the Boston Celtics on Friday. Richard Hamilton scored 20 points and Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah both notched double-doubles for a Bulls team that claimed a third-straight win and their fth successive win on the road. Chicago own the Eastern Conferences best road record of 12-5. Boozer scored 19 points and grabbed a season-high 20 rebounds, while Noah nished with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
honours in his Hummer with his 3hr 40min 53sec time good enough for a 22sec advantage over Frances Guerlain Chicherit in an SMG. Chiles Orlando Terranova, in a BMW, was third. Despres virtually wrapped up a fth motorcycling title when he nished second on the stage to open an overall lead of over eight minutes.
tephane Peterhansel was set to be crowned Dakar Rally champion for an 11th time yesterday while French compatriot Cyril Despres should wrap up a fth motorcycling crown on the days nal stage. Defending champion Peterhansel, a four-time auto winner and a six-time victor on two wheels, was set to tackle yesterdays short, 128km timed run into Santiago with a 44 minutes and 38 seconds lead over South Africas Toyota driver
Careful driving
Determination
We didnt take any risks at all and we only lost a few minutes, but we managed to protect our lead this way. We know how it goes: something could still happen right up until you cross the finishing line. Even if its a small special, we still have to get it over and done with. American NASCAR driver Robby Gordon claimed the stage
The 38-year-old, the champion in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012, was 5min 25sec behind Chiles Francisco Lopez who hasnt given up hope of catching his rival on home turf. With KTM teammate, and overnight title rival, Ruben Faria slipping into third in the standings, Despres will go into Saturdays nal dash into the Chilean capital with an 8min 15sec overall lead over Lopez. The bike race isnt just about strategy. Its also about rally-raid sport: weve just rode 440 km and I was feeling good on the rst section, said Despres. Afterwards, I saw that Id
got some time back on Francisco and that he wasnt going to disappear into the distance over 140km. So I thought I had better be careful with the engine. Since I ate quite a bit of dust in the morning, I preferred to make sure and take it easy. There were two or three tricky bits of reading to select the right track. As for celebrating, we still have 220km to the bivouac, he said. (AFP)
MONTE CARLO RALLY
Loeb on course for seventh title

World champion Sebastien Loeb eased closer to a seventh Monte Carlo Rally victory on Friday when he opened a lead of 1min 47sec over fellow-Frenchman Sebastien Ogier. Nine-time world champion Loeb has led the season-opener since the second stage in his Citroen and with only ve stages left to be raced in and around Monaco yesterday, Ogier looks likely to settle for second place in the debut-making Volkswagen. Loeb is only racing four events in the 2013 championship, but that hasnt dented his competitive edge, which was he illustrated by rounding o Fridays action with the fastest time through the closing stage.
GOLF
McIlroy and Woods op in the Gulf

In golf, as in other sports, money talks, but money cannot guarantee results. Proof of that came in Abu Dhabi this week when the two biggest and best paid names in the game - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods - travelled to the Gulf to kick-start their seasons and both fell at the rst hurdle. McIlroy was feted after arriving in Abu Dhabi to sign one of the biggest sponsorship deals in sport with Nike, reported to be in the region of $250 million (188 million euros) over 10 years, although there was no ocial conrmation of this gure.
CYCLING
Armstrong would like to compete again

Shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong wants to return to competitive sport, but says the driving force behind his belated doping confession was the well-being of his ve children. The biggest hope and intention was the well-being of my children, Armstrong told talk show host Oprah Winfrey in the second segment of their televised interview that aired on Friday. In the rst installment aired on Thursday, the 41-year-old Texan admitted for the rst time that an array of performance-enhancing drugs helped him win seven Tour de France titles .
Federer, Serena lead big guns into Australian Open last 16

Melbourne
Roger Federer (left) claimed a Grand Slam milestone as he fought o the challenge of rising local star Bernard Tomic to join Andy Murray in the last 16 at the Australian Open yesterday. The Swiss 17-time major winner and second seed was pushed before clinching a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 victory over the 43rdranked Tomic in almost two hours on Rod Laver Arena. Third seed Murray earlier marched on at the expense of his Lithuanian practice partner Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-4, 7-5, while former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro was the days big casualty. And third seed Serena Williams beat Japans Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-3 to reach the fourth round but defending champion Victoria Azarenka was made to work hard and play ugly to stay in the event, beatin beating injured American Jamie Hampton in three sets. (AFP)
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ATHLETICS | Worlds fastest marathoner Georey Mutai returns second at Ngong Racecorse
Oloitiptip and Cherono win KDF X-country

Kipsang, Kabuu top Police Championships to qualify for next months nationals in Nairobi
BY AYUMBA AYODI
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Seven races on card in Ngong

BY GRUNDY
The first classic race of the 2012/2013 racing season, the Kenya Guineas, is nally on this afternoon at Ngong Racecourse and Golf Park where action resumes with a sevenrace-card after a short break last Sunday. Usually raced over a mile or 1,600m, the Kenya Guineas race has its roots steeped in history dating as far back as April 1809.
Selections; 1.15pm- Brown Whislter-Oyakoba 1.50pm-Belmont Bay-Ermanos 2.25pm-Tempesta- Just Promise 3pm-Westonian-Wonnitestand 3.35pm-Summer Wind-Leonidus 4.10pm-Tigers Eye-Almeria 4.45pm-Prophesy-Skelton Coast
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vsiele@ke.nationmedia.com new order was established yesterday at the Kenya Defence Forces Cross-country Championships at Thika Barracks when Leonard Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono claimed their maiden victories. And at Ngong Racecourse, former World Junior Cross-country champion, Geoffrey Kipsang and 2006 Commonwealth 10,000m champion, Lucy Kabuu yesterday won mens and womens races respectively at the Kenya Police Cross-country Championships. In Thika, the senior mens 12km race opened up in the last 400m with an
explosive exchange of the lead between Oloitiptip (Laikipia), Peter Mateelong (Nanyuki) and Linus Chumba (Embakasi). However, its the 22-year-old Oloitiptip who claimed his rst Forces victory in 36 minutes and 07 seconds after nishing fourth at last years championships in a race won by Laikipias Mark Kiptoo. Mateelong, brother to Commonwealth Games 3,000m steeplechase champion Richard and Chumba came second and third in 36:08.7 and 36: 15.5 respectively. The 2010 Poland World Cross-country senior mens champion Joseph Ebuya came fourth in 36:18.4. At Ngong Racecourse, Kipsang won mens 12km race in 35:00.0, followed by worlds fastest marathoner, Georey Mutai (35:53.7). London Olympics 5000m nalist, Isaiah Kiplagat Koech nished third in 36:19 ahead of Philimon Kimeli (36:26) and Bernard Kipyego (36:34.8).
Results: Kenya Police Championships: Mens 12km; 1. Georey Kipsang (35:00.0); 2.Georey Mutai (35: 53.7); 3. Isaiah Kiplangat (36:19); 4. Philemon Kimeli (36:26.4); 5. Bernard Kipyego (36:34.8); 6. Levy Matebo
Westonian for Kenya Guineas

BY DEJA VU
The Kenya Guineas race to be run at Ngong racecourse today may expose dark outsiders. Westonian (Lesley Sercombe), a Tanya Mills Rawhide Stud, South African import, was bought by Mim Haynes on the Yearling Sales. He has already converted his currency betting a champion in plenty scores, including the Uhuru Cup.
Selections: 1.15pm: Brown Whistler, Soksi 1.50pm: Belmont Bay, Boudica 2.25pm: Tempesta, Russki 3pm: Westonian, Royal Sioux, Bolt 3.35pm: Val dIsire, Doubloon 4.10pm: Fuleld, My Girl 4.45pm: Roxanne, Woodlands, Prophecy
Leonard Oleitiptip wins senior mens 12km race during the KDF Cross-country Championship at Thika Barracks yesterday. Oloitiptip won in 36:07.
(36:38.1).Womens 8km; 1. Lucy Kabuu (27:16.9); 2. Edna Kiplagat (27:17.3); 3. Janet Kisa (27:22.4); 4. Linet Masai (27:28.5); 5. Viola Kimeto (27:29.2); 6. Edith Chelimo (27:32.4). KDF Championships: Mens 12km: 1. Leonard Oloitiptip (LAB) 36:07.0; 2. Peter Mateelong (Nanyuki) 36:08.7; 3. Linus Chumba (Emba) 36:15.5; 4. Joseph Ebuya (Thika) 36:18.4; 5.Menjo Kiprono (MAB) 36:22.0; 6. Mark Kiptoo (LAB) 36:24.0; 7. Kiplimo Kimutai (LAB) 36:28.0; 8.Reuben LImaa (Kahawa) 36:32.2;
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9. Vincent Kiprop (Kahawa) 36:40.5; 10. Mike Tiony (Thika) 36:47.3. Womens 8km: 1. Gladys Cherono (Kahawa) 27:40.0; 2. Linet Chepkirui (MAB) 27;46.0; 3. Gladys Chemweno (Thika) 27:46.5; 4. Sela Jeplenting (Lanet) 27:51.8; 5. Perin Nenkampi (MAB) 27:52.7; 6. Anges Chesang (Isiolo) 27:53.2; 7. Sharon Cherop (Isiolo) 28:02.3; 8.Veronicah Nyaruai (LAB) 28:07.6; 9. Fridah Mwikali (Embakasi) 28:10.0; 10. Innes Chenonges (MAB) 28:14.2.
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LAST CALL
Charles Nyende
STAMFORD BRIDGE SHOWDOWN | You want to go there and be at your best, says Arsenal boss
Wenger hopes to add to Blues home sickness

Chelsea host shaky Gunners as Red Devils take on Tottenham at White Hart Lane
London
rsene Wenger believes Arsenal can exploit the uncomfortable relationship between Rafael Benitez and Chelseas supporters when the Gunners head to Stamford Bridge for todays crucial London derby. Chelsea interim boss Benitez, already a hate gure at the Bridge following his time with rivals Liverpool, has been unable to win over his clubs fans since arriving as successor to the popular Roberto Di Matteo in November. Their stormy relationship hit a new low on Wednesday when the Blues squandered a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw against Southampton, a result that continued Chelseas miserable form at the Bridge this season. Chelsea have won just one of their last seven home league matches. That sole success was an 8-0 win over Aston Villa under Benitezs guidance, but the Spaniard has also overseen embarrassing defeats against QPR and Swansea. In constrast, the Blues have chalked up six wins on the road during Benitezs reign, a pattern that
Gors Samba boy basks in comical trip

s Kenyan football that attractive that we have become a powerful magnet for aspiring talent? Just a couple of years back, then Football Kenya Federation technical director, Patrick Naggi, pompously announced the call-up of one Taiwo Atieno to the Harambee Stars national team. Naggi predicted that Atieno, a Briton of half Kenyan parentage, would be the next Adebayor of Africa. I watched the tall lad at his first training session with the Stars and dismissed him outright. His ball control was as clumsy as a tortoise attempting to walk on a tight rope while his goal awareness was as sharp as a round stone. Mercifully, he only played cameo roles in the 2010 qualiers. I have always wondered why we gave him citizenship. But the latest fiasco is more laughable. Glamour club Gor Mahia last week got their communication wing into overdrive over the impending arrival of a Brazilian footballer called Giovanni Rodriguez. Emails were sent and phone calls made to newsrooms while messages were dropped on social media that Rodriguez, formerly of Brazilian outt Esporte Clube Milan, was joining Gor Mahia. In fact, the official word was that the player had signed a two-year deal with Gor Mahia. No Kenyan club has ever recruited a player from mighty Brazil, ve-time World champions. Perhaps because of that euphoria, nobody questioned why a Brazilian would want to play football in Kenya currently ranked a lowly 127 in the world. Imagine a Kenya Sevens player going to ply his trade, say in Djibouti. But this was a Brazilian football player and the press and curious fans thronged his rst training session with KOgalo at City Stadium. And boy, were they not treated to a spectacle. First they saw a rotund man, who looked more a yesteryear rugby prop forward than a nimble football midelder. His touch was anything but Samba and most times he was left clutching his sides, tongue out, gasping for breath as his new mates went through their paces. I like Gor Mahia coach Zdravko Logarusic for one thing: He speaks his mind. During his rst days at Gor, he famously stated there were some players in his team who could not think and run with the ball at the same time. He promptly ooaded the lot. This is what he said about the new Gor Mahia Brazilian star: May be he can improve, but he is a joker. He is completely unt. Why a professional player came completely unt I dont know. Where did Gor Mahia get this man? If they thought the rest of the KPL clubs would double over in fear at the introduction of their selecao, well, they are partially right. Everybody else doubled over in laughter at the burly Brazilian imposter. Or is he? cnyende@ke.nationmedia.com
suggests the pressure of playing in the current toxic atmosphere at the Bridge is aecting Chelseas players. And Wenger hopes Chelseas home sickness makes this the perfect time to travel to west London. With Arsenal six points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who host Manchester United today, and eight adrift of third-placed Chelsea, a victory would be a major boost to Wengers hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Fleet-footed left-winger The condence of the crowd in the team plays a big part, but lets not hope on any weakness of Chelsea, lets just focus on our strength, Wenger said. Elsewhere, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes Tottenhams Gareth Bale still has a long way to go before he can be compared to Ryan Giggs, ahead of todays encounter between the sides. Bale is Giggs heir in the Wales national side and the eet-footed left-winger has already scored nine league goals this season, including a ne individual eort in Spurs 3-2 win at Old Traord in September. Ferguson believes the Giggs of the early Premier League years had no equal. It is all opinions I suppose, Ferguson said. The boy is a good player. But Ryan Giggs at 23? I dont think there was anyone better. (AFP)
Overdrive mode
Arsenals Theo Walcott waves to fans with the match ball after scoring his hat-trick in their clash with Newcastle United at The Emirates Stadium on December 29. The Gunners tackle Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at 4.30pm.
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Silva service sees City close on Utd, Liverpool on the rampage

Manchester
David Silva trebled his goal output for the season by scoring twice as defending Premier League champions Manchester City beat Fulham 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium yesterday. The victory cut the lead currently held by first-place Manchester United to four points, although Citys neighbours and chief rivals hold a game in hand with a visit to Tottenham today. City manager Roberto Mancini will nonetheless draw great satisfaction from the victory, which saw Silva return to the sort of form that has made him one of the leagues most feared forward players over the past two seasons. The Spanish internationals only other league goal from his 17 starts this season had come in a 5-0 victory over Aston Villa in November, but the condence with which he claimed his goals against Fulham suggests he is back to his best. Elsewhere, Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge were both on the scoresheet as Liverpool secured their biggest victory under Brendan Rodgers with a 5-0 win over Norwich. Jordan Henderson opened the scoring with just his fourth goal for the club before Sturridge set up Suarez for his 20th of the campaign to give the home team a two-goal lead at half-time. Sturridge tapped in a third to become the rst player to score in his rst three Liverpool matches since Ray Kennedy in 1974. (AFP)
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1:15pm Race 1 The Nakuru Handicap; Distance 1200m. A handicap for three-year-olds and over rated 26 and below at closing. 1 (w- 4- 4) Soksi (R. Kibet) 60.0 4 2 (w- 4- 1) Brown Whistler (Le. Sercombe) 58.0 1 3 (3- 3- 4) Carla(J. Lokorian) 53.0 2 4 (3- 1- 3) Oyakoba(N. Kisilu) 51.0 3 1:50pm Race 2 The Bogoria Handicap; Distance 1600m. A handicap for 30-year-olds and over rated 30 and below at closing. 1 (2-7- 5) Boudica (SAF)(M. Kariuki ) (1.5) 57.0 H 2 2 (3-1-2) Belmont Bay(Le. Sercombe) 56.0 1 3 (4-3-5) Ermanos(J. Muhindi) 53.0 4 4 (4-7-6) Vidyavann(J. Lokorian) 51.0 3 2:25pm Race 3 The Turkana Handicap; Distance 1200m. A handicap for three-year-olds and over rated 16 and below at closing.Unrated maidens will be eligible and will be handicapped 3kg less than the top weight. 1 (2-1-7) Tempesta(J. McCann) 60.0 5 2 (2-6-9) Russki(P. Mungai) 58.0 H 1 3 (4-9-4) Iceland(J. Lokorian) 52.0 3 4 (2-12-7)Just Promise (SAF) (P. Kiarie) (1.5) 52.0 4 5 (3-6-8) Desert Beat(H. Muya) 50.0 2 3pm Race 4 The Kenya Guineas; The St. John Ambulance Challenge Cup Distance 1600m. A terms race for three-year-olds only. To carry 57kg. Fillies 55.5kg.No riding allowances. There will be a parade before this race. 1 (3- 5- 2) Bolt(H. Muya) 57.0 8 2 (6-3- 2) Chamonix (D. Tanui) 57.0 H 1 3 (1-4- 6) Dashing(N. Kisilu) 57.0 3 4 (3-4- 1) Royal Sioux (SAF) (P. Mungai)57.0 H 5 5 (3- 1- 1) Somerset (C. Mwangi) 57.0 4 6 (1-1- 1) Westonian (SAF) (Le. Sercombe) 57.0 2 7 (1-3) Shufti (SAF)(J. Lokorian) 55.5 6 8 (2- 2-2) Wonnitestand(R. Kibet) 55.5 7 3:35pm Race 5 The Victoria Maiden; Distance 1400m. A maiden race for three-year-olds and over at starting. To carry 58.5kg.Mares and llies 57kg. First time starters allowed 2kg.Three year olds allowed 1kg. 1 (7) Derek Boy(J. Kultiang) (3.5) 57.5 8 2 (8-5-4) Doubloon(Le. Sercombe) 57.5 H 2 3 (9-4-2) Leonidus(N. Kisilu)57.5 H 5 4 (3-5) Shipshape(H. Muya) 57.5 4 5 (6-7) Spur Of The Moment (D. Tanui) 57.5 1 6 (5-4-5) Sputnik (J. Lokorian) 57.5 6 7 (3- 3- 4) Summer Wind(R. Kibet)57.5 9 8 (6-2) Val DIsere (C. Mwangi) 57.5 3 9 (w-2-7) Victor Ludorum (P. Mungai) 57.5 7 4:10pm Race 6 The Naivasha Maiden; Distance 1400m. A maiden race for three-year-olds and over at starting. To carry 58.5kg.Mares and llies 57kg. First time starters allowed 2kg.Three year olds allowed 1kg. 1 (6-4-6) Believe In Hope (D. Kiprotich) (5.0) 57.0 9 2 (2- 2) Almeria (SAF) (J. McCann) 56.0 8 3 (9-5-10) Coco Chanel (J. Lokorian) 56.0 H 4 4 (9-4-3) Diva Supreme(R. Kimutai) 56.0 H 1 5 (4-3-2) Fuleld(P. Mungai) 56.0 5 6 (7-3-2) My Girl(Le. Sercombe) 56.0 2 7 (4-2-3) Tigers Eye (SAF) (M. Kariuki) (1.5) 56.0 3 8 (3-8-5) Trifecta (J. Kultiang) (3.5) 56.0 H 7 9 Irish Garden (SAF) (C. Mwangi) 55.5 6 4:45pm Race 7 The Kenya Gold Cup - George Drew; Challenge Series Distance 3200m. A terms race for four-year-olds and over. To carry 58kg.Mares and llies 56.5kg. NO RIDING 1 (1-4-4) Legend Maker (C. Mwangi) 58.0 5 2 (1-1-1) Prophesy (Le. Sercombe) 58.0 3 3 (1-4-4) Skeleton Coast (SAF)(P. Mungai) 58.0 H 2 4 (4-6- 1) Woodlands (J. Lokorian) 58.0 H 7 5 (4-1-3) Roxanne(J. Muhindi) 56.5 4 6 (1- 2-3) Usurper (SAF)(P. Kiarie) 56.5 1 7 (4-4-3) Vuvuzela (M. Kariuki) 56.5 6
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OPENING CEREMONY
Africa Cup of Nations 2013
GROUP A | South Africa struggled to overcome their tag as a side who struggle to score goals, failing to create
Downpour does not dampen African beat

