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Appeal Court rules that failed presidentialaspirants and their deputies cannot benominated to House. Full Story P.2

Raila, Kalonzo blocked fromParliament

JUDGMENT | Mudavadi, Karua and Kenneth also locked out

Mr Odinga

COME ON, GUYS | President’s day out

CHRIS OMOLLO | NATION

We can do it, or so President Uhuru Kenyatta tells rugby players led byHumphrey Kayange (left), Philip Wamae and Andrew Amonde at State House,

Nairobi, yesterday. The team leaves today for London. Story Page 41

Protests, strike threatgreet Uhuru Budget

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BY SATURDAY NATION

TEAM

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The Jubilee government’s

first budget has sparkedangry reactions over its

provisions on food and educa-tion.

Teachers have vowed tosabotage the much-hyped freelaptop project for all childrenentering primary schools untilthey are paid their arrears forallowances, allocated cash for

promotions and 40,000 ntutors employed.

The Kenya National Unof Teachers (Knut) chairm

Wilson Sossion said the o

200,000 members will receive the laptops in schountil they are paid their dwhich were part of a 1997 deal that raised their salariemore than 100 per cent durthe Moi regime.

In his budget statement



BY PAUL OGEMBA

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Former Prime MinisterRaila Odinga and former

Vic e-Pres ide nt Kal onzoMusyoka have been locked outof a possible comeback to anylegislative assembly throughnominations.

A three -judge bench of theCourt of Appeal declared Sec-tion 34 (9) of the Elections Act,which allowed the nominationof failed presidential and deputypresidential candidates to Parlia-ment, unconstitutional.

Just ices Festus Azangalala,Patrick Kiage and Jamila Moham-

med dismissed an earlier ruling by Justice David Majanja, whichupheld nomination of presidentialcandidates to Parliament.

Justice Majanja, they ruled,misdirected himself in his in-terpretation and treatment of the question of special interestgroups.

The 10th Parliament hadamended the Elections Act togive a lifeline to presidentialcandidates and their runningmates who lost in elections.

According to Section 34 (9)of the amended Act, any partylist may contain a name of anypresidential or deputy presiden-tial candidate nominated for anelection.

Yesterday, the court described

this change as ‘‘a violation to allreason and logic of the rights of the marginalised by arbitrarysuperimposing well-heeled in-

dividuals in the nomination listto the disadvantage of the mar-ginalised’’. It said MPs violatedthe Constitution in making thechange to suit their friends.

“It cannot be open to anystate organ to act in a mannerthat violates the Constitution.The doctrine of parliamentarysupremacy when it legislated asit pleased is now of only histori-cal significance and it is only theConstitution which can now claimsupremacy,” they said.

The ruling affects Mr Odingaand Mr Musyoka, who have beenunder pressure from a section of their party members to consider

joining either the National As-sembly or the Senate. However,

the two leaders have repeatedlydenied claims they intend to rejoin Parliament.

Also locked out are former

deputy prime minister MusaliaMudavadi, his running matein the past elections JeremiahKioni, former Gichugu MP Mar-tha Karua and her running mate,former Gatanga MP Peter Ken-neth, Prof James ole Kiyiapi, PaulMuite and Abduba Dida.

The ruling effectively locks outthe candidates from legislativeassemblies for at least five yearsunless they win a seat through a

by-election.The appeal was filed by the

Commission on the Implemen-tation of the Constitution againstthe ruling by Justice Majanja inwhich he declared that party listsfor nomination can contain names

of the presidential and deputypresidential candidates.

The CIC argued before the Appellate Court that the judgemade a mistake since the clausewas inconsistent with provisionsof the Constitution, which guaran-tees nomination of disadvantagedand marginalised groups to politi-cal seats.

The judges upheld thearguments, ruling that the Consti-tution intended that marginalisedgroups be beneficiaries of a moreinclusive political order.

The presidential and deputypresidential candidates, theysaid, were not contemplated bythe Constitution to be categorisedas “special interest groups” andthat it did not matter whether

they are the leaders or vision bearers of their political parties.“If they be what they are said

to be, there really is no existential

risk of their career or that of theirparties to be feared from theirabsence from the benches andfloors of legislative assemblies,”the judges said.

They added that Parliament’sfailure to enact laws, which wouldprotect the political rights of mar-ginalised groups, meant that itwas up to the court to take upthe mantle.

The judges faulted Justice Ma- janja’s faith in political parties toadhere to the provisions, ruling

that they did not share the faithhe placed on parties to define forthemselves what “special interestgroups” should be.

“Search an approach waswrong since a history of pof nomination to Parlishows that this well-intmethodology for inclusithose outside of the circlperennially abused to bringsons other than those inten

benefit,” the judges said.They ruled that the yout

sons with disabilities and ware the only ones that canmarginalised groups sincare the natural underdogs a

likely to be elbowed outspolitical field if the presicandidates are nominalegislative assemblies.

FILE

Cord leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka have been unde

sure from their allies to join Parliament. They both rejected the m

Court blocks election losers

from getting ticket to HouseThe leadersan onlyoin augustHousehrough anlection,ays three-udgeench

POLITICS OF POWER | Appeal Court reserves nomination slots for special interest groups

The Commission on the Imple-

mentation of the Constitution

moved to court after JusticeDavid Majanja ruled that parties

could nominate presidential anddeputy presidential candidates.

CIC argued that the ruling

contravened the Constitution,which guarantees nomination of

disadvantaged groups to politi-cal seats.

SETBACK

Genesis of thepower dispute

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Interior and National Co-ordination Cabinet Secretary

Joseph ole Lenku (right) hasput on notice illegal brewersand drug dealers, saying if found, they would bear thefull force of the law.

Speaking yesterday whenhe visited Nairobi’s Mathareslums, which are notoriousfor illicit drinks, Mr Lenku said it was time to strengthenthe security of the nation bycurbing criminal acts andcracking down on illicit brewsand hard drugs as PresidentKenyatta stated during a recentanti-drugs conference.

The Cabinet Secretary wasaccompanied by Administra-tion Police officers, the GSUand Kenya Police in his tourof the slum located in StareheConstituency. The crackdownhe said, would extend to othercounties.

Over 88 bags of molassesand barrels of illicit brewwere recovered from a main

supplier in Mathare during theoperation that saw a couple of

suspects arrested.Mr Lenku noted th

illicit drinks and drugsupplied from the city tcounties.

Nairobi PPO Benson said police would be vand warned those inthat the law would cawith them.

The PPO noted that population of youth unyears of age abused druwere are also used in traffiof the illicit drinks and d

other parts of the coun(KNA)

Lenku cracks downon illicit brew, dru

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hursday, National Treasury Secre-ary Henry Rotich allocated Sh53.2illion for the laptops to be given totandard One pupils next year.But speaking in Migori yesterday,

Mr Sossion said: “It is a shame thath53 billion has been allocated for the

ptop project, but nothing for teach-rs’ promotions and allowances”.Universities Academic Staff Union

hairman Sammy Kubasu said thecturers will have no option but toithdraw their services if the govern-

ment fails to pay up.They are demanding Sh3.9 billion

meant to be the last phase of a salaryeal agreed on with the governmentst year after a strike.Most MPs who spoke to the Satur-

ay Nation said they would opposeny move to increase the cost of basic

commodities such as bread and milk,as is likely to happen if Parliamentpasses the contentious VAT Bill.

Also rejecting the Bill’s provision isthe lobby group, Consumer Federationof Kenya (Cofek).

Speaking of the possibility of basiccommodities prices rising, National

Assembly Minori ty Leader FrancisNyenze said the poor must be cush-ioned from extra burden, adding, anytax measures should be interrogatedto ensure the poor are not punished.

“If any measures are brought herethrough VAT that hurts the poor manwe shall reject them,” he said, add-ing: “We don’t want those who live inpoverty to be taxed harshly.”

The cost of basics

The government plans to table the Value Added Tax Bill in Parliament,whose passing would lead to an in-crease in the cost of basics such asmilk, bread, maize and wheat flour,sanitary towels and newspapers.

With maize being Kenyans’ staplefood, any increase in the tax chargedon maize flour would automatically becriticised for its possible effect on thelarge number of Kenyans who rarelygo to bed without eating ugali.

Suba MP John Mbadi said Parlia-ment will have to eliminate a numberof grey areas in the VAT Bill and ex-empt some items from tax.

He said the Bill has some errorsand Parliament must scrutinise it sothat it does not end up increasing theprice of basic goods.

“We’ll need to isolate basic com-modities so that we don’t tax them,”he said.

Speaking at Sori Secondary Schoolin Nyatike, Migori County, during anannual meeting of the local Knut

branch , Mr Sossio n sai d teac h-ers never asked for laptops in anypolicy document formulated withinthe education sector and wondered

whose idea it was.Instead, he said, the union hadasked for Sh15 billion to recruit 40,000teachers to address staff shortage.

He termed the Sh50 billion al-location for laptops as a misplacedpriority.

“We disown the government of President Kenyatta because insteadof addressing core issues, it has optedto misbehave with public funds.”

Mr Sossion faulted the Jubilee ad-ministration for “taking teachers fora ride “ and warned that the union

would not allow the government tomismanage public funds.

Knut’s rival, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers Union, hasissued a strike notice over pay ar-rears and promotions.

The laptop project was a keycampaign pledge of the new admin-istration, which was largely receivedwith scepticism.

Young government

Prof Kubasu said union leaders had,after sensing the money was not fac-tored in the estimates, met EducationCabinet Secretary Mwangi Kaimenyion Thursday morning, hoping that alast-minute decision could be made.

“But we were saddened that the budget figures announced later (byMr Rotich) did not include our al-location.”

The lecturers were paid the firstphase of the salary deal in Novem-

ber last year. Prof Kubasu said theunion leaders plan to meet with Prof Kaimenyi next week to look at ways of tackling the issue “before we ask ourmembers to stage a strike that couldhurt a young government.”

Mr Rotich said on Thursday that“there are some areas there that

we’ll have to discuss with ment in terms of having (thBill) passed.”

“That Bill, if passed, will lot in simplifying the adminisof VAT plus also helping in revenue.”

“Enacted in 1990, when the gment used to control the price ogoods, the current VAT Act is cered outdated and Finance miover the years increased the exempt goods to about 400.”

“You can subsidise through exture, but using taxation to subsnot a best practice so you betlect your revenue but ensure thtarget the people that you thinto be targeted (to pay more ta

Capital gains tax

This was in reference to the gains tax, which would targetwho benefit from transactionas the sale of property, sha

the stock exchange or from dividends.

Cofek has opposed any mocould increase the food burdKenyans. “We’re opposed tocause that would go against PrKenyatta’s pledge to reduce thof living,” said Mr Stephen Mthe lobby’s secretary-general.

Mr Mutoro said the lobby groalso uncomfortable with suggthat the Bill was the handiworkInternational Monetary Fund a

World Bank.The two institutions were re

to have been backing the Bill basis that it would boost the gment’s internal sources of rev

Drafted in 2012, the Bill’scation drew a barrage of crwhen it was first tabled and r

in Parliament last year as it sointroduce a 16 per cent tax onliser, maize flour, bread, wheamilk and other basic commplus books.

According to Saturday Naticulations, the price of breadhave risen by Sh6, while maizwould have risen by as much a

A packet of unga today sells tween Sh116 and Sh130.

Reported by John Ngirachu, CaWafula and Elisha Otieno

Protest over bid to raise food prices

JOSEPH KANYI | NATION

Nyeri Knut officials after addressing journalists yesterday. They are demanding full implementation of the 1997 pay package.

SPENDING PLAN | Lecturers have threatened to withdraw their services as teachers vow to sabotage laptop project

“We’ll need to isolate basic com-modities so that we don’t tax

them”

Suba MP John Mbadi

“We’re opposed to it (VAT Bill)because that would go against

President Kenyatta’s pledge toreduce the cost of living”

Cofek boss Stephen Mutoro

REACTION

What they said

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une 15, 2013 National New



Y JOSHUA MASINDE

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Investors in the real estatesector and on the NairobiSecurities Exchange will now

e on the taxman’s radar as theovernment seeks to raise moreevenue to meet increasing budg-tary needs to fund ambitiousevelopment programmes.

The government plans to re-ntroduce tax on proceeds fromale of property and shareshrough a Bill expected in Par-ament later this month.During the budget reading on

hursday, Cabinet Secretary forational Treasury Mr Henryotich said the governmentas reviewing the tax regime

o establish how best to earnmore revenues to meet a rising

emand for funds.

oken contribution

“The Government has initiatedreview of the capital gains taxnder the Income Tax Act withview to formulating modalities

or its effective enforcement.his will allow wealthier mem-

ers of our society to also maketoken contribution toward ourational development agenda,”e said during the budget

presentation in Parliament onThursday.

On Monday, experts proposed

that the reintroduction of thecapital gains tax to plug the budget deficit that now standsat 8 per cent of the Gross Do-

mestic Product.The experts from accounting

and auditing firm, PKF, noted

that the government could earnup to Sh100 billion annually fromproperty sales.

The flipside is this could push

up the cost of housing.Capital gains tax on the sale of

securities could also slow downinvestment on the stock marketaccording to analysts.

Last year, the governmentcarried out a study on how bestit would levy the tax followinga proposal in the Finance Bill(2012) to impose a levy on allinvestments.

The parties to be affected willinclude investors on the Nairobi

Securities Exchange, oil, miningand prospecting companies aswell as investors in the real es-tate sector.

Analysts say that the real es-tate sector and property dealerswill be hardest hit.

They have also indicated thata proposal to tax shares on thestock market may fail due tothe complex nature and theload of information in differenttransactions.

“When you come to shares,it is a tricky affair especially incapturing all data that occurs inindividual transactions,” AfrikaInvestment Bank market analystRonald Lugalia said.

Former finance minister Njeru Githae sought to tax investors

who acquire shares, propertyor any other investments onlyto dispose them of in less thanfive years.

Cost of housing to shoot up if taxman grabs share of revenueTreasury is pushingor investors to payax on property andhare sales in fresh

move to plug deficit

FILE | NATION

The National Securities Exchange in Nairobi. The government plans tore-introduce the capital gains tax.

DEFICIT | Details of the proposed law will be provided in Bill

The national budget deficit that

the government hopes to plug

with the new tax

8pc

Food security tothe list of targetsto boost lifestyleBY NATIONCORRESPONDENT

Kenya’s bid to becomefood secure could be a re-ality following a proposalto allocate Sh245 billionto the sector in the nextfive years.

Of the eight priorityareas that the govern-ment has allocated fundsto transform Kenya intoa middle-income country,the food security compo-nent has received thehighest allocation in thenext five years.

In the 2013/2014 finan-cial year, allocations tofood security initiativesstand at Sh17.85 billion,with the amount set torise to Sh46.67 billion

and Sh52.38 billion inthe 2014/15 and 2015/16financial years.

Financial years of 2016/17 and 2017/2018encompassing the five-year plan to turn Kenya into a food secure countryhave been allocated Sh60

billion and Sh68.1 billion,respectively.

According to the 2013/14 Budget highlights,eight priority areas thathave been considered foradditional resources in thenext five years include ir-rigation and other foodsecurity enhancing pro-grammes (Sh245 billion),transport (Sh241 billion),

education (Sh90 billion),security (Sh76 billion),health (Sh54 billion),water (Sh41 billion), social

protection (Sh33 band youth/women

(Sh6 billion).“The low produ

of agriculture is by use of inapprotechnology, inaccfarm inputs, weaksion support servicover reliance on ragriculture,” TrCabinet Secretary Rotich said duri

budget speech.It is now up the A

ture Cabinet Secreimplement a compsive revitalisation paimed at expandinhancing productivtransforming the into a business vto deal a blow chaof food insecurity

reduce the cost of

Low productivof agriculture icaused by useof inappropriattechnology,inaccessible farinputs, weak extension suppservices, and ovreliance on rainagriculture”

Henry Rotich, TreCabinet Secretar

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Beer consumers and cigarettesmokers have a six-month

reprieve before the taxmanaids their pockets to help raiseh961 billion in revenue needed toun government.

This is the first time the governmentas failed to levy tax on the two com-

modities during the pronouncementf a new budget, even as the Cabinetecretary for the National Treasuryaid there was need to overhaul thexcise Duty Act.“Beer and cigarette takers can

ontinue having their field day, but

we will definitely adjust the taxesthrough the Excise Duty Bill,” MrHenry Rotich said during a pressconference after reading the budgetstatement on Thursday.

The Treasury will be aiming toraise an additional Sh14 billion fromthe measures to be contained in theproposed new law to make the totalcollection from excise duty to Sh85

billion in the current financial year.“We have to achieve this in order

to help plug the deficit of over Sh326 billion in the current budget and that’swhy we are working closely with the

legislators to have the laws passedquickly and preferably over thenext few months,” said Mr Rotich.The Treasury hopes to have the Billpassed by December.

Only Keg beer drinkers will beaffected, for now, after governmentintroduced a 50 per cent excise duty

by cutting by half the 100 per centtax remission previously accorded tomanufacturers.

Tax on Keg beer is expected to raiseat least Sh6 billion.

DIANA NGILA | DAILY NATION

Ernst & Young CEO Gitahi Gachahi (left) with the firm’s manager Daniel Kamande during a post-budget

analysis press briefing at Laico Regency Hotel, yesterday.

Temporary relief for beer lovers as ‘sin tax’ is delayed

VICTORY| This is the first time in many years revellers will not pay more for drinks after policy statement

“Other beers and cigarette priceswill remain unchanged,” said theCabinet secretary. Soft drink takersand plastic bag users will also benefit

from the reprieve.

Three months

The Treasury will be hoping toavoid last year’s tax debacle in whichformer Finance minister Njeru Githaeattempted to introduce a new methodof taxing beer every three months.

The law required the taxman to levyexcise duty on wines, spirits and beeron the retail selling price, as opposedto the factory price. This meant thatthe taxman was to sample various re-

tail prices on a quarterly basis to comeup with an average price on which theexcise duty would be based.

The Kenya Revenue Authority

termed the move “unworkable” andnever implemented it.

Domestic excise duty comprisesmainly taxes on alcohol, tobacco, softdrinks and bottled water and plastics,with the first two accounting for over90 per cent of total collections.

Investment Secretary EstherKoimett indicated that the govern-ment was seeking to harmonise thevalue added tax and excise duty lawsto reduce administration cost.

“What we want are clearer laws.

We have been agitating to harmonised tax code in lininternational best practices ais what we are seeking to ac

said Ms Koimett.Tax experts, however, say th

may not result in a major charetail prices with much of thegeared towards increasing t

base.“What the Treasury is seekin

is to enhance tax collection anaway from the usual increasinstead ensure that all measurescurb tax evasion are eliminateMr Steve Okello, Director of TPricewaterhouseCoopers.

Beer andcigarettetakers cacontinuhaving t

field day but we wdefiniteladjustthe taxethroughExcise DBill”

Henry RoNationalTreasuryCabinet

Beer, cigarette, softdrinks and plastic

ags prices to remainunchanged as theTreasury pushes exciseduty to January 2014

y Nation Correspondent Women and youth are the big-

est beneficiaries of Jubilee’s firstudget, Devolution and Planning

ecretary Ann Waiguru said yes-erday.

Speaking on a live radio in-erview, Ms Waiguru said more

money had been allocated toromoting maternal health andquipping young people withkills for self-reliance.She said a Bill was being pre-

ared to provide for institutionshere the two groups would beiven skills for business man-gement and seed capital fornvestment.

She said the proposed amend-ment to the procurement law toeserve 30 per cent of public ten-ers for youth and persons withisability will guarantee themteady jobs and revenue.She said her ministry will issue

uidelines on how to secure ten-

ers and access loans throughomen and youth funds.

It’s big boostfor women,says Waiguru

s Anne Waiguru

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Managers who fail toremit taxes to the govern-ment will be held personallyliable and made to pay oncecourts find the companywas in default.

Cabinet Secretary forNational Treasury, HenryRotich said this was amongthe measures meant totame tax evaders andcheats in the country.

Steve Okello head of taxat PWC said the move willgreatly aid the collection of revenue by the government.

Mr Rotich said the IncomeTax Act will be amended toenable the Commissionerto access the book of ac-counts for the companiesthat have been proved incourt to be involved inevading payment of taxesor cheating on the amountsthey pay to Kenya Revenue

Authority.“I propose to amend

the Income Tax Act so asto empower the Commis-sioner to access books of accounts and where taxevasion is proved in Court,collect corporate tax fromofficers of corporate bodieswhere they are convicted of tax frauds. These rare but

bold measures are intended

to deter tax cheats andenhance tax compliance,”

Mr Rotich said when heread the 2013 budget onThursday.

Some experts say the lawwill enable the governmentto reduce incidences of tax fraud while otherswarned that if not wellimplemented it could bemisused by KRA officialsto go after innocent chief executive officers whileletting the board in suchcompanies get away.

“The law might applymore when a companygoes under and tax fraudis detected, but this hasto be proved in the court,”said Mr George Maina, a

senior tax manager at PKFEast Africa.

Directors to pay if

firms cheat on tax

Under the incometax Act, directors and

senior officers of cor-porate bodies can be

held liable for tax of-

fences committed bythe corporate body.

Corporate tax has pre-viously been imposed

on the company and

was viewed as a legalentity separate from

the individual owners.

Managerson notice

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une 15, 2013 National New



POWER TUSSLE | NPSC to meet on Monday over move as provincial chiefs recalled to Nairobi

Kimaiyo names county bossesBY ANGIRA ZADOCK

[email protected]

Police boss David Kimaiyo hasmoved to stamp his authority

by appointing county com-manders even as the National PoliceService Commission plans to conductinterviews for the same positions.

Inspector-General Kimaiyo named47 commanders and retained Mr Ben-son Kibue, a deputy commissioner of police, as the Nairobi County boss.

Mr Edward Njoroge Mbugua, asenior assistant commissioner of police (S/ACP), will be in charge of Mombasa, while Central deputy PPOGideon Amalla is the new MachakosCounty commander.

Buruburu OCPD Hassan Barua andNgong OCPD Simon Kiragu have beenmoved to Baringo and Kisii counties,respectively.

Mr Kimaiyo appointed a DCP,two S/ACPs, eight Assistant Com-

missioner of Police (ACPs), and 36Senior Superintendents of Police(SSPs). The ranks of DCP, S/ACP,and ACP have since been scrapped.

The appointments, in a statementdated June 14 and signed by deputyIGP Grace Kaindi, are to take effectimmediately.

But the move is likely to bringthe police boss in conflict with the

Johnson Kavuludi-led commission,which, as the law stands currently,is mandated to advertise, interview,appoint and post the commanders.

And the commission has now calleda meeting on Monday to discuss themove by Mr Kimaiyo, who is also a

member.Last month, the commission ad-

vertised for the positions of countycommanders for both the Kenya Po-lice and the Administration Police.The deadline was on May 28, and MrKavuludi said that over 300 officershad applied. The interviews werescheduled for later this month.

Mr Kavuludi had accused Mr Ki-maiyo of intimidating his officersfrom applying for the posts.

But Mr Kimaiyo opposed the move,saying he was the one to appoint thecommanders and forward the namesto the commission for approval.

Even though Mr Kimaiyo insiststhat functions such as the transferand promotion of officers lie squarelyin his office, the NPSC maintains thatthat is their role.

Section 7(2) of the National Police

Service Act dictates that all officersundergo vetting by the commissionto assess their suitability and com-petence.

A Bill that seeks to amend the Actto give the police boss powers to pro-mote, transfer and discipline officersis set to be tabled in Parliament.

Meanwhile, President Kenyattahas recalled all PPOs and provincialCID officers and their deputies toNairobi where they will join pro-vincial commissioners as regionalcommanders.

Battle linesdrawn as

nspector-Generalxerts hisuthoritynd

Kavuludiprepares tonterviewandidates

1. DCP Benson Kibui Githinji (Nairobi)

2. S/ACP Edward Njoroge Mbugua(Momb

3. S/ACP Gideon Otieno Amalla (Machako

4. ACP David Rono Bunei (Mandera)

5. ACP Stanley Tito Kilonzi (Kajiado)6. ACP Joseph Kimutai Limo (Tana River)

7. ACP John Willis Okello (Embu)

8. ACP Gabriel Mutuku Musau (Homa Bay

9. ACP Leonard Onyango Omollo (Lamu)

10. ACP Christine Munyiva Mutua (Kirinya

11. ACP Angelus Gichobi Karuru (Laikipia)

12. SSP John Mwaka Koki (Nakuru)

13. SSP Simon Muriithi Kiragu (Kisii)

14. SSP Patrick Mwakio (Elgeyo Marakwet

15. SSP Sarah W. Duncan (Vihiga)

16. SSP Lilian Akoth Okembo (Trans Nzoia

17. SSP Halima Mohamed Abdi (Busia)

18. SSP Damaris Rhoda Kinanu (Kakameg

19. SSP Beatrice Gachago (Bungoma)

20. SSP Keneth Kimani (Kwale)

21. SSP Grace M. Kakai (Narok)

22. SSP Selestino Nyaga (Uasin Gishu)

23. SSP Naomi Ichami (Muranga)24. SSP Clement Gatogo (Migori)

25. SSP Charles Sifuna Wasike (West Poko

26. SSP David Kimeli Ngetich (Kisumu)

27. SSP Charles Wambugu Kinyua (Gariss

28. SSP Rem Manenge Warui (Nyamira)

29. SSP Patrick Ogutu Wambani (Sambur

30. SSP David Chengeck Kirui (Wajir)

31. SSP Hamisi Suleiman Mabeya (Nyanda

32. SSP Johnston Okasida Ipara (Tharaka

33. SSP Charles Mutinda Munyoli (Siaya)

34. SSP Agnes Okanga (Nyeri)

35. SSP Erastus Muthamia (Marsabit)

36. SSP Rose Ochingwa Muchuma (Kerich

37. SSP James Mwangagi Mugera (Kiamb

38. SSP Leah Kithie Ngutu (Bomet)

39. SSP James Muoki Kithuka (Kilifi)

40. SSP Rachael Kipsoi (Makueni)

41. SSP Jacinta Wesonga Odhiambo (Nan42. SSP Jones Cheruiyot Githinji (Kitui)

43. SSP Emmanuel Mwaringa Karisa (Tur

44. SSP Nelson Nyaigoti Okioga (Isiolo)

45. SSP Samson Teleng’o Kinne (Meru)

46. SSP Richard Nyabaro Bitonga (Taita T

47. SSP Hassan Rashid Barua (Baringo).

COMMANDERS

13 women in fresh list osenior police officers

300Officers Kavuludi-led NPSC sayshave applied forthe posts, whichInspector-GeneralKimaiyo has nowfilled

Inspector General of PoliceDavid Kimaiyo. He is lockedin a dispute with the National

Police Service Commissionover appointments.

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Four siblings in Ciamburi vil-lage in Makima area of Mbeere

South District, who were diag-nosed with a rare skin ailment,have been evacuated to Keny-atta National Hospital.

The children, sufferingfrom Xeroderma pigmentsum,a genetic ailment, will receivespecialised treatment at thereferral hospital after JudicialService Commission promisedto foot their bill.

A sourc e clo se to thecommission said the com-missioners had donated aboutSh1 million after the Nationpublished the plight of Lucy

Wanja, 13, Simon Kar iuk i,10, Kennedy Murimi, 7, and

Johnson Mukundi, 4.“The story touched the

commission members es-pecially the Supreme Court

president Willy Mutunga. Wewill pay their bill at Kenyatta

National Hospital,” a source,who did not wish to be namedas he is not authorised to speakto the media, said.

Mbeere South District chil-

dren officer Grace Nyawirasaid the children, together withtheir mother Marion Muthoniwere picked by Siakago Princi-pal Magistrate Gerald Mutisoat around 7 am.

Their father, Daniel Kinyua,said they had already receivedover Sh300,000 through M-Pesa while Equity Bank, Embu

branch had opened an account

for them. At one time, well-w

called the Nation afterriencing difficulties semoney via the phone af

Muthoni’s M-Pesa acreached its limit.

“We are grateful to Kwho have been calling donating money to us. Wregained hope,” she sai

A dermatolo gist Embu Provincial GHospital Daniel Gichotwo of the children urneeded surgery to redutumours.

He also recommendchildren be given propering and sunscreen creshield them from direclight.

Two of the childrenmultiple skin tumourhave turned into deepgated wounds.

The family curren

sides in a two-bedromud house.

Experts rescue ailing sibling

We are grateful toKenyans who have

been calling...We haveregained hope”

Marion Muthoni

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NYERI

Petitioner only witin suit against Mur

A poll loser challenging telection of Nyeri Town MPther Murugi (above) will beonly witness during the heof his petition after the HigCourt dismissed his applicto file more witness statem

Judge Jarius Ngaa said that Wilson Nginga had failed twitness affidavits almost twmonths after filing the peti

BY PAUL OGEMBA

[email protected]

County commissioners’will keep their jobs afterthe Court of Appeal

ruled that former PresidentMwai Kibaki acted within thelaw when he appointed the re-gional bosses.

Appe lla te Judges MarthaKoome, Milton Makhandia andKairu Gatembu overturned aHigh Court ruling that nulli-fied the appointment of the 47commissioners, saying that the

former president was justified ininvoking provisions of the OldConstitutional to make the ap-pointments.

“Contrary to the High Courtfindings, Sections 23 and 24 of the former constitution were inforce when he invoked themto appoint and deploy countycommissioners. The sectionsremained in force until the firstGeneral Election under the Con-stitution was held on March 4,”ruled the judges. The Appellate

Court ruled that since Mr Kibakiacted under provisions of theformer constitution, there wasno requirement for him to ful-fil Article 27 of the constitutionwhich requires balanced regionaland gender representation.

The decision was welcomed by the Association of MuslimsOrganisation in Kenya (Amok)through its director-generalFazul Mohammed who saidcounty commissioners willensure security and stability incounties.

“ This is a huge responsibil-ity which cannot be left in thehands of politicians (governors)and can only be handled by anadministrator,” said Mr Fazul.

High Court Judge MumbiNgugi last year nullified Mr

Kibaki’s appointment of thecommissioners, ruling that theformer president did not have thepower to appoint or deploy andthat the appointments violatedthe constitutional requirementfor gender equality and re-gional balance. She also ruledthat the appointments violatedthe provision in the National

Accord and Reconciliation Actwhich required him to consultwith then Prime Minister RailaOdinga before making such

appointments. The judgmentset a collision between the At-torney General and the Ministryof Internal Security. Whereasthe AG advised Mr Kibaki torevoke the appointments and

declined to appeal on behalf of the government, the ministryhired a private lawyer, Mr KibeMungai to argue its case beforethe Appellate Court in a movethat raised questions on whoshould handle court cases on

behalf of the government.The Appellate Judges however

settled the dispute, ruling thatsince the Internal Security minis-ter was a party in the High Courtcase, he was entitled to appealeven without the AG’s consent.

VERDICT | Government hired a private lawyer after AG refused to pursue matter

Regional heads hereto stay, judges ruleCourt says county commissionersre in office legally and ministry

had a right to appeal ruling

This ishuge

esponsibilitywhich cannot

e left in

he hands of oliticians”

mok

oss Fazul

ohammed

Statute: The judges ruledthat in view of the enact-

ment and coming into force

of the National Government

Coordination Act, any out-standing issues regardingappointment of the county

commissioners should be

resolved within the frame-work of that statute.

Gazette: Gazette Noticewhich the former president

deployed them was not re-

voked making the commis-sioners legally in office.

DECISION

Act to be used tosolve other fights

FILE | NATION

County commissioners at a meeting

last week.

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MURANG’A

Locals risk prosecuif found jigger-infes

Locals found infested bygers will face the full force the law in Murang’a once a

set of regulations is passedthe Assembly. Deputy GovGakure Monyo said regulatto ensure eradication of themins would be passed and found infested will face conquences. While disputing thgers were caused by povertsaid lack of proper hygienesanitation led to infestation

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une 15, 2013 National News



Judge puts on hoscrutiny of ballotBY NATION

CORRESPONDENT

The High Court hasdeferred an applicationseeking scrutiny and re-count of votes cast in theBungoma senatorial raceuntil all parties in the casehave been heard.

Justice Francis Gikonyosaid lawyers for the peti-tioner and respondentshad raised serious mattersthat would be determinedafter they present theircases. However, he saidthe application was notpremature as the law al-lows for the application to

be made at any time duringthe petition hearing.

The petition has beenfiled by politician MusikariKombo against SenatorMoses Wetang’ula (below)and the IndependentElectoral and BoundariesCommission (IEBC).

Justice Gikonyo ordered

an inquiry into allegthat 40 people wh

ble -regis tere d vothe March 4 electiclaimed by Mr Kom

Justice Gikonyo othat registers fromentioned pollintions be scrutiniseissued summonsthe 40 to appear the court until thetigations into the are complete.

Mr Kombo’s lawfred Ndambiri had afor a scrutiny and rof all votes cast in 80ing stations after hehis case on Wedne

But lawyer OcOduol for Mr Wetaand Eric Gumbo reping IEBC opposeapplication.

Mr Wetang’ula tthe witness stand wwas cross examinedTokyo embassy deaNdambiri.

The Senator saidtigations by the Eth

Anti-Corruption Cosion, Auditor-Gethe Finance and F

Af fa irs mi nist rievindicated him.

“The President deven want me to stepI did so because mscience could not alto continue holding

when there were paccusations,” he sa

Y MWANGI KIMENYI

[email protected]

Over the past 50 years, Kenya’sagricultural sector has un-dergone some fundamental

hanges in some sub-sectors but theverall structure of production hasemained largely the same.

During the early years of independ-

nce, coffee was the most importantoreign exchange earner.

Today, the most important ex-ort crops are tea and horticulturalroducts—particularly cut flowers.owever, the production of key

oodstuff—specifically cereals—maize,heat and rice, has been sluggish.Given the fact that most Kenyans

re dependent on agriculture , raisinghe productivity in the food sub-sec-or is pivotal to the well-being of enyans. This is a major challengeonsidering Kenya’s limited arable

land, scarce water resources anddominance of rain-fed agriculture.

Economic development essentiallyentails increasing output for givenunits of resource. In agriculture, thismeans raising the output per unit of land and also per unit of labour em-ployed in agriculture.

Since independence, the produc-tion of maize, wheat and rice hasincreased but only marginally. Forexample, in 1963/1964, maize pro-duction was about 1.5 billion metrictonnes. By 2013/14, production wasclose to 2.7 billion metric tonnes.

Rice production was just about10,000 metric tons and increasedto about 40,000 metric tons in

2011. Wheat production was about100,000 metric tons in 1963/64 andincreased to about 300,000 metrictons in 2011/12.

But looking at the gross produc-tion of major foodstuff is misleading.

A better indicator is the per capitaproduction so as to take into accountof the increase in population.

In per capita terms, the productionof the various foodstuffs has actuallydeclined. Per capita maize productionin 1963/64 was 0.16 metric tonnesand this declined by 50 per cent to

0.08 metric tonnes in 2011/12. Theper capita wheat production hasdeclined even more dramatically.The overall production of the majorfoodstuffs is the result of a combi-nation of factors. The early years of independence were marked by various

government programmes that contrib-uted to the steady increase in output.These included access to subsidisedfinance especially for inputs, expan-

sion of the land under cultivation andextension services and government

buying and selling of output throughmarketing boards. During the mar-ket reforms period of the 1980s and1990s, these supportive programmeswere terminated or radically scaled

back with adverse consequences interms of production.

One important feature of the trendsof major crops is that production ismarked by volatility—with outputincreases followed by declines. Theprimary reason for this volatility is the

fact that Kenya’s agriculture is rwith poor rain seasons being ated with poor harvests. Altthe country has over time incthe amount of irrigated land, tgation schemes are poorly mainand there is potential for morto be put under irrigation.

The other crucial factor exp

trends in output is the use of minputs especially fertilisers, pesand hybrid seeds which are crumodernisation of agriculture.

To a large extent, producin Kenya is traditional and athe productivity per unit of lamains very low as compared tcountries. A particularly troubfeature is the low use of chemiclisers. Asian countries have inctheir use of fertilisers dramaticuse of the plant food in Ken

been fairly flat over the last 50Consequently, Thailand’s perproduction of rice is 250 timof Kenya.

Also, farmers have low accand rarely use hybrid seeds. Aimportant aspect of the low ption of food has to do with to markets. Those farmers w

least produce do not have to markets. Finally, Kenyan fincur huge costs associated witharvest losses. And the sagaNational Cereals and Produceshould worry the Jubilee goveras it has serious implicationsfood sector.

Mr Kimenyi is a Senior Fellow adirector, Africa Growth InitiativGlobal Economy and DevelopmBrookings Institution, [email protected]

AGRICULTURE | The ongoing saga at cereals board should worry the Jubilee government

Why Kenya is stilla hungry nation

after five decadesThere’s little support forarmers to reduce cost of

production and enhanceharvests via technology

FILE | NATION

Lack of access to markets has frustratedKenyan farmers.

KENYA MAIZE PRODUCTION1963-2011 (1000 MT)

Tension high asraiders set on

fire 20 homesBY NATION CORRESPONDENT

More than 20 homes were yester-day set ablaze by suspected Pokotraiders at Kagir and Barsuswo areasof Bartabwa division, North Baringodistrict.

This is barely a day after peoplewho had gone back to check ontheir abandoned homes and har-vest honey escaped death narrowlyafter being shot at by another groupof raiders.

The new spate of attacks havesparked tension in the area wherethe government was planning to re-locate more than 5,000 people whohad fled their homes.

Saimo-Soi ward County Assemblymember Richard Kambala demandedthat the government rolls out a dis-armament exercise in neighbouringEast Pokot District.

“The armed raiders are takingadvantage of the government’scontinued delay in rolling out theexercise to terrorise our people.How long will our people suffer forthe government to act?” posed MrKambala.

More than 15 people among themthree police officers have killed sincethe beginning of the year in Marigatand Baringo north districts.

Baringo police boss CharlesMusewe said more security officershad been posted to the volatile areato restore calm. “We’ve put in placemeasures to ensure those who fledtheir homes are taken back. Security

will also be boosted in schools,” saidMr Musewe.

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ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has finally re-vealed the identities of

our witnesses in the casegainst President Kenyatta.The move appears to be

n response to a request byresident Kenyatta’s lawyers

o have the case pushed fromuly 9 to January 2014 onrounds that they needed

more time to investigate theredibility of some witnesseshose identities had not beenisclosed.In a communication to theial chamber, Ms Bensouda

aid she had on Wednesdayisclosed to Mr Kenyatta’sefence team the identitiesf witnesses 430, 494, 506nd 510.“For the sake of com-

leteness, the Prosecutionisclosed Witness 494’sandwritten notes createduring his interview withhe Prosecution,” Ms Ben-ouda informed the Trialhamber.She also forwarded tran-

cripts of interviews with

witness simply known asWitness 217 together withcreening notes which hadeen concealed to protect the

identity of witness 430.“The effect of the above

is that the defence now hasun-redacted versions of thetranscripts,” Ms Bensoudastated.

In his application to thetrial judges, Mr Kenyattahad argued that his defenceteam still needed more timeto investigate the “credibilityand substantive allegationsmade by five prosecution wit-

nesses whose identities andunredacted transcripts havestill not been disclosed” tothe defence.

He suggested that thetrial be pushed to Januarynext year but this has beenopposed by the prosecutorwho contends that it is not

justified.In the event that the trial

chamber accedes to Mr Keny-atta’s request, the Prosecutorsuggested that they set thestart date to immediatelyafter September 9 whenthe Court’s summer recessends.

Deputy President WilliamRuto who also faces chargesat the ICC successfullypushed for the postpone-ment of his case from May28 to September 10, a dayafter the Court reconvenesafter the summer recess.

Ms Bensouda acknowl-edged that Mr Kenyatta wasentitled to an adequate periodto prepare but argued thatan additional seven monthswould constitute “superflu-ous amounts of time.”

Adequate time

The Prosecutor notedthat Mr Kenyatta had al-ready been granted threeadditional months from theprevious start date of Aprilso he should be able toadequately prepare before

July 9.“The Defence bears the

burden of justifying any ad-ditional time over and abovethat period. The seven points

raised in the AdjournmentSubmission fail to satisfythat burden,” Ms Bensoudaargued.

Bensouda reveals four witnesses in Uhuru caseDefence had lodgedequest for time torobe credibilty of ome witnesses

CC | Prosecutor opposed request to push trial date

‘‘For the sake of completeness,the Prosecutionhas disclosed Witness 494’s

handwrittennotes...”ICC prosecutorFatou Bensouda

NYERI

Hearing adjourned Waiganjo cases cla

The case against a mancharged with impersonatinsenior police officer failed tproceed for a third day yestafter a Nyeri court was info

he was in Nairobi. The courtold that Mr Joshua Waigananother case before a Nairocourt where he had been taCourt officials said Kiganjoprison told them that the acould not be arraigned in c

KIAMBU

Worker accused oassaulting cow fre

The Kikuyu Law Court yterday released the man acof sexually assaulting a cowa Sh10,000 bond. Mr Justin

riuki was released from Kikpolice station as the area pocontinued with investigatioHis release came as Mr Karemployer, the Kikuyu Watepany, said more investigatineed to be done as the suspwas disconnecting illegal wconnections when he was aof the crime.

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JARED NYATAYA | NATION

Young boys push a canoe onto Lake Turkana before ferry-ing passengers across the Fergussion’s Gulf in the lake. The

boys, average age about 10 years, are usually paid Sh50 perday by the boat owner. The World marks the Day of theAfrican Child today.

LABOUR | Children at work

KIAMBU

Policeman arrestewhile selling 6kg i

An Administration Policeficer was yesterday morninarrested with 6kg of ivory athe Gathiga AP Post in KiaCounty. The policeman wasrested while attempting to the ivory at Sh240,000. A m

cycle which was used to trathe trophies was also impoduring the operation by Ke

Wildlife Service officers.

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BY NATION

CORRESPONDENTS

The election petitionagainst Changamwe MPMwinyi will now proceed hearing after the High Coclined to strike it out.

Lady Justice Maureen said the petitioner, Mr Ndolo, complied with that the time of filing the pein which he has sued arMwinyi, returning officeence Birya and the IndepElectoral and Boundariesmission.

The judge also declined tintroduction of new evidenwitnesses by the petitioneing it was in contraventpoll petition rules, and asstruck out seven additionalvits introduced after the pwas filed.

She ruled that introducnew witnesses and additionstations under the guise of affidavits could not be consaying that it was import

remember that all petitionsubject to ‘tyranny of time

Court to hearpoll suit againChangamwe M

BY NATION CORRESPOND

The British government lenging groups that feel leftthe compensation scheme to Mau Mau veterans to pthe matter in UK courts.

UK High Commissioner robi Christian Turner on Thevening told reporters that th

payment was specific for thMau War Veterans Associatcomplaints can be filed in ccase anyone feels left out.

The settlement, he addereached between the Britisernment and the Mau ma

Veterans Association and specific to a set of personaries. “As far as other grouconcerned, in the end, anyhas the right to bring thunder British laws to the che told journalists in Nairoing the birthday celebratioQueen Elizabeth II. Two weethe British Government exp“regret” for mistreating frfighters during the State ofgency between 1952 and 19

It also promised Sh2.6

compensation for 5,222 Kabused during the Mau M bellion.

British envtells freedogroups to s

Mr Christian Turner

Mutua picks teamto resolve land rowBY NATION

CORRESPONDENT

Machakos Governor Al-fred Mutua has appointeda taskforce to resolve along lasting land dispute inthe county.

Dr Mutua named a 12-member committee to bechaired by the county’s min-ister for Land, Energy andNatural resources Mr JoshuaMusili and AIC Machakos

bishop Rev Bernard MusyokiNguyo as secretary.

Their task is to look intothe Kiima Kimwe landdispute which has been onand off law courts for over 15years and help find a lastingsolution to the problem.

Kiima Kiimwe land cru-saders claim possession of a huge chunk of land part

of which the governor hasidentified for the proposed

Machakos ICT City. Thegroup claims the land isancestral and was snatched

from their forefathers by thecolonial administration.

Dr Mutua recently held aninvestor conference whereprominent business peopletoured the land. The confer-ence ended with a pledge toput up investments worthmore than Sh57 billion.

