President Uhuru Kenyatta visited injured soldiers at the Forces Memorial Hospital earlier today.
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Kibra: Eliud Owalo releases weekend political timetable to counter Rosemary Odinga
ITINERARY OF ELIUD OWALO’S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN KIBRA CONSTITUENCY THIS WEEKEND
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SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 2015
9.00 am Church Service at Darajani SDA Church,Kisumu Ndogo.
11.00 am Meeting with the Kisii Community resident in Kibra.
12.00 Noon Tour of Kenyatta Market, Kibra.
2.00 pm Tour of Toi Market, Kibra.
4.00 pm Tour of Makina Market, Kibra.
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SUNDAY 21ST JUNE 2015
9.00 am Church Service at Friends Church, Mashimoni.
12.00 Noon Meeting with the Kamba Community.
4.00 pm Meeting with the Nubian Community.
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Raila holds CLOSED DOOR meeting with top India diplomat
ODM Leader Raila Odinga met H.E Yogeshwar Varma, the High Commissioner of India to Kenya. While PM, Odinga visited India and met then opposition leader Nenandra Modi who would rise to become the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy.
It is not yet known what the two leaders discussed. Under Jubilee, the diplomatic significance of India sub-continent has reduced as the regime concentrates on Asia and the West. The relations between the two countries deteriorated so much that the high commissioner once publicly protested the snub by the Kenya government, despite India being among the top donor nations to Kenya in areas of health and technology.
H.E Varma is also the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental Programme and United Nations Habitat, both of which have their headquarters in Nairobi.
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HELB to Reduce funding to UNIVERSITY students due to LOW ALLOCATION from government
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has said it may suspend payment of internship fees for undergraduate students doing practical courses like engineering and medicine owing to lack of funds.
The Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) has been advancing additional loans to cater for needs of such students including accommodation for the period of the internship.
The board’s chief executive, Mr Charles Ringera yesterday told the Nation that besides inadequate funds, students taking others courses like arts and education had been demanding an inclusion into the programme.
In the meantime, he said, the education ministry has slashed the amount for each student from Sh12, 000 to 6,000.
“The ministry has been paying Sh12, 000 per students (on top of the usual loans) for internships practicum, only for practical courses in specific universities like Moi, Nairobi, Kenyatta, Jomo Kenyatta,” said Mr Ringera.
“Other students including those taking education are demanding to be given the amount saying they equally do practicals. The money is not enough and we have difficulty in identifying rightful beneficiaries,” he added.
Mr Ringera said that they would change the system so that first year students joining practical courses get the Sh6, 000 amount with their loans.
A post on the Helb Facebook page reads: “The board is gradually suspending issuing attachment loans. We will let you know upon resumption. Our sincere apologies for any inconveniences caused.”
This spells doom for poor students who do not have alternative source of funds and relied solely on Helb loans.
But Mr Ringera said and that the decision was arrived at after consultations with the Education ministry and in view of rising number of students against the limited resources.
He added that the demand by students that Helb caters for the internship fees for all undergraduate programmes was not practical as the board was unable to meet the current loan demands by university entrants.
He said out of the Sh7.5 billion budget allocation for 2015/16, a total of Sh2.5 billion was as a result of loan recoveries by the board.
“It means we only received Sh4.9 billion out of the Sh9 billion we had anticipated,” Mr Ringera said.
By Nation
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REVEALED: Highlights from Raila meeting with High Commissioner of India H. E Yogeshwar Varma
By Raila Odinga Secretariat.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga this morning held talks with India’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat Mr Yogeshwar Varma, who paid him a courtesy call in his offices in Capitol Hill. The meeting focused on Kenya-India cooperation, trade, industrialization, education and culture.
The High Commissioner expressed his country’s wish to strengthen trade, cultural and education ties with Kenya.
The two leaders expressed concern that while trade between Kenya and India stands at $4 billion, exports from Kenya accounts for only $150 million of the trade volume.