Upbeat rhythms from across the continent and multi-coloured dancing got the crowds to their feet despite downpours in a lively 2013 Africa Cup of Nations opening ceremony yesterday. Four groups danced to the midddle of the pitch at the 93,000-capacity Soccer City stadium, meeting and embracing around giant puppets. They then knocked down large walls inscribed with the stereotypes that often drag Africa down. The message was clear: Aids, poverty and illiteracy cannot withstand solidarity. Hundreds of dancers gyrated in the rain, dressed in colours from around the continent.
Tiny Cape Verde hold hosts Bafana

Igesunds charges will have to show marked improvement against Angola to avoid a humiliating group exit
outh Africa got their Africa Cup of Nations campaign o to a limp start yesterday when debutants Cape Verde held the disappointing former champions to a goalless draw. On this evidence the 2013 hosts will have to show marked improvement in their next Group A games against Angola and Morocco if they are to avoid a humiliating rst round exit. Cape Verde were the moral winners, producing the two best chances of this Cup curtain-raiser in front of a near 90,000 crowd at Soccer City. The only time the vuvuzela-blowing fans fell totally silent was for President Jacob Zumas opening address the head of states head protected by the lone umbrella in the stadium with his citizens banned from bringing theirs for security reasons. South Africa coach Gordon Igesund made four changes from last weekends drab goalless draw against Algeria with Bernard Parker and Lehlohonolo Majoro in attack. For Cape Verde, marshalled by dreadlocked skipper Nando Neves, this was the mother of all baptism of res, playing the hosts in front of a partisan crowd in the stadium that hosted the nal of the 2010 World Cup. But in contrast to Niger 12 months ago, who suered a bad stage of stage fright on their debut, Luis Antuness men held their own in a tepid rst period. They even had the best chance of the half, from Platini, but he failed to live up to his famous namesakes artistry by pulling his shot badly wide. Smallest country to compete With only half a million inhabitants, Cape Verde are the smallest country to compete in the African showcase. Yet, having stunned Cameroon to make the nals and placed 15 rungs above South Africa in Fifas world rankings, they werent about to assume the role of Group A whipping boys, going into the break marginally the stronger of the two teams. Igesund tinkered with his team for the second half, replacing Crystal Palace midelder Kagisho Dikgacoi with Lerato Chabangu and on the hour he took o Siphiwe Tshabalala for Ajax midelder Thulani Serero. Antunes made his rst change soon after, with Julio Tavares coming on for Platini, but not before the French-based player had picked up the games second booking. South Africa, winners on home soil in 1996, may have upped the tempo but Cape Verde were still holding their own in tricky playing conditions on a recentlyrelaid pitch hit by a pre-match deluge. Desperate to get early points on the board, Igesund introduced Sundowns striker Katlego Mphela for Majoro but soon after he watched as his side were fortunate to escape when Heldons header was kept out by keeper Itumeleng Khunes quick reexes. (AFP)
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NEVER WON
Niger hope to end losing streak in Cup

Niger hope their fortunes change at the Africa Cup of Nations today as they aim to end a losing streak in the competition when they face Mali at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. This will be the Menas (Gazelles) second appearance at the tournament after they made their debut in Gabon last year and lost all three group games. Goalkeeper Daouda Kassaly has promised that the experience gained in defeats by co-hosts Gabon, and Tunisia and Morocco would stand Niger in good stead in South Africa.
STIFF COMPETITION
Tough ght for places excites Ghana coach

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says he is excited by the competition for starting places ahead of the opening Group B xture Sunday against the Democratic Republic of Congo. If I tell you that I know my starting team against DR Congo, I would be telling a lie because the competition for places in the rst team has been intense, Appiah told a media brieng in this Indian Ocean city. There is competition everywhere in the team and no player can aord to be complacent as they all have to ght for places.
South Africa midelder Siphiwe Tshabalala (left) dribbles past Cape Verde defender Carlitos during their Group A match of the 2013 African Cup of Nations at Soccer City in Soweto yesterday. They drew 0-0.
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POOR RUN
Sorry state of game in Africa Cup hosts

South Africa hope for glory in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations kicks, but a match-xing scandal, a poor standard of domestic football and mismanagement cast shadows over the hosts. Bafana Bafana (The Boys) won the tournament as hosts in 1996, but many supporters doubt whether they can repeat the feat, even with home advantage and tens of thousands of supporters blowing very noisy vuvuzelas. Despite boasting by far the richest national league in Africa with a $1.2 million rst prize, no South African club has won the CAF Champions League since Orlando Pirates succeeded 18 years ago.
Cape Verde defender Carlitos (left) ghts o South Africa striker Bernard Parker during their Group A match of the 2013 African Cup of Nations at Soccer City in Soweto.
There are no reports of any injuries in the DR Congo squad, and most of the attention has focused on speculation that coach Claude LeRoy had either quit or been sacked. The countrys federation and sports ministry insist the former Ghana coach remains in charge. The Black Stars squad is also believed to be at full-strength. Ghana have enjoyed a productive pre-tournament spell, with 3-0 and 4-2 wins over Egypt and Tunisia respectively. Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan: Congo have qualied for the Nations Cup so that shows how good they are. Well also do our homework and make sure we come out very strong because its going to be a good game. When we win our rst game its a very good start for the team.
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Black Stars, who last won the title in 1982, launch their campaign today
BY ODINDO AYIEKO
oayieko@yahoo.co.uk in JOHANNESBURG
The more bars you hit here the merrier

Bar hopping seems to be a norm here especially in Sandton. Young, skimpily dressed girls enter a pub, have a drink as they survey the environment. They then dance to a song or two and within no time, they have taken o after just having a sip or two of their beer. Lucky for them, the beer is a take-away and they can always carry the bottle as they stroll to their next pub. Just wondering how many pubs they will have visited by the time the cock crows.
South African fans sporting various fancy disguises cheer during their Group A opening match against Cape Verdei at Soccer City yesterday.
born. Three decades, and several generations of players have passed yet Ghana has continued to underachieve at the continental front despite being considered favourites in almost all Nations Cup contests they have participated in. With seven time champions Egypt and ve time winners Cameroon missing out in the 2013 competition in South Africa, Ghana stands out as the most successful nation on parade here, yet it will take a whole 31 calendars to get the last time they were champions. Coach Kwesi Appiah, who was a member of the 1982 squad that won the title, told the press that Ghanas time has come. This is the time we must die for the nation. I know how sweet it is for a player to be on the podium as African champions. Now I want to be on that podium as the winning coach and this bunch of players as champions, said Appiah Ghana open their campaign against an unpredictable Democratic Republic of Congo this evening in Port Elizabeth before the game between Mali and Niger. Said coach Appiah: The nation (Ghana) has waited. 31 years is quite a long time. This must be our time. Notable gures But he is a man under immense pressure. Some of his key lieutenants-Dede Ayew, and Yahaya Mohammed are out of the squad due to injury, add that to the fact that some of the players who have brought Ghana back to the top over the last decade like Stephen Appiah, John Mensah and Michael Essien are also out of the international team and you nd a Ghana side that is starting to rebuild. The most notable gures in the current squad is captain Asamoah Gyan who is just coming from self imposed international retirement, Kwado Asamoah, John Pantsil and Anthony Annan. The burden on Gyan is so much, many have questioned why he had to be made captain. Twice he has been on the spot-his penalty miss against Uruguay in the 2010 World Cup here in South Africa cost the Black Stars a place in the Semi nals. Then last year, he missed a penalty early in the semi nal match against Zambia in the Nations Cup and Ghana were tossed out. He is a man with strong character. For him to accept a return to the team after all that, we have to respect his level of professionalism. He will be a great inspiration to the young boys, says coach Appiah. Ghanas opponents DR Congo are always known for their robust approach in any game. But the Black Stars will be hoping to take advantage of the chaotic situation in the DRC camp to make a good start.
hen Ghana last won the Africa Cup of Nations, none of the current crop of Stars was
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Conrm breakfast and bed or go hungry

Suering hunger pangs after spending the better part of the afternoon chasing the Local Organising Committee chief communications ocer for my accreditation, I decide to check into this hotel which looked fancy by all standards if the cost was anything to go by. My colleague, Mike Hutchings, a photographer with Reuters takes me out for a bite before I returned to the hotel. I got the shock of my life when I woke up the following morning to go for breakfast and was told I only paid for the bed. What, no bed and breakfast!
GEOGRAPHY PLEASE
Is Kenya near Nigeria, a local wonders

Unless their geography is skewed or its not in their syllabus I cannot understand the locals knowledge of it. This young female attendant in a shop at the Nelson Mandela Square went through my passport then asked me: Is Kenya close to Nigeria?. I was left wondering whether they did not teach geography here or it was not on their syllabus . Nigeria and Kenya were on either side of Africa. How could an African not know that. Maybe somebody needs to introduce the 8-4-4 system here and make geography compulsory.
South African artists perform (also left) during the opening ceremony of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament at Soccer City stadium yesterday.
GROUP B
Mali spirits high despite conict at home

Mali team spirit is high for the Africa Cup of Nations here even though the country has been embroiled in a conict with Islamist militant groups in the vast desert northern region. Since January 2012, insurgents have been ghting Malian troops for greater independence for northern Mali. This month, troops from other African states backed by French air and ground forces moved in. Franceborn Mali coach Patrice Carteron said the involvement of foreign troops has made his players feel a lot safer and they are now condent the conict will end soon. It has not been easy as this war has been going on for a year now, but the involvement of foreign troops led by France has lifted the spirit of the players as well as the entire country, said the former Lyon defender. They are now a lot more condent that the country will be peaceful again soon and life can return to normal. Football has been a big uniting force for Malians amid insecurity in the country, Carteron added. We began training for the Nations Cup in Mali and it was incredible to see as many as 20,000 fans at our sessions. We have given the people hope and we hope we can carry on doing so here in South Africa, said the coach who replaced compatriot Alain Giresse last year. Goalkeeper trainer Mahamadou Sidibe told AFP at the team hotel in this Indian Ocean city that despite the trouble in the country, they are focused on doing well while maintaining daily contact with home. (AFP)
UNIQUE RECORD
Ethiopia nalists without winning a tie

Ethiopia hold the dubious record of being runners-up in the Africa Cup of Nations without winning a game or even scoring a goal. That came at the inaugural tournament, held in 1957, after Caf was established by the Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese football associations. Ethiopia received a bye into the nal after South Africa were disqualied for refusing to send a multi-racial team, and the Walya Antelopes were then beaten 4-0 by Egypt.
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begin their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations campaign against local rivals Niger. The Eagles, captained by ex-Barcelona star Seydou Keita, are aiming to better their third-place nish in 2012. New Niger coach Gernot Rohr also has a
full-strength squad ahead of Sundays Group B clash in Durban. Niger are looking for their rst win at the nals, having lost all three group matches when they made their tournament debut last year. Mali, who were runners-up in 1972, are ranked as Africas third-best side behind the Ivory Coast and Algeria
and look to lift the trophy for the rst time. Keita is expected to be the Eagles most inuential player and his experience will be crucial with ex-skipper and centre-back Cedric Kante unavailable and Fulham midfielder Mahamadou Diarra ruled out by a knee injury.
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PREPAREDNESS | Inspector-General says areas in Nyanza are likely to suer violence
Police pinpoint more likely election hotspots

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Party primaries revealed other areas that could erupt in violence after the polls on March 4
BY FRED MUKINDA
fmukinda@ke.nationmedia.com reas where violence occurred during just-concluded party nominations have been marked as hotspots ahead of the General Election. Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo said security operations in those areas will be boosted to avert outbreaks of violence during the election. To us this was kind of a mock exercise, and we are now going to double our eorts to address the challenges that we faced. We are going further to triple the eorts in areas which have proved to be potential hot spots, he said. Police records showed that a majority of the incidents occurred in Nyanza region where 22 people were arrested for primary electionrelated oences. The violence involved beating up opponents, destruction of ballot boxes and papers, erecting illegal roadblocks and stoning vehicles. Two people were arrested at the Coast and three others in Central where 50 vehicles were vandalised during violent demonstrations. The vehicles were stoned at dusk
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in Kiangwaci of Kirinyaga Central constituency. Five other people were arrested in Rift Valley Province, and one was arrested in Nairobi, according to the police report. The exercise was marked by disorganisation by the political parties. This inconvenienced the ocers who were deployed to provide security and thus they had to deal with challenges that had not been envisioned, said Mr Kimaiyo. But he commended his ocers for a job well done. In Nyanza, parts of Kitui and Mwingi, and also in Nairobi, there were incidents where hooligans attempted to conduct illegal demonstrations, but they were quelled immediately, said the police boss. Police said about 1,000 people poured onto the roads in Kirinyaga and lit bonres claiming they had been
Demonstrations are legal but anyone who infringes on others rights will be arrested David Kimaiyo
prevented from casting their votes for the TNA nominations. The crowd dispersed after police lobbed tear gas canisters at them and red in the air. Mr Kimaiyo said demonstrators who infringe the rights of other people during the campaign period would be arrested. He also warned aspirants against inciting their supporters to violence. Irrespective of status in society, anybody breaking the law should be sure that the law will take its course, he warned. Over 66,000 police ocers were deployed at polling centres across the country.
Youths barricade the Katito-Homabay Road as they protested what they termed sham ODM nominations on Friday. Police have listed the region as a possible electoral violence hotspot.
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The tragedy of our ckle memories
Why do we keep electing leaders who promise to x our roads every election year, yet fail to deliver once elected?
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Iconic agony aunt dies aged 94

Pauline Phillips, who consoled millions around the world as the creator of the iconic Dear Abby advice column, has died at the age of 94, her syndication service said on Thursday. In a statement, Universal Uclick said Phillips who wrote Dear Abby from 1956 until her daughter Jeanne Phillips formally took over the column and her alias Abigail Van Buren in 2002 died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had fought a long battle with Alzheimers disease, it said. I have lost my mother, my mentor and my best friend, Jeanne Phillips said in the statement. My mother leaves very big high heels to ll with a legacy of compassion, commitment and positive social change. I will honour her memory every day by continuing this legacy. Phillips, born Pauline Esther Friedman in 1918, got her start in San Francisco by pestering the editor of the Chronicle with an oer to write a better advice column than the one the daily newspaper had been running. During the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, Phillips used Dear Abby to champion equal rights for women, minorities and those with mental illness and physical disabilities. She was syndicated in over 1,000 newspapers across the world. Some of her replies were often ippant one-liners, like some of those collected for her 1981 book The Best of Dear Abby. Dear Abby: My boyfriend is going to be 20 years old next month. Id like to give him something nice for his birthday. What do you think hed like? Carol Dear Carol: Nevermind what hed like, give him a tie. Dear Abby: Ive been going with this girl for a year. How can I get her to say yes? Don Dear Don: Whats the question? (Agencies)
y friend Rebecca got married almost immediately after high school. She had just joined college when she moved in with her boyfriend, a man she had been friendly with while we were still in school. Hed even visit her, but would identify himself as her brother to the bored watchman at the gate, who would let him, and many other brothers , in without a second glance. When Becky made the big leap called marriage, she was 19, while her new husband was 28. Her mother, of course, was incensed and even tried to get Rebeccas old husband arrested by the local chief.
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ful, I was convinced then that Id never have children nothing was worth the kind of pain she had described in such graphic detail. When she mercifully ended her depressing tale, she swore that shed never get another child, not even if her life depended on it. But we human beings have ckle memories, which probably explains why she went on to get three other children. Each time wed go to visit the new baby, Becky would swear that there was no way shed get another one, not after enduring all that pain. Her last born is four years old now, so theres a chance that she meant it when she once more declared shed closed that chapter. Talking of ckle memories, take you and I, for instance. What else explains why we keep re-electing people who promise us grand things during the campaign period only for them to forget what they promised when we vote them in? Someone I know was telling us the other day that his MP, who has served (or is it swindled?)
It didnt work though. After all, the chief explained to the inconsolable woman before him, Becky, as we called her, was above 18 and therefore considered an adult by the law. She even had an identity card to prove it, therefore there was nothing her distraught mother could do, save pray and hope that her daughter would see the light and go back home. That was over 10 years ago. Today, Becky is still married to her high school boyfriend, and they have four school-going children. Her mother, if youre wondering, mellowed over the years, and even introduces Beckys husband as her son. When she got her rst child, I and three others, all former schoolmates, went to visit her. It is from Becky that I heard my rst account of childbirth, and I must confess that I was horried. It was so dread-
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WHAT ELSE EXPLAINS WHY WE KEEP RE-ELECTING PEOPLE WHO PROMISE US GRAND THINGS ... ONLY TO FORGET WHAT THEY PROMISED? Caroline Njunge
them for two terms now, keeps promising them that hell tarmac a certain road that is crucial in that constituency. During his rst term, the MP had tractors dig up the dirt road, which his constituents happily thought was in readiness for tarmacking. Well, that is as far as the construction went. Each time it rained, the previously bad road would be turned into an even worse muddy eld. But his people, even though often suffering the indignity of wadding through mud, thanks to this MP, on their way to work and back home, awarded him a second
term, after he promised, yet again, to x the road. As I write this, the only improvement that has been made on this road, at least according to the person who gave me this account, is a few lorryfuls of stones have been poured on it, which the rains are gradually washing away. The same MP is seeking a third term, and guess what? He vows that this time round, the tarmacking he promised 10 years ago will be done. Interestingly, there are people still willing to give him a third chance. Our fickle memories are also what continue to kill us on our roads. On Monday, we vow not to drink and drive, and to be more careful drivers after watching a horric road accident on television. By furahiday, however, the fatal accident is long forgotten as we look forward to a fun-lled (read boozelled) weekend. Yes, our ckle memories will be the death of us. cnjunge@ke.nationmedia.com
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Firm launches jeans infused with moisturiser