Build consensus

The governor directedthe committee to hand inits report in 21 days.

“The taskforce on theKiima Kimwe land disputewill, among others, deter-mine the status of a courtcase that has been pendingsince 2009, other relatedcases and area under dis-pute; and will dialogue

with the parties to reach asettlement,” he said.

Nyeri resident Judge

James Wakiaga takesphotos of inmates withhis iPad during a meet-

ing with Nyeri courtusers committee at

King’ong’o GK prison

in Nyeri on Thursday.The committee was ona mission to listen to

issues and complaints

from the inmates withan aim to fast-track

their matters.JOSEPH KANYI | NATION

TECH-SAVVY| Judge records events as inmates tell of delays in their cases

Prisoners go on hunger strike to protestagainst torture as Coast warder sacked

Y NATIONORRESPONDENT

Prisoners at Shimo La Tewa

Maximum Security Prisonesterday morning protestedgainst harassment and tor-ure by prison warders.

The prisoners refused toake breakfast and pouredhe porridge after one of theirolleagues was allegedly as-aulted by a warder.The confrontation disrupted

ctivities in the prison foreveral hours in the morningefore senior prisons offic-rs intervened to contain thetuation.Officer in charge of prisonsoast region James Kodienyonfirmed the incident andaid the problem started afterome inmates refused to beisked as required by law.“We understand there was

ome commotion after onef the inmates declined to be

searched at about 6.30am. Theprisoners later ganged up anddeclined to take breakfast butthe situation returned to nor-

malcy after our intervention,”said Mr Kodieny.

He said the prisonersclaimed that they were

being harassed by some of-ficers forcing them to stagea protest.

“We understand that thewarden strictly enforced therules that prohibit prisoners

from sneaking in illegal goods.I commend my officers for thegood job they are doing,” saidMr Kodieny.At the same time,

a prison constable accused of colluding with two suspectswho escaped from the prisonhas been interdicted.

Mr Kodieny said the officerwas suspended after he failedto take action to stop the twoprisoners from escaping.

Prison break

He said one of the suspectswas arrested but his colleagueis still at large.

“The officer is under inves-tigation and we want to knowhow the suspects managed toescape from the prison whichis heavily guarded.

At the same time, we wouldlike to warn those who arethreatening to aid terror

suspects to escape from thefacility,” said the officer.

We understand therewas some commotionafter one of theinmates declined to besearched,”

Coast Prisons boss JamesKodieny

BY NATION

CORRESPONDENT

Human rights violationscommitted by formerPresident Moi’s regime

continue to pile the burden ontaxpayers after a court orderedthe government to pay threeformer victims Sh32 million.

The High Court yesterday de-clared that state security agentsand institutions “repeatedly andgrossly violated fundamentalrights and freedoms” of Gitobu Imanyara, Njehu Gatabaki andBedan Mbugua.

Having been unlawfully ar-rested, detained, tortured andsubjected to inhuman treatment

during the agitation for demo-cratic reforms – “the SecondLiberation” – Mr Imanyara has

been awarded Sh15 million.Mr Gatabaki, who suffered

similar violations as the Editor-in-Chief of the Financemagazine,will be compensated Sh10 mil-lion, while Mr Mbugua, who wasalso a journalist, was awarded

Sh7 million. The three sued thegovernment in 2010 at the HighCourt in Nairobi.

The government admitted li-ability for the violation of theirrights but opposed hefty com-pensation on the grounds thatdoing so would hurt taxpayers.

In the suit, Mr Imanyara hadnarrated how, after a series of unfair treatment, State agents

re-arrested him in 1990 and bundled him into the boot of a car to Industrial Area Prisonwhere he was ordered to lie ina van and was trampled on andassaulted. He was later trans-ferred to Nyayo House and putin a waterlogged cell for 10 dayswhere his health deteriorated, hischest and ears were blocked andhis nails fell off.

Mr Gatabaki claimed he suf-fered the violations at differenttimes between 1990 and 2002,when he was arrested and held invarious prisons under degradingconditions. He was the Editor inChief of the Finance Magazine,which was raided in 1990 and50,000 copies confiscated.

He claims he was targeted be-cause he was strong advocate forgood governance and champi-oned constitutional reforms.

Mr Mbugua met his troubleswith the state, first as an editor of Beyondmagazine and later as aneditor at the People newspaper.He claims he was harassed, ar-rested and detained many times

between 1994 and 1998.

Other victims who have beenrecently awarded by court in-clude Otieno Makonyango (Sh20million), Rumba Kinuthia (Sh1.5million), Harun Thungu Wakabaand 21 others (each was awarded

between Sh1 million and Sh3 mil-lion), Koigi Wamwere (Sh2.5million) and Miguna Miguna(Sh1.5 million).

State to pay ex-MPs Sh25m

TAXPAYERS’ BURDEN | Government admits liability for violations but faults hefty compensation

Politicianmanyara,ormerawmakerGatabakindournalistwarded

damagesor rightsiolations

duringlamouror reforms

After the attempted 1982 coup, Gitobu

Imanyara took up the cases of air force

men charged with treason.

He was later accused of being amongcoup plotters, was arrested and chargedwith theft and struck off the roll of advo-

cates

He was imprisoned for five years at

the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison and

confined in the same block with insaneinmates

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

‘I was detained with insane inmates’

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NAKURU

Man charged withissuing bad chequ

A man was yesterday chwith issuing a bad cheque oSh26,000 to a trader to setdebt. Mr Paul Kagui deniedoffence before a Nakuru coand was released on a Sh50

bond. He is accused of writhe cheque on February 9 tMichael Kamau that bouncwhen presented to the bankpayment. The case will be hon July 10.

NAIROBI

Police launch searcabducted two-year

Police are looking for a tyear-old girl who was kidnafrom Oshwal Academy in P

lands on Thursday afternoMr Paresh Dodhia had senfamily driver, Mr Gideon Oto pick his daughter Jhui Dfrom school but he never c

back. Police later found thecle, a white Toyota Proboxdoned in Kariobangi. Unknpeople have been calling thily demanding Sh50,000 ra

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NAIROBI

Books to cost morministry over late p

The government will havto pay more for books and tionery under Free PrimaryEducation and subsidised s

ondary education, due to dpayment to suppliers. KenyBooksellers and Stationersciation chairman Arthur Kasaid the law empowers themfix higher costs for their suif they expect payment to d

Court quashes move toreject cabinet nominees

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ORRESPONDENT

The High Court yesterdayuashed a decision by the Na-uru County Assembly to rejectine nominees proposed to theabinet and public service com-

mission.Mr Justice Anyara Emukule

ertified as urgent an applica-on by Kaptembwa residentohn Kipng’eno Koech, sayinghe Assembly erred in law bysing ‘unorthodox’ means toeject six nominees for the ex-cutive committee and anotherhree for the service board.

Mr Koech’s lawyer Tomjienda said he would alsoe seeking CVs of all the as-embly members to establishhether they had the capacity

o vet professors and mastersegree holders before deciding

hether they were fit to holdffice or not.

In the ex parte application,Mr Koech said the Assemblyfailed to conduct its business

as required and rejected thenames without debate therebyshowing an ulterior motive wasat play.

Rejected nominees

Only four names wereapproved while Prof MaryKariuki, Dr Julius Ogeto, MrsPollyne Anyango, Dr StanleyChepkwony, Mr Joseph Kosgeiand Mrs Mary Wanjiru were re-

jected as cabinet members.Those rejected in the serv-

ice board included Mr JamesKiongi, Mr Peter Muriithi andMr J.M Migosi.

Mr Koech demanded thathe be supplied with copies of the report containing reasonswhy the nominees were re-

jected saying they ought to be

approved as proposed withoutany alterations.

PHOTO | PPS

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta launches the Anti-sexual Harassmentand Disability Mainstreaming Policies during the opening of the

Gender Mainstreaming and Disability Week at Jomo Kenyatta Uni-versity and Technology in Kiambu County. Looking on is the JKUAT

vice-chancellor, Prof Mabel Imbuga.

LAUNCH| Anti-sexual harassment policy

BY NATION CORRE-

SPONDENT

Environment Cabinet

Secretary Judi Wakhungu has sacked embattledTana and Athi Rivers De-velopment Authority boss

Abdul Agonga.In a notice in yesterday’s

edition of the Kenya Gazette,Prof Wakhungu announcedthat she had annulled theappointment of Mr Agongaon Tuesday and that he hadto leave office by Friday.

“In exercise of powersconferred by section 10 (i)of the Tana and Athi RiversDevelopment Authority Act,the Cabinet Secretary forEnvironment and NaturalResources revokes the ap-pointment of Abdul Agonga,as Managing Director witheffect from 14th June,

2013,” said a notice dated June 11.

The cancellation of Mr Ago nga ’s appoi ntmentcould bring to a close a long-drawn Court saga involving

his tenure at Tarda.On April 22, Mr Agonga

was suspended by RegionalDevelopment PS CareyOrege. However, he wentto Court and Lady JusticeMonica Mbaru orderedthat he gets his job back

because he was not givena chance to defend himself against accusations of abuseof office.

The decision saw thetwo parties engage in a

bitter exchange in the courtcorridors before the police

separated them.Tarda staff also denied

him entry into his office.On June 6, Industrial

Court Judge MathewsNduma kicked him out of office and directed all thecases by Mr Agonga andTarda be taken before Mr

Justice Nzioki wa Makau on June 13.

Yesterday, Tarda lawyerKibe Mungai said the revo-cation was a justification forwhat Tarda had alleged allalong.

Prof Wakhungu hasalso sacked five Tarda

board members: Patr ickLumumba, Francis AremoOdero, Isaac Kalua, DoreenNkirote and Peter Ndegwa

Muturi. No reason was givenfor their removal.

Embattled Tarda boss and five board members sent packing

CRIME | Armed gangsters target motorists

BY ZADOCK ANGIRA

[email protected]

A man was shot dead andanother seriously injuredin separate attacks in

Nairobi. Several residents,including passengers, werealso robbed in different partsof the city.

Nairobi police boss BensonKibui said the man was killed in

Tassia area yesterday morning.He was driving into his homeat Solidarity Plaza around 1am,when he was confronted bythree men armed with pistols.

The gunmen ordered him toopen his car, but he resisted.They shot him before escap-ing on foot towards Mabatinislums, without stealing anythingfrom him.

Another motorist was earliercarjacked in the same Tassianeighbourhood and abandonedin Kariobangi after being shoton the thigh and robbed of hisvehicle.

The victim was also drivinginto his compound when he wasconfronted by five men armedwith pistols. He was shot when

he tried to resist.In Buruburu, passengers ina bus headed for Umoja areawere carjacked and robbed onThursday night along Nile Road.Four carjackers pretending to becommuters took over the vehicleand drove it into a dark alley,

where they robbed the passen-gers before escaping.

The bus driver, Mr GideonMugo and his conductor ElijahNjenga escaped. They were laterarrested when they went to re-port the matter at Jogoo policestation. Following increasedattacks on the bus company,police are now investigatingclaims that most crew of CitiHoppa buses could be colluding

with criminals.In another carjacking in-

cident, a Madison Insuranceemployee was seized at LuckySummer area and abandoned inKorogocho after being robbed of cash and other valuables.

She was parking her vehicle,when she was confronted byfour armed men, who blind-folded her and drove towardsDandora. The gangsters aban-doned her together with the carwhen they realised that a police

car was trailing them.In Ongata Rongai area,police on patrol also arrestedtwo people and impounded avehicle that was ferrying 360kgof bhang on Magadi Road.

The driver of the car es-caped.

Policeprobinglaimshat crew

of a busompanyreolluding

withriminalso robommuters

Man shot dead

as scores robbedin city attacks

The hours within which fourcarjackings were reported in

Nairobi

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NAIROBI

Poor diabetic childto get free insulin

Needy diabetic children now get free insulin from thKenyatta National Hospitahospital, which sees about children with the disease eyear, will also train the patiand their parents on how tadminister the insulin injec

While making the announc

yesterday, KNH deputy dirSimeon Monda called on pto register their children unthe age of 23 with the hosp

KIRINYAGA

Shouting for passenearns five Sh5,000

Five people were yester-day fined Sh5,000 each by

Wang’uru court for toutingBernard Kuria, Antony MuDenis Kinyua, Espan WaroElijah Njoroge were handeddown the fine after they pleguilty to the traffic offence making noise in a manner lto annoy the public on Thuat Ngurubani bus terminus

would serve one month imonment in default.

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Use what’s available tostep up war on crime

Even though the police have been allocated only

half of what they had asked for to fight crime,this will not, in any way, lower the public’s ex-

ectations on security.The people whose family members are butchered by

rmed raiders in their homes or victims of the terror at-acks in Nairobi and Mombasa, will not be bothered byoncerns within the police leadership that the force gotnly Sh67 billion to carry out its vital duty of protectinghe lives and property of Kenyans.

The government, we believe, would have had no problemwith granting the Sh134 billion sought by Inspector-Gen-ral David Kimaiyo, knowing the key role the force haso play in ensuring law and order to enable the nation toevelop. The economy, as National Treasury Cabinet Sec-etary Henry Rotich succinctly put it, will rely heavily onmproved security. A people constantly under siege fromrmed criminals and other vermin cannot be expectedo freely go about their productive activities.However, the police chief and his team will appreciate

hat it is not only the security sector whose requests for

unding have been slashed. The Budget is tight for all,with massive cuts having been effected in other areasn a bid to meet a huge shortfall. The police and otherectors will have to go back to the drawing board toevise their projections and be able to operate within

what is available.Cabinet Secretary Rotich is certainly not a security

rofessional, but he has a pretty good idea on what IGPKimaiyo and his team need to give priority to. Theyhould increase patrols, provide equipment and motorehicles, research on crime trends and build houses forolice officers. This is the best way to give the public anssurance on their safety and also boost the morale of he officers to carry out their vital but risky duty.

The general improvement in security around the coun-ry, with the recent mysterious killings in Bungoma andusia having been curbed, is proof of the force’s increasingffectiveness. However, much more work still needs toe done, especially to prevent the increasing incidentsf grenade attacks by terrorists allied to Somalia’s Al-habaab.

But even as we expect the officers to do more, commu-ity support is vitally important in policing as the forceannot cover every spot to protect everybody.

No room for power fights

Y esterday’s Court of Appeal decision that upheldthe role of county commissioners has set aninteresting stage in their already uneasy rela-

onship with the 47 governors. The ruling that formerresident Mwai Kibaki acted within the law by making

hese appointments in the twilight of his leadership,as effectively secured the county commissioners’

obs.It is bound to put a new spring in their step that could

ring to the fore the tension that has been simmeringince the governors took office, following the March 4lection.But even before this decision was made, President

Kenyatta seemed ready to see the commissioners worklongside the governors, as the new governance struc-ure takes shape. During the Madaraka Day celebrations,he commissioners were visible as the President’s repre-entative in the counties. Of course, this has remained aontroversial issue, as the critics see this as evidence of reluctance to fully embrace the devolved system. As matters stand now, the commissioners are legally

n office and the governors cannot just wish them away.herefore, both officials will have find a way to accom-

modate each other as they exercise their authority inhe counties.

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POINT | George Kegoro

W hile on a visit tothe United States,the chairman of

the Electoral and Bounda-ries Commission, IssackHassan is reported to haveacknowledged that Kenyanshave ‘resentment and anger’over the management of theGeneral Election.

He also admitted thatthere were shortcomings onthe part of the IEBC in themanner in which it managedthe elections. Hassan now

recognises that the com-mission took too ambitiousan approach in managingthe March 4 election, citingthe breakdown of electronicvoter identification devicesand the computer systemfor reporting results.

He is reported to havesaid that the IEBC shouldhave carried out moreconsultations about thetechnology it deployed inthe elections and tested it inadvance.

Hassan also said the com-mission should have donea better job of managingpublic expectations on howit was going to run the elec-tions.

He said the IEBC had

learnt lessons, which will beapplied in future elections.

Where do the remarks by the chairman leave thecountry?

In the safety of a foreigntrip, Hassan is now accept-ing blame for things that hedenied at all material times,including during the actualelections. In court duringthe election petitions filedagainst the presidentialelection results, Hassan andthe IEBC asserted that thefailures that he now acceptshad not taken place, and

that the IEBC ran free andfair elections.

In his world, there aremultiple truths regardingthe management of the elec-tions, depending on whataudience he is addressing.This is frustrating because

with constant shifting of goalposts, it will not bepossible to agree on how

to overcome the difficultiesthat the last elections rep-resent.

As the history of thiscountry shows, electionsmatter. The post-electionviolence emanated froman electoral dispute. Also,after the 1988 Mlolongovoting, which the Kanu regime used to impose itspreferred leadership in sec-tions of the country whereit was unpopular, there wasa groundswell of ill-willtowards the government,culminating in the streetriots of 1990 and 1991.

At that time, the ‘re-sentment and anger’ thatHassan now acknowledgeswas most evident in central

Kenya, where Kanu had im-posed leaders on the people.

In four years, Kenyawill hold another set of elections, which will be in-formed by the unansweredquestions surrounding thelast vote.

It is obvious that therewill need to be significantreforms at the IEBC aheadof those elections. It is notpossible, however, for theIEBC to reform itself, givenits inherent self-interest andalso the constant shiftingof positions that it has beenengaged in regarding theelections.

What is needed at thistime is an independent of-ficial inquiry into the affairs

of the IEBC, and into themanner in which it con-

ducted the last electioIn the absence of su

inquiry, the Law Socie

Kenya has announcedwill investigate the coof the last elections.

While this is to be eaged and supported, inot a substitute for anficial probe. The methcarrying out such a reis through a commissinquiry. In law, such amission is appointed bPresident.

Since the Presidenthis party participated last elections, it wouldnecessary for other plin the same ballot to hconfidence in the comsion of inquiry. This conly be generated if thother players are allowrepresentation in the

mission of inquiry.The commission sh

have the mandate to lcomprehensively into aspects of the manageof the elections, and sreport within a short pof time, say six-to-eighmonths.

Last-minute reformcurse of Kenya’s recentoral history, will be avif the country takes acwhile there is still timimplement any agreemreached.

The appointment ofcommission of inquirysave the IEBC from thforlorn efforts it is curmaking in purporting form itself.

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There’s need for an independentteam to probe conduct of election

‘‘In the safety of aforeign trip, Hassan isnow accepting blamefor things that hedenied at all materialtimes, including

during the elections

It is not possible for theelectoral commission

to reform itself given itsinherent self-interest andthe constant shifting goals

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June 1512 | Opinion



DIFFERENT STROKES | Gabriel Dolan

Sunday, January 30, 1972is a day engraved in thememory of Irish people.

n that day British para-rooper soldiers shot dead 14narmed human rights dem-nstrators and injured dozensthers in Derry City. It took

wo inquires and 38 years be-ore the British government inhe person of Prime Ministeravid Cameron apologisednambiguously for the ‘unjus-fied and unjustifiable killings’.Early this year, compensa-

on of $80,000 was offered toach victim’s family but thatesture has been rejected asnadequate.

Last week, Mr Cameronelegated his foreign secretary

William Hague to announcehat each of the 5,228 Kenyansnjoined to the KHRC case of orture and illegal detentionom six decades ago would re-eive a paltry $4,000 each. Heroceeded to render a ‘sincereegret’ for those events. Theut-of-court settlement was

welcomed by the legal teamsn Kenya and Britain and by

many of the torture survivors.But many found the an-

nouncement a distasteful anddisgraceful ending to what hadstarted out as a noble project

by KHRC and the torture sur-vivors. That Mr Cameron didnot deem it necessary to takepersonal responsibility wastelling in itself, while a ‘sincereregret’ is a long way short of an apology. It seemed to methat Mr Hague was merelyregretting having to use suchexcessive force rather thatgenuinely feeling shame andsorrow for the rape, detention

and torture of Kenyans.Paul Muite dismissed the

payment grievances arguingthat the public acknowledg-ment was the key elementin the settlement. But whenvictims have been denied jus-tice for 60 years, when theylanguish in poverty and carrythe scars of torture, castra-

tion and rape in their bodieswhat sort of compensation isSh300,000?

In 2003 Libya paid $10 mil-lion to each of the families of the Lockerbie plane bombingand more recently Britainpaid a Libyan dissident $3.3for rendition and torture. TheHigh Court in Kenya grantedsurvivors of Nyayo ChambersSh2 million each. Monetarycompensation is not every-thing but it is new beginning if you live in destitution.

Then there is the issue of the monument that Britainwants to erect in Nairobi. Onewould hope that the victimswould be part of the designteam and perhaps anothermonument might be erected

in Trafalgar Square. Kenyanshardly need reminding of the

Emergency that resulted in thedeaths of 50,000 Kenyans and32 settlers. However, the Brit-ish public need a monumentof shame to the horrors of empire building and the pricelocal communities paid.

The rushed out-of-court

settlement was a prelude tothe enactment of the Justiceand Security Act, 2013 whichcomes into law next month inBritain. Among other thingsit permits secret courts ‘in thepublic interest’ which is clearlyintended to conceal state re-sponsibility for human rightsviolations of this nature.

Two weeks ago, the UNCommittee against Torturereprimanded Britain for itsfailure to investigate historicaltorture in Northern Irelandand for its counter-terrorismmethods of today. Makes you think that there is a secrettorture policy in Britain andthat is why apologies are notforthcoming and compensa-tion is paltry.

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What an empty apology from Britain!

‘‘Kenyans hardly needreminding of theEmergency that resulted

in the deaths of 50,000Kenyans and 32 settlers”

Bangladesh, the spraing slum that is homnearly 3,000 familie

Mombasa, is setting a badample for the rest of Keny

As if making false preteto the name of a country ienough, their business peoare now working to alienatKenyans from loving theirmoney. Just when everybowas getting besotted with

colour of the one-thousand-shilling note, tradin the Bangladesh community have introduceBangla-Pesa. They say it is a voucher for barttrade, but really, it is a brazen betrayal of the

ling.Is the silver not of the finest quality? Are th

security features on the notes not of sufficien beauty?

Someone needs to ask these people if they tthey are on Piccadilly Street for them to introMonopoly money into the economy.

They say Bangla-Pesa forms a buffer againstuations in the money supply due to uncertainin remittances, weather, holidays, sending chito school, political turmoil and so on. Who nesomething like that? Next, there will be MathPesa and there is no telling where it will end.

While the Cabinet secretary for Treasury ischanging laws to encourage investors to put tmoney in the East Africa’s stock exchanges, t

business people of Bangladesh are issuing thown currency and pretending it is only a promsory note. Not that you can buy a Senator Kegit, even with a 50 per cent tax cut on it .

The 50 per cent tax cut on Senator Keg is m

to boost agricultural activities in barley and soghum growing areas, but what do they want tBarter trade, that’s what. They have no interethe taxes government wants to get from gambThey have no interest in paying the railway taThey have no interest in the tax on flour, milkeggs.

And this at a time when Kenya needs to spSh1.6 trillion! The country has a Sh1.8 trillion— a trillion borrowed from outside and Sh800lion at home. Still, the women business owneBangladesh, who live below the bread line, docare. They want to use Bangla-Pesa to pay forwater, beer, washing clothes, tailoring, cobblemanual labour, motorcycle rides and mechanirepairs.

Bangla-Pesa claims to utilise excess capacitincrease daily sales and spending in BangladeThe people behind it need to be interrogated why they have excess capacity in the first plac

before they start doing barter with it. The idecredit without interest offends the economic p

ples of good government. With a Sh356.9 billion deficit — of which do

must give Sh67.4 billion in grants and local bing the balance of Sh246 billion for developm— how does the country repay loans if peoplemoney in private promissory notes?

These are people sabotaging the Sh4.9 billischools laptops project; they do not want to sport the Sh8.6 billion for youth polytechnics,care nothing for the Higher Education LoansSh4.9 billion to support university learning.

They are indifferent to the need for Sh10 bifor primary education just because they do noprimary schools. And they have no interest inSh8 billion irrigation projects.

They just want to trade without the exchanof money. The people behind Bangla-Pesa mapretend that they do not want to replace KenyShilling, but in their hearts, they want to creatheir own economy. They want to replace the renowned mobile phone money system, M-Peis economic sabotage. Period.

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This Bangla-Pes

economy is not good for Kenya

POLITICALLY CORRECTKwamchetsi Makokha’s sideway

look at informal money market

BUDGET | Magesha Ngwiri

It is unbelievable that such ayoung government can harboura death-wish. Even if desperate

times call for desperate measures,raising the price of maize-flour by16 per cent can only be describedas potentially suicidal.

That is what a Bill before Parlia-ment proposes to do. It should beshot down promptly.

Apparently, the government in-tends to table the Value Added TaxBill (2012), which will slap a 16 percent levy on basic food commodi-ties, namely unga, bread, milk andrice. On top of that, all farm inputs,which were heretofore zero-rated,will also be taxed.

Among those pushing for thismeasure are the new Cabinet Sec-retary for the National Treasury, MrHenry Rotich, and the Kenya Rev-

enue Commission director-general,Mr John Njiraini.

Now, these two gentlemen arequite knowledgeable in their profes-sions, one a seasoned accountantand the other an economist of nomean repute. They have probablydone their math and concludedthat this country will benefit enor-mously should Parliament endorsethis Bill in its entirely.

I am no economist, but I highlydoubt that the majority of Kenyanswill welcome with glee any kind of price increase in basic food itemswhich they can hardly afford in thefirst place. This is not populism; itis the reality.

Let us suppose a packet of ungacosts Sh100, which seems to be theaverage. The majority of Kenyans

— we are talking about 26 millionsouls — cannot afford that amount, because this is what they earn daily.

All they can afford to buy is half that amount at Sh50, and spreadout the rest of their daily earningson bus fare, cooking fat, paraffinfor the stove and so on — the wholegamut of the “kadogo economy”.

What is left for them to live on?The jobless, low-income earners,

and even the lower middle classescould not give a hoot whether theprices of computers, software, andeven electricity went up. They willnot pour into the streets if waterdrilling service tax or airport park-ing fees go through the roof. Butthey care deeply what their childrenwill eat in the evening.

Granted, a 16 per cent tax on

previously exempted food itemswill add a few more billions tothe public coffers. It will also give

the taxman an easier time for, ap-parently, he has been spendingsleepless nights trying to figure outhow to refund VAT to businesspeo-ple. But at what cost?

This measure may turn out to bethe costliest gaffe of this admin-istration in terms of social unrestin the short term, and a hugelyretrogressive step for the economyin the long run. When the peopledecide they have nothing left tolose, the consequences will be cata-strophic for everyone.

Instead of pushing to the wallthe majority of Kenyans who arealready wallowing in the mire of deprivation, the government shouldexplore innovative ways of soakingthe super-rich and the modestly af-fluent for the common good.

This may sound simplistic, but it

is common sense. The people leastlikely to revolt due to the rumblingof their empty bellies are the oneswho earn a decent living. And inany case, they are a tiny minority.

Having said that, I don’t buy theargument that slapping a 16 percent tax across the board and thenseeking ways to cushion the poorthrough subsidies is the most effi-cient, or effective, thing to do. It is,actually, sheer sophistry.

Three years ago, the governmentcame up with a hare-brained sub-sidy programme in which a packetof unga would sell at two differ-ent prices — one for the poor andthe higher one for the rest — andwhat happened? Total chaos. A few plucky fellows minted mil-lions though. Is that what we really

want?

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Target the rich and luxury items formore taxes, not unga, milk or bread

Consumers to pay more for basic itemssuch as flour, tooth paste and sugar.

The peopleeast likelyo revolt

due to theumbling

of their

mptybellies arehe ones

who earndecentving

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une 15, 2013 Opinion



MARK MY WORD |Philip Ochieng

Iread The Beautyful On

Are Not Yet Born, a fictitle by the Ghanaian n

ist Ayi Kweyi Arma, decadago. But a small fact remamy head about that title. Tadjective “beautyful” is spwith a “y”, not with an “i”.not remember why. But I this: It is not for nothing tcreative writer may make

a remarkable break with customary use. The bthen, is that, through it, Arma is trying to makpoint.

Another memorable example is found in theof another West African novelist. The noun “dard” in Amos Tutuola’s title Palm Wine Drinka

does not exist in ordinary English. But Palm W Drinkard is not written in ordinary English. Toften coins his own words, and with the ease Lewis Carroll in the poem “Jabberwocky” (in Through The Looking-glass).

Nigerian mother tongue

And Tutuola breaks English grammar with joyful abandon and scornful laughter of Okotp’Bitek in full flight in the telling of an Acholi tale. But, in this way, Tutuola brings his wholliterary scheme into line with his Nigerian motongue and culture. What would have happeneknow-it-all editor had changed drinkard to “drard” or simply “drinker” (the former being onthe ordinary English words for a sot, a habitudrunken person)?

In particular, if — in his self-righteous ignor— the editor had “corrected” the narration frocontinuous to the simple past tense, he wouldruined Tutuola’s whole ethico-intellectual pro

To be sure, the ilk of Tutuola’s hero daily cona great deal of palm wine. On occasion, we evthem staggering. Yet the image that emerges Tutuola’s drinkards — and it is never anything

but palm wine — is not that of alcoholics. What Jennifer Kimani of Kenya’s Nacada co

demns as “drug and substance abuse” is not ttarget of Tutuola’s literary salvo. Palm wine drds are what you might call “cultural drinkers”

Moral message

For their drinking is always deeply intertwinwith the ethnic community’s daily work rhythIt is the ritual unction and magic with which clective work is inspirited and collective living cemented and celebrated.

It is certain — I reiterate — that, by coiningadjective “beautyful” for his title, Armah is sening across a certain social or moral or intellecmessage. That is why it was disgusting that, iarticle in last Saturday’s Standard, the writer —was it perhaps the sub-editor? — “corrected”

tyful to beautiful in all his mentions of ArmahBut, if “beauty” — from the French adjectiv

beau and noun beaute — refers to a combinatioof qualities that delight the senses and the miwhat combination would say is full of beauty aany African state since independence? Perhapanswer to Armah is that, in UhuRuto, the beauones have just been born in Kenya. But, despitliant signs, that remains to be seen.

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This is why the‘beautyful’ one

are not yet bor

“I have proposed tax measures aimed at facili

ing the development of infrastrure facilities such

railway and energy to reduce the cost of transpo

energy.”

Treasury Secretary Henry R

QUOTED

W hat is NelsonMandela’s legacyto Kenya? He

helped to restore ournational consciousnessregarding the contribu-tion of the Mau Mau toour liberation struggleas well as that of other

Africans. When he vis-ited Kenya in July 1990,shortly after he wasreleased from imprison-ment, he inquired aboutthe location of the graveof Field Marshall DedanKimathi.

He also asked for thewhereabouts of his widowMukami as well as Gen-eral China, one of the keyleaders of the Mau Mau

uprising. General China(Waruhiu Itote) died on

April 30, 1993.Mandela, born only two

years earlier than DedanKimathi, told thousandsof Kenyans who flockedto hear him speak atKasarani Stadium: “Inmy 27 years of imprison-ment, I always saw theimage of fighters suchas Kimathi, China, andothers as candles in mylong and hard war againstinjustice.”

Speaking in front of agiant portrait of PresidentDaniel arap Moi, he con-tinued: “It is an honourfor any freedom fighter

to pay respect to suchheroes.”The speech caused

discomfort and major

embarrassment to Presi-dent Moi who, like JomoKenyatta before him,had refused to publicly

acknowledge the Mau Mau as national heroesand Kimathi as a legen-dary figure who inspiredother freedom fighters in

Africa.The administrations of

Kenyatta and Moi main-tained the ban on theMau Mau, imposed bythe British colonialists in1952. Kimathi remainedan unsung hero, hisremains buried in an un-marked grave known onlyto the British.

But the rest of Africacontinued to pay hom-age to the Mau Mau, whofought the only liberationwar in Africa that re-

ceived no outside help. AsRaphael Njoroge observesin his book Education for

Renaissance in Africa pub-

lished in 2004, the Mau Mau, who took an oath todie for their convictions,won the hearts of many

freedom fighters in otherparts of Africa for theirundaunted spirit and self-sacrifice for the liberationof their people.

To the Mau Mau fight-ers, being imprisoned,detained, killed, torturedand maimed meant noth-ing. That kind of spiritwas adopted by freedomfighters in Zimbabwe,Mozambique, Angola, Na-mibia and particularly inSouth Africa.

The Mau Mau libera-tion story inspired notonly Mandela and other

African freedom fighters but also the literature of liberation.

Josiah Mwangi Kari-uki, popularly known as JM Kariuki, was the firstto write his memoirs

about his experiences inthe liberation struggle.His classic Mau Mau De-tainee, published in 1963,set the pattern for otherliberation memoirs suchas Mandela’s Long Walkto Freedom (1995), John

Ya-Otto’s Battlefront Na-mibia (1982) and MosesDlamini’s Robben Island

Hell-Hole (1980).It is also noteworthy

that Dedan Kimathi’sworld view is pretty muchreflected by that of Man-dela. One of the oftenquoted statements fromKimathi says: “The jour-ney to freedom is full of sacrifices, tears, hunger,clothes full of lice, blood

and death.”Nelson Mandela said

during his 1963 RivoniaTrial: “I have cherishedthe ideal of a democraticand free society in whichall persons live togetherin harmony and withequal opportunities. It isan ideal which I hope tolive for and achieve. Butif needs be, it is an idealfor which I am preparedto die.”

Mandela, no doubt,would readily agree withKimathi who also said: “Iconsider myself a great

African patriot fighting,not for the liberation of Kenya alone, but for East

Africa and the rest of thecontinent.”

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FAIR PLAY | Peter Mwaura

Mandela visit helped bring back theswag in the ideals Kimathi died for

Nelson Mandela, Africa’s most celebrated stateman

Kenyattand Moi

maintainedhe ban

on theMau Mau,mposed

by theBritisholonialistsn 1952

LETTER FROM AMERICA | Randall Smith

W e must let go of Madiba.

Not his memory. Not his legacy.Not his accomplishments. But we

must be willing to let him leave us.This past week, hundreds of reporters

ave staked out the hospital where he iseing treated in South Africa for a seriousng infection. I do not know why it takes

00 reporters to tell us that a man is aliver dead.The real story lies outside of the hospital

rounds and rests in a continent, whichas been too often characterised by apart-eid, human tragedy and conflict. The real

Mandela story is that Africans, by work-ng together, can change their world – andave.Look at Kenya. The middle class, which

sed to be virtually non existent, may sooneach 20 percent of the population. There

a demand for quality on all levels inmany African countries, and there is a bur-eoning educational system to support theansformation.My suspicion is all of this would have

appened, but not as fast without Mandela.his past week, I was at one of the top uni-ersities in Asia. The students are brilliant,ained in everything from engineering

o high technology. But they have been

urprised by my stories of a prosperingfrica. I told the students that I met the

leader who was called the Nelson Mandelaof Korea in 2007. His name was Kim Dae-

Jung. Like Mandela, he had been jailed byhis adversaries and was almost killed. Hewas greatly misunderstood by many Ko-reans, because he wanted to pursue peacewith North Korea. In fact, many thought hewould destroy South Korea if ever elected.

But he did not. In fact, he won the NobelPeace Prize for pursuing what was knownas the Sunshine Policy, which createdfactories in North Korea, encouraged vis-its between the North and the South andmany economic activities.

I talked to him shortly before he died.His message was simple: South Korea mustcontinue to work for peace and to strivefor the unification of the Korean peninsula.Like Mandela, he was not rich – just verydetermined with an intuitive knowledge of people. And he was influenced by Madiba.

Mandela is not without his heroes. Oneof the biggest was a poor Indian lawyer,

who found his passion in South Africa.Trained in London - and a friend of writ-ers like Henry David Thoreau - this lawyercould not find legitimate work in his owncountry and so he headed to Africa inhopes of establishing himself.

Mahatma Ghandi quickly found his life’swork. He was thrown off a South African

train because he refused to give up his seat.That one incident helped him realise thatdiscrimination was widespread.

So he spent 20 years of his life in South Africa fighting discrimination on everylevel, and molding his non-violent strat-egy that he later used to throw the Britishout of India. Along the way, he inspired ayoung man, Nelson Mandela.

Two days before Ghandi was assassi-nated in January 1948, he said: “If I am todie by the bullet of a mad man, I must doso smiling. There must be no anger withinme. God must be in my heart and on mylips.” Thank God, Mandela will die muchmore peacefully. In the decades to come,his spirit will continue to lift the continent.New industries will be born, and new lead-ers will be found.

But none will quite be like Mandela inthe memories of those who lived throughhis time.

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Long live Madiba, you did us all proud

‘‘Thank God, Mandela will diemuch more peacefully. His spiritwill inspire Africa for many years

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June 1514 | Opinion



President Uhuru Keny-atta last week metrepresentatives from

software giant, Microsoft,and asked them to help setup the infrastructure for thelaptop project for childrenentering class one next year.

The president insistedthat the government wouldnot allow foreign content to

be dumped in the country,and that Kenyans “will be

facilitated to develop localcontent.”

What baffles observers inthe publishing industry isthat there has been plentyof political talk about it,

but the government hasremained very economicalwith clear details in termsof policy directives.

What content will be in-stalled in the laptops? Whowill develop the contentand when this will be done?

What measures are in placeto protect the children fromunscrupulous content de-velopers who may want tocash in?

A project of this magni-tude needs proper planning

to avoid unseemly teethingproblems. The experiencewith the biometric voteridentification systems thatfailed in the last generalelections is still fresh inKenyans’ minds.

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development is

not helping matters either.Recently, it announced thatit had already developedthe content and was wait-ing for January to send it toschools. Which guidelinesdid KICD use to developcontent, and why is theinstitute being allowed todo so to the exclusion of other players in the indus-

try? This is one reason theKenya Publishers Associa-tion reject KICD’s moves.

President Kenyatta alsostressed that Kenyans will

be empowered to developlocal content.

When will they be facili-tated, by which government

agency and in what form?Has the KICD already beenfacilitated to do the workor do they know somethingthat other players is the

book industry do not know?Publishers and other

interested players intend-ing to develop content areclearly at a loss. The gov-ernment should provide

answers to these and otherquestions that threaten todog this ambitious project.

I can bet my last coin thatthe matter will remain inlimbo until January, whensomeone will suddenly startdoing things in a hurry.

NICHOLAS KALOKI, Machakos

ON THIS DATE IN 197COMPILED BY ANNIEL NJOKA

To the editor The editor welcomes brief letters on topical issues.

Write on e-mail to: [email protected] You canalso mail to: The Editor, Daily Nation, POB 49010,Nairobi 00100.

TALKING POINT

Ministry should clear the airon content for school laptops

Your comment on this year’s Budget Statement

FARAJ FALUMA: It failedto address key concerns af-

fecting kenyans. Infrastrac-tural priority at the expense of

lowering costs of basic com-modities is a miscalculation.

LINCOLN KINYUA: Com-

plains will always arise but atno time will a budget ever

favour an individual. However,landlords should not to hike

rent.

BRUNO MP MBURUGU:

Treasury Secretary Henry

Rotich did great and Kenya isgoing places.

MAUREEN NAMULANDA: Landlords will victimise the

poor in the slums. The 16 per-cent VAT on all basic goods

will make the poor suffer.

JOSEPH KANYI | NATION

Diana Wanjiku of Thunguma Primary School in Nyeri practices

typing on a laptop on June 13, 2013.

Varsity students have to

pay higher hostel feesI welcome the plan to review

ublic university fees upwards. Thedea of taxpayers footing subsidisedccommodation for the so-calledovernment students flies in theace of equity and justice. In publicniversities , students have turnedheir hostels into kitchens that costaxpayers millions in monthly elec-icity bills. University managers,

earing for their jobs, simply usee-paying students’ moneys to pay

hese astronomical bills. ‘Paralleltudents’ are not allowed to stayn these hostels. Additionally, thedea that there should be wage dif-erentials for lecturers of differentourses is not only ill conceivednd obnoxious, it is simply unprec-dented anywhere in the world.

Cosmas Ronno, Eldoret

After deportation, dealwith local drug lords

We have a serious drug problemn Kenya. It is mostly foreignersho operate this dirty business.

West Africans are experts in thisusiness. Kenya has freely grantedhem freedom to operate in somef our towns. Drug dealers deserveeath of life sentences. Most Asianountries already recommend deathentences for drugs offences. De-orting foreign drug dealers is justne of the ways of dealing with theroblem. However, we have some

ocal dealers who appear untouch-ble due to their police and political

onnections. President Kenyattamust understand that Kenyansected him because he showed a

ot of promise to rebuild the coun-y and deal firmly and swiftly with

he corruption and issues like drugealing.

ALEX MUTUA, Nyahururu

MPs wrong to victimiseournalists in salary row

Our law makers seem determinedo vent their frustrations againstnyone who seems to have playedrole in lobbying against theirgitation for a salary increment.t first, they threatened to reduce

he president’s salary. Well it seemshat hard working journalists havead to bite the bullet for reporting

nd exposing what we have foughtgainst for decades. With nothingo show for their current stay inarliament but gluttony, it seems

hat they have acquired a pig-sizedppetite that is here to stay for theext four years.

DAVE MUNGAI, Nairobi

Protesters should not use blood in demonstrations

Odinga should live like thepoor instead of complaining

Our Constitution is loud on freedom of demonstration and picketing but silent onthe manner in which they should be under-taken. Perhaps this is why we see extremeprotests against MPs. There are people whosicken at the sight of blood. I can only im-

agine how they felt when protesters poured blood during the two “Operation OccupyParliament” demonstrations. I beseech thecivil society to conduct their protests inempathetic and mindful ways. But sincethere are no laws that govern them, theyshould carry a “viewer discretion” sign.

EDMOND NYABOLA, via e-mail

DEBATE QUESTION

THE CUTTING EDGE

BY THE WATCHMAN

MPS’ SALARIES. With the creation of more

stituencies and special seats, the work of MPs h

been greatly reduced, which is why they should

paid less than what their counterparts in the 10

liament earned, says Milton Odhiambo. Instead

constituencies, there are 290 today, which are

sented by 290 MPs, 47 women’s representative

Senators, and 47 Governors. He adds: “In fact, t

monthly salary of Sh530,000 should be slashed

contact is [email protected].

FARE HIKE. Matatu operators are ripping off

students of Taita Taveta University College, wh

are forced to pay Sh70 for a seven-kilometre jo

ney from Voi town to their campus, moans Evan

Nyongesa. Matatu crews, he adds, have perfect

art of extortion, theft and violation of traffic ru

Students’ pleas to the authorities, he claims, ha

fallen on deaf ears, as matatus crews plying the

Mwatate road continue to behave as i f they are

the law. His contact is [email protected]

RESTITUTION. Happy to note that the Briti

Government has finally agreed to pay some com

pensation to Mau Mau victims for the atrocities

mitted against them 50 years ago, Peter Wanda

says it is a welcome signal to others with simila

plaints to also press for payment. Peter singles

members of the Dini ya Musambwa sect, “who w

also tortured during the colonial era”. Some of

sect’s members, he adds, were shot dead at Ma

trading centre in Bungoma in 1948, and their lea

Elijah Masinde, detained. For the details, his co

is [email protected].

Have an apologetic day, won’t you!

EVICTION. Following the eviction of journal

from the media centre at Parliament Buildings b

MPs bent on increasing their salaries, media ho

should give them a total blackout, urges Antony

Irungu. However, he fears that in the absence o

dia cameras, Parliament grounds might become

ven for cutting shady deals. “We, the taxpayers

a right to know what happens inside and outsid building. “ His contact is [email protected]

GOOD DEED. One of the best people Tom A

has ever encountered, he says, is a man who ass

him when he had a tyre burst near Salgaa on th

doret-Nakuru-Nairobi highway at 2.30am, a fort

ago. He didn’t expect other motorists to stop an

sist at that ungodly hour, but help arrived in the

of a man, who had a blanket around his shouldeThe man got down to work, changed the wheel

wished him a safe journey to Nairobi. “He didn’

for any money and didn’t even tell me his name

Tom, whose contact is [email protected].

BUDGET: President Jomo Kenyatta arrives a

Parliament buildings to hear Finance minister

Kibaki present his budget proposals to the Nati Assembly.