In the meeting, the former Prime Minister fondly recalled his trip to India in 2008 as a guest of then Chief Minister of the State of Gujarat, current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which he described as an eye opener on industrialization driven by strong regional economies.
The High Commissioner said he was committed to work towards making the India-Kenya strategic partnership stronger, strategic in content and transformative for the development of the two countries.
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Ann Waiguru to address Press, NYS Officers who LEAKED Scandal to be SACKED or REDEPLOYED to ”Garissa”
News just in indicate that Devolution CS Ann Waiguru is set to hold a press conference at office today afternoon, she is expected to counter the trending story published by the Star newspaper linking her to alleged massive corruption at the National Youth Service (NYS).
Meanwhile the procurement officers suspected to have leaked the story (alleged massive corruption at NYS) are set to be redeployed to non lucrative departments with word going round that others may be sent to Garissa (Garissa also known as Alshabaab Central is a pseudo name used among top servants referring to departments with less kickbacks) with the aim of forcing them to resign from the civil service.
It is not clear who leaked the story but the procurement officers are just collateral damage as the fallout between powerful CS Ann Waiguru and NYS Director Dr Githinji hits crescendo.
It is not yet confirmed if Ann will step aside to pave way for investigations
More to follow…
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Read: ODM Press statement on Jubilee Budgetary allocations
ODM STAND ON THE 2015/ 2016 BUDGET POLICY
The Jubilee Government has presented to Kenyans a Budget wish in which it plans to spend Ksh. 2.2 trillion. The projected ordinary Revenue is Ksh1.358 trillion, up from Ksh. 1.17 trillion in the 2014/102 budget. This rise in projected ordinary revenue has occasioned a budget deficit of Ksh. 569 billion, to be funded through borrowing from both external and domestic sources.
We have serious misgivings about this budget and doubts about its ability to spur growth and job creation.
First, presenting a budget with a deficit of over half a trillion in a depressed economy like ours is a sign of economic irresponsibility.
Financing this deficit will not be an easy task and may be impossible. This is likely to hurt the economy. Most of what will not be implemented for lack of funds is likely to be development projects.
We doubt the projected Revenue of Ksh 1.358 trillion will be realized. It is based purely on the outcome of Tax Reforms and better Tax collection performance by the KRA. This has failed before and we have no reason to believe it will succeed this time.
The net Result of all these will be MORE DOMESTIC BORROWING.
Increased DOMESTIC BORROWING will squeeze and crowd out the private sector. The consequences will be rise in Inflation, higher cost of living and increase in interest rates.
Higher interest rates will affect investment due to lower returns hence affecting the Government stated intention of more employment creation.
The Cabinet Secretary in his Budget Speech spoke at length on the 6 Pillars or thematic areas critical for driving the economy;
AGRICULTURE:
On Agriculture and Industrial Transformation; the Cabinet Secretary, despite observing that Agriculture sustains our economy and Livelihood of our People, fails to come up with sufficient Budgetary allocation to support the sector;-
The Jubilee Government promised to irrigate Kshs. 1m acres of agricultural Land. However, the Cabinet Secretary only spoke about the 10,000 acres of Galana –Kulalu Irrigation project which is still a pilot project with only 2,000 acres in 2 years.
At the current speed, Jubilee administration will require 500 years to be able to realize the 1m acres irrigation and Kenyans cannot have the Jubilee administration longer than even 5 years.
The irrigation project is itself turning into a rip off, like all grand Jubilee projects. This project began without feasibility studies. To date, soil tests have failed to show what can be grown here, certainly not maize.
There is no precedence anywhere on earth of maize being grown on commercial scale through irrigation. These concerns have been raised by the government by its own experts.
Small Scale Farmers account to no less than 80 per cent of farming in Kenya, yet the Government has not given much attention to this sector. Clearly this is a demonstration that the Jubilee administration is not concerned with revamping agriculture to reduce inflation and overall cost of living. Jubilee is looking for grand projects that necessitate big kickbacks. It is not about the people of Kenya. It is about individuals seeking to make money.
