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An Administration Police ocer exam-ines one of those who turned up to seek jobs with the police force at Mvita grounds in Mombasa yesterday. Some observers said the timing of the re-cruitment was unfair because it came when Muslims were fasting. In other counties, there was a huge turnout of recruits although posi-tions were limited.Story and more pictures on Page22.LABAN WALLOGA | NATION

POLICE RECRUITMENT | Thousands turn up in all counties to seek jobs

10,000Number of Kenyans that the Police Service is seeking to recruit. At the Coast, some candidates were turned away because the exams council did not recognise their certicates.

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coach leads his nation to glory Klose erases Ronaldo record as his goal

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PUBLIC SERVICE | Ocials keen to play down likelihood of retrenchment as sta rationalisation study begins

Layo fears as State launches sta audit>> Union boss says focus will be voluntary retirement rather than retrenchment

>> Changes will lead to redeployment or retraining of some workers, says PSC

>> Governors back new planthat may result in transfers and sta promotions Page 4

This is an all-inclusive process... we hope this will ensure the exercise is not politicisedDevolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru

Fate of IEBC on the cards as Parliament opens todayBY JOHN NGIRACHU@JohnNgirachujngirachu@ke.nationmedia.com

The fate of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Com-mission will be one of the main issues expected to be on the debate calendar after the National Assembly resumes its sittings today. A petition

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led by activist Wafula Buke, who is seeking to send home nine electoral commissioners, is still before the Jus-tice and Legal Aairs Committee of the National Assembly.

The committee is expected to make recommendation to the full House on whether to send home the nine ocials. One of the committee members said their report could be ready by Thursday.

Also pending before the National Assembly is the scrutiny of the Sh14.9 billion contract awarded to Safaricom to put up surveillance systems in major towns, including Nairobi and Mombasa as part of a government project to combat insecurity and terrorism.

Disbanding the electoral com-mission and improving security nationally are two of the 13 points that the Opposition alliance, Cord, wants addressed. Cord leaders are expected in Mombasa today where they will hold talks on how to move their agenda forward, including the push for national referendum.

Besides IEBC and the Safaricom contract, MPs are also likely to debate six laws that need to be passed before August 27, when Kenya will mark four years since the passing of the 2010 Constitution. This is in addition to the Finance Bill, which implements taxation measures discussed in the Budget Statement presented by the National Treasury Cabinet Secre-tary, Mr Henry Rotich, in June and

the stalled Division of Revenue Bill now being discussed by a mediation committee.

Yesterday, Majority Leader Aden Duale said that another proposed law the Consumer Protection Act, one of the eight Bills with a deadline set in the Constitution, was passed in 2012. The Victim Protection Bill sponsored by Mbita MP Millie Odhia-mbo-Mabona will full provisions on the right to a fair hearing as stated in the Constitution.

The Bills yet to be published are; the Fair Administrative Action Bill, the Persons Deprived of Liberty Bill, the Environmental Management Coordi-nation Amendment Bill, the Public Audit Bill, the Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill and the Public Service (Values and Principles) Bill.

The chairman of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Com-mittee, Mr Njoroge Baiya, told the Nation that his team was concerned at the failure by the Executive to submit the Bills provided for in the Constitution.

We have concerns about the Freedom of Information Bill and the Data Protection Bill. Those are very important Bills and we understand

FILE | NATION A past session of the National Assembly. Members resume sittings today and one of the issues on the cards is debate on the fate of nine IEBC commissioners whose tenure has been challenged in a peti-tion by Mr Wafula Buke.

Debate over IEBC on the cards as House re-opens

PARLIAMENT | MPs to discuss fate of electoral commissioners and other laws which should be passed before August 27

they have gone through the process and are now held up at Cabinet level, said Mr Baiya.

The committee has scheduled a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology, Dr Fred Matiangi, this morning to discuss the matter.

Last week, the Cabinet approved several Bills including the Ware-housing Receipt System Bill, which is meant to reduce post-harvest losses. Others approved during the meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta included the Public Finance Management Bill for both National and County governments as well as the amendment to the National Youth General Act (2009).

The Cabinet also drafted regula-tions to implement devolution laws.

On IEBC, the Justice and Legal Af-fairs Committee is expected to table its report by Thursday. If this is done,

it would mark the beginning of debate on whether the commissioners, led by chairman Issack Hassan should be sent home.

Mr Bukes main assertion is that the commissioners were in serious violation of the Constitution and the laws of Kenya, were involved in gross misconduct in performance of their functions and duties and were responsible for incompetence in the management of the elections in 2013.

In their defence, the commissioners have said that Mr Bukes petition was incompetent, misconceived and led in bad faith.

It is an abuse of, by the petitioner, a legitimate process vested in the National Assembly by the Constitu-tion, they said in a reply handed to the committee headed by Mr Samuel Chepkonga.

The commissioners have argued

that Mr Bukes petition was in vio-lation of the Constitution because the law requires that he should le a petition in respect of each member of the IEBC rather than an omnibus one for all nine members.

By lumping the members together in one petition alleging grounds for their removal without any supporting facts and in violation of the Consti-tution and the laws, the petitioner is seeking for the summary trial and collective punishment of the com-missioners in gross violation of their fundamental human rights to fair trial and human dignity, they said.

The commissioners targeted in Mr Bukes petition are; Ms Lilian Bokeeye Mahiri-Zaja, Mr Abdullahi Sharawe, Mr Thomas Letangule, Mr Mohammed Alawi Hussun, Mr Albert Camus Onyango Bwire, Mr Kule Galma Godana, Dr Yusuf Nzibo and Ms Muthoni Wangai.

We have concerns about the Freedom of Information Bill and the Data Protection Bill. Those are very important Bills and we understand they have gone through the process and are now held up at Cabinet level.Njoroge Baiya, committee chair

13Number of key issues that Cord leaders want addressed. Among them is the disbandment of IEBC.

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Nairobi SUHUR 5.07IFTAR 6.45

Mombasa SUHUR 5.00IFTAR 6.29

Kisumu SUHUR 5.13IFTAR 6.55

Nakuru SUHUR 5.08IFTAR 6.50

Nyeri SUHUR 5.06IFTAR 6.46

Eldoret SUHUR 5.10IFTAR 6.54

Kitale SUHUR 5.10IFTAR 6.56

Isiolo SUHUR 5.00IFTAR 6.46

Garissa SUHUR 4.55IFTAR 6.35

Wajir SUHUR 4.49IFTAR 6.37

Moyale SUHUR 4.51IFTAR 6.43

Lamu SUHUR 4.52IFTAR 6.27

Malindi SUHUR 5.57IFTAR 6.28

Ramadhan Timetable

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15th July 2014

Clarication and apologyIn the Daily Nation edition of June 11, 2014 on page 9, we car-

ried a story of an ongoing court case under the title Don takes on mother in inheritance dispute. We named Lady Justice Grace Nziokas husband as a party to the suit under circumstances which may have implied that she was herself engaged in that suit as an active litigant. We wish to clarify that Justice Nzioka is not a party in that case and apologise to her, her family and associates for any embarrassment or misunderstanding that may have been caused to them by the article.

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An article in the Sunday Nation of July 13 erroneously referred to Prof Njenga Munene as the Vice-Chancellor of Egerton Uni-versity. The correct position is that Prof Munene is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration and Finance). The Vice-Chan-cellor is Prof J.K. Tuitoek. We apologise to Prof Tuitoek, Prof Munene and the university.

DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 20142 | National News

WORLD CUP | Winning goal was choreographed and scored by substitutes

Final match makes history on Facebook

BY ISAAC SWILAiswila@ke.nationmedia.com AND AGENCIES

The Fifa World Cup final between Germany and Argentina was the biggest sporting event in Facebooks his-tory, but failed to become the most tweeted sports encounter.

There were 280 million interac-tions during the game, breaking the previous record of 245 million held by the 2013 American Super Bowl.

Data released by the social media site showed the 280 mil-lion interactions came from 88 million people.

The gures appeared to show that interest in the World Cup had not subsided in the United States despite their teams exit, with 10.5 million of those coming from there.

Ten million people interacted in Brazil, seven million in Argentina and ve million in Germany.

Most talked aboutGerman star Mario Gotze and

Argentina skipper Lionel Messi were the most talked about play-ers.

Facebook also revealed that while the nal whistle and Gotzes goal were the most talked about moments, Messis free-kick that ew over the bar at the death of extra-time was the third.

Despite the game being the crowning moment of what has been a truly memorable tourna-ment, it failed to become the most Tweeted about sporting event.

The 7-1 win for Germany over the hosts holds onto that particu-lar record.