It is pleasing that former Prime MinisterRaila Odinga has not publicly commentedon the ongoing airport saga involving himand his family. My take on the whole sagais that the Mr Odinga should join us, theordinary folk, and feel what we go through

every day of our lives. He should queue withus at airports, banks, hospitals and schools,

join us for ugali and nyama choma, ridewith us in matatus and experience the traf-fic jams. Mr Odinga is known not to enjoya first class life in a country where ordinarycitizens are suffering.

JOB MOMANYI, Nairobi

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How Green Should Economic GrowthBe?

First dilemma. When your countrysells its oil, copper, or timber, it is actuallyswapping one asset for another: out goes anatural resource, in comes cash. Your na-tional net worth has not changed. Now, if thecash is invested wisely, you might be betteroff — rather than leaving hydrocarbons, min-erals, or trees sitting idle, you would havehealthier children, more educated workers,

better infrastructure and so on. But doesthat mean that you should drill, mine or cut-down as much, and as soon as possible?

Second dilemma. An investor is about to build a huge clothing factory that will employthousands of poor people. These are well-paying jobs, badly-needed tax revenues, andif things go well, a shot at attracting other in-vestors. There is a catch though: the factory’srunoff will slowly pollute the local river. In 30years, its water will be foul and unusable. Butpeople are suffering now. Would you join ademonstration to stop the construction of thenew factory?

Third dilemma. A populous develop-ing country finds a way to quickly grow itseconomy. Its billion citizens begin to de-mand condos, cars, refrigerators, and steaks.Producing all this for them will add tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that isalready too warm, because citizens in richcountries have been buying condos, cars,refrigerators, and steaks for decades. Inthe end, global warming will hurt everyone

— catastrophic floods, terrible droughts, anddevastating storms. Should internationalorganisations persuade that developing coun-try to slow down the pace of its economicgrowth?

Fourth dilemma. A hydro-power dam couldsolve your country’s perennial lack of elec-tricity, and unleash its industrial potential.This will surely be good for the environment,

because there will be less need to burn coal.Engineers are happy with the project’s safetystandards, and bankers are lined up to fi-nance it.

But just when the bulldozers are about tomove in, someone finds out that the dam’sreservoir will submerge the habitat of a par-ticular type of squirrel that cannot surviveanywhere else. That species will be gone for-ever. What do you do?

Final dilemma. Your economy dependsheavily on imported oil from countries whosepolitics are unstable. The oil is then used to

fuel cars whose emissions ruin the air. A localentrepreneur suddenly invents a new technol-ogy to extract gas from underground rocks.The procedure sounds brutal: you drill downdeep and then blast the rocks with high-pres-sure water and chemicals. Out comes a lotof gas that can replace the dirty oil. But you are unsure what the long-term effects of allthat subterranean blasting will be. Contami-nated ground water? Leaks? Earthquakes?Even the name of the excavation technique— “fracking” — sounds a bit scary. Do you shut it down and continue to burn foreign oil,or do you try the new technology?

By now, you should be struggling with theeconomic, social, geopolitical, ecological, andtechnological content of these dilemmas. If so, welcome to the quest for “green growth”,that is, for the right balance between mate-rial progress and environmental protection.There is much debate over where, and how tostrike that balance. The debate boils down to

societal preferences and moral choices—so,of course, there is little agreement. The cari-

cature of the heartless economist and t

tree-hugging environmentalist shoutingeach other comes to mind. But don’t thin your intellectual towel just yet. Well one gets to extreme dilemmas, there is that can be done — based on common s— to make growth greener without makslower. There are win-wins.

To start with, governments could putin the subsidies they give out. The pricgasoline, electricity, water, and even fooare usually subsidised — this is true in countries, developed and developing. Bcause people don’t pay for the true costwhat they consume, they have less inceto conserve — why would you unplug ychargers at night if the electricity bill isdiculously cheap? These price subsidienot just inefficient but also unfair: whothe biggest cars and lives in the biggesthouses? Certainly not the poor. Still, byestimates, the world spends about a tril

dollars a year on this kind of giveawaysIndustries could be much faster in ad

ing cleaner technologies that already ex Why aren’t they? Because they don’t alhave to pay for the environmental damthey cause. Sure, when a giant multinatcompany spills oil in the coastal watersrich country, it i s held accountable. Butday-to-day business, there is plenty of ption for which nobody pays. Think of ca

emissions from hundreds of thousandsplanes and ships that carry the world’sBut think also of the millions of subsistfarmers putting down one more round ticides, no matter how much they may the environment, just to squeeze a largeout of their tiny plot of land.

And consumers — meaning, us — couchange the way we behave, and what wevalue. Whether we laundry too much orcycle too little, these individual decisiothe result of the prices we face, the knoedge we have, and the social norms we

Who wants to drive a massive SUV if gacosts a fortune, you are aware of the cacrass carbon “footprint”, and your frienwould anyway think it was uncool? Theapplies to our appetite for “inter-generaequity”, that is, for saving part of our naresources for our children and their chiIs this really a priority for you, as a votwhen you have to pick one presidential

date over another?So, how does one get governments, in

dustries, and people to do the right thinand go for greener growth? Surprisingltechnical tools are known: undistorted pclear property rights, smart taxes, enforegulation, markets in emission rights, munity engagement, investment in resefinance for innovation, open data, publication campaigns, and so on. But, as wmany things in development, politics —the power of those who benefit from thstatus quo — gets in the way of action, reforms either don’t happen, or take a ltime. Over the coming years, all eyes w

be on emerging economies, on whetherwill lock themselves in the old ways of

business, or will they seek to grow greefrom the beginning.

Marcelo Giugale is World Bank Director fEconomic Policy and Poverty Reduction

grams. Follow Marcelo Giugale on Twittewww.twitter.com/@Marcelo_WB

ECONOMICS FOR EVERYONE | Marcelo Giugale

Dilemma for countries inquest for ‘green growth’Societal preferences and moralchoices make it difficult forsocieties to strike the balance

between material progress andenvironmental protection

But, as with so many things indevelopment, politics — and thepower of those who benefit fromthe status quo — gets in the wayof action, and reforms either donhappen, or take a long time”

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Thursday they are unlikely toapprove the spending if thatdoesn’t happen.

MPs Mithika Linturi (IgembeSouth), Jakoyo Midiwo (Gem),Shakeel Shabir (Kisumu East)and Jimmy Angwenyi (Kitutu Chache North) warned Treas-ury there would be a major fightover the matter.

Mr Midiwo said Mr Githae“lied” when he announced in

January that the Sh10.1 billionhad been released to the con-stituencies.

“This matter is not small,”said Mr Midiwo. “This moneywas meant for the Budget yearending in the next 15 days. Howdoes the government intend togive us this money?”

CDF committee chairman

Moses Lessonet raised thematter in the National As-sembly a few minutes beforeTreasury Secretary HenryRotich presented his budgetto the nation.

The Eldama Ravine MP sug-gested that MPs could use theirpowers since Parliament is nowa main player in the preparationof the Budget to get the CDFcash back.

“The National Assembly isthe ultimate decision-maker.

We shall reject that realloca-tion. The money is at CDF sowhen we reject it will go backto CDF,” he said.

BY JOHN NGIRACHU [email protected]

MPs have protestedat the failure by theTreasury to allocate

the Constituency DevelopmentFund money in SupplementaryBudget estimates tabled last

Wednesday.This protest could frustrate

the approval of the Sh31.9 bil-lion the government needs totop up its budget for the finan-cial year ending June 30.

Parliament has withheldapproval until the BudgetCommittee scrutinises theestimates. MPs want the Sh5.4

billion pending to be restoredin the supplementary budgetestimates and indicated on

House threatens clash withTreasury over CDF moneyLawmakers accuseormer Finance

minister Githae of lying’ about release

of Sh10.1 billionor constituency

development plans

BUDGET | MPs vow to frustrate approval of government top up

Amount of money allocatedfor the CDF for the 2012/2013financial yearSh24bn

Changes proposed oInsurance Act to draforeign investmentBY NATION

REPORTER

The government has givenforeign investors a nod totake a larger control of localinsurance companies as itseeks to enhance insurancecoverage in the country.

On Thursday, NationalTreasury Cabinet SecretaryHenry Rotich asked a parlia-mentary committee to accepthis proposal and remove therestriction on foreign owner-ship for insurance agents inorder deepen insurancepenetration.

“To strengthen the regula-tory framework and ensure a stable and growing insurancesector, I direct the Insur-ance Regulatory Authority

to initiate an overhaul of theInsurance Act to align it with

best international practicesand our Constitution,” MrRotich said while present-ing the budget statement tothe Budget and AppropriationCommittee.

What the law stipulates

The Insurance Act stipu-lates that a minimum of onethird of the paid-up capital of an insurer be owned by Ken-yan citizens or wholly owned

by the government. The Actalso requires that one third of the members of the board of directors be citizens.

For insurance brokeragefirms, 60 per cent of the

paid-up share capital should be owned by Kenyans.The move is a boost to

the Insurance Regulatory

Authority (IRA) whiintroduced risk-baspervisory guidelines among other initiaencourages merger

buy-outs to improve tprofile of insurance fi

“This is Basel InternStandards requiremethe companies will hcomply. The face of thetry is changing with thof international playehave been telling the intional companies not tgreen field (from scrat

erations) but to invest companies,” said IRAexecutive Sammy Maka recent interview.

We have beentelling internationcompanies not tostart from scratch but to invest in lo

companies”KRA CEO Sammy M

BY NATION

CORRESPONDENT

Cargo transporters are upin arms over the proposed 1.5per cent import levy saying itwill hurt consumers, even asexperts warned that the newmeasure may prove difficultto enforce.

During his budget statement

on Thursday, Cabinet SecretaryHenry Rotich said the govern-ment will soon impose a 1.5 percent levy on all imports to fundthe construction of a standardgauge railway from Mombasato Kisumu.

The Finance Bill 2013indicates that the levy will

be imposed on the customsvalue of goods imported forhome use.

However, the Kenya In-ternational Freighters and

War eh ousi ng As soci at ion(Kifwa) wants the tax imposedon import goods meant forneighbouring countries.

“If cargo transiting toUganda will not be chargedthe levy, then it means thatKenyans will be disadvan-

taged,” said Kifwa chairman,Mr Boaz Makomere.

He said goods on transit toneighbouring countries in theEast African region cause asmuch, if not more, damage tolocal infrastructure and shouldtherefore be levied.

The Northern Corridor con-nects the Port of Mombasa tomarkets in Uganda, Rwandaand Burundi. It is also used bycargo headed to the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC) andSouth Sudan.

Freighters using Kenyanroads to move goods to neigh-

bouring countries are chargedroad tolls which go towards

maintaining the infrature. Mr Makomere saythe same should applyit comes to raising reve

build the railway.On the other han

experts and governmecials have warned that not be legally possible Cabinet Secretary to isuch a measure.

Mr Richard Sindiga, aomist at the ministry o

African Affairs and Comsaid the EAC common etariff outlines duty tha

be charged on goods enthe region. No countunilaterally impose addtaxes on goods headed tpartner states.

“It is almost impossapply such levies on gooare headed to neighbcountries,” added tax aMr Nikhil Hira of Delo

Although the CustomsProtocol makes provisiimplementation of adtrative charges and fre-exports, taking thicould set Kenya on a copath with her neighbou

situation that Mr Rotic be trying to avoid.

Freighters oppose import lev

Treasury expects to raiseSh15 billion from the newlevy to construct a railwayline which will carry cargotrains at the speed of up to80km/h

In its budget analysis re-

leased yesterday morning,audit firm PwC said the

move will raise the cost ofimportation in Kenya in the

short term

IMPLICATION

Faster cargo

BUDGET SATURDAY NA




WeekendTHE BAREFOOT PRIN

WITH A BIG MESSAGE

Burkinabe singer Alif Naabawants to create a unique Afmusical sound.

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BY PETER [email protected]

They stormed the Kenyanliterary scene in their20s and established their

niches in the very competitivefield. One has been dubbed a

literary gangster, another aninnovative writer who has mademoney where others only see afinancial desert.

Ask them about their writingand they will say it is their life, itfuels the car and buys the food,they breathe it, they live it andthey upset the status quo for it.

On the street, however, you will be told that they are the future of Kenya’s literature.

Meet Tony Mochama aka‘Smitta’ and Billy Kahora, twoof Kenya’s most prolific andprovocative young writers.

There is a certain energy aboutMochama. An exuberance, a bub-

bliness that is noisy, playful anddefiant. There is a certain wayhe talks — sputtered speech thatcomes to the edge and stops be-

fore plodding off. Yet, curiously,he spews forth words that aredetermined to make a point and100 per cent of the time, the pointgets across; even if it is a pointthat you would not agree with.

“I’ll be running a wee bit latefrom Eldoret, but I’m joining yu soon Comradio. 2.30pm tops,”his text message read, reflect-ing vintage Mochama, ever thedeconstructionist. The interviewwas to start at 2pm. He eventu-ally arrived close to half pasttwo, dragging a brown travel bag,dressed in a white T-shirt, brown-ish khaki trousers and shoes thatare impossible to place.

That energy was evident as he begun to speak before he even sat. A short while later, he ordereda drink which, when presented

to him, he first looked at withan affectionate eye before sip-

ping. From his bag, he pulledout a couple of books, whichhe placed on the table. This wasTony Mochama; his books, hissputtered tell-it-as-it-is speech,his dreadlocks and his drink.

Naturally, the interview isabout his writing, but there is

this irresistible urge to talk tohim about his personal life. Theinquisitiveness comes from awidely accepted knowledge thathe is probably the only writer inKenya whose personal life and

writing are interfused.“There is an immersion. But

it is not complete. For my jour-nalistic work (he is a writer withThe Standard newspaper), I liketo live what I write. It helps me intransporting myself together withthe story in ways that my audi-

ence will readily identify with,”the words leap from his lips intothe air in quick succession.

But he clarifies that the otherpart — the novels and poetry — in-volve is a waking up at 4am. It

is a sober business that he takesseriously.

Mochama has been in the writ-ing business for over a decade nowthough his first attempts were inthe newspapers, his primary job todate, despite his success in fictionand poetry. He is the author of an

increasingly long list of award-winning, thought provoking, if controversial titles.

What If I’m a Literary Gangsta? — poetry collection (2007), The

Road to Eldoret (2009) — shortstory anthology, Princess Adhis& the Naija Coca Brodas (2011)(Leapfrog Award finalist, 2012),

Meet the Omtitas(Burt Award win-ner for 2013) to be launched at theNairobi International Book Fair byPhoenix Publishers in September,and The Rains Down in Africa — apoetry anthology to be published

by Ca Foscari Italia UniversityPress next year. He is workingon a novel, Pot Smokin’ Despotsabout African dictators.

Mochama’s mien contrastssharply with that of his contempo-rary, Kahora. Calm but ever busy,

the 41-year-old editor of Kwani?spots a short haircut, yet he isnot in any way officious.

He does not like generalities,the throwing around of blanketstatements with no specifics.

And right from the onset, he isall questions; have you read this?Have you seen that? Who is theauthor of that book exactly? Whosaid that?

Kahora’s first writing of notewas in South Africa while athird year student of Journalismat Rhodes University. A win in anational flash-fiction competition

by this debut work of art fired hispassion and he has been writingever since.

But that writing bug had bit-ten him earlier, prompting himto abandon half-way his Building

Economics studies at the Univer-sity of Nairobi.

In his corpus of writishort stories — Gorilla

prentice, Treadmill Love, World Power, Urban Zonin

Red Door and The ApplicaUrban Zoning was short

for 2012 Caine Prize; Tr Love appeared in the Cain

anthology 2007; The Reis to appear on the Caineanthology later this yearThe Applications, Selling

Power and Gorilla’s Appwere published in Kwan&5 respectively.

Kahora has also pennevella — The True Story of

Munyakei— published by Kand two major and popularscreen writing materialgave rise to Soul Boy, forhe was the script write

Nairobi Half-Life, where hsupervising screen writer. Kwhich receives significant ffrom the Ford Foundatio

become a major plat forwriting from across Afric

“I do creative non-fictioliterary elements in it.

think this can be seen in mmy material,” he says in measured tone.

This manner of commuing in bits and bolts — ntoo fast, nor too slow — discerned in his writings, aing to literary critic ProfKabaji.

“Billy Kahora is quite emental and very reflectivquality of his work can behe drops them word by wortence by sentence. He is with his words and giveslistic portrayal of charactis concerned with the aesof his work in terms of lanuse,” Prof Kabaji says.

But where Kahora isand reserved in his writinspeech, Mochama is restle

riotous.“I don’t mind being play

FACE-TO-FACE | The two young authors have defied criticism and proven that writing actually pays

The ‘boys’ who quit campus for writingThe 1960s

elongedo Ngugi,he 70s tombuga

nd MejaMwangind the0s

Whispers.Now it’she reign of

Mochamand Kahorao keepans andriticsalking

For my journalistic work,I like to live what I

write. It helps mein transportingmyself togetherwith the storyin ways that myaudience willreadily identifywith”

Tony Mochama

I’m primarilyinterested inwhat I perceive

to be the failureof the Kenyandream and howcharacters/individuals dealwith it”

Billy Kahora

‘‘Tony Mochama isa unique writer,with a trademarkand deliberaterebel streak thatrefuses to conformto norms – fromhis dreadlocks tohis sheng-loadedwriting and now towriting a seriousfiction book for young adults ”

— Phoenix PublishersCEO John Mwazemba

‘‘Billy Kahora isexperimental andreflective. Thequality of his workcan be felt as hedrops them word byword, sentence bysentence. He... givesa holistic portrayalof characters. Heis concerned withthe aesthetics of hiswork”

— Masinde MuliroUniversity lecturer Egara

Kabaji

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June 1520 | Weekend



BY JOHN MWAZEMBA

My first experiencewith WilliamShakespeare

left me devastated. Someuniversity students cameto our school to performShakespeare’s Romeo and

Juliet. I was at KenyattaHigh School, Mwatate, atthe time.

The play haunted me allnight. The girl who hadplayed Juliet had been adashing Taita beauty whohad left my teenage eyespopping out.

However, it was thetragedy in the story of lovers that stayed on mymind. I found the playgruelling and brutal.

I had held my breathduring the play andpanicked as I prayed forthe two lovers. This wasespecially so when Julietvisited Friar Laurence forhelp, and he offered her adrug that would put herinto a death-like coma for“two and forty hours.”

I was relieved when theFriar promised to send amessenger to informRomeo of the plan, so thathe could rejoin her whenshe woke up. When shetakes the drug, the family,thinking she is dead, takesher to the family crypt, anopen tomb.

However, things go

awfully wrong as themessenger sent bythe Friar fails to reach

Romeo and, instead,Romeo learns of Juliet’sapparent death from hisservant, Balthasar.

Totally heartbroken,Romeo buys real poisonfrom an apothecary andgoes to where Juliet’s

body lay.I prayed for Juliet to

wake up at that point.The prayers were not an-swered. Believing Juliet to

be dead, Romeo drinks thepoison and dies for real.

At thi s point , I wasmad with whoever hadcome up with the wholedamn play (whose name Idid not know at the time!).

Juliet then woke up, andfinding Romeo dead, tooka dagger to stab herself. Ifelt like jumping on stageto grab the dagger fromthe beautiful Juliet.

I got carried away bythe play, forgetting thatit was only a play.

Try as I could, I couldnot forget the words of the prince about the story:

“For never was a stor

more woe/ Than thi Julie t and her RomI have never forgiShakespeare for Julidramatic dagger str— it was brutal.

Now that is greaterature. It captures human emotions dilemmas.

I was later shockelearn that Romeo andliet was published in 15How could a play wrimore than 400 years affect me that muchanother day and era?

That is the masterstrof a great writer. Fothe lists this paper

been publi shing in last two issues. O

time will tell who great writers are. For a great writer’s work moutlive him.

This is not to say it’s bad to compile lists. However, real lary greatness cannomeasured using simyardsticks like the numof books one writes, ornumber of books sold

Al l lis ts are conversial because tinevitably leave names that some peoconsider ‘great.’ And sometimes the perction of ‘greatness’ co

be biased.The question is,

Kenyan literature, e

Forget the ‘Top 50’ lists, a great writer is one whose works endure

OPINION

William Shakespeare

CONT. ON PAGE 22

l my pieces of work, what I striveor in terms of style is to be poetic,hilosophical and playful. Well, Idmit there is too much gravitasometimes, which puts some peo-le off. But things should not bel about levity and sombreness.owever, this should not be

onfused for being simplistic; I

elieve that complexities can beroken down in simple ways.”Mochama would like us to

elieve that this is all there is tois writing. But we do know thatis style and his mannerisms to-ether with his love for the devilsee — as beer is called in someuarters — have a strong leaningowards Russia, the place wheree spent the formative years of hisriting career. His philosophy, as

een in his carefree mannerisms,ngs of Anton Chekhov, Fyodorostoyevsky and Alexanderushkin.He had earlier graduated with

law degree from the Universityf Nairobi.It must have pained him greatly,

herefore, when he was deportedom Russia in 2007 after carica-

uring Vladmir Putin in an articleuring his previous visit, the yearefore.“It was a five-year ban, though,

nd I am free to go back now,”e told Saturday Nation, afternsuccessfully trying to avoidnswering the question.His rebellious antics seemed

o have found the right fire orhisky to fire it up and Prof Kabaji

— whose label literary gangsterropelled Mochama to write

What if I am a Literary Gansta? — now thinks he is the most pro-fic young writer in Kenya today.e, however, thinks Mochama’sork “could do with more depth

n his exploration of issues.”“All the same, he qualifies for

he title ‘the 21st century Kenyanterary rebel,’” he says. But what

o these two young and highlyegarded writers handle in their

texts? What keeps them awakeat night and drives their pens toplough up pages of paper?

For Mochama it is the needto tell the contemporary Africanstory. “When I tell my stories, Iprefer to tell them as they are.” Helooks for relevance first, he says,and that would include politicalissues, death, romance and thestate of the society.

Kahora, on the other hand,mulls over the question a little

bit before quipping: “I’m primarilyinterested in what I perceive to bethe failure of the Kenyan dreamand how characters/individualsdeal with it.”

He calls it the period when peo-ple believed in a certain Kenyawhere dreams could be achieved.

The years after independenceand in different historical cycles— multi-party 1992, consequentGoldenberg inflation, the euphoriaof 2002 and subsequent period,the 2013 election and the present,and the resultant cycles of disil-lusionment.

And more importantly for him,how Kenyans deal with these re-alities.

Mochama and Kahora, however,have a common ground, but whichon further interrogation, becomesanother point of departure. Theyseem to share certain understand-ing on what language to use astheir medium. At least from whatthey have produced, English istheir main vehicle.

“For me a very strong supra-structure is key and the English

should be very strong. You canuse the internal dialogue to bring

out the language differences in thework,” Mochama says, but withinthe internal structure of any of his work, you’ll meet all kinds of dialects that reflect the circum-stances that are being exploredwithin that text.

What about Sheng?“I can say that Sheng is good,

but that would be pretentious andfalse. There is a strong corrupt-ing influence in using Sheng.” He,however, admits that because therealities in his pieces of work arethe realities in life, Sheng will findlife in some of the dialogueswithin the text.

“What I believe is needed is acontemporary narrative voice thatintegrates everything within thesociety, even existing linguisticchanges. But this voice ought to

be recognisable within the literaryregister,” Kahora says.

He sees Kenya as a very expres-sive society. “This is right fromour spending, where consumptionhas become fashionable, to theuneven rewarding system in thesociety where few at the top getthe most while many at the lower

end get the least.”For Mochama, what everyone

can see but refuses to accept isthat everything changes.

“Even religion has changed. A Volkswagen is not what itoriginally was. So why shouldwe continue with mountain olddiscussions? It is as though our is-sues, which are our concern today,are not worth discussing.”

This, he says, is as outrageousas Chief Justice Willy Mutunga’sthree-minute legal quickie — ashe called the Supreme Court’sruling following the March 4election results’ petition.

“Kenyans just want to paintlipsticks on pigs. No one wantsto face the reality that literature

brings out,” says the father of one daughter, adding that rebel-

lion should be in themes andnot style.

and loved it to boot2007The year writer Tony Mochama

was deported from Russia forcaricaturing President Vladmir

Putin in a newspaper article

“The Ruler,” he is still emphasising theirindividual responsibility for supportingdictators and their destruction of society.

Ngugi’s passion for detail, his latent wrathand accuracy in bringing out how trust bywananchi (plain citizens) by those in power,

is at par with V.S. Naipaul.For Okot’s Song of Lawino, detail is the

building block for his anthropological safari.He affirms architectural details, householditems in an Acholi home, ugly features of a cultural traitor — the catechist — withspittle flying out of his mouth as he mouthschants of an alien religion that is corrosiveto the sexual powers in young girls readyfor historical duties of procreation: “Salivasquirted from his mouth, and froth flewlike white ants from his mouth, the smellydrops landed on our faces... the milk in ourripe breasts boiled...”

His depiction of diverse tribes of humandung on the floor of a toilet attached to anightclub is used as a bitter analogy for thedespicable quality of failed leaders wieldingpower in post-colonial African countries.

The power of the spoken word as a spearfor killing the false ideology in her husbandOcol’s head is fierce.

She reduces him to a lunatic sub-humanlevel: “He begins to behave like a man

hyena. Ocol’s eyes resemble those Nile perch.”

He is a despicable scavenger livideas, political ideologies and practalien peoples who do not know the in African communalism and shar

bounties of social existence.Using an Acholi tradition of insu

the constitutional provision that: “wman feels that he has suffered anthere is no authority to whom he cana complaint and from whom he canredress, so he at once challenges thwho has wronged him to a duel achallenge must be accepted,” Lawinoout brutally.

Okot p’Bitek returns to combativea woman; human dignity of the Africresponsibility as an authentic contto making human history; thereby alienation inflicted on him by other pevil governance.

These two works serve universal while their “prodigious feats of boguistic dexterity and imaginative fe

bring great literary honour to Africthing the two giants make plain great writing is not by the lightly reself-educated.

The youth of Africa have in the

Kilimanjaros to climb and write frommountain tops.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19

Ngugi and Okot taught usthe beauty of African prid

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from the best writers, endure in theing years? Enduring literary greatne

eluded geniuses, confounded aging sand dodged young writers. Howeverwriters are lucky to strike the right Such writers’ works are timeless.

Many have wondered what makes endure through hundreds of years. As asked: “What is it about Homer’s IliOdyssey, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Sspeare’s Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, o

Lear, Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Les Misérables, Mary Shelley’s FrankeTolstoy’s War and Peace, Joyce’s UlyssProust’s Remembrance of Things Pamake them say something new and freach generation?”

Living in the eye of the storm, harastheir creative demons on one side anety’s rigid norms on the other, writer

been a restless lot; rattling our cosyintriguing and forcing us to think. Mthem have been misunderstood, rebukeven accused of blasphemy.

So let us encourage them, we havewriters in Kenya today, but we shouforget that the best judge is history.

Which of the current books will sinteresting a decade from now? If the

be any, then those will be the great wLet us not be caught in the easy snthis generation trying to measure everLiterature is not showbiz. Our lists copremature, so let those whose names dappear not lose heart.

The writer is CEO of Phoenix [email protected]

Let history judgeKenya’s bestwriters in 50 yeaCONTINUED FROM PAGE 21

It was billed as one of the finestworks of modern literature tohave come out of Kenya,

ritten by Binyavanga Wainana,inner of the 2002 Caine Prize

or African Writing, and founderf Kwani Trust.

The first part of One Day I WillWrite About This Place creates rusticmages of an African child growingp in a close-knit family in Kenya.he storytelling is simple, theorld as seen through the eyes of young boy. Binyavanga’s writingeasy and the imagery vivid. Mild

umour peppers the story.Despite the simplicity of the sto-

ytelling, the book calls for plentyf patience. One short sentenceollows another, creating a stam-

mer in the prose. The urge to put

the book away comes to me severaltimes. But I read on, hopeful thatthere is something great simmer-ing ahead.

I find it in the chapter before heleaves to pursue his undergraduatestudies in Transkei, South Africa.Binyavanga is in a bar with a friendwhen he meets a woman whom hedoes not immediately recogniseas his childhood domestic help

because she is dolled up in a wigand wears heavy make-up. Plus,she is drunk.

When he final ly realises thatthis woman is not a stranger but

Wambui, he says this of her: “Soeasy to believe in the person shewanted to be, so impossible for meto accept that person has come to

be… I am so angry at her fake at-

tempt to be what she is not. Thatshe fooled me. I want to put a hoein her hands and tell her to go hometo Subukia and grow potatoes.”

This paragraph erases my initialdispleasure with the book. Thephase in Transkei is yet again spentwith Binyavanga’s quizzing imagi-nation. The imagery is vivid, andthe writing is more mature than thefirst part of the book. It feels likeI am holding an entirely different

book in my hands. I see him strug-gle through an identity crisis.

I picture him stone-high andseeking solace in fleeting, unful-filling company. Many charactersare introduced in his time inTranskei.

Binyavanga returns to Kenya, nothaving completed his degree. Hemakes a visit to Uganda to meet

his extended family and learn of his origins. Out of this visit, hefinds some bearing. Refreshed, hereturns to South Africa intent tocomplete his degree, only to realisethat he has lost the passion for it.

He moves to Cape Town, takes upsome odd jobs and starts his writ-ing career. He returns to Nairobifollowing the death of his motherfrom diabetes. After her burial, hedecides to stay in Nairobi.

In this part of the book, we jour-ney with Binyavanga through thestruggles of his writing career, thefounding of Kwani Trust and his

joy in winning the Caine Prize for African writing.

“It often feels like an unbearableprivilege — to write. I make a liv-ing from simply taking all thosewonderful and horrible patternsin my past and making them newand strong… Sometimes I want tostop writing because I can’t bearthe idea that it may one day go

away. Sometimes I feel I wouldrather stop, before it owns mecompletely. But I can’t stop.”

He also reflects on his identityas a Kikuyu man in political Kenya.The momentum of the book startsto slow down again, and then the

book takes another dip.Then Binyavanga reveals that

he is diabetic, a revelation that isonly four words long. The inclusionof the 2007/2008 post-poll chaosdoes little to advance the storylineof the book.

The final chapter is a reminderof where he seeks his solace hisentire life: the written word. The

book ends on an affectionate notehere.

Binyavanga does not aimlesslycreate the voices that narratedthe memoirs. I believe the voice

he creates is a reflection of theperson he is.

I am left to question one thing: What is Binyavanga left with afterthe book? He does not make anylasting friendships from his time inSouth Africa. There is no mentionof a woman, or love. His siblingshave gone on to start families andhis parents are no longer with us.

Be that as it may, the book isan important contribution to theincreasing body of modern litera-ture in Kenya.

Reflecting on thereal Binyavanga

BOOK REVIEW | Award-winning author takes us down memory lane in his memoirs

Binyavanga Wainaina

Title:One Day I Will Write

About This Place

Author:Binyavanga Wainaina

Publisher:Graywolf Press

(2011)

Hardcover: 272 pages

Reviewer: Florence Bett

BOOK DETAILS

The President of the conference

Vice- presidents of the conference

Chairman of the Governing Body

Distinguished Guests

Ladies and Gentlemen

I take this opportunity to congratulate the president of the conference and his vice presidents for their well deserved election to guide the affairs of this conference. COTU (K) has total condence in your ability to effectively guide the affairs of the conference.

I also congratulate the Director general of the ILO, for producing a clear and focused report on the status of the Organization as it prepares to transition to the next century.

Mr. President, we agree that despite the changed context of the world of work in which the ILO and its constituents nd themselves in, the mandate still remains the same and as such , we have to jointly be able to adapt, innovate and built our creativities i n order to effectively de

the ILO’s mandate.

Mr. President, Kenyan workers agree with the report’s observation that despite the encouraging achievements of the ILO in the last 89 years of its existence, new challenges have emerged which must be dealt with in order to position the organization in an advantage position

roll-over to the 2nd century enters the home stretch.

Indeed as echoed by Mr. David Morse, the fth Director – General of the ILO, in 1969, while receiving the Nobel Peace Price, the dangerous explosives he talked about which are hidden in the depths of the community – the national and the world community are still around, a

welcome the report for pointing out where they lie and how we can better go about the continuing task of defusing them.

Ladies and gentlemen, keeping in view of the a foregoing , it’s our position that this conference and the ILO in general has to comprehensively address the key institutional challenges outlined in the report and which touch on the following areas; Tripartism and representative legi

Standards, Coherence, the ILO and enterprises.

Mr. President, we in the trade union fraternity recognize that changes in productive arrangements brought by globalization and Global supply chains have tended to reduce trade union membership.

This however needs to be viewed against the practices of the Multinational Enterprises of engaging labour contractors whose sole objective is to maximize prots without due regard to the adherence to minimum labour standards, thereby exacerbating the race to the bottom thes

In this regard therefore, Kenyan workers are of the view that, the ILO may wish to prioritize and consider re-tabling the issue of employment relations in the agenda of the conference in the near future with a view to adopting a rm, fair and relevant standard to guide tripartite partn

Mr. President, we further agree that while constituents may not fully represent all the classes of workers owing to some of the issues we have raised earlier, this cannot be an excuse for Non-state actors to i nvade tested framework of tripartism.

In this regard, we in Kenya therefore, take this opportunity to advice the civil society and other Non-State Actors, that labour issues remain the core domain of established worker and employer organizations and that their participation in such matters can only be through such organi

and not directly to the workers and our members.

Mr President, COTU (K) agrees with the report’s analysis that, a number of challenges face the ILO and its constituents owing to t he transformation that has taken place in the world of work, for developing countries like Kenya, some of these challenges which include among oth

impact of demographic change as well as the changing character of production and employment among others, require a shift of policy mixes and production patterns towards a job-rich growth.

We say this because

Mr. President, we in Kenya are however privileged that we have recently inaugurated a new democratically elected Government whose central goal and its manifesto is creation of jobs through economic growth.

Nevertheless, in our Labour Day celebration which was graced by none other than our newly elected President Hon Uhuru Kenyatta, we pointed to him the need for his new government to seal tax leakages through which huge amounts of revenue which would have been used for inve

in job rich infrastructure and investment development projects are lost.

It is indeed our rm belief that if full proof systems are put in place to curtail tax evasion, the country would conservatively gain more than a third of Kshs 354.45 billion which can signicantly address employment and social challenges facing our country.

Lastly I inform this august conference that there is a looming danger in Kenya by a creature created by the new National Constitution in the name of Kenya Salaries Remuneration Commission which intends to encroach on the freely negotiated CBA’S by ghting to reduce wages

public and private employees.

As workers we will resist any attempt by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission of Kenya to interfere with freely negotiated terms and conditions of service of our members as this negates the ILO Convention number 95.

I thank you.

Ends.

ADDRESS TO THE PLENARY

BY BRO. FRANCIS ATWOLI, EBS, MBS - SECRETARY GENERAL COTU (K)

DURING THE 102ND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE,

IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 5TH – 20TH JUNE 2013

SATURDAY NA

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Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassanwas injured last year in agrenade attack in Nairobi’s

Eastleigh, ending up confined tohospital beds in Kenya and South

Africa for several months.The former exile, who was once

at the forefront agitation for po-litical prisoners’ release, had hispassport revoked at one point and

his father arrested. He speaks of how books kept him going in someof the longest days in his life andwhy he hopes to return to KisiiHigh School.

Q: December 6, 2012, is certainly

one of the darkest days in your life.

A: It was a great tragedy, veryshocking. I mean I have workedin many places rocked by conflictsonly to come and be attacked athome. But, it was also only afterthe accident that I

came to know the true spirit of Kenyans, their incredible loveand kindness. Kenyans prayedfor me in churches and mosquesand to-date, people I don’t knowstop me in the street to expresstheir sympathies.

Being in hospital for half a year is

certainly emotionally taxing. What

kept you going?

My faith. I have a very strongfaith and hope. I told myself I mustget up again by the will of God.Therapy and spending time withfriends also kept me alive. I alsogot to read a lot. Reading actuallykept me going.

What kind of books?

It was a mix. I read autobiog-raphies, biographies and fiction.

While in South Africa, I read theinspiring biography of Chris Hani.(Chris Martin Thembisile Haniwas the charismatic leaderof the anti-Apart-

heid South African CommunistParty. He was assassinated in1993.) Another interesting bookI read was Priest and Partisan: ASouth African Journey. It is thestory of Father Alan MichaelLapsley, a victim of a bomb attackin Zimbabwe during apartheid. Helost both hands and sight in oneeye. I also read Barbara Kingsolv-er’s epic novel Flight Behavior.The book on global warming isthe only environmental novel Ihave read.

This attack came at the height of

campaigns. How did you manage itfrom a hospital bed?

I don’t know. I just watchedthe news like anyone else. Butseriously speaking, it is the teamof collaborators and the army of

volunteers who delivered the win. Ican never thank them enough.

You used to host Raila Odinga and

other dissidents during your days

at the Committee for the Release ofPolitical Prisoners and Ukenya op-

position group. But you have been

one of his harshest critics. What

changed?

Well, I worked with all kinds of dissidents, like Raila and (Ken-neth) Matiba. But I came to knowRaila after I had returned to the

country. I was in the Committeefor the Release of PoliticalPrisoners when Jaramogi(Oginga Odinga) was theactive leader of the oppo-sition. His track record wasthat of a true nationalist.

Well, I was in Raila’s party

but I don’t want to get intothat now. We were with other na-

tional heroes like the poet Abdilatif Abdalla who wroteSauti ya Dhiki. One poemthat particularly inspiredus was Kah awa , whichwent like “I am coffee andwhatever you do to me Iremain black and I smellthe same. (Prof Abdalla became the first politicalprisoner in independentKenya to be jailed by the Jomo Kenyatta govern-ment at the age of 22 inMarch 1969.)

What do you con-

sider the

most transformational book that you

have read?

I have been transformed by books. Books transform lives. While at Taranganya School inKuria, our teacher and some PeaceCorps volunteers introduced usto Karl Marx, Martin LutherKing and other black Americanwriters and human rights activ-ists. I also read Frantz Fanon,the Negritude poet Cheikh AntaDiop, Chinua Achebe and Ngugi

Wa Thiong’o. I particularly likedNgugi’s Decolonising the Mind. Iread books on the Cuban revolu-tion featuring leaders like FidelCastro and Che Guevara. All thisradicalised us.

What are you reading now?

I am now reading Bandiet out of

Jail, the prison memoirs of South African journalist-teacher HughLewin. Prof Lewin, who taughtme, was imprisoned for sevenyears by the apartheid regime. The

book is engrossing and upliftingat the same time.

Have you ever returned to Kisii

High School since 1972?

No, I have not because I have been out of the country for mostof my life. I would, however, loveto go back there despite having

been expelled.What had you done to be ex-

pelled?Nothing but the argument was I

had led the school to strike.Celebrated Somali writer Nurrudin

Farah was here in April and he de-

clared that the world had ‘invented’

the fact that there were pirates in

Somalia. Do you agree?

Nurrudin Farah is one of thegreatest writers from our side of the world. He is also a friend andhe actually came to see me when Iwas recuperating in South Africa.But I don’t wish to comment onthat because I have not seen it.

Farah also lamented the harassment

of Somalis in Nairobi’s Eastleigh and

the mistreatment of those in North

Eastern Kenya.

Yes, those historical problemsare there. Exclusion and margin-alisation of the people continuesto date. We hope the new Consti-tution will address that.

To President Obama, terrorism is a

manifestation of intolerance. What is

the cause of terrorism?

The biggest contribu-

tor to terrorism is thedispossession anddisempowerment of sections of communi-

ties by regimes. It is lack democracy and human righ

biggest perpetrator of allthe USA itself.

What one book would you

former President Moi?

It is too late now; I donto rock the boat.

South Africa and Nigeria ar

melting pots of African literar

arship. Where do you place Ke

Yes, those countries as Ghana have a dynamic l

and publishing culture. Evthere was a time when we hclass novelists and writerany more. Since I came backhas not been any major ption rolling out of our pressare a conservative societynobody wants a provocativthat can rock the status majority only want feelinspirational stories.

Where do you take your ch

to school and what kind of bo

you buy for them?

We are global nomadlived in more than 20 coand my son has schooled the world. My six-year old ter is at Peponi School in Nand she is now reading H

Hippo got to Swim.You have worked with the B

Voice of America. In your view

ails Kenyan journalism?

Lack of research. They dmuch investigation and mwhat you read is unsubstastatements and inaccurac

There are two sides to the M

salary debate. Do you think M

been treated well?

Certainly not. Now we even walk around freely. W

be beaten up. Look at thiage claims for example. I doit because I don’t travel aconstituency is here. So whlump everybody with MPMoyale and say legislators this much from mileage is that fair?

What is the one thing that k

you awake at night?

Poverty and inequality.always wanted to make aence, to play a role in the for equity and social justic

KamukunjiMP speaksbouthe long

months inhospital

fter attack n Eastleighnd theooks thatept him

going

Books and faith helped me getover terror attack, says HassanWhat are you reading now?

By Emeka-Mayaka Gekara & Julius Sigei

CONVERSATIONS WITH BOOK LOVERS

FACE-TO-FACE | A look at leaders and their reading habits

‘‘ When you lumpeverybody withMPs from Moyaleand say legislator

to earn this muchfrom mileageclaims, is that fairKamukunji MP YusufHassan

UK novelists date with young Kenyan writers in Kwani initiativeBY CARLOS MUREITHI

[email protected]

Kwani Trust and the BritishCouncil will host a week of bookevents in Nairobi.

The two, in collaboration withGranta, a British literary maga-zine, will host the event from June19 to June 23.

Among the activities planned

are a launch of the latest Grantaissue — ‘Best of Young British

Novelists 4’ — and a three-daywriting workshop.

Visiting Somali-British novel-ist Nadifa Mohamed and AdamFoulds, a British novelist andpoet, will tutor at a writingworkshop led by Ellah Allfrey,Granta’s deputy editor.

They will be joined by BillyKahora, Kwani Trust’s managingeditor, from June 19 to 21.

Mohamed and Foulds will thenread their pieces on June 23 at

a ‘Sunday Salon’ event at TheElephant (formerly Kifaru Gar-dens). Mohamed’s first novel,

Black Mamba Boy, was publishedin 2010.

Creative industry

It is a semi-biographical ac-count of her father’s life in Yemenin the 1930s and 1940s, duringthe colonial period

Foulds has published two nov-els, The Truth About These Strange

Times and The Quickening Maze,and The Broken Word, a narrativepoem set during the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya at the end of British colonial rule.

Regional British Council officeshave partnered with literary or-ganisations from South Africa,Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria andUganda to select writers to attendthe writing workshop.

A public call-out for submis-sions to attend it has been

circulated.Kwani Trust is a Kenyan

literary network dedicatedveloping quality creative wand committed to the gof the creative industryGranta is a quarterly maof the best new writingaround the world.

This year, the British Cand Granta are collaborat

an international showcase temporary British novelis

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TODAY

THE HEINEKEN MINGLE PAR

The Heineken Mingle Party is to b

today at the Ngong Racecourse

in Nairobi. DJ Caise, DJ Protege, D

Mfalme, DJ Protege, DJ Creme D

Creme and Electrique DJs, amon

ers, will entertain the minglers. H

MC Martin Kariuki. The show will

from 11am to 3am.

AFRO-HIP HOP NIGHT

Word-Up Entertainment will stag

the Afro Hip-Hop Night at Dass T

Ethiopian Restaurant in Westland

will incorporate live bands, rap, p

and the spoken word. The show

feature performances by Lini Th

Mc Pato, Tess Da Poetess and Mu

among others. The show will run

6.40pm to 9.40pm.

TWITTAS SATURDAY MIX

Disco fans in Nakuru can team up

night for the ‘Twittas Saturday M

the Twittas Spot in Nakuru. The s

will feature resident DJs. There w

a special late night show for reve

Friday is happy hour. Sunday is ja

session.

BLACK AND WHITE PARTY

Skylux Sports Pub in Mtwapa, Kil

County, will present the Black an

Cocktail Party by EABL’s Smirnoff

in conjunction with Coastal Films

duction tonight. The party that st

at 7pm will last all night. Dress co

black and white.

