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Summons: Barely minutes after IEBC cleared candidate, the DCI
wants him to shed light on a degree he is said to possess PG4

UhururalliesAkorino George Johnstone sakaJa
tobackRaila-Karua
ticketinelections PG6 Murugu: I’m glad that we have
been vindicated, we stand
“The IEBC qualiied, we have the
lacks requisite qualiications
tools to to run for the ofice of
investigate governor of Nairobi
and to
undertake
inquiries
into the
validity and
legitimacy
of academic
certificates

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Petrol prices add fuel to inflation fire

Many Kenyan families port cost. We do not know if the supply Shoppers at a supermarket. Prices of commodities have risen dramatically in the past few weeks. PD/FILE
are unable to afford basic will be sustained anymore since consum-
goods, especially food, as ers cannot afford expensive commodities. traDer “We also buy the products at a high cost Sh215, a 64 per cent increase.
costs continue to skyrocket We were selling four tomatoes for Sh20 so we have to bear the costs to make a prof- The rise came in the wake of the Russian
however the price has shot up to Sh50 and We have it,’’ said a trader Jane Anyango.
by PD Team our customers are staying away,” said Irene forced us invasion into Ukraine that paralysed the
Mwende, a tomato seller. to increase Most consumers appealed to the govern- global supply of the commodity.
@PeopleDailyKe the food ment to lower prices of basic commodities.
A sack of potatoes that was being sold prices to About 66 per cent of wheat that Kenya
The cost of living has hit unprecedented for Sh8,000 previously is now going for cater for the “We are wondering what is happening imports come from the two countries and
levels after the cost of fuel surged by Sh9 Sh10,000. transport that prices keep rising each month,’’ said the current war has seen the price of a 400g
whose knock-on effect has forced Kenyans costs. Tobias Ouma. loaf of bread rise to Sh60 from Sh50.
to dig deeper into their pockets. Some residents of Mombasa have now
opted to walk to work following an increase Mary Atieno wondered why almost every The cost of rice also rose by 55 per cent,
At a time when consumers are reeling in fares by public service vehicles, with day, they wake up to higher prices. with a kilogram of Sindano rice now retail-
from the inflation that has accelerated to some matatu routes doubling charges. ing at Sh170.
7.1 per cent in May, from 6.5 per cent in the The latest World Bank report revealed
previous month – the highest since Feb- “A distance which we used to pay Sh50, that close to a fifth of Kenyan families can- The hitches in fuel supply have also fur-
ruary of 2020 – the cost of basic products we are now being charged Sh100. We are not afford a decent meal due to a sharp in- ther exacerbated the situation with a litre
continues to rise each day. unable to pay this amount and we have de- crease in food prices. of Super petrol, diesel and Kerosene now
cided to trek to work,” said Ali Mohammed. going for Sh159, Sh140 and Sh128 respec-
Data from the Kenya Economic Update Cooking oil tively. In 2021, Super petrol went for Sh126,
2022 shows that between November 2021 Matatu industry stakeholder said they In a span of one year, some basic food- diesel Sh109 and kerosene Sh100.
and March 2022, households that said they had been forced to increase fares due to
were unable to access staple food were 36 the high costs of fuel and cost of living. stuff prices have doubled. Cooking oil has The trend continued with a 16 per cent
per cent. been one of the commodities that have imposition of VAT on cooking gas that
“Over the past two days we have raised created a storm in the pockets of Kenyans pushed the prices of a 13-kg gas cylinder
In June last year, with Sh1,000, you could fares to cushion drivers from the impact of with its price doubling over a period of 12 to Sh3,500.
buy a 2kg packet of maize flour, 1kg of rice, rising fuel prices, and we have been forced months.
2kg wheat flour, 1 litre of cooking oil and to ask customers hailing Uber rides to can- It took the intervention of Parliament
1kg of beef. cel them since we are unable to cushion The rise in prices of cooking oil has been to reduce the VAT to 8 per cent with the
ourselves from the rising fuel prices,” said blamed on Covid-19, the ongoing conflict commodity now retailing at Sh3,100 from
However, with the same amount this a Uber driver James Njoroge. in Ukraine and a deficiency of dollars, Sh2,280 last year.
year, you can only purchase a kilo of meat, which has seen at least two Kenyan oil
2kg maize flour and a 2kg packet of wheat Russia war manufacturers reduce operations due to The cost of meat has also been impacted
flour and remain with Sh20. A spot check in a number of supermar- the inability to pay suppliers and obtain as one kilogram of beef and matumbo (of-
raw materials. fals) have recorded 18 per cent and 25 per
The situation is bound to get worse with kets in Siaya, Homa Bay, Migori and Kisu- cent increase respectively.
increase in the price of fuel. Consumers in mu counties established that prices of ba- A litre of cooking oil branded Avena re-
Mombasa say barely two days after the En- sic commodities had gone up dramatically. tailed at Sh228 last year, but after a 97 per From Sh475 for a kilogram of beef last
ergy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority cent rise, consumers are now parting with year, Kenyans are now paying Sh560 while
(EPRA) announced increase in fuel prices Prices of household goods such as maize Sh450. matumbo costs Sh350 a kilogram, up from
in its monthly review, consumers began to flour, wheat flour, sugar, cooking oil, milk 280 last year.
feel the pinch of high cost of commodities. and detergents had nearly doubled in less A 2kg packet of maize flour which re-
than a month. tailed for Sh105 last year is now going for Locally produced goods have also not
Traders at the Kongowea open air mar- Sh200, a 90 per cent rise in price. been spared, with a 500ml packet of milk
ket said food prices had hit new highs. Some food items which last month cost rising by 51 per cent to Sh75.
as low as Sh130 now cost between Sh200 to In the same period, the price of a 2kg
David Mutegi, an onion trader at the Sh210, a 70 per cent increase. packet of wheat flour rose from Sh131 to —Reporting by Jacktone Lawi, Kepher
market, said food prices at the market had Otieno and Sophie Njoka
doubled owing to the cost of transport. Kenya, like the rest of the world, is grap-
pling with the effects of the Covid-19 and
“Circumstances have forced us to in- climate change which have affected food
crease the food prices to cater for the production and the supply chain.
transport costs, a sack of onion sourced
from Tanzania was being transported at a There is also the Russia-Ukraine con-
cost of Sh60,000 however as we speak the flict, which continues to affect the global
price has doubled and we are forced to pay economy—including food production and
Sh120,000,” said Mutegi. the supply chain.