Sunday nights game generated a total of 32.1 million Tweets, fewer than the 35.6 million for the shock-ing mauling last Tuesday.

An important statistic is the fact that Germanys winning goal was choreographed and scored by substitutes.

Andre Schurrle, of Chelsea in England, who replaced 23-year-old Christoph Kramer after he was in-jured, sprinted down the left.

He outwitted an exhausted Ar-gentine defence, before nding Gotze, an 88th minute substitute for Miroslav Klose, who nished o the move with a sublime vol-ley after chesting the ball in the six-yard box.

Germany emerged as the team to have scored the most goals in Brazil, buoyed by their seven-goal explosion against the hosts, but Argentina is tied for the cleanest sheets in the tournament.

Records also show that a total of nine goals have been scored in the last six World Cup nals. In

2010, Spain and the Netherlands went 116 minutes without a goal before Andrs Iniesta scored the match-winner. This came three minutes late later than Goetze winning goal, which was scored in the 113 minute.

A record 34.65 million Germans watched the nail-biting World Cup nal pitting powerhouses Ger-many and Argentina against each other on Sunday evening, viewing gures showed on Monday.

The match, broadcast from 9pm in Germany (10pm East African time) on Deutsche ARD public television, beat the previous all-time record of 32.57 million set last week by the semi-nal between Germany and Brazil, the German news agency DPA reported.

The number, which does not in-clude the many millions of people who watched the match in bars

and open-air public viewings, rep-resents a market share of 86.3 per cent, the data showed.

Though the Argentines might have outnumbered the Germans inside the imposing and iconic Ma-

racana Stadium, it is in Germany where tens of thousands ocked to entertainment spots to watch the match. Celebrations went a notch higher in the 113th minute when Bayern Munich winger Mario Goetze scored the winning goal.

The World Cup nal also turned out to be a sweet-bitter experience for German midelder Christoph Kramer.

A late call-up to the Joachim Loew-coached side, the 23-year-old Borussia Monchengladbach player made his rst appearance of the tournament in the round of 16 match against Algeria, coming on as 109th minute substitute.

His moment of glory came in the Sunday nal when a late injury to mideld enforcer Sammy Khedira gave him the chance to start in footballs grandest stage.

However, he was forced o the pitch slightly after the half-hour mark with and injury to pave the way for Andre Schuerrle, who contributed to the goal.

Number of goalsThe showpiece also gave a

glorious chance to Klose, 36, to inscribe his name in the history books, setting a new record of the highest number of goals scored in World Cup history after his two goals in the tournament took his tally to 16, in four World Cups.

His feat smashed the record set by the great Brazilian Ronaldo, who scored 15 goals in three World Cup nals in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Interestingly, both Germany and Argentina failed to score an additional goal that was required to set a new record.

The tournament came close, but fell short of breaking the 171-goal record set in France 1998.

Mario Goetzes goal meant that the 2014 showpiece tied with France 1998 on 171 goals.

While Brazil is still far o the average goals per match records the World Cups of the 1930s and 1950s averaged nearly twice as many goals. World Cup expan-sion has led to a much higher total overall.

PHOTO| AFPGermany defender Per Mertesacker celebrates with the World Cup trophy after the nal match between Germany and Argentina at The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

A reecord 34.65 million Germans watched the nail-biting nal pitting their country against Argentina on Sunday evening

32.1Number of tweets in millions that Sunday nights game generated, fewer than the 35.6 million for the Brazil mauling last Tuesday

There were 280 million interactions during the game, breaking the previous record of 245 million held by the 2013 Super BowlFacebook data

DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 2014 National News 3

BY PETER LEFTIEpmutibo@ke.nationmedia.com

Public servants are facing the possibility of mass trans-fers and potential job losses after the government embarked on a programme to re-organised government workers at both the national and county levels.

Under the far-reaching changes, public servants will be moved to understaffed ministries or departments while others will be transferred to work under county governments. Employees of State corporations, especially those whose responsibilities have been devolved, are also likely to be transferred.

Launching the programme yes-terday, Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru and the chairman of the Public Service Commission, Prof Mar-garet Kobia, went out of their way to allay fears that the changes will result in job cuts.

The purpose of rationalisation is not to retrench people, Prof Kobia said at a media brieng. It will enable us know who requires to be redeployed or retrained.

However, Mr Tom Odege, who is the secretary-general of the Union of Kenya Civil Serv-ants, said no worker would be retrenched against their will.

We are trying to encourage a situation where public servants retire voluntarily instead of being

retrenched against their will, said Mr Odege on the sidelines of yesterdays event at Harambee House, Nairobi. This will entail

a budget to cater for an attractive package to those willing to retire voluntarily.

The re-organisation, said Prof Kobia, would be completed by November and recommendations implemented before the end of the current nancial year.

Already, the rules on how the secretariat will be set up and man-aged have been gazetted.

Ms Waiguru said the aim of the changes will be to review functions and stang at the two levels of government against their respective mandates.

The rationalisation will involve... undertaking human resource and skills audit, sta redeployment and transfers where necessary, she said. Ultimately, the implementation of the programme will facilitate ecient and eective utilisation of the resources and build on the

ongoing reform agenda of trans-forming the public service.

Kisii Governor James Ongwae, who represented the Council of Governors at the launch, also maintained that the re-organisa-tion would yield positive results such as promotions and retrain-ing of staff to improve their competence.

Once the exercise is complete, there will be redeployment both horizontally and vertically be-tween the national and county levels as well as within the county governments, he said.

Ms Waiguru said the pro-gramme would be implemented with utmost professionalism

and that it would comply with all the necessary legal and con-stitutional requirements.

A redress mechanism has been established for public servants or any other stakeholder aggrieved by the programme, she said, revealing that a circular detail-ing how the programme will be carried out had already been sent to civil servants.

You can see from the rep-resentation here that this is an all-inclusive process, you can see the civil servants union, the county governments, the SRC, the public service and even the CIC are all represented in the team. We hope this will ensure the exercise is not politicised, she said.

It is estimated that there are 70,000 public servants at the national government and a similar number in the 47 county governments.

Civil servants to be shued in changes to boost eciency

CORRESPONDENT | NATION Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru (left), with Public Service Commission chairperson Margaret Kobia and Mr Kinuthia Wamwangi of the Transition Authority during yesterdays media brieng an-nouncing governments plans to rationalise the public service at both the national and county levels.

GOVERNANCE | Cabinet Secretary Waiguru unveils programme to harmonise operations between national and county levels

Union leader reveals that a budget will be set aside to cater for public ocials who opt to retire, saying option is better than retrenchment

70,000Number of civil servants in national government. A similar number is working for the 47 county govern-ments

Once the exercise is complete, there will be redeployment both horizontally and vertically between the national and county levelsJames Ongwae, Kisii governor who represented Council of Governors

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DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 20144 | National News

BY NATION CORRESPONDENT

An abandoned building has been torched by a gang at Ras Kitau on Manda Island, Lamu County.

The building, constructed three decades ago, had been abandoned for about 20 years.

Police yesterday visited the scene and collected ash and other material for analysis before questioning the work-ers and neighbours.

Mr Georey Mwagandi, a worker, said he heard a huge explosion on Sunday night. It was accompanied by a fire, which damaged the property after the Fifa World Cup nal between Germany and Argentina.

The building is owned by an Italian investor.

Saw a huge reI heard a bang shortly after

getting into our house. When I rushed out, I saw a huge re engulng the main building, said Mr Mwagandi.

Mr Julius Fondo, another worker, told the Nation that he heard dogs barking and saw a group of men walking towards the gate before set-ting the building on re and running away.

I was gripped with fear because I thought they were

armed. I rushed towards my neighbours house but on look-ing back I saw them torch the building, said Mr Fondo.

Lamu West police boss Amos Cheboi said investigations had begun. The incident was not a terror attack, he added.

This is the work of arsonists taking advantage of the current situation to cause problems, said Mr Cheboi.

Security ocers yesterday combed the area, searching for the criminals.

Lamu County has witnessed several attacks in the past

month, with the most recent raid taking place at Jima Farm on Sunday. Gunmen on foot shot in the air before looting homes and harvesting green maize from the farm.

The attacks in the county started on the night of June 15 and 16, when gunmen raided Mpeketoni town and killed 60 people. They also burnt prop-erty, including vehicles and a police station.

Subsequent attacks in other areas within the devolved unit have led to more deaths and the displacement of residents.

Abandoned building burnt inlatest attack on Sunday night

ATHMAN OMAR | NATIONThe building in Lamu County that was torched by gangsters on Sunday night.