Strengthening Devolution and Regional Development;
The Cabinet Secretary read the budget speech for close to 2 hours but spent less than 5 minutes in addressing the topic of Devolution. This is a clear indication of a Government that is being forced to implement devolution. The amount allocated to the devolved Governments, 47 of them, is Kshs. 287billion in a 2.2 trillion Budget. The Government should put more resources to the county Governments to provide services in rural areas for sustainable development.
Putting more money into Devolved up will open up rural areas in terms of infrastructure and thus will promote investments resulting into more job creation, addressing marginalization and reduced Rural-Urban Migration. The Budget betrays Jubilee’s lack of respect for the Constitutional requirement for the separation of the 2 levels of Government regarding the functions.
That is why we still see National Government still centralizing certain functions that are already devolved to Counties i.e. provision of health equipment by withholding the budget for same and even using NYS to perform functions already devolved.
Trying to create a state run construction company through NYS will not be of economic benefit to the country since it will affect the growth of private sector, which has more potential of creating Jobs than the Government. The role of the government is not to engage in business but to create an enabling environment for investment and job creation.
KILLING EQUALIZATION FUND:
The budget itself reveals Jubilee’s continuing disregard for the marginalized areas. Article 204 of the Constitution speaks to setting up of Equalization Fund. From 2011/2012 to date, we should be having a total of Ksh. 18.3 billion in the Fund to be used for provision of essential services in the marginalized areas. But the Treasury has not shown interest in operationalizing this fund. There is even a proposal to reallocate Ksh.3b out of the Ksh. 6b provided in 2014/2015 budget through supplementary budget.
The excuse the Jubilee administration is giving for not expending the amount in this Fund is lack of Regulations. We demand immediate operationalization of the Equalization Fund and the entire 18.3 b should be made available for spending in these areas.
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE:
The Government talks of strengthening the institutions mandated to fight corruption and improve good governance but fails to match the talk with action through deliberate budgetary allocations.
The EACC is on its Death Bed. The allocation of Ksh2.6b is not sufficient to give EACC the required capacity to fight the monied dealers in corruption. The office of the DPP is under political attack and the budgetary allocation of Ksh2.2b is not enough to carry out the function of effective prosecution. The office of the Auditor General is receiving death threats from sections of Government.
In particular, officers responsible for auditing the security sector are permanently being threatened. No action has been taken against those involved even when it is clear that the people responsible for the threats can easily be apprehended.
The budgetary allocation to the AG office is equally low. There has been an attempt to make the AG weak by reducing his powers in auditing the Security Ministries and departments. The budget continues this trend of crippling the justice and governance sectors.
COST OF LIVING:
From 2013 when the Jubilee Government came to power, there has been a permanent rise in the cost of living. This has been made worse by insensitive and erratic economic policy decisions like the repeal of the VAT Act which resulted in high cost of basic commodities.
In his budget, the Cabinet Secretary increased the fuel levy by additional Ksh. 3 per litre on petroleum products to be used in the road annuity program. While we don’t fault the annuity program, we are opposed to increase in prices of petroleum products because this will increase the cost of production resulting into increased inflation, reduced production and hence high cost of living.
Further, the cost of transport will go up and so will the cost of kerosene used by the poor section of the society. Jubilee policies as explained in the budget therefore sink the poor into more poverty while the rich and corrupt few widen the gap making more wealth.
Life is going to be difficult for the ordinary Kenyans with this budget. It should be noted that VAT on certain petroleum products were suspended to next year September from which time they will be VATable hence increase in cost of living.
Jubilee has presented us with a rich people’s budget that seeks to reverse the gains by stifling Devolution, increasing marginalization and frustrating the Justice, Governance and Law sectors. All these will happen while the cost of living rises.
We see this desire to reinvent the old order as the reason why the regime is vehemently opposed to the inclusivity agenda. Jubilee is seeking to run the nation as a private members club. That is why Mr Harun Sirima, a Samburu or Dr Edward Sambili, a Tugen, could not be trusted with the running of the Central Bank despite having emerged tops in the interview.