We have been told over and over that the secret to healthy skin is to moisturise, moisturise, moisturise. Wrangler, a US clothing company established in 1947, has found a way to propagate this adage if their new jeans line is anything to go by. The new Wrangler jeans range, dubbed Spa Denim, has built-in lotion that promises to tackle dry skin. Women have a choice of jeans infused with aloe vera or olive oil extracts. A third line smooth legs contains caeine, retinol and algae extracts. These ingredients are enclosed in micro-capsules embedded in the bre of the jeans, so when you squeeze into a pair, these capsules burst, releasing the moisture onto your skin. The olive oil and aloe vera jeans are designed to just moisturise, but the smooth legs range promises to banish cellulite too, a claim many skin specialists are hard-pressed to believe. These added qualities also dont come cheap. A pair of Denim Spa jeans is expected to retail at $136 (Sh11,800). They will be available on online store asos.com from January 28. The moisturising and cellulite-busting properties of the denim range are said to last 15 wears or between four and six washes. Wrangler will also sell a reload spray to use after each wash. This should extend the benets to 95 wears. (It is yet to be claried if the spray would work just as well on regular jeans.) According to Wrangler, 69 per cent of women who tested the jeans at a research centre in France reported an improvement in the appearance of their thighs at the end of a fourweek test period. The testers wore the jeans for ve days a week, eight hours a day. The spokesmodel for Denim Spa is Lizzie Jagger (pictured left in a pair of Spa jeans), daughter of rock star Mick Jagger. In a premiere ad for the jeans, shes quoted as saying: They denitely feel cooler than regular jeans. After a day wearing them, my legs feel great. They come out feeling more silky than usual. (Agencies)
Pauline Phillips who wrote advice column Dear Abby.

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ENTERTAINMENT FILM THAT TOOK NAIROBI BY STORM
Why Nairobi Half Life is a big hit

Director Tosh Gitonga partly attributes the lms success to the massive social media campaign by the production company, One Fine Day Films
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airobi Half Life has become the biggest theatric success for a local lm, grossing over $82,000 (Sh7 million) in local ticket sales alone, according to distribution company Crimson Multimedia. The success of the lm directed by David Tosh Gitonga has breathed fresh air into the Kenyan lm industry. Nairobi Half Life tells the story of an aspiring actor who travels from his rural home to Nairobi with the hope of achieving his dreams but instead ends up tangled with a mob of criminals. Its a tale of struggle, ambition, crime, prostitution, corruption and even touches on homosexuality. The movie has received international attention equal to no other local production. It became the rst Kenyan lm to be considered for an Oscar while locally it grabbed four trophies at the Kalasha awards. One of its cast, Joseph Wairimu, also won the Best Actor Award at the Durban International Film Festival last year. The director partly attributes the lms success to the massive social media campaign that the production company, One Fine Day Films, took but adds that it could have been much greater if proper distribution mechanisms were in place in Africa. A few cinemas are screening the production in Kenya. You can only imagine if we were able to distribute in the entire continent, he says. In the West, for instance, lms
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A scene in the movie Nairobi Half Life. Below left, the director Tosh Gitonga (centre) with some of the cast members during the premiere show at the Westgate Cinemas on August 30, 2012
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are showcased at festivals then studios buy the rights, market and distribute them all over the world. Were learning along the way though, says Tosh, adding that Kenyan lmmakers have to take their time in producing, other than rushing and expecting to come out with a good movie. Jayesh Patel, the general manager of Century Cinemax, Junction, on Ngong Road, says the company did not foresee the lms success. The rst time they (the producers) approached us, I remember watching the movie on DVD and I thought it was quite good. We agreed to take it on. We knew it would sell but we did not know it would be this big, he says. The lm has been showing at the Century Cinemax since Sep-
tember last year and has attracted a crowd of 10,000 to date. On what sets it apart from other movies, Patel says people want to watch good movies with good stories. When you attend lm screenings, its a product youre paying for and Nairobi Half Life, in his view, is brilliant. The creators did their research well so the lm is believable and the story is entertaining. This is something you dont see very often in Kenya lms. When you have such a lm, even the distributors go the extra mile to promote it, says Patel who keeps a rolled-up Nairobi Half Life poster with autographs from the main stars. He intends to hang it next to an antique Star Wars
poster, the only one on his oce wall. Century Cinemax advertised the movie on all its online and social media platforms since its release. Not all lms that hit the screens fair well though. Last year, Cinemax Plaza screened only one other Kenyan production: Keeping it Together, which did not perform very well. We sold less than 100 tickets for the three weeks that it ran. As much as we might want to promote local movies, if people are not buying tickets, then we cannot do so, Patel says. Nairobi Half Life has set the bar quite high and lmmakers need to invest more thought and money into their lms in order to make them a success. In the recent past, Starix Cinemas has screened two Kenyan lms: Leo and The Captain of Nakara. Nich Mwole, who is in charge of customer care at the movie theatre at Prestige Plaza, says most local movies dont do well. We are now showing Captain of Nakara and each show attracts about 10 to 15 people. Each of our theatres sits about 229 people so this is a letdown, he says. Unlike Patel, Nich believes that what Kenyan lms lack is not so much quality as marketing. When people leave the theatre after watching the local movies, theyll say they were good. I have also watched the movies and they are quite entertaining but they are not well marketed on other platforms like television and radio.
Perform very well
FACES BEHIND THE FILMS SUCCESS

Starring Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Nancy Wanjiku Karanja, Nairobi Half Life is a reection on Kenya written by Serah Mwihaki, Charles Potash Matathia, and Samuel Munene under the supervision of Billy Kahora. The DW-Akadamie, One Fine Day Films and Ginger Ink put together the initiative supported by the German Federal ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the GoetheInstitut Kenya and ARRI Film- & TV Services.
Most people out there simply do not know they exist and maybe if they did, they would come and watch them, he says. He says they have rejected some local movies because they feel screening them would simply bring losses. Colombian-born lmmaker Joan Poggio, 35, who came to Kenya about years ago while working for the Discovery Channels Animal Planet programme, says the biggest challenge for lm lovers today is dierentiating between good and bad lms. These are very exciting times for the lm industry. Now you can do so much more with just a camera and laptop than was imaginable 10 years ago. Unfortunately, everyone wants their ve minutes of fame. Having the equipment to do it does not matter. What matters is the story, he says. Joseph Wairimu, who plays Mwas in Nairobi Half Life, says his newly-found fame has got him into a bit of unexpected trouble. I had never been robbed before in my life but this happened right after the lms premiere. I was attacked one evening on my way home by some youths who were convinced I had a lot of money. People dont understand that we made Nairobi Half Life back in 2010 and the pay was not very good, he says. Despite the lms commercial success, Joseph still lives in Mathare. But it has raised his hopes of getting to Hollywood. Nairobi Half Life is intended to be released on DVD. But Tosh is disappointed that it has already been pirated.
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Banda to Kenyans: If you lose an election, concede and move on

Zambian statesman says in a closely contested election such as is likely in Kenya, passions could run out of control and desperation may lead some to violence
When the election results were announced Rupiah Banda could not hide his emotion. Mr Banda (right) joins founding president Kenneth Kaunda to congratulate the new president Michael Sata (left). PHOTOS I AFP AND FILE
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he grey-haired old mans gaze and composure cast a reassuring image as he took to the lectern in front of him and began to impart wisdom on how to run for election and when to quit for the sake of God and country. Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda had carefully prepared his notes with a solemn message to candidates contesting in the March 4 General Election to fathom, even remotely, the possibility of losing elections. He implored candidates to muster the humility to concede in the event of a loss to save the country un-
AT THE TIME THE ELECTION RESULTS STREAMED IN, THE OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS HAD STARTED SHARPENING THEIR PANGAS. IN AFRICA WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT WITH A PANGA, PREPARE FOR WAR
Rupiah Banda
necessary tension and possible violence. And what better person to give the lessons than the 79-year-old statesman who conceded an election and gave up power to opposition candidate Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front without raising a nger after losing by a small margin 180,000 votes in September last year. Despite enormous pressure from some of his lieutenants who demanded a recount or legal redress. In my conscience I knew conceding defeat was the right thing to do, the former president told an attentive audience in Nairobi this week. I was in power and could have held on but I said the public good had to come before the interest of anyone and that was when I decided to concede defeat. Mr Banda, who was Zambias fourth president, lost the election to a man he had, two years earlier, defeated narrowly in a presidential by-election after the death of Levy Mwanawasa. Mr Banda won by the thinnest of margins, garnering 718,359 votes which translated into 40.09 per cent of the total votes cast while Mr Sata got 683,150 votes or 38.13 per cent, according to Zambia electoral commission gures. In the recent visit, Mr Banda spoke to a nation he knew was still recovering from the devastating eects of the 2007 post-election trauma. Kenya plunged into chaos in similar circumstances after Mr Raila Odinga, then an opposition candidate, rejected the results of the election and President Kibaki was hurriedly sworn in. The rming of positions raised political temperatures and the supporters of the two camps engaged in violence that led to bloodshed and loss of lives of more than 1,000 Kenyans and displacement of hundreds of thousands of
others.Mr Banda, who was in the country to open an international conference on Kenyas preparedness for a presidential run-o at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Nairobi, said his concession prevented similar violence in Zambia. Mr Banda said he felt a bigger responsibility to uphold Zambias record of peace, stability and democracy even when, in doing so, he was required to walk away after a very closely fought election. Saying on a light note that pangas in Africa are more lethal than guns, the former head of state, who rst took over the copper-rich country as acting president after the death of Mr Mwanawasa in oce, had to think fast and avert disaster. As it were, Mr Banda confessed he was also under intense pressure from ministers, and party mandarins to hold on to the presidency, so that they could retain their jobs. He says that as he sat at the State House with his wife, monitoring the election results as they trickled in, there were incessant calls on his mobile phone, with his power men in the party and government urging him not to concede defeat. They said they would lose their jobs if I left the presidency but I told them I was going to lose even a bigger job, he said. Mr Bandas Movement for Multiparty Democracy had been in power for 20 years since the end of one-party rule under independence president Kenneth Kaunda. Mr Bandas decision to concede defeat, especially as the incumbent, is a rarity in Africa, where strong men cling on to power, leading to
the suering of innocent people. Three years ago Ivory Coast was plunged into a civil war after the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede defeat even after the election monitors said the opposition candidate Alassane Outtara had won 54 per cent of the vote. Mr Gbagbos party and the election commission, whose decision seemed to have been skewed in the former presidents side, declared
IN HIS WORDS
Conceding poll loss

Zambia deserves a decent democratic process. Indeed, Zambia must build on her past victories. Our independence was hard won, our democracy secured with blood. Zambia must not go backwards. We must all face the future and go forward as one nation. Not to do so would dishonour our history. My greatest thanks must go to the Zambian people. We may be a small country in the middle of Africa but we are a great nation. Serving you has been a pleasure and an honour. Our potential is great. Our resources are impressive. I urge you all now to rally behind your new president. Yes, we may have dierent ideas but we both want the same thing a better Zambia.
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him winner. He was sworn in and the opposition candidate, who had been recognised as the winner by the international community, held a parallel inauguration. The resulting tension gave way to violence. Although Mr Gbagbo was nally ousted from the presidency with the assistance of French forces, the pain and suering endured by the people, and the dent to the countrys image, will remain part of the countrys history. He was embarrassingly hounded out of a hiding place in the presidential palace and is today facing charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. In his address in Nairobi this week, Mr Banda said it was not all gloom in Africa. Out of 22 elections held in Africa in 2012, only Guinea Bissaus resulted in mayhem. Kenya, despite her robust economy, worldclass tourist sites and warm people, ranks among blotted African countries that have fought over elections. The old man Banda went on to give his lessons to local politicians: on March 4, it is the responsibility of everyone to guard the public good. The public good is not an election victory, he said, but rather the strength of the democratic system itself. He says there isnt much dispute in case there is a landslide victory but in a closely contested election such as is likely in Kenya, there are risks that passions could run out of control and desperation may lead some groups to mobilise destructive violence in an eort to seize power. His speech in conceding defeat marked Mr Banda out as a staunch democrat and a respector of the wishes of the people as if in keeping with his soft-spoken nature. The people of Zambia have spoken and we must all listen, he said. Some will be happy with what they have heard, others will not. The time now is for maturity, for composure and for compassion. To the victors, I say this: You have the right to celebrate but do so with a magnani-
The rise and rise of Banda

Rupiah Bwezani Banda was born on February 13, 1937 in Gwanda, in the south of what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. Following the independence of what was then Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) from Britain in 1964 Banda served as ambassador to Egypt rst, then to the US. He also served as Zambias representative to the UN before being appointed Foreign minister in the 1970s in the administration of Zambias independence leader Kenneth Kaunda. With a degree in economics, he was at one point the managing director of the National Agricultural Marketing Board. After his spell as Foreign minister, Mr Banda served as a parliamentarian between 1978 and 1988. His appointment to the post of vicepresident following Levy Mwanawasas re-election in 2006 was seen as a move to reward Zambians in his home area, a stronghold of his (and Kaundas) United National Independence Party, for supporting the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).
Source: www.newzimbabwe.com
Public good
Rupiah Banda (right) speaks with IEBC chairman Issack Hassan when he arrived for the International Conference on Election Preparations and Presidential Runos on January 14 in Nairobi.
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mous heart. Enjoy the hour but remember that a term of government is four years. Remember that the next election will judge you also. Treat those who you have vanquished with the respect and humility that you would expect in your own hour of defeat. I know that all Zambians will expect such behaviour and I hope it will be delivered. Speaking for myself and my party, we will accept the results. We are a democratic party and we know no other way. He thanked his family, and members of his party, telling them: Next time we must try harder. Mr Banda said that if his party had misused government resources to campaign for the
election as suggested by EU election monitors they had not done so knowingly . The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Issack Hassan, the man with the task of announcing the winner after the election, said the advice from the former head of state had come at an appropriate time, when politicians were busy raising the stakes in the coming elections.. I wish you could meet with all the presidential candidates and advise them on the need to concede defeat in an election, which is critical in guaranteeing a peaceful outcome, Mr Hassan said.
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SUNDAY SERMON
relationships
What is tolerance all about?