ATTACKS | Residents says gunmen had time to deliver a 30-minute Jihadist sermon mainly in Somali and Arabic

twice, forcing villagers to ee in their hundreds. After the raid, they har-vested maize at a nearby farm as the owner watched before storming into a mosque at Pandanguo where they delivered a Jihadist sermon.

They had found the worshippers deep in Taraweeh prayer performed by Muslims in the Holy month of Ramadhan.

Pandanguo and Jima residents in Lamu County have borne the brunt of ruthless gunmen, who have been linked to recent gory killings of at least 87 people in Lamu County.

According to locals, about 50 heav-ily armed gunmen entered the mosque and found six Kenya Police Reservists among the worshippers and ordered them not to pick up their ries which they had placed on prayer mats.

Mr Fumo Abdallah, who was among the six police reservists disarmed by the gunmen, told Nation the attackers threatened to kill them if they refused to surrender the guns issued to them by the government.

They told us that we are in posses-

sion of illegal weapons and we should surrender them if we wanted to live, said Mr Abdallah.

The residents are predominantly from the semi-nomadic Awer com-munity, popularly known as Boni. They depend on wild fruits and honey, and hunt small wild animals like dik dik for meat.

Nation reporters arrived in the two far-ung villages after passing through a forest with diverse ecosystem of vegetable and wildlife classied by conservationists as endangered.

The ecosystem provides suitable hideouts for the raiders, who rst attacked last Friday and disarmed six police reservists and returned on Saturday to harvest green maize

from a one and a half acre farm on the outskirts of Jima village.

Speaking to Nation at Pandanguo yesterday, Mr Abdalla said the gun-men interrupted the prayer session led by Imam Adan Vaye before one of them took to the podium to deliver a 30-minute Jihadist sermon mainly in Somali and Arabic, while another translated the same in Kiswahili be-fore the frightened worshippers.

The main speaker who delivered the sermon was a young bearded man,

with his Kiswahili translator by his side. He asked us to support them to wage Jihad. We reluctantly responded In-sh-Allah (God willing), he said.

Mr Sharuti Ali, another reservist, said the gunmen who en-tered the mosque with their shoes on, rst ordered him and ve colleagues to stand before the worshippers and declared them indels (non-believers) for working with the Kenya govern-ment to send troops to Somalia.

We were paraded before the rest of the worshippers and declared kars

(non-believers). They then took us out of the mosque and asked us to choose between our lives and retaining the rifles. We were taken back to the mosque after we pleaded with them to spare our lives, said Mr Ali.

In the mosque, he said the gunmen continued with the Jihad sermon, say-ing they were Al-Shabaab members on a mission to ght injustice and persecution of Muslims in Kenya.

We were shaken by their sermon and they warned us against working with the government. We responded In-Sh-Allah, because we couldnt say anything to the contrary, he said.

Mr Said Jarajara Tototo said he was perplexed by the gunmen be-haviour.

Question themWe never dared to question them

because everyone feared for his life. They were armed with heavy weap-ons. Each one had two ries, small bags on their backs and many other types of equipment we have never seen before, he said.

On Saturday morning, a Kenya Defence Force team in armoured personnel carriers went to Jima with more than 100 soldiers going into the forest to pursue the attackers.

Residents said Kenya Air Force jets overew Gorji and Belasange forests where the gunmen are believed to be hiding.

Lamu county commissioner Njega Miiri said KDF are involved in massive operations to ush out the gunmen.

We are doing everything to ensure they are ushed out of their hideouts. The operation will be carried out until normalcy returns in this county, he said.

KEVIN ODIT | NATIONResidents of Jema in Pandanguo, Lamu County, ee from their homes after fresh attacks on Sunday.

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They then took us out of the mosque and asked us to choose between our lives and retaining the ries Mr Fumo Abdallah, police reservist

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DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 2014 National News 5

BY NATION TEAMnewsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com

Six more people have died after consuming contaminated alco-hol in Eldoret Town. The deaths of a polytechnic tutor,

a secondary school teacher and four other people brought to 27 the number of the victims of poison alcohol in the North Rift.

The six died on Sunday night at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH).

The rst deaths blamed on bad alcohol were reported in Nandi County, where seven people perished on Wednesday. They had consumed four alcohol brands.

Two others died the following morning.

Seven others, among them univer-sity and secondary school students, died in similar circumstances on Saturday in Uasin Gishu County. The county has so far lost 13 lives to bad alcohol.

Among the victims on Sunday were a physics teacher at Wareng High School and a tutor at Eldoret Polytechnic.

Postmortem examinations of the bodies began yesterday.

A man said to have drunk contami-nated alcohol at Kapsowar in Elgeyo Marakwet County was admitted to the MTRH yesterday morning.

The hospital has urged neighbour-ing counties to watch out for possible

alcohol-related deaths.Dr Wilson Aruasa, the deputy

director of clinical services at the hospital, said most of the victims died at the emergency section dur-ing admission.

These cases have assumed epidemic proportions and we are re-questing the neighbouring counties to be on high alert.

The medic said most of the patients were treated and discharged.

Out of 64 admissions, 13 have since died while 25 have been discharged. Five women are still in the hospital but were in stable condition.

Dr Aruasa said many of those who died in the hospital arrived in poor

conditions. The hospital has ran out of good alcohol that is administered to the patients. We have only three pints of good alcohol that can be ad-ministered through the veins, which we have reserved for the most extreme cases, Dr Aruasa said.

Otherwise, we are administering treatment orally to the patients.

The doctor said 21 people arrested in drinking dens at the weekend and brought to the referral hospital had been treated and released except ve. The victims were aged between 16 and 36.

Police and county health ocials have banned the sale of suspect wines and spirits in Uasin Gishu and Nandi

counties. We are leaving nothing to chance because we realise theres con-tinuous supply, sale and drinking of these killer brands, said Eldoret West OCPD Smollest Munyianzi.

It is the reason we are conduct-ing raids in bars and other drinking spots.

Some revellers in Eldoret want those who collect empty bottles to be arrested to curb the sale of poi-son drinks. They claimed that the collectors, usually street children, were hired by traders running illegal bottling rms. One such bottler is in Langas, they said.

They said good alcohol was ex-pensive and that many people would continue taking cheap drinks.

Two brands of spirit distilled by a Ugandan rm are among the drinks blamed for the recent deaths.

Reports by Coppereld Lagat, Arthur Situma and Everlyne Simiyu

Alcohol death toll rises to 27 TRAGEDY | Many of those admitted to hospital have been discharged

Two teachers are among those who died in an Eldoret hospital on Sunday night

JARED NYATAYA | NATIONAbove: A patient at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital yesterday after he consumed a contaminated alcohol at Kisumu Ndogo in Langas estate, El-doret Town. Left: Ocers raid a house in the towns Mwanzo estate on Sunday in search of illicit liquor.

13The people who have so far died in Uasin Gishu County after consuming poison alco-hol, including a high school student

Deputy President William Ruto has directed public schools hold-ing certicates of pupils with fee arrears to release them.

Mr Ruto said the arrears would be paid later.

He said the government was committed to reducing the cost of education.

Mr Ruto was speaking at Muranga High School during cel-ebrations to mark 50 years since the institution was started.

At the same time, the Deputy President said the government had released Sh15.9 billion owed to contractors to ensure that stalled road projects were revived.

Attract investmentHe said roads were being

improved in a bid to attract in-vestment in the country as well as help ease transportation of produce from agricultural zones to markets in urban areas.

The tarmacking of 2,000 kilometres of road would soon be launched, he said.

Mr Ruto reiterated that the government was putting in place sophisticated security equipment to ensure that Kenyans lived in peace.

In fact, the police service is recruiting 10,000 youths to boost the current numbers while 2,000 vehicles will be bought this nancial year, he said.

Police will be equipped with mod-ern communication equipment so that they can get information in real time to deal with criminals and other security threats, he added.

Senate Deputy Speaker Kembi Gitura urged leaders to work in tandem for peace and develop-ment of the country.

Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and Muranga Governor Mwangi wa Iria said leaders should work as a team in solving the problems facing the wananchi as the time for politicking was over. (VPPS)

Ruto orders schools to release poor pupils papers

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BY PAUL OGEMBA@PaulOgembapogemba@ke.nationmedia.com

The controversial Artur brothers saga came back to haunt Kirin-yaga Governor Joseph Ndathi as he was put to task over his role in the Armenians stay in Kenya.

Mr Ndathi was at pains to explain that his posting to the ministry of Foreign Aairs where he chaired the committee that approved the purchase of the Kenyan Embassy in Tokyo was not a cover up of his involvement in the Artur brothers saga.