TOMORROW

BUBBLE DANCE AT DONHO

Paragasha and Mixx Masters Ent

ment will present ‘Dance a Bubb

Party’ every Sunday at Club BubbGreenspan Mall in Donholm. Mus

be by DJ Kalonje, DJ Katta and e

Mc Moha. The all-night show will

at 7pm.

STRING QUARTET CONCER

The String Quartet Charity will be

next Wednesday at the Michael J

Centre, Safaricom House, Nairob

concert will feature the award wi

Quartetto Arqua. The show will s

7pm. Entry is free. All proceeds g

wards school children in Nairobi s

JUNE 20

THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE

Roots International will present T

day Night Live next Thursday at t

Choices, Baricho Road, Nairobi fe

Kabon. The show will start at 8pm

end at 11pm. Entry is free. Meanw

the same spot will host Juma Tut

Band on June 27.

JUNE 21

OLD SKOOL FRIDAYS

Veteran DJ Adrian (pictured) offe

best of Old Skool every Friday e

at the Amboseli Gardens in Lavin

ton, Nairobi. Dance to the best of

pop, soul and R&B as you sample

favourite African cuisine. Sunday

boseli family fun day from 2pm.

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WEEK’S PICK

The sceneEntertainment, night life and society

CAREY BAREFACED ON BIG SCREEN

Pop star Mariah Carey will appear without makeupon the big screen as Hattie Pearl in the biographicaldrama “The Butler”. She will launch her new albumon July 25.

Interspersed in the rich vocal andguitar dalliance was the distinctplucking of the kora that crownedthe fine serving of time-ripened

West African fare.Naaba’s percussionist, Moham-

med Sana, is unique in the sensethat he doesn’t use drumsticks.His bare fingers get the job done.His eccentricities start with his

drums, which are not your con-ventional set. The bass drumis the half of a huge calabash,three djembe drums of varyingsizes making up the snare andtom-tom drums. Every time his

bare fingers completed a roll, he

punctuated it with a hearty bangon the hi-hat cymbals and a deftflick on the chimes that left nodoubt that he was thoroughlyenjoying himself.

Naaba’s music makes for aninteresting fusion of the uniquevocal arrangement popularised

by the Keitas of Mali interspersedwith the melodic kora and a diz-

zying guitar arrangement thatmorphs between the Congolese

sebene and scream-ing rock. One

minute you are sittingunder anold baobabtree listen-ing to DaoMamadou’s

a n c i e n tkora weav-

ing a sensuoustapestry, and

the next guitaristMichael Avron thrusts

you into the electric age of Jimmi Hendr ix, the bassis t

Achille Ouattara, working allthe while in the background to

keep everything grounded.“I am a modern traditionalsinger,” he describes himself.“I am a troubadour. I perform

barefoot because I consider theaudience as my chief. As a trou-

badour, when you perform beforea chief or a king you do not puton your shoes.”

The 31-year-old Naaba, whosings in his native Mooré lan-guage and French, was born inKonkistenga village, North Westof Burkina Faso, but soon aftermoved to Cote d’Ivoire with hisfamily. He was introduced tomusic at age six by his mother,who was a traditional singerof the Mossi tribe. As a child,he was entrusted to a Koranicmaster by his father who wantedhim to learn the strict discipline

of Islam. Part of that trainingentailed physical labour and begging.

“This education taught me hu-mility and gave me a good visionof the people of the world,” hesaid. “It also gave me spiritualityand taught me that life is full of surprises.”

From the Koranic school heproceeded to a regular school

where he started to develop hislove for music.

His music, which draws fromhis Mossi roots, is inspired bythe Salou rhythm of BurkinaFaso and other desert rhythmsof West Africa, together with

jazz. “I make fusion music thatis inspired by the cultures of theplaces I travel to.”

He made his debut with hisfirst album Regards Métis (Mon- grel Glance) which was recordedin 1999 but released in 2003. Itearned him the Kundé Award forthe best artist from the diaspora,catapulting him to instant fame inhis home country, Burkina Faso.His second album, Foo, followedin 2005, also bagging a Kundéfor best Francophone song. Thealbum that opened his music tothe world beyond West Africawas Wakat, released in 2009,and which embraced an acoustic

Afro-pop style that encompasses both poetic griot story-telling andfunky dance riffs.

Naaba wrote the music forthe musical comedy NguwinoUbeho produced for the 15thcommemoration of the Rwanda

genocide. He shared the stagewith Kenya’s Makadem at the2012 Cannes Film Festival atthe World Cinema Pavillion.His Nairobi performance formspart of an Eastern and Southern

African tour of 10 countries, sup-ported by the Institut Francaisin Paris.

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Y STANLEY GAZEMBA

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A lthough he doesn’t like to

be compared to them, hisact is in the class of Baaba

Maal, Salif Keita and other Westfri can grea ts of poetic griotusic. Singer Alif Naaba’s long-

rawn wailing vocal intonations,kin to the quintessential call of he muezzin to the dawn prayers

Muslim towns, easily invokessions of wind-kissed desert

and-plains, a lone nomad lead-g his camel by the leash on theorizon. It is the music of theesert served in one of the fewmaining open-air performance

paces in Nairobi’s city centre onwarm Friday evening.“I want to develop my music

verywhere in Africa and laterEurope,” says Alif Naaba in an

terview with Saturday Nation Ketebul Music studio fol-wing his successful show atlliance Francaise in Nairobi

wo weeks ago. “I want to usey music to preach peace

nd development.”

He was at the studio tocord a collabo, Pougb i,hich he did with localusician Winyo, and whichicited a warm receptionom the audience when they

erformed together at Alliance.he song, in which the singereclares his love for his wife,as rehearsed backstage for fiveinutes before the performance.is a pointer to his mission of

nifying Eastern and Westernfrica musically.“It is important for our gen-ation to make the connection

etween East Africa and Westfrica,” he said when introducing

Winyo on stage for the four-hourng show that got the audience predominantly white inter-

persed with a few local artisticpes — on their feet the entire

vening.It was an electrifying perform-

nce, the drums resonating infe-like thumps reminiscent of he African long-drums of the

ush telegraphers of yore, entic-g the city to come out and dance.

Alif Naaba following in theootsteps of other great musiciansrom West Africa, thrills andnvokes visions of desert plains

Barefoot Burkinabe singer outto unify the sounds of Africa

I am a troubadour.I perform barefoot because I considerthe audience as mychief”

Alif Naaba

MUSIC REVIEW | Naaba performed in Nairobi two weeks ago

Musician Alif

Naaba duringhis perform-

ance at theAlliance Fran-caise in Nai-

robi on June8, 2013PETER KARIUKI |

NATION

2003he year Alif Naabaleased his debut album

tled Regards Metis

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SWAHILI JAZZ NIGHTS

uma Tutu and his Tutu Band will perform duringhe Swahili Jazz Night at the Carnivore Restaurantn July 2. The event will be held every first

Tuesday of the month.

ALPHA BLONDY SHOW IN NAIROBI

Cote d’Ivoire reggae star Alpha Blondy and Jamaican Tarrus Riley will perform today atthe KICC Grounds in Nairobi. The show isorganised by Big Tune Live.

BY EUGENE MBUGUA

[email protected]

H angover III, currentlyshowing in theatres inKenya and around the

world, can best be described as a bad and undesirable hangover.

Directed by Todd Phillips, Hangover III is the last of the Hangover trilogy, which com-prise Hangover released in 2009and Hangover II in 2011. Phillips,who directed all three, is knownfor some of his other successfulcomedy films such as Road Trip,

Old School and Project X .If you have watched any of the

first two of films of the Hango-ver trilogy, you would probablyalready know that the story re-volves around four middle agedmen, ‘the wolf pack’ consistingof Phil, Stu, Dough and Allan,played by Bradley Cooper, EdHelms, Justin Bartha and ZachGalifianakis, respectively.

As in the other movies, Alan,who decides to buy a giraffe anddrive it home, instigates the ad-venture. In a rather bizarre and

distasteful situation, he crushesthe animal’s head off on a bridgeand causes a chain of car acci-dents.

Meanwhile, Mr Lesley Chou (Ken Jeong), the world crimi-nal from the first two films hasplanned a dramatic escape froma Bangkok prison. In a scene verysimilar to one in the film TheShawshank Redemption, Chou drills a wall through his cell walland escapes through the sewerand into a fishing freighter.

Meanwhile back in America, theself-aggrandising Alan has to face

his wealthy, but fed up father ( Jef-frey Tambor), who had to pay forhis giraffe incident. The argumentis nasty and the old man ends updying from a heart attack.

After the funeral, Alan’s friendsreluctantly agree to participate inan intervention where they settleon taking Alan to a rehabilitationcentre several states away. This

journey predictably sets the stagefor the next adventure.

What follows, as in the othertwo movies, is a series of eventsthat could only occur in a film

written by Craig Mazin and ToddPhillips (the first wrote the Scary

Movieseries while the latter wrote Borat). There are masked men,some dog killing, blocks of goldand the return to Las Vegas.

While the film is not half as hi-larious and spontaneous as thefirst one and barely has as manysurprises as the second one, itoffers a few good laughs. Most of them are from Galifianakis, whonever disappoints with his spoilt,immature man act.

Other than Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, who is surprisingly a cer-

tified physician in real life, alsomakes for one or two laughs withhis unpredictable and sometimes-confusing character of Chou.

Most of the other slightly funnyinstances in the film rely heavilyon stereotypical racial jokes andinnuendos such as the Asian pro-nunciation of ‘l’ and ‘r’ and the

Jewish love for money. Whi le the mov ie, rel eased

worldwide on May 23, lags behindits season peers like Iron Man 3 and The Fast and Furious 6, it’sstill a theatrical success raisingover $272 million so far world-

wide, compared to its $103 production budget. The fialso become the second hgrossing R-rated film, seconto the first Hangover.

Nonetheless, critics werekind. Rotten Tomatoes, a resfilm review website, showonly about 49 percent of thusers liked it while only 2cent of critics did.

“Less a comedy than an dark action thriller, the Ha

Part 3 diverges from therote formula but offers ncompelling in it’s place” re

consensus on its website.Phillip French, writi

The Guardian, summarithe three movies. “Th

Hangover movie was hightertaining in a scabrouslycalculatedely bad taste wsecond one more or less rethe same plot in Bangkoeven more extreme jokequartet’s third excursion is not too terrible by ccomedic standards. Just undernourished, overlondesperate.”

Hangover III leaves viewers high and dryFILM REVIEW | Comedy is last in the ‘Hangover’ trilogy

Movieequel isuccessful

on bigcreen butritics notmpressed

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une 15, 2013 Leisure



Break TimeFun and games for the young

Fill in all the blank squares in the grids below with the correct

numbers following the instructions given.

1Fill in the blank squares in the grid with the numbers 1,2,3,4, severy number appears only once in every row, every column

each of the 2x2 squares.

2 Fill in the blank squares in the grid with the numbers 1,2,3,4that every number appears only once in every row, every co

and in each of the 2x3 squares.

SOLUTIONS on facing page

SIMPLE SUDOKU

NAME THE SHAPES

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June 1528 | Children’s Corner



fe had not been kind to Munyao

yalo and he found himself on

he streets of Mombasa through

o fault of his own.He had been

ery happy living with his parents

Machakos but, sadly, when he

was twelve, his father passed

way after he was knocked byspeeding matatu. His mother

who was jobless, took Munyao

nd went to live with her late

ster’s husband in Mombasa.

his uncle had remarried and his

ew wife resented their arrival.

he had two children of her

wn from her previous marriage.

owever, Munyao’s mother soon

ot a secretarial job which enabled

er to pay for her room and even

end Munyao to a good school.

unyao did very well, especially

art, for he was a talented boy

nd particularly good at drawing

irds and painting. He often used

o go out with his sketch-book and

ook for birds to draw. A favourite

ace of his was a small garden in

front of the railway station which

was within a walking distance.They

had only lived in Mombasa for a

year when sadly his mother, Jane

Kyalo, was taken ill and the doctor

held out no hope for her. She was

in bed for sometime but before her

condition deteriorated she calledMunyao and, holding him close

to her, confided in him.”Munyao,

my son, as I am very ill, I want you

to take care of yourself. Always

remember to be good to others. I

have always loved you and would

like you to have a better future.

Be polite, obedient and clean and

never do anything you would be

ashamed of us knowing. I will

always try to watch over you,

my son.” Then she added, “I have

deposited enough money with

your uncle to cater for your basic

needs and school fees. Here is

some money I want you to keep

in a safe place and only use in an

emergency.

CONTINUES ON MONDAY

BOOKS

THE BROWN BIRD

Title: The Money Trees and Other Stories

Author: Valerie Cuthbert

Publisher: Kenya Literature Bureau

1. On which ocean ar

Falklands Islands?

2. Which is the capita

Argentina?

3. Who is the preside

Cuba?

4. Who wrote the bo

Long Walk to Freedo

5. How many teeth d

dog have?

6. Which two elemen

make up oxygen?7. When is the day ag

child labour observe

8.Which word refers

of memory due to a

injury?

9. What do you call t

growth on a cock’s h

10. What do you call

book compiled with

and events of a partic

person’s life?

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE QUIZ

1 . A t l a n t i c O c e a n

2 . B u e n o s A i r e s 3 .

R a u l C a s t r o 4 . N e l s o n

M a n d e l a 5 . 4 2 6 . W a t e r

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une 15, 2013 Children’s Corner



Readers corner

BY PHARES BARINE

Ifound Mwaura Kiragu’s essay‘English and literature areas different as night and

day’ (Saturday Nation, May 25)disconcerting. For a teacher of literature, Mr Kiragu’s assertionthat there is no relationship be-tween literature and English isnot only mischievous, but illogi-cal and misleading.

The writer laments that he goes

through a trauma whenever hehas to teach English. Pray, whatcauses the trauma? Is it becauseof using English to teach litera-ture genres? He says he “shouldnot be limited to literature in Eng-lish.” What does he mean by that?In what language does he proposeto teach literature to the chargesunder his tutelage?

Surely, he wouldn’t be so fool-hardy as to use his first languageto teach. How would his students

benefit in terms of content andthe more immediate objective,national examinations?

Pleasing patterns

The writer doesn’t say why hewants to shun English. He saysliterature “only uses English as

a way of communicating.” How,then, will he effect communica-tion, if not through English?

Literature and English arenot as different as night andday. Indeed, literature springsfrom our inborn love of tellinga story (novel, short story), of arranging words in pleasingpatterns (poetry), of expressingin words some special aspect of our human experience (includingthose experiences passed downto us by word of mouth).

How then shall we divorce themedium (words of the Englishlanguage) from the content

(ideas)? The importance of lit-erature cannot be gainsaid.

To paraphrase the scholarH.L.B. Moody, literature is thevehicle that transports us, asit were, to various realities of human situations, challenges,feelings and relationships.

When we read literary works,we find our knowledge of humanaffairs broadened and deepened.

We get to understand the pos-

sibilities of human life — andcapacity for both good and evil. We are able to take cogni -

sance of our lives in relationto the world around us, withall its pleasures, its vexationsand problems. We are thus able(through the study of literature)to recognise options open to usfor improvement and, perhaps,

be able to make right rather thanwrong choices in life.

Perhaps this is what the writermeant to say, but failed to do.

The significance and time al-lotted to literature in our schooltime-tables are not nearly enough.

Before the the 8-4-4 curriculum,literature (and her sister fasihi)were distinct subjects. Then thelearner had the time to exploresuch literary vistas as Betrayal

In The Cit y, The Concub ine ,Things Fall Apart, A Man of The

People,The Burdens, Government Inspector, Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The BeautifulOnes Are Not Yet Born, A Grainof Wheat and many more.

If one pursued the subject to

A-Level, more breath-taking liter-ary panorama unfolded.

Today, literature in our schoolsis spread thinly among three pa-pers of the examination subjecttugged “English”. Poetry andOral Literature are examined inpapers One and Two, while set

books are in paper Three.Emphasis is put on language

use. The learner has little time todigest the contents of the literarytexts, as he has to earn marksfrom the language component,which carries more than half the marks.

The logical way forward is forthe Kenya Institute of CurriculumDevelopment to consider appro-priating more instruction timefor literature. It should consider

widening the scope of the contentin terms of thematic concerns.Getting our school-going and

other youth to study more lit-erature could be the pill for theplethora of social ills that bedevilour society, such as the riotousgreed and materialism, grossimmorality like the insidiouscorruption, rampant crime, andthe utterly despicable bestialitythat has pushed prostitution tonightmarish levels.

Phares Barine teaches at Chogo-ria Girls High School, Tharaka-nithi County.

Curriculum developers should assign more time for teaching literature

No doubt about it, English andliterature are joined at the hip

Literary Discourse

A literature class at the JamhuriHigh School. Literature and Eng-

lish subjects are closely related.

The hidden sideof self-publishingY EMMANUEL KARIUKI

Many authors claim to make a lot of money fromelf-publishing, but I am reluctant to join themust yet. I believe that a lot of their energy is beingapped by their effort when they would rather juste writing more books. Here is my experience withelf-publishing.My first published story was Zebra’s Illness. Thisas a 32-page book with an extra rider story — Os-ich and Baboon. I spent close to two years trying toet it published. Phoenix Publishers got interested,ut they took another year to make a firm decision,

much to my exasperation.I withdrew the book, used Sh30,000 from my own

avings and printed 2,000 copies. The following year,published another 2,000 copies of my second book

— Safari ya Kombamwiko.At th is rate, I wou ld pub lish one boo k

ach year and be a full fledged publishern 10 years with 10 titles, or so I thought.elf-publishing was the easy part, selling was really

or the professionals.I went all over Nairobi trying to convince book-

hops to stock my two precious books. Many of themreferred a “sale or return” arrangement.This meant that they would stock about five cop-s without paying and only pay later for copies

hey had managed to sell. I would be free to collectnsold copies if I chose to break the arrangement.also meant that I would have to be visiting their

helves from time to time to see how many copieshey had sold.

In several cases, I would find that no copies hadeen sold after three or more months. Several book-hops were not keen to part with money even afterelling my copies, so you can imagine the infuriatingips either to inspect the shelves for sold copies or

o seek payment from unwilling retailers.In one case, I decided that I had made more tripso a certain bookshop than the books were worth,o I cut my losses and ran.From then on, I vowed to take cash only or walk

ut with my books.Having learned some lessons about the peculiar

abits of Kenyan booksellers, I would plan a trip withtopovers in towns to scout for bookshops, insistingn cash for any books I parted with.For example, one route would be Nairobi, Thika,

Murang’a and Nyeri. Whenever I had a reason to ben Mombasa, Nakuru or Kisumu, I would carry copiesor sale to bookshops.

You would think that the 4,000 copies would beut of print in a year. Bookshops were only takingve copies at a time, sometimes only three copies.

My best client was a wholesaler who would take 50opies at a time but at the discounted rate of 50 perent instead of the usual 25 per cent.Needless to say, I soon realised that it was better

o do what I knew best — writing books — and leave

he selling to the professionals.When my two titles were sharing the distribution

osts between them, an established publisher hadundreds of titles into which the costs would bepread. So when Phoenix Publishers showed an in-erest the two books, I sold the remaining copies tohe benevolent wholesaler and gave the publishingghts to Phoenix.Zebra’s Illness was re-published as Miraba and

round Vuno. Safari ya Kombamwiko retained thetle and has since spawned a sequel — Kombamwikoa Hoteli ya Nyota Tano.Later an English translation of Safari yaombamwiko was published as Kombamwiko’s Ad-enture.This is a digital era and things may have changed.

However, my advice to someone who wants to at-empt self-publishing is approach the endeavourith caution.Making friends with a publisher early on would begood ‘plan B’ in case the bed of roses turns out toe a little thorny.

[email protected], [email protected]

To contribute to this pagplease send your commeto [email protected] or write to The EdSaturday Nation, POB 49Nairobi 00100.

BY CAREY MULINDI

Reading Omusolo Mo

(Saturday Nation, June 1

article, I decided to revis

story about Taban Lo Liy

and noted with sadness

Lo Liyong thinks journal

a hurdle to would-be wr

In fact, he says, “Do not

journalist. Journalism dr

you. It makes it harder fo

you to write.” Since time

immemorial, journalism

nurtured some of the big

names in literary scene.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Wah

Mutahi, Francis Imbuga t

Chinua Achebe. Their lit

works were first serialise

newspapers before they

later compiled and publ

Prof Egara Kabaji will ag

with me that journalism

literature are intertwined

and when they complem

each other, the outcome

amazing piece of literary

Good deecame frommy letterBY MOHAMMED

HUSSEIN HASSAN

My article entitled ‘Blam

the curriculum for poor b

habits’ (Saturday Nation

May 11, 2013) proved qu

controversial. The Minist

of Education was the firs

react on its website, thro

the blame on teachers a

parents. I think I have to

on the truth about the

curriculum and the sprou

culture of cramming fact

About three weeks ago,

Daniel Ogana, a Kenyan

in South Africa, reached

through the school addr

in reply to the same artic

He promised to donate o

1,000 novels to the scho

library, courtesy of my a

My dream is that Daraja High School will serve as

focal point for the awak

of Kenya’s reading cultu

high schools should buy

for their libraries. Throug

Mr Ogana’s donation, we

establish a chain of read

in Daraja Mbili communi

through reading clubs.

Each member will adopt

underlings from the near

primary schools. Mr Oga

also promised to ‘digitis

small library. We welcom

contribution from book

The writer is a student aDaraja Mbili High SchooKisii County

BY SUSAN WANJIRU

This is in reference to a reader’s opinion twoSaturdays ago, Jane Wanjiku, who argued that highschool students read, yes, but only romantic stuff.They read the likes of Nora Roberts, Danielle Steeland Sheldom. That is way ahead. I am sure thatis a good beginning, for I, too, started off by read-ing Mills & Boon and Harlequin Romance beforegraduating to Stephen King, Robert Ludlum andon to political works by Jeffrey Archer.

I also read Wilbur Smith for war stories and James Patterson for crime detective stories. Thatis moving ahead, right? I must admit, though I stilllove Judith McNaught.

You see, girls start watching football to drool over

the likes of Theo Walcott and Chicharito and, beforeyou know it, they become great fans, enjoying the

game and not just the players.The same goes for metal head rockers. They start

listening to the likes of Pink Floyd, The Fray and Avril. Before long, they graduate to Hinder, Skillet,30 Seconds to Mars and other hard metal bands.

So, my point is the young readers are headingsomewhere. If they are reading Insyder, let them.

You will not know when they grab the next Forbesand other financial magazines.

Here I am having travelled the same route. I nowlove my inspirational books by Joel Osteen, PepeMinambo and Mbugua Mumbi, which I must admitcosts an arm and leg to purchase, considering I ama college student.

Now, here I am yearning for more from WoleSoyinka and Binyavanga and my favourite, Mwangi

Gicheru. Although I am not yet a fan of poetry,hopefully I will get there.

Let the youth read romance books; it’s their starting point

Lo Liyongwrong on

journalism

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June 1530 | Weekend



OBAMA STEPS UP MILITA

SUPPORT TO SYRIA REBE

Decision made after US conclud Assad forces are using chemicalweapons. Page 33

WORLD

HARARE

Tension as Mugabsets election date

Political tension in Zimbasoared on Thursday after iteran president Robert Mugaset July 31 as the day for genelections, a decision that immediately drew protest fromarch rival prime minister MTsvangirai. Tsvangirai, whoa unity government with Mcalled the proclamation “unstitutional” and said he woulodge an appeal against it inConstitutional Court. (Xinh

WASHINGTON, Friday

The White House has can-celled a safari that USPresident Barack Obama

nd his wife Michelle were due toake in Tanzania over budgetaryoncerns, The Washington Post eported on Thursday.

The newspaper, citing a Secretervice planning document, saidhe excursion scheduled duringtour of Africa that Obama willndertake later this month wouldave required agents protectingim to take extraordinary pre-autions.The safari “would have re-

uired the president’s specialounter-assault team to carryniper rifles with high-calibre

ounds that could neutraliseheetahs, lions or other ani-mals if they became a threat”,he paper reported.

Outlining the vast securityreparations made for Obama’sip to Senegal, Tanzania andouth Africa, the documentas provided to the Post by aerson “concerned about themount of resources necessaryor the trip”. It did not provideost information.

The Post said the White

House cancelled the safari on Wednesday after the paper in-quired about the “purpose andexpense”. The Obamas had beenexpected to spend more than twohours at Tanzania’s Mikumi Na-tional Park.

The White House was notimmediately available for com-ment, but a spokesman told the

Post that a trip to South Africa’sRobben Island, the site of theprison where anti-apartheid hero

Nelson Mandela was held, had

taken precedence.“We do not have a limitlesssupply of assets to supportpresidential missions, and weprioritised a visit to RobbenIsland over a two-hour safari inTanzania,” said the spokesman,

Josh Earnest.“Unfortunately, we couldn’t

do both.”The Post said Obama’s Africa

tour, his first since taking officein January 2009, could cost the

government between $60 mil-

lion and $100 million, based oncost of similar trips in recentyears.

The report comes as manygovernment agencies strugglewith mandatory budget cuts thattook effect in March because USlawmakers failed to strike a wider

budget deal.Hundreds of Secret Service

agents will be dispatched forthe president’s visit, along witha Navy aircraft carrier or am-phibious ship, with a fully-staffedmedical trauma centre stationedoffshore, the report said.

Dozens of vehicles will also be brought to the three countries bymilitary transport planes, alongwith sheets of bullet-proof glassto cover the windows of the ho-tels where the Obamas stay.

“Fighter jets will fly in shifts,giving 24-hour coverage over thepresident’s airspace,” the reportsaid, citing the Secret Servicedocument. (AFP)

Planned safari whichPresident and hiswife were to takewas called off over

udgetary concerns

White House cancels Obamagame drive in Tanzania: report

TRIP | Couple had been scheduled to spend two hours at Mikumi National Park

JIM WATSON | AFP

US President

Barack Obamadelivers a speechat a function in

Boston, Mas-sachusetts, on

Wednesday.

$100mAmount which the American

Government is likely to forkout for Obama’s Africa tour

‘‘ We do not have a limitless supply of assetsto support presidential missions, and we

prioritised a visit to Robben Island over a two-hour safari in Tanzania”White House spokesman Josh Earnest

MOGADISHU

Somalia leader off

London for G8 tal

President Hassan Sheikhhamoud left the Somali capMogadishu for Londan to aa meeting for G8 countries is set for next week. G8 natcomprise the US, Britain, FRussia, Canada, Italy, Germand Japan. According to souclose to Villa Somalia, the shouse in Mogadishu, PresidMohamoud is expected to hseparate talks with other leaand officials participating inmeeting. It is the first time Somali leader to be invited

G8 summit. (Abdulkadir Kh Nation Correspondent)

Bishops hold prayer vigil outside Mandela hospitalRETORIA, Friday

A dozen South African bishopsoday held a prayer vigil outsidehe hospital where former presidentelson Mandela has spent a week

eceiving treatment for a lung in-ection.

The clerics, sporting flowing purpleobes and white collars and represent-

ng a variety of denominations, stoodand-in-hand to say prayers for Man-

dela, who is said to be improving butstill in a serious condition.

“Thank you (God) for the speedyrecovery of Dr Nelson Mandela,”said Bishop Abraham Sibiya of theChrist Centred Church EpiscopalSoshanguve, to chants of “amen”.

After a visit to the hospital lateThursday, President Jacob Zuma saidthe health of the country’s first black

president “continues to improve buthis condition remains serious.”

The hospital is under lockdownand entry is restricted to Mandela’sclose family and those cleared to have

business inside the hospital.

Hero of the struggle

Sibiya said that church leaders hadcome out in response to Zuma’s callto pray for the 94-year-old hero of the struggle against white-minority

rule.Zuma’s spokesman Mac Maharaj

said he had no update on Mandela’scondition when contacted by AFPearly today.

Mandela was admitted to hospital inthe capital Pretoria in the early hoursof Saturday for a pulmonary conditionthat has plagued him for years.

It is his fourth hospital stay sinceDecember, leading to a growing ac-ceptance that the much-loved father of

the “Rainbow Nation” may be nearingthe end of his life. (AFP)

DAKAR

Senegalese found amIslamic Jihadists in M

An unspecified number oegalese youths who were seheaded for Europe have beefound among Islamic JihadMali. Security sources said terday that the youths couldclosely linked to some of thmerous Islamic fraternitiesing in Senegal, including Saand Wahhabits. Millions of country’s majority Muslim

belong to various Islamic frnities, some of whom attackprotestant churches and entainment centres outside Drecently. (Tamba Jean-Matth

Nation Correspondent)

BRIEFLY

MAPUTO

Mozambique strikhurts health servic

A Mozambique medical snow in its third week has palysed all but essential servicat some of the country’s buhospitals, which are being fto turn away desperate pati“Every day I come and therno doctors,” says gynaecolopatient, Virginia Sitoe, who

been waiting since May 24 test results to schedule a mneeded operation. Friday isdifferent, and once again shdisappointed. (AFP)

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une 15, 2013



DEMO | Palestinians protest against Is

JAAFAR ASHTIYEHA Palestinian protester runs away from Israeli security fo

after clashes broke out during a demonstration againsexpropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the villagKfar Qaddum, near the occupied West Bank city of Na

yesterday.

CONFLICT | Relations between two countries strained

Sudan accuses South and

rebels for oil pipeline blast

HARTOUM, Friday

Rebels based in SouthSudan have attacked anoil pipeline in the dis-

uted Abyei region, Khartoumays, amid worsening relationsith its neighbour.The fire in the Diffra oil

eld lasted for several hoursefore being extinguished, an

rmy spokesman said.The spokesman blamed the

ttack, which took place onhursday, on rebels from Dar-

ur, saying they had crossed theorder from South Sudan.Both rebels and the South

ave reportedly denied re-ponsibility.The accusation comes two

ays after Sudan ordered oilompanies to block South Su-an’s oil from going through itsipelines to export terminals.The blockade, which takes

ffect in 60 days, was imposedfter Sudan’s President Omar-Bashir accused the South of acking rebels.South Sudan denies the

harges and in turn accuses

hartoum of supporting armedroups in its territory.Relations have been fraughtnce South Sudan gained inde-endence in 2011, taking with itome 75 per cent of the formerate’s oil.However, the South is

landlocked and exports its oilthrough pipelines which runthrough Sudan.

Army spokesman SawarmiKhaled Saad said the Justiceand Equality Movement (Jem)

from Darfur carried out the ex-plosion in Diffra, after receiving“technical support from SouthSudan’s army”.

“The explosion led to a firethat has now been controlled,”Saad explained in a statementseen by the Nation.

Jem spokesperson Jibril Ib-rahim Bilal, however, deniedthe charges, according to theSudan Tribune newspaper.

South Sudan also deniedhaving any links to the blast.

“We cannot do that at a timewhen we want the oil to flow,”foreign affairs spokesmanMawien Makol Arik told theReuters news agency.

South Sudan gets about 98per cent of its revenue from itsoil exports.

The flow of oil only resumedin April after production wasstopped last year in a row overhow much the South shouldpay Sudan for the use of itspipelines.

The loss of oil revenue hit both countries very hard.

Bilal further rejected chargesthat his movement has receivedany support from Juba.

On Monday, South Sudan’sInformation Minister BarnabaMarial Benjamin told the BBCthat Sudan troops had movedabout 10km into its territory.

Last year, the two countriesappeared to be on the brinkof war after Southern forcesseized the Heglig oilfieldnear Abyei before agreeing towithdraw.

In a related development,Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign

Affairs said it is now “study-ing proposals presented by the

African Union” to resolve the

crisis with its neighbour. Afr ican Union negotiato rThabo Mbeki has made anurgent proposal to both sidesfor resolving the crisis, accord-ing to an AU statement. (BBCand Mohammed Amin, NationCorrespondent)

uba denies role inxplosion, saying

Khartoum backingrmed groupsn its territory

FILE | AFP

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during an African Union meetingin Addis Ababa.

We cannot do that at atime when we want theoil to flow”

Justice and EqualityMovement spokespersonJibril Ibrahim Bilal

Zambian banks lose$4m in ATM scandalBY MICHAEL CHAWE

NATION Correspondent

LUSAKA, Friday

Zambia police has uncovereda scandal in which $4 millionhas been stolen from differ-ent commercial banks in thecountry through automatedteller machines, local mediareported today.

Police say the thefts in-volve three foreign criminalswho have since “recruitedand trained” Zambians incyber crime.

“So far, about $4 millionhas already been stolen fromdifferent banks through ATMwithdrawals,” police deputyinspector-general Solomon

Jere is quoted as saying bya privately owned daily, The

Post.The public are, therefore,

advised to secure their pin

numbers and not to share themwith anyone who would offer

help to them, said Jere. Jere also advised people not

to expose their pin numberswhen making ATM transac-

tions.Police also said criminals

may also take advantage of upcoming events such asthe International Trade Fairin Ndola city, north of thecapital Lusaka, and the Lusaka

Agriculture and CommercialShow.

Cyber crimes

Jere said police were inves-tigating the incidents.

The move could be a secu-rity scare ahead of the UnitedNations World Tourism Or-ganisation General Assemblyto be co-hosted by Zambia andZimbabwe in August.

Police said they haverecorded about 200 casesinvolving cyber crimes af-

fecting banks in the last sixmonths.

JOHANNESBURG, Friday

South Africa’s ruling African National Congresstoday said its website had

been hacked by Zimbabweanactivists claiming a link to theglobal “hacktivist” group

Anonymous.“Someone calling them-

selves Anonymous andclaiming to be the legitimaterepresentative of the peopleof Zimbabwe has floodedthe website of our organi-sation,” the ANC said in astatement.

The denial of service attack— which floods a website withso many data requests that itcrashes — appeared to be ineffect from around 9am.

“Our website management

team is currently working onthe problem, including assess-ing means to strengthen oursecurity so that such does notrecur in future,” said spokes-man Jackson Mthembu.

Crisis in Zimbabwe

Anonymous is a looselyorganised group that has

been blamed for attacks onthe FBI, Visa, MasterCard, theKremlin, global intelligencefirm Stratfor and Sony Pic-tures Entertainment amongothers.

The latest hacking attackappears to be linked to South

Africa’s stance on the ongoingpolitical crisis in neighbouringZimbabwe.

The South African Govern-

ment has been criticised forits perceived failure to take a

hard line against Zimba

President Robert Mugaleader of a fellow libemovement.

Using the Twitter “@zim4thewin”, a grouing themselves “Anon

Africa” warned the Athe impending attack

“Tick tock tick tocksite will stop workingminutes. think about

blood on your corruptwhen it is down,” the ufied group warned.

A subsequent twee“anc.org.za is tango dow

being corrupt and suppthe mass murdering m#anc #africa #zim#anonymous”

Mugabe on Thuplunged Zimbabwe bapolitical crisis by unilaannouncing elections held on July 31.

His political rival Minister Morgan Tsvvowed to fight the dearguing that Mugabeto avoid reforms andahead with a flawed extend his 33-year rulhack also came on thea summit of regional l

that will decide a respoMugabe’s gambit. (AF

SA’s ruling partywebsite attacked

by Zim activists

31Date in July ZimbabwPresident Robert Mu

gabe set for election

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All the relevant stakeholders are invited to the Stakeholder Consultation

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EHRAN, Friday

Iranians were today vot-ng for a new president in anection that reformists hope

o win with the conservativesven by division, four yearsfter the disputed re-election

f Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Dozens of men and women,

n separate queues, were seenutside polling stations ashey opened at 8am. Votingontinues until 6pm but thatould be extended if there is aig turnout.More than 50.5 million peo-

le are eligible to vote for theman — no women candidates

were approved — to succeed Ahmadinejad, who is barredfrom standing for a thirdconsecutive term under theconstitution.

At the same time, as choos-ing a new president from sixcandidates, voters will also pickmunicipal councillors.

Iran’s supreme leader Aya-

tollah Ali Khamenei, who hascalled for a large turnout but

not publicly stated his prefer-ence for any single candidate,voted early.

“Inshallah (God willing), theIranian people will create a newpolitical epic. I advise all peopleto vote,” said the Iranian leaderafter casting his ballot.

He also attacked US criti-cism of the credibility of the

presidential poll.“The hell with you ... who

do not agree with the way theelection is being run,” Khame-nei said on national television.“The Iranian people ... will dowhat is in their interest.”

His remarks were echoed by Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, headof the hardline Guardians

Council electoral watchdog,who said voters “were pokingtheir fingers in the eye of theenemy”.

Second round

If no candidate secures morethan half of the votes to winoutright today, a second roundwill be held a week later.

The first results are expectedon Saturday.

With the conservative campdivided, reformists seemconfident of a good showing

by moderate cler ic HassanRowhani, who has emergedas a frontrunner with a realchance of forcing a run-off,analysts say.

A pack of three heads theconservatives: former foreign

minister Ali Akbar Velayati,Tehran mayor Mohammad

Iranians cast ballots in key presidential election

The hell with you ...who do not agree withhe way the election iseing run”

an’s supreme leaderyatollah Ali Khamenei

Baqer Qalibaf and the Islamicrepublic’s chief nuclear nego-tiator, Saeed Jalili.

Both sides, reformist andconservative, have appealedfor the electorate to turn outin high numbers — the firsthoping for change and the

other to show the power of aregime accused of seeking toensure victory for a Khameneiloyalist.

“It’s a duty. I hope the nextpresident can do somethingfor us, and for the workers. Iwill vote for Qalibaf becausehe is a good mayor. I hope thepromises he made will come

true,” said a 50-year-old win a voting queue, who dto give her name. Fpresident Akbar HaRafsanjani, who was dified from running, urgedturnout, which analysts increase the chances Ro

putting up a credible shagainst the conservativ

“We hope the electionwill lead to national cohesince cohesion is a requifor success against fand domestic dangersRafsanjani, who has this weight behind Ro(AFP)

ATTA KENARE | AFP

Iranian moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani flashes thesign of victory as he leaves a polling station in Tehran yesterday.

SUPPORT | CIA to co-ordinate delivery of military equipment and training

Obama boosts

military aid toSyrian rebels

WASHINGTON, Friday

The US is to supply directmilitary aid to the Syrianopposition for the first

me, the White House has an-ounced.

President Barack Obamamade the decision after his ad-ministration concluded Syrianorces under Bashar al-Assadere using chemical weapons,spokesman said.Ben Rhodes did not give de-

ails about the military aid otherhan to say it would be “differentn scope and scale to what weave provided before”.The US had warned any use of

hemical weapons would cross“red line”.The US announcement is one

hat the Syrian opposition haseen pushing and praying for

months.It seems clear that Presidentbama has finally been per-

uaded, as Britain and France

ave argued, that the battlefieldannot be allowed to tilt stronglyn the regime’s favour, as is cur-ently happening, he adds.

Washington’s “clear” state-ment was welcomed by Nato

ecretary-General Anders Fogh

Rasmussen.“Urgent that Syria regime

should let UN investigate allreports of chemical weaponsuse,” he said on his officialTwitter feed.

But a spokesperson for UNSecretary-General Ban Ki-moonsaid that he remained against“any further militarisation” of the conflict in Syria, saying thepeople there need peace notmore weapons.

Rhodes, a deputy nationalsecurity adviser to Obama, said

the US intelligence community believed the “Assad regime hasused chemical weapons, includ-ing the nerve agent sarin, on asmall scale against the opposi-tion multiple times over thelast year”.

He said intelligence officialshad a “high confidence” in theirassessment, and also estimatedthat 100 to 150 people had diedfrom chemical weapons attacks,“however, casualty data is likelyincomplete”.

“We have consistently said theuse of chemical weapons violatesinternational norms and crossesred lines that have existed in theinternational community for dec-ades,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes said President Obama

had made the decision to increaseassistance, including “militarysupport”, to the Supreme Mili-tary Council (SMC) and SyrianOpposition Coalition.

He did not give details of theaid, but administration officials

have been quoted by US mediaas saying it will most likely in-clude sending small arms andammunition.

The New York Times quoted

US officials as saying that Washington could provide anti-tank weapons.

Syria’s rebels have been callingfor both anti-tank and anti-air-craft weaponry.

The Wall Street Journal re-

ported that Washington is alsoconsidering a no-fly zone insideSyria, possibly near the borderwith Jordan, that would protect

refugees and rebels who aretraining there.

When asked whether Obamawould back a no-fly zone overSyria, Rhodes said one wouldnot make a “huge difference”on the ground — but would becostly.

He said further actionswould be taken “on our owntimeline”.

The CIA is expected to co-ordinate delivery of the militaryequipment and train the rebelsoldiers on how to use it.

Until now, the US has lim-ited its help to rebel forces byproviding rations and medicalsupplies.

Rhodes said the White Househoped the increased support

would bolster the effective-ness and legitimacy of boththe political and military armsof Syria’s rebels, and said theUS was “comfortable” workingwith SMC chief Gen Salim Idris.(BBC)

Decision made afterUS concluded Assadorces are usinghemical weapons

Syrian rebelfighters belong-

ing to the ‘Mar-

tyrs of Maaret al-Numan’ battalionleave their posi-tion after a range

of shootings inthe southern

Syrian town ofMaaret al-Numan

on Thursday.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS |

AFP

A senior pro-Kremlin

politician in Russia — an allyof Syria — said US claims of

the Assad government’s use

of chemical weapons were“fabricated”.

Likening it to when the USwrongly claimed Saddam

Hussein held chemical weap-ons in Iraq, Alexei Pushkov,

head of lower house of

parliament foreign affairscommittee, tweeted: “Obama

is taking the same path asGeorge Bush.”

REACTION

America’s claims‘are fabricated’

BRIEFLY

ROME

EU states seek waytackle unemploym

Italy, France, Germany aSpain sent their economy alabour ministers to Rome y

day to try to find ways to rethe mass youth unemploym

blighting the lives of millioacross Europe. “A united Ecannot allow a generation t

be sacrificed,” French LaboMinister Michel Sapin saidinterview with Italy’s Il Soldaily yesterday. He noted tevery country, even those wthe unemployment rate is lsuch as Germany, the perceof young people without wis double the national averaSapin called on the four cotries meeting in Rome to “quickly, using the resourceready available”. (AFP)

MANILA

Two passengers diPhilippine ferry si

Fishermen and rescue whauled dozens of people outhe sea after a ferry sank incentral Philippines yesterdat least two passengers droauthorities said. In the latedisaster to hit the nation’s ously dangerous sea transpindustry, the ferry mysteriosank in calm weather befordawn about two kilometresBurias island. Fishermen osmall outrigger motorboatsamong the first to arrive onscene and saved many livelocal coastguard deputy chBayani Belisario. “They (th

sengers) were floating in th jackets and the rescuers pithem out of the water,” saidlisario. He said the bodies owomen were recovered frowater. (AFP)

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une 15, 2013 International News



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Countiesurged tohelp revivcoffee croBY NATION CORRESPON

County governments havasked to help revive coffee fawhich provides jobs for 5 mKenyans.

Coffee Board of Kenyatechnology and regulatory smanager Isabella Ngonge an

istry of Trade, Tourism, Inand Co-operatives assistanmissioner Justus Kiago sadespite high demand for Kand Ethiopian coffee in themarkets, local farmers are nducing enough for export.

Ms Ngonge said there areto introduce the crop in thBasin and Bungoma, Kitalecho, Siaya, parts of South Nand Vihiga.

She said CBK has not acits target of 300 million tonprocessed coffee for expor2005 due to low productiv

For the last three yearadded, prices of the crop havstable compared to the pryears due to high demand oyan coffee in foreign mark

“Consumption of coffee ghas increased steadily, but ption has not been coping whigh demand, a scenario likely to spur good prices crop,” she added.

“This is why as a board, wdecided to encourage farmplant coffee in all arable ar

At the same time, Ms Nand Mr Kiago urged Kenydrink more coffee.

Consumption of coffeglobally has increasedsteadily, but productiohas not been coping wthe high demand”

Coffee Board’s technoloand regulatory services

manager Isabella Ngong

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Kenya Airways recordeda Sh7.8 billion netloss for the 12 months

hrough to March 2013, blamedn low passenger numbers andss on currency exchange.The national carrier recordedSh1.6 billion after-tax profitver the same period lastear.Management attributes the

erformance to the Eurozonerisis and the issuance of avel advisories by key marketources, which led to a dropn passengers coming into theountry. In 2009, the airlineeported a Sh4 billion loss onccount of oil hedging.