A good model for tolerance can be found in the words Christ spoke to the woman caught in adultery. Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? Jesus used the word woman to address his mother at the wedding feast. Later, when dying on the cross, he said to her, Woman, behold your son. He uses the word as a title of respect. So, when Jesus used the word woman to address the adulteress, it shows that he did not look down on her. He wanted her to know that he was concerned for her and ready to help her. This is the kind of tolerance we need to imitate. It is a ne balance between two extremes. On one hand, we dont want to turn a blind eye towards sinful behaviour. We cannot equate corruption with good governance, promiscuity with pure married love, etc. On the other hand, even when the individual is clearly guilty, we want to try to help that person and not reject someone just because they have done something wrong. Jesus doesnt tell the woman, Theres nothing wrong with adultery, so dont worry about it. Next time, make sure you dont get caught. By confronting the men who have brought the woman to him, he makes it clear that adultery is sinful. The phrase let the one who has never sinned... implies sin. He re-enforces that truth when he tells the woman, just before she leaves, Sin no more. And yet, he is clearly ready to forgive her. We might say God is always willing to forgive the unforgiveable. I cannot tolerate the violation of someones rights. If a child is being abused, if a woman is being raped, if a man is being bludgeoned to death just because hes from the wrong tribe, no one has a right to cry, Tolerance! I must demand that we do something to stop the abuse, rape and murder. Tolerance has nothing to do with allowing people to continue committing crimes. True tolerance means recognizing that we are all guilty of sin in some way or another. This is precisely the fact Jesus wanted to emphasize by saying, If there is one of you who has not sinned, let him be the rst to cast a stone. Christ asks us to be like our heavenly Father: who is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. We try to be understanding with all people. As a friend once said, tolerance means accepting the reality that all of us have defects. If we want to help others overcome evil, we must welcome them without distinction, so that we can all stand before God and ask for mercy.
Fr Joe Babendreier jbabendreier@yahoo.co.uk
Living without physical intimacy
MEN AND WOMEN
chris hart
See a therapist. Explore what you like about your relationship and about each other.
both can get very stressed if they nd themselves in a sexual/asexual relationship. For example, many asexuals doesnt understand what it means to be aroused. The word horny has no meaning. For others its not that sex is unbearable, its just that they dont have any need for it. They can love their spouse, but not in a sexual way. So what happens when sooner or later their partner wants sex? Things can get very dicult. So see a therapist. Explore what you like about your relationship and about each other. Is there any form of sexual intimacy that would be acceptable to both of you? If not, why not? What do you both want from the relationship? If you decide to stay together without any sex at all, how might your relationship compensate for that? Work through all the possibilities, with an open mind, and theres a good chance you can nd a solution that works for both of you. nyumbayangu@me.com
Asexuals people with no interest in sex can feel misunderstood in todays society
ime was when sex was taboo and never spoken about. But now its visible everywhere, and we all feel under pressure to be in a sexual relationship. But actually, lots of people just dont work that way. Around one per cent of us are completely asexual. Which means they dont feel sexual attraction at all. Thats not the same as losing interest in sex, or choosing to be celibate. Its simply not having the
feelings most men and women get when they see someone sexy. And so, in our highly sexualised world, asexuals can feel that nobody understands them. Because most people never forget the time they felt that rst thrill. From that moment on, romance and relationships dominate our lives. But as their friends start pairing o, asexuals realise theyre dierent. They slowly gure out that they just arent interested in sex at all. And have no idea why. So being asexual can be very dicult. Your friends dont believe it: How can you still be a virgin? They get fed up of hearing that its just a phase youre going through. Youre just scared. Youll never know until you try it. You just havent met the right person ... But many asexuals dont really en-
joy physical contact at all, and dont want to share a bed. They feel disgusted by the whole idea of sex and remain virgins for life. Others are OK with physical contact, but holding hands is probably as far as they want to go. Some seek relationships for their practical benets the company, conversation and security. Some want children, or have sex just to please a partner. Still others have sexual feelings but cant understood societys obsession with them. And feel no desire to connect with anyone. A bit like seeing nice food, but not wanting any because youre not hungry. Whats often hard for sexuals to understand is that its perfectly possible for an asexual to lead a very fullling life without sex. So
THATS LIFE
Want a better life? Put some love into it

those crucial early years, we instinctively understood that we couldnt function without it. We latched onto anyone who showed us love, and as we grew older, strongly declared preference for our favourite foods, colours, activities and people. However, it changed subtly when we began school, where we chose subjects and careers because parents or teacher nudged us towards them. Then we took the rst job that came our way because any job is better than no job. And on and on it goes, as we make what we hope are practical decisions with huge payos. Unfortunately, we wake up one day, stuck on the treadmill of life, lled with a sense of angst. We wonder if this is all there is to it while despairing that we may never nd whatever else is out there. How did we get here? How did we fall out of love with life? And what do we do to feel the love again? Fortunately, the solutions are within reach. Look rst to the people you love and love to be around. They energise, inspire or simply make you laugh. Our feel good factor goes up when they are present. Spend time with one such person every day, and if that is not possible, phone them. And when you do, be present and be loving. Secondly, look to the places you love, from homes, institutions of learning, oces or holiday destinations for they reveal something about you. Where possible, live and work in a place you love. Or use some creativity to turn your current space into one that empowers you. If you have a lovely garden, aim to sit in it a couple of times a week. And when you do go on holiday, soak in the beauty around you. It is a sad thing to be in paradise and not know it. Third, look to the problems you love to solve, for they tell you something about your purpose. You know it too because you feel engaged, alive and important when doing this. Each of us can have a cause clbre, something we do purely for others. Fourth, are the activities and experiences you love. As a child, I loved stories. Listening to them, conjuring them up or reading a book. As I grew older, more practical considerations took over, and while I still enjoyed a good story, I stopped reading for pleasure. I lived like this for years until a girlfriend gave me a ctional book. I nished it in a couple of days, and re-discovered the pleasure of losing myself in a good story. Fifth, surround yourself with the physical items you love a musical instrument, fabric, furniture or heirloom. Finally, are the ideas you love to think about, or talk about late into the night. They get your mental juices owing. Have one such conversation several times a week if not daily. Love makes all the dierence. This year, whatever you do, put some love into it.
carole@carolemandi.com
MEN & WOMEN
carole mandi
ITS THE SIMPLEST yet most compelling idea in the world, yet somehow, we tend to forget what it is. Or it gets buried under the daily blandness of priorities and doing what needs to get done. In the process, we fall out of love with life. It wasnt always like this though. At birth and during
WHAT YOU LOVE MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO OTHERS. IT IS NOT MEANT TO. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT YOU LOVE IT Carole Mandi
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COOKERY
Creamy vegetable soup

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The Boateng man

BY CAROL ODERO
WHATS NEW
>> EMBELLISHED CLUTCH Clutches have grown from tiny to large envelopes and are still galloping along. Look for one that has fur, feathers, gems and other bits of pretty u decorating it. A whimsical clutch makes the kind of statement you want. Not only is it an ice breaker, but just the look of it should be the equivalent of a little ray of sunshine.
t started with Will Smith at least according to my recollection it did. Introduced to Hollywood by Will Smith, British designer Ozwald Boateng has dressed Laurence Fishbourne which is no surprise considering he was a costume designer for The Matrix, Richard Branson and the sleeker Jamie Foxx when he collected his Oscar for Ray. But, the most important quality about his impact is not that he has dressed much of Hollywood. It is not even the Savile Row shop he opened in 1995, making him the rst black and youngest designer to ever do so. Nor is it because he is one of the very few fashion designers who could pass for a model. Boatengs fame is as a result of the fact that he knows how to dress men. Not boys, men. The Boateng man favours a long, lean silhouette dened by his trousers, which t close to the body, elongating his legs. His blazer is cut with almost magical precision, narrowing his middle. This male silhouette creates an hourglass shape. Greek gods are portrayed in art with that classic V taper of a well-built man, which the wellconstructed Boateng suit aims to replicate. It gives length, balance and proportion to the lower body qualifying itself as a work of art. Perhaps that might explain why his suits go for anything from GBP1,000 to 20,000 (Sh139,0002.8 million). It costs this much because it is handmade and cusomised. Boateng lives his brand so consistently that the tagline on a documentary about him is The coolest man on earth . He has appeared on every best dressed list there is. Boateng describes the t of his suits as starting from the shoulders, from which point all else ows. Bespoke couture, as he calls it, comes with a blazer with a minimum of one and a maximum of three buttons, an array of colours and a youthful feel. It is innitely sexy, edgy and classic, which is why it is lauded as the look of a mans man.
THE BOATENG MAN FAVOURS A LONG, LEAN SILHOUETTE DEFINED BY HIS TROUSERS, WHICH FIT CLOSE TO THE BODY, ELONGATING HIS LEGS. HIS BLAZER IS CUT WITH ALMOST MAGICAL PRECISION, NARROWING HIS MIDDLE. THIS MALE SILHOUETTE CREATES AN HOURGLASS SHAPE
Carol Odero
That being said, the evolution of mens fashion, generally, trickles slower than oil. Few things trigger it and sometimes it seems like the ultimate look for a man when it comes to formal wear is James Bond. Notice, however, that suits have changed over the years. Remember the bell-bottomed trouser suits of the 1970s with their loud plaid? Who can forget the boxy 1980s suits? It was not just women who were trapped in bad fashion. The 1990s zoot suits were not any better. This history makes the modern mans silhouette is a delight. It doesnt just work for suits by the way. You can layer it with a slightly roomier overcoat but be sure to keep it lean-tting. This shape also draws renewed focus on mens shoes. They are swiftly becoming must-have accessories to rival womens shoes. They may not be elevated on a 6-inch pedestal showcase, but the science of designing, buying and picking a series of good shoes is the very literal foundation of a mans style. Mens fashion is intrinsically minimalist. Even so, the very idea of playing around with this particular silhouette is an adventure in itself. It can be extrapolated into other aspects of fashion like casual wear. Think soft jumpers made of luxurious fabrics such as cashmere, and also tted close to the body. Blazers, jackets and cardigans falling just at the pelvic bone are far more attering than those that skim the hip. Jeans do not have to be skinny, a trend that simply will not die, or meggings mens leggings. The best jeans cut for a man is either the straight leg or the boot cut. And the older you get, the darker your jeans should become. Thing is, you can make the tapered prole work even without the physical proportions of a male model and your style does not have to be distinctly English either. A blazer, for instance could be made with African print fabric. Ironically, Vlisco print fabrics that feel so African you can practically visualise women in the village spinning them to life, are actually made in Holland. You can bring international fashion to your wardrobe by being smart about it. And, just because its a suit broken or whole does not in any way mean that it has to be boring.
>> PEPLUM The little skirt on your top or dress is still a trend to keep. Not only does it add a touch of the feminine to your outt, but it can transition from work wear by day to a cocktail outt at night. Even better, a peplum top can class up your pair of denims or a pair of leather pants for that interesting night time look.
Lives his brand
Mens fashion
>> FLORAL PRINT In the West, wearing oral prints which pay homage to all sorts of of owers in various stages of bloom may be a way to welcome spring following winter. However, for us in the tropics, it is an evergreen trend that expresses a love for nature and a walk on the feminine
PLEASE NOTE ...
Ozwald Boateng, a British designer of Ghanaian descent, poses on the red carpet at a past lm event. Boateng suits have introduced the tapered male silhoutte, where clothes t snugly, giving a man a sexy, edgy look.
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... EVEN MEN NEED PERSONAL TAILORS

The reason the customised suit is gaining ground locally is because every man has dierent needs and, like women, have distinctly unique bodies. Find a good tailor.
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VITAMIN C SPRITZ
COOKERY
Vitamin C the kind you spray, not the kind you ingest is one of the most overlooked ways to enhance your faces glow. It is well absorbed and works to refresh and smooth your skin.
Creamy and hearty vegetable soup

Soups provide a very healthy way of incorporating vegetables into a balanced diet. Using simple ingredients, it is possible to wind up with delicious gems. Pureed vegetable soups are easy to make and give excellent results. They can be served as a rst course or as a hearty yet light meal on their own. Try this wonderful carrot, butternut and ginger soup today. Preparation time: 20 minutes Serves 8. Ingredients 1 tbsp cooking fat 1 chopped onion 1 inch ginger root, crushed 2 cloves garlic, crushed 6 carrots, peeled and sliced 1medium size butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into inch pieces. 6 ripe tomatoes, chopped. 2 cups vegetable broth 3 tbsps orange juice cup thick whole yoghurt 1 tbsp fresh coriander to garnish (optional) Method 1. Heat cooking fat in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion, ginger, garlic and carrots. Add a pinch of salt. Stir well, cover and reduce the heat to low. Stir occasionally until the carrots soften. 2. Add the butternut, tomatoes, vegetable broth and orange juice. Stir well and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are very tender. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes. 3. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the soup cool for 5 minutes. Puree the soup in a blender in batches until smooth. Clean the saucepan and put the soup back in the saucepan. 4. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper (optional) and add the yoghurt. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle some coriander to garnish if using. Cooking tips Strongly avoured aromatic vegetables become the avour foundation of your soup. The best blend of aromatics starts with garlic and onions. Soup may be served piping hot or cold, depending on personal preference. Wine added to soup often creates a wonderful taste experience. However, wine should only be added to hot soup shortly before it is to be served. Do not boil soup after adding the wine as it will sour. Irene Njoroge
Get and keep a youthful glow

40s, she needs to actively cultivate this glow. Dermatologists universally agree that the most highly acclaimed way is Retin A. This vitamin A derivative was initially recommended for acne until skincare gurus observed that women who used it developed what soon came to be known as the Retin A glow It exfoliates, sloughing . o old skin and allowing the new to shine through. You can get prescription Retin A which is stronger. There are three dierent types of Retin A, from mild to strong. Over the counter versions are mild. Does a product list vitamin A in its top ve ingredients? Always check how much of it is there. Sometimes, it could be in such small quantities as to not make much of a dierence. Retin A, while great for that glow, can be dicult to use. Start by applying it twice a week and build up to once every other night. Only use it at night. Note that Retin A can cause dryness, peeling, scaling of the skin, irritation and acne. Use a dollop smaller than a pea and on dry skin (ideally 30 minutes after cleansing). It can get into the eyes and creases of the nose, which can cause a great deal of irritation. You cant do chemical peels on Retin A or facial scrubs, and you can only use mild cleansers. Should you need skincare, such as a professional facial, always disclose that you are using Retin A. Another way is to try a mild facial peel such as a glycolic acid or TCA peel of varying degrees, ranging from four to eight per cent, depending on penetration. It should be done over a period of six to eight weeks. Build up on it. Note that you
Dicult to use
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BY CAROL ODERO
omen with African skin have this inexplicable need to blot the bejeezus out of their skin. A shine, no matter how slight, is obliterated like a spot. Ironically, it is precisely this shine that allows African skin to age slower than any other skin tone. This quest for the matte nish was popularised by lm and photography. A womans look was rendered complete only when the sheen had disappeared. However, a matte nish presents multiple problems. For a start, it is ageing, at, one-dimensional and works best only when you need to
be documented. In real life, it makes you look ve to 10 years older. With a powdered matte finish, once youve developed lines, powder settles in the cracks, an act that makes wrinkles even more noticeable. Also, getting a great matte nish requires a more pronounced use of make-up, yet another sign of ageing. What, then, is a woman to do? In your 20s, when experimenting with make-up, you can aord to go matte. Campus students or women just starting out in their careers get away with sprinkling baby powder on their faces because they possess an innate dewiness that youth bestows and women strive to manufacture as they grow older. In her 30s, a woman who takes good care of her skin can maintain her glow but must work to protect it. In her
Sprinkling baby powder
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Your skincare shopping list for 2013

THE YEAR IS still young, so you have time to create a shopping list and budget for your year-round skincare. The cost of caring for your skin will depend on the products you feel inclined to use. Washing products Soap is the basic cleaning agent found in most bathrooms. You can use basic bar soap, which is very economical and works just as well as other soaps. It is a no-frills option, but tends to be slightly drying to the skin. On the higher end of the market, you will nd special category soaps such as the medicated variety, which sell for as much as Sh120 for a 100gms bar. Use this type if you have skin problems such as rashes and pimples. Other soaps include feel-good factors such as fragrance. Deodorant soaps fall into this category. Other washing products include body washes and shower gels. Body lotion There are two distinct categories of lotion: the massmarket lotions, which are pink, coloured, sharply fragranced and economically priced. They range in cost from about Sh50 to Sh300 for 200mls. The other category is the higher end type, which is white and softly perfumed with essential oils. The price range in this category is wide, from about Sh400 to Sh2,500 for 200mls. We will discuss more beauty items next week.
The writer is the national director of the Safe Skincare Initiative. Query? safeskinca reafrica@gmail.com
YOUR SKIN
irene njoroge
Health tips
Healthy eating is not about denying yourself tasty pleasures. Rather, it is about controlling your portions. Fill up on fruits and vegetables to avoid overindulging on starches.
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You can carry it in your handbag and spritz to up your energy levels. Vitamin C penetrates your skin and the eect of the spray lasts beyond cleansing. Try it in a serum as well, where it will most likely be listed as ascorbic acid. As part of your skincare, give yourself a facial once a week at home. I hesitate to push this because an at-home facial is a topic on its own. Women with problem skin, for instance, are commonly advised to use clay masks at home to prevent oiliness, but using a clay mask regularly can also cause dryness, breakouts and irritation. What your at-home facial needs most is cleansing, toning, exfoliating, steaming and moisturising. For all this eort youll be putting in, always, always use sunscreen. When it comes to reasons for skin damage, top of the list is the sun.
DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE. IN A WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING, MAKE-UP ARTISTES, AIRBRUSHING AND POST-PRODUCTION WORK, DONT SELL YOURSELF SHORT FOR NOT LOOKING LIKE AN IDEALISED IMAGE ON A MAGAZINE COVER
Carol Odero
HEALTH >> LINA NJOROGE
Practical tips for healthy living