He denied fast-tracking the is-suance of work permits to Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargsyan, saying any foreigner who met the qualications could be issued with the permit within an hour.

It is not true that work permits were issued to them with my knowl-edge as the director of immigration. The permits can be issued within one hour so long as one has the necessary documents. That cannot be fast-track-ing, said Mr Ndathi.

He added that he was aware a joint parliamentary committee named him as a key suspect in the issuance of

passports to the brothers and he was also aware that the committee recom-mended his investigation.

I am aware, ready and waiting for those investigations. It is, however, not true that I was moved due to any shortcoming or as a cover up for the Artur brothers. It was a normal gov-ernment transfer, he said.

The governor was being cross-examined by lawyer Wilfred Nderitu during the hearing of a case in which former Foreign Affairs PS Thuita Mwangi, former ambassador to Libya Anthony Muchiri and former Charg dAaires Allan Mburu are accused of fraud in procuring the Sh1.1 billion Kenya embassy and ambassadors residence in Tokyo.

Mr Nderitu said that Mr Ndathi was transferred to the ministry of Foreign

Aairs as a cover up for his role in the Artur brothers saga. The two Armeni-ans were allegedly hired by the State to set up a unit inside the CID that would tackle organised crime.

They had free rein but it turned out that they were mercenaries, hit-men, drug dealers and arms trackers with connections to powerful people in the government. They were later deported out of Kenya.

The hearing continues.

Governor dragged into Artur sagaCOURT CASE | Administrator says hes aware of being marked as a prime suspect by House team

Kirinyaga county boss put to task over his role in granting Armenian brothers work permits

PAUL WAWERU | NATIONLeft: Former Foreign Aairs PS Thuita Mwangi (left) and lawyer Wilfred Nder-itu in a Nairobi court yesterday. Above: Kirinyaga Governor Joseph Ndathi, who was accused of fast-tracking work permits issued to the Artur brothers.

CHRONOLOGY

How government acquired propertyMarch 2006: Government adopts policy of acquiring property to house its missions abroad.December 2008: Japanese Gov-ernment makes an oer to Kenya to sell it property.March 2009: Meeting convened at the Kenyan Embassy in Tokyo to deliberate on the oer.April 2009: Ministerial Tender Committee invited to consider the acquisition of the property.May 2009: The committee ap-proves acquisition of the property at Sh1.2 billion.

BY NATION REPORTER

Six people on trial for kidnap-ping a child at Mavuno Church in Nairobi have been asked to prepare their defence.

Nairobi chief magistrate Helena Ndungu yesterday said that after the investigations ocer, Mr John Shegu wound up his evidence, it was clear the prosecutions account of events had merit and the sus-pects had a case to answer.

The court had been told that part of the ransom demanded by the suspects who kidnapped the six-year-old girl was sent to a convict on death row in Kamiti.

Police traced moneyMr Shegu had recounted how

police traced the money wired through M-Pesa to Mr Raphael Nderitu alias Ali Maina, and at an M-Pesa shop owned by one of the suspects in Umoja, Nairobi.

Ms Charity Gathigi, Ms Judy Wambui, Ms Anne Njeri, Ms Pu-rity Muthoni and Ms Alice Gitonga alongside Mr Nderitu have denied the kidnap charge stating they de-manded a Sh5 million ransom from the girls parents.

The magistrate said the pros-ecution had established a prima facie case against the suspects and set the defence hearing for next month. She directed the prosecu-tion to supply the defence with all it may need, including M-Pesa data printouts.

Six on kidnap charge told to plan defence

DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 20148 | National News

BRIEFLYNAIROBIMan denies extortion, threats against trader

A suspected member of the outlawed Mungiki sect was charged before a Makadara court a with extortion and threatening to kill. Mr Allan Ndungu Mwangi was demanded Sh30,000 protec-tion fee from a businessman, Mr Francis Maina Ndungu ,on July 12 in Pipeline estate, Embakasi, the court heard. Mr Mwangi de-nied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh30,000 and an alternative surety bond of Sh50, 000. Hearing is on Novem-ber 4.

NAIROBITwo charged with Sh3m drugs theft

Two men appeared before Makadara Court and denied stealing assorted drugs worth more than Sh3 million from their employer. Mr Hezborn Odongo Odondi and Mr Anthony Miringu Nyambura were charged with stealing the drugs valued at Sh3, 142, 699 between April 9 and July 12 this year, from Transchem Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The two, who were salesmen at the rm, diverted the drugs elsewhere, the court heard. They were released on a bond of Sh100,000 with a similar surety, or a cash bail of Sh30,000. Hearing of the case starts on November 11.

BY BERNARD NAMUNANE@nobewebnamunane@ke.nationmedia.com

A delay in enactment of two laws is holding back the proposed merger and dissolution of state corporations, some of which owe the government billions of shillings.

The secretariat implementing the reforms yesterday said restructuring and harmonisation of the parastatals would not take place until the National Assembly enacts two Bills the Gov-ernment Owned Entities (GOEs) Bill and the National Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill.

The two proposed laws have been forwarded to the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) for review and approval.

Ms Jane Mugambi, the State Corporations Advisory Committee

secretary, said the laws would pave the way for implementation of the reforms that are meant to make the corporations ecient and reduce the nancial burden they have placed on the government.

The draft GOE Bill 2014 seeks to re-duce the parastatals, under new names

with broad mandates, and establish the structure of their administration and channels of funding.

It describes itself as a Bill for an Act of Parliament to provide a unied and comprehensive framework for the establishment of government-owned entities; to provide for their classica-tion, management and governance.

The National Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill will establish a fund into which a percentage of proceeds from exploitation of natural resources will be deposited.

Share of the national revenueA share of the national revenue

will also go into the fund that will be aimed at helping target communities and cushioning the economy from global nancial turbulence.

Ms Mugambi said her team would meet with the CIC tomorrow to dis-cuss the Bills. Since most of the state corporations were established under Acts of Parliament, we cannot move until the GOE goes through Parlia-ment.

The commission has invited the public to submit their views on the proposed laws.

Delayed laws hold back reforms at State rms

PARASTATALS | Two Bills ready for discussion

Drafts of two important Bills have been sent to the CIC for approval, says advisory committee

A presidential task force found that some State rms owe the government billions of shillings.For instance, Tana and Athi River Development Authority owes Sh11 billion on guaranteed debt repayment while the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation owes it Sh32.3 billion.The National Bank has a Sh20 billion debt and the Agricultural Finance Corporation Sh500 million.

WHATS ALLEGED

Parastatals owe billions

BY NATION REPORTER

There is sufficient evidence linking a governor to unlawful procurement of motor vehicles by the county, a Nairobi court has heard.

High Court Judge Isaac Lenaola heard that there was an illegality in the procurement of Subaru Outback vehicles for Executive committee members and a Toyota Landcruiser for Machakos County Governor Alfred Mutua.

Single sourcedMr Ignatius Wekesa, an in-

vestigator with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, says in his court papers that in the course of investigations, it was alleged that Dr Mutua, in breach of procurement procedures, per-sonally sourced the vehicles and exerted inuence to single source from Extreme Autos Ltd.

But Dr Mutua claims that as head of county government, he is only engaged in policy formulation along with the Executive members and as such, he did not in any way participate in procurement or inu-ence the tender committee.

The case will be heard on Thursday.

Mutua linked to illegal car purchases

PROMOTION | Pick-ups up for grabsRoller skaters next to one of the vehicles up for grabs outside Nation Centre yesterday. They were part of the Ni Ku-soma na Kudrive street promotion to encourage readers of Kenyas most favourite newspaper to try their luck and win the vehicles. Apart from the pick-ups, lucky read-ers will also win a vari-ety of other goodies. GERALD ANDERSON | NATION

SOUTH AFRICANobel winner Nadine Gordimer dies at 90

South African Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer, who became an icon through her unique insights into the countrys social agonies, has died at the age of 90. Through 15 novels, several volumes of short stories, non-c-tion and other works published in 40 languages around the world, Gordimer eviscerated white-mi-nority rule under the apartheid system and its aftershocks once democracy had been achieved in 1994.

DAILY NATIONTuesday July 15, 2014 National News 9

BY NATION REPORTER

A judge has dismissed claims that she was biased in a multi-million land dispute between a cement manufacturer and a real estate rm.

Lady Justice Pauline Nyamweya ruled that there was no evidence that she was biased in the Sh750 million dispute between East Af-rican Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) and Superior Homes Limited.

Bias is when a judge shows fa-vour to one side. But in this case, I have considered arguments made by the EAPCC on claims of bias and cannot identify any evidence... This court is discharging its constitu-tional mandate, ruled the judge.