A spot check at Kongowea market re- Almost 30 per cent of global wheat and
vealed that the cost of a 70kg crate of to- barley comes from Russia and Ukraine,
mato, which was going for Sh3,500 before, and Ukraine is also a huge producer of
had shot up to Sh4,500. sunflower palm and corn oils, which Kenya
imports in bulk.
A 120-kg crate of tomato now goes for
Sh8,500 up from Sh6,500 before the fuel A 400 grams loaf of bread is now retailing
prices went up. at Sh70 up from Sh50 while a 2kg of maize
flour in supermarkets costs about Sh200
“The suppliers of these products have up from Sh130.
increased prices, and we are also forced to
increase the prices to cater for the trans- Traders in the Kusumu’s Kibuye market
decried the high costs.

Experts call for caution as 700 cases of dengue fever reported in Mombasa

by Harrison Kivisu Oginga warned that the situation last month, and we are urging the com- creased from 400 to 700 in two months.
could worsen due to heavy rains in the munity to disinfect stagnant water and “We are going to start fogging but
@PeopleDailyKe region. Officials attribute the spread of also ensure they go to hospital when-
the disease to stagnant water. ever they show signs of the fever,” said when we can’t go everywhere.We will
Mombasa County has reported more Oginga. start with the informal settlements
than 700 cases of dengue fever in the She said rains have created breed- where the cases are rampant, but we
latest outbreak. ing ground for Aedes mosquito which Oginga, left, said there were in- emphasise that residents take up pre-
spreads dengue fever. creased cases of fever in adults and vention measures, “said Oginga.
Public Health Chief Officer Pauline children visiting hospitals in the six
Oginga confirmed that the same num- Symptoms of the disease include sub-counties in Mombasa. The county has also reported a surge
ber of samples had by Friday tested fever, headache and joint pains. in diarrhea cases with 8,648 cases be-
positive for the disease. She said the cases of the fever had in- ing reported since last month.
“Dengue fever has doubled since

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY #WHACKYWORLD 3

with Whackitist254. High heels
actually kept
@ArtistWhacky horse-riding
soldiers in
Women stuff that position
switched gender
While now almost solely
From reusable sanitary pads to thongs and handbags here are designed for women,
some things considered women only today but which began as the high-heel was
items meant for the male human species originally considered
men’s apparel. It dates
Bra clasps were When stockings were a men only affair back over 2,000 years to
actors in Ancient Greece
initially made for Stockings are another clothing material that switched who wore platforms
genders. They are exclusively worn by women these days during their stage
men’s suspenders even though the first stockings were made for men. Women productions. The higher
only started wearing stockings in the 18th century. Men have the shoe, the more
Famous writer, Mark Twain been wearing them since the 9th century. Men of the upper important the character.
considered suspenders class generally wore white or coloured stockings while poorer High heels were created
uncomfortable. He then went men only wore black. Things slowly changed between the for men. Women only
on to invent a new product to 16th and 20th Centuries when stockings switched from being joined the high heel
replace them. That product is masculine to feminine. The period is even called the “The bandwagon in the 17th
the hook and eye. The hook Dark Ages of Tights” for this reason. By the 19th Century, Century. The first high
and eye was a small metal stockings had become so closely associated with women that heels were made for
fastener that held trousers men stopped wearing them completely. male Persian soldiers
securely to the waist. Men back in the 10th Century.
are not familiar with it since The heel allowed them
we never really got to use lock their feet in their
it. Women know it quite stirrups while riding
well because it is the same their horses. This
material that was adopted improved their balance
in bras to hold it in position. and accuracy when they
Yes, those tiny metal hooks wanted to shoot arrows
at the back of bras were or attack their opponent
invented for men. while on the move.

Once upon a time...pink was boys’ colour and blue girls’ Hand bags too were men’s!

A century ago, boys wore dresses because they were the end of World War II. The handbag originated from the loose,
pink and girls wore blue. more practical than shirts However, boys still wore small bags or pouches men carried around
Today, it is in the reverse. and shorts. pink and girls wore blue. centuries ago. Clothes did not have pockets
How did the colour switch Coloured dresses only got The real switch occurred in at the time and hence, men created the
happen? The whole thing popular at the turn of the the 1960s when supporters pouches to keep their money and whatever
began in the 1900s when the century. However, no colour of female liberation else they had with them safe. The pouches
first coloured baby clothes was associated with any movements began dressing were often attached to a belt worn around
appeared. Before then, gender. By the time World their daughters in pink the waist. It wasn’t until later when they
it was almost impossible War I came along, it was over concerns that girls became the feminine handbags we know
to tell the sex of a baby generally agreed that boys were being conditioned into today.
at a glance since every wore pink because of its behaving effeminately by
baby wore white dresses. powerful appearance and the kinds of clothes they
White was the preferred girls wore blue because it wore.
colour because it could be was considered prettier. Meanwhile, boys slowly
bleached to remove any Boys only dumped dresses switched away from pink to
kind of stain. Boys also wore for shirts and shorts at blue.