Addressing investors yes-erday, KQ chief executivefficer Titus Naikuni said theompany took a beating fromigh fuel costs and the unstableolitical environment in Africa

experienced in the year. Last

year, Côte d’Ivoire and Maliwere in turmoil, forcing airlinesto abandon scheduled fights tothe two countries.

“The year was characterised by harsh economic and geopo-litical conditions that adverselyimpacted on the performanceof the company. The situationwas worsened by the Eurozonecrisis,” Mr Naikuni said.

“We hope to rebound inthe next year as the politicaland economic environmentimproves.”

Retrenchment

In a year that saw someseven airlines close down, KQreported a first-time operatingloss of Sh9 billion, down from

the Sh1.3 profit recorded theprevious year. This means theincome the company generatesfrom ferrying passengers andcargo is not enough to coverfor the costs incurred providingthe services.

Revenues dropped 8.4 percent from Sh107.8 billion in2012 to Sh98.86 billion in theyear under review. Passengersdeclined by 3.6 per cent to 9.5million.

Mr Naikuni said the air-line incurred huge costs inretrenchment, which sawover 800 employees leave thecompany in the past year.

As part of its come-backstrategy, the company plans toestablish its own fuel procure-ment firm. The move, the CEO

says, is meant to cut the ad-ditional cost KQ incurs buyingfuel from other companies.

“We spent more than Sh41 billion on fuel in the past finan-

Kenya Airways records Sh7.8bnnet loss as passengers reduceCompany management attributes theperformance to the Eurozone crisisand the issuance of travel advisoriesby key market sources

Kenya Airways chief

executive officer Titus

Naikuni (right) and groupfinance director AlexMbugua at the investors’

briefing during therelease of the company’sperformance results for the

financial year ended March31. The event was held at

Hotel InterContinental inNairobi yesterday.

SALATON NJAU | NATION

AVIATION | National carrier made Sh1.6 billion after-tax profit over the same period last year

KQ plans to establish its

own firm, through which it

will buy fuel.

Company is considering

putting up a hotel to reduce

the costs incurred in accom-

modation of staff and pas-

sengers when flights delay.

Airline plans to cut the

amount of food and drinks of-

fered to passengers.

STRATEGY

Airline’s plan toregain lost glory

cial year. It will be better if weare buying fuel from our owncompany so that the marginsend up in the group’s books,”Mr Naikuni said.

Add it iona lly, the com -pany is considering putting

up a hotel to cut the costsincurred in accommodationof staff and passengers whenflights delay.

Among other cost-cutting

measures adopted is “reduc-ing over-catering” where thecompany will cut the amountof foods and drinks offered topassengers.

“We expect to receive ourfirst Boeing 787 Dreamliner

plane in the first quarter of 2014. The plane will be the biggest in our fleet and willreplace the aged B-767 air-crafts,” Mr Naikuni said.

SOURCE: KQ | DAILY NATION

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Y NATION REPORTER

Low income householdsill spend more on fuel in theoming months following a di-ective by the Energy Regulatoryommission to raise the pricef kerosene.However, motor vehicle own-

rs will be pleased as both the

etrol and diesel price wentown.

In a statement, ERC directedthe price of kerosene in Nairobito be reduced by Sh2.06 per litre.Pump prices for other towns will

be adjusted accordingly.Motorists will enjoy reduced

costs for the third consecutivemonth after pump prices of superpetrol and diesel decreased bySh5.06 and Sh1.90 per litre

respectively.In a statement accompany-

ing the recommended prices,ERC said inefficiencies at thecountry’s only refinery have ledto additional costs, which have

been passed on to consumers.

Negative impact

“The reduction in the prices of super petrol and diesel has beenoccasioned by reduced prices in

the international market coupledwith a stable exchange rate.

The lag in the local processingof crude oil cargoes has had anegative impact on the pricesof locally refined productsespecially kerosene,” the state-ment read in part.

Last month’s price reviewsaw the cost of kerosene drop

by Sh4.37 per litre in Nairobi andthat of diesel and super petrol

by Sh5.38 and Sh4.41 per litrerespectively.

Blow for the poor as kerosene price up by Sh2

FILE

A petrol station supervisor adjusts fuel prices on a bin Eldoret Town.

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NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGELast 12 Mths Security Prices

gh Low Yesterday Prev Shares

deal traded

Agricultural7.00 22.00 Eaagads Ord 1.25 27.50 27.50 1,300

0.00 67.50 Kakuzi Ord.5.00 83.00

8.00 111.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ord 5.00 147.00 147.00 900

00.00 400.00 Limuru Tea Co. Ord 20.00 450.00

3.50 14.50 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ord 5.00 22.25 22.75 6,300

.00 10.00 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 14.50 14.60 83,100

5.00 180.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ord 5.00 260.00 254.00 100

Automobiles & Accessories9.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ord 5.00 25.50 25.50 200

- CMC Holdings Ord 0.50 13.50

.20 12.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ord 5.00 13.00 13.00 100

95 3.40 Sameer Africa Ord 5.00 5.30 5.30 151,500

Banking.90 10.70 Barclays Bank Ord 0.50 17.00 17.00 319,500

4.00 34.50 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ord.5.00 67.00 69.00 91,600

5.00 86.00 Diamond Trust Bank Ord 4.00 165.00 161.00 487,100

6.50 19.50 Equity Bank Ord 0.50 32.25 33.00 524,600,

7.75 13.00 Housing Finance Co Ord 5.00 25.50 25.50 170,300

4.00 20.25 KCB Ord 1.00 38.25 39.00 1,,206,300

4.25 16.00 NBK Ord 5.00 22.50 22.50 26,000

8.00 25.00 NIC Bank Ord 5.00 56.00 56.00 72,100

20.00 160.00 StandardChartered Ord 5.00 294.00 289.00 7,400

.00 10.15 Co-op Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00 16.15 16.10 692,600

Commercial & Services50 3.00 Express Ord 5.00 4.00

- Hutchings Biemer Ord 5.00 20.25

.00 10.00 Kenya Airways Ord 5.00 10.10 10.70 233,100

.00 8.50 Longhorn Kenya Ord 1.00 9.00

00.00 145.00 Nation Media Group Ord. 2.50 310.00 310.00 3,400

5.50 40.00 ScanGroup Ord. 1.00 64.50 64.50 22,000

8.00 20.00 Standard Group Ord 5.00 31.00

.00 36.00 TPS EA (Serena) Ord 1.00 51.00 52.00 2,100

4.00 9.00 Uchumi Supermarket Ord 5.00 19.50 19.50 145,000

Construction & Allied4.00 48.75 ARM Cement Ord 1.00 64.00 66.00 86,100

25.00 143.00 BamburiCement Ord 5.00 210.00 202.00 202,000

8.00 24.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ord 5.00 56.00

.50 9.55 E.A.Cables Ord 0.50 14.15 14.45 28,500

5.00 32.00 E.A.Portland Cement Ord 5.00 58.00 59.00 400

Energy & Petroleum.40 7.05 KenGen Ord 2.50 16.05 16.85 471,900

.95 9.00 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 9.85 9.90 676,800

0.75 14.00 KP&LC Ord 2.50 16.00 16.80 123,400

.00 12.65 Total Kenya Ord 5.00 16.75 17.00 150,700

Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 10.95 -

Insurance60 3.80 British American Investments Co.0.10 8.30 8.35 173,100

00 3.05 CIC Insurance Group Ord.1.00 5.00 5.10 435,800

80.00 150.00 Jubilee Holdings Ord 5.00 249.00 250.00 2,600

.50 7.15 Kenya Re Corporation Ord 2.50 16.30 16.45 143,400

.05 6.30 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ord 1.00 12.50 12.600 44,100

7.00 18.00 Pan Africa Insurance Ord 5.00 55.00 57.00 5,500

Investment4.00 11.05 Centum Investment Co Ord 0.50 22.00 23.00 142,400

00.00 220.00 City Trust Ord 5.00 448.00

00 3.05 Olympia Capital Holdings Ord 5.00 5.10 5.00 11,900

7.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ord 0.50 32.50 34.00 2,000

Manufacturing & Allied- A.Baumann & Co. Ord 5.00 11.10

115.00 90.00 B.O.C Kenya Ord 5.00 115.00

578.00 280.00 BAT Kenya Ltd Ord 10.00 577.00 539.00 155,300

150.00 88.00 Carbacid Investments Ord 5.00 142.00 142.00 600

426.00 180.00 East African Breweries Ord 2.00 340.00 350.00 181,100

3.70 1.35 Eveready EA Ord 1.00 3.10 2.95 114,900

- - Kenya Orchards Ord 5.00 3.00

7.35 4.00 Mumias Sugar Co. Ord 2.00 4.40 4.35 689,200

16.50 8.60 Unga Group Ord 5.00 16.50 15.60 50,300

Telecommunication & Technology11.00 3.75 AccessKenya Group Ord 1.00 9.55

7.55 3.05 Safaricom Ltd Ord. 0.05 7.00 7.30 12,910,000

NSE All Share Index(NASI)-(1 Jan 2008=100 Down 1.70points to close at 121.27

NSE 20 Share Index Down 31.49 points to close at 4806.52

Equity Turnover Close512,142,333 Previous sh586,781,537

BANK RATESEuro $ £ C$ SF IR JY ZR

BANK

ABC buy 114.02 85.50 133.82 83.96 92.65 1.47 90.49 8.51

sell 114.32 85.70 134.16 84.19 93.17 1.47 90.79 8.53

Barclays buy 113.60 85.15 133.62 83.60 92.08 1.49 89.46 8.58

sell 114.44 85.65 134.57 84.26 92.83 1.50 90.18 8.65

Co-op buy 113.89 85.35 133.89 83.82 92.31 1.47 89.63 8.46

sell 114 .18 85.55 134.3 0 84.05 92.58 1.48 89.85 8.74

Equity buy 113.89 85.55 133.86 84.10 92.46 1.49 89.85 8.64

sell 114.30 85.85 134.35 84.41 92.83 1.49 90.18 8.71

NBK buy 108.89 84.25 127.19 81.61 87.07 1.51 83.11 8.80

sell 109..02 84 .35 127.32 81.75 87.26 1.51 83.22 8.85

KCB buy 113.30 85.25 133.40 83.75 92.10 1.46 90.00 8.50

sell 113.70 85.45 133.90 84.10 92.50 1.47 90.50 8.60

CBA buy 113.09 85.25 133.12 83.05 92.11 1.48 89.63 8.57

sell 114.05 85.55 133.72 84.20 92.59 1.51 90.09 8.70

CFC Stanbic buy 113.97 85.20 133.62 83.37 93.07 1.45 91.00 8.46

sell 114.26 85.40 133.94 83.56 93.29 1.47 91.00 8.56

GulfAfrican buy 113.86 85. 30 133.94 83.75 92.35 1.47 89.68 8.62

sell 114.16 85. 50 134.29 83 .98 92.65 1.47 89.91 8.65

FCB buy 109.60 84.65 128.10 82.05 88.05 1.55 83.85 8.80

sell 109.90 84.85 128.40 82.25 88.25 1.60 84.06 8.85

Prime buy 113.30 85.00 133.50 83.80 92.00 1.46 90.00 8.50

sell 113.80 85.50 134.00 84.30 92.50 1.47 90.50 9.00

CBK RATESMean Buy Sell

1 US Dollar 85.3878 85.2950 85.4806

1 Sterling Pound 134.0925 133.9394 134.2455

1 Euro 113.9645 113.8329 114.0961

1 South African Rand 8.6428 8.6239 8.6617

Ksh/Ush 30.4377 30.3461 30.5293

1 Ksh/Tsh 19.1832 19.1038 19.2626

1 Ksh/Rwanda Franc 7.6007 7.5456 7.6558

1 Ksh/Burundi Franc 18.2229 18.0860 18.3598

1 UAE Dirham 23.2477 23.2209 23.2746

1 Canadian Dollar 83.8669 83.7682 83.9655

1 Swiss Franc 92.5253 92.3889 92.6616

100 Japanese Yen 89.8737 89.7867 89.9607

1 Swedish Kroner 13.1681 13.1461 13.1900

1 Norwegian Kroner 14.8579 14.8337 14.8822

1 Danish Kroner 15.2848 15.2672 15.3024

1 Indian Rupee 1.4764 1.4749 1.4779

1 Hong Kong Dollar 10.9915 10.9867 11.0109

1 Singapore Dollar 68.2556 68.1597 68.3516

1 Saudi Riyal 22.7689 22.7435 22.7942

1 Chinese Yuan 13.9209 13.9053 13.9364

1 Australian Dollar 82.0876 81.9856 82.1896

UNIT TRUSTS

Money Market Funds Daily Yield Effective A

African Alliance Kenya Shilling Fund Kenya Shilling 6.81%

Old Mutual Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 7.43%

British-American Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 9.01%

Stanbic Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 8.07%

CBA Market Fund Kenya Shilling 7.33%

CIC Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 9.20%

Amana Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 10.10%

Zimele Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 9.0%

ICEA Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 7.50%

Madison Asset Money Market Fund Kenya Shilling 8.72%

African Alliance Fixed Income Fund Kenya Shilling 11.67

CIC Fixed Income Fund Kenya Shilling 9.89

Stanbic Fixed Income Fund B1 Kenya Shilling 104.60

Stanbic Fixed Income Fund A Kenya Shilling 104.06

Standard Investment Income Fund Kenya Shilling 98.43

Standard Investment Equity Growth Fund Kenya Shilling 75.93

African Alliance Kenya Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 170.93 ICEA Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 118.62

British-American Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 175.13

CBA Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 149.59

CIC Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 13.14

Dyer and Blair Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 169.33

Old Mutual Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 353.94

Stanbic Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 144.34

Madison Asset Equity Fund Kenya Shilling 58.07

African Alliance Managed Fund Kenya Shilling 20.80

British-American Managed Retirement Fund Kenya Shilling 126.48

Amana Growth Fund Kenya Shilling 96.54

ICEA Growth Fund Kenya Shilling 123.64

Amana Balanced Fund Kenya Shilling 95.86

British-American Balanced Fund Kenya Shilling 178.15

CIC Balanced Fund Kenya Shilling 12.44

Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa Kenya Shilling 149.75

Madison Asset Balanced Fund Kenya Shilling 70.08

Zimele Balanced Fund Kenya Shilling 4.49

CFC Simba Fund Kenya Shilling 123.08

Old Mutual East Africa Fund Kenya Shilling 144.85

British American Bond Plus Fund Kenya Shilling 149.83

Dyer and Blair Bond Fund Kenya Shilling 124.92

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AGRICULTURE | Lobby has urged farmers to oppose implementation of the Act

Sugar Board opposes new law

Y RAMENYA GIBENDI

[email protected]

The Kenya Sugar Board hasurged farmers to resist at-tempts to implement the

griculture, Livestock, Fisheriesnd Food Authority Act sayingwill hurt the industry.The board chairman Mriptarus arap Kirior said thect, which seeks to merge 14

marketing agencies and regula-ors in the agriculture sector, isot well thought-out and will notolve the industry’s woes.Speaking at a farmer’s field

ay organised by the Kenya

ugar Research Foundation inisumu, Mr Kirior said “onelanket institution” cannot ad-

dress the problems the sugarindustry faces.

“We have so many marketingand lobby bodies in the countrywith unique roles and they can-

not be simply bundled togetherunder one institution,” said MrKirior.

He said parliament hurriedlydebated and passed the Act lastyear without consulting stake-holders.

Farmers’ interests

Mr Kirior told farmers thatthe gazzettement of the Act willrender the Sugar Act, which hasprovisions that protect farmers’interest, ineffective.

The Act was signed by formerpresident Mwai Kibaki in Janu-ary. The agencies are Sisal Board,Cotton Board of Kenya, NationalCereals and Produce Board, Cof-fee Board, Tea Board, PyrethrumBoard, and Coconut Develop-ment Authority.

The Kenya Plant HealthInspectorate Service and Hor-ticultural Crops Development

Authority will not be sparedeither.

The new Bill was passed byParliament during its final sit-tings last year with the aim of transforming farming into a pro-

fessional and well-paying ventureattractive to the youth.

But the sugar industry lobby

says disbanding the board at thisstage may hurt trade ahead of the lifting of Comesa safeguardsin February 2014.

The sugar board is striving toprepare the industry for external

competition upon expiry of theregional safeguards.

Act seeks to merge 14marketing agenciesnd regulators in the

griculture sector

FILE | NATION

Tractors carry canes to Mumias Sugar factory for milling.

4,000 strike atS. African mine

JOHANNESBURG, Friday

Up to 4,000 minework-ers staged a sit-in strikeat an Anglo American

Platinum mine in South Africa’s restive platinum belt today over the sus-pension of four leaders,a union representativetold AFP.

Wor kers from theupstart Association of Mineworkers and Con-struction Union (AMCU)at the mine’s Thembelanishaft in Rustenburg haverefused to come out sincethe 4am (0200 GMT)shift started, accordingto George Tyobeka, an

AMCU leader.“They don’t want to

come out from under-ground because theywant their leadership’ssuspension lifted,” said

Tyobeka. Around 3,000 to 4,000

people were strikisaid.

Anglo AmPlatinum confthe industrial a

but said around “employees” were ground and were prevented from eunderground by aof employees.”

It confirmed thehad been ignited suspension of fouunionists “for inpriate behaviour wagainst our behavprocedure.”

The four AMCU lhad been suspendeallegations they subfraudulent membapplications in a inflate union membnumbers.

Rival unions been in a bloody w

dominance at the (AFP)

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ATURDAY NATION

une 15, 2013 Classifieds



Death Announcement

It is with humble acceptance of God’s will that we announc

death of Henry Cheruyiot Kirui Sang. Beloved Husband of

Kirui. Father of Stephanie Chelangat, Ian Kipkorir and BChemutai. Son of Musa and Hannah Sang. Brother of Rose

Kittony, Joyce Sang, David Sang, Beatrice Sang and Betty WSon-in-law of Isaiah and Rachel Mutai. Brother-in-law of E

Josiah, the late Joel, Rael, Ruth, jane, paul, evelyne, ken, Joyce,and Rose.

Also brother-in-law of Kiprono Kittony, Sam Wachira and Do

Matheka. Funeral arrangements are going on at his home in Nand Kericho. Burial arrangements will be announced later.

“You have fought a good fight, you have finished the

and you have kept the faith”. (2 Timothy 4:7). In Go

hands you rest in peace in our hearts you live forev

Henry Cheruiyot Kirui

Yobensia kwamboka daughter of Nyakere Omayo andMoraa died on 3/6/2013, wife to the late Ogeto Abereshe was a sister to Omwenga Bara others late Nyangau, Marasi, Daniel, kwanyo, Omooria,Jemima, Kwamboka,Bwoma. Mother to Moraa, Samuel, Andrew, Joyce lateAluvanus and Daudi Mother-in-law to: Josephine, Mary,Birita, Jemimah the late Yunia and Grace. Grand mother to:Margaret, Nyansuguta, Anunda(Amaco), Gladys(Sirare) Jane,Zablon(Merline) Nyaberi, Akuma, Callen of Kisii University,Mellen (USA) Cliff (USA) Geoffrey(USA), Verah USA,Elivis(Levals Construction) Emmah (Times towers) ZablonOmbasa, Evans Nrb businessman Everline, Kerubo, Aluvanus(KU) Janet, Edinah, Dinah, Ascar and Mellen. Co-wife toBosobori, Kwamboka, late Kemunto, Kebute, Nyamisa andTabitha. Sister-in-law to Osoro Sure, Nyabige, late Bosibori,Elizabeth, Bilia and others Korera to Mochache, Nyameta,Ltae Nyakeri,Late Malindi, Ltae Mumbo, late Atogo, late

Yunes, Nyandwaro and others. Aunt to Mokua, Hezron,Charles,Omwenga,George among others. Relatives andfriends are meeting daily at Jogoo and Nyaisa village forfuneral arrangements. Final fundraising will be held at Jogoo(Tureti) and Flamingo Hotel Kisii as from 2pm. Thecoterge leaves Hema Mortuary on 20th June, 2013 forprayers at Ngenyi Catholic Church, burial on 21st June 2013at Nyaisa, Manga District.

Yubensia

Kwamboka Ogeto

Born: 1910 Died: 2013

Death and Funeral Announcement

It is with humble acceptance of God’s willthat we announce the passing on of Elder

Irene Wangui Kinyua Kabugi on 10th June

2013.

Wife of Elder Charles Kinyua Kabugi. Mother

of Daniel Kabugi, Timothy Murage, Stephen

Murithi and Michael Kinyua (Equity Bank,

Nairobi West).

Sister of Caroline Muthoni (Muranga) and

Peninah Kirubi (Nanyuki D. Hospital)

Family and friends are meeting daily at her

residence near Timau in Ngenia Kibiro Village

and also at Evaton Junction Thika Town for

prayers and funeral arrangements.

The cortege leaves Nanyuki District Hospital Mortuary on Monday 17

2013 at 8.00 a.m. Thereafter burial and funeral service will be held

husband’s residence Ngenia from 11.00am.

You have fought a good fight finished the race, I have kept the

2nd Tim 4:7

Irene Wang

Kinyua Kabu1954-10/06/2013

Promotion To Glory

It is with deep sorrow and humble acceptance of

God’s will that we announce the death of Mama

Sarah Nyakianda Naai, loving wife of the late

Ezekiah Naai, which occurred at Charity Hospital

on 11th June 2013. Mother of Peter Wangunyu,

Mary Njogu, Anne Muthui, Jane Mwihaki and the

late Wangui, Macharia and Luc y Boro.

Sister of Rufas Maina, Simon Mwangi, Miriam

Nyokabi, Ruth Mwihaki, Wanja Githuku, Nelson

Njuguna, George Macharia (projector), Amina

Wanjiku, Joyce Wangui and the late Thomas

Ndungu and Mary Njeri. Aunt of Rufas (Pillar

Audio), Njuguna, Naomi, Jomba, James and many

others. Grandmother of Wycliffe, Pauline , Apolloand many grandsons and granddaughters. She

hails from Silibwet scheme Maryland Nyahururu.

The cortege leaves Nyahururu District Mortuary

on 18th June 20 13 at 9.00 a.m. for funeral service at her home Maryland.

Friends and relatives are meeting daily at her residence for prayers and

arrangements.

Mum, you fought a good fight and you have kept the faith,

in Gods hand you rest. Amen

Sarah NyakianNaai

1924 - 11th June 20

Death and Funeral Announceme

We regret to announce the Sudden death of MarthaMaureen Ayuma Atego, A fourth year studentKenyatta University. Daughter of Samuel Atego(D.E.O’s Office Bumula) and Pastor Jane Atego of Church of God and World Vision (Kenya). Sister of Rebecca Atego (Kibabii University), Ben Atego (VihigaHigh School), Brian Atego (Elite Academy). NieceTo Anne Namusonge(Bungoma District Hospital),Scolastica (Bumula D.O’s office), Julie (ElegantHotel), Esther (Nairobi County Govt), Joshua Ateko(Ashut Ltd Nairobi), Gertrude Ateko (Ketray BureauDonholm), Job Amboka (Knut Tranzoia), Tom (CDFBungoma South), Susan Khasandi (Joys Joy Academy),Sylvia Kwatindi (Yalifa Institute, Rongo), JacktonNabwera (Driver, Eldoret Route), Annet Nabwera(Kiminini), Opash Juma(Driver). Grand Daughter of Peter sheriff (Former Driver Bungoma High School)and Mary Shariff (Musikoma). Burudi Nabwera, DavidOkwiri, Alice Taracha, Mary Taraja, Norah Taracha a nd Joash Atego (Bunyore).

Burial will be held Today Saturday 15th June 2013,Preceeded by a Church service at Bungoma townChurch of God opp. Posta Grounds.

Martha Maureen

Ayuma


We announce the sudden passing on of Gikonyowa Kung’u on the 10th of June 2013. He wa s sono the late Benson Kung’u Manini and the lateoise Wambui Kung’u (formerly of Londiani). He

was the son in law to the late Joyce MuthoniKanai. He was husband to Mrs. Violet WanjiruGikonyo. Father to the late Kung’u Gikonyo,Kanai Gikonyo, Githua Gikonyo, Louisa WambuiGikonyo and Kanyi Gikonyo. He was brother tohe late James Githua Kung’u, Mrs. Mary Wanjiru

Macharia, Mrs. Jane N. Maina, Peter V.M. Kung’u,Mrs. Florence Wanjiku Wainaina and Mrs.Wangui Njoroge Muhuthia (Australia) Brothern law to the late Charity Waithera Githua,ustace Macharia, Charles T. Maina, James

Mwangi Wainaina, Lawrence Njoroge Muhuthia

Australia), Lucy Wambui Mwaura, Mr James andMrs Mercy Mbugua, David G . Kanai, Mr Moses and Mrs Catherine W. Koech, MaryNellyW. Kanai, Henry Kanyi, Moses Kariuki, Mr James and Mrs Jemima Wahome, Judy Kanyi.An uncle, cousin and grandfather to many.

uneral arrangements go on at PCEA St. Andrews Church starting today on the 14thune at 5.00pm and thereafter on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th same time. Burialate will be on the 19th June at the Lang’ata Cemetery preceded by a grave sideervice. Details to follow.

Gikonyo wa Kung’u

Life Well Lived

t is with deep sorrow and humble acceptance of God’s will that we announce the sudden and untimelyemise of Samuel Ndun’gu Ngigi (Yellow Pages Ltd)

which occurred on the morning of 11th June 2013.

Beloved son of the late Michael Ngigi Kariuki anducy Wanjiku Ngigi (Matopeni Primary School).

Dear brother of Caroline Ngigi (Fahari HouseKindergarten) and Allan Ngigi (Mindspan Group Ltd).Uncle of Anthony Ngigi (Plainsview Primary). Cousin

of Jimmy, Winnie, Chris, Vincent, Patricia, Stephen, Eva,Ann, Sylvia and many others.

riends and Relatives are meeting daily at his homen Ruiru (Kangangi Estate) and at Roast House

Restaurant for funeral arrangements.

He will be laid to rest on Tuesday 18th June 2013 atMurera Coffee Estate behind the GSU camp in Ruiru

“In God’s hands you rest, in our Hearts you

live forever” Rest in Peace

Samuel Ndun’gu

Ngigi


It has been 3 years since you physically lef t us. No words can tell how much we miss you,

your guidance and wise counsel.

We thank God for having blessed us with a father like you. We remain in faith and trust that

you are lovingly watching over us from heaven as we remember your great deeds here on

earth. Your will be forever loved and missed by all.

Fondly and warmly remembered by your wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,

family and friends.

“Loved ones never die, they leave behind a legacy in our hearts that lives

forever.”

Rest in Peace.

IN LOVING MEMORY/ 3RD ANNIVERSARY

George Thuo Njuguna

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HEARTS CRISIS

23.5Millions in dollars thatScottish Premier Leagueclub, Hearts, owes debtors.The SPL has declined tobail out the club because‘the rules forbid it’.

NIGERIA BONUS W

425Money in thousandsof Kenya shillings thatmembers of Nigeria’sfootball team aredemanding for matchehave won.

BRIEFLY

GOLF

Andersen 10th in Polokwane ClasSouth Africa-based Kenyan professional golfer S

Andersen was placed 10th at the close of the seconround in this year’s Polokwane Classic yesterday ipopo, South Africa.

He shot two under par 70 after birdies at the fiftenth, eighth and 13th holes with only two bogeys athird and 12th to make the cut with a total of threepar 141. He was joint 10th with five South Africans

GOLF

Donald and Mickelson lead US OpeLuke Donald emerged joint leader of the US Open yester

after the second round got underway three hours later th

scheduled. Phil Mickelson stayed atop the leaderboard at

three-under 67 as the first round was completed yesterda

morning and it was England’s former world number one

Doonald who made the first move as the second round st

FOOTBALL

AFC ‘very keen’ onkeeping MumiasAFC Leopards have begun fresh

talks with principal sponsors

Mumias Sugar as they look

to renew their sponsorship

when the current deal expires

in six months’ time. Acting

club chairman, Walter Onyino

(right) yesterday said that the

club is keen on extending the

partnership agreement with the

sugar millers and that “ more

round table talks” will be taking

place soon. “They have been

good sponsors and as a result

we are giving them the first

priority,” Onyino said.

RUGBY

Ambaka joins French side OlympiLyon Olympique Universitaire (LOU) rugby teamformalised the signing of Kenyan winger Willy Am

The 22-year-old Kenya Harlequin player popularknown as ‘Kenya’s Jonah Lomu’ has signed a one-ycontract with the French Rugby Union Division Twteam, with an option of a year’s extension. The teamwas relegated from the Top 14 at the end of the 20season.

Kenyans plot against Uganda in Elgon CupY AYUMBA AYODI

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Kenya 15s players will beeeking revenge as they launchheir campaign to reclaim thelgon Cup from Uganda todayt Kasarani Stadium.

But the visitors seem bentn retaining the crown they

won last year after a five-yearhiatus. Uganda won 19-5 inthe first leg in Kampala butstill claimed the title despitelosing 0-12 in Nairobi.

Going by performance in theBamburi Rugby Super Seriesand history, Kenya have the

upper hand. Ndovu edged outUganda’s Rwenzori 24-18 to

lift this year’s Bamburi RugbySuper Series title two weeksago.

Kenya have lost to Ugandaonly twice at home since thetournament’s revival in 2001.

The Kenyan women’s team arehoping to retain their diadem in

honour of their fallen heroine,captain Abedeen Shikoyi, who

died following a collision withan opponent in their first legmatch in Kampala last year.

Kenya men’s team returnedon Wednesday from a 10-daystrength and conditioningtraining in South Africa undertactician Jerome Paawaters and

former Springboks coach Peterde Villiers.

I’m ready to take over from Oliech, says MurungaY ODINDO AYIEKO

Andrew Murunga, scorer of enya’s opening goal against

Malawi in Wednesday’s 2014ifa World Cup qualifiers,

says he has more to offer tothe team.

The 20-year-old Talent Academy graduate scored onhis debut and believes he canfit in the shoes of France-based

Dennis Oliech who was left outof the team to Malawi afterfalling out with the coach.

“I’m motivated to become oneof the best strikers in Kenya,”said Murunga after the team

arrived from Malawi yesterday.FKF chair Sam Nyamweya hepresented Sh150,000 to theteam. Credit Bank openedaccounts for the players withdeposits of Sh10,000.

PELLEGRINI TAKES OVER AS

MANCHESTER CITY COACH

Manchester City yesterday said they hadappointed Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrintake over from Roberto Mancini, earmarkhim as the man to bring long-term succesthe English Premier League club.The confirmation of his appointment camafter Pellegrini said he had a verbal agreem

to move to northwest England, after nineyears in charge at Spanish club Malaga.

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Lagos

A frican champions Nigeria, whostayed in Namibia after their

World Cup qualifier in a rowver bonus payments, have delayedheir departure for the Confed-rations Cup in Brazil, officials saidesterday.The Super Eagles failed to catch

heir flight to South America for theournament, which begins on today,fter players insisted they should beaid their usual win bonus for the 1-1raw in Windhoek on Wednesday.The president of the Nigeria

ootball Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari, met the team to explainhat the organisation is broke ands result, they would only be $2,500,873 euros, £1,594) each.Players had demanded double

hat amount.

inister intervened

Now, the NFF said that Nigeria’s

ports minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdul-hi, had intervened in the row and

he Super Eagles would now fly torazil today.“We are most grateful to the minis-r for his intervention in the matter,hich means the team can now travel

o Brazil on Saturday and arrive inelo Horizonte before our first matchgainst Tahiti on Monday,” said NFFeneral secretary Musa Amadu.Amadu said the NFF, like mostigerians, was taken aback by the

ctions of the players to stay backn Namibia.

“We are shocked like every Nige-an at the attitude of the players,”e said. “It is incomprehensible be-ause the NFF president and myself at down with the management of he Super Eagles, including coachtephen Keshi, to explain why we

ad to slash the bonus and othermeasures taken as a result of our

nancial constraints.”The NFF also dismissed reports

hat they were queried by the Na-onal Sports Commission over theonus saga.“We did not receive any query

om the National Sports Commis-on. Before taking the decision toash the win-bonus and downsize theam’s crew, we briefed the minister,”madu added.Fifa general secretary Jerome Val-

ke also confirmed on Thursday thatigeria will travel to Brazil today toompete in the Confederations Cupespite an ongoing dispute aboutonus payments.

iven assurances

However, Valcke said he had been

ven assurances that Keshi’s sideould fly out ahead of their openingroup B game with Tahiti.“I spoke with the team manager

nd they will be in a plane on Sat-rday (today) and will be at theonfederations Cup, so the issue is

olved,” he said.Meanwhile, FIFA president Sepp

latter insisted that the Maracanaill be ready to host matches, de-

pite ongoing works at the stadiumust two days before the start of theournament.

Visitors to the iconic arena in Rio deaneiro on Thursday were greeted byhe sight of workmen painting interioralls, while there was the constant

ound of hammering and drilling.The Maracana has undergone a

multi-million-dollar refurbishmentrogramme and hosted its first of-cial match on June 2, when Brazilrew 2-2 with England in a friendlyame. (AFP)

Nigeria delaydeparture fortournament

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Brazil and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari cannot h

have one eye on next year’s World Cup onsoil, but if the acid test is 12 months aw

countdown starts today when the Selecao take onin their Confederations Cup opener.

Scolari led the Selecao to their fifth World Cup,nation sealed in Tokyo 11 years ago.

But the fact he is back for a second spell at the evidence of the degree to which impatience and crule hearts and minds across this giant footballtion given a clutch of disappointing showings atevents ever since.

Scolari has insisted since returning to the foNovember, ironically a matter of days after predeMano Manezes’ Brazil side spanked the Japanesea friendly in Poland, that the Confederations Cusideshow and that he cannot deliver a second dalchemy overnight.

Yet the pressure is on as the four-time Asian Cuppions should provide a stiff test before further showwith Olympic conquerors Mexico and three-timechampions Italy.

Brazil’s star man Neymar says the hosts will not t

Japanese, coached by hugely-experienced Italian AZaccheroni, lightly, given the hosts are now safeknowledge they have booked their World Cup becan also draw on the likes of Manchester United faShinji Kagawa.

Tricky opposition“Japan are a tricky proposition and not to be un

timated. Keisuke Honda and Kagawa are superb and the team as a whole mark you very tightlyBarcelona-bound Neymar.

Japan say they won’t be caught napping as they Poland, but will need to keep an eye on in-form strikewho has five goals in his last six internationals — ing two against England in friendly tussles in We— where England won 2-1 and Rio, which ended

“Brazil have a very strong team and we need to mathey don’t dole out a repeat of what they did in Psaid midfielder Yasuhito Endo. “We will be out tomuch better impression this time with more at st

The tournament is the first major event hosted zil since the 1989 Confederations Cup and the lo

challenge has been a tough one, raising concernswhether the country can produce 12 top notch for the World Cup. The opening match at the ENacional affords residents of the capital a rare to watch top-drawer football as the city currentla top-flight team.

The hosts will move on first to Fortaleza then Safor their remaining group encounters with Mexico anIf the Selecao win Group A, they will then travel Horizonte — scene of England’s 1950 World Cupat the hands of the United States — for a June 26final against either reigning South American chamUruguay or African champions Nigeria, assumingchampions Spain win Group B.

Should Scolari’s men only take second place in tphase they would face a likely Spanish test in Foon June 27. If Brasilia is off the beaten track in teBrazilian footballing tradition, nonetheless striking pcan be seen between the city and the national tea

The city is a paean to modern architecture, a rdream for former President Juscelino Kubitschedetermined in the mid-1950s that the capital sho

based in the very heart of the country rather thanin Rio. (AFP)

Samba Boys take o Asian champs Japain a tricky opener

Japan are a tricky proposition and nto be underestimated. Keisuke Honand (Shinji) Kagawa are superb playand the team as a whole mark youvery tightly”

Brazil star Neymar

Kick-off time of today’s Confederation Cup

opening match between Brazil and Japan

10pm

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Confederations Cup kicks off

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pledges to renew sponsorship. P.41

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Gachuhi takes you on a journey downmemory lane as he recounts the lives otop 50 footballers Kenya. P.42, 43

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ѕоrt оf сеlеbratіоn I wіll havе whеn I еarn mу firѕt

Sh5 mіllіоn іn рrоfit… ѕіgh.I lооk at all thеѕе nеw, fanсу-ѕсhmanсу оffiсе

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It ѕееmѕ that runnіng a buѕіnеѕѕ takеѕ еvеn

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Sub-Edіtоr: Fеlіѕta Wangarі.

Cоntrіbutоrѕ: Katе Gеtaо, Gaѕtrо d’Nоm, Jaсkѕоn Bіkо, Ruрі Mangat, Waсеkе

Nduatі-Omanga, Sоna Parmar Mukhеrјее, Irеnе Nјоrоgе, Lуdіa Omоlо, Maurісе

Mathеka, Truрhеnah Wakaba, Trісіa Wanјala, Abіgaіl Arunga, Jоan Thatіah,

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Grоuр Dеѕіgn Edіtоr: Kathlееn Bоgan Chіеf Graрhіс Dеѕіgnеr: Rоgеr Mоguѕu

Graрhіс Dеѕіgnеrѕ: Nzіѕa Mullі, Alісе Othіеnо, Jоу Abіѕagі

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Indulgе іn

hіѕ favоurіtе

hоbbу wіthhіm

Five giftsfor Father’sDay

Gеt hіm a nісе

ѕhіrt, ѕhоеѕ оr

ѕосkѕ

Cооk h

favоur

Buу hіm a bооk frоm hіѕ favоurіtе

Buу hіm a gadgеt оr

ѕоmеthіng that haѕ bееn

оn hіѕ wіѕhlіѕt fоr a whіlе

SATURDAY NATION June 15, 2013 saturday magazin



Imagіnе a ріll that соuld рrоtесt

mеn frоm fеmіnіnе wіlеѕ. That

ріll іѕ nоt a fantaѕу bесauѕе

Jaрanеѕе ѕсіеntіѕtѕ rесеntlу

rероrtеd that mеn whо tооk

Mіnосусlіnе, an antіbіоtіс, dіd nоt

ѕuссumb tо thе еffесt оf a рrе ttу

fеmalе faсе оn thеіr gооd јudgеmеnt.

On thе оthеr hand, mеn whо had nоt

takеn thе mеdісіnе рartеd wіth mоrе

mоnеу іn dіrесt рrороrtіоn tо hоw

lоvеlу thе fеmalе rесіріеnt lооkеd,

whеrеaѕ mеn whо had ѕwallоwеd

thе ріll ѕharеd thеіr mоnеу еquallуrеgardlеѕѕ оf what thе rесіріеnt

lооkеd lіkе. Nоw, bеfоrе all thе mеn

whо havе еvеr fallеn vісtіm tо a

dеlісіоuѕ damѕеl ruѕh tо thе nеarеѕt

сhеmіѕt, іt іѕ сlеar that a lоt mоrе

rеѕеarсh іѕ nееdеd bеfоrе an еffесtіvе

рrоtесtіvе ріll rеaсhеѕ рharmaсу

ѕhеlvеѕ.

Ηоwеvеr, thіѕ іnfоrmatіоn haѕ

alrеadу ѕеt mе thіnkіng. It іѕ rathеr

tеllіng that ѕоmеthіng dеѕіgnеd

tо ward оff dеadlу mісrоbеѕ іѕ alѕо

еffесtіvе agaіnѕt fеmmеѕ fatalеѕ

(оr “dеadlу wоmеn” aѕ оnlу thе

Frеnсh сan рut іt.) Aсtuallу thіѕ

іѕ nоt tоо hard tо bеlіеvе іf уоu

соnѕіdеr that thеrе arе 1 tіmеѕ

aѕ manу baсtеrіa іn thе gut оf an

avеragе human bеіng than thеrе arеhuman сеllѕ іn thеіr bоdу. Indееd,

ѕсіеntіѕtѕ сan tеll almоѕt anуthіng

thеу want tо find оut bу ехamіnіng

thе baсtеrіa frоm a реrѕоn’ѕ, gut

іnсludіng thеіr natіоnalіtу, dіеt,

habіtѕ and рrеfеrеnсеѕ. Sо thеrе arе

mоrе baсtеrіa іnѕіdе thе avеragе

реrѕоn than thеrе іѕ реrѕоn.

Thеrеfоrе, maуbе

Gоѕсіnnу and Udеrzо

оf thе Astеriх

famе wеrе bеіng

рrорhеtіс

whеn

thеу

namеd thе wіfе оf thе famоuѕ

fiѕhmоngеr, Unhуgіеnіх, Baсtеrіa. If

thіѕ ladу waѕ rathеr сhееkіlу namеd, I

havе a quеѕtіоn abоut whу thе namеѕ

оf ѕо manу harmful baсtеrіa havе

ѕuсh a fеmіnіnе rіng tо thеm. Thіnk

оf Lіѕtеrіa, Salmоnеlla, Shіgеlla, Vіbrіо

and Baсіlluѕ. I am ѕurе that thеrе arе

manу wоmеn іn Kеnуa whо wоuld

bе quіtе рlеaѕеd tо сrоwn thеіr lіttlе

daughtеrѕ wіth ѕuсh namеѕ.

Gіrlу gеrmѕ

Thеrе arе оthеr thіngѕ whісh arеquіtе fеmіnіnе abоut mісrоbеѕ. I

undеrѕtand than manу оf thеm havе

ѕіnuоuѕ ѕhaреѕ, nісе lеgѕ, and рrеttу

haіr. Thеrе іѕ еnоugh varіеtу оf thеѕе

сrеaturеѕ tо ѕuіt еvеrу taѕtе. Whеn іt

соmеѕ tо dіеt, ѕоmе оf thеm еat dеad

оrganіѕmѕ (hеtеrоtrорhѕ) and оthеrѕ

makе thеіr оwn fооd (autоtrорhѕ)

and nоwadaуѕ wе havе a dуіng brееd

оf wоmеn whо aсtuallу сооk еvеrу

еvеnіng whіlе mоѕt оrdеr іn ѕоmе

faѕt fооd.

Thеrе іѕ mоrе. Baсtеrіa rерrоduсе

bу grоwіng largеr and ѕрlіttіng іntо

twо (and I wіll nоt trу tо сarrу thіѕ

analоgу tоо far.) Thеrе arе ѕоmе

baсtеrіa that undеrgо “соnјugatіоn”,

whеrе twо ѕерaratе baсtеrіa

ехсhangе ріесеѕ оf DNA bеfоrеѕрlіttіng uр (and nееd I ѕaу mоrе?)

Nоw that ѕо manу wоmеn dеlіght

іn maіntaіnіng thеіr figurеѕ thrоugh a

daіlу vіѕіt tо thе gуm, I wіll lеavе уоu

wіth a јоkе

frоm јіmlоу.соm whеrе I rеad that

“amоng thе mоѕt unhеalthу baсtеrіa

arе thе anaеrоbіс baсtеrіa, bесauѕе

thеу arе tоо lazу tо dо aеrоb ісѕ.”

Onе оf thе dеadlіеѕt baсtеrіumіѕ thе оnе whісh сauѕеѕ bоtulіѕm

роіѕоnіng, whоѕе еffесtѕ arе

dеѕсrіbеd aѕ “4-72 hоurѕ aftеr

іngеѕtіng thе рathоgеn, thе vісtіm

dеvеlорѕ nеrvоuѕ dіѕturbanсеѕ ѕuсh

aѕ dоublе vіѕіоn, drоору еуеlіdѕ,

trоublе ѕреakіng, ѕwallоwіng, оr

brеathіng. If untrеatеd thе еffесtѕ

оf thіѕ роіѕоnіng сan bе fatal…”

Aсtuallу, thеѕе ѕуmрtоmѕ ѕоund

vеrу muсh lіkе a уоung man thе firѕt

tіmе hе fallѕ рaѕѕіоnatеlу іn lоvе.