The cement maker had applied to have Lady Justice Nyamweya disqualify herself from hearing the case citing bias.

Superior HomesThe company had argued that

the judge failed to determine all issues placed before her and only picked those raised by Superior Homes.

Judge Nyamweya ruled: It is inevitable that in every conten-tious litigation, there must be a decision, which will favour one party and disfavour another. If the other party is aggrieved, their recourse is to apply for a review or invoke appellate jurisdiction, and not to claim bias.

Although she went ahead to disqualify herself from handling the dispute, she declined to refer it to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga as the cement maker had applied. Instead, she transferred the le to Justice Mary Gitumbi, who will give further directions on July 16.

Judge denies claim she was biased

BY NATIONCORRESPONDENT

Agriculture Cabinet Secre-tary Felix Koskei has dismissed reports of a looming food shortage.

Addressing journalists in Kericho County at the weekend, Mr Koskei (below) criticised the people claiming that the country was facing a food crisis.

Many times, we hear some people saying we are food in-secure. Nothing can be further from the truth. Our projections show that at the start of the harvest season in September, we will still have a surplus of 600,000 bags of maize, he said.

Farmers in North Rift, Kenyas larg-e s t

food basket, are expected to start harvesting their maize crop in mid-September.

Mr Koskei said Kenyans had begun diversifying their diets. They were no longer solely relying on maize but were embracing other types of food, including rice, he added.

The minister criticised farm-ers hoarding maize harvested last season, hoping that a shortage of the cereal could cause its price to shoot up.

They should release the maize as the prices will not go up. The price of a 50-kilo-gramme bag has dropped from Sh3,500 to Sh2,900 over the past few months. From next month, it will go down further, he said.

Mr Koskei denied allega-tions that the government wa s behind the inux of

maize from Tanzania over the last couple of months.

Koskei allays fears of food shortage

BY MAUREEN KAKAH@mollykakahmkakah@ke.nationmedia.com

A Nairobi restaurant is seeking Sh88 million in compensation from the Catholic Church for being evicted from their premises in Westlands, Nairobi.

Al Yusra Restaurant wants the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and Knight Frank Kenya compelled to pay the money after it was stopped from operating at Waumini House.

We have been locked out on the basis that the bishops cannot accept to have a business owned and operated

by Somali Muslims at their property, despite a lease having been signed and rent paid, said Mr Rahma Jillo, for Al Yusra.

According to the restaurant, the action was discriminatory.

This is a violation of the Constitu-tion by the bishops, who should be at the forefront of preaching unity and religious tolerance. This calls for urgent intervention by this court, said Mr Jillo.

According to an adavit sworn

by Mr Baakai Maalim Kulmia, for Al Yusra, the bishops had oered the restaurant space for a six-year term on December 1, 2013, and rent was to be paid from February 1.

The oer was made through two of their agents, one of them being Knight Frank.

Mr Kulmia claims that prior to the oer, Knight Frank had asked for a letter to conrm that Al Yusra was operating a viable business and would be able to meet its obligations to the

landlord. He says Sh2 million was paid to Knight Frank when they accepted the oer on December 3, 2013.

He also claims that the bishops, through Knight Frank, handed over the premises for partitioning, renovations and installation of the necessary ttings for a restaurant on January 23.

The refurbishment was completed at the end of March, with business set to start on April 1. Mr Alex Kamau, from Obra International, put the cost of refurbishment, equipment and fur-niture at Sh18 million.

According to Al Yusra, a nancial consultant estimated that the business would have made Sh68 million if it had been allowed to operate.

Al Yusra also wants rent and deposit refund of Sh2 million.

High Court judge Isaac Lenaola yesterday asked the bishops and Knight Frank to respond to the case within 21 days. The case will be heard on August 5.

Hotel demands Sh88m from churchCOMPENSATION | Case to be heard on August 5

Business owners claimthey were locked out of premises owned by theCatholic Church because they are Somali Muslims

Cost of partitions, refurbishment and equipment Sh18 million

Refund of rent and deposit Sh2 million

Loss of business and prots Sh68 million

Premises handed over on January 23

Rent payment was to start on Feb-ruary 1

Refurbishment completed at the end of March

CLAIMS

Firm lost millions due to lockout

GRIEF | Family in shock as girl is burnt to death in college hostelMrs Claire Okeno with her children at their house in Milimani, Kisumu, yester-day after they received news that her daughter, Ms Faith Vicky Awuor (left), had been burnt to death in a Jomo Kenyatta Uni-versity of Agriculture and Technology hostel at Ruiru, Kiambu County. Ms Awuor was a Bachelor of Sci-ence in Entrepreneurship student. A male student has been arrested over her death.TOM OTIENO | NATION

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BRIEFLYKAKAMEGAMan jumps to death while escaping arrest

A man died on Sunday after he jumped from a speeding motorcy-cle to evade arrest in Kakamega County. He was allegedly carry-ing changaa in plastic contain-ers when Administration Police ocers on patrol stopped him at Ilesi market in Kakamega East District. After the incident, villag-ers attacked and injured a police-man and burnt a motorcycle he had hired.

MOMBASAForeigner ned for illegal stay in Kenya

A Ugandan has been ned Sh100,000 for being in Kenya illegally. Juma Twahirwa will go to prison for 12 years if he fails to pay the ne, a Mombasa magistrate ruled yesterday. He was charged in court after police arrested him on Sunday in a re-stricted area at Moi International Airport. Police said he was a Ugandan citizen who did not have legal documents allowing him to be in Kenya.

MOMBASARights lobby wants video shops closed

A human rights group in Mombasa has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the county govern-ment to close all places that show videos to the public in residential areas. The places expose minors to pornography, says Muslims for Human Rights. Its rapid response ocer Francis Auma said many of the people who were arrested on Sunday when police raided the video places were aged below 17.

BY OUMA WANZALA@Iwanzalaowanzala@ke.nationmedia.com

Police are being investi-gated for harassment, extortion and assault during the recent security operation in Eastleigh, Nai-robi, that was meant to ush out illegal immigrants.

Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Chairman Macharia Njeru yesterday said the watchdog had identified 29 officers whom it would recommend for prosecution once al-legations against them are substantiated.

Mr Njeru (right) said the authority had established that ocers in the operation dubbed Usalama Watch demanded bribes of between Sh1,000 and Sh20,000.

The authority, which in-vestigated the abuse claims, also received complaints that detainees were beaten during arrest and in police stations.

Police ocers should, at all times, strive to accord de-tained persons their right as stipulated in the Constitution, says an IPOA report released in Nairobi yesterday.

Speaking while releasing the report, Mr Njeru said the authority had directed the National Police Service

to immediately institute in-vestigation into allegations of corruption levelled against ocers in the operation.

The police should carry out a post-mortem of this opera-tion with a component of the public element and report its finding to IPOA within 90 days, says the report.

It is IPOAs position that while this operation was in-tended for a good cause, its implementation was problem-atic and wrought with many challenges.

The crackdown was not conducted with compliance with the law or respect for human rights and fundamen-tal freedoms envisaged in the Constitution, according to the watchdog.

Lessons learntIt advised the police serv-

ice to put in place measures to capture lessons learnt in such operations.

The authority further di-rected Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo to es-tablish a command structure for the service for ecient administration, arguing that the operation lacked a com-mand structure.

Mr Kimaiyo has 90 days to do so and provide a report to the authority. Failing to act on IPOAs lawful order or directions is an oence under Section 31 of the IPOA Act, attracting a ne of Sh500,000 or imprisonment of three years or both, warned Mr Njeru.

29 police ocers probed for abuses

SECURITY | Kimaiyo to create command structure

20,000The bribe in shillings that police were accused of demanding during the Usalama Watch crack-down

The (Usalama Watch) operation was not conducted with compliance with the lawIPOA report

Authority says it may recommend prosecution of culprits in Eastleigh crackdown abuses

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Cutting bloated publicservice is the solution

There is no doubt about the governments commitment to reducing the huge public service wage bill. This has been demonstrated at the highest level, with the decision by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto to take a 20 per cent salary cut.

However, this symbolic gesture alone does not go far enough. In fact, it merely scratches the surface of an enormous challenge that calls for more rigorous and full-blooded measures.

The salary deduction should not mask the real problem, which is a bloated workforce. The government and its various departments employ far too many people, gobbling up resources that could go into creating wealth and spurring development.

Instead of hiding behind fancy terms such as rationalisation and right-sizing, the government would do better if it came out bluntly and talked about the need to retrench some employees.