That swimwear wasn’t women’s in the beginning Reusable pads were first invented to

Thongs are a category of underwear The first thong appeared in Africa in which men used to protect their treat wounded male fighters
or swimwear connected together by 42,000 BC. Thongs later reappeared privates during sports. The modern
a narrow piece of cloth. When used in ancient Egypt, Greece and Crete thong made its first appearance at the Reusable sanitation pads were not a thing until World
as underwear, women prefer them in 1570 BC and Japan in 250 AD. Like 1939 New York World Trade Fair after War I. The US used a material called Cellucotton, one
over regular panties because they today’s thongs, they all covered the Fiorello La Guardi, the Mayor of New which soaked blood five times more and more water
do not create those infamous panty private parts while leaving the buttocks York, ordered female nude dancers than regular cotton while costing half as much, to make
lines. The g-string itself is a kind of exposed. However, unlike today’s to cover themselves up. The dancers stitching bandages. Cellucotton was mass produced for
thong. However, it is differentiated thongs, they were often worn by men. turned to thongs, which covered their use in dressing injured soldiers. However, the female
from thongs by the use of thin strings Thongs later went out of fashion until privates while still leaving enough nurses treating the wounded soldiers soon discovered that
in place of the wider fabric used in they reappeared in the 1800s. skin exposed to keep their audience it worked well for soaking up their crimson tides too and
thongs. This time, it appeared as the jockstrap, entertained. sooner, pads came into existence.

4 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

49 DAYS TO POLLS

Nairobi senator has been Sakaja not yet off the GEORGE MURUGU
summoned by DCI over hook in degree scam
reports he is in possession This
of forged certificates further stated that the returning officer dismissed,” ruled Murugu. QUICK READ committee lacks
discharged his mandate in accordance And immediately after the ruling clear- the jurisdiction
by Nancy Gitonga with the law and the complaint lacks A petitioner, Den- to investigate the
merit. ing Sakaja was announced, a jubilant Sa- nis Gakuu, had told authenticity of the
@PeopleDailyKe kaja announced to his supporters that he the IEBC committee degree of Sakaja
“The IEBC lacks tools to investigate and would be in the ballot even as celebrations in an affidavit that
The controversy surrounding the nom- to undertake inquiries into the validity and rocked Jacaranda grounds where the Kenya Senator Sakaja’s Nairobi Senator Johnson
ination of Senator Johnson Sakaja as the legitimacy of academic certificates and cre- Kwanza leaders were addressing a rally. Bachelor of Science Sakaja with his supporters at
United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candi- dentials supplied to it by various political in Management Milimani Law Courts where
date for Nairobi governorship took a new candidates but merely acts in trust on the Requisite qualifications degree from Team IEBC Disputes Resolution
turn yesterday when the national polls face value of the documents,” the commit- Sakaja, while addressing the press out- University in Uganda Committee cleared him to vie
agency cleared him to contest the seat af- tee ruled. is forged. for Nairobi governor seat. PD/
ter two weeks of high drama. side Milimani law courts, said he is happy
The move came even as the United with the decision of the IEBC to uphold the Sakaja is seek- CHARLES MATHAI
Sakaja’s academic qualifications had Democratic Alliance (UDA) Kiambu sen- rule of law. ing the governor
been contested at the Independent Elec- ate candidate Karungo Thang’wa suffered seat on a UDA ticket “I have the strength and courage and
toral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) a setback after the same committee dis- “I’m glad that we have been vindicated, alongside Absa hope that the truth will be known and God’s
Disputes Resolution Committee, which missed his complaint seeking to compel we stand qualified, we have the requisite Bank Kenya Chief will for Nairobi will be realised. We have
yesterday threw out a petition lodged by the returning officer to clear him to vie in qualifications to run for the office of gov- Operating Officer said that our hustlers, children will get their
voter Dennis Gakuu. the forthcoming elections. ernor of Nairobi,” Sakaja said. James Njoroge as dues.We want the incoming government to
his running mate in be for the pro poor,” said Sakaja.
The senator was cleared shortly after Ke- A judgment delivered by the committee “We are in it to win so that we can trans- the august 9 elec-
nya Kwanza leaders led by Deputy Presi- dismissed the complaint by Karungo and form this great city of ours,” he added soon tions. Gakuu had argued that Sakaja’s degree
dent William Ruto and Amani National upheld the decision by the county return- after the verdict was delivered. is not genuine, as he never graduated
Congress (ANC) Musalia Mudavadi took ing officer to block him from contesting for from the Team University in Uganda as he
to Nairobi’s Jacaranda grounds demand- the senatorial seat. “So, we shall continue with our cam- claims.
ing his clearance. paigns in earnest, we shall continue talking
The committee held that the returning to the people of Nairobi,” Sakaja said, add- Through lawyer Paul Nyamodi, the voter
“Sakaja is being fought by the system officer acted within the law by declining ing that he will launch his manifesto soon. informed the IEBC tribunal that the allega-
just like myself, they said he will not be on to clear Karungo on account of him hav- tions that Sakaja holds a valid university de-
the ballot but I want to assure you that he ing been removed from public office and Sakaja is seeking the governor seat on a gree are false.
will be on the ballot,” said Ruto during the presenting himself for nomination outside UDA ticket alongside former Absa Bank Ke-
rally at the Jacaranda grounds. the gazetted timelines. nya Chief Operating Officer James Njoroge “Sakaja cannot be cleared to view on the
who is his running mate. basis of a forged degree certificate and is,
The IEBC Disputes Resolution Com- “The committee upholds the decision of therefore, liable for criminal Prosecution
mittee led by George Murugu on Sunday the returning officer in declining to nomi- The senator is set to lock horns with the for forgery and fraudulent misrepresenta-
dismissed the complaint saying it lacks nate Karungo and the complaint is hereby Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance can- tion,” said Gakuu.
jurisdiction to determine the validity of didate Polycarp Igathe in what is shaping
Sakaja’s degree. up largely as a two horse race. With respect to Karungo whose case was
upheld by the tribunal, the committee not-
“This committee lacks the jurisdiction ed that indeed he was removed from office
to investigate the authenticity of the de- and all orders restraining the said removal
gree of Sakaja. We, therefore, dismiss the have since been vacated.
complaint,” ruled the Murugu-led com-
mittee. Hardly had the news sank than “For clarity Karungo was not impeached
Sakaja learnt of another hurdle he must but removed from office by the resolution
surmount if he is to be on the ballot. of the Kiambu County Assembly. The re-
moval stands, “ ruled Murugu.
Sakaja, his Meru counterpart Mithika
Linturi and Machakos gubernatorial aspi- Karungo, through his lawyer Ng’ang’a
rantWavinya Ndeti have been summoned Mbugua, had lodged a complaint at the
by the Directorate of Criminal Investiga- committee scoffing at claims by the IEBC
tions (DCI) for grilling over reports that that he is ineligible because he was im-
they are in possession of forged certifi- peached from office of Kiambu county gov-
cates. ernment executive committee on alleged
gross misconduct.
Acted within law
The three are expected to be grilled this Lawyer Mbugua had explained that he
was neither impeached nor removed from
morning by detectives from the DCI’s office and that the decision of the IEBC is
Serious Crimes Unit and are expected to erroneous.
furnish them with, among other things,
copies of their certificates, transcripts for After the ruling Karungo said he is dis-
the academic years, and admission letters. satisfied with the decision of the committee
and will appeal the same in the High court
Sakaja had in 2017 declared to the Ethics tomorrow.
and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
that he had a degree from the University
of Nairobi.