IMPLEMENTING NEW YEAR resolutions can be a struggle. And as it gets more dicult to nd time to, for instance, exercise or eat healthy, we may nd ourselves giving up on our goals even before January ends. Here are a few practical tips you can follow to stay on track. 1. Exercise: Start slow and then gain momentum. Pace yourself so that you dont exhaust all your energy in the rst week. At the beginning of a year, plan or goal, most people can become too enthusiastic that they attempt all their goals or activities at once. However, the best way to start o is to break down your exercise plan into different days with specic activities each day. Start by exercising three days a week and then scale up after a few weeks. Always give yourself a day or two to rest. On your resting days, you may enjoy a mild form of exercise like dancing or strolling. 2. Eat healthy: Healthy eating is not about avoiding your favourite treats, rather, its about putting more eort into controlling your portions and minimising excesses. Eat nutrient-rich foods that are as close to their natural form as possible rather than processed foods. Grill, bake, boil, steam and stir fry your food rather than deep frying it. If you want to enjoy a dessert, get a small portion. 3. Manage your stress: The beginning of the year comes with its own share of stress and anxieties. While there may be no single de-stressing approach that works for everybody, dont give up on nding something that works for you. Consider meditation, prayer, dancing, sitting quietly or reading a book, going out for a jog or walk, or socialising with friends. It is important to nd out what is causing your stress to avoid exposure to it. Factors responsible for stress include noise, trac, exhaustion, information overload, too much caffeine or even negative people.
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How Fiolina got a direct nomination

ike everyone else in Mwisho wa Lami and its environs, I went through the hands of Madam Gloria at Mwisho wa Lami nursery a few decades ago. Gloria has been the nursery schoolteacher since it opened long before Mwisho wa Lami Primary School was started. If you were not taught by Gloria, you are either too old or you never went to school at all. Gloria should have retired a few years ago but when the government introduced the Bamba Tano plan for teachers who were approaching 55, she took advantage and postponed her retirement by ve years. This did not go down well with many people, for there were so many women around who had been waiting to take over her post one of the most lucrative in our larger area. There was Rastas daughter, who even had started assisting Gloria free of charge in the hope that she would be left in charge. She got married when Glorias Bamba Five plan was approved. There was also Rashids sons wife as well as Luttas second wife, and Prisca, Apostle Elkanas oldest daughter. The three had been waiting for Glorias retirement so that one of them would take over. The problem was that no one knew exactly when Gloria would retire. But when I made Fiolina my First Lady, I got interested in nding out. As you know, Fiolina is a respected ECD professional, having gone to an ECD college for six months immediately after high school, where she scored a strong D. She was the ideal candidate to succeed Gloria. My First Lady has been teaching three villages away at a nursery school near her parents home. But, last week, the parents protested and asked her to get a job where she is married. I had to nd her a job.
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Since Gloria was employed by the County Council, I went to see the councillor who promised to do everything to ensure he gave Fiolina the job. In return, I accepted to be one of his campaigners in Mwisho wa Lami. I also used my laptop to print his posters free of charge. He however kept on promising that he would bring the letter to Fiolina but he never did. Had I not met Saphire at Hitlers, I would have continued being conned by the councillor. County councils stopped employing nursery school teachers long ago, Saphire said after I bought him a drink. Nowadays nursery teachers are employed by the Headmaster. Talk to Juma nicely, he said. I paid for all his drinks that day. I was in Jumas oce the next day. I could not have asked at a better time, Juma told me. Gloria had fallen ill and had decided to retire earlier than planned. She will be around until the end of January when I expect to have hired her replacement. Who will be succeeding her? I eagerly asked. I will be conducting interviews for those interested in the post next week, he said. Here was my opportunity to ght for my First Lady. Have the people already applied? I asked. The HM said he had not declared an advertisement and I asked if I could help. In KU we have learnt a lot of psychological philosophy which Im sure would be helpful when hiring a nursery schoolteacher. The HM agreed but he didnt seem like one whom I could rely on to hire Fiolina. That evening I met Nyayo, the schools PTA chairman, and Rashid, the treasurer, at Hitlers. After buying them several pickups, I told them of the impending appointment of the nursery teacher and why we needed to give Fiolina the job. We need to have a young teacher who lives near the school, Nyayo said. Rastos sons wife lives far away. And we want a teacher who is
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married, added Rashid. Elkanaa daughter is not married. We cannot allow someone from another village to come teach our children, added Rasto. Lutta comes from the neighbouring village. That evening I typed an advertisement that I knew would help knock out Fiolinas key competitors: VACANCY VACANCY!!! Mwisho wa Lami Nursery School is a faculty of Mwisho wa lami Primary School renowned for producing the young minds that later join the primary school. The nursery is searching for a young, dynamic, female teacher who has a strong work ethic, is results-oriented and
is a team player. Reporting to the Headmaster, the successful candidate will be responsible for planning, designing and executing the academic, curricular and co-curricular programmes for the knowledge-thirsty young minds of the nursery. Applicants must possess a minimum KSCE certificate (with at least a strong D mean grade), have a certicate in ECD, and be able to speak and write uent English and Swahili. They should be living in Mwisho wa lami. Being married to preferably a teacher will be an added advantage. Suitable qualified candidates should send their TYPED application letters, enclosing carbon copies of their academic testimonials and resumes to: The Headmaster, Mwisho wa Lami Pri. School. A rewarding and competitive remuneration package awaits the successful candidate. The next morning we met with the HM and he liked the advert. He wondered why I had insisted on a typed application letter. The kids of today are dot.com, how can we give them a teacher who cannot type, I said. I printed it and pinned it on the school noticeboard and gate. Applicants had only two days to send in their applications. I sat with Fiolina to make her a CV and application letter. It was not easy as she could not remember the years she sat her exams but I managed to craft a CV
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and application letter for her. The other candidates also looked for me for help with typing their application letters and CVs but I told them my computer had run out of ink. The next day, Nyayo and Rashid came to the school to help the HM to shortlist. I joined them. We dismissed all the handwritten applications. Only three remained and the Headmaster advised that we call them for interviews. We checked and noted that although Prisca had attached her certicates, she did not have a CV. She failed at this stage. There only remained Luttas wife and Fiolina. We cant allow people from other villages to dominate us, said Nyayo regarding Luttas wife. He was supported by Rashid and, although the HM differed with them, he was overruled. Only one candidate remained: Fiolina. The HM wondered if it was necessary to call her for an interview since she was the only candidate. Rashid and Nyayo did not think an interview was necessary. Just appoint her directly, Nyayo said. I know her, she is a good lady, Rashid said, just nominate her. And with that, Fiolina got the job. She starts work tomorrow. When she gets her salary, I hope she will remember the role I played in securing the job for her. Chase me on twitter @mwalimuandrew
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What is the main function of human skin? To prevent onlookers from getting ill. How come geese always make the formation of a V when ying? They dont know any other letters. Why did the ancient Peruvians worship the Sun God? They didnt want to Inca His wrath. What is home? Its the place tears are allowed to dry on their own terms. *** Holiday slides - deja views. High heels - arch enemies. Pessimist - one who nos too much. Courage - fear extinguisher. Walking economy - receding hairline and waist ination, causing deep depression. Man - the root cause of environmental population. *** Micky: How did you enjoy the play? Jean: Perfectly useless! My tears stuck in their ducts, refusing to be jerked. Micky: There was plenty of laughter in some sections of the theatre. Jean: Thats because people were telling jokes. *** JoaAnn: Why are you so nervous? Bill: Im so used to being stressed, when things are calm, my body panics. *** Bernie: Hey, is that you Paul? Paul: Speaking. Bernie: It doesnt sound like you. Paul: It is denitely me. Bernie: Okay then. Can you lend me fty thousand shillings, just for two months? Paul: When Paul comes in, Ill tell him you called.
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Its a golden year for popular ghazal singer

Deedar Singh Pardesi and Harbans Kaur tied the knot in the wedding of the year in 1963
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enyan folk and ghazal singer Deedar Singh Pardesi and his wife Harbans Kaur are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary this weekend at their home in England. The couple tied the knot in an elaborate in Nairobi in what was hailed as wedding of the year in 1963. The Sikh wedding was attended by most of the Kenya Asian social and political dignitaries and the proceedings were broadcast live to listeners all over East Africa by the Hindustani Service of the national broadcaster. Deedar was the rst Kenyan vocalist to make it to Bollywood where his composition Salma became an international super hit. He is a versatile vocalist
and entertainer. His compositions made Indian poet Akhtar Shiranis Salma a mega hit. The love lore was initially recorded for a KBC radio programme in Nairobi and later adopted by the Indian film world in Mumbai. To this day no other singer has attempted to voice this love song and, as such, it has become a Deedar hallmark. This ballad and his Punjabi creation Toote Dil launched Deedar into a lucrative singing career in Bollywood.
Deedar hallmark
He voiced numerous songs for Indian movies and had an opportunity to work with ace music directors Chitragupt and Ravi and singers Asha Bhosle Hemlata, Minoo Purshotam and Mahendra Kapoor. The singer visited Kenya a couple of years ago. The couple lives in England with their son and his family. Of his wedding anniversary, Deedar told Lifestyle: My only wish and prayer is for Almighty to bless Harbans and myself with good health love of friends fans and admirers.
SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
Drama festival begins

THE COASTAL CITY of Mombasa hosted the National Drama Workshop which brought together some of the best brains in drama and lm. Among the facilitators who were Munene wa Mumbi and Dr L.P. Barasa from Moi University, who urged teachers to let children develop wholly and guide them in discovering and nurturing their talents. He said appropriate research was needed to determine what would benet children in Kenya. Dr. Ongondo from Moi University presented a paper on poetry advising teachers to take it to a level where they would get universal appreciation. The chairman of the festival Mr Chokera Kahura informed teachers that the festival dates would not change, and that the campaign and General Election would not alter the programme. For the rst time the drama festival will be held in eight regions. The regions are Mombasa, Nairobi Metropolitan which includes Nairobi, Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado, Garissa comprising the entire North Eastern Province, Northern (Meru, Embu, Isiolo, Marsabit and Kitui), Aberdare (Nyeri, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga), Nzoia (Bungoma, Kakamega, Busia, Kitale) Lake region (Kisumu, Siaya, Kisii, Kuria) and Nakuru (Nakuru and Eldoret). The national festival will be held between April 8 and 15 in Mombasa county.
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TEACHERS SHOULD PRODUCE ITEMS FOR THEIR SCHOOLS Chokera Kahura, festival chair
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MOTORING GAVIN BENNETT
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How the bulges on your car aect fuel economy
Can lowering the speed limit increase accidents?

BY MUNGAI KIHANYA info@MungaiKihanya.com WHEN I WAS A young boy, I used to think that the 80KPH written at the back of light commercial vehicles (the so-called pick-ups) was an indication of the distance that it would cover if driven at its top speed for one hour. Of course I was wrong; very wrong! As I later came to learn, the number indicates the maximum speed that the vehicle is allowed under the law. Upon learning the meaning of the numbers, the next question that came to mind was why do they make vehicles that can do 140kph but then limit them to only 80kph? I have also never understood why they make a car that can only do, say, 130kph but then install a speedometer that reads up to 180kph. These questions came back to my mind recently while I was driving on the new 12-lane Thika highway. Before this road was expanded, it was a four-lane dual-carriageway with a speed limit of 110kph. After rebuilding into a quadruple-carriageway, the limit was reduced to 100kph! It defeats logic. You can comfortably cruise at 140kph on the 450km-single-carriage Mombasa highway and no one will ask you a question even though the speed limit there is 80kph. But dare drive at 104kph in the 40km-quadruplesuperhighway. Perhaps the lower speed limit was an attempt to reduce accidents on the road. If that was the case, I would be interested to know if it has borne fruit. I am curious because the assumption that slower vehicles cause fewer accidents can be challenged. There is an interesting branch of physics known as statistical mechanics. It is concerned with the interactions of randomly moving bodies how they collide with each other and with the connement walls for example, gas molecules. The analysis reveals that the probability of collision depends directly on the average speed: the faster the bodies are, the more likely they are to collide. That is obvious, but it is not the only factor. It also turns out that the probability of collision is dependent upon the variance of the speeds. That is; if all bodies moved at the same speed in the same direction, they would never collide obviously! But when they are moving at dierent speeds and directions, the chances of colliding are much greater. But the greatest factor is the concentration of bodies the number per unit space. It turns out that the probability of collision increases with the square of the concentration. That is, if say, the concentration is doubled, the chances of collision will quadruple! Now slowing vehicles down has the eect of increasing their concentration. Thats how we get trac jams whenever there are bumps on a busy highway. Therefore, lowering the speed limit might actually increase the number of accidents. Perhaps the ministry of Transport should do a detailed study to establish whether this is so.
The more protrusions your vehicle has, the less streamlined it is, leaving it more susceptible to the eects of wind resistance.
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Air resistance becomes more of a problem if your car has many bulges and bumps and you are driving at speeds above 80kph
he shape of modern cars owes much to a Frenchman but, for once, it has nothing to do with Renault or Peugeot. His name was Napoleon the short fellow from Corsica who wore a hat that looked like a hospital bedpan and who made himself the emperor of much of Europe. History tells us this, and that his wife Josephine didnt always have a smile on her face in the morning, but it rarely mentions that little Naps was a real swot at maths. And he put the skill to good use when he went to beat the merde vivante out of his neighbours.
made of wood) or knock holes in castle walls so soldiers could nip in and garotte the occupants without getting hot tar poured on their heads. Against an infantry or cavalry charge in an open eld, cannon balls were not effective if they simply landed plop! like an unexploding bomb. Chances are they would land in an open space, or maybe score a lucky hit against just one opponent. So Napoleon didnt lob them like an Olympic shot put or a Tiger Woods chip shot; he red them at like a cricket ball, and used his maths to get the line and length just right so the cannon balls bounced and whizzed forward horizontally at about head height. A 20kg lump of metal ying like that at 100kph through a crowd could take out several dozen people and horses with every shot a bit like a matatu with no brakes on a busy pavement. It wasnt too dicult to work out the amount of gunpowder and the angle of the barrel to achieve that eect on a calm day. The problem was how to adjust the formula in strong headwinds and tailwinds. At speed, wind resistance has a major eect on
Line and length
Heavy lumps
The weapon of choice two centuries ago was the cannon, which hurled heavy lumps of iron at the rigging of ships to mutilate the crew with splinters (after all, you cant sink a boat
range and trajectory. Napoleon not only recognised the concept we now know as aerodynamics, but also calculated its exact effects. He worked out that resistance depended on the size and shape of an object, and that it rises exponentially with speed. Thats why, today, your car is streamlined, smooth and as many bulges and bumps as possible have been removed (even door handles, windscreen wiper spindles and hubcaps are recessed). At walking speed, the shape of your vehicle (never mind its door handles) has no discernible eect on wind resistance (drag). At town speeds of circa 50kph, drag is measurable but not signicant. It is from about 80kph upwards that the aerodynamics start to have a major impact and, with every bit of extra speed, the drag increases geometrically to the severe detriment of fuel economy. The principle applies whatever you drive. The penalty is less severe if the vehicle is streamlined; more severe if it is the shape of a brick (eg 4WD or a truck). In either case, the faster you go, the greater the penalty. gavin.bennett@africaonline.co.ke
THIS WORLD...
Teachers on a tuk tuk education mission

Two English teachers, Rich Sears and Nick Gough from Guildford in England, have arrived in Kenya in a tuk tuk they are driving around the world. They have covered a 16,000 km leg from Britain through Europe, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. They are attempting to break the Guinness world record for the longest journey in an auto-rickshaw
THE AIM...
They intend to raise one million pounds (Sh135m) for the Global Campaign for Education. During their 14-month marathon three-wheeler motoring adventure, they are visiting needy schools along the route to assess their priority requirements.
Rich Sears and Nick Gough at Car and General, the sales agent for Piaggio in Kenya, with the Nairobi branch manager Abel Gakenyi.
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GOING PLACES AMBOSELI GARDENS
A garden where you can have a quiet drink

At Amboseli Gardens, you can sit out at one of the shaded benches and enjoy a peaceful drink and a chat
here is a new restaurant and bar in Lavington. It opened only at the end of last November and, it seems, not many people know about it. I like it. I have been back a few times: Sunday lunch with the family, and a few after work drinks. And I have been trying to work out what it is that I so like about the place. First, I reckon, its the garden. You can sit out at one of the shaded benches and enjoy a peaceful drink and a chat. Its not such a big garden, but it has some splendid trees: a row of rs that you could nd right up in Scandinavia but also mango trees that would certainly not thrive up there in the cold. And there are the colours of red poinsettias and other owering plants. But one of the very clever things about Amboseli Gardens yes, that is what it is called is the choices it oers. The centrepiece is a broad and covered veranda bar area for a more boisterous kind of socialising. In the house, three bedrooms have been converted into lounges for small parties or a more intimate kind of tte--tte. Finally, at the end of the garden there are a couple of safari-type tented rooms for bigger functions a workshop, say, or a wedding reception. Theres quite a choice in the menu, too. Its not at all gourmet-style but substantial, well , cooked and neatly served. I would suggest that with dishes such as whole tilapia and pan-fried goats liver, as well as the usual range of nyama choma oerings the target group is the African middle class living in the surrounding Lavington estates. The prices not cheap would bear this out. The chicken wings, as starters honey glazed and enhanced with bualo sauce are Sh450. The grilled strips of sirloin steak enhanced with a mushroom sauce and kachumbari are Sh1,200. I talked about all this when I got the chance of a good chat with the director, Evans Gesaka. His
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own description of the target group was: middle class and upward moving; middle aged and with money to spend! He agreed that the initial menu is intentionally African, but he is looking to get the kitchen to produce more items to please mzungus: Africans are less loyal than mzungus, he said. They move around much more like nomads. When a mzungu nds a place he likes, he sticks with it. But, when they are here, Africans spend much more. The typical mzungus might spend three hours over a couple of drinks an African can drink here from 11 oclock in the morning till midnight! This is Evans Gesakas rst venture into the restaurant business. But he is not one of those many rst-timers who reckon running a restaurant should be something easy, something of fun. He sees Amboseli Gardens as an investment and he is well aware of what it takes to make a successful enterprise. He is in the construction business and he is a trained engineer. Like in any business, he says, good management is the key. It is the manager who makes a good team the supervisors, the kitchen sta, the waiters and the cleaners. They need to be well chosen, well trained, and well supervised. He brings something of his engineering expertise to the management of the kitchen: You need a food controller: someone who knows about ratios how many servings you should expect to get, for example, out of a full goat... Also, of course, you need a store controller. Evans Gesaka believes a manager should be tough. If someone is caught cheating, then he is paid o and put out. But, on the other hand, sta should be listened to: Even if they call you Boss you should give the sta your ear. These are very early days for the Amboseli Gardens, and there is room for improvements. There could be a few more trees to screen o the car park; the small lounges are rather bland and could be enlivened with a few pictures on the walls; the menu could be extended and some of its amusing spelling mistakes rectied... But perhaps the biggest asset the place has is the personality of Evans Gesaka. He is very much a hands-on manager: chivvying waiters, watching over the watering of plants, and checking on maintenance work. But he is also the most genial of hosts: welcoming all clients, and always ready to chat with them if that is what they want. John Fox is Managing Director of iDC
Successful enterprise
African middle class
About Githu
Prof Muigai, the editor and a contributor, is a law professor and arbitrator. As Kenyas Attorney General, he now advises the government on arbitrations involving the government locally and internationally
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ARBITRATION LAW & PRACTICE IN KENYA EDITOR: Prof Githu Muigai PUBLISHER: Law Africa Attorney-General Githu Muigai has edited this book on arbitration a few months after the publication of another one by Dr Kariuki Muigua. The new interest in arbitration is at least partly attributable to Section 159(c)(2) of the Constitution, which recognises arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution procedures as important and necessary elements in the legal system.
Young readers sample story books by local writers at the Nairobi international book Fair at the Sarit Centre.
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RIGHT OF REPLY ON LOCAL BOOK INDUSTRY
Publishing abroad isnt the answer