This term may not sound politically correct, and the top leadership may fear a possible backlash in terms of loss of support or unpopularity. However, it is certainly the way to go.

In any case, retrenchment is nothing new. It has been done in the past when the government faced a similar challenge. Instead of beating about the bush, it will be in the interest of all to shed the extra numbers and ease the countrys burden.

The only condition is that it should be done fairly and those sent home speedily compensated. What is needed is a lean and manageable public service that enables resources to be released to areas where they can be used more benecially than merely paying salaries.

Devolution and Planning Secretary Anne Waiguru and Public Service Commission chief Margaret Kobia have been quick to allay fears that the planned rationalisation will result in job losses.

But to succeed in what it has set out to do, the government needs to realistically and boldly deal with the real problem without skirting around it. The biggest problem in Kenya is our refusal to face the facts. We

are forever pointing ngers, chasing shadows, creating scapegoats, burying our heads in the sand and sweeping everything under the carpet.

As long as we refuse to acknowledge the real issues that confront us, we will never nd the solutions.

Terrorists whether homegrown secessionist bandits or Al-Shabaab inltrators from neighbouring Somalia seem to be running free and unchallenged in a large swathe of the Coast region, but a pathetically politicised national security apparatus cannot confront the grave threat because it is busy covering up for its own inadequacies by making scapegoats of the legitimate political opposition.

Kenyans continue to die in record numbers from poisonous alcohol, but we are content to apply Mr John Mutothos moral police approach instead of looking at the socio-economic conditions that force the underclass to seek solace in cheap liquor while the wealthy are free to indulge in the priciest champagne and single-malt Scotch.

Lethal moonshine and deadly terrorists may be far removed from each other,

but the fact is that they both are taking a horrendous toll on lives. They both expose the failure of leadership that ultimately is condemning Kenyans to untimely and preventable death.

Both have become such a terrible scourge because a government that often seems to be running away from its own shadows is unwilling and unable to exercise the mandate bestowed on it by Kenyans who trooped to polling stations in record numbers just over a year ago.

But then, we get the leaders we deserve, and if we gave the Jubilee administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto a ve-year mandate, we have no option but to endure, unless very, very legitimate grounds can be found to send them home prematurely.

Of course, as Kenyans we can also demand

accountability. We can demand that our leaders live up to their campaign promises and to their oaths of oce, and we are armed with the threat that we can kick them out come the next election.

Before the next poll is called, however, I see very little option, not even in the Oppositions demand for dialogue that has now morphed into a quest for a referendum on questions that have not even been framed yet.

Cord is, indeed, raising germane issues of great national importance, but I am not persuaded that Mr Raila Odinga and his band of merry men are motivated by purely altruistic motives.

They are living up their mandate as Opposition, playing the role of watchdog and keeping the government on its toes. That is great because an opposition that has been in deep slumber since the elections more than a year ago, has nally woken up.

Only the reactionaries who yearn for a return to the days of Kanus dictatorial one-party rule can fault Cord for waking up powerfully to have the high and mighty in government scampering around like headless chicken.

The problem here is that even as it ups the

decibel count in ticking-o the Jubilee governments errors and misdeeds, it too is running around like a headless chicken.

I was abbergasted that after so much noise and so much time, Cord could still have its grand mother of all Saba Saba rally at Uhuru Park to escalate its demands from national convention to a referendum, and yet fail to put down clearly in black and white the specic questions its wants put down to a vote by Kenyans.

A mishmash of grouses that are not organised in any logical sequence, rhyme, or reason cannot be put on the referendum ballot paper; and appointing a committee to draft the questions after announcing the quest for a public poll is putting the cart before the horse.

The only conclusion one can draw is that Cord wants a referendum, not in pursuit of clearly dened public interest, but merely as a way of keeping up political pressure on the government through some loud public campaign.

That is its right, but Cord must rst regain the moral high ground, and that means looking inward at its own failings and foibles.

mgaitho@ke.nationmedia.comTwitter@MachariaGaitho

Only reactionaries who yearn for a return to the days of Kanus dictatorship can fault Cord for waking up

GOVERNANCE| Macharia Gaitho

Were hiding our heads in the sand, hoping our problems will go away

Kenyans still in the dark

Reports that hundreds of Kenyans are eeing conict zones at the Coast indicates clearly that the government is facing a serious insurrection which should be treated as such, and every step taken to combat the insurgents by deploying seasoned soldiers.

The reason Kenya is regarded as being on the brink of State failure is that a relatively minor security problem has been allowed to grow into a major conagration.

What is most alarming is that it is not yet clear who has been organising and funding this one-sided conict, which has already destroyed the tourism industry at the Coast. The same goes for counties in the North-East.

Our security forces have scored a few triumphs, but the fact that these marauders have begun raiding food trucks and harvesting grain from farms before melting back into the forests means they are determined to dig in for the long haul.

The government must do everything possible to tell Kenyans what is happening on the war-front, and to help those displaced to nd shelter and food.

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WHY KENYANS ARE DYING | Bart J. Kibati

Eorts are being made to arrest the runaway insecurity in various parts of the country. However, they have so far been unsuccessful and Kenyans can no longer trust their security organs that appear overwhelmed.

Following the promulgation of the new Constitution, a myriad oversight and supervisory bodies were established which, in practice, hinder the smooth operations of security organs.

The Inspector-General of Police Service cannot move without being held back by the Police Oversight and Service commissions. The NIS Director-General has to divide his time between gathering intelligence and appearing before parliamentary committees. The tragedy is that these oversight bodies comprise some members with neither security nor intelligence knowledge or backgrounds.

An obsession with the regime of President Moi amongst some of those who crafted the new Constitution also made them lose sight of the fact that he had completed his term, and behaved as if they were making an anti-Moi document.

Rather than address the salient concerns for Kenyas security, they focused solely on shackling the presidency. In the process, they introduced articles that are inimical to the maintenance of law and order and public security.

What is even more worrying, there does not seem to be any coordination among various

security organs. Little criminal intelligence is gathered in advance as the security agencies seem to be more reactive than preventive.

They have no new ideas and use the same age-old solutions for emerging crimes: Deny anything you can get away with, issue threats you cannot carry out, or blame politicians, facilitators, saboteurs, etc.

Threat of disarmament is a popular theme but no one in Turkana, West Pokot, Baringo, Marsabit or Moyale counties will surrender their arms without actual security guarantees. If threatened with punitive operations, they will surrender some old rarms and acquire more sophisticated ones. The same happens in the North Eastern counties.

Sadly, community policing is hampered by corruption and police complicity in crime. Nyumba Kumi is a noble idea, but it glosses over police failure to establish networks

that can prevent crime.Serious crimes of terrorism,

drug tracking, kidnapping and carjacking call for more than just Nyumba Kumi. Exchange of information and collaboration in criminal and security intelligence are imperative to cover national, trans-border and trans-national crimes.

Technical and human resources properly applied can help in this endeavour. How does one explain how a tout would come all the way from Naivasha to purchase a hand-gun in Eastleigh while the security ocers stationed there have no clue?

While insecurity has spread like wildre, politicians have instead taken turns shouting at one another, often using unpalatable language.

The incidents of insecurity pile up with seemingly no resolution in sight. Firstly, and for quite some time, it was inter-tribal killings in northern Kenya, mainly attributed to cattle raids, pasture and boundary disputes.

Then followed the massacre of policemen in Suguta Valley, whose deaths were considered so insignicant that no national mourning was forthcoming.

And then there was the Tana River bloodbath followed by poaching, whose scale and intensity indicate culpability of well-connected operatives. Not only does it have an adverse eect on tourism, it may also be funding terrorists.

Compounded with this are the all-too-frequent terrorist raids ranging from grenade

attacks and shootings to the catastrophic Westgate siege and the recent massacre in Mpeketoni. While politicians were quick to apportion blame, the lack of patriotism and unity of purpose while Kenya is burning is appalling.

Widows and orphans were shocked to learn that there was prior notice of these attacks yet their loved ones were left alone! It was ironic that with the top brass in Mpeketoni and all eyes focused there, 15 more lives were lost. Even more telling were the Gamba and Hindi massacres. How many more Kenyans must die before someone takes responsibility?

If there was prior knowledge of the attack in Mpeketoni, what assistance was given to the forces on the ground? Given that this is hostile territory in a far-ung area, why was the GSU company at Mkoe not sent to Mpeketoni to pre-empt the attack? Why was there no helicopter on standby? Who was in command and the date and time of the attack?

Politicians should take security seriously and come together for the good of Kenya. Sadly, they only do so to increase their emoluments. They should heed the call by the President that security is everyones responsibility. They should let him take charge and accord him all the necessary support to secure Kenya.