“Part of the probe will be to establish
the authenticity of the certificate he pre-
sented to the EACC,” a senior officer told
People Daily. Yesterday, while dismissing
the complaint by Gakuu, the committee

Linturi, Ndeti have date with DCI over suspected forged credentials

by Zadock Angira furnish them with, among other indeed has a degree. On Saturday, the National Police Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji
things, copies of their certificates, Sakaja has also claimed he gradu- Service said they had taken cogni- ordered police to investigate the
@PeopleDailyKe transcripts for the academic years, zance of the ongoing debate touch- claims and others. The Head of Se-
and admission letters. ated with a Bachelor of Science ing on the efficacy of university rious Crimes Kuria Obadiah sum-
Meru senator Mithika Linturi in Management (External) from academic certificates and support- moned Sakaja to show up at the
and Machakos gubernatorial aspi- Sakaja had in 2017 declared to Team University in Uganda, and ing documentation presented to DCI at 2pm on Monday.
rantWavinya Ndeti (pictured) have the Ethics and Anti-Corruption presented certificates purportedly the IEBC.
been summoned by the Directorate Commission (EACC) he had a de- from that university. BothWavinya and Linturi are
of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for gree from the University of Nairobi. “Consequently, the IG has di- expected to submit the same docu-
grilling over reports that they are in rected the DCI to conduct speedy ments from their respective uni-
possession of forged certificates. “Part of the probe will be to es- investigations into such authentic- versities. At the same time, the DPP
tablish the certificate he presented ity and genuineness of all the certif- told police to probe any govern-
The duo, together with Nairobi to the EACC. It will be raised,” a se- icates, testimonials and respective ment agencies that may have been
senator Johnson Sakaja, are ex- nior officer told People Daily. documentation presented to the involved in fraudulent clearance of
pected to be grilled this morning by IEBC for clearance. aspirants without requisite docu-
detectives from the DCI’s Serious Today, Sakaja is also expected to ments.
Crimes Unit and are expected to provide proof to the Commission Later, the Director of Public
for University Education (CUE) he

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49 DAYs to polls

Chaos as youth stone Ruto IEBC committee
entourage at a Nairobi rally
clears Wavinya,
Confusion reigned after
anti-riot police deployed Ngirichi to run
at the grounds to stop the
rally were withdrawn governor’s race