As a party, we warn Kenyans that unless Jubilee is not forced to accept change, the years ahead are going to remain more difficult. The minorities will continue to be marginalized and national institutions will increasingly look privatized.
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The no. 1 killer disease in Kenya is not HIV/AIDS, we found what it is. . .
The number killer disease in Kenya is not the dreaded the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In fact, HIV/AIDS is not even in the top three killer diseases in Kenya. Here is the list:
1. Malaria
2. Pneumonia
3. Cancer
4. HIV/AIDS
5. Tuberclosis
6. Anaemia
7. Road Traffic Accidents
8. Other accidents (Nyerism etc)
9. Heart Diseases
10. Menengitis.
Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
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TOP Universities to be shut down within Nairobi’s Central Business Disctrict
The commission for university education has listed the following eight universities to be closed in Nairobi city centre in the next six months because they are not located in a conducive environment for learning.
Although the parent institutions of the campuses have not been closed, students enrolled will have to contact the universities for further directions.
Tuko.co.ke has learnt that the commission plans to close the universities because they do not have adequate infrastructure, lecturers and are also not located within a learning environment.
“The institutions listed do not have adequate physical, human, library and financial resources, viable relevant academic programmes and sound structure of governance,” the regulations of the commission by Prof David Some state.
If the universities meet the above conditions within the six months stipulated by Prof Some, then they will not have to be relocated out of the city centre.
- St Paul’s University campus located along Moi Avenue, Church House.
- Egerton University campus in Stanbank House.
- Africa Nazarene University campuses in Agrho House and Stanbank House.
- South Eastern Kenya University campus in Development house.
- Dedan Kimathi University of Technology campuses in Union Towers and Biashara Plaza.
- Multi-Media University of Kenya campus located in City Square Post Office Building
- Masinde Muliro University campus on Kingsway Building
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology campus in Westlands
Prof Some has however said the following will continue to operate from the city centre.
- Moi University campus at Bazaar Plaza.
- Mount Kenya University campuses in Parklands, MKU Towers, Union Towers and Bank Plaza.
- Kenyatta University campuses located on Haile Selassie Avenue and Parklands
- Laikipia University’s Upper Hill Campus
- University of Eastern Africa, Baraton’s extension centre on Ring Road
- Pan African Christian University on Valley Road
- Kenya Methodist University campuses located in Kemu Towers and along University way
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TNA Chairman Johnson Sakaja DIFFERS with President Uhuru over Raila, Kalonzo pay
In a heated exchange in parliament this afternoon, TNA Chairman Johnson Sakaja openly lambasted President Uhuru’s advisers calling them ‘petty and vindictive’ after denying former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka their pension.
President Uhuru declined to sign into law a bill that would have seen the two leaders earn their pay, sending the bill back to parliament with the draconian amendment that they have to first quit politics.
“This is an unreasonable restriction. The little money that is due to go to the former Prime Minister and Vice President is not for campaigns. It is for services already rendered. Those who are misadvising the President on this issue to make him look petty and vindictive are not doing us a service,” said Sakaja.
He noted that the Constitution was very clear about political rights of individuals to vie for elective posts.
“The government loses nothing by being magnanimous and giving people their rights. You can’t deny people their rights. I know the President well and this does not look like him,” said Sakaja.
Kabando wa Kabando (Mukurweini) said there was nothing unique in having a retired PM and VP vie for the Presidency or to participate in politics. He added that in Russia and Israel, the retired PMs have remained active in politics, and questioned why Kenya was trying to limit the political rights of individuals.
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Ngilu freed on sh 1 million cash bail, see what her lawyers told the judge
Lands CS appared before Chief Magistrate Lawrence Mugambi this morning to take plea on corruption charges relating to Karen Land grab.
Ngilu, who was accompanied by several leaders from Ukambani including Kalonzo Musyoka, and her lawyers Paul Muite and Kioko Kilukumi, told the magistrate to separate her charges from her co-accused.