Mr Kibati a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police/Assistant Director of Intelligence

New law has made it almost impossible for President to take charge of security

Those who drafted the new law seem to have been writing an anti-Moi document

Former President Daniel Moi had issues with the West and for the better part of his rule, he always sought ways to tame their apparent meddling in the countrys aairs, and eventually, it ended up not having any signicant ramications on his rule.

When Mr Mwai Kibaki took over as President, he continued on the same path during his rst term. However, things changed in his second. The post-election violence played a big role in this, and the relationship with the West started going from bad to worse. That led him to start courting the East.

And when Mr Uhuru Kenyatta took over the mantle, his leadership carried Mr Kibakis baggage. Immediately, he was sworn-in, he embraced the East openly and in direct deance to the West.

In August 2013, President Kenyatta, in a well-calculated move, visited China. This year, the Chinese Premier reciprocated by visiting Kenya and announcing a number of goodies. President Kenyatta has been playing hardball to the West by openly courting the East.

The West and the East are both ghting for the crude oil recently discovered in Turkana. Since independence, our country

has been an ally of the West and they will not watch the country slip away to the East. They are going to make our lives miserable.

Due to the security problems the country has had with Al-Shabaab, Kenya has joined the alert list of 35 Failed States, which also has the following countries in the 2013 ranking: Somalia (1), DRC (2), South Sudan (4), Chad (5), Zimbabwe (10), Ivory Coast (12), Nigeria (16), and Kenya (17), among others.

Most of these countries in Africa have become failed states because hyenas are ghting to control the natural resources they have. Unfortunately, its the workers who are suering and who will continue to bear the brunt of this ghting.

Natural resourcesTerrorism and armed struggle in Africa are bankrolled by the hyenas. Their purpose is to create confusion and obtain the natural resources cheaply. Kenya like other African countries is embroiled in an international problem.

Mali recently discovered uranium, and as a result, it is having problems with Touaregs, an Islamic group ghting against government forces in the north. The Central African Republic has also

discovered uranium and crude oil and rebel groups are ghting the government.

As a result, two regimes have been toppled in the last ve years. In Nigeria, which is an oil-rich nation, Boko Haram, an Islamic group, has been ghting the government of President Goodluck Jonathan. Libya (oil), DRC (cobalt ore, copper and diamond) and Sierra Leone (diamond) have experienced armed conicts in the past.

There are countries with natural resources, but they do not have these problems. They include Botswana, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, and Tanzania.

One wonders, why Kenya cannot emulate these countries. It should develop international relationship skills that will enable it to weave through the mess that the country has found itself in.

For the sake of the workers, Kenya should sell its oil to the West if that will bring peace. The leadership should play smart in international politics.

Mr Wanguba is the head of Finance, International Trade Union Confederation, African Regional Organization (ITUC-A) Based in Lome, Togo. The views expressed in the article are personal.

GEOPOLITICS | John Wanguba

To save Kenya, lets look West once more

Boda boda riders carrying outsized loads in danger.

THE CUTTING EDGEBY THE WATCHMAN

KILLINGS CONTINUE. Whenever innocent Kenyans have been slaughtered by gangs, some top leaders and security ocials have always vowed to bring the culprits to book. But nothing of the sort has happened and the killings continue, says Christopher Kibiwott. Kenyans in every part of the country deserve better than mere talk. But even more disappointing for him is to see the security bosses talking and behaving like politicians.

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POB 49010, Nairobi 00100. Fax 2213946.

ARM VIGILANTES. The wave of insecurity, especially at the Coast and in the north-eastern region, is worrying, says Thomas Yebei. But even more disturbing is the apparent inability by the government to gure out the people behind the attacks and come up with eective counter-measures. To deal with these challenges, the government should vet, recruit, train and arm vigilantes to protect villages under the supervision of chiefs. This is the best way to deter further attacks. His contact is tomyebei@yahoo.com.

AMERICAN FLAG? Thankful that the much-hyped Saba Saba rally in Nairobi went on peacefully contrary to the fears expressed by security chiefs, Anthony Mugambi says he was disappointed by the unpatriotic display by some of the young men who turned up to listen to the address by Cord leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula. Why were they ying the American ag? Shouldnt they have carried ours? Something is not right!

COMPLAINT MISPLACED. Contrary to Jeerson Mwitis claim that the Higher Education Loans Board has been unhelpful, corporate communications ocer Olive Metet says his brother, Jonathan Ngiiri, was awarded a loan of Sh37,000 for the 2013/14 nancial year, which has already been disbursed. His second loan of the same amount for the 2014/15 academic year, Olive adds, will be paid on October 27. The board ensures that everyone enrolled for higher education gets a loan as we work towards achieving Vision 2030. Olives contact is OMetet@helb.co.ke.

WRITE TO REGULATOR. Nairobi resident Charles Omondi, who complained about being shortchanged by a solar power systems agent, can seek redress through the Energy Regulatory Commission, says Pavel R. Oimeke, an ocial of the regulator of the energy sector. Its mandate, Oimeke explains, covers solar water heating systems, enforced through the Energy (Solar Water Heating) Regulations 2012. Charles, he adds, should le his complaint to the ERC through info@erc.go.ke or write to the director-general. Robert can be reached through Robert.pavel@erc.go.ke.

BODA BODA OPERATORS SUICIDAL. Boda boda motorcycle operators are unnecessarily endangering their own lives, those of their passengers and other road users, says Nairobi resident Robinson Ngano. But the most extreme, he adds, is the tendency to carry unwieldy cargo, including livestock. Imagine a big cow being carried on a motorbike! Is this ingenuity or the height of stupidity? Some Kenyans operate very very dangerously, remarks Robinson, whose contact is robin.ngano@gmail.com.

Have a reasonable day, wont you!

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YESTERDAYS QUESTION

Comment on the FIFA World Cup nal match played last nightJEFF CHEPKWONY: It was en-joyable overall; congratulations to Germany, even as their gain is Brazils pain.LEONARD KIRWA: The sport was made in Germany, so they had to win.ANNMARIE JEMUTAI: The Ger-

man machine proved yet again why it rules futbol, though more was expected of them. On the other hand Argentina showed incredible skills that kept German on their toes, mak-ing the game tension packed. The fans could not predict the winner of the World Cup Trophy turned White

Cup Trophy.MARTIN MUREITHI: The game was fair and square as ocials did not take sides with either team. De-spite Germans conquering the Argen-tine team, in my own view, Argentina deserved the cup.

LAWRENCE MATUNDA: It was disappointing. I didnt see the Messi I know. He should have done better for his team.JOSEPH CHEGE: We have learnt that over-reliance on one player can be disastrous. The best team won.

DEBATE QUESTION

What can Kenya do to develop its football to World Cup standard?Send your comments to: mailbox@ke.nationmedia.com

Education is an indispensa-ble investment if we are to take this country to greater heights. But that education should be shaped to meet our development needs.

That our country has edged to-wards knowledge economy one in which people with relevant skills acquired through rigorous training are in charge is not in doubt. What is required is an educational system that is tailor-made to suit our economic needs. As currently constituted, our educational system is not adequately playing this role.

There exists a disconnect between our education and the economy. Education should supply skilled human capital to drive the economy, but our colleges and uni-versities churn out graduates who can hardly meet the demands of the job market. Indeed, employers have already raised the red ag.

Importing softwareFor instance, we are in dire need

of experts in ICT such as software developers. And indeed our univer-sities keep on churning out gradu-ates in ICT. Yet we keep on import-ing software programmes. We also import engineers from China to build our roads yet engineering departments in our universities should prepare graduates to work practically in this eld.

According to a US report entitled A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform of 1983, the primary role of education is to attain an enlightened and civil society, a strong economy, and a

secure nation. The report lamented that educational foundations were being eroded by a rising tide of me-diocrity that threatened the future of America.

This aptly captures the situation in Kenya, too. Quality and stand-ards are the big issues, the cancer eating up our education. This is manifest in the way our students are taught. Emphasis on examina-tions has seen schools and colleges resort to rote learning aimed at enabling students to pass.

Ultimately, this kind of learn-ing has led to massive erosion of practical education. Hence our job markets are ooded with graduates with good grades, but lacking in

practical know-how. The solution is to completely

overhaul our curriculum to be re-sponsive to our economic needs. Our evaluation methods in schools and colleges should be looked into.

Kennedy Buhere, the ministry communication ocer, in one of his articles, argues that the curricu-lum is not designed to be exam-ori-ented and therefore the problem lies with the implementers, but this is a debate for another day.