by Anthony Mwangi by Bernice Mbugua

@PeopleDailyKe @PeopleDailyKe

Chaos marred the Kenya Kwanza rally UDA presidential candidate William Ruto is joined by the candidate for Embakasi East constituency Francis Two women governor nominees,
at Jacaranda Grounds in Nairobi’s Em- Mureithi during a rally at Jacaranda Grounds in Nairobi’s Eastlands area yesterday. Murethi was injured whose degrees were being contested,
bakasi East constituency after youths during a confrontation. PD/KENNA CLAUDE obtained a reprieve yesterday af-
pelted Deputy President William Ruto ter the Independent Electoral and
motorcade with stones. ChAos At from the August elections. responsibility for the security of every Ke- Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
“You must summon the IG with great nyan rests with the State.We hold squarely Dispute Resolution Committee dis-
The DP, his running mate Rigathi Ga- rUto rAllY responsible…the minister for Internal se- missed the complaints filed against
chagua and Amani National Congress speed to discuss their role and specific curity and his PS. The government has to them.
(ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi, Dp William functions during electioneering and cam- ensure that during the electioneering peri-
who were waving to their supporters atop ruto’s vehicle paign period. They must not accept to be od, there is no violence as witnessed today. The committee threw out com-
their vehicles were forced to speed away was also pelted used by Azimio and ODM political divide,” plaints filed separately againstWav-
after youths confronted them. with stones forc- read the letter. “I want to tell our competitor Raila inya Ndeti (below) who seeks to be-
ing his security Odinga that he can use youths to throw come Machakos Governor and Purity
Confusion reigned earlier after anti-riot detail to shield Ruto hailed the local police for “refusing stones.You can also block us from holding Wangui Ngirichi is in the Kirinyaga
police were deployed at the grounds to the speeding to take orders from the Interior Ministry to a rally in Jacaranda, but you will not block governor race for lack of merit and
stop the rally under the guise it had been vehicle with other stop the meeting”. Kenyans from exercising their rights on Au- jurisdiction.
booked by the area MP Babu Owino. leaders includ- gust 9,” he added.
ing Gachagua, “I wish to thank the police for refusing “This committee lacks the jurisdic-
The police were later withdrawn and Mudavadi, Moses to take ridiculous orders from their bosses. Ruto also accused Raila and Owino of tion to investigate the authenticity
the rally allowed to go on only for stone Wetang’ula (Ford They wanted the juniors to take the blame sanctioning the chaos. of the degree of Wavinya Ndeti.We
pelting youths to strike in the process Kenya), Alfred for a blunder which was not theirs. I wish therefore dismiss the complaint,”
injuring the United Democratic Alliance Mutua (Maende- to assure them that the Kenya Kwanza Owino, however, dismissed the claim ruled the George Murugu-led com-
(UDA) candidate for the area Francis Mu- leo Chap Chap) government will respect them and will saying the “hired goons were fighting for mittee.
reithi. and Justin Muturi not misuse them for political expediency,” Ruto’s handouts.”
(Dp) in hot pursuit Ruto said. Wavinya’s degree was being
And while on his way to the venue, “Today, we have gathered here for a Ke- contested by two voters; Gideon
Ruto’s vehicle was also pelted with stones Church service nya Kwanza rally. I want to appreciate our Ngewa Kenya and Kisilu Mutisya who
forcing his security detail to shield the Earlier, the Kenya Kwanza leaders at- supporters for shunning threats and at- claimed she did not have a valid de-
speeding vehicle with other leaders in- tempts to block our meeting. We are here gree and thus not qualified to contest
cluding Gachagua, Mudavadi, Moses tended a church service at Jesus Winners because the onus of changing this country for the governor’s seat.
Wetang’ula (Ford Kenya), Alfred Mutua Ministry at Nairobi’s Rosyambu constitu- is on us. Our opponents attempted to block
(Maendeleo Chap Chap) and Justin Mu- ency where they condemned the deploy- us from meeting here because they have UK degree
turi (DP) in hot pursuit. ment of police at the venue. realised we will defeat them,” said Ruto. They had questioned the validity

And in his address, a visibly agitated DP Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula “I want to tell our friends in the Azimio of her university education and the
hit at the government for allegedly spon- claimed Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and PS coalition that they have only 50 days to degrees earned in the United King-
soring the youths to cause chaos. Karanja Kibicho were behind the violence continue using youths to cause violence. dom and sought the revocation of the
witnessed. After the 50 days have elapsed, the youths electoral commission’s decision to
“This habit of misusing the youths will will no longer be available to disrupt politi- allow her to vie.
soon be over, I fail to understand why a The Bungoma Senator said the State cal rallies,” he added.
leader worth his salt can organise young must assure every Kenyan’s safety, espe- It was their case that the Computer
men to cause chaos, it’s not only outdated cially during the electioneering period. Mudavadi asked the National Cohesion Science degree held by Ndeti is bogus
but barbaric,” said the DP. and Integration Commission and the IEBC and thus not qualified to contest for
“We came here (Jacaranda Grounds) to investigate and take action against those the governor’s seat.
He continued: “We are putting you on to campaign peacefully, but we have to responsible for the chaos.
notice that this is going to end in the next publicly state what has happened. The While dismissing the complaint
50 days. The misuse of police and vulner- however, panel two of the IEBC Dis-
able youths is what has been ailing this pute Resolution committee noted
country.We will stop it.” that the returning officer discharged
his mandate in accordance with the
Ruto’s UDA party yesterday wrote a law.
protest letter to the Independent Elec-
toral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) “The IEBC has no investigating
Chairman Wafula Chebukati asking him machinery to undertake inquiries
to convene a meeting between all the po- into the validity and legitimacy of
litical parties and the Inspector General academic certificates and credentials
of Police to discuss the role of the police supplied to it by various candidates
in elections. but merely acts in trust on the face
value of the documents,” the com-
The party in the letter signed by Secre- mittee ruled.
tary-General Veronica Maina also wants
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, who they On Ngirichi’s certificate, theWam-
allege sponsored the chaos, disqualified bua Kilonzo led Committee ruled
that the complaint lacked merit.

“The complaint against the re-
spondent dismissed with no orders
to cost,” ruled the Panel, one of the
IEBC Dispute Resolution Committee.

FIve YeArs AGo & noW Jubilee demand Raila apology over Masai land remarks

PG17 Business Hub PG 23 by pD reporter However Raila was adamant Assembly Majority Aden Duale
P that “Maasai land must be pro- criticised Odinga’s remarks, saying
Fortunes rise with tected.” that they were reckless.
for cofee f @PeopleDailyKe
farmers The issue of Maasai land rights “We demand that Odinga
When S has again taken a centre stage in comes out and apologize to Ke-
Growers in Embu earn the ongoing election campaigns. nyans for the sake of peace. I can
Sh630 million for seven her gun do confess here that in 2007, ODM
million kilogrammes of While addressing rallies in party, which I was a member,
cherry char Narok, Raila pledged to protect used the same hatred techniques
Maasai land. through, 41 tribes against one.
and can And we saw what happened after-
toolsoftr Five years ago today, Opposi- Then Jubilee Party Secretary wards,” Duale added.
General Raphael Tuju and the
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Raila: I’ve no apology over tion chief Raila Odinga rejected leader of majority in the National
Kajiado land remarks calls by Jubilee to apologise over
controversial remarks he had
Opposition leader dismisses as “nonsense” made over Maasai land.
calls to probe him over alleged inciting
utterances, insists the Maasai should
protect their heritage >>> page 5

www.peopledaily.co.ke //

Sh7b set aside for fr Raila, who was pitted against
President Uhuru Kenyatta in the
secondary education2017 State House contest, was ac-
cused of incitement.