She is accused alongside eight others with obstructing EACC investigations into the alleged grabbing and subdivision of the KSh 8 billion piece of land by senior government officials.
“If the charges are separated, we will have economic use of judicial time,” her lawyer Kioko Kilukumi told the court.
Muite claimed that the charges against Ngilu are not related to the charges against those others charged alongside her.
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Why Sonko escorted Ngilu to court
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko was among several Kamba leaders who escorted lands CS Charity Ngilu to court this morning. Sonko had been adversely mentioned as among the beneficiaries of the Karen Land scam which Ngilu is charged for obstructing detectives to investigate.
Also present were MPs Dan Maanzo and Cecily Mbarire, a longtime friend of Ngilu. Ngilu case is being followed keenly in Ukambani which feels members of the kamba community are being targeted in Uhuru regime. Perhaps, it is these strong feelings which made Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka to also attend the session.
Ngilu is expected back in court next Friday, when she will take plea.
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SAD: Look at what Central Bank of Kenya is doing to Kenyans!
Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo has raised the red flag over unauthorised withdrawal of Sh54 billion from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to service unspecified foreign debts.
The money used to make the Goldenberg-type payment was withdrawn directly from the CBK overdraft facility contrary to the legal requirement that servicing of foreign debt be done through exchequer issues that must be signed by the Controller of Budget.
Ms Odhiambo says in the third quarter budget implementation report that she authorised the payment of Sh39.95 billion to service foreign debt but the total expenditure was Sh94.26 billion — meaning the actual expenditure was higher than what she authorised because of direct payments made from the CBK’s overdraft facility.
“The actual expenditure of Sh94.26 billion exceed exchequer issues by Sh54.31 billion. It is recommended that a special audit be undertaken by the Auditor-General to establish the cause of the difference,” the report says.
Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge said he was not aware of any payment to service foreign debt from the CBK’s overdraft facility.
He was, however, firm that no money can leave the Consolidated Fund Services (CFS) without the Controller of Budget’s authority.
“Here at the Treasury, we cannot order anybody to make payments from the CBK without following the established procedure,” Dr Thugge said.
Kenya has been racking up external debt to fund infrastructure projects, pushing the foreign debt stock to Sh1.28 trillion by end of March.
Recent debt includes the $2 billion Eurobond and the Sh425 billion concessionary loan that China advanced Kenya for construction of the standard gauge railway.
The Constitution bars any withdrawal of public funds without the approval of the Controller of Budget, who must to be guided by the law.
The Controller of Budget’s office was created as an expenditure monitor to ensure money is spent for budgeted functions and to seal loopholes for fictitious payments that characterised the infamous Goldenberg scheme.
Goldenberg and Anglo-Leasing, the two biggest financial scams in Kenya’s history, have been blamed on weak controls at the Treasury and the Central Bank.
The Controller of Budget’s report for the first nine months of the 2014/15 fiscal year paints a picture of profligacy amidst persistent calls by the Jubilee government’s top leadership for austerity.
The Presidency for example spent Sh1.1 billion on travel and hospitality; a 133 per cent rise over the Sh472 million it spent in a similar period the previous year.
The Presidency’s expenditure on hospitality, conferences and catering nearly tripled from Sh225 million to Sh700 million in the nine-month period ending March 2015.
The travel budget rose from Sh246 million to Sh400 million. The jump comes on the back of recent criticism of the huge delegations that accompany the President on numerous foreign trips, straining the taxpayer.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has since released a list of all the trips made by President Uhuru Kenyatta and outlined what it says are the accruing benefits. It, however, did not indicate how much was spent on each trip.
Ms Odhiambo’s report also shows a substantial increase in the amount of money that Members of Parliament spent on foreign trips even as they constantly attacked the profligacy of county governments.
The combined travel budget for the 416 legislators and the parliamentary staff under the Parliamentary Service Commission rose from Sh1.9 billion in 2013/14 to Sh2.6 billion in the nine months of the current year.