Our education sector is also poorly funded. That is why we have inadequate teachers in schools. But our economy will only grow if we think seriously about education.

VIVERE NANDIEMO, Kuria East

To the editorThe editor welcomes brief letters on topical issues. Write on e-mail to: mailbox@ke.nationmedia.com. You can also mail to: The Editor, Daily Nation, POB 49010, Nairobi 00100. Letters may be edited for clarity, space or legal considerations.

SHORT TAKESTALKING POINT

Overhaul school curriculum to be more responsive to economic needs

FILE | NATIONStandard Five pupil Edward Lowoi harvests vegetable at Tumaini PCEA Jitegemea Mission School farm in Nakuru. More schools should teach such practical subjects.

Emails from correspondents

Mumias has been left at the mercy of illegal sugar importersOn the several occasions that President Kenyatta

has made visits to western region, including last weekend, the main a agenda has been how the gov-ernment can save the ailing Mumias Sugar Company.

In all these occasions, the President has promised that the government would save the company that is struggling with debts. But after all the promises, little seems to happen, and problems appear to deepen.

While it is true that some of the problems that have contributed to loss making have been corrup-tion, mismanagement and sugar politics, it has to be understood that the major problem today is the illegal importation of sugar. This is an issue that rest squarely with government; it has the resources, unlike

individual factories, to stop this illegal trade.It is sad a fair to watch a major sugar factory that

has been instrumental in the social economic growth of a region in terms of schools, hospitals and other in-frastructure, come to her knees while the government which is a major shareholder watches with little or no assistance at all.

Mumias is the last big company in the region after the demise of Pan Paper which the government has also been promising to revive. It is nonsensical for the government to encourage the privatisation of the sugar industry and yet leave the only one that is al-ready privatised at the mercy of the sugar barons.

SETH MWANGANI, Nairobi

While I praise the Kilemi task force for coming up with measures to make secondary school education aordable, some of the recommen-dations are outrageous and absurd.

For instance, the proposal to im-pose levies on airtime, fares and fuel as part of raising funds or merging less populous schools with others, have stirred a hornets nest. Taxpay-ers and teachers will be up in arms.

That education spending totals Sh308.6 billion in the Budget shows it is given adequate priority. The task force, unfortunately, turned a blind eye on the rampant corruption in secondary schools, where some principals run schools like personal kiosks. In fact, accountability and transparency have gone to the dogs.

JOSEPH G. MUTHAMA, Thika

Levies on airtime unfair to taxpayers

Gados cartoon (Nation, July 12) depicted the Israeli military as ruth-less thugs besieging a cowering, defenceless Palestinian with crude clubs, while President Obama looks on alooy defending their right to defend themselves.

The irony is that Israel tolerated and cooperated with the emerging radical Islamist movement which eventually morphed into Hamas, a militant group that is sworn to Isra-els destruction.

Meanwhile the rest of the world watches passively. The pity is, Israel, the last apartheid regime, does not receive any condemnation.

PAUL DAVIS, Nairobi

World watches passively as Israel kills neighbours

When three teenagers were ab-ducted by suspected Hamas mili-tants, Israel Prime Minister Ben-jamin Netanyahu vowed to get tough.

True to his words, Israel launched operation Brothers Keeper to bring back the teens.The Cabinet approved recall of over 30,000 army reservists to help in the extensive operation. Days later, their bodies were found in a eld, so it turned out to be a full scale war against Hamas.

This is the way the government should react to issues no matter how insignicant they seem. I do not want heavy police presence in the aftermath of crime. I want those who killed people in Lamu to be brought to book. I want lives in Garrisa, Tur-kana and Moyale protected.

DANCAN BWIRE, Narok

Learn self-defence lessons from Israel

GAYISM RISK: If a celebrity comes out of the closet and declares in full media glare that he is gay, it is splashed in the front page and gets repeat mention on TV news chan-nels. But if WHO issues a warning that HIV spreads like an epidemic among gays, it is relegated to an insignicant corner of a daily. (Sat-urday Nation, July 12, p.41). This is a reminder to the public at large that there are grave risks involved when they indulge in gay sex unless of course they want to play with their lives. Prevention is better than cure.

ANTO PORUTHUR, Nairobi

TOLL STATIONS: Along the Na-kuru-Nairobi highway next to Shin-ers Girls High School, there are usu-ally trac police in a land cruiser, collecting Sh100 from every matatu on either side of the road. They care least whether the vehicle is faulty or overloaded. Surprisingly enough, they wear their reective jackets so that their service numbers can never be seen. The same scenario applies at Pipeline Wanyama road and the trac police there from Mwariki police post collect Sh50 from every matatu. Rid us of these crooks.

RONNIE ONYANGO, Nakuru

WELCOME KIARIE: Welcome back Kiarie Peter. You have been miss-ing from these columns for some time. Your fans in Mombasa kept asking me where my brother Peter was. Now that youve issued your contacts to the two fellow writers, Lucy Ann of Mombasa and Nicholas Cheruiyot from Bomet, the rest of us keen readers of Letters page will want to hear more from you. Lets read more of the Daily Nation.

JUSTIN N. NKARANGA, Mombasa

BOATENG BLACKOUT: Did any-body else notice it or was it just my-self? After the Germans won the World Cup, Chancellor Angela Mer-kel hugged each one of the team as they went to receive their gold med-als in the full glare of the cameras except when it was Jerome Boatengs turn. The cameras shifted away! Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. Then came the celebration. Each of the players kissed the cup and then raised it high to hoiyees from the rest. Once again, when it was Boatengs turn the cameras shifted. Coincidence? Im beginning to think not. Black Boateng was good enough for cameras to follow him in the eld as he defended his country but not good enough for the celebrations.

LUCY ANN, Mombasa

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LONDON, Monday

The Anglican Church has voted to allow women to become bishops for rst time in its history.

The General Synod, by a two-thirds majority thresh-old, gave a nal approval to legislation introducing the change.

A previous vote in 2012 was backed by the Houses of Bishops and Clergy but blocked by traditionalist lay members.

There was a flurry of cheers when the result was announced, despite prior ap-peal for restraint.

The crucial vote in the House of Laity went 152 in favour, 45 against, and ve abstentions. In November 2012, the change was derailed by just six votes cast by the

lay members.In the House of Bishops, 37

were in favour, two against, and there was one abstention. The House of Clergy voted 162 in favour, 25 against and there were four abstentions.

The first woman bishop could potentially be appointed by the end of the year.

The vote overturns centu-ries of tradition in a Church that has been deeply divided over the issue. It comes more than 20 years after women were rst allowed to become priests.

The vote followed almost ve hours of debate at the University of York.

The motion had the backing of the Archbishop of Canter-bury Justin Welby (left) and Prime Minister David Cam-eron.

Speaking in the debate, Archbishop Welby said Church of England bishops were committed to meeting their needs should the legislation be passed.

The motion contained concessions for parishes that would object to the ap-pointment of a woman bishop, giving them the right to ask for a male alternative and to take disputes to an independ-ent arbitrator.

In a statement, Arch-bishop Welby said he was delighted.

Today marks the start of a great adventure of seeking mutual ourishing while still, in some cases disagreeing.

The challenge for us will be for the church to model good disagreement and to continue to demonstrate love for those who disagree on theological grounds. (BBC)

Anglicans vote to have women made bishops

RELIGION | Church of England clergy and laity pave the way for women to be ordained bishops

The rst ever female bishop may be appointed by the end of this year

37Members of the House of Bishops who voted in favour of motion

LINDSEY PARNABY | AFPThe Reverend Claire Turner (right) celebrates in York, north-ern England, yesterday after top clerics and lay members voted to approve a legislation allowing women to become bishops in the Church of England.

BY NATION REPORTER

Opposition leaders yesterday ew to Mombasa to begin pre-paring a list of people who will take charge of the push for a referendum.

Invited ostensibly by Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho for Iftar (the rst meal after a day of fast-ing) prayers, the coalitions three principals will use the opportunity to discuss some of the names they want to champion the clamour for a vote on national issues.

Sources in the Opposition said some of the targeted technocrats in the private sector had been consulted for possible roles in the referendum committee.

Travelled to MombasaMr Dennis Onyango, the spokes-

man for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, conrmed that his boss and co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula travelled to Mombasa yesterday.

The three of them flew to Mombasa (today) to attend an Iftar. They were invited by Gov-ernor Joho and could use the opportunity to discuss the issues surrounding the referendum, he said on phone. The leaders are pushing for a referendum on insecurity, corruption and cost of living, among other issues.

Cord chiefs to begin talks on team for vote

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