6 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

49 DAYS TO POLLS Don’t vote for Roots
Party leader, clergy
Uhuru pleads case for urges in drugs fight

Raila bid to the Akorino by Mathew Ndung’u Church along Thika Road
during celebrations to mark
President invites Azimio’s @PeopleDailyKe Father’s Day, the clergymen
top pair to address faithful, regretted that while con-
thanks church for support A section of church leaders sumption of bhang has been
during his political journey have appealed to Kenyans on the rise, some political
not to vote for Roots Party’s statements by presidential
by Hillary Mageka presidential candidate hopefuls could increase its
GeorgeWajackoyah in the use, causing more disorder.
@hillarymageka forth-coming polls following
his pronouncement to legal- Bishop Samuel Ngacha
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Akorino conference yesterday. PD/WILLIAM OERI ise bhang if elected. Njiriri of Stewards Revival
rallied Akorino faithful to back the Azi- Pentecostal Church took is-
mio-One Kenya presidential candidate Odinga. I am asking you for prayers which members of the church. Under the umbrella Fed- sue with the Independent
Raila Odinga as his preferred successor. should be aimed at uniting the country The president called on school prin- eration of Evangelical and In- Electoral and Boundaries
and ensuring the rule of law is respected,” digenous Christian Churches Commission (IEBC) for
Addressing a general conference of said Karua. cipals to allow learners who profess the of Kenya (FEICCK), the cler- clearingWajackoyah, say-
Akorino churches Assembly, National Akurinu faith to wear turbans. ics saidWajackoyah’s cam- ing that besides academic
Prayer Service and centenary celebrations In what is likely to be seen as political paign promises are not only and other qualifications, the
at Kasarani Gymnasium, Uhuru thanked reciprocation, the Head of State dished He said the Constitution guarantees all contrary to Christian values electoral body should have
the Akorino church for standing with him out key parastatal appointments to mem- Kenyans freedom of worship wherever and ethics but also disregard scrutinised the seriousness
during his entire political journey and es- bers of the church. they are. “Every religion has its doctrines; the rules of a civilised society. and sobriety of candidates.
pecially his two-term tenure as president. our Muslim brothers and sisters go wher-
He appointed David Mburu and ever they want in their hijabs and nobody Led by the FEICCK secre- “When you show our
The Akorino church is celebrating 100 Thiong’o Mwangi as chairman of the Ke- questions them. The Sikh wear their tur- tary general, Bishop David people how to smoke bhang,
years of existence. nya Tea Board and National Harvesting bans in schools, churches, and businesses Thagana, the priests said then that is a plan to wipe
and Storage Authority, respectively. and no one questions them. Kenya cannot be ruled by away the future of father-
“Thank you (church) for your prayers people on a mission to erode hood,” said Njiriri.
and even the support you have accorded While Ibrahim Macharia Jeremiah, alias “I want to reiterate, more so to our the morals of society.
my government, even as my term comes Prince, and Eunice Njeri Njau were ap- school principals who are still discrimi- If elected president,Wa-
to end. We will still continue supporting pointed as board members of the Postal nating against the Akurinu because of Turning Kenya into a jackoyah says he will legalise
each other so as to ensure growth in the Corporation of Kenya and the Kenya In- their turbans, that is not right. There is “smoking nation”, they said, the cultivation, growth and
church,” he said. stitute of Mass Communication (KIMC), no law that bars anyone from identifying would double the depriva- sale of cannabis to not only
respectively. themselves in school, hospitals, or any- tion and misery of residents increase money circulation
“Just like you have stood with me, I will where by their religion. This right is given as uptake of outlawed in the economy but also help
reciprocate the same support,” he added. Uhuru also hived five acres of his fam- by the Constitution,” Uhuru said. substances would result in settle Kenya’s international
ily’s land in Naivasha Municipality, worth depression among the youth, and domestic debts.
Though the President did not pitch for Sh100 million, and gave it to the church Freedom of worship more crime and deaths.
the Raila and his running mate directly, to build its headquarters, conference, and The conference was attended by thou- Meanwhile, the clerics
he invited them to address the gathering. other facilities to serve the faithful, “Reject the principles of regretted the high abuse of
sands of Akurinu faithful as the church Wajackoyah and anyone else outlawed substances mainly
Church history He also gave Sh10 million and his per- marked 100 years of existence in Kenya against peace, ethics and by men. Phyllis Githaiga,
“I ask you to elect leaders who will con- sonal contribution of Sh1 million for since its inception. morality.You cannot grow a reverend with GOA, said
Kenya by radicalising the citi- many men have abandoned
tinue with the work I have done and not MARKING 100 YEARS Debate on the wearing of religious at- zenry.What he cannot do for their families and abdicated
take away what I have given you,” said tire in learning institutions in Kenya has to children, he should not do their parental duties owing to
Uhuru, who is the chairman of the Azimio President urges school principals to generated controversy for the years. to Kenyans,” he said. drug abuse.
la Umoja Council. allow learners who profess the Akurinu
faith to wear turbans. In January 2019, the Supreme Court Speaking at Glory Out-
“May God give us peace in this coun- overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that reach Assembly (GOA)
try and during these elections. And May Debate on the wearing of religious at- allowed Muslim students to wear hijabs in
God give us leaders who will continue to tire in learning institutions in Kenya has public and church-run schools. BRIEFLY
unite and support us, and who will lead in generated controversy for the years.
peaceful ways and mutual co-existence,” In their ruling, the judges said every Reject six-piece vote style,
said the President. Conference was attended by thou- school should have the right to determine
sands of faithful as the church marked its own rules. insists ODM leader Mbadi
Raila retraced the history of the church, 100 years of existence in Kenya.
saying it was among forces that fought for The court said students are not free Orange Democratic Move- succumb to pressure to re-
independence. to wear hijab in non-Muslim schools. It ment (ODM) National scind his position as ODM
added that schools are free to decide their Chairman John Mbadi has national chairman.
“We are together with the Akurinu. We own dress codes. dismissed critics demand- He said all political parties
thank President Kenyatta for standing ing his resignation over his in the Azimio-One Kenya
with you. You are important members of rejection of the six-piece Alliance deserve equal
the community. I am here with (running voting system. rights and respect to help
mate) Martha Karua Karua. They said I Mbadi, who has been at Raila get overwhelming
will not climb the the mountain but I am loggerhead with party offi- votes.
here with a tractor and Ms Karua. It will cials and politicians, espe- “Device a strategy of win-
be possible,” said the Azimio presidential cially from Siaya, Kisumu, ning the hearts of the peo-
nominee. Homa Bay and Migori ple to vote for you, instead
counties, for not support- of clinging to the six-piece
Raila pledged to foster good relations ing the six-piece voting narrative,” he said.
between the church and his government style, said he would not
if elected president. - Noven Owiti