Domestic trips took the lion’s share of the travel budget. But foreign travel also rose substantially from Sh343 million to Sh569 million.
“Domestic travel expenditure by the Parliamentary Service Commission accounted for 51.5 per cent of the aggregate domestic travel expenditure by the MDA (ministries, departments and agencies),” says the Controller of Budget’s report.
The MPs’ foreign travel budget could still rise significantly in the coming financial year if they manage to have the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) grant them higher perks they have been pushing for.
Travel allowances for MPs were slashed by the salaries team in December to be in line with global benchmarks and help the State curb rising recurrent expenditure but parliamentarians are seeking a review of the night-out allowances.
Also tracking the President’s extensive external travel in the nine-month review period was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose foreign travel budget nearly doubled from Sh435 million in 2013/14 to Sh860 million in the current fiscal year.
This accounted for 37.4 per cent of the foreign travel budget by the national government.
The Foreign affairs ministry is the one that foots the bill for the members of the President’s delegation during a foreign trip.
The rise in the travel and hospitality budgets flies in the face of last year’s austerity calls.
-Business Daily.
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Museveni tells Ugandans to stop using phones to gossip
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has warned Ugandans against using mobile phones to gossip.
Speaking during a visit to the Business Process Outsourcing Centre in Kampala, Mr Museveni said the problem with Ugandans is that even those who cannot afford food in their homes are too talkative and cannot differentiate between wealth and development.
“In 1986, we had only 28,000 telephone lines to be exact but today we have 20 million handsets. Owning a mobile phone is not a sign of development but an instrument to facilitate you to create wealth,” he said, adding that Ugandans should stop using mobile phones for gossiping but for productive purposes.
Museveni has hieghtened internet crackdown on his critics even as a new challenger to the presidency in the coming 2016 elections told him to leave power.
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KARMA is a BITCH: Hon Alice Wahome’s past CATCHING UP with her after PULLING DOWN Monica Juma
REVEALED: Is MP Alice Wahome’s Past Catching Up with Her?
The current MP for Kandara Constituency, Alice Wahome is a worried woman. This is after the revelation of her suspect past, and especially her conduct as a Lawyer in a matter that revolved around the determination of succession issues around the former Minister Mbiyu Koinange’s estate.
Information we have received, in the form a letter by Eddah Wanjiru Mbiyu, one of the four wives of Mbiyu Koinange places Alice Wahome among the fraudulent lawyers, who went against a High Court decision, and forged documentation, which allowed for the illegal transfer of over 284 Million shillings, meant to settle off all the debts on the estate of the former Minister in the Jomo Kenyatta regime.
The letter suggests that the current vocal MP, received a whooping 18 million shillings, followed by another 15 million shillings after engaging in ‘forgery of court documents’, to justify the movement of the funds.
To see the letter, which was sent to the Chair of the Police Oversight Authority, and which also places the CID Director, Mr. Ndegwa Muhoro in the mix of things, for failing to act on the evidence to arraign the MP in court, or forward the investigation files to the DPPs Office for action, check here.
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‘NYS scandal’ is being fuelled by Ruto office -source
Revelations are now emerging that the alleged scandal involving devolution cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru is the handiwork of former Deputy President William Ruto’s Chief of Staff Marryanne Keittany.
Ms Waiguru revealed that she is the one who stopped a number of fictitious companies from receiving huge payments after the institution’s procurement processes were tampered with. However, soon after she communicated the revelation to her bosses -President and Deputy – she was shocked to learn the confidential information had been leaked to a local media which published it with a slant which made her appear to be corrupt.
According to impeccable sources, Ms. Waiguru believes corruption is fighting back. “I can confirm to you that the high priest of corruption is behind this,” said our source, adding that the office of the DP want to paint Waiguru as corrupt to share the ‘burden of the guilt of corruption’.
Sources reveal Ms Waiguru intends to take legal actions against the ‘fake’ whistle-blowers who have caused panic in the whole rank and file of the transformational National Youth Service. Several officials are under investigations and will be interdicted soon.