Sуmрtоmѕ оf ѕеvеral оthеr baсtеrіal

іnfесtіоnѕ arе dеѕсrіbеd aѕ “dіarrhоеa,

abdоmіnal сramрѕ, hеadaсhе, and

сhіllѕ.” Agaіn thіѕ ѕоundѕ vеrу muсh

lіkе thе ѕtatе оf a gеntlеman whо haѕ

јuѕt ѕuffеrеd an оnѕ laught оf naggіng

frоm hіѕ fеmalе рartnеr.And іf anуоnе іѕ рlannіng tо

bе mеan abоut thе рarallеlѕ drawn

bеtwееn baсtеrіa and thе fеmіnіnе

gеndеr, thеn lеt uѕ rеmіnd оurѕеlvеѕ

that dеѕріtе thеіr bad рrеѕѕ, wе

сannоt ѕurvіvе оn еarth wіthоut

baсtеrіa. Thеу сlеan uр thе еarth

bу dесоmроѕіng dеad mattеr and

rеlеaѕе vіtal nіtrоgеn, whісh іѕ

еѕѕеntіal рlant fооd. And ѕоmе оf оurfavоurіtе fооdѕ ѕuсh aѕ сhееѕе and

уоghurt arе рrоduсеd thrоugh thе

fеrmеntatіоn рrосеѕѕ сarrіеd оut bу

baсtеrіa.

Gеntlеmеn, іf уоu ѕuѕресt that

уоu arе gоіng tо uѕе рооr јudgеmеnt

thіѕ Saturdaу aѕ a rеѕult оf bеіng

оvеrсоmе bу lоvеlіnеѕѕ,

bе соmfоrtеd that уоu

wіll ѕооn bе ablе tо

dіѕіnfесt уоurѕеlf

wіth an antі-

mісrоbіal!

Wіnnіе Gaсhagua іѕ a рrореrtу dеvеlореr сur

іnvоlvеd іn thе dеvеlорmеnt оf Mіgaa Gоlf Eѕ

іn Kіambu

Thе alarm іn mу hеad wеnt оff at 4.3am thіѕ

mоrnіng, aѕ іt dоеѕ еaсh mоrnіng rеgardlеѕѕ оf t

tіmе I ѕеt іt thе рrеvіоuѕ nіght. I ѕреnt abоut 3

mіnutеѕ іn bеd сhесkіng еmaіlѕ and рlannіng mу

thеn I rеad tо kеер abrеaѕt оf іntеrnatіоnal рrор

trеndѕ. I рrерarеd mу brеakfaѕt, ѕhоwеrеd and d

fоr wоrk. I lеft thе hоuѕе at arоund 7am.

I gоt tо wоrk 45 mіnutеѕ latеr and grabbеd m

оf соffее bеfоrе ѕеttlіng dоwn tо buѕіnеѕѕ. I am роf a largе tеam that іnсludеѕ arсhіtесtѕ, landѕсaр

and соntraсtоrѕ wоrkіng оn thе Mіgaa Gоlf Eѕtat

I сооrdіnatе aсtіvіtіеѕ tо makе ѕurе that thіѕ 774-

aсrе рrојесt bесоmеѕ a rеalіtу. Mу dutіеѕ arе dіv

rangіng frоm kееріng сlіеntѕ uрdatеd оn thе рrо

оf thе рrојесtѕ tо оvеrѕееіng markеtіng еvеntѕ о

Thеrе іѕ nеvеr a ѕеt rоutіnе оf aсtіvіtіеѕ.

“Wе nееd malе ѕеrvісе”Eaсh daу рrеѕеntѕ a dіffеrеnt сhallеngе. Tоdaу, I

wіth a grоuр оf malе іnvеѕtоrѕ frоm thе Mіddlе E

but thеу rеfuѕеd tо bе ѕеrvеd bу mе bесauѕе I a

wоman. Thеу rеfuѕеd tо talk tо mе, ѕhakе mу han

еvеn takе mу сard. Thеу јuѕt wrоtе a nоtе ѕaуіng

nееd malе ѕеrvісе”. I had nо сhоісе but tо hand t

оvеr tо mу malе соllеaguе.

It іѕ alwaуѕ rеfrеѕhіng whеn уоu сan іnсludе na

іn a rеѕіdеntіal соmmunіtу but that іѕ nоt what с

mу mіnd whеn a bіrd роореd оn mу haіr aѕ I wawalkіng іntо thе оffiсе fоr a bоard рrеѕеntatіоn і

thе aftеrnооn. It waѕ ѕо dіffiсult tо gеt іt оff; I had

waѕh mу whоlе hеad and ѕоmеhоw lооk рrеѕеn

Thankfullу, еvеrуthіng wоrkеd оut јuѕt finе. Mу w

daу еndеd at 5рm and I tооk an hоur runnіng ре

еrrandѕ bеfоrе finallу gеttіng hоmе at abоut 6.3

I сallеd mу mоthеr bеfоrе makіng dіnnеr. Shе ha

роѕіtіvе еnеrgу radіatіng оut оf hеr. I makе ѕurе

hеr еvеrу daу.

I rеad оссaѕіоnallу whеn I соmе aсrоѕѕ a gоо

bооk. I rесеntlу рісkеd uр Janе Auѕtеn’ѕ Pridе an

Prеjudicе and I waѕ quісklу hооkеd bу thе flawеd

сharaсtеrѕ, thе razоr-ѕharр рісturе оf an оррrеѕѕ

сlaѕѕ-bоund Englіѕh сulturе, and thе ѕtrоng wоm

thе сеntrе оf іt all. I nоw undеrѕtand whу іt іѕ a сl

Ηоwеvеr, I оnlу managеd tо rеad a fеw рagеѕ bе

ѕaуіng a рraуеr and drіftіng оff tо ѕlеер. I takе оn

at a tіmе and whatеvеr rеmaіnѕ undоnе сan bе t

anоthеr daу.

Buіldіng drеamwіth brісkѕ

BY JOAN TΗATIAΗ

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Banсу Nјau-Murіmі сеlеbratеd hеr

marrіagе annіvеrѕarу еarlу laѕt

mоnth. Unlіkе рrеvіоuѕ уеarѕ, thіѕ

уеar waѕ рartісularlу ѕресіal bесauѕе

ѕhе and hеr huѕband havе bееn tоgеthеr fоr

ѕіх уеarѕ. And gоіng bу сaѕual оbѕеrvatіоnand advісе frоm оldеr marrіеd frіеndѕ, ѕhе

bеlіеvеѕ that havіng hеld оn tо hеr marrіagе

fоr fivе уеarѕ and managіng tо рull thrоugh

thе ѕіхth, іѕ a ѕurе іndісatіоn that hеr marrіagе

wіll ѕuссееd aѕ іt haѕ ѕurvіvеd thе ѕо-сallеd

ѕtоrmу уеarѕ.

Ηеr bеlіеfѕ соnvеrgе wіth thе ѕеvеn-уеar-

іtсh рhеnоmеnоn, a tеrm соіnеd aftеr a

рорular 195’ѕ film fеaturіng Marуlіn Mоnrое

and that haѕ соmе tо rеfеr tо thе ѕеvеnth уеar

оf marrіagе whеn соuрlеѕ ѕuрроѕеdlу ѕtart

tо lоѕе іntеrеѕt іn еaсh оthеr and maу dесіdе

tо ѕерaratе. In rесеnt уеarѕ, thе twо-уеar and

fivе-уеar annіvеrѕarіеѕ havе alѕо bееn сіtеd aѕ

роѕѕіblе tірріng роіntѕ fоr marrіеd соuрlеѕ.

Patіеnсе Gіtau, a 33-уеar-оld whо haѕ bееn

marrіеd tо hеr huѕband, Tоm, fоr ѕеvеn уеarѕ

сlaіmѕ that thе іtсh іѕ rеal іn thе fifth уеar.

“Yеar 5 waѕ tоugh…I had gоnе іntо

marrіagе wіth vеrу hіgh ехресtatіоnѕ. I had a

tеmрlatе оf ехaсtlу hоw I еnvіѕіоnеd thіngѕ

tо turn оut and I ѕреnt thе firѕt fоur уеarѕ

ѕtrugglіng tо aсhіеvе thіѕ іdеal,” ѕhе rесallѕ hеr

ехреrіеnсе.

Tоm, thе ѕоn оf a ѕіnglе mоthеr, ѕharеѕ a

vеrу сlоѕе rеlatіоnѕhір wіth hіѕ mоthеr and

hе had hіѕ оwn ехресtatіоnѕ оf hоw hіѕ wіfе

Patіеnсе ѕhоuld trеat hіm: “I wantеd hеr tо

takе сarе оf mе јuѕt lіkе mу mоthеr wоuld.”

Fіvе уеarѕ іn, thеу rеalіѕеd that nеіthеr оf

thеm wеrе gоіng tо rеaсh thе tеmрlatеѕ thеу

had ѕеt; thеу had tо еіthеr ѕhaре uр оr ѕhір

оut.

“I had tо thrоw оut thе іdеalіѕtіс іdеaѕ that

I сamе іntо marrіagе wіth and wе ѕat dоwn

and madе a соnѕсіоuѕ dесіѕіоn tо aссерt еaсh

оthеr aѕ wе wеrе,” ѕaуѕ Tоm, 4.Ηе addѕ, “If I had gіvеn uр оn hеr and

drіftеd frоm hеr еmоtіоnallу, іt wоuld havе

bееn еaѕу tо ѕlір іntо an affaіr wіth anу

wоman whо gavе mе thе mоthеrlу attеntіоn

I сravеd.”

Bоrn thіѕ waу?Anthrороlоgіѕtѕ оffеr a роѕѕіblе еvоlutіоnarу

ехрlanatіоn fоr thіѕ lоѕѕ оf іntеrеѕt, еѕресіallу

thе varіеtу that haрреnѕ іn thе fifth уеar

оf marrіagе. Aссоrdіng tо Bеrnard Mоѕоtі,

an anthrороlоgіѕt іn Naіrоbі, baсk іn thе

рrеhіѕtоrіс tіmеѕ, wоmеn brеaѕtfеd arоund

thе сlосk and tеndеd tо ѕрaсе thе bіrth

оf thеіr сhіldrеn abоut fоur уеarѕ aрart --

еnоugh tіmе tо raіѕе a сhіld thrоugh іnfanсу

and aftеr whісh bоth рarеntѕ соuld ѕрlіt and

Iѕ thе tradіtіоnal tірріngроіnt whеn a rеlatіоnѕhір

еіthеr сrumblеѕ оr

mоvеѕ fоrward a rеalіtу

оr іѕ іt јuѕt a figmеnt оf

thе іmagіnatіоn? Jоan

Thatіah findѕ оut

Thе ѕеvеn-уеar-іtсh - faс




aіr uр wіth оthеr рartnеrѕ and bеar mоrеhіldrеn. Thіѕ waѕ naturе’ѕ waу оf еnѕurіng

arіеtу іn thеіr lіnеagе. Thіѕ quеѕt tо рaѕѕ

n оnе’ѕ gеnеѕ, hе ехрlaіnѕ, haѕ рrоbablу

еrѕіѕtеd tо datе.

hе bіоlоgу bеhіnd thе іtсhNеurоbіоlоgіѕtѕ, оn thе оthеr hand,

uggеѕt that соuрlеѕ ехреrіеnсе dіѕсоntеnt

ftеr twо уеarѕ bесauѕе оf сhangеѕ іn braіn

hеmісalѕ. Onе nеurоѕсіеntіѕt at thе Unіvеrѕіtу

f Pіѕa іn Italу, Dоnatеlla Marazzіtі, rеaсhеd

hіѕ соnсluѕіоn aftеr a 15-уеar ѕtudу, durіng

hісh ѕhе оbѕеrvеd 17 marrіеd реорlе.

hе nоtісеd that іn thе іnіtіal ѕtagеѕ оf

hе marrіagе, thе соuрlеѕ had lоwеr than

оrmal lеvеlѕ оf ѕеrоtоnіn. (Sеrоtоnіn іѕ

tranѕmіttеr whісh rеgulatеѕ mооd and

mрulѕе соntrоl). Thіѕ waѕ ѕіgnіfiсant bесauѕе

еорlе wіth lоw lеvеlѕ оf ѕеrоtоnіn ѕhоwgnѕ оf unсоntrоllablе оbѕеѕѕіоn wіth lоvе

nd addісtіvе ѕubѕtanсеѕ. Ηоwеvеr, aftеr

wо уеarѕ, thе ѕеrоtоnіn lеvеlѕ had rіѕеn

aсk tо nоrmal whеthеr thе іndіvіdualѕ wеrе

іll іn thе rеlatіоnѕhір оr nоt. Tо ехрlaіn

hеѕе findіngѕ, Dоnatеlla arguеѕ that naturе

оnѕіdеrѕ twо уеarѕ еnоugh tіmе fоr a соuрlе

о bоnd. Aftеr thіѕ, thе blіndеrѕ arе оff and оnе

еgіnѕ tо ѕее thеіr ѕіgnіfiсant оthеr fоr whо

hеу rеallу arе and сan rе-еvaluatе whеthеr

hеу want tо соntіnuе wіth thе rеlatіоnѕhір оr

оt. If thе bоnd bеtwееn a соuрlе іѕn’t ѕtrоng

nоugh, thеіr rеlatіоnѕhір wіll сrumblе whеn

hе іnіtіal іntеnѕе rоmantіс lоvе fadеѕ.

umру рhaѕе Thеrе arе nо hard ѕtatіѕtісѕ оn thе avеragе

uratіоn оf marrіagеѕ іn Kеnуa, but frоm hіѕхреrіеnсе handlіng dіvоrсе сaѕеѕ, Naіrоbі-

aѕеd famіlу lawуеr Kіmanі Gіthоngо ѕaуѕ

hat mоѕt соuрlеѕ ѕееk dіvоrсе bеtwееn thе

оurth and fifth уеar оf marrіagе whісh іѕ a

ugе drор frоm рrеvіоuѕ уеarѕ whеn соuрlеѕ

ееmеd tо hоld оn tо marrіagе fоr lоngеr.

nd whіlе ѕоmе реорlе ѕwеar bу thе varіоuѕ

рріng роіntѕ оf marrіagе, thеrе arе thоѕе

hо thіnk іt іѕ nоnѕеnѕісal tо havе a magісal

еar that dеtеrmіnеѕ whеthеr a rеlatіоnѕhір

іll wіthѕtand thе tеѕt оf tіmе. Dеnіѕ Thіtu, a

1-уеar-оld huѕband, ѕееѕ thе fivе-уеar іtсh

ѕ an ехсuѕе реорlе gіvе fоr wantіng tо ѕtraу

оm thеіr рartnеrѕ. Ηе admіtѕ that aftеr thе

оnеуmооn waѕ оvеr and thеу had thеіr

rѕt сhіld іn thеіr thіrd уеar оf marrіagе, thеу

еgan faсіng rеal сhallеngеѕ.

“Wе had іnсrеaѕеd rеѕроnѕіbіlіtіеѕ, wе wеrе

оth рurѕuіng оur dеgrееѕ and mоnеу waѕght. I hоwеvеr dіdn’t ѕее thіѕ aѕ a rеaѕоn tо

hеat оn mу wіfе оr quіt,’ hе ѕaуѕ.

Ηіѕ ѕеntіmеntѕ arе есhоеd bу Truрhеna

Wakaba, a marrіagе соunѕеlоr, whо ѕaуѕ that

оѕt соuрlеѕ ѕееk hеr соunѕеllіng ѕеrvісеѕ

ftеr abоut thrее уеarѕ оf marrіagе.

“Cоuрlеѕ ѕееm tо hіt a rоugh рatсh aftеr

hе arrіval оf thе firѕt сhіld, whісh uѕuallу

оіnсіdеѕ wіth thе thіrd уеar оf marrіagе. Thеу

се сhallеngеѕ adaрtіng tо thе nеw rоlеѕ

ѕ рarеntѕ and ѕhіftіng attеntіоn tо thе nеw

mіlу mеmbеr and thіѕ maу рut a ѕtraіn оn

hеіr rеlatіоnѕhір,” ѕhе ѕaуѕ.

Marу Wahоmе, a ѕосіоlоgіѕt іn Naіrоbі

ddѕ that twо, fivе and ѕеvеn arе јuѕt fiсtіоnal

umbеrѕ, but nоtеѕ that thеrе іѕ ѕоmе truth

tо thе bеlіеf that rеlatіоnѕhірѕ arе еѕресіallу

vulnеrablе fivе уеarѕ іn. Thіѕ іѕ bесauѕе thе

firѕt fivе уеarѕ іnvоlvе сruсіal lіfе tranѕіtіоnѕ.“Durіng thе firѕt уеarѕ оf marrіagе, рartnеrѕ

undеrgо a ѕеrіеѕ оf ѕіgnіfiсant сhangеѕ.

Thеу furthеr thеіr ѕtudіеѕ and graduatе frоm

роѕtgraduatе соurѕеѕ, advanсе іn thеіr сarееrѕ

and bесоmе рarеntѕ. Cоuрlе that wіth thе

tееthіng рrоblеmѕ that соmе wіth nurturіng

a уоung marrіagе and thеrе arе bоund tо bе

ѕоmе dіffiсultіеѕ,” ѕhе ехрlaіnѕ.

Mоrеоvеr, a fеw уеarѕ іntо thе marrіagе,

a соuрlе haѕ tо dеal wіth thе rеalіtу оf

unfulfillеd ехресtatіоnѕ, nеw rеѕроnѕіbіlіtіеѕ

and ѕоmеtіmеѕ mеddlіng іn-lawѕ. Whеn

thе hоnеуmооn іѕ оvеr, thеу nееd tо dіvіdе

thеіr tіmе bеtwееn thеіr nеw rеѕроnѕіbіlіtіеѕ

and уоung сhіldrеn, mеanіng that соuрlеѕ

hardlу havе tіmе tо nurturе thеіr rеlatіvеlу

уоung rеlatіоnѕhір makіng thеm vulnеrablе

tо ѕерaratіоn. Add tо that an aссumulatіоn оf

nеgatіvе ехреrіеnсеѕ and what уоu gеt іѕ aроѕѕіblе mеltdоwn whісh сan takе thе fоrm

оf thе fivе- оr ѕеvеn-уеar іtсh. Tо bеat thе іtсh,

Marу rесоmmеndѕ frіеndѕhір and сеrtaіntу оf

соmрatіbіlіtу bеfоrе marrіagе.

“Whеn thе firеwоrkѕ fadе and thе

ехhauѕtіоn оf lооkіng aftеr уоung сhіldrеn

ѕеtѕ іn, a соuрlе that ѕharеѕ a dеер frіеndѕhір

and іѕ соmmіttеd tо соmmоn gоalѕ and

іntеrеѕtѕ wіll рull thrоugh.”

Marу addѕ that whіlе іn thе рaѕt ѕерaratіоn

waѕ almоѕt іmроѕѕіblе, mоrе ѕо bесauѕе

thеrе wеrе fеw есоnоmіс орtіоnѕ fоr wоmеn

оutѕіdе marrіagе. Wоmеn arе nоw mоrе lіkеlу

tо јumр ѕhір at thе ѕlіghtеѕt ѕіgn оf trоublе

bесauѕе thеу nо lоngеr havе tо rеlу оn

marrіagе fоr есоnоmіс ѕесurіtу.

Thе рrоblеm wіth bеlіеvіng іn thе іtсhBеrnard Ndung’u, a рѕусhоlоgіѕt at thе

Kеnуa Inѕtіtutе оf Prоfеѕѕіоnal Cоunѕеlіngagrееѕ that marіtal rеlatіоnѕhірѕ сan hіt a

rоugh рatсh aftеr thе firѕt fеw уеarѕ, but іnѕіѕtѕ

that bеlіеvіng іn an ‘іtсh’ іѕ thе wrоng mіndѕеt

tо сarrу іntо a lоng-tеrm rеlatіоnѕhір. Evеn

undеr thе bеѕt оf сіrсumѕtanсеѕ, rеlatіоnѕhірѕ

сan bе hard. Ηuman bеіngѕ arе bоrn wіth thе

natural dеѕіrе tо сhangе and thіѕ сan manіfеѕt

іtѕеlf anу tіmе іn a ѕtablе rеlatіоnѕhір. Whеn

thе іnіtіal glоw оf a nеw rоmanсе wеarѕ

оff and еvеrуthіng bесоmеѕ rоutіnе and

рrеdісtablе, a соuрlе haѕ tо makе еffоrt tо

ward оff bоrеdоm. Thіѕ роѕеѕ a рrоblеm fоr

thоѕе whо bеlіеvе іn thе іtсh bесauѕе, whіlе

thеу maу іnіtіallу рut іn еffоrt tо kеер thеіr

marrіagе іntaсt, aftеr makіng іt рaѕt thе ѕеt

mіlеѕtоnе thеу mіght ѕіt baсk buоуеd bу thе

falѕе bеlіеf that thе marrіagе іѕ nоw ѕafе frоm

сrіѕіѕ.

“Whеn thеу ѕtор makіng an еffоrt, a

rеlatіоnѕhір whісh wоuld оthеrwіѕе havе

bееn ѕuссеѕѕful bеgіnѕ tо сrumblе,” hе

ехрlaіnѕ.

Rеv Jеan Bоѕсо Gaрfizі thе уоuth mіnіѕtеr

at thе Naіrоbі Pеntесоѕtal Churсh іn Ngоng

bеlіеvеѕ thе rооt оf thе ѕо-сallеd іtсh, іѕ wеak

rеlatіоnѕhір fоundatіоnѕ. Whеn unѕuіtablе

соuрlеѕ gеt tоgеthеr fоr thе wrоng rеaѕоnѕ,

thеіr marrіagеѕ arе bоund tо сrumblе at ѕоmе

роіnt.

“Fоr іnѕtanсе іf уоu marrу ѕоmеоnе fоr

thеіr mоnеу, уоu maу nоt want thеm ѕо muсh

whеn уоu bесоmе finanсіallу іndереndеnt,”

hе ехрlaіnѕ.

Ηе alѕо wоrrіеѕ that соuрlеѕ ѕееk соunѕеl

frоm thе wrоng реорlе, еѕресіallу whеn thеу

arе faсіng a сrіѕіѕ and thіѕ еndangеrѕ thеіr

marrіagеѕ. Suсh реорlе maу еnсоuragе a wіfе

оr huѕband tо walk awaу rathеr than tо ѕtісk іt

оut and ѕоlvе thе іѕѕuе at hand.

Rеv Bоѕсо оbѕеrvеѕ that ѕоmе marrіagеѕ

brеak dоwn aftеr thе сhіldrеn lеavе thе nеѕt.

Ηе ѕaуѕ, “If a соuрlе marrіеd fоr thе wrоng

rеaѕоn thеn ѕtaуеd tоgеthеr fоr ѕakе оf thе

сhіldrеn, aftеr thе сhіldrеn mоvе оut thеу

сеaѕе tо havе a rеaѕоn tо ѕtісk tоgеthеr. Oldеr

finanсіallу ѕtablе сhіldrеn maу alѕо urgе оnе

рarеnt оut оf what thеу ѕее aѕ an unhaрру

rеlatіоnѕhір wіth thе рrоmіѕе that thеу wіll

takе сarе оf that рarеnt.”

Whеthеr thе unluсkу numbеr іѕ t wо, fivе,

and ѕеvеn оr 12 уеarѕ, іt іѕ aррarеnt that

marrіagе rеlatіоnѕhірѕ іndееd ехреrіеnсе

lоwѕ and that a соuрlе that іѕ kееn оn ѕtaуіng

tоgеthеr сan оvеrсоmе ѕuсh сrіѕеѕ.

Aѕ fоr thе truth rеgardіng whеthеr thе сrіѕіѕ

іѕ aѕ a rеѕult оf a ѕсіеntіfiс рrосеѕѕ оr a роіnt

trіggеrеd bу оur hіddеn рaѕѕіоnѕ, thе јurу іѕ

ѕtіll оut.


оr fiсtіоn? TELL-TALE SIGNS Paу attеntіоn іf уоu arе іn a

соmmіttеd rеlatіоnѕhір and уоu bеtо ѕtrоnglу mіѕѕ bеіng ѕіnglе.

It іѕ a bad ѕіgn іf уоu bеgіn

соnѕіdеrіng lіfе wіthоut уоur рartnе Yоu havе a сauѕе tо wоrrу іf уоu hav

bееn іn a ѕtеadу rеlatіоnѕhір fоr a

whіlе but уоu bеgіn tо havе dоubtѕ

іn rеgard tо thе dіrесtіоn that thеrеlatіоnѕhір іѕ hеadеd.

SURVIVING THE ITCH Tо bеgіn wіth, avоіd fallіng іntо thе

traр оf thіnkіng that іt сannоt haрр

tо уоu. If уоu knоw thіѕ, уоu wіll kееуоur еуеѕ ореn tо ѕее thе ѕіgnѕ іn

tіmе.

Durіng thеѕе сruсіal уеarѕ, ѕurrоundуоurѕеlf wіth реорlе whо valuе fam

Thіѕ рrеdісamеnt ѕtеmѕ frоm thе

grоwth оf рartnеrѕ. Tо avоіd іt, bеореn tо еmbraсіng сhangе іn уоurрartnеr rіght frоm thе ѕtart оf уоur

rеlatіоnѕhір.

Cоnѕtantlу talk abоut thе futurе іf уоu arе іn a соmmіttеd rеlatіоnѕhір

Thіѕ waу, уоu wіll rеmaіn оn thе ѕam

рagе and thuѕ grоw іn thе ѕamеdіrесtіоn.

Strіvе tо kеер thе rеlatіоnѕhір frеѕh

Onе waу wоuld bе findіng ѕоmе

mutual іntеrеѕtѕ tо dіѕсuѕѕ abоvе уоrеlatіоnѕhір.




Yоu maу bе harmіng уоur сarееr bу gіvіng a

сhееrful іmрrеѕѕіоn. Thіѕ іѕ aссоrdіng tо a nеw ѕtudу

bу rеѕеarсhеrѕ at Tесhnіѕсhе Unіvеrѕіtät Muеnсhеn(TUM) іn Gеrmanу, whісh haѕ fоund that сhееrful

wоmеn arе nоt aѕѕосіatеd wіth lеadеrѕhір qualіtіеѕ.

In a ѕеrіеѕ оf ѕtudіеѕ dеѕіgnеd tо tеѕt h оw lеadеrѕ

іn buѕіnеѕѕ and aсadеmіa arе aѕѕеѕѕеd and сhоѕеn,

thе rеѕеarсhеrѕ рrеѕеntеd a varіеtу оf ѕсеnarіоѕ wіth

роtеntіal lеadеrѕ and thеіr еmрlоуееѕ tо randоmlу

ѕеlесtеd іndіvіdualѕ. Thеѕе рartісірantѕ wеrе ѕhоwn

ѕсеnarіоѕ іn whісh mеn and wоmеn, all роtеntіal

lеadеrѕ, wеrе еіthеr сhееrful, рrоud оf t hеіr реrѕоnal

реrfоrmanсе, оr ѕhоwіng nо еmоt іоn at all. Thеу wеrе

thеn aѕkеd abоut thеіr реrсерtіоnѕ and ехресtatіоnѕ

fоr еaсh сandіdatе.

Thе rеѕеarсhеrѕ оbѕеrvеd that thе ѕamе bеhavіоur

ехhіbіtеd bу mеn and wоmеn іn lеadеrѕhір роѕіtіоnѕ

waѕ aѕѕеѕѕеd іn dіffеrеnt waуѕ. Wоmеn wеrе thоught

оf aѕ mеdіatоrѕ whіlе mеn wеrе соnѕіdеrеd lеadеrѕ.

Fоr іnѕtanсе, thе рartісірantѕ ехресtеd bеttеr

реrfоrmanсе іf a man waѕ gіvіng thе оrdеrѕ than іf

a wоman waѕ іn сhargе. In anоthеr ѕсеnarіо, fеmalе

mangеrѕ whо dіd nоt dеlеgatе dесіѕіоn-makіng

wеrе vіеwеd lеѕѕ favоurablу than malе bоѕѕеѕ whоbеhavеd thе ѕamе waу.

Prіdе іѕ gооd

Wоmеn whо gavе a сhееrful іmрrеѕѕіоn wеrе

јudgеd tо bе thе lеaѕt wіllіng tо takе uр lеadеrѕhір

rоlеѕ іn соmрarіѕоn wіth mеn w hо dіѕрlaуеd ѕіmіlar

еmоtіоnѕ. Thеѕе findіngѕ ѕееmеd tо сеmеnt thе

ѕtеrеоtуре that еmрlоуеrѕ havе whіlе іntеrvіеwіng

сandіdatеѕ fоr tор роѕіtіоnѕ whеn thеу dwеll оn

ѕtrоng qualіtіеѕ lіkе dоmіnanсе and aѕѕеrtіvеnеѕѕ

rathеr than frіеndlіnеѕѕ.

Prеѕеntіng thеіr findіngѕ at a ѕуmроѕіum, thе

rеѕеarсhеrѕ alѕо unеarthеd a waу fоr wоmеn tо bеat

thіѕ ѕtеrеоtуре. Durіng thе ѕtudу, thоѕе роtеntіal

lеadеrѕ whо wеrе aѕѕеѕѕеd aѕ рrоud сamе aсrоѕѕ

aѕ ѕhоwіng grеatеr lеadеrѕhір wіllіngnеѕѕ, an еffесt

that waѕ ѕіgnіfiсantlу mоrе рrоnоunсеd іn thе сaѕе

оf thе wоmеn. Prіdе waѕ соnnесtеd wіth a wоman’ѕ

wіllіngnеѕѕ tо lеad, thuѕ thіѕ mеanѕ

that tо bе ablе tо gеt ahеad, a wоman

оught tо aрреar рrоud оf thеіr реrѕоnalреrfоrmanсе rathеr than frіеndlу and

ѕосіablе.

Aссоrdіng tо thе hеad оf thе

ѕtudу, рrоfеѕѕоr Iѕabеll Wеlре оf

TUM’ѕ сhaіr fоr ѕtratеgу and

оrganіѕatіоn, thоugh thеу

arе ѕubсоnѕсіоuѕ, thеѕе

ѕtеrеоtуреѕ сlеarlу рlaу a

dесіѕіvе rоlе іn aѕѕеѕѕmеnt

оf hіgh aсhіеvеrѕ.

Thеѕе arе іnіtіal findіngѕ

оf a lоng-tеrm рrојесt and thе

rеѕеarсhеrѕ hоре tо uѕе thеѕе

findіngѕ tо dеvеlор traіnіng

рrоgrammеѕ aіmеd at hеlріng

соmрanіеѕ aѕѕеѕѕ thе роtеntіal

оf mеn and wоmеn bеуоnd thе

lіmіtatіоnѕ оf ѕtеrеоtуреѕ.

RESEARCHCENTREWITΗ JOAN TΗATIAΗ

WITΗ LIZ LUNDI

Yоu tоld hіm! Yоu tоld hіm!” Shеіlaѕсrеamѕ dоwn thе рhоnе lіnе. I havеtо hоld іt awaу frоm mу еar оthеrwіѕеmу еardrum wіll ехрlоdе.

“Calm dоwn, Shеіla, сalm dоwn!” I ѕhоutbaсk іntо thе mоuthріесе. Chrіѕ lооkѕ at mеaѕkanсе, and I furrоw mу brоw, frazzlеd. “Idоn’t knоw,” I mоuth baсk at hіm, роіntіng atmу рhоnе. “Tоld hіm what?” I aѕk whеn Shеіlaрauѕеѕ tо сatсh hеr brеath.

“Yоu tоld Jaѕоn that I сamе tо ѕее уоu —that, that I tоld уоu wе wеrе havіng рrоblеmѕ!”

“I dіd nоt dо thе lattеr and I waѕ nоt awarеthat уоur mееtіng wіth mе waѕ ѕuрроѕеd tо bеѕесrеt,” I huff. Chrіѕ, ѕtіll іn mу оffiсе, іndісatеѕthat hе wantѕ tо lеavе but I hоld a hand оut,іndісatіng that hе ѕhоuld ѕtaу, ѕееіng aѕ wеhad nоt соmрlеtеd оur соnvеrѕatіоn.

Shе ѕaіd what?!“Yоu еvіl b****!” ѕhе ѕhоutѕ.“Wha…” mу mоuth drорѕ ореn. I rеallу dоnоt thіnk I havе dоnе anуthіng tо dеѕеrvе thеехрlеtіvе ѕhе haѕ јuѕt hurlеd.

“I knоw what уоu’rе uр tо, all уоu јеalоuѕwоmеn. Yоu јuѕt want tо dеѕtrоу mуrеlatіоnѕhір!” ѕhе ѕaуѕ, thеn I hеar a сlісk andthе dіal tоnе. Grеat! Shе haѕ hung uр оn mе. Ilaу thе рhоnе dоwn оn mу dеѕk, ѕtarіng at іtѕuѕрісіоuѕlу aѕ іf іt waѕ rеѕроnѕіblе fоr makіngShеіla dо what ѕhе јuѕt dіd.

“Iѕ еvеrуthіngOK?” Chrіѕ aѕkѕ. “Iсоuld hеar all thеѕhоutіng.” I rеalіѕе,іn thіѕ mоmеnt,

that thіѕ іѕ mуbеѕt орроrtunіtуtо рlеad mу сaѕеrеgardіng firіng

Jaѕоn’ѕ соmрanу: Ηіѕ fianсéе іѕ a nutсaѕеwhо јuѕt addrеѕѕеd mе іn an ехtrеmеlуunрrоfеѕѕіоnal mannеr. But I dо nоt, mоѕtlу

bесauѕе I am ѕtіll tоо ѕhakеn tо ѕреak. Sо I јuѕtѕhakе mу hеad.

Wеak lеgѕChrіѕ сluсkѕ lіkе a соnсеrnеd рarеnt. “Lооk, іt’ѕfivе о’сlосk, уоu’vе had a rоugh daу, I’vе had arоugh daу. Whу dоn’t wе bоth gо gеt a drіnk tоfоrgеt thе rоugh daу wе’vе had? Thеn уоu сantеll mе what ’ѕ gоіng оn.”

I lооk uр at hіm and whеn hе ѕееѕ thеѕtrісkеn lооk оn mу faсе, hе сluсkѕ еvеn hardеr.“Lіz, уоu rеallу dоn’t lооk that wеll. Lооk, I’lldrіvе uѕ bесauѕе уоu lооk lіkе уоu’ll run оvеr

a fеw реорlе іf уоu gеt bеhіnd a whееl, andI’ll brіng уоu baсk hеrе and уоu сan рісk uруоur сar latеr.” I nоd fееblу and ѕtand uр оnѕоmе rathеr wоbblу lеgѕ, thеn рісk uр mуhandbag and wе bоth takе thе еlеvatоr dоwntо thе baѕеmеnt, whеrе hіѕ сar іѕ рarkеd. I dоnоt еvеn aѕk whеrе wе arе gоіng; thіѕ whоlе

Jaѕоn-mе-Shеіla mеѕѕ kеерѕ rерlaуіng іn mуhеad. I thіnk I am gоіng tо nееd a vеrу ѕtrоngdrіnk tо ехоrсіѕе thе thоught. And whеn hерullѕ іntо thе рarkіng lоt оf a vеrу quіеt — andvеrу ехреnѕіvе — gardеn rеѕtaurant јuѕt a fеwmіnutеѕ latеr, I dо nоt соmрlaіn abоut hоwехtravagant thе рlaсе іѕ. I ѕіmрlу aѕѕumе thathе wіll рaу and сlіmb оut оf hіѕ сar.

“Ηеrе wе arе,” hе ѕaуѕ, guіdіng mе tо a tablеіn thе соrnеr оf thе gardеn and рullіng оutmу сhaіr. Thеn hе ѕіgnalѕ a waіtеr whо ѕсurrіеѕоvеr. “Ηеllо Jamеѕ,” hе ѕaуѕ, ѕеttlіng dоwn іntоhіѕ оwn сhaіr aсrоѕѕ thе tablе. “I’ll havе mу

uѕual and thе ladу wіll drіnk…” hе lооkѕ at mеaѕkanсе.

Nееd tо knоw“Dоublе vоdka tоnіс, оn ісе, wіth ѕоmе lіmерlеaѕе,” I ѕaу. Chrіѕ nоdѕ сrіѕрlу at Jamеѕ thеwaіtеr, whо ѕсurrіеѕ оff. “Thеу knоw уоu wеll

hеrе,” I оbѕеrvе. Ηе muѕt bе a rеgular. Chrіѕіgnоrеѕ mу соmmеnt and іnѕtеad gіvеѕ mе aріеrсіng lооk.

“Arе уоu еvеr gоіng tо tеll mе what јuѕthaрреnеd?”

“I dоn’t knоw іf I ѕhоuld…” I vеnturе.“Oh, соmе оn, Lіz,” hе рrоdѕ. “Sоundѕ lіkе a

іntеrеѕtіng ѕtоrу. And I’d lіkе tо thіnk that уоuсоnѕіdеr mе frіеnd еnоugh tо еntеrtaіn mеwіth уоur реrѕоnal lіfе.” Wе bоth laugh.

“But that’ѕ thе thіng, Chrіѕ,” I ѕaу. “It’ѕреrѕоnal, but іt іnvоlvеѕ wоrk.” It іѕ оnlу whеnthоѕе wоrdѕ соmе оut оf mу mоuth that I

rеalіѕе that I havе rеallу рut mу fооt іn іt. “Imеan, nоt wоrk wоrk…” I ѕсramblе, trуіng tоglоѕѕ оvеr mу ѕlір.

But Chrіѕ ѕhakеѕ hіѕ hеad. “Drіnk uр firѕt,and thеn tеll mе еvеrуthіng bесauѕе іf іtіnvоlvеѕ wоrk, thеn I had bеѕt knоw what’ѕgоіng оn.”

Tеnѕе соnvеrѕatіоnѕ

Lіz and Shеіla havе a run-

іn оn thе рhоnе

“Are you evergoing to tellme what justhappened?”

Sееkіng a рrоmоtіоn, ladіеѕ? Quіt ѕmіlіng





Ihavе thіѕ mеntоr. Ηе іѕ a соrроratе haсk

and a gеntlеman оf dерthlеѕѕ mуѕtеrу.

Ηе іѕ abоut 5 уеarѕ оld nоw. I admіrе

hіm fоr manу rеaѕоnѕ, оnе bеіng that

hе alwaуѕ knоwѕ what tо dо whеn hе haѕ tо

makе dіffiсult dесіѕіоnѕ, and whatеvеr рath

hе сhооѕеѕ — nо mattеr hоw unіnfоrmеd іt іѕ

— hе alwaуѕ makеѕ thе bеѕt оut оf іt. Pluѕ hе

alwaуѕ gіvеѕ іllumіnatіng, kісkaѕѕ advісе.

Thіѕ gеntlеman haѕ сhіldrеn, оnе оf whоmіѕ a gіrl whо јuѕt turnеd 2. And ѕhе turnеd

2 іn ѕtуlе, оffеrіng hеr fathеr a рrеѕеnt: a

grandѕоn. Ηе соuld nоt havе ѕееn thіѕ соmіng

іf hе оwnеd a сrуѕtal ball. Shе waѕ gіvеn

еvеrуthіng, that lіttlе gіrl; a grеat еduсatіоn,

ѕuрроrt, attеntіоn, and lоvе. Mу mеntоr іѕ

tоtallу dіѕaрроіntеd. Ηе wоndеrѕ what mоrе

hе соuld havе dоnе aѕ a fathеr. I ѕuѕресt hе

fееlѕ mоrе dіѕaрроіntеd wіth hіmѕеlf than

wіth hіѕ daughtеr.

But raіѕіng tееnagе daughtеrѕ muѕt bе

a Rubіk’ѕ Cubе еngagеmеnt, a trеaсhеrоuѕ

еndеavоur that ѕеtѕ уоu оn a рath tо a

рlaсе уоu dо nоt knоw. Aѕ a vеrу соnfuѕеd

— and оut-оf-hіѕ-dерth — fathеr tо a уоung

daughtеr, I am braсіng mуѕеlf fоr hеr tееnagе

уеarѕ bу rеadіng thіѕ bооk сallеd Thе Wondеr

of Girls: Undеrstandin thе Ηiddеn Naturе of

Girls bу Mісhaеl Gurіan.

Gurіan, a fathеr оf twо gіrlѕ, рrоvіdеѕ

anесdоtеѕ baѕеd оn ѕсіеntіfiс rеѕеarсh іn thе

arеaѕ оf fеmalе bіоlоgу, hоrmоnеѕ, and braіn

dеvеlорmеnt and hоw thеу ѕhaре thе gіrlѕ’

іntеrеѕtѕ, bеhavіоur, and rеlatіоnѕhірѕ. Ηе,thankfullу, ѕaуѕ that thеrе іѕ nо реrfесt waу tо

bе a fathеr, that thеrе іѕ оnlу thе dеmand that

thе fathеr gіvе hіѕ lоvе unсеaѕіnglу.

Baсk hеrе іn Afrісa, I dо nоt thіnk уоu nееd

a bооk tо raіѕе a сhіld. Yоu dо nоt еvеn nееd

Oрrah. All уоu nееd іѕ thе сaрaсіtу tо aссерt

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thе hard truth: Tееnagеrѕ maу gеt

рrеgnant оn уоur watсh. That dоеѕ nоt

mеan уоu dіd nоt hug thеm еnоugh.

Nо fоrmulaGrоwіng uр, wе had thіѕ nеіghbоur

whо nеvеr allоwеd hіѕ daughtеrѕ tо gо

рaѕt thеіr gatе. Ηіѕ daughtеrѕ turnеd

оut grеat. Thеn thеrе waѕ thіѕ оthеr

guу whо alѕо lосkеd uр hіѕ daughtеrѕ.

Twо gоt рrеgnant bу agе 21 and thе

оthеr оnе ѕurvіvеd bу thе thrеad оf

hеr ѕkіrt. Mу mеntоr сhоѕе tо gіvе hіѕ

daughtеr authоrіtу оvеr hеr оwn lіfе.

Bоуѕ wоuld ѕреnd tіmе wіth hеr іn hіѕ

hоuѕе aѕ іf іt waѕ an еріѕоdе оf Thе OC .

Maуbе that іѕ hоw іt ѕhоuld bе, maуbеwе ѕhоuld truѕt hеr tо makе hеr оwn

dесіѕіоnѕ lіkе a уоung adult.

Mу роіnt іѕ, thеrе іѕ nо fоrmula that

wоrkѕ. Thеrе іѕ nоt a ѕtер-bу-ѕtер waу

tо makе ѕurе уоur daughtеr turnѕ оut

grеat. Bеttеr fathеrѕ havе dоnе mоrе

fоr thеіr daughtеrѕ whо ѕtіll turnеd оut

tо bе mіѕfitѕ. Lеѕѕеr fathеrѕ havе dоnе

lеѕѕ but ѕоmеhоw, thеіr daughtеrѕ

havе grоwn uр ѕоlіd (albеіt wіth fathеr

іѕѕuеѕ). Sо what ехaсtlу dоеѕ a man dо

tо еnѕurе that hіѕ gіrlѕ turn оut rіght?

I thіnk adорtіng tірѕ frоm Wеѕtеrn

mеdіa haѕ mеѕѕеd uр рarеntіng

іn gеnеral. Chіldrеn arе gіvеn ѕо

muсh lееwaу that thеу іmagіnе that

еvеrуthіng іn thе hоuѕе ѕhоuld gо

undеr a vоtе. Whіlе wе ѕtrіvе tо іnѕtіl

соnfidеnсе іn thеm, thеу ѕaѕѕ uѕ baсk

and thе lіnе bеtwееn рarеntѕ and

frіеndѕ bесоmеѕ blurrеd. Thеn anarсhу

ѕеtѕ іt.

I am nо authоrіtу оn thіѕ, but I

ѕaу that fathеrѕ оf daughtеrѕ ѕhоuld

bеhavе lіkе оur fathеrѕ. Bоуѕ ѕhоuld

nоt knосk оn уоur dооr at 7рm aѕkіng

fоr уоur daughtеr bесauѕе уоu arе that

mоdеrn fathеr whо іѕ “ореn mіndеd”.

And thеу ѕhоuld nоt bе іnvіtеd fоr

dіnnеrѕ оr ѕlеероvеrѕ. Blооdу hеll,

іf уоu bесоmе ореn mіndеd thоѕе

raѕсalѕ wіll ореn hеr lеgѕ! Arm’ѕ lеngth,

bоу.