“I am asking you for prayers during
this election period, with my leader Raila

Ruto leads in new survey with more than 50pc

Karen Mwangi, the CEO of Intel Research Solutions. by Alvin Mwangi Odinga and his running mate Martha candidate GeorgeWajakoya would garner
Karua would garner 42.5 per cent of the 1.9 per cent of the total votes.
Kenya Kwanza Presidential candidate votes. “ It is very clear that the presidential
Deputy PresidentWilliam Ruto and his election is taking shape. Most of the peo- The poll, which interviewed 17,127 re-
running mate Rigathi Gachagua are the ple we talked to expressed confidence with spondents, had a margin error of +/- 2%.
most preferred presidential pair, a survey DP Ruto. Majority said his ideologies work
indicates. well on their needs,” said the CEO of Intel A national random sample was drawn
Research Solutions, Karen Mwangi. from a database of potential voters. Sam-
The research released yesterday by Intel pling was done at county level, with repre-
Research Solutions (IRS) shows Kenya The poll revealed that Agano Party presi- sentative samples, in a concerted effort to
Kwanza would garner 51.2 per cent of dential candidate DavidWaihiga Mwaura achieve county and regional analysis.
votes if elections were held today. would get 0.7 per cent and Roots Party
According to Mwangi, Ruto seems to be
Azimio la Umoja Coalition pair of Raila getting much support from young people.

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY NEWS BEAT 7

Construction agency acts tough, suspends licences of 18 contractors

by Hillary Mageka building and construction sector. Akech, who is the. registrar of con- At the expiry of the suspension,
The authority has recently started tractors, said the board has already the CEO said the contractors are ex-
@hillarymageka forwarded its findings to the Direc- pected to apply to be reinstated
inspecting construction and build- torate of Criminal Investigation for
The licences of at least 18 contrac- ing projects in the country. additional investigation. “We will check afresh and evalu-
tors have been suspended for violat- ate you afresh based on the docu-
ing the National Construction Au- It says hundreds of contractors “Of course, for the collapse of mentation submitted. Then if you
thority (NCA) regulations, while tens risk being deregistered. buildings that, unfortunately, leads satisfy the requirements, we’ll give
of others have been recommended to loss of life for the portfolio where you a registration again,” he held.
for prosecution. Addressing a media sensitisation the construction happened ... It
workshop in Lukenya on Friday, is a very sad thing for a contractor Under the amended act, the CEO
According to NCA, which is man- NCA executive director Maurice because once you’re suspended, it said, there’s a provision for a penalty
dated to clear builders and contrac- Akech (left) said: “These contractors means for the period you’re in sus- where if, during NCA quality assur-
tors, the move is aimed at eliminat- have been involved in cases of con- pension, you cannot conduct any ance, compliance checks for ongo-
ing rogue contractors, as well as struction of buildings and structures construction business,” he added. ing construction works, they come
dealing with malpractices in the which ended up with integrity issues across an uncompliant activity.
and even collapsed”.