More details to follow.
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Ababu Namwamba poisoned, hospitalised
Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba has been rushed to the hospital in what sources say is a case of poisoning. The ODM Party SG was conspicuously missing when ODM Party Leader met Western Kenya MPs at Laico Hotel on Thursday.
Yesterday, a source revealed to Kenya Today that Mr. Namwamba was unwell and had been bedridden at home. This morning, another source has revealed to Kenya Today that Ababu has been moved to the hospital.
Get well soon Generali.
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STATE HOUSE: Itumbi denies Owira mother had unpaid hospital bills
State House has denied there was a bill.
President Uhuru has paid the hospital bills of the mother of his adopted schoolboy Daniel Owira, and the school fee arrears which had seen Owira sent away from school. The monies were paid yesterday by State House blogger Dennis Itumbi. Sadly, the same Itumbi has claimed there was no bill, especially the hospital bill!
The Nairobian had exclusively reported how the mother, who suffered neck injuries when a building she lives in collapsed during the heavy rains which rocked Nairobi a few weeks ago, had been detained by Nairobi West Hospital.
“I was brought here by a friend of my daughter, and fortunately, he agreed to pay Sh4,800 before I got admitted since I had no money at all. I got adequate treatment and was discharged three weeks ago.”
After being discharged, she couldn’t raise the bill which stood at sh 233,000 and that’s when she was detained. A harambee by friends and relatives paid for her sh 120,000 but still couldn’t raise the remaining sh113,000.
“I was left with a balance of Sh113,000 and the hospital could only let me go if I deposited a log book or title deed with them. I don’t have anything to leave here as security. The bill has now risen to Sh120,000,”
She appealed for more help, even putting a phone number 0721124652 for any well-wisher.
Her son, Owira, was also sent away from school because of fee arrears, she revealed.
State House blogger Dennis Itumbi rushed to pay the bill yesterday morning and then posted a lie on twitter that there was no bill.
There is no bill in hospital or at school for Daniel Owira or the mother from the day she was admitted@DrGich @StateHouseKenya @LarryMadowo
— Dennis Itumbi (@OleItumbi) June 19, 2015
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DP Ruto apologizes after his chase cars RUN OVER two schoolgirls in Murang’a
“My sympathy goes out to the two young girls injured in an accident involving my motorcade in Murang’a. They are being treated for bruises on their legs. I am sorry for the unfortunate incident” – read a statement on DP Ruto’s social media pages. The accident occurred in Murang’a as the DP inspected development projects in the area. Last week in Kwale, wild bees descended on a gathering which DP Ruto was addressing.
Here are tweets he posted while at the event:
Laying foundation stone for Gatanga Technical Training Institute, Murang'a County. pic.twitter.com/bphNvIKypt — William Samoei Ruto (@WilliamsRuto) June 19, 2015
Commissioning various development projects funded by CDF in Gatanga Constituency, Murang'a County. pic.twitter.com/iY75vuu8RN
— William Samoei Ruto (@WilliamsRuto) June 19, 2015
My sympathies to the young girls injured in an accident involving my motorcade in Murang'a. They are being treated for bruises. Poleni sana. — William Samoei Ruto (@WilliamsRuto) June 19, 2015 The post DP Ruto apologizes after his chase cars RUN OVER two schoolgirls in Murang’a appeared first on Kenya Today.
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BREAKING: President Obama heads to Ethiopia for STATE VISIT after Kenya
US President Barack Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Ethiopia, the White House says.
Mr Obama will travel to the capital Addis Ababa in late July to meet with the Ethiopian government and African Union leaders.
The President will be in Kenya before that on a previously announced trip, visiting his father’s homeland for the first time as leader.
He has previously visited Ghana, Egypt, Senegal, Tanzania, and South Africa. The US leader will participate in a global entrepreneurship summit while in Kenya.
In Ethiopia, he will discuss how to “accelerate economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions, and improve security,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.
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