Its possible that by moving abroad, the writers book will be among the numbers published but not make money
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BY BARINE KIRIMI
read Silas Nyanchwanis article 8 Lessons writers need to learn on Sunday, December 30, 2012 with keen interest. As a publisher and author, I found some of his advice very articulate and worth the ink but some of it may have been given out of a limited understanding of publishing in the global environment and viewing publishing as a social enterprise as opposed to an economic one. It is correct to advice writers to nd their own writing styles. The lesson on self-publishing was spot on and so was the idea of writers, publishers and other local players joining hands to promote local books to boost readership. But the notion that a writer can only make money from books by moving abroad cannot pass. It is way too far from the truth. This suggestion lacks a clear understanding of the global book publishing environment. Very few books published in any market get on the top sellers list. In the United States, it is estimated that three million books were published in 2011. Out of those, only a handful made it to the New York Times Best Seller list and a majority of them did not make money. Its possible that by moving abroad, the writers book
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Moving abroad
will be among the numbers that are published but not make any money. The reality is that the quality of our writing is wanting and many would-be writers either want to copy themes in Western published books or choose what Silas called the Whispers syndrome . Good books require creativity and they take time to do but many of our authors are always in a hurry to get published. Its for this reason that most of local books cannot be converted into movies since the plots cannot sustain a movie. As much as it has been said that Kenyans dont read, my opinion is that there are some who do but they know what they want in a book and will pay for it if they get it. The problem is that they are often frustrated when they get some of the books from local authors that do not meet their expectations. Its not a surprise we have enough graduates who cannot even write a simple essay in the
correct grammar. How do we expect to have good books? We have to invest in training authors. My take is that quality writing attracts readers. Its also worth pointing out that publishing is a risky business that requires a clear balance between investment and returns. The major reason why publishers may not give ction a second glance is that the cost of publishing a book is so high and they have to be guaranteed of returns by the books they choose to publish. One of the marks of a great publisher is their choice of books based on content and market for distribution. The investors in any publishing venture expect returns and, as much as they exist to promote reading and writing, all their eorts must make economic sense otherwise they will not exist for long. The argument that book reviews count for less is simplistic. Book reviews are a marketing and pub-
licity tool and so careful thought must be given to the choice of book review medium. The reality is that not all opportunities for book reviews will yield sales unless the review is made in a publication that has a reach on the target readers. The choice of book review medium must be determined by the book content and the target readership as opposed to any open space in a magazine or newspaper. The need for a writers club or society is certainly a step in the direct direction. But, since we do appreciate that the writing is the beginning of a journey to quality books, encouraging writing clubs in schools and colleges will go a long way to establish a culture of writing. With good writing and good publishing, the books will sell and, ultimately, the writers will make some money along the way. Barine Kirimi is an author and publisher.
Prof Muigai acknowledges that arbitration is not always as simple as it seems. The 205-page book is arranged in nine chapters. The chapters, though written by various authors, interact seamlessly as they discuss arbitration progressively from the legal framework, the all-important arbitration agreement, the process itself and the enforcement of awards. Even then, a reader cannot help noticing the varying styles of the contributors. Some of them back up every thought with a reference, resulting in generous footnotes which, in a few cases, take over a third of the page. All the 11 contributors are lawyers. It must be pointed out that one does not have to be a lawyer to be an arbitrator. Many disputes involving construction, rent, service charge and company matters are resolved by quantity surveyors, architects, accountants and valuers. The authors have accomplished their objective of explaining what arbitration is, how it works and the legal aspects. They have, in the process, answered the frequently asked questions about arbitration.The book is an invaluable addition to Kenyan literature on arbitration and on commercial law. By Paul Ngotho
BOOK REVIEW
The Dance and other poetic stories

Title: The Dance Author: Sharon Mukuhi Njoroge Publisher: Destiny Managers (2012) Reviewer: CARLOS MUREITHI
With its metaphorically named title, the new release by poet and motivational speaker Sharon Mukuhi Njoroge, The Dance brings out her years of interaction with people in this rhythm we call life. We all get where we are going with a push from someone who cares about us, and in this poetry book, Sharon shows her appreciation of this. Greek philosopher Plato once said that it is the poets obligation to bear witness and Sharon, having been writing poems for six years, this time round tries to describe the society we live in while expressing love, emotions, advice, counsel and entertain. With Dance, she manages to pull this o almost nonchalantly. The book is thematically divided into ve chapters that have short poems. In the title poem The Dance, the author illustrates a beautiful lady going through a dicult period in her life. She is on the verge of giving up, but somewhere along the way, a partner emerges and supports her. The rst (and longest) part is dedicated to Sharons relationship with God. It is a little depressing, at least in the tone which the poet has used but moving on, the encapsulation of her father, mother and sibling brings a brighter side to her writing. The poems about her relationship with God, and lifes stories are placed at either end of the collection. Between them are brilliant works about family, friendship, and lifes lessons. Sharon says in The Climb that the strides taken
with an aim to making our lives better are worth it. Indeed, her writing this book was worth it for the many poetry enthusiasts and public in general. Her writing is a delight. She manages to pull o her exquisite poetry in simple, understandable language. Her strength One poem comes to mind: Thanksgiving Day. In a sign of appreciation for lifes gifts, she writes, ...The ghts, the love, The silent moments, the alone time, The smile, my laughter, My heart, my energy, My passion... For all these Im thankful. Her strength is on show. But the repetition of subjects and themes, the existence of a few typos here and there can at times make tedious reading. Even though the book is devoted to the people who have impacted the authors life, it makes interesting reading to all. Reading the beautifully written poems would leave anyone fullled and inspired. It makes a great bedside devotional that would help people have a deeper look into their lives.
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ACROSS 1. One abandoned by players on opponents ground (8) 6. Bet hes in command (6) 9. Horried at being cut by jagged gash (6) 10. A lunatic, crazy about boats (8) 11. In the main, its classed as vermin (5,3) 12. Aerial Id put back on mast (6) 13. Distinction comic actor got before the war, perhaps (6,6) 16. Involving the Third Form? (2,10) 19. Greek god, part herald part messenger (6) 21. Spinner overweight, likely to fall over (3-5) 23. Dame Fortunes aristocratic sister? (4,4) 24. Shows around Madras (6) 25. Worshipped bustle and colour (6) 26. Brought down to a lower level? (8)
DOWN 2. He drops a line, hoping for some response (6) 3. Employment exchange? (5) 4. Damp course laid across another sort of course (5,4) 5. Chinas biggest banker (7) 6. Spring tide, say (5) 7. Switch musical composition (9) 8. Ship containing room to raise onions (8) 13. In speech, commend senior citizen of London, say? (4,5) 14. Finished o and put on warm clothes (7,2) 15. Popular batting order (2,6) 17. Is taken out to see groups of new recruits (7) 18. Fly through during tea break (6) 20. Safe stretch of water (5) 22. Muse to appear after a very long time (5)
Last Weeks Solution Across 7. Raciness 9. Launch 10. Beat 11. Congregate 12. Retain 14. Accuracy 15. Tipple 17. Slogan 20. Paternal 22. Struts 23. Diminutive 24. Hire 25. Mantis 26. Needless Down 1. Casement 2. Kilt 3. Deacon 4. Clerical 5. Budgerigar 6. Acetic 8. Sandal 13. Appreciate 16. Languish 18. Naturist 19. Albion 21. Animal 22. Shekel 24. Helm
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How I have nurtured my talent

I started drawing when I was four years old.
BY MWORIA MUCHINA pmuchina@ke.nationmedia.com
Davis Ngooro Kariuki is a Class Seven
pupil at Hospital Hill Primary School in Nairobi. Young as he is, he has his eyes set on becoming a great artist and already he has impressive drawings to show o. The
12-year-old spends a few minutes every day to improve on his talent, especially to draw portraits. I like drawing portraits a
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o what is your talent and what have you done to nurture it? Do you believe that your talent can be turned into a career in the future and it would be your way of earning some income? For instance, there are people who started writing for newspapers when they were in school and ended up becoming journalists. Our very own Mworia Muchina is one example. He not only writes stories for Young Nation, but also draws some of the best cartoons. This week Mworia brings us the story of Davis Ngooro Kariuki, who is talented in drawing. He is particularly good in portraits. Read about him in our cover story and how he developed an interest in drawing. But most importantly, nd out how he has been persistent in improving his skills. Should we abolish the KCPE exams or should we not? Find out what some children are saying in What You Say column. We welcome story ideas from you as well as contributions in the sections such as My Story, Book Review, Jokes and Riddles. Have a wonderful week ahead. Liz
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pen pals
Box 313, Nairobi. Age: 14, Hobbies: Playing football, dancing, watching movies and travelling. Would like pen pals from Britain, France, Southern Sudan, Italy, Turkey and Brazil. Box 313, Nairobi. Age: 14, Hobbies: Travelling, watching birds, making friends, listening to music and acting. Would like pen pals from Canada, Tanzania, Uganda, Brazil and Italy.
CHRISTINE NJAU, Chogoria Girls Boarding School, P.O. Box 584, Chogoria. Age: 14, HobSAMSON NIGEL, St. Elizabeth Karen, P.O. MALAK JOHN, St. Elizabeth Karen, P.O.
bies: Making friends, travelling and playing tennis. Would like pen pals from Britain, Tanzania, Uganda, Italy, Philippines and Korea.
WINFRED MUTHONI, Oloolua View Acad-
Listening to music, travelling, watching football and playing basketball. Would like pen pals from South America, Canada, Tanzania, Italy and Japan.
JOYCE SOILA, Benezer Academy, P.O. Box 565 Ngong. Age: 15, Hobbies: Travelling, reading novels, dancing, swimming and playing tennis. Would like pen pals from Kenya, Sweden, Italy, USA and Uganda. JULIET NZISA, St. Clare Girls High School, P.O. Box 48, Elburgon. Age: 15,\ Hobbies: Watching movies, travelling, listening to music, reading novels and swimming. Would like pen pals from Denmark, USA, Kenya and South Africa. Send penpal requests with photos to: My penpal, Young Nation, P. O. Box 49010 Nairobi
emy, P.O. Box 761, Ngong. Age: 13, Hobbies: Dancing, watching football, listening to music, meeting new friends and playing football. Would like pen pals from South Korea, USA, Denmark, Canada Philippines and Italy.
P.O. Box 761, Ngong. Age: 10, Hobbies: Chatting, watching movies, singing, listening to music and reading novels. Would like pen pals from Tanzania, South Africa, Britain, Egypt and Jamaica.
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ERICK MUSYOKA, Oloolua View Academy,
emy, P.O. Box 761, Ngong. Age: 12, Hobbies:
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LETS WORK HARD THIS NEW YEAR
Happy New Year to all my friends and classmates. I am happy I have joined Class Eight and would like to remind all pupils and especially this years candidates that the journey to passing exams starts now. We should start working hard now so that we will not fail the nal exams. As children, we must also respect our parents for us to be blessed. For those who have dropped out of school, I would urge them to go back to class since the government has ensured there is free education. Lastly, I would like to congratulate my class teacher Mrs Ann Napeiok for her dedication in teaching. I promise her, my parents and all teachers that this new year, I will work hard in class and do them proud. Sherryl Akuya, 13, Lokichar Girls Primary School, Lod-
Do you think the warning that action will be taken against bloggers and social media users who publish hate speech will help stop hate mongering?
Njeri Kibe: They will do nothing just like always! Theirs is empty words. The government isnt even able to settle the Tana clashes completely! Jowal Jones: Yes it will. I am already seeing some positive change around here. Fedelity Mukiss: Absolutely yes, this makes the bloggers to be careful about what they write and hence reduce hate. Georgiadis Andiva: Yes. It will make the users think of what they say before they say it.
our team
MANAGING EDITOR: Eric Obino EDITOR: Liz Gitonga-Wanjohi CONTRIBUTORS: Mworia Muchina, Patricia Mundia, Samuel Muigai, John Muchiri, Jim Guteta GROUP DESIGN EDITOR:Kathleen Bogan CHIEF GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Roger Mogusu DESIGNERS: Alice Othieno, Felix Miringu, Anini Andrew, Denis Makori, Michael Mosota, Benjamin Situma, Kenneth Kusimba, Nzisa Muli
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1)) You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have. - JIM ROHN 2)) Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. - DR. HAIM GINOTT 3)) A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. - AUTHOR UNKNOWN 4)) Educations purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. - MALCOLM S. FORBES
Peter Mwaura: So far no action has been taken, we dont expect much from the government. Last Judge: The change has already occurred. Many people nowadays are keen when using social media because with technology you can be smocked out of your hiding place.
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How I have nurtured my talent

Cover: Davis Ngooro painting his drawing. Above: Davis Ngooro shows one of his drawings. Far right:
SOME OF HIS ARTWORKS.
birthday wishes
NAZZMAR WANGARI WANGOMBE Our angel, it is your birthday again. You are now two years old. We pray that God will give you many more years full of life. May the Lord shine all His glory upon you so that you grow to be an adorable girl. Happy birthday from dad Katta, mum Nyoxx, uncles, aunties, cousins and your grandparents. MARKLYAN KIBINGE We are glad you have brightened our lives. You are very special and deserve the best; we wish you a wonderful life lled with love and happiness. Best wishes from mum, brothers, your sister, cousins, aunties, uncles, nephews and nieces. IVY MORAA LUKA Happy birthday Ivy as you turn one today. No matter how many years you add to your life, you will always be a bundle of joy and a treasured gift from God to us. May you live long to see your dreams come true. Wishes from dad Jacob, mum Emma, your aunties, uncles, cousins and grandparents NATHAEL ANYONJE SHISOKA As you turn two, you are a treasured gift from God and may you grow to be a God-fearing, loving and above all live to achieve all your dreams. You are a treasure to us. Best wishes from your dad Oscar, mum Moreen, aunties, cousins and grandparents. MARYANGELA WAMBUI GAKUO As you celebrate your ninth birthday, may you live to be a God-fearing girl. Best wishes from your dad Gideon Gakuo. MAXWELL MWANGI You are now 12 years old. Happy birthday and may God bless you and keep you well. May you be a blessing to your generation. Best wishes from dad, Brenda, Njeri, Mama Njeri, cousins Wamuyu, Keshi, Kamwere, Davy, Mwangi, aunties Lydiah and Pauline.
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lot. I have drawn portraits of my parents and friends in class which they have liked a lot and this inspires me a lot, says Davis, who thanks his father, Onesmus Kariuki, for introducing him to the art of drawing and colouring. I thank my parents for ensuring that I have necessary drawing materials, adds the budding artist whose breakthrough came in October 2010 when a local magazine, Kids & Parents, featured him for his sterling performance in the arts, and again in 2011 when some of his works were published in the Young Nation. It is good for parents to support their children nurture their talents instead of always insisting that they read books, says Davis, adding that he rst developed an interest in drawing after repeatedly watching his father do so since he was four years old. Taught him the basics When his father noticed his passion for drawing, he taught him the basics. He also loves to colour pictures in the Young Nations fun page. According to Davis dad, Onesmus Kariuki, parents play a bigger role in nurturing their childrens talents. He adds that instead of parents scolding children who show interest in hobbies like playing soccer, drawing, singing, and so on, they should give them their full support and
encourage them since in future children can make careers out of their talents. Davis too advises all young people to always work hard to improve on their talents since they can be a source of income in future. Talents are God-given gifts that we should work hard to improve and nurture them, he said during the interview with Young Nation. Although the budding artist is yet to win in any drawing and painting competition, he says his aim this year is to participate in many such competitions. Coloured pencils Mostly, Davis likes using coloured pencils to colour his works, but he says he has been learning how to colour using water colours since he wants to diversify. And what makes a good artist? One has to have the passion for arts and the right attitude, and above all be creative, says Davis, who is proud of what he is doing since it inspires many of his classmates to nurture their talents. He also helps in drawing diagrams used to illustrate in class during the lessons. According to Jeremia Maitha Mutua, Hospital Hills principal, the school encourages pupils to develop their talents early. We at Hospital Hill Primary believe in tapping talents early to help develop them. Most of these talents are nurtured through clubs and also by encouraging talented pupils to participate in national competitions where several pupils have won various awards. We also encourage parents to assist those who have shown interest in various activities, he reveals. Apart from excelling in art and drawing, Davis also enjoys swimming, athletics and playing soccer with friends. In class, he is among the best pupils and his favourite subjects are maths and science, and although he admits he would like to be an engineer when he grows up, art shall remain his passion. My wish is to be one of the best artists in the world. For most pupils, balancing their schoolwork with their talents to ensure that they still perform well in class is always a challenge. I have a timetable which I stick to and which ensures I balance between doing my homework and nurturing my hobby. I am glad because of the support I get from my parents,
MUREITHI NDIRITU Mureithi, as you turn ve, we wish you a very happy birthday. May the Lord shine His glory upon you so that you grow to be an adorable citizen of the world. Wishes from mum Stella, dad George, cucu and babu. FAITH WANJIRU Happy birthday as you turn six. You are a blessing to us. May the angel of the Lord be with you. Wishes from mum and aunties. KIPTOO LANGAT Happy birthday Kip, we adore you dear son. Youre now turning ve years old, may you grow to be a great man. Warm wishes from dad Morgan, mum Flo and sis Joan, grandparents, uncles and aunties.
PRECIOUS NJERI KIHIGA Happy birthday Precious as you turn two. You are a treasured gift from God. May you grow up to be a God-fearing girl. We pray that God will brighten your future. Birthday wishes from dad Paul, mum Lucy, uncles, aunties, grandparents and cousins.
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Should KCPE exams be what abolished or not?
Should the KCPE exams be abolished and instead pupils sit for continuous assessment tests? Pupils from St. Elizabeth Academy in Karen give their views. Interviews by FRANKLINE AKHUBULA
Tyrone Scot, 14 years old It should be scrapped completely so that every pupil is given an opportunity to study up to high school. Denying any pupil to go beyond Standard Eight because they have failed is discrimination.
Wendy Obura, 14 years old I think the KCPE examinations should be abolished because most pupils panic during the time of sitting for it and end up failing even though they are bright. Some others cheat as a result of pressure to pass the exams.
Danielle Wamaitha, 13 years old KCPE exams should not be abolished because most pupils will not work hard if they are assured of joining high school by only doing continuous assessment tests.
Kevin Kisa, 13 years old One may fail at primary level but when he or she joins high school and works hard, they pass with ying colours. People make mistakes and more so pupils. They should be corrected and allowed to move on to the next level of education.
Elizabeth Chao, 14 years old It should be abolished and continuous assessment tests introduced because KCPE exams encourages parents and teachers to put pressure on students so that they can perform well in the exams.
Janet Akoth, 13 years old It should not be abolished because everyone will want to join national schools and yet there are no enough teachers and schools to accommodate all. For those who fail I think they should be given a second chance to sit for exam because failing does not necessarily mean the candidate was weak. It might have been contributed by other reasons.
Malak George, 14 years old The exam should be abolished completely because it makes some feel they are better than others. Even God says in the bible all are equal. I think all students should be treated equally regardless of their performance. I dont think its a nice idea denying someone education because they failed the exam.
Brian Aluoch, 14 years old The exam should be done away with because I dont think there is any student who wishes to fail in any examination. Pupils who fail to get good marks cannot join secondary school.
e won the Player of the Tournament during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, in which he was the captain for the winning side. He also plays for Chinese Super League turning up for Henan Construction, having beaten Cte dIvoire 87 on penalties after a goal-less match, scoring the rst of the penalties himself. 1. Who is he? 2. Which country does he come from?
Riddles
1. On my way to school I saw a teacher with seven men. Each man had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, men. How many were going to school? 2. What kind of room has no doors or windows? 3. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but cant go outside. What am I? 4. What comes down but never goes up?
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1. Only me 2. A mushroom 3. A Keyboard 4. Rain
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book reviews
Book Title: This time tomorrow Author: Kitula Kingei Publisher: Oxford University Press Reviewer: NYANDUAKI OKONGO SHEILA alekye is fascinated by a street name she comes across: Muindi Mbingu Street. Perhaps grandfather Muli could tell her more about this man when she visits him upcountry. Kalekye is just in luck because grandpa Muli loves telling stories about the struggle for independence! Naturally she wants to know why the man had a name that sounded like a Swahili word meaning Asian and she nally gets to understand that it was common in their tradition to name children according to their appearance. Muindi had a light brown complexion and had wavy hair like that of an Asian. Born in 1906, almost 10 years later after the birth of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, they were soon to be great friends united by the ght for freedom. By the time Muindi went to primary school, many of his age mates had enrolled to ght for the Europeans in the First World War. But why drop out of school to serve the same people who were oppressing them? Kalekye was curious. The colonialists had introduced taxes in 1910 and with a decline in the long distance trade many were forced to join the Carrier Corps to work as porters. Muindi was determined to put an end to all this somehow. At 18 he enrolled in the police force. Equipped with
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enough experience, he quit the force to join others in ghting against colonial rule. The colonialists had become more oppressive to the extent that they wanted to reduce the number of cattle owned by Africans. Muindi was furious and formed an association with the help of his friends to resist this move. He staged rallies everywhere, gathering supporters and spoke against the colonial government. But something bigger had to be done. It was not enough to just talk while the authorities seized their cattle and paid the farmers peanuts in return. It was at this time that Muindi told the people that they needed to take their complaints to the Nairobi Governor. Maybe he would listen to them. this time tomorrow Muindi addressed the people, leading to the historic march of over 5000 people from Machakos to Nairobi. Did the protest work? Were their cattle returned? There is only one way to nd out. The book unveils a part of our rich history in a well-told and educative story. I would recommend it to pupils in classes four to six. Enjoy! sheilaokongo@yahoo.com
I am no longer a top student