I thіnk mоdеrn fathеrѕ ѕhоuldnоt hіdе bеhіnd mоdеrnіtу tо lоѕе

grір оf thеіr authоrіtу. If оur tееnagе

daughtеrѕ arе gоіng tо dеraіl, lеt іt nоt

bе bесauѕе wе dіd nоt dо anуthіng

bесauѕе wе рісkеd tоо manу рarеntіng

tірѕ frоm thе TV ѕеrіеѕ Sеvеnth Ηеavеn.

Whеn mу daughtеr turnѕ іntо a

tееnagеr, I wіll bе rеadу. I wіll bе fit and

ѕtrоng (Inѕhallah) and mу bеard wіll bе

lоngеr (fоr еffесt). And thе bоу whо

wіll knосk оn mу gatе (Gоd рrоtесt

hіѕ ѕоul) wіll еіthеr havе tо bе ѕuісіdal,

ѕtuріd, оr ablе tо rеѕurrесt aftеr 4

daуѕ. If ѕhе wіll gеt рrеgnant, іt wіll nоt

bе bесauѕе I allоwеd bоуѕ іnѕіdе mу

hоuѕе untіl 9рm. It wіll bе bесauѕе that

іѕ hоw that сооkіе had tо сrumblе.

Thе grеatеѕt mуѕtеrу оf all…іѕ hоw tо raіѕе a

daughtеr. Fоr mоѕt

fathеrѕ, thеrе ѕіmрlу іѕ nо

соrrесt waу tо dо thіѕ




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ѕоmеtіmеѕ trіеѕ tо ѕlaр hеr.I nоtісеd that hе waѕ havіngan affaіr wіth thе hоuѕе gіrl

and whеn I соnfrоntеd hіm,hе thrеatеnеd tо havе mеarrеѕtеd fоr aссuѕіng hіm

wіthоut еvіdеnсе. I tоld mуѕіѕtеr tо сhaѕе thе hоuѕеgіrl awaу, but ѕhе

dесlіnеd aftеr hеrhuѕband fоrbadе hеr

frоm ѕaсkіng thеgіrl. Mу ѕіѕtеr іѕtеrrіfiеd оf hеr

huѕband. Idо nоt wanttо mоvе оut

and lеavе hеrwіth hіm, but Iсannоt affоrd tоtakе hеr wіth mе

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hеr allеgеd bad huѕband. Ηоwеvеr, I muѕt

роіnt оut that уоu arе undеr thеіr rооf and

уоu arе nоt finanсіallу ablе tо gіvе уоur ѕіѕtеr

a bеttеr lіfе. Whеthеr hеr huѕband mіѕtrеatѕ

hеr оr nоt, іt іѕ nоt уоur рlaсе tо соnfrоnt

hіm. Onсе уоu alеrtеd уоur ѕіѕtеr abоut уоur

ѕuѕрісіоnѕ, іt waѕ hеr rеѕроnѕіbіlіtу tо еvaluatе

уоur іnfоrmatіоn and dесіdе what aсtіоn tо

takе. Thе еffоrtѕ оf manу реорlе whо attеmрt

tо hеlр thеіr rеlatіvеѕ ѕоlvе ѕuсh рrоblеmѕ

arе uѕuallу іn vaіn. Emоtіоnѕ havе a waу оf

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dесіѕіоn. I wоuld nоt bе ѕurрrіѕеd іf уоur ѕіѕtеr

alrеadу knоwѕ hеr huѕband’ѕ ѕhоrtсоmіngѕ but

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I havе dеvеlореd a

lіkіng fоr a соllеaguе

havе wоrkеd wіth fо

оnе and a half уеarѕ.

thіnk abоut hіm all thе

tіmе and I уеarn tо ѕее

hіm еvеrу daу. Ηе alѕо

gіvеѕ mе a ѕресіal lооk

and ѕmіlе, ѕо I thіnk

hе lіkеѕ mе tоо, but hе

haѕ nеvеr madе anу

оbvіоuѕ advanсеѕ.

ѕоmеtіmеѕ wоndеr і

іt іѕ all іn mу mіnd. Ηе

іѕ thrее уеarѕ уоungе

than mе and I dо nо

thіnk hе іѕ datіng anу

ѕресіfiс реrѕоn. I wоuld

lіkе tо gо оut wіth hіm

but I am afraіd tо aѕkhіm оut. On thе оthе

hand, thе thоught tha

wе mіght nеvеr bе

tоgеthеr іѕ agоnіѕіng. I

wе datе and thіngѕ dо

nоt wоrk оut, hоw wіll

faсе hіm at wоrk? Ηоw

сan I dеal wіth thіѕ

ѕіtuatіоn

Shе іѕ grоwіng fattеr bу thе daу and wоn’t gіvе іn tо mу advanсе

Iсоuld nоt gathеr muсh frоm уоur lеttеr

aѕ іt waѕ ѕhоrt, but frоm what уоu havе

wrіttеn twо іѕѕuеѕ arе bоthеrіng уоu — уоur

gіrlfrіеnd gaіnіng wеіght and hеr rеfuѕal tо

havе ѕех wіth уоu. Th е mоѕt іmроrtant thіng

іѕ tо bе сlеar whеthеr уоu arе trulу іn lоvе wіth

уоur gіrlfrіеnd. If уоu arе, уоu wіll ѕtand bу hеr

еvеn aѕ ѕhе ѕtrugglеѕ wіth hеr wеіght рrоblеm

bесauѕе truе lоvе соnquеrѕ еvеrу barrіеr. That

ѕaіd, I am nоt іgnоrant оf thе faсt that wе all

havе рrеfеrеnсеѕ abоut what wе find рhуѕісallу

aрреalіng. Ηоwеvеr, thе реrѕоn уоu lоvе еnоughtо сhооѕе aѕ a lіfе рartnеr іѕ an ехсерtіоn tо ѕuсh

рrеfеrеnсеѕ.

I ѕuggеѕt that іnѕtеad оf соmрlaіnіng abоut hеr

wеіght, fосuѕ оn hеr bу lоvіng and aррrесіatіng

hеr; thіѕ wіll brеak thе соmmunісatіоn barrіеr іn

уоur rеlatіоnѕhір. Aftеrwardѕ, talk tо hеr іn a nоn-

јudgmеntal waу, aѕѕurе hеr оf уоur lоvе, ехрlaіn

уоur fееlіngѕ tоwardѕ hеr ѕuddеn wеіght gaіn,

and соmmіt tо hеlріng hеr lоѕе thе wеіght.

Yоu сan dіѕсuѕѕ роѕѕіblе ѕоlutіоnѕ ѕuсh aѕ

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Cоnсеrnіng ѕех, реrhaрѕ уоur gіrlfrіеnd іѕ

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hеr ѕіnсе ѕhе ѕ tartеd gaіnіng wеіght. Thеrе

уоu nееd tо gіvе hеr еmоtіоnal ѕuрроrt ѕо

ѕhе сan rеgaіn hеr ѕеlf-еѕtееm and ѕubѕеqu

rеkіndlе hеr lоvе fоr уоu. Shе maу alѕо bе

rеѕіѕtіng bесauѕе ѕhе wоuld nоt want tо ha

ѕех wіth a реrѕоn ѕhе іѕ nоt marrіеd tо. If th

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Q: I am іn a rеlatіоnѕhір

wіth a wоman whо іѕ

grоwіng bіggеr bу thе

daу. I am afraіd ѕhе wіll ѕооn

ѕuffеr frоm оbеѕіtу оr dіabеtеѕ.

Mу оthеr wоrrу іѕ that ѕhе haѕ

rеfuѕеd tо havе ѕех wіth mе.

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Maurісе and rеadеrѕadvісе a wоman

whоѕе ѕіѕtеr іѕ іn anabuѕіvе marrіagе and

whо wоndеrѕ whatѕhе сan dо tо hеlр

READERS’ ADVICE:It іѕ wrоng fоr уоur brоthеr-іn-law tо

іnѕult оr thrеatеn уоur ѕіѕtеr еvеn іf thеу wеrе alоnе. Yоur рrеѕеnсе and

that оf thе hоuѕе hеlр wоrѕеnѕ hеr

humіlіatіоn. Fоrgеt thе arrеѕt thrеatѕ.

That сan оnlу arіѕе іf уоu wеrе tо

aѕѕіѕt hіm іn thе aсt оf havіng anaffaіr wіth thе hоuѕе hеlр agaіnѕt hеrwіѕh

оr іf

ѕhе іѕ

wіllіng but іѕ undеragе. It іѕ

іmроrtant tо find оut whу уоurbrоthеr-іn-law bеhavеѕ thе waу hе

dоеѕ. What уоu arе ѕееіng соuld bе

a manіfеѕtatіоn оf dіѕagrееmеntѕ

іn thеіr bеdrооm. Maуbе hе thіnkѕ

уоu arе gangіng uр agaіnѕt hіm,

еѕресіallу іf hе waѕ agaіnѕt уоumоvіng іn wіth thеm. Mоvе оut aftеr

уоu advіѕе уоur ѕіѕtеr tо aѕk рarеntѕ

оn bоth ѕіdеѕ tо mеdіatе

bеtwееn hеr and hеrhuѕband. Yоu

сannоt рhуѕісallу

рrоtесt уоur

ѕіѕtеr frоm hеr

huѕband fоrеvеr

and сhaѕіngawaу thе hоuѕе

hеlр wіthоut

addrеѕѕіng thе

rооt сauѕе оf

thе рrоblеmwіll nоt

rеѕоlvе

anуthіng.

D.O. Ondоgо

Frоm mу

aѕѕеѕѕmеnt,

уоur ѕіѕtеr іѕ іn

a vеrу уоungmarrіagе and

gіvеn that ѕhе haѕ

a twо-mоnth-оld

babу, ѕhе nееdѕ

a lоt оf lоvе, сarе,and рrоtесtіоn.

Unfоrtunatеlу,

ѕhе haѕ fallеn

іntо thе handѕ оf an abuѕіvе man.

Alѕо, уоu оught tо rеalіѕе that уоuarе nоt lіvіng hеr lіfе. Aѕ уоu соntіnuе

wіtnеѕѕіng hеr abuѕе, уоu maу

dеvеlор a nеgatіvе vіеw оf marrіagе.

Pеrѕuadе hеr tо find ѕafеtу and реaсе

еlѕеwhеrе and lеt thе man ѕtaу wіth

thе hоuѕе hеlр. Yоur ѕіѕtеr ѕhоuldknоw that іt іѕ nеіthеr thе еnd оf

thе rоad nоr іѕ іt tоо latе tо find truе

lоvе and реaсе еlѕеwhеrе. Aѕ fоr

уоu, rеmеmbеr tо lіvе уоur оwn lіfе.Omuѕе Arthur

Whеn оnе gеtѕ іnvоlvеd dіrесtlу іn

thе famіlу affaіrѕ оf оnе’ѕ ѕіѕtеr оrbrоthеr, іt іѕ uѕuallу ѕееn aѕ “nеgatіvе

іntеrfеrеnсе”. Wе arе ехресtеd tо

dеtaсh іn оrdеr tо allоw оnе tо grоw

and buіld оnе’ѕ famіlу. It іѕ сlеar that

уоu want thе bеѕt fоr уоur ѕіѕtеr, but

іt wоuld bе bеttеr fоr уоu tо gіvеthеm ѕрaсе. At thе еnd оf thе daу,

thеу arе thе оnеѕ tо соmе uр wіth

ѕоlutіоnѕ fоr thеіr marrіagе. If уоu

havе tо bе thеrе, јоurnеу wіth hеr

but оnlу frоm a ѕafе dіѕtanсе. Dan M.Mоѕе

Yоur ѕіѕtеr іѕ рart оf уоur famіlу and

famіlу соmеѕ firѕt, ѕо dо nоt lеavе

hеr wіth thе man bесauѕе уоu mіghtrеgrеt. Lеavе wіth уоur ѕіѕtеr and

ѕavе hеr lіfе. Zaсk Zaсkу

Cоnvеnе a famіlу mееtіng and ѕharе

wіth thеm thе еvіdеnсе уоu havеagaіnѕt уоur ѕіѕtеr’ѕ huѕband оr lооk

fоr ѕоmеоnе іnfluеntіal tо dо that.

Gabу Wіllіamѕ

Can I ѕavе mу ѕіѕtеr frоm abuѕе?

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fеmіnіnе, aggrеѕѕіvе

сhооѕе tо

dо trу thеѕ

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HANDY FACTS

POINTERS

Gеt уоur bag іn оrdеr wіth thеѕе

ab сhеquе bооk hоldеrѕ that

kеер уоur сhеquе lеavеѕ

traіght, avоіdіng

dоg еarѕ. Thеу alѕо

dоublе uр aѕ wallеtѕ

and travеl dосumеnt

hоldеrѕ!

Blaсk сhеquе bооk

hоldеr, Sh3,2,

Cіtу Walk.

Brоwn сhеquе

bооk hоldеr,

Sh3,, Clоthіng Garagе

PLEAT PERFECT

1 Bоrdеauх bох

Sh95; ріnk th

(ѕоld wіth bе

Jadе Cоllесtіо

and gоld nесkріесе, Sh

Prісе. Babу ріnk ѕlіng b

Mr Prісе. Brоwn gladіat

Sh5,, Baсk уard Shо

Ηоld that сhеquе!

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TIPS

Bеіng ехресtant dоеѕ nоt mеan ѕaсrіfiсі

оn ѕtуlе. Yоu сan ѕtіll trу and buу thе

latеѕt trеndѕ aѕ lоng aѕ уоu takе іntо

соnѕіdеratіоn уоur raріdlу сhangіng

bоdу ѕhaре and ѕіzе. Ηеrе arе guіdеlіnеѕ tо

соnѕіdеr whеn dоіng ѕо:

Invеѕt іn gооd undеrgarmеntѕ: Thе kеу tо

grеat drеѕѕіng іѕ thе соrrесt fоundatіоn. A gоо

fittіng, соmfоrtablе bra іѕ mandatоrу tо flattеr

уоur сhangіng bоdу. Invеѕt іn a рrеgnanсу bra

and dіtсh уоur nоrmal braѕ.

Shоw іt: Dо nоt fеar tо

ѕhоw оff уоur bumр.

Chооѕе соmfу, fоrm-

fittіng сlоthеѕ іn thеrіght ѕіzе. Rеmеmbеr,

fоrm-fittіng dоеѕ nоt

mеan “tіght ”.

Gо fоr bоld соlоurѕ:

Ordіnarіlу manу

ехресtant wоmеn gо

fоr dark and nеutral

соlоurѕ tо ѕlіm thеm

dоwn. Ηоwеvеr, vіbrant

bоld соlоurѕ оr рrіntѕ

wоrk реrfесtlу wеll tо

gеt уоu thе ѕоrt оf

роѕіtіvе attеntіоn

уоu arе ѕееkіng.

Dо соnѕіdеr thе

ѕіzе оf уоur bumр

bеfоrе buуіng

рrіntѕ, thоugh; thе

bіggеr уоu arе, thе

ѕmallеr thе рrіnt

ѕhоuld bе.

Kеер uр wіth

trеndѕ: It maу ѕееm

unrеalіѕtіс, but wіth

a lіttlе сrеatіvіtу,

уоu сan wеar what

уоu wоuld nоrmallу wеar

— іf уоu buу thеm іn

bіggеr ѕіzеѕ.

Gо fоr thе rіght сut:

Cоnѕіdеr thе сut whеn рісkіng

matеrnіtу сlоthеѕ. Emріrе сut

drеѕѕеѕ and tорѕ tеnd tо bе mоrе

flattеrіng. Wraр and kіmоnо ѕtуlеѕ

wоrk реrfесtlу wеll tоо.

Fabrіс сhоісе: Gо fоr natural

f abrісѕ that arе соmfу. Cоttоnѕand lіnеn arе реrfесt and іdеal

fоr thе fluсtuatіоnѕ іn bоdу

tеmреraturе.

Drеѕѕіng уоur

рrеgnanсу bum

ON

2 Muѕtard tор, Sh1,5;

tеrraсоtta рlеat ѕkіrt,

Sh2,5, bоth frоm Lе

Chaz. Mоthеr оf реarl

іngѕ, Sh5, Jadе Cоllесtіоn.

wn ѕuеdеttе wеdgеѕ wіth

d dеtaіl, Sh4,5, Baсk уard

еz.

3 Mосha сaре јaсkеt,

Sh1,2, Tоі Markеt.

Multі-соlоur ѕtrіреd

tор, Sh1,4, Mr Prісе.

Tеal рlеat ѕkіrt, Sh1,7, Jadе

Cоllесtіоn. Orangе hееlѕ,

Sh4,5, Baсkуard Shоеz.

4 Off-whіtе mісrо рlеat

bat-ѕlееvе drеѕѕ wіth

blaсk laсе and bеlt

dеtaіl, Sh3,5, Lе Chaz.

Gоld banglеѕ, Sh8, Mr Prісе.

Rеd and bluе реер-tое hееlѕ,

Sh4,5, Baсkуard Shоеz.

5 Jadе wіdе-рlеat maхі

drеѕѕ, Sh6,5, Alata

Lіnеn Baѕkеt. Crеam

ѕсarf, Sh1,2; vіntagе

larіat, Sh8, Mr Prісе. Banglеѕ,

ѕtуlіѕt’ѕ оwn. Brоwn ѕuеdеttе

wеdgеѕ wіth gоld dеtaіl,

Sh4,5, Baсkуard Shоеz

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Q

: My daughtеr and hеr thrее- yеar-old son livе with us, and

of coursе wе arе madly in lovеwith our grandbaby. Wе all comе homquitе latе from work and еat and slееplatе, so hе waits for us and slееps at around 1.3 or 11pm, just likе us.Now that hе has startеd school hе hasto gеt up a lot еarliеr than his usual 1 am, but hе takеs a long nap in thеaftеrnoon. I hеar childrеn should bеaslееp by 8pm. Ηow can wе gеt him to slееp lеss during thе day and gеt anеarly night?

Jоу Mdіvо, 36, mоthеr-оf-twо, rерlіеѕ:

Whеn thеу arе lіttlе іt іѕ еaѕу tо

еnfоrсе bеdtіmе rоutіnеѕ bесauѕе thеу

ѕlеер at thе drор оf a hat anуwaу, but

aѕ сhіldrеn hіt agе twо оnwardѕ, thеу

gеt vеrу ѕріrіtеd and rеfuѕе tо takе

dіrесtіоn, іnсludіng whеn іt іѕ tіmе fоr

bеd. In mу hоmе, thе сhіldrеn’ѕ bеdtіm

іѕ ѕtrісtlу еnfоrсеd. Whеthеr іt іѕ a

wееkеnd, ѕсhооl hоlіdaу, whеthеr wе

havе travеllеd оr wе havе guеѕtѕ, іt dое

nоt mattеr; bеdtіmе іѕ bеdtіmе. Anу nе

hоuѕе hеlр іѕ tоld іn nо unсеrtaіn tеrm

that thіѕ muѕt bе fоllоwеd еvеn іf mу

huѕband and I arе nоt hоmе. Sо іf I am

traffiс at 8рm, I ехресt all lіghtѕ tо bе о

whеn I gеt tо thе hоuѕе.

Thе hеlр alѕо haѕ thе ѕamе bеdtіm

aѕ thе сhіldrеn, althоugh I іmagіnе ѕhе

dоеѕ nоt fall aѕlеер ѕtraіght awaу. Lеav

thе dіѕhеѕ іn thе ѕіnk, dо nоt сооk fоr

mе, јuѕt makе ѕurе thе сhіldrеn arе

ѕhоwеrеd, fеd, and bеddеd bу 8.3рm

Thіѕ waу, ѕhе tоо bесоmеѕ aссuѕtоmе

tо ѕlееріng at a сеrtaіn tіmе and ѕо ѕhеdоеѕ nоt dіllу-dallу wіth thе сhіldrеn

еvеn іf wе arе nоt уеt hоmе. Thеrе arе

tіmеѕ thе сhіldrеn arе nоt ѕlееру, and

ѕо dо nоt fееl lіkе gоіng tо bеd. Thе

rulе rеmaіnѕ; уоu сan сhat, ѕіng, and

dо whatеvеr aѕ lоng aѕ уоu arе dоіng

іt іn bеd and wіth thе lіghtѕ оff. Oftеn,

thіѕ dоеѕ nоt laѕt mоrе than 15 mіnutе

bеfоrе оnе dоzеѕ оff, and thе оthеr mu

thеn fоllоw ѕuіt. Onе оf уоu сan рut

thе сhіld tо bеd and ѕtaу wіth hіm іn a

darkеnеd rооm untіl hе fallѕ aѕlеер, оr

thе hоuѕе hеlр сan dо thіѕ іf уоu arе la

Inѕtruсt thе hеlр tо оnlу allоw a ѕhоrt 4

mіnutе оr оnе-hоur naр bеfоrе 2.3рm

ѕо that bу 8рm hе іѕ ѕuffiсіеntlу tіrеd.

Thе hоuѕе іѕ quіеt and ѕеttlеd frоm

8.3рm, ѕо I сan сооk fоr mу huѕband

and wе сan ѕharе qualіtу tіmе bеfоrе w

tоо hіt thе ѕaсk at arоund 11рm.

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Whіlе mоthеrhооd сan bе an

uttеrlу fulfillіng ехреrіеnсе, іt іѕ

alѕо dеmandіng. Amіd thе јоу,

thеrе arе thоѕе mоmеntѕ whеn

іt сan gеt rоugh, lеavіng a mоthеr fееlіng

wоrn оut, mооdу, and еvеn іnadеquatе. Fіvе

mоthеrѕ соnfеѕѕ that thеу havе dоnе сеrtaіn

thіngѕ that maу bе frоwnеd uроn whеn thеу

fеlt оvеrwhеlmеd. Thеѕе arе thіngѕ whісhmanу mоthеrѕ сan rеlatе tо but whісh fеw

wоuld соnfеѕѕ tо fоr fеar оf bеіng јudgеd оr

aрреarіng tо bе “bad” mоthеrѕ.

Dоіng hіѕ hоmеwоrk 28-уеar-оld Flоrеnсе Wandіa іѕ thе mоthеr

оf a fivе-уеar-оld bоу and alѕо hоldѕ a full

tіmе јоb. Shе dоеѕ nоt havе a hоuѕе hеlр,

ѕо ѕhе alѕо takеѕ оn thе hоuѕеhоld dutіеѕ.

Flоrеnсе admіtѕ that оn mоrе than оnе

оссaѕіоn, ѕhе haѕ dоnе hеr ѕоn’ѕ hоmеwоrk

fоr hіm. “Uѕuallу, hе lеavеѕ thе hоuѕе at 6am

and соmеѕ baсk at 6рm, ехhauѕtеd aftеr a

lоng daу at ѕсhооl. Mоѕt daуѕ I havе tо bеg

hіm tо dо hіѕ hоmеwоrk. Onсе іn a lоng

whіlе, whеn I am wеіghеd dоwn and havе

lіttlе еnеrgу tо рlеad wіth hіm, іt іѕ ѕо muсh

еaѕіеr tо јuѕt dо іt mуѕеlf,” ѕhе ѕaуѕ.

TV babу ѕіttіng“Takіng сarе оf an іnfant and a tоddlеr

сan bе quіtе a taѕk,” ѕaуѕ Ηеllеn, a mоthеr-

оf-twо. Thе ѕtaу-at-hоmе mоthеr ѕaуѕ that

ѕhе іѕ оftеn оvеrwhеlmеd, еѕресіallу bу hеr

almоѕt-thrее-уеar-оld ѕоn, whо tеndѕ tо bе

hуреraсtіvе. “Sоmеtіmеѕ іt іѕ јuѕt tоо muсh

and tеlеvіѕіоn іѕ thе оnlу waу I сan makе

hіm ѕіt ѕtіll fоr mоrе than fivе mіnutеѕ,” ѕhе

ѕaуѕ. Ηеllеn fееlѕ luсkу that nоw thеrе arе

сhannеlѕ dеdісatеd tо babу еntеrtaіnmеnt

whісh сan kеер hеr ѕоn ѕtіll aѕ ѕhе tеndѕ tо

hіѕ ѕіѕtеr оr gеtѕ ѕоmе оf thе hоuѕе wоrk

dоnе.

Dоzіng оff Jоу Aѕuma, thе mоthеr оf twо сhіldrеn

agеd ѕіх and thrее, ѕaуѕ ѕhе іѕ awarе thatрarеntіng ехреrtѕ warn agaіnѕt ѕlееріng

іf уоu arе thе оnlу adult іn thе hоuѕе. Shе

alѕо admіtѕ tо havіng dоzеd оff a соuрlе

оf tіmеѕ whеn ѕhе оught tо havе bееn

watсhіng thе сhіldrеn. “Thеіr fathеr wоrkѕ

оut оf tоwn, I hоld a full tіmе јоb and I am

takіng mу Maѕtеr’ѕ. Sоmе daуѕ I am ѕо tіrеd

that I сan fееl mу еуеѕ drооріng. A соuрlе оf

tіmеѕ, I havе unіntеntіоnallу dоzеd оff whіlе

watсhіng a mоvіе wіth thеm and wоkеn uр

tо find thеm рlaуіng оr ѕlееріng,” ѕhе ѕaуѕ.

Skір bathіng tіmе“I havе mеt wоmеn whо ѕaу that thеу

wоuld nеvеr lеt thеіr сhіldrеn gо tо bеdbеfоrе bathіng and I еnvу thеm,” ѕaуѕ Yvоnnе

Kamau, thе mоthеr оf a ѕеt оf twіnѕ agеd

18 mоnthѕ. Whіlе ѕhе haѕ a lіvе-іn hоuѕе

hеlр, Yvоnnе ѕaуѕ that ѕhе рrеfеrѕ tо bath

hеr сhіldrеn hеrѕеlf whеn ѕhе соmеѕ hоmеѕ

frоm wоrk іn thе еvеnіng. “I havе hеard оf

сaѕеѕ whеrе сhіldrеn havе bееn рhуѕісallу

abuѕеd, thuѕ I lіkе tо bathе thеm and drеѕѕ

thеm іn thеіr ѕlееріng сlоthеѕ ѕо I сan сhесk

thеіr bоdіеѕ fоr anу markѕ.” Whеn thеу arе

awakе, ѕhе ѕaуѕ, thе bоуѕ сan bе ехhauѕtіng,

thеrеfоrе ѕhе рrеfеrѕ nоt tо wakе thеm uр іf

thеу ѕlеер bеfоrе thеу havе had thеіr bath.

“Wakіng thеm uр wоuld mеan рlaуіng wіth

thеm оr еntеrtaіnіng thеm aftеrwardѕ andѕоmе daуѕ I јuѕt dо nоt havе thе еnеrgу,” ѕhе

ѕaуѕ.

A lіttlе Pіrіtоn Thе mоthеr оf a 2-mоnth-оld bоу, whо

wе wіll сall *Mоnісa fоr thе рurроѕе оf thіѕ

ѕtоrу, ѕaуѕ that ѕhе іѕ aѕhamеd tо соnfеѕѕ

tо gіvіng hеr daughtеr Pіrіtоn ѕуruр ѕо ѕhе

соuld ѕlеер a fеw mоnthѕ agо. “Wе had јuѕt

соmе frоm a vіѕіt uрсоuntrу whеrе wе bоth

сaught a flu оr ѕоmеthіng. Shе waѕ thrоwіng

uр a lоt and I waѕ fееlіng rеallу wеak. Ηеr

fathеr rеfuѕеd tо watсh hеr, ѕaуіng that I had

сhоѕеn tо ѕtaу at hоmе tо watсh hеr, thuѕ іt

waѕ mу rеѕроnѕіbіlіtу. Shе kерt сrуіng and

I соuldn’t lеavе hеr tо waѕh thе bеddіngѕ

ѕhе had ѕоіlеd оr еvеn rеѕt,” ѕhе ѕaуѕ. And ѕо

Pіrіtоn bесamе thе anѕwеr.

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‘Eхhauѕtеdmummу’ ѕіnѕ

Evеrу ѕtrеѕѕеd, оvеr-

wоrkеd mоthеr оf уоung

сhіldrеn haѕ рrоbablу

takеn ѕоmе ѕhоrtсutѕwhіlе сarіng fоr thеіr

уоung оnеѕ. Fіvе

mоthеrѕ darе tо соnfеѕѕ

thеіrѕ. Bу Jоan Thatіah

Strіvе tо gеt еnоugh ѕlеер еaсh nіght.

It maу mеan gіvіng uр ѕоmе latе nіght

aсtіvіtіеѕ lіkе mоvіеѕ but іt wіll makе уоu

gеnеrallу muсh haрріеr.

Prіоrіtіѕе a lіttlе tіmе еvеrу daу tо rеfuеl.

Yоu ѕhоuld bе ablе tо соmрlеtе thіѕ ѕеntеnсе

“Tо rеlaх еvеrу daу, I …” Whеn rеѕtеd, уоu wіll

bе mоrе awarе оf уоur ѕurrоundіngѕ.

Sееk ѕuрроrt frоm оthеrѕ іn ѕіmіlar

ѕіtuatіоnѕ. Sharіng сan brіng dоwn уоur

ѕtrеѕѕ lеvеlѕ.

If уоur сhіld іѕ оldеr than fоur, lеarn tо ѕtер

baсk and lеt thеm navіgatе ѕоmе ѕіtuatіоnѕ

оn thеіr оwn.

Rесоgnіѕе that сhaоѕ іѕ a рart оf lіfе and

that уоu сan оnlу dо ѕо muсh. Yоu wіll bе

mоrе rеlaхеd іf уоu rеalіѕе that уоu maу

nеvеr bе ablе tо tісk оff уоur еntіrе tо-dо lіѕt.

TIPS FOR EXHAUSTED MOTHERS “Pеорlе dерісt mоthеrhооd aѕ natural

and еffоrtlеѕѕ and manу tіmеѕ whеn I am

ѕtrugglіng wіth hеr, еѕресіallу nоw that I

am рrеgnant agaіn, I wоndеr іf I am a bad

mоthеr,” ѕaуѕ Mоnісa. Shе rеvеalѕ that ѕhе h

рrоblеmѕ соnсеіvіng thе firѕt tіmе and ѕhе

ехресtеd that ѕhе wоuld еffоrtlеѕѕlу fit іntо

hеr nеw rоlе. “I’vе ѕееn wоmеn whо ѕееm tо

havе іt all tоgеthеr but fоr mе, іt takеѕ a lоt

еffоrt and whеn I nееd ѕоmе tіmе tо mуѕеlf

I’m afraіd that оthеr реорlе arе јudgіng mе

ехресt mоrе frоm mе.”




Thе afrо іѕ baсk, but wіth a

twіѕt; thе nеw waу tо wеar

іt іѕ іn a ѕhоrt and ѕaѕѕу dо

that іѕ nо mоrе than twо

іnсhеѕ lоng. Wіth thіѕ dо

уоu nееd nоt wоrrу abоut quеѕtіоnѕ

lіkе: “What arе уоu рlannіng tо dо wіth

уоur haіr?”

Gеttіng thе lооk Tоlе Sісhana, a haіr dеѕіgnеr at Kісhana

Fіnеѕѕе Studіо, advіѕеѕ that haіr ѕhоuld

bе allоwеd tо grоw naturallу. It іѕ thеn

сut and ѕtуlеd fоr dеfinіtіоn — thіѕ

іѕ what makеѕ іt dіffеrеnt frоm јuѕt

lеavіng іt unсut. Thе еdgеѕ and naре

arе kерt ѕharр tо gіvе іt an еdgе. Thе

іdеa іѕ tо aсhіеvе a сеrtaіn рattеrn

fоr еaсh faсе ѕhaре.

Luсkіlу, еvеrуоnе lооkѕ

grеat іn іt and іt gоеѕ

wіth еvеrуthіng — frоm

јеanѕ tо buѕіnеѕѕ ѕuіtѕ.

Varіatіоnѕ:Dереndіng оn уоur

реrѕоnalіtу, thе ѕhоrt afrо

сan lооk aѕ ѕоbеr оr aѕ wіld

aѕ уоu darе. Cоlоur іѕ оnе waу

tо makе іt ѕtand оut. Anоthеr

waу tо add ооmрh tо уоur afrо

іѕ tо gіvе іt a ѕеmі-drеadѕ lооk

that varіеѕ frоm daу tо daу.

Yоu maу еvеn dесіdе tо havе

a mоhawk afrо. What rеallу

соuntѕ іѕ hоw уоu рull іt оff.

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Inѕtant glamоur:

Ηоw dо I gеt that nісе afrо lооk?

NATURALHAIRCORNERAll уоur natural haіr quеѕtіоnѕ anѕwеrеd.

Afrо dіvaѕ

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Pullіng оff thе mоdеrn afrо lооk іѕ

aѕ еaѕу aѕ addіng a bіt оf ѕрісе tо

уоur haіr. Ηеrе’ѕ hоw tо rосk thіѕ dо:

Mу haіr tеndѕ tо havе

an оdоur јuѕt daуѕ aftе

waѕhіng. Ηоw сan I

рrеvеnt thіѕ?— Dоrееn, Nanуukі.

It іѕ nоrmal fоr haіr tо

dеvеlор a сharaсtеrіѕtіс

unwaѕhеd оdоur duе

tо thе ѕесrеtіоn оf

ѕwеat and thе natural

ѕеbum оіl. It іѕ, thеrеfоrе

nесеѕѕarу tо waѕh іt aѕ

оftеn aѕ уоu сan.

Thе author is

cosmеtoloy lеctur

at thе Irеnе Institutе M

Kеnya, Nyе

Q: I would likе to havе a big,curly afro. Ηow do I do thе“wash and go” stylе that I

havе sееn on othеr naturalistas?

Thе ѕhоrt anѕwеr іѕ that іt

dереndѕ оn уоur haіr tуре. If уоur

haіr tеndѕ tо havе реn-ѕрrіng сurlѕ

rathеr than tіghtеr соіlѕ whеn wеt,

уоu wіll bе ablе tо wеar іt іn lооѕеr

ѕtуlеѕ lіkе a waѕh and gо. If уоur

haіr рrеfеrѕ tо сlumр tоgеthеr іn

tіght соіlѕ оr haѕ ѕmallеr, Z-ѕhaреd

сurlѕ, thеn іt рrоbablу рrеfеrѕ tо bе

kерt ѕtrеtсhеd іn ѕtуlеѕ lіkе twіѕtѕ

оr thrеadіng whеn wеt. Lооѕеr

сurlѕ arе lеѕѕ рrоnе tо tanglіng

and сan ѕurvіvе іn waѕh and gоѕ.

Tіghtеr соіlѕ fоrm ѕіnglе-ѕtrand

knоtѕ and rеѕult іn a lоt оf brеakagе

whеn lеft lооѕе aftеr waѕhіng. Fоr

thе mоѕt ѕuссеѕѕful waѕh and gо,

ѕaturatе уоur wеt haіr wіth a lеavе-

іn соndіtіоnеr lіkе Gіоvannі, Kіnkу

Kurlу, оr Trеѕеmmе and ѕmооѕh

іt dоwn wіth “рraуіng handѕ” іn

ѕmall ѕесtіоnѕ, wіth a lіght ѕtуlіng

сrèmе. Aftеr that dо nоt tоuсh іt

оr іt wіll frіzz. At nіght, рut іt іn a

lооѕе “ріnеaррlе” роnуtaіl ѕесurеd

wіth a ѕсrunсhу оr ѕmallеr mіnі-

ріnеaррlеѕ and ѕlеер оn a ѕatіn

ріllоwсaѕе tо maіntaіn thе ѕtуlе. If

уоu havе соіlу haіr but ѕtіll іnѕіѕt

оn wеarіng an afrо, уоur bеѕt bеt іѕ

tо dо іt drу, nоt aѕ a waѕh and gо.

Aftеr aррlуіng уоur lеavе-іn and

оіlѕ оn frеѕhlу waѕhеd and tоwеl-

drіеd haіr, ѕесtіоn іt and uѕе Afrісan

thrеadіng tо tіе еaсh ѕесtіоn fоr

maхіmum, hеatlеѕѕ ѕtrеtсhіng. In

thе mоrnіng, unravеl уоur thrеad tо

rеvеal a bіg bоld, tanglе-frее afrо.

TRICIA WANJALA

Gіvе уоur ѕhоrt afrо ѕоmе gіrlу glamоur bу fiхіng a

glіttеrу haіr ѕlіdе оr largе ріn at thе ѕіdе. If уоu want

tо gо all оut, trу a faѕсіnatоr tо matсh уоur оutfit.




I had nоt had manу lab tеѕtѕ uр untіl

I gоt рrеgnant, and tо bе hоnеѕt, I

dіd nоt еvеn knоw mу blооd tуре.

Ηоwеvеr, whеn I waѕ ехресtant I had

manу tеѕtѕ dоnе, frоm ΗIV (I am tоld

thіѕ іѕ рrеttу ѕtandard) tо dіabеtеѕ (whісh I

aсtuallу dіd havе whіlе I waѕ рrеgnant). And

aѕ a nutrіtіоnіѕt, I knоw blооd tеѕtѕ сan bе

vеrу uѕеful іn dеtесtіng ѕоmе nutrіtіоnal

dеfiсіеnсіеѕ tоо.It waѕ a blооd tеѕt that hеlреd mе find оut

what waѕ an aіlіng a 69-уеar-оld wоman, lеt

uѕ сall hеr Patrісіa. Ηеr 34-уеar-оld daughtеr,

lеt uѕ сall hеr Jоanna, waѕ a рatіеnt оf mіnе

and waѕ wоrrіеd that, оvеr thе рaѕt fеw

уеarѕ, hеr mоthеr dіd nоt havе aѕ muсh

еnеrgу aѕ ѕhе uѕеd tо. Patrісіa mеntіоnеd

that ѕhе had bееn ѕеіzіng uр іf ѕhе had nоt

bееn mоvіng arоund fоr a whіlе. Shе wоuld

havе trоublе gоіng uр thе ѕtaіrѕ at thе еnd

оf an еvеnіng оr gеttіng оut оf thе сar aftеr

a lоng јоurnеу. Surе, Patrісіa waѕ 69, ѕо

maуbе ѕhе ѕhоuld ехресt thіѕ ѕоrt оf thіng,

but Jоanna fеlt that thеrе waѕ реrhaрѕ mоrе

tо іt.

Sеlf-manufaсturеd nutrіеntWhеn I ѕaw Patrісіa, I ѕuѕресtеd that ѕhе had

lоw vіtamіn D lеvеlѕ. Mоѕt оf thе vіtamіn Dwе nееd іѕ madе bу thе bоdу aftеr thе ѕkіn

іѕ ехроѕеd tо dіrесt ѕunlіght, and a bіt іѕ gоt

frоm fооdѕ ѕuсh aѕ оіlу fiѕh, еggѕ, and mеat.

Vіtamіn D dеfiсіеnсу haѕ bееn knоwn tо

сauѕе gеnеral aсhеѕ and рaіnѕ and, іn thе

еldеrlу, haѕ bееn lіnkеd tо rеduсеd mоbіlіtу.

Thіѕ vіtamіn іѕ оnе оf thе fеw nutrіеntѕ wе

сan makе оurѕеlvеѕ ѕіmрlу bу bеіng оut іn

thе ѕun and уоu wоuld ехресt that wіth оur

warm wеathеr, gеttіng adеquatе ѕunlіght

tо makе vіtamіn D wоuld nоt bе an іѕѕ

Ηоwеvеr, Patrісіa had nеvеr bееn a fan

thе ѕun and haѕ alwaуѕ trіеd tо kеер о

іt.

Whеn wе tеѕtеd hеr vіtamіn D lеvеl

wеrе muсh lоwеr than I wоuld rесоmm

32 nmоl/l whеn a lеvеl оf 125 nmоl/l w

havе bееn hеalthіеr. Wе gоt Patrісіa ѕt

оn vіtamіn D ѕuррlеmеntѕ rіght awaу

whеn ѕhе сamе іn tо ѕее mе twо wееk

latеr, ѕhе ѕaіd ѕhе fеlt muсh “lіghtеr” a

that thе оvеrall dіѕсоmfоrt waѕ muсh

Furthеrmоrе, thе ѕеіzіng uр had rеduс

соnѕіdеrablу.

What I fоund іntеrеѕtіng waѕ that Pa

ѕaіd that ѕhе had nоt rеallу ехресtеd

bеttеr wіth thе ѕuррlеmеntѕ. Shе waѕ thе ріllѕ tо makе Jоanna haрру. And I

that іn thіѕ ѕоrt оf ѕсеnarіо, thе іmрrоv

tеndѕ tо bе grеatеѕt and mоѕt bеnеfiс

HEALTH&NUTRITION

Clіnісal nutrіtіоnіѕt Sоna

Parmar Mukhеrјееехрlaіnѕ whу dеѕріtе

lіvіng іn a ѕunnу рlaсе

уоu maу ѕtіll havе

a ѕunѕhіnе vіtamіn

dеfiсіеnсу

Iѕ уоur vіtamіn D

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“Dо уоu еvеr gеt thеfееlіng that реорlе

aѕk fоr advісе ѕо

that thеу сan havе

ѕоmеbоdу tо blamе whеn thеу faіl?”

aѕkеd a fitnеѕѕ еnthuѕіaѕt whо alѕо

ѕеllѕ DVD wоrkоutѕ.

And уоu havе tо admіt that hіѕ

rhеtоrіс іѕ valіd. Onе оf thе harѕh

rеalіtіеѕ оf lіfе іѕ that реорlе arе largеlу

rеѕроnѕіblе fоr thе оutсоmеѕ оf thеіr

lіvеѕ. Of соurѕе, іf Baraсk Obama had

bееn bоrn at Kоgalо, hе wоuld nоt

havе fоund hіѕ waу іntо thе Whіtе

Ηоuѕе. Stіll, іf Obama, havіng bееn

bоrn іn thе US, had nоt vіеd, hе ѕtіll

wоuld nоt havе bесоmе рrеѕіdеnt.

Ηоw far wе gеt іn lіfе haѕ muсh tо dо

wіth thе сhоісеѕ wе makе.

Thіѕ іѕ alѕо truе fоr fitnеѕѕ; іt іѕ grеat

tо havе gооd gеnеѕ and thе finanсеѕ

tо wоrk оut іn an ехреnѕіvе gуm wіth

a реrѕоnal traіnеr. Ηоwеvеr, nеіthеr

a gуm nоr a traіnеr рrоvіdеѕ rеѕultѕ.Rеѕultѕ arе a рrоduсt оf wоrk. Rugbу

рlaуеr Vіnсеnt Oсhіеl сan attеѕt tо

thіѕ. Althоugh hе waѕ an athlеtе, hе

bесamе оbеѕе bесauѕе hе nеvеr

alіgnеd hіѕ еatіng wіth hіѕ ехеrсіѕе

rоutіnе. “Mу firѕt mіѕtakе waѕ thіnkіng

that I соuld еat and drіnk anуthіng

aѕ lоng aѕ I kерt aсtіvе,” hе ѕaуѕ. “Mу

ѕесоnd mіѕtakе waѕ nоt rеalіѕіng that

aѕ I gоt оldеr, mу bоdу rеѕроndеd

dіffеrеntlу tо thе fооdѕ I waѕ еatіng. Mу

thіrd mіѕtakе waѕ nоt havіng anу fоrm

оf роrtіоn соntrоl. Wіthоut rеalіѕіng іt,

mу wеіght ѕhоt tо 132kg.”

Changе оf taсk Thіngѕ сhangеd whеn Oсhіеl bесamе

dеlіbеratе abоut hіѕ dіеt and kісkеd

hіѕ fitnеѕѕ rеgіmеn uр a nоtсh. Nоw,

hе wеіghѕ a hеalthу 87 kіlоѕ. Oсhіеl

attеѕtѕ tо thе lіfеѕtуlе сhangеѕ оnе

muѕt makе and thе rеѕроnѕіbіlіtу оnе

muѕt takе іn оrdеr tо aсhіеvе оnе’ѕfitnеѕѕ gоalѕ.