Dear Liz, I am 12 years old and in Class Six. I have a problem thats really aecting me. I have a very low opinion of myself and I think this has made my classmates believe I am not good enough. It has not always been like this. It started last year when I joined a boarding school. In my former school I was always top of the class but now I have met other bright classmates and can hardly make it to be among the top 10 in class. Please help. Christine, Embu Dear Christine, It is not unusual for people to have low self-esteem. Sometimes even intelligent and successful people lose their condence when faced with new challenges. But what you should remember is that often a persons selfopinion does not always reect reality. It is good that you have realised there is a need to start the process of reversing your problem. Self-esteem is about the belief in yourself as a person. Its the value you put on yourself as a human being. If you learn to appreciate yourself, others will do the same. You must therefore begin to see yourself in a new way. To build your self-esteem you must realise that your current view of yourself is biased, unfair and negative and this is what you need to change. Just because you are not among the top 10 in class, that does not make you a failure so you need to think positively about yourself. What is important is that you should always strive to do your best, if it places you in position 15 in class, then accept it and keep working hard strive to improve your position. Yes, you have met brighter pupils (maybe they are used to boarding life and are more condent) but you shouldnt give up. Find out what you are not doing right, or what makes them shine. You can even request to form a study group with some of the top pupils in class so that they can help you with your weak subjects. Talk to your teachers and tell them what is bothering you. They could be in a position to help you. Do not let the situation aect your relations with your classmates also because it is unhealthy to always perceive yourself negatively. This kind of perception will lead you to missing out on many good things that come along or happen to you in your life. You should have a positive mind that you are not stupid and you can still pass your exams if you develop a positive attitude and take your studies seriously! Send your comments and questions to; yn@ke.nationmedia.com or Ask Liz, Young Nation, P.O. Box 49010, 00100, Nairobi egitonga@ke.nationmedia.com
MY STORY...
Dads alertness is rewarded

BY MWALIMU SEMPAI mwalimusempai@gmail.com t was around 9 oclock night when I decided to go to bed after doing my homework. I was exhausted that is why I decided to go to sleep earlier than usual. No sooner had I slept than I heard a loud bang on my door. My heart pounded fast and loud like a West African tom-tom drum. In the twinkling of an eye, I was drenched in sweat. Many questions plagued my mind. Should I open the door? Should I hide under the bed? Should I hide in ceiling board? Suddenly there was a roar, Open! Open this door! And open quickly! Numbed my voice A voice shouted again, I repeat, open! Or else we will enter with the door! he added. I tried to open my mouth to call for help, but the fear that engulfed me numbed my voice. I could not scream! I just stared at the door as if I was watching Big Show lift my favourite wrestler Ray Mysterio high in the sky and was about to let him fall. I heard the voice again, Are you in? Cant you open this door? Okay! If you cant listen to my request, today you will meet Osama Bin Ladens kin! he continued. Then the handle moved! I did not believe my eyes when I saw the door open. Whatever else I was unsure about, I was sure that I had locked the door that night. My heart skipped a beat when I saw three gigantic men in masks enter my room wielding machetes and daggers. I
was terried. One of the men gripped me by the neck and slapped me. I must have passed out for at least three minutes. When I came to, he asked, Where does your father keep his money? I received another hot slap and I found myself lying parallel to the ground with my pants wet! One man removed a gun and pressed it on my chest. If you dont tell us, today you will know there are short cuts to hell! he roared. At that moment I just wished there was a button to press in my body so I could switch my life o. The assault was too harsh for my young body to endure. Tip-toed to the door Thats the back-door to his room, I managed to whisper. As swift as a deer, they made for his room. I felt lost emotionally. I did not know whether to be happy they had left me or whether to scream because my father was now going to get into trouble. I quietly tip-toed to the door, opened it and ran as fast as my legs could carry me towards
one of our neighbours house. Luckily, my father always scouts our compound before we go to sleep and that night he had noticed some suspicious movement outside my room which was close to the gate. Upon closer investigation, he had realised we had intruders and he alerted the neighbours and phoned the police who arrived just as I started knocking on the door. The police surrounded our house and tear-gassed it forcing the thugs to run out and surrender. The three thugs were hand-cued and sent to prison cells for three days as the police completed their investigations. Later, they were taken to court and charged with attempted robbery with violence. The evidence was enough for the judge to deliver a judgment against them. They were sent to prison for 25 good years each. My dad told me later that he had withdrawn Sh3 million from the bank that day. The men must have been tipped o about the money, I concluded.
Origin of words/ things/ names phrases

VICTIM This word for somebody who experiences misfortune and feels helpless to do anything about it, has its origins in the Latin word victima, the name given to a living creature which was destined to be sacriced or used in a religious rite. The creature human or animal had obviously no choice in the matter.
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nce upon a time there lived three fools. One day God invited them to a feast in heaven. He asked them to be at a specic place so that they could be picked up by His angels to attend one of the most thrilling ceremonies ever held in heaven. The three accepted the invitation and were happy about the glorious and noble invite. The day of the feast came but the three fools overslept. It had rained overnight so they were curled up in their warm blankets and when they eventually woke up, one said, We cant go out, lets have a party right here! Not today, responded the second fool, even God knows I never work, leave alone walk around on a rainy day. I value my delicate body. Whatever feast it is, let Him invite us another day, shouted the third one. By the way God was not serious about us attending the feast. If he was, why did he let it rain? Why are the roads now impassable? he added. You are right, the other two responded in unison unaware that Gods angels had made a shelter using their wings all the way to their feasting place in heaven. Gods angels hovered for a while above their house but none of them came out. At sunset the angels left. The next day, it was all nice and bright - no rain. The fools walked around dressed in their Sunday best. They were all ready for Gods feast. Surely we look good, said one of them. They walked to a tree near their house and decided the angels should
HOW THREE FOOLS behold! They shouted and sang and cheered the three. The three MISSED GODS were so mesmerized by the attention they were getting that instead of FEAST ying towards heaven,
they just ew around the homes enjoying the attention. This is wonderful, they told each other. No one had ever paid them any attention in their lives. Now that people could see they had been favoured by God, no one would call them fools again. They did not y too high because if they did no one would see them. All day the three friends hovered over the village. When the sun started setting in the evening, they started feeling weaker and weaker and started coming lower and lower towards the ground. Before they knew it, the three fell down and the wings disappeared! They started crying because they realised that they now had no way of getting to heaven. Too late, said God, to their tearful pleas. MORAL LESSON: Fortune knocks once. - PONCIANO ODONGO
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come and pick them there as they sheltered from the sun that was getting hotter. When no angels appeared after a while, they decided to pray. God, we are here ready for your big feast. In response God told them that they were late, would they accept some remnants? Yes, they said, because they gured that remnants from God would still be delicious. God sent them wings and told them to y towards heaven. As they lifted o the ground, everyone in the village ran out to see them. It was a wonder to
he giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is considered the worlds largest spider by legspan. The Goliath bird eater is the largest by body size. The giant huntsman spider likes hanging on cave entrances and was discovered in 2001. The spiders legs are long compared to the body, and twist forward in a crab-like fashion. The legs can be 30 centimetres long. These crablike legs enable them to run both forwards and sideways, whereas most spiders have to turn, and then run. Huntsman spiders do not build webs, but rather hunt and forage for their food. They stalk and ambush their prey, and sink their fangs into the prey, killing it with their venom. These spiders feed mostly on insects and other invertebrates. Birds, geckos, spider wasps and larger spiders prey on them. The huntsman spiders are weather predictors. They always know when its going to rain, and will often scamper o to nd shelter before the rains start.
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ABDUL TO TRAIN AT WORLD-CLASS ACADEMY
BY AYUMBA AYODI ayumbayodi@gmail.com
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bdul Razak cannot wait for the moment he will be taking the plane to Qatar where he will join the world renowned Aspire Academy in Doha. The 16year-old emerged the best during the soccer trial staged late last year and in a week, he will be headed to Qatar to better his skills at the academy set up by the coaches who discovered Barcelona star Lionel Messi. After a week of trials, Abdul from Karen-based Elite Academy got the rare opportunity and he says the sky is the limit for him. I am delighted to have been selected to go to Qatar. It took a lot of hard work to be in this position and I am not going to waste it. I hope to make an impact in the one month I will be at the Academy so that I can have an opportunity to be signed by one of major clubs in the world, he said. Abdul hopes to excel in soccer and possibly get a chance to play in Europe and the national soccer team Harambee Stars. It is always the ambition of any young footballer to play in Europe. I do believe I can make it to play for one of the top clubs in Europe and also represent my country at the highest level, he said. His coach Papi Yoga conrms Abdul has the potential to play for any club in the world. The training at Elite Academy is world class. Here we prepare our boys for top-class football because we insist on quality. It is not just about
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Abdul Razak poses for a photo. having players kick the ball but also train them in the best methods, he said. Joe Sanaa, a director of Elite Academy, said they hope to have many more players coming through the ranks to pursue careers abroad in the near future. The Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Doha, Qatar, which will be Abduls home from next week, is one of the worlds largest training centres for athletes. It opened in the year of 2004 and cost over 1billion USD. The complex features among other things seven soccer elds, tennis courts and running tracks as well as various sports halls, laboratories, weight rooms and residential homes for up to 1000 athletes and an Olympic aquatic centre. In Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, Aspire Football Dreams is run through Vision 21 for the last six years organising countrywide scouting expeditions culminating in what is known as the Final 50 Camp. At the Camp the boys are taken through a rigorous training schedule and evaluated on their speed, power and endurance. Finally, the best players (a lucky
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Coach Papi Yoga gives tips to the players recently. few) are selected and receive scholarships to attend the prestigious Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Qatar. The Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence provides the scholarship recipients the rst steps towards becoming elite athletes, following a very precise training plan. This year Kenya got to have ve boys selected to attend the 2013 grand nals in Doha, Qatar. Abdul was one of them, the others being Humphrey Simiyu from Limuru and Nelson Imbuya from Kitale, among others.
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Kenyas next top model P.3
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SPOKENWORD
Would you hold my hand?
By SAMSON MUNENE
Today you walk, Beside me and giggle; On my hand you tightly cling, as you tingle, Saying am yours only, thus not free to mingle My built you hail, and Mine humour, your soul it tickles A fat wallet, your eyes it sparkles You abhor neither my power nor influence, Dont you always-almost solemnly, Appraise mine status, as beside me you chuckle? But would you hold my hand; in the public square When all my flesh waste away, And all men shun my lean purse Will you walk by my side, when my charm is gone? And all wonder at mine incoherence When thistles take the place of flowers; In mine lovely flowerbed And my cows no longer yield milk, Nor, my cock crow at dawn, When the dark forces; upon me find homage. Oh tell me please, Would you still hold my hand?
Lance Armstrong sprints for the Oprah effect

tripped of his Tour de France titles, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is banking on the Oprah effect to help get his life, career and public image back on track. He can expect not only tough questions, but also a generous dose of empathy when he sits down with talk show icon Oprah Winfrey at his Texas home for an interview going out on her OWN cable channel and website next Thursday. Oprah is not flying down to Austin and airing a prime time special to hear another denial (of drug use) from Lance Armstrong, veteran Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, vice chairman of Reputation.com, told AFP on Wednesday. This is part of a very sophisticated PR effort to get a confession out there and change hearts and minds, said Bragman, who has known Winfrey for 30 years and placed some of his celebrity clients on her show. Lance certainly has a previous relationship with Oprah, number one, he said, referring to a 2004 interview in which he spoke of his struggle with cancer but avoided the doping allegations that were just starting to emerge. But number two, she is extraordinarily empathetic -- and I think thats where he felt he was going to get his best hearing and it makes it a quote-unquote special event. Celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley, author of the New York Times bestseller Oprah: A Biography, speculated that Armstrong will use his interview to shift the spotlight back
to his Live Strong cancer charity. Itll be hard for him (to admit to doping), but the apology had better be abject with Oprah, because shes got a wonderful schoolmarm in her that will slap his wrist if hes not properly contrite, Kelley told AFP. But shell have to give him full marks for what hes done for kids (with cancer) -- and thatll probably be his out. Winfrey, 58, born into poverty in Mississippi, became one of the richest and most powerful figures in US popular culture over 25 seasons of her eponymous weekday syndicated talk show aimed at women viewers. The Oprah Winfrey Show made a virtue of intimacy, emotion and the power of persuasion -- and over 4,561 episodes it reshaped the national conversation on such issues as literacy, obesity and homosexuality. Some claim Winfreys support for Barack Obama swayed enough votes in 2008 among her estimated 44 million viewers to help put him in the White House. The beauty of Oprah is that shes able to be an icon and, at the same time, very, very approachable and very real, said Chicago ad executive James Lou in the CNBC television documentary The Oprah Effect. That is the program on which Armstrong is to appear, on the heels of such other recent guests as pop idols Justin Bieber and Rihanna, and London Olympics gymnastics champion Gabrielle Douglas. - AFP
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Celebrities and politics, should they get involved? Does it hurt their brand?
Patrick Nzomoh - Celebrities are like just Pastors en Church Leaders so they should stay away from politics because not all of their followers have the same interest. Allan Rude Jude - In kenya everyone is blunt bt we have to understand thats how they get their pay so we go easy on them give them tym to work not critisize em Ric Martel - Dont go chasing waterfalls, stick to the rivers and the lakes that your used to Alex Moorey - Not at all, it markets their work Frdlc Jsft - Hata siasa ni kazi, no problm withem bein involved
Arswilshere Ndugi Nxs - Dats total hogwash n sound lyk a career suicide..politics got owners Kebo Maks Rodgers - Its like oil and paran! They shouldnt kabisa! Allan Zeus - Yeah, it does. They totally shouldnt get involved Njeri Kibe - No it wont hurt their brands..one jst sticks 2 their biz n continue doin wat they do bst Kebo Maks Rodgers - Nope! Haita kua mfano poa kwa mafans wao! They shouldnt at all! Hio ni tamaa na pesa!
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ERIC OBINO: Managing Editor KATHLEEN BOGAN: Group Design Editor PHILIP MWANIKI: Editor ROGER MOGUSU: Chief Graphic Designer DENNIS MAKORI : Designer JOHN MUCHIRI, WAMBUI KIBUE, BONIFACE MWALII : Contributors CHARLES KAMAU, ELVIS OGINA, DENNIS OKEYO: Photographers JO KISILA: Cover photo
January 20, 2013 Sunday Nation
ONEONONE
A smokey intense look down the runway, a body that has ladies all over swooning and a lovely personality to boot, supermodel Jo Kisila is a man on demand and has his eyes trained on the top. He spoke with WAMBUI KIBUE.
BUZZ: Have you always wanted to be a model? The thought of me ever modelling or even being in the fashion industry in any way was something that never occurred to me. Im very athletic and played for Strathmore Leos RFC (personally the best team in Kenya club rugby) and the Kenya U/19 Rugby team, and tried to juggle rugby and modelling, but when the latter started demanding more of me, I started going easy on the rugby so as not to compromise my studies. I was in denial about letting go of the rugby for quite some time, and it was pretty hard accepting when I nally did. A decision I however dont regret today! Were your parents supportive? They were very supportive when I started out, on condition that I didnt slack o in my studies. How did you get into it? I was in the school cafeteria having lunch with some friends and as we were heading out for our next classes we noticed some commotion upstairs. When we went upstairs we realised it was actually Strut It Afrika (then known as Strut It) auditions. I suggested we try out for fun but they brushed aside the idea, so I cheekily waited for them to head to class and auditioned. I made it to the next round of the auditions that took place that weekend and the turnout was huge! I remember my audition number was 212, out of 800+ people. The rest is as they say, history. What drives you? The mentorship I get, together with the desire to be the best at what I do on an international level. I interact with lots of professionals in the Kenyan fashion industry as well as from all over the world; from agents to renowned photographers to other professional models, and the belief they have in me is unbelievable. It keeps me going. Youre in pretty good shape. How often do you work out? Thank you. My sporty background makes keeping in shape much easier. I have my daily one hour jog and hit the gym four to ve times a week. Ample rest is also crucial. I also play soccer on Sunday afternoons. Do you enjoy working out or do you do it strictly as part of the job? Yes and Yes. Its an amazing feeling after a hard workout session, but there are days when hitting the gym seems like an impossible task but my body is my work, so its got to be done. Are you a full time model? No, Im also a student. Im pursuing my International Business Administration (IBA) degree at USIU. You have a great sense of style, are you a complete fashion lover? The love I had for fashion the day I began modelling and my love for fashion now are two very dierent things. Now Im more keen on fashion trends. Your style is? Urbane. Yes, not urban. Five things we should know about you? I have a twin brother who I love to death. Im a really good swimmer. Im very ambitious. I love my food. I hate pretenders. Whats your biggest career moment? Denitely winning the Best East African Model award at the Swahili Fashion Week in Tanzania a few weeks ago. Gods been amazing to me seeing as I began modelling about only a year and a few months ago. Im glad my hard work is paying o. The fashion in Nairobi is? Trendy. People here pick up trends quite fast! Who are your favourite local fashion designers and why? Denitely John Kaveke. His work speaks for itself and the invites he gets to showcase at big international fashion weeks says a lot. Blackbird Jeans also always never disappoint. Their collections are bold, daring, unique and ideal for the urban man. I also love Ankara Vintage by Nick Ondu. He never goes wrong with his classy print designs. This list would be incomplete without mentioning Patricia Mbela and Anna Adero. Im also waiting anxiously for Angelsmiles rst mens collection this year; should be amazing. I love House of Dishols style as well, theyre denitely going places. Jo Kisila is..? Absolute. You belong to Strut It Afrika model agency, how has that helped your career? Wow, its helped my career tremendously and theyve invested quite a lot in me! They literally scouted, trained and moulded me into the model that I am today. Theyre undoubtedly the best at what they do in East and Central Africa. Look out for them this year by the way. You wont be disappointed. What do you enjoy more, runway or print? Well Ive done a few magazine covers and spreads, billboards and the likes, but I must admit, the whole runway experience for me is quite exciting. The adrenaline rush, ashing camera lights, ladies screaming, beautiful clothes, its amazing. I like being in the spotlight. So far what has been your favourite work travel destination? Without a doubt Addis Ababa, where I was modelling at the Hub of Africa Fashion Week. It has very rich beauty and culture. This year I plan on doing a lot more travelling. What do you have planned for 2013? Im working tirelessly to make sure 2013 is the year I land international representation by a top international modelling agency. Im either going to make it or make it! Of course all the ladies would like to know, are you single? Laughs. Lets keep them guessing...
New face of celebrity end

By PHILIP MWANIKI
e is not as involved in music as he was in the 1990s, yet Sean Diddy Combs is on course to be Hip Hops rst billionaire according to Forbes. The rapper, who dominated the 1990 with his Bad Boy outt, has made millions of dollars from his career and clothing line, Sean John. But it is his association with Diageos Ciroc Vodka that is expected to push him to the billion dollar mark. Diddys ten-gure dreams hinge on a lucrative partnership with Diageos Ciroc vodka. Diddy teamed up with the alcohol conglomerate back in 2007 with the aim of perking up sales for the edgling spirit, said Forbes. This was not your ordinary brand-superstar association, Diddy wasnt just coming in to endorse the product and get a cheque, no, that is so ve years ago, these days, you invest in the product. Diageo agreed to split any prots with him; if the company ever sold Ciroc, hed be entitled to a share of the proceeds, reported Forbes. The rationale: Why not? The brand wasnt selling, and Diddy was always known for having a air for marketing. According to New York Times, Diddy got into a 50-50 joint venture with Diageo and he became the brand manager of the Ciroc vodka line. Mr Combs says he made the prot-sharing deal only after refusing to work solely as a pitchman. My brand is rocket fuel. It would take this brand 10 years to get to where I can take it in one year, Diddy said. Ive gotten to the point where I dont want to do just endorsements. I want ownership. In 2007, sleepy Ciroc was moving cases at a rate of 60,000 per six months, or 120,000 per year. In 2009, Diddys second year with the brand, Ciroc moved 400,000 cases. This year Ciroc is on pace to sell more than 1 million cases. The boom was fueled in large part by Diddys diligent dollar-on billboards, in lyrics, on Twitter and even through a selfproclaimed nickname, Ciroc Obama. Welcome to the new face of celebrity endorsements. They are now not just the face, they are entrepreneurs. In May, 2004, rapper 50 Cent is estimated to have bagged
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$100 million - after taxes - after soft drinks giant Coca Cola announced it would pay $4.1 billion to buy Vitamin Water, the bottled water company in which the Get rich or die trying rapper owned a stake. Complex magazine credit the late Chris Lighty for the deal. Not only did Lighty hook 50 up with Glacau, but he was also the one who insisted on getting stock in the company, reported Complex. Washington Post broke down how the deal was hammered. One of Lightys business acquaintances was Rohan Oza, a marketing executive who had just moved from Coca-Cola
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and just like the smart fellow he is, he didnt seek out a cheque, he wanted a stake in the team and years later, he is reaping the fruits having been the face of the Nets who have since moved to Brooklyn and changed their name to Brooklyn Nets. Jay-Z, who cannot go two songs without letting everyone know he is an owner (he is a minority owner) of the Nets, and this has given him so much credence as the business he says he is when he rapped, Im not a businessman, Im a business man. Forbes continues: Ashton Kutchers venture rm, A-Grade Investments, is scanning for tech startups to lend seed money
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to Glaceau. He needed more than brand messiahs to convert individuals. He needed brand ambassadors to inuence millions. Thats when Oza saw a commercial for Reebok sneakers in which Lighty, rather sneakily, had his artiste chug a bottle of Vitamin water, reported Washington Post. But Lighty didnt want an endorsement deal. He didnt want cash. We want to invest, Lighty said. 50 Cent would take a stake in the privately owned company, one that would graduate over time and escalate if the company hit certain numbers. Rap Mogul Jay-Z was approached years back to help popularise the then struggling New Jersey Nets basketball team
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to, as is Leonardo DiCaprio... Another music force turned entrepreneur is Lady Gaga, who has become a major shareholder in Backplane, a platform that connects music and sports stars with their fans across various social networks. Most recently Justin Bieber was spotlighted as a connoisseur of tech start-ups. The young pop singers portfolio consists of stakes in the messaging platform Tinychat, the social-app Stamped, the gaming outt Sojo Studios and Spotify. The list of business savvy celebrities goes on. Its not just glory and prot for celebrity entrepreneurs: some investor celebs wind up on the losing side of a deal. Ashton Kutcher best invest-
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ment so far was Skype. In 2009, Kutcher was convinced by Silicon Valley heavyweight Marc Andreessen to risk some of his Hollywood cash on Skype. He did and you bet he made some good cash when Microsoft purchased Skype for more than $8 billion. The actor, known for his penchant for older women also invests in social magazine app Flipboard, locationbased service FourSquare, vacation rentals web service Airbnb and photo sharing app Path. Dr Dre changed the business of headphones for life with Beats By Dre. He teamed up with music mogul Jimmy Iovine and launched Beats , which are credited for bagging the hip hop emprasario $100 million last year.
CAMPOSANITY
The 2013 starter kit for comrades
By BONIFACE MWALII
o its back to campus this week for most comrades after what must have been an activity lled holiday. Hard as it may be to accept, its an inescapable reality. But at least this time around, theres something to look forward to with the dawn of the new year. Cliched as it may sound, every new year brings with it a simmering sense of promise more so for campuserians (well, any student really) as we edge ever closer to accomplishing the painstaking yet rewarding task of completing studies. Well, heres a few tips that may come in handy this year as you trudge towards that seemingly distant goal. Lectures are to be attended. However laborious it may seem, the rewards that come with actually attending classes can never be overemphasized. Just refer to your most recent transcript for evidence. Yeah, it sucks to admit that parents and lecturers are actually right but the only way to justify the four (give or take) years spent on campus is by actually having learnt something by the time you leave the place. And how do you learn? There you go! Network. Unlike high school, theres no other platform to redeem yourself after campus. Its the nal frontier. Beyond it lies only one thing; life. Thats why its probably a good idea to be well prepared for it as you approach the nal stretch. Sure, learning is key to accomplishing this but one of the most signicant takehomes from campus will be the relationships you develop while there. Be it classmates, roommates, lecturers, potential employers, heck even godfathers. The relationships you build in campus will be the extra ammo youll need after you step out. And best believe you will need it. Any comrade worth the name will tell you that the measure of how good or bad a semester was is the number of kick ass parties you attended. What? Its like the 753th rule of comradeship! Granted, campus memories are made of such. So by all means, indulge. Besides, the world does not revolve around the library. Its okay to venture a little bit but be wary not to lose your footing while at it. These are murky streets. You dont want to miss out on the campus experience and end up club hopping on a walking stick in your twilight years but at the same time you know how that one ends. For heavens sake get hitched! You dont have to get married or anything but at least make an attempt at sustaining a relationship for longer than a cab ride from the club. It may sound old fashioned but when your folks start hounding you on graduation day about what you brought home besides that piece of paper it wont be so funny. Besides, its campus, youre literally spoilt for choice.
Kim Kardashian
Dr Dre
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Kim Kardashian is mostly known for her sextape, love for Black men and now, her pregnancy with rapper Kanye. But few really know how much of a brilliant entrepreneur she is. In 2007, Kardashian and three partners founded ShoeDazzle, an online shoe and accessories website. The website, according to Forbes, landed an impressive $40-million investment from venture capital rm Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz also happens to be invested in Facebook, Foursquare, Groupon, Skype and Twitter. This is a lesson to entertainers who forget that Showbiz consists of two words, Show and Business and spend their entire lives concentrating on the show bit and wondering why they never make as much money as,
Lady Gaga
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FASHIONFIX
RED CARPET CENTRAL: GOLDEN GLOBES 2013

with WAMBUI KIBUE
ello beautiful people! Its here, its here! It is awards season again and as always starting us o are the golden globes. Fun, relaxed and apparently this year, rather cold; That however didnt deter the ladies from wearing gowns with plunging necklines and thigh high slits. The biggest trends of the night, trac stopping red, black, thigh high slits, lace and of course diamonds. My favorite looks of the night were
Kate Hudson: Alexander McQueen black gown with Jennifer Meyer rings and carried a Roger Vivier clutch
Jennifer Lawrence: Christian Dior Couture strapless gown with Chopard jewelry
Bradley Cooper: Tom Ford suit
Eva Longoria: Emilio Pucci black gown
Jennifer Lopez: Zuhair Murad gown and a Jimmy Choo clutch
Michelle Dockery in a gold and ivory column Alexandre Vauthier
Heidi Klum in Alexandre Vauthier Couture asymmetric white gown with thigh-high slit
Salma Hayek: Gucci Premire gown and Boucheron jewels
Kerry Washington: sheer Miu Miu dress, Prada heels and Chopard jewelry.
Helen Mirren wore a Badgley Mishka black full-length dress with gold embroidery
Sarah Hyland donned a Max Azria Atelier gown
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Im A Star - Dee
n this solo hip hop sojourn, new comer Dee pulls all stops perhaps in an eort to make her entry into the industry felt. Which she does with considerable success. The video is shot in multiple locations including a living room setting, the gym, a parking garage and some night shots of what appears to be a swimming pool. The locations are quite appropriate for the lyrics which works well for the ow of the song and video. The picture quality is also highly superior bringing out glam and adding colour to the ick. The videos only shortcoming lies with the storyline which is virtually non-existent. In fact the entire video looks like a collection of really nice shots put together. The director could have paid a little more emphasis in developing a owing storyline for the song. As the sole character in the entire video, Dee does pretty well merging her feminine and gangsta sides to give an ambivalent feel in the clip. While it might not exactly be super star material, its generally a good eort from this upcoming MC.
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Its Ok - Kamlesh Ft Antoneosoul
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The scripture quote from Romans 5:3 sets the perfect mood as the opening line for this song. And when Antoneosoul sways in with his signature sound to introduce the chorus you can be sure everything is really going to be OK. Kamlesh checks in on the rst verse with his re spitting lyrics that are reminiscent of Julianis cryptic ow. His razor sharp lyrics demand the listeners attention to decipher the underlying message. Like when he goes tunalter maji tusimeze nzi, in the process tunameza ndovu or Bible imejaa dust, hawakumbuki lini waliishika last, hisia zimejaa lust. Its obvious though that Kamlesh is purposely aping Julianis style of hip hop and while he delivers astoundingly well on this particular venture he needs to either carve out his own identity or risk being swallowed by the obviously bigger brand that is Juliani. The production is top notch. The beat is a pure masterpiece with the lethargic keys complementing Kamleshs rhymes in the verses as Antoneosoul follows through with some melodious harmonies. On a whole, its a well delivered uplifting number.
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Trouble in the Mulla Camp?

After their meteoric rise to continental fame, trouble seems to be brewing for the youthful Camp Mulla outt following reports on the internet that the group members might be calling it quits. This comes after it emerged that the individual members were working on solo music projects fuelling rumours that all may not be well in the MTV nominees household. However the Party Dont Stop hit makers have rubbished the claims insisting that their boat is safely aoat. We even just recorded a track together this week so I have no idea where those stories came from, said one of the groups members when contacted by Buzz. We only did some mixtapes separately for our fans but we still remain Camp Mulla. Groups do that all the time. However the future of the popular group remains uncertain as one of their members has apparently been asked to leave the group by her parents to focus on her studies although she is still actively involved in their activities. All I can say is Miss Karun will be going out of the country to pursue her studies at some point later this year but that doesnt aect our aairs as a group, added the source.
Three time South Africa Music Award winners Mi Casa are headed for Kenya this February as they make their Kenyan debut at the 41st edition of the monthly Blankets & Wine music festival. The event scheduled for February 3rd will be held at the Carnivore Gardens in Nairobi as the festival moves from its custom venue at the Nairobi Mamba Village. Also performing at the event will be Suzzana Owiyo and Barbara Guantai alongside US based Kenyan singer Naomi Wachira. The Mi Casa trio are revered for their soulful afro house sound with some of their top songs including Heavenly Sent and La Vida. The group is scheduled to perform at US President Barrack Obamas inauguration today ahead of the Blankets & Wine event in two weeks time. This marks the second high prole African act to perform at Blankets & Wine this year after South Africas Liquideep thrilled at the January edition of the event which was reportedly attended by over 4,000 people.
Mi Casa for February Blankets & Wine
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CAN 2013
with PHARIS KIMARU
I have a confession to make, I am not really excited by this years African Cup of Nations mostly because, even with two tournaments back to back, Kenya could still not qualify and also because two tournaments in two years is just a little bit too much. Sadly my consent is not required and the show is already on. This tournament is unique because it will probably be Didier Drogbas last and that means he is probably possessed to win it and he just might. The Ivory Coast are actually the favorites and for good reason, their team is unmatched in terms of quality: the Toure brothers, Gervinho, Tiote and Kalou. Add to that the potent memory of last years penalty meltdown and that is motivation no other team brings to South Africa. Yaya Toure was not at his best last time around and I personally hope he brings his best to CAN 2013 as he is one of the best players in the world and it is talent like his that can dominate the tournament. The Ivory Coast have a tough group to go through before they can even think of victory and it includes Tunisia, Algeria and Emmanuel Adebayors Togo. Tunisia and Algeria are without questions the problem teams; Togo, unfortunately may just nd themselves beaten by everyone else unless Adebayor can summon his best form which I doubt given the drama and indecision surrounding whether he was going to take part. Tunisia showed signs of a revival last year while Algeria will only remember South Africa because of their 2010 World Cup experience. Ghana are the other favorites and they are led by Asamoah Gyan and the ever exciting Kwadwo Asamoah. I think Ghana are maturing and with Gyan t and hopefully ring from the start, this could very well prove a successful tournament for the Black Stars. their crown, I like the fact that they kept the coach and the winning team largely intact. Their rst win was a fairytale, a repeat will require hard labour, but they are capable and the beauty with them is they do not lack condence and their team spirit is remarkable. They are placed in Group C alongside Nigeria, Ethiopia (of all nations) and Burkina Faso. Nigeria, who missed last years tournament come with Victor Moses who chose to play for them instead of England and Obi Mikel as star names in a typically strong team. Lastly, there is Group A where you nd hosts South Africa, Cape Verde, again, yes they qualied, Morocco and Angola. No Steven Pienaar for South Africa but Tshabalala is the obvious danger man while for Angola, the man denitely is Manucho. Normally you would expect a strong run from the hosts and the composition of their group certainly helps but I do not expect to see South Africa in the latter stages. www.mafans.com
They bring exciting young talents like Christian Atsu from Porto and 19-year-old striker Yiadom and they will face Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo - yes them - they qualied. Momo Sissoko is back for Mali and Seydou Keita is also in South Africa.
Congo are managed by Claude Le Roy a nations cup veteran, Mali are strong and Niger want to improve from their performance last year so this group could make interesting viewing. Zambia are my favorites but it will take a lot more work to retain

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