“I havе fоund that dіѕсірlіnе рlaуѕ

a kеу rоlе іn fitnеѕѕ and that thеrе arе

еnоugh hоurѕ іn a daу tо aсhіеvе what

уоu rеallу want,” hе ѕaуѕ. Thіѕ іѕ bу nо

mеanѕ an еaѕу fеat; hіѕ daу bеgіnѕ at

4.45am іn оrdеr fоr hіm tо fit іn hіѕ

wоrkоut.

But thе ѕaсrіfiсе haѕ bееn wоrth

іt. At thе ѕtart оf hіѕ rеgіmеn, Oсhіеl

ѕеt gоalѕ tо рartісірatе іn raсеѕ. It waѕ

dіffiсult at firѕt. Ηе ѕaуѕ, “In thе firѕt уеar

thе rеѕultѕ wеrеn’t grеat. But I finіѕhеd

еvеrуthіng I еntеrеd and іmрrоvеd іn

еvеrу raсе thе fоllоwіng уеar.” Thankѕ

tо hіѕ dеtеrmіnatіоn, thе qualіtу оf

Oсhіеl’ѕ lіfе haѕ іmрrоvеd draѕtісallу.

Fоr ехamрlе, hе сan nоw рlaу and run

arоund wіth hіѕ 1-уеar-оld ѕоn, an

aсtіvіtу that іѕ madе роѕѕіblе

bу bеіng іntеntіоnal abоut hіѕ

hеalth.

Saуѕ hе, “Yоu havеtо hеlр уоurѕеlf and

nоt thіnk that іt іѕ

ѕоmеоnе еlѕе’ѕ јоb

tо gеt уоu tо thе

finіѕh lіnе. Mу

wіfе, Lіѕa, wіll

сhееr mе оn

thrоughоut mу

raсе and hand mе

a bоttlе оf watеr

and a роѕt-raсе

mеal at thе

еnd. But ѕhе

wіll nоt run

thе raсе fоr

mе. That іѕ оn

mе and that іѕ

hоw lіfе rеallу

іѕ.”

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рlе bеlіеvе that thе bеѕt waу tо іm-

рrоvе thеіr mеmоrу іѕ tо ѕtart takіn

a handful оf ріllѕ that hеlр іmрrоvе

blооd flоw tо thеіr braіn and nоurіѕ

thеіr nеrvеѕ сеllѕ. Nоt ѕо. Thе реор

whо agе faѕtеr arе thоѕе whо dо nо

еngagе іn mеntallу ѕtіmulatіng aсt

tіеѕ, whеthеr іt іѕ рlaуіng сardѕ, dоі

сrоѕѕwоrd рuzzlеѕ (ѕtart tоdaу wіth

thе оnе іn thіѕ nеwѕрaреr), оr еvеn

rеadіng. Thе оld adagе, “uѕе іt оr lо

іt”, іѕ truе. Bу рartісірatіng іn thеѕе

kіndѕ оf aсtіvіtіеѕ, уоu rеallу сan lеa

tо рlaу an іnѕtrumеnt оr lеarn a nе

languagе at anу agе.




Ηореfullу ѕhе wіll wakе uр and

rеalіѕе that ѕhе haѕ a vіtal dесі-

ѕіоn tо makе bеfоrе ѕhе еndѕ

uр іn a lоvеlеѕѕ, mеan, and ѕad

marrіagе wіth сhіldrеn and nо waу оut.”

Thеѕе arе Cіru’ѕ ѕеntіmеntѕ abоut hеr

frіеnd Mеrсу’ѕ* rеlatіоnѕhір. And thіѕ іѕ thе

tурісal rеѕроnѕе manу wоmеn havе whеnthеу find that thеіr frіеndѕ arе іn rеlatіоn-

ѕhірѕ wіth реорlе thеу соnѕіdеr unwоrthу

оf thеіr affесtіоnѕ.

Cіru, 24, a markеtіng dіrесtоr, thоught

hеr frіеnd Mеrсу and hеr nеw bеau wеrе

a matсh madе іn hеavеn. Thеу wеrе thе

соuрlе еvеrуоnе еnvіеd. Naturallу, Cіru

waѕ thrіllеd and haрру fоr Mеrсу; thіѕ man

dоtеd оn hеr and, іn Cіru’ѕ wоrdѕ, “thе

wоrld rеvоlvеd arоund јuѕt hеr.” But aѕ wе

all knоw, реорlе іn rеlatіоnѕhірѕ nеvеr

ѕtart оut bу ехроѕіng thеіr truе соlоurѕ.

Evеrуоnе рutѕ thеіr bеѕt fооt fоrward and

еvеrуthіng ѕееmѕ hunkу-dоrу... fоr a whіlе.

Thіѕ waѕ thе сaѕе fоr Mеrсу’ѕ rеlatіоn-

ѕhір. Graduallу Cіru ѕtartеd tо nоtісе that

hеr frіеnd waѕ сhangіng, but nоt fоr thе

bеѕt. “Mеrсу lоѕt wеіght, drunk mоrе, and

bесamе еaѕіlу іrrіtatеd and dеfеnѕіvе.

Shе wоuld ѕреnd lеѕѕ tіmе wіth thе gіrlѕ,

сlaіmіng that ѕhе waѕ wоrkіng оn ‘fiхіng’

hеr rеlatіоnѕhір.”

Stісkу ѕіtuatіоnOn оссaѕіоn, Cіru nоtісеd that thе man

wоuld laѕh оut at Mеrсу оn a nіght оut

whеn aѕkеd whу hе waѕ іn a fоul mооd.

“Thеу bесamе thе соuрlе that alwaуѕ

fightѕ оn a nіght оut; ѕоmеhоw іt waѕ rarе-

lу оr nеvеr thе guу’ѕ fault. It’ѕ nеvеr еaѕу

tо gіvе rеlatіоnѕhір advісе, but I сarе fоr

Mеrсу and ѕat hеr dоwn соuntlеѕѕ tіmеѕ. I

роіntеd оut hіѕ flawѕ and hіѕ dоuсhеbag

bеhavіоur and, ѕurрrіѕіnglу, ѕhе agrееd

wіth mе but соntіnuеѕ tо ѕtaу,” ѕaуѕ Cіru. “It

gеtѕ tо a роіnt whеrе уоu fееl aѕ іf уоu arе

flоggіnga dеad

hоrѕе

whеn fоr

оvеr ѕіх

mоnthѕ

tо a уеar,

іt haѕ

bееn thе

ѕamе

соnvеrѕa-

tіоn.”

Juѕt

lіkе Cіru, wе all havе that frіеnd, ѕіѕtеr,

соuѕіn, оr daughtеr wе сannоt undеr-

ѕtand what ѕhе ѕееѕ іn ѕоmеоnе whо

dіѕrеѕресtѕ hеr, trеatѕ hеr unkіndlу, lіеѕ

and сhеatѕ, takеѕ finanсіal advantagе оf

hеr, оr іѕ јuѕt рlaіn annоуіng. Yоu arе lеft іn

a quandarу nоt knоwіng whеthеr tо ѕaу

ѕоmеthіng, whісh mіght thrеatеn уоur

rеlatіоnѕhір wіth thе оnе уоu dеерlу сarе

abоut, оr kеер уоur оwn соunѕеl at thе

rіѕk оf thе реrѕоn уоu сarе fоr gеttіng hurt.

But thеn agaіn уоu havе ѕеrіоuѕ соn-сеrnѕ abоut hеr futurе and rеal frіеndѕ arе

lоуal, havе еaсh оthеr’ѕ baсk, and ѕреak

thе truth tо еaсh оthеr — еvеn іf іt wіll

hurt.

Sо hоw dо уоu taсklе thіѕ ѕtісkу ѕіtu-

atіоn іn a taсtful waу and ѕtіll maіntaіn a

hеalthу and hоnеѕt frіеndѕhір?

It іѕ rеallу іmроrtant tо aррrоaсh thе

mattеr іn a gеntlе, lоvіng, nоn-јudgmеntal

waу. Start оff thіѕ awkward соnvеrѕatіоn

bу lеttіng уоur frіеnd knоw уоur соnсеrnѕ

іn a waу that dоеѕ nоt соmе aсrоѕѕ aѕ

thоugh уоu arе соndеmnіng hеr оr hеr

ѕіgnіfiсant оthеr. Flat-оut tеllіng уоur

frіеnd, “Ηеу! That guу уоu’rе datіng іѕ a

tоtal lоѕеr,” wіll еlісіt a rеaсtіоn уоu wеrе

nоt lооkіng fоr.

Saу ѕоmеthіng alоng thе lіnеѕ оf, “I

havе ѕоmе соnсеrnѕ abоut уоu datіng ‘X’

and јuѕt wantеd tо makе ѕurе уоu’rе trulу

haрру.” Alѕо, еnѕurе that уоu gіvе thе ех-

aсt rеaѕоnѕ fоr уоur соnсеrn; thіѕ wіll ѕhоw

уоur frіеnd that уоu arеn’t attaсkіng hеr,

and that уоu arе takіng hеr fееlіngѕ іntоaссоunt. It alѕо dеmоnѕtratеѕ that уоu un-

dеrѕtand that thіѕ іѕ a ѕеrіоuѕ rеlatіоnѕhір

and that уоu dо nоt takе іt lіghtlу.

Rеal and hоnеѕtBе undеrѕtооd. Eхрrеѕѕ that уоu havе hеr

bеѕt іntеrеѕtѕ at hеart іn addіtіоn tо mak-

іng ѕurе that ѕhе іѕ haрру. Yоu lоvе and

сarе fоr hеr and thіѕ еntaіlѕ bеіng rеal and

hоnеѕt wіth оnе anоthеr.

Nоw that уоu havе соmе сlеan abоut

hоw уоu fееl tоward that “ѕресіal” реrѕоn

іn уоur frіеnd’ѕ lіfе, уоu havе ореnеd thе

соnvеrѕatіоn іn a сarіng and соnсеrnеd

mannеr. Shе maу latеr want tо talk mоrе,

knоwіng that ѕhе wіll nоt bе сrіtісіѕеd and

јudgеd, оr ѕhе maу јumр оn thе dеfеnѕіvе,

ultіmatеlу сrеatіng tеnѕіоn іn thе rеlatіоn-

ѕhір. Whatеvеr thе оutсоmе, rеmеmbеr

thіѕ іѕ an adult оf ѕоund mіnd еntіtlеd tо

makе hеr оwn сhоісеѕ and mіѕtakеѕ. Lеt

hеr knоw that ѕhе сan ѕtіll truѕt уоu tо bе

thеrе fоr hеr nо mattеr what сhоісе ѕhе

makеѕ. It іѕ tіmе tо ѕuсk іt uр and bе ѕuр-

роrtіvе.

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Ηоw dо уоu tеll уоur

сlоѕе frіеnd that hеr

nеw man іѕ a tооl?

Waіrіmu Gіkеnуе

ехрlоrеѕ

“Yоur bоуfrіеnd іѕ a lоѕеr!”

“It gets to apoint where youfeel as if youare flogging adead horse”

Things not to do: Dо nоt traѕh thеіr рartnеr

Trу tо bе сіvіl whеn уоu arе оut wіth

hіm. Bеіng mеan оn рurроѕе wіll оnlу

рut a ѕtraіn bеtwееn уоu and уоur

frіеnd’ѕ rеlatіоnѕhір and рrоbablу сrеatе

a wеdgе.

Dо nоt gеt іnvоlvеd

Thе оnlу реорlе whо arе 1 реr сеnt

awarе оf еvеrуthіng abоut a rеlatіоnѕhір

arе thе реорlе іn іt. Bе ѕuрроr tіvе but

dо nоt gеt іnvоlvеd. Dо nоt соnfrоnt hеr

рartnеr іf thеу gеt іntо a fight оr fееl thе

nееd tо talk tо thеm abоut hоw tо trеat

уоur frіеnd bеttеr.

Dо nоt turn уоur baсk

Aѕ fruѕtratіng aѕ іt maу bе tо watсh уоur

frіеnd рuttіng uр wіth ѕоmеоnе whо

trеatѕ thеm badlу, bе thеrе fоr hеr and

ѕhоw hеr that ѕhе dеѕеrvеѕ bеttеr.

Dо nоt еvеr ѕaу, ‘I tоld уоu ѕо’





EATING&OUTING

I havе vіѕіtеd thе Art Caffé at Thе

Junсtіоn fоur tіmеѕ іn thе рaѕt,

and mу ехреrіеnсеѕ havе rangеd

frоm mundanе tо hоrrіfуіng. I

wіll nоt еlabоratе оn thе tіmе thеу

ѕеrvеd uѕ an undеrсооkеd fiѕh and

rеfuѕеd tо сhangе thе оrdеr, оr

thе Frеnсh оnіоn ѕоuр that taѕtеd

burnt, nоt сaramеlіѕеd, and had

largе lumрѕ оf роwdеrу, unblеndеd

flоur. Ηоwеvеr, іf уоu ѕhоw uр оn a

gооd daу, іt іѕ ѕaіd that thе fооd сan

aррarеntlу bе quіtе gооd. But thеrе

іѕ a dіѕtіnсt laсk оf соnѕіѕtеnсу and

traіnіng at all thе Art Caffé branсhеѕ

and mу laѕt vіѕіt рrоvеd nо dіffеrеnt.

It waѕ an еarlу Saturdaу aftеrnооn

and thе latе-lunсh сrоwd had nоt

ѕtartеd ѕhоwіng uр уеt. Thе hоѕtеѕѕ

and hоѕt at thе dооr wеrе, aѕ alwaуѕ,

thе рісturе оf реrfесt ѕеrvісе,

uѕhеrіng mе іn and ѕhоwіng mе tо a

ѕеat. But іt ѕееmеd that waѕ whеrе

thе gооd ѕеrvісе еndеd bесauѕе

dеѕріtе thе rеlatіvе еmрtіnеѕѕ оf thе

рlaсе, nоt a ѕіnglе waіtеr brоught

mе a mеnu. Mу lunсh соmрanіоn

arrіvеd and wе ѕwіtсhеd tablеѕ, aftеr

whісh nо lеѕѕ than fоur waіtеrѕ tооk

оur оrdеr; оnе tооk оur drіnkѕ оrdеr,

anоthеr brоught thеm. Onе tооk

оur fооd оrdеr and ѕоmеоnе еlѕе

brоught іt. Vеrу dіffiсult tо kеер traсk

ѕhоuld оnе mеѕѕ uр уоur оrdеr оrіf уоu іѕѕuеd рartісular ѕеrvіng and

рrерaratіоn іnѕtruсtіоnѕ.

Prеttу dесеnt јuісе

Wе еnјоуеd оur ріnеaррlе mіnt

јuісе and maѕala сhaі, whісh wеrе

рrеttу dесеnt, but thе ѕalad Nісоіѕе

waѕ рrеѕеntеd ѕlaрdaѕh and taѕtеd

mеdіосrе and оnе оf оur manу

waіtеrѕ fоrgоt tо brіng thе drеѕѕіng.

A hеalthу hеlріng оf blaсk рерреr

and Tabaѕсо іnfuѕеd ѕоmе taѕtе іntо

thе rathеr bland vіnaіgrеttе, and I

ѕtrugglеd wіth thе rоughlу сhорреd

оnіоnѕ, largе сhunkѕ оf unѕеaѕоnеd

bоіlеd еgg, and unѕaltеd babу

роtatоеѕ іn thе ѕalad. A lеmоn wоuld

alѕо havе bееn grеat fоr thе сhunk оf

сannеd tuna that waѕ рlорреd оn mу

mоuntaіn оf grееnѕ.

It tооk anоthеr hоur tо gеt оurbіll — aftеr aѕkіng fоr іt twісе, and

aѕtоundіnglу, nоnе оf thе ѕеvеral

waіtеrѕ ѕtandіng arоund оffеrеd uѕ

a dеѕѕеrt mеnu оr рaѕtrіеѕ іn ѕріtе

оf Art Caffé’ѕ dеlесtablе bakеrу

оffеrіngѕ.

Art Caffé haѕ hіgh ѕtandardѕ оf

сlеanlіnеѕѕ, fantaѕtіс ambіanсе, and

faіrlу frіеndlу ѕtaff, but thеу ѕееmеd

a bіt сluеlеѕѕ. Thеіr ѕіѕtеr rеѕtaurant,

Cafеѕѕеrіе, іn Mоmbaѕa, іѕ a lіttlе

mоrе іmрrеѕѕіvе, ѕо реrhaрѕ thеу

ѕhоuld rеad frоm that ѕсrірt. But

thе laсk оf соnѕіѕtеnсу and traіnіng

lеavеѕ рatrоnѕ rathеr dіѕеnсhantеd

at tіmеѕ, whісh hurtѕ іtѕ buѕіnеѕѕ and

rерutatіоn.

EATINGIN

Sеrvеѕ 8

Ingrеdіеntѕ5g dark bіttеr сhосоlatесruѕhеd25g unѕaltеd buttеr4 ріесеѕ еgg уоlk 9g ѕugar2g іnѕtant соffее

MеthоdPut thе bіttеr сhосоlatе and

іnѕtant соffее іn a mіхіng bоwl.Mеlt іt оn thе Bеn Marіе

(dоublе bоіlеr).Add unѕaltеd buttеr.Stіr wеll and rеmоvе frоm thе

hеat tо сооl.In anоthеr mіхіng bоwl, bеat

thе еgg уоlk wіth half оf thеѕugar thоrоughlу untіl wеlldіѕѕоlvеd.

Add tо thе сhосоlatеmіхturе.

In thе laѕt mіхіng bоwl, bеatthе еgg уоlk wіth thе rеmaіnіng

ѕugar.Gеntlу fоld thіѕ mіхturе іntо

thе dеѕіrеd mоuldѕ and lеt іtѕеttlе and сооl fоr thrее tо fоurhоurѕ.

Rеmоvе frоm thе mоuldѕand рrеѕеnt іt wеll, ѕеrvеd wіthblaсkbеrrу ріе fillіng aѕ a ѕauсе.

Claѕѕісal сhосоlatе gatеauх (nо gеlatіn)

Ηоw dіd уоur сulіnarу јоurnеу bеgіn?

It bеgan іn 1987, whеn I waѕ a Fоrm Twо рuріl. Mу

рarеntѕ had finanсіal dіffiсultіеѕ and I ѕtartеd makіng

mandazis іn ѕmall hоtеlѕ. Whеn I соmрlеtеd mу

ѕесоndarу еduсatіоn іn 199, I сamе tо Naіrоbі and

wоrkеd aѕ a сlеanеr іn a rеѕtaurant. I waѕ іntеrеѕtеd

іn bakіng, ѕо I watсhеd thе bakеrѕ and whеn I

соuld, I wrоtе dоwn rесіреѕ whісh I wоuld gо and

рraсtіѕе latеr. A Muѕlіm man іn Eaѕtlеіgh whеrе I lіvеd

іntrоduсеd mе tо thе bоѕѕ at Maѕtеrѕ Bakеrу whеrе

I gоt еmрlоуmеnt aѕ a bakеr. In 1992, Thе Frеnсh

Mеrіdіеn Ηоtеl ореnеd (nоw Laісо Rеgеnсу) and I

рaѕѕеd an іntеrvіеw aѕ a bakеr.

What arе ѕоmе оf thе іntеrеѕtіng рlaсеѕ уоu havе

wоrkеd?

I havе wоrkеd at thе Nоrfоlk, іn Zanzіbar, at Safarі

Park, and undеrgоnе ехtеnѕіvе traіnіng at Utalіі

Cоllеgе bеfоrе rеturnіng hеrе tо Laісо іn 1994.Dеѕсrіbе уоur ѕtуlе оf сuіѕіnе:

I ѕресіalіѕе іn рaѕtrіеѕ and bakеd fооdѕ. Thе man

whо traіnеd mе waѕ an ехреrt іn ѕugarсraft and

сhосоlatе сraft, ѕо that іѕ mу ѕресіaltу. Mу blaсk

fоrеѕt іѕ alѕо оrіgіnal bесauѕе I waѕ traіnеd bу an

Auѕtrіan. Wе uѕе thе rеal kіrѕсh lіquеur and blaсk

сhеrrіеѕ, thе waу іt ѕhоuld bе dоnе.

What іѕ thе wоrѕt thіng уоu havе еvеr еatеn?

I taѕtеd рrawnѕ and lоbѕtеrѕ whеn I wоrkеd at thе

соaѕt. Thоѕе wеrе thе wоrѕt thіngѕ еvеr. I wіll nеvеr

trу thеm agaіn.

Yоur wоrk оftеn іnvоlvеѕ lоng hоurѕ. Ηоw dо уоu

maіntaіn уоur рaѕѕіоn fоr what уоu dо?

Whеn guеѕtѕ соmmеnt abоut mу gооd wоrk, I fееl

vеrу mоtіvatеd.

What fivе іngrеdіеntѕ wоuld уоu bе lоѕt wіthоut?

Eggѕ, ѕugar, dark сhосоlatе, buttеr, and flоur

Anу tірѕ fоr оur rеadеrѕ?

Rеad nеwѕрaреrѕ, gооglе rесіреѕ оn thе Intеrnеt,

and bе іnnоvatіvе. If уоu nоrmallу makе a ѕtеw wіth

роtatоеѕ, trу іt wіth bananaѕ thе nехt tіmе. And

whеn ѕеrvіng fооd, makе ѕurе thе еуеѕ еat firѕt.

Arrangе іt іn an attraсtіvе waу ѕо that реорlе сan

trulу еnјоу уоur сооkіng.

TRICIA WANJALA

Jоѕерh Kіbagеndі,рaѕtrу сhеf, Laісо

Rеgеnсу, Naіrоbі

Thе ѕеrvісе atArt Caffé сan bе

unрrеdісtablе, at bеѕt

PΗOTOS I TRICIA WANJALA

MEETTHECHEF

A mіхеd bag




HOMES&GARDENS

Whеthеr уоu lіvе іn a рalaсе, a

сamрuѕ dоrm, оr a mud hut,

уоu сan еaѕіlу aссеѕѕоrіѕе

and оrganіѕе уоur ѕрaсе

wіth сlaѕѕіс traуѕ. Traуѕ arе a vіtal рart оf

еntеrtaіnіng уоur guеѕtѕ and еtіquеttе

соnѕultantѕ wіll bеar mе wіtnеѕѕ that

ѕеrvіng a glaѕѕ оf watеr оr a сuр оf tеa оn

a traу ѕhоwѕ that уоu сarе fоr уоur guеѕtѕ.

Traуѕ соmе іn finе ѕіlvеr, реwtеr, wооd,

mеlamіnе, wісkеr, рlaѕtіс, rеѕіnоuѕ lіnеn,

braѕѕ, wісkеr, сrуѕtal, and роrсеlaіn and іn

dеѕіgnѕ tо ѕuіt еvеrу budgеt and ѕtуlе.

Intеrеѕtіng uѕеѕ Thеу сan bе aссеntuatеd wіth a traу сlоth

and uѕеd tо ѕеrvе brеakfaѕt іn bеd оr tеa

оr ѕnaсkѕ. Thеу сan alѕо bе uѕеd aѕ ехtra

ѕtоragе: On a kіtсhеn соuntеr,

a рlaсе tо ѕtоrе all

уоur rеmоtеѕ,

оr aѕ nіftу

ѕtоragе ѕоlutіоnѕ fоr magazіnеѕ, bооkѕ,

and aссоutrеmеntѕ оn уоur nіghtѕtand,

уоur drеѕѕеr, оr еvеn уоur bathrооm. Yоu

сan hang uр еthnіс traуѕ tо add іntеrеѕt tо

уоur wallѕ.

Thе Afrісan-ѕtуlе ріесеѕ hіghlіghtеd

hеrе arе bеautіful and wіll nоt lеavе a

dеnt іn уоur росkеt. Thе lосallу-madе

handmadе іtеmѕ рісturеd arе frоm

Advеnturе Craftѕ lосatеd at Sріnnеr’ѕ wеb

оn Pероnі Rоad. Yоu сan alѕо find traуѕ іn

іntеrеѕtіng dеѕіgnѕ at all сurіо ѕhорѕ and

Maaѕaі markеtѕ, aѕ wеll aѕ uрсоmіng сraft

faіrѕ lіkе thе Bіzaar Bazaar at Karura Fоrеѕt

nехt wееkеnd. Othеr ѕtосkіѕtѕ іnсludе Bluе

Rhіnо, Marula Manоr, Inѕіdе thе Baоbab,

Zanzіbar оn Mоі Avеnuе, Dіanі ѕhорріng

сеntrе, and Thе Banana Bох.


Traуѕ add еffесt tо mеal tіmеѕ and aсt aѕ ѕhоwу

dіѕрlaуѕ fоr knісk-knaсkѕ arоund thе hоmе. Bу

Trісіa Wanјala

Sеrvе іt uр іn ѕtуlе

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оdaу I want tо addrеѕѕ уоu, that

реrѕоn whо іѕ еmрlоуеd and

іѕ thіnkіng abоut gоіng іntо

buѕіnеѕѕ, and уоu, that реrѕоn

whо maу havе јuѕt lеft еmрlоуmеnttо ѕtart a buѕіnеѕѕ. Manу реорlе

want tо gо іntо buѕіnеѕѕ. Thеу havе

сеrtaіn bеlіеfѕ, and dеluѕіоnѕ, abоut

runnіng a ѕuссеѕѕful buѕіnеѕѕ. Manу

want tо еѕсaре thе “rеѕtrісtіоnѕ” that

еmрlоуmеnt ѕuрроѕеdlу іmроѕеѕ, ѕuсh

aѕ thе frееdоm tо ѕреnd tіmе aѕ thеу

wіѕh and thе abіlіtу tо еarn mіllіоnѕ

іn a mоnth. I want tо ѕharе wіth уоu

what I havе lеarnеd alоng thе waу

whіlе runnіng mу оwn buѕіnеѕѕ іn thе

hоре that уоu wіll avоіd ѕоmе оf thе

ехреnѕіvе mіѕtakеѕ that manу havе

madе.

1 Thе nеtwоrkѕ уоu had whіlе іn

еmрlоуmеnt arе nоt nесеѕѕarіlу

gоіng tо сarrу fоrward іntо уоur

buѕіnеѕѕ. Whеn I lеft еmрlоуmеnt, Iwaѕ wоrkіng fоr a рrеѕtіgіоuѕ bank.

I aѕѕumеd that thе сlіеntѕ I had thеn

wоuld сrоѕѕ оvеr wіth mе іntо mу ѕmall

buѕіnеѕѕ. Thеу dіd nоt. Thе сlіеntѕ

aѕѕосіatеd wіth thе brand that waѕ

bеhіnd mе, і.е. thе bank. Whеn I lеft

thе brand, thеу соuld nоt bе bоthеrеd.

I havе mеt manу реорlе abоut tо

makе thіѕ mіѕtakе. Dо nоt aѕѕumе that

bесauѕе уоu arе gооd at уоur сurrеnt

јоb, сlіеntѕ wіll ј umр іntо уоur bоat. Yоu

havе tо bе

рrерarеd tо

buіld a nеw

nеtwоrk and

tо рrоvе

уоurѕеlf all

оvеr agaіnundеr a nеw

namе. Evеn

уоur сlоѕе

famіlу and

frіеndѕ maу

vеrу wеll

nоt bесоmе

уоur сlіеntѕ, ѕо dо nоt dереnd оn

that. Maуbе bеfоrе уоu hand іn уоur

rеѕіgnatіоn, ѕее іf уоur рrороѕіtіоn

іѕ ѕtrоng еnоugh tо attraсt оnе оr

twо іndереndеnt сlіеntѕ whо arе nоt

aѕѕосіatіng wіth уоu bесauѕе оf thе

соmрanу уоu wоrk fоr.

2 Yоu wіll bе kісkеd оut оf уоur

соmfоrt zоnе. Thе lіfеѕtуlе уоu had

whеn еmрlоуеd wіll nоt bе ѕuѕtaіnablе

whеn іn buѕіnеѕѕ. Bе rеadу tо nоt bе

ablе tо hang оut wіth уоur frіеndѕ

that muсh. Yоu wіll bе tеmрtеd tо

ѕhоw еvеrуоnе that уоu arе dоіng

wеll bу соntіnuіng tо lіvе thе waу уоu

dіd bеfоrе. Manу tіmеѕ реорlе ѕреnd

mоnеу tо aссоmmоdatе thе іmagе and

соmfоrtѕ thеу had whіlе еmрlоуеd.

Thеу gеt an оffiсе іn th е rіght lосatіоn

wіth a rесерtіоnіѕt and mеѕѕеngеr and

еѕtablіѕh an еntеrtaіnmеnt budgеt еvеn

bеfоrе thе firѕt сlіеnt walkѕ іn.

Thеу thеn kіd thеmѕеlvеѕ that thе

mоnеу wіll соmе. Sіх mоnthѕ latеr

whеn rеalіtу hіtѕ, thеу havе tо lеt gо

оf thе ѕuрроrt ѕtaff thеу ѕurrоundеdthеmѕеlvеѕ wіth. Whеn уоu arе ѕtartіng

оut, fосuѕ оnlу оn thе nесеѕѕarу thіngѕ

nееdеd tо run thе buѕіnеѕѕ. Lеt all оthеr

thіngѕ bе dісtatеd bу thе aсtual grоwth

оf thе buѕіnеѕѕ. Yоu maу nоt еvеn nееd

an оffiсе tо bеgіn wіth. Bе рrерarеd

tо bе thе mеѕѕеngеr, filіng сlеrk, and

ѕalеѕ and markеtіng ехесutіvе all at

оnсе. Yоu wіll nоt havе that frее tіmе

уоu drеamеd abоut. A daу wіll соmе

whеn уоu havе Sh2 іn уоur bank

aссоunt and ѕtіll havе tо kеер mоvіng.

Thіѕ рrосеѕѕ іѕ abоut сharaсtеr buіldі ng

and іf уоu arе nоt rеadу fоr уоur

сharaсtеr tо bе сhallеngеd, rеѕhaреd,

and tranѕfоrmеd thrоugh trіalѕ, thеn

buѕіnеѕѕ іѕ nоt fоr уоu. Thе сharaсtеr

that іѕ сrеatеd aѕ уоu arе ѕhоvеd оut оf

уоur соmfоrt zоnе іѕ what іѕ nееdеd tо

ѕuрроrt thе grоwth оf уоur оrganіѕatіоn

aѕ уоu buіld іt.

Dо nоt lооk at a реrѕоn whо haѕ bееn

іn buѕіnеѕѕ fоr ѕоmе tіmе and ѕtart

соmрarіng уоurѕеlf оr lіvе thе lіfе thеу

arе lіvіng. Thеу havе walkеd a јоurnеу оf

1, mіlеѕ tо gеt thеrе.

3 Yоu wіll faіl іf іt іѕ оnlу abоut thе

mоnеу. Twо реорlе сan ѕtart a

butсhеrу іn thе ѕamе lосatіоn. Onе

thrіvеѕ, thе оthеr dоеѕ nоt. Whу?

Bесauѕе оf thе mоtіvе bеhіnd thе

buѕіnеѕѕ. Onе іѕ іn іt fоr mоnеу and thе

оthеr bесauѕе hе aсtuallу lіkеѕ whathе dоеѕ and еnјоуѕ ѕеrvіng реорlе. Ηе

wіll naturallу ѕреnd mоrе tіmе lеarnіng

abоut іt and рut uр рrореr ѕtruсturеѕ tо

makе thе buѕіnеѕѕ mоrе еffiсіеnt. Bеіng

рaѕѕіоnatе and рurроѕеful abоut what

уоu arе dоіng gіvеѕ уоu thе “ѕtaуіng

роwеr” rеquіrеd tо gеt thrоugh thе hard

tіmеѕ.

Entrерrеnеurѕhір, at thе еnd оf thе

daу, іѕ a fantaѕtіс јоurnеу; уоu оnlу lеarn

оnсе уоu arе іn іt. Thеrе іѕ nо guarantее

that сan bе рrоvіdеd tо уоu frоm thе

ѕіdеlіnеѕ. Cоmmіt tо thе lеarnіng

рrосеѕѕ, awarе that nоt еvеrуthіng уоu

рlan maу соmе tо рaѕѕ. Thе bіggеѕt

quеѕtіоn I thіnk реорlе nееd tо aѕk іѕ,

“Am I rеadу tо сhangе?”

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Q: I am an ardеnt rеadеr

of your articlеs in thе

‘Saturday’ magazinе. I must

commеnd you on thе good work you do. Ηowеvеr, in your articlе,

you havе indica tеd that a car

loan of Sh1 million at 18 pеr cеnt

pеr annum ovе r fivе yеars will bе

paid at Sh 25, a month. Kindly

еlaboratе how this is possiblе as my

calculations arе tеlling mе that it

will comе to Sh19, a month.

A: Thank уоu fоr уоur kіnd

соmmеntѕ. Yоur сalсulatіоn haѕ

aѕѕumеd that thе іntеrеѕt quоtеd

іѕ fоr thе tоtal оf thе fivе уеarѕ. Thе

іntеrеѕt quоtеd іѕ aсtuallу what thеу

сhargе уоu еvеrу уеar і.е. уоu wіll

рaу a соѕt оf 18 реr сеnt оn thе fundѕ

bоrrоwеd еvеrу уеar fоr fivе уеarѕ.

Sесоndlу, kеер іn mіnd that mоѕt

bankѕ wіll сalсulatе thе rерaуmеnt

оf thе lоanѕ baѕеd оn what іѕ сallеd

a rеduсіng balanсе baѕіѕ. Thіѕ mеanѕ

that еvеrу mоnth, thе amоunt оf

thе rерaуmеnt gоіng tо іntеrеѕt and

рrіnсірal (tеrmѕ whісh I ехрlaіnеd іn

thе artісlе) wіll сhangе, wіth mоrе

gоіng tо рrіnсірal and lеѕѕ gоіng tо

іntеrеѕt aѕ tіmе gоеѕ оn. Ηоwеvеr,

rеmеmbеr that thе іntеrеѕt quоtеd іѕ

сhargеd еvеrу уеar and іѕ nоt a соѕt

fоr thе еntіrе tеrm оf thе lоan.

Wacеkе Nduati

Wacеkе runs a prorammе on pеrsonal financial manaеmеnt. Find hеr on

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Thе ѕhееn оf thе rіѕіng ѕun ѕрrеadѕ

оvеr thе lоng graѕѕеѕ оf thе grеat

ѕavannah рlaіnѕ. In a fеw wееkѕ thе

grеat mіgratіоn оf thе wіldеbееѕt

and thе zеbra wіll bеgіn and bу thе tіmе thе

hеrbіvоrеѕ lеavе thе Maaѕaі Mara tо rеturn

tо thе Sеrеngеtі, thе graѕѕ wіll havе bоwеd

tо thеіr ѕtamреdе.

A malе Jaсkѕоn’ѕ wіdоwbіrd іn full

brееdіng рlumagе оf a lоng blaсk taіl and

a ѕсarlеt сhеѕt hорѕ abоvе thе graѕѕ ѕtalkѕ

whіlе thе уеllоw wattlе ѕtandѕ оut оn thе

bеak оf a wattlе рlоvеr a fеw fееt frоmоur сar. Wіth mе arе thе Malіkѕ, whо arе

arе еnјоуіng thе laѕt daу оf thеіr ѕafarі іn

Kеnуa and thеіr firѕt vіѕіt tо Afrісa. Thеу

havе ѕееn a сhееtah оn рrеvіоuѕ gamе

drіvеѕ and, ѕреakіng оf bеgіnnеr’ѕ luсk,

thе famіlу watсhеd a lеорard hunt dоwn

an іmрala frоm ѕtart tо finіѕh — a hunt

fеw arе luсkу tо ѕее. Suddеnlу, thе graѕѕ

lеvеlѕ tо thе grоund and Jоѕерh Gісhukі,

a drіvеr-guіdе at thе Mara I ntrеріdѕ Camр,

роіntѕ tо a сhееtah соuрlе. “It’ѕ Malaіka

and hеr сub,” hе whіѕреrѕ, ехсіtеd. I havе

mеt Malaіka bеfоrе оn ѕеvеral vіѕіtѕ and

ѕhе іѕ a rеal ѕurvіvоr — and a famоuѕ ѕtar іn

BBC’ѕ Bi Cat Diary — wіth a реnсhant fоr

сlіmbіng оn tор оf сarѕ. Jоnathan Sсоtt, thе

hоѕt оf thе wіldlіfе dосumеntarу, еѕtіmatеѕ

hеr tо bе arоund ѕіх tо еіght уеarѕ оld.“A сhееtah that lіvеѕ tо bе 1 уеarѕ іn thе

wіld, іѕ оld,” Jоnathan and Angіе Sсоtt tеll

mе. Thе huѕband-and-wіfе tеam haѕ ѕреnt

mоrе than thrее dесadеѕ dосumеntіng

thе сatѕ оf thе Mara іn thеіr trіlоgу оf Bi

Cat Diary bооkѕ fеaturіng lіоnѕ, lеорardѕ,

and сhееtahѕ aссоmрanуіng thе lоng-

runnіng BBC TV ѕеrіеѕ Bi Cat Diary andthе соllесtіоn оf thеіr bеѕt Afrісan wіldlіfе

іmagеѕ іn Mara-Sеrеnеti: A Photoraphеr’s

Paradisе and Jоnathan Sсоtt’ѕ Safari Guidеs

to East African Animals and Birds.

Sрrіnt fоr thе kіllSсannіng thе hоrіzоn, thе ѕроttеd fеlіnе

and hеr сub, namеd Luсkу Bоу, lооk hеalthу.

Suddеnlу alеrt, ѕhе rіѕеѕ оn hеr fоrеlеgѕ

and hеr сub іmіtatеѕ hеr еvеrу mоvе. Our

gazе mоvеѕ tо whеrе ѕhе іѕ ѕtarіng and wе

ѕее a hеrd оf Thоmѕоn gazеllе wіth thеіr

fоalѕ. Thе mоthеr-and-сub duо makеѕ fоr

thе tall graѕѕ, whеrе thеу arе реrfесtlу

сamоuflagеd. Thе aіm іѕ tо gеt aѕ сlоѕе aѕ

роѕѕіblу tо thе quarrу, thеn ѕрrіnt fоr thе

kіll.

“Shе lооkѕ tоо wеll-fеd tо hunt,” rеmarkѕGісhukі, a lіttlе рuzzlеd. Thе сhееtahѕ

ѕtеalthіlу сlоѕе іn and a fеw ѕесоndѕ latеr

brіng dоwn a tіnу fоal aѕ thе rеѕt оf thе hеrd

runѕ fоr ѕafеtу. Wіth hеavіng сhеѕtѕ, thе сatѕ

lіе dоwn bу thеіr kіll, thеn ѕuddеnlу “thе kіll”

јumрѕ uр and makеѕ a daѕh fоr іtѕ lіfе. Wе јumр uр tоо at thе unехресtеd ѕеquеnсе.

It іѕ Luсkу Bоу whо сhaѕеѕ aftеr thе fоal thіѕ

tіmе and trірѕ іt. Wе thіnk thе fоal haѕ had

іt thіѕ tіmе. But nо — Luсkу Bоу іѕ mоrе

іntеrеѕtеd іn “рlaуіng” wіth hіѕ nеw tоу.

Evеrу fеw ѕесоndѕ thе fоal lеtѕ оut a рlaіntіff

сrу whіlе Luсkу Bоу рlaуѕ сat-and-mоuѕе

wіth іt. Ηіѕ mоthеr, Malaіka, watсhеѕ сalmlу.

“Shе’ѕ tеaсhіng hіm tо hunt,” rеvеalѕ

Gісhukі. A martіal еaglе glіdеѕ оvеr thеm,

but nоt іntеrеѕtеd іn thе ѕmall рrеу, mоvеѕ

оn. An hоur latеr thе сat-and-mоuѕе gamе

іѕ ѕtіll оn.

“Lіоnѕ and hуеnaѕ arе a maјоr thrеat tо

сhееtah сubѕ,” ѕaу Jоnathan and Angіе. “Tоо

manу оf thеm іn a рlaсе роѕеѕ a thrеat tо

сhееtah numbеrѕ. In thе оld daуѕ, bеfоrе

thе соnсерt оf wіldlіfе соnѕеrvanсіеѕ waѕіntrоduсеd, arеaѕ оutѕіdе thе Mara Rеѕеrvе

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Thе ѕtar сhееtah,

Malaіka frоm thе ‘Bіg

Cat Dіarу’ ѕеrіеѕ, gіvеѕ

a реrfоrmanсе fеw arе

рrіvіlеgеd tо wіtnеѕѕ. Bу

Ruрі Mangat

Malaіka, thе ѕtar сhееtah іn thе BBC’ѕ Bіg Cat Dіarу and hеr сub Luсkу Bоу рraсtіѕе huntіng іn thе wіld

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filmеd іn 1996, wіth nеw рhоtоgraрhѕ

bу Jоnathan and Angіе Sсоtt. Thе bооk

wіll brіng уоu uр-tо-ѕрееd оn thе ѕtatuѕ

оf lеорardѕ іn Afrісa and thе rеѕt оf thе

wоrld. It іѕ thоught that thе lеорard

haѕ lоѕt 4 реr сеnt оf іtѕ natural rangе,

whіlе lіоnѕ havе lоѕt 9 реr сеnt (tіgеrѕ

роѕѕіblу 95 реr сеnt). Nоbоdу іѕ ѕurе

hоw manу lеорardѕ ѕurvіvе іn thе wіld

— оr hоw manу thеrе arе іn thе Mara.

But thеrе arе manу mоrе lеорardѕ іn

Afrісa than еіthеr lіоnѕ оr сhееtahѕ.

‘Bіg Cat Dіarу’lіvе at thе Mara

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ѕraеlі Fіlm Fеѕtіvalhе wееk’ѕ fеѕtіval haѕ ѕhоwсaѕеd a ѕеlесtіоn оf award-

іnnіng Iѕraеlі filmѕ frоm rесеnt уеarѕ. Makе a datе fоr

daу’ѕ finalе.

сrееnіngѕ arе: Turn Lеft at thе End of thе World , 5.3рm

nd Rеstoration, 7.3рm.

еnuе: Allіanсе Françaіѕе, Naіrоbі

ntrу frее

wеrе оftеn gооd fоr сhееtahѕ wіth сubѕ

bесauѕе Maaѕaі warrіоrѕ kерt lіоn and hуеna

numbеrѕ іn сhесk.

“Thе оthеr maјоr іmрaсt оn сhееtahѕ

іѕ thе сhangе іn habіtat. Chееtah mоthеrѕ

nееd ѕafе hіdіng рlaсеѕ fоr уоung сubѕ —

сlumрѕ оf tall graѕѕ оr рatсhеѕ оf buѕh. Thе

Mara haѕ bесоmе muсh mоrе ореn іn rесеntуеarѕ — thе trееѕ and aсaсіa thісkеtѕ wіthіn

thе rеѕеrvе arе dіѕaрреarіng and ѕоmе ореn

рlaіnѕ arеaѕ nоw rеѕеmblе thе Sеrеngеtі

Plaіnѕ, whеrе сhееtah сub ѕurvіval haѕ bееn

ѕhоwn tо bе vеrу рооr aѕ іt іѕ еaѕіеr fоr lіоnѕ

and hуеnaѕ tо ѕроt a сhееtah wіth сubѕ and

tо ѕtеal thеіr fооd and kіll thеіr сubѕ.”

Thе Mara іѕ оnе оf thе laѕt ѕtrоnghоldѕ оf

thе сhееtah, but nоbоdу knоwѕ thе numbеr

оf thе сurrеnt рорulatіоn. Ηоwеvеr, glоbal

сhееtah рорulatіоn іn thе wіld іѕ еѕtіmatеd

tо bе lеѕѕ than 1,. A nеw рrојесt сallеd

Thе Mara Eсоѕуѕtеm Chееtah Prојесt, іn

соllabоratіоn wіth Oхfоrd WіldCRU, aіmѕ tо

find thе сurrеnt ѕtatuѕ оf сhееtahѕ іn thе

grеatеr Mara есоѕуѕtеm and іdеntіfу thе

maјоr thrеatѕ that соuld bе сauѕіng dесlіnе

іn thеіr рорulatіоn.

A tеntеd luхurу сamр rооm at Thе Mara Intrеріdѕ




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