Strange case of Belgian lover ROMANCE AND FINANCE
who gives local girls millions
Upon receiving the cash, Nyamathira
Don’t punish love, pleads sent her mother, Anne Kaara, Sh7 mil-
Bitcoin/Tesla tycoon who lion in her Equity Bank account and
gifted Sh107m to Felesta, bought her a home at Eyria Nest Lim-
21, and equally large sums ited in Kiambu, valued at Sh6 million.
to two other young women
She further purchased two parcels of
by Nancy Gitonga land from Felix Capital Limited, valued
at Sh4.6 million.
@PeopleDailyKe
She says that if the court grants the
Sociologist Steven Aitshison is famous Billionaire Marc de Messel with Felesta Njoroge, whose home was raided by detectives from the Directorate of forfeiture orders sought by Assets Re-
for his quote saying outer beauty captures Criminal Investigations. They accussed them of funding unlawful activities. PD/FILE covery Agency, she, her child and fam-
the eyes while inner beauty attracts the ily will be deprived of money for basic
heart. That saying aptly epitomises the rate occasions introduced De Mesel to their DE MESSEE love and attention to my kids, than l got from needs and would live in penury.
case of Belgian billionaire Marc de Messel, relatives as ‘my husband’, with elaborate my parents. Giving them a rich environment
who deposited Sh107 million ($915,000) in plans for their wedding. There where they can learn a lot, by giving them the I also try to be in touch with my feelings,
the account of a 21-year-old woman , and is no rule freedom to follow their curiosity instead of and what they tell me about a person or
says he did so out of love. Nyamathira has also filed a separate af- stopping or wanting them to learn what l like, or become investment,” he claims.
fidavit in court, through Agnel Nadida of prohibiting a what l want. I am not interested in forcing
Besides her awe-inspiring figure, Mes- Ndindi and Nadida law firm, denying any person from them into boring subjects,” Messel states. “I grew up in Belgium, the northern
sel says that he was moved by Felesta Nya- involvement in money laundering and ac- receiving a Dutch part called Flanders. l got into in-
mathira Njoroge’s unquantified love for cusing the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) gift, especially “There is no rule or regulation stopping vestments in 2008 and invested in crypto
him and her acceptance to conceive with of a witch-hunt. from someone or prohibiting an individual from receiving currencies and stocks. l usually hold these
him a child.Thus he decided to gift her mil- they are a gift, especially from someone who they investments for many years,” he says.
lions of shillings. “Freezing the accounts will be against intimate with are in an intimate relationship with, and by
my child’s rights as envisaged in the Con- whom they have sired children,” reads the Messel has also filed police clearance
“That striking beauty in her, as well as stitution and the Children’s Act as it is re- court papers. certificates, both from Kenya and Bel-
her wasp-waist, drove me into giving her quired of Messel to shoulder parental re- gium Federal Public Service, showing
that amount of money. Out of my sheer love sponsibility by frequently sending money Mother and father he has no criminal record. “There is no
for her; I am even ready to do anything that to my account for his child’s well-being,” The two lovers have also tabled a DNA test criminal investigations against Messel in
can please and make her live comfortably,” Nyamathira says in her affidavit. certificate in court, conducted at a global lab- his home country, there is no complaint
Messel says in papers he has filed in court. oratory, which reveals that Nyamathira and against the bank which sent the funds,
The tycoon, who describes himself as an Messel are the mother and father of the child nor are there any inquires that had been
The Belgian tycoon reveals details of honest and responsible investor who has born in February this year. made or are pending before the activities
Nyamathira’s striking beauty in the bulky never been involved in any criminal activ- The prenatal test from International Di- in the brokerage and his accounts abroad
documents filed at Milimani Law Court ity, and has never been summoned by any agnostics Center in Netera, in San Carlos, from where the funds came from,” states
and how they met and fell in love instantly. investigative agency, wants to be enjoined United States, tasked with DNA sampling of the court documents.
in the suit since he voluntarily disbursed the two lovers, reveals that there is a 99 per
Laundering syndicate the money to his lovers. cent chance the duo sired the child. Further, Mesel says he has a clean re-
He has denied allegations that he is in- On allegations by the government that they cord from his home country Belgium and
“I have voluntarily given a personal gift of are part of an international money launder- has never been accused, indicted, con-
volved in an international money launder- $230,000, $225,000, $232,000 and $228,000 ing syndicate using Kenyan women to clean victed or rumoured to be in any criminal
ing syndicate.The documents also unmask — a total of $915,000 — from my account suspicious money, the billionaire says he has activity or criminal enterprise.
Messel, a man who has left Kenyans in awe at Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), with my never been part of such a racket as he is a
over his generosity to women he claims to girlfriend Felesta Nyamathira Njoroge with crypto investor and philanthropist. The billionaire is said to have deposite
have fallen in love with at first sight. USD account at Co-operative Bank for her “My source of income is capital apprecia- the millions of shillings to his lover in four
support. I hope that she builds financial se- tion by investing in different assets, such as tranches.The first deposit of Sh25,803,756
“That the said Marc de Messel, who is curity for herself and our future children. stocks, bonds, precious metals, etc. I have was made on August 4, 2021. A second
my boyfriend, is a reputable and interna- She is free to use the said gifted amount as invested, for example, in Tesla, an American deposit of Sh25,803,756 was made on
tionally-known investor. Famous for his per her will,” states Messel in a declaration automotive and clean energy firm in the past August 5, with the third and fourth de-
early publicly-announced investments in filed in court. few years,” states Messel. posits coming in on August 6 ... but as
Bitcoin in 2013 and Tesla in 2019,” some of The Belgian says he always thinks big about separate transactions of Sh25,242,756
the documents state. The tycoon states in his affidavit that he his investments, and looks at them from dif- and Sh25,579,356.
decided to give his long-time Kenyan girl- ferent angles.“I try to objectively see the pros
In the documents, Messel says he came friend, a student at the Nairobi Technical and cons, the real risks and potential rewards. After the money hit his girlfriend’s ac-
to Kenya in 2017, met his three girlfriends, Training Institute (NTTI), the huge sums of counts, detectives from the Directorate
transferred millions of shillings into their cash a few months after it was confirmed of Criminal Investigations (DCI) raided
accounts and those of their relatives, had she was pregnant with his baby. their home in Garden City along Thika
four children with them and eloped with Road and apprehended them, accusing
the other while she was pregnant. “l hope that l will give more quality time, him of funding unlawful activities.

He names his girlfriends as Sarah Wam- On her side, Nyamathira states that she
bui Kamanda, with whom he sired a male gave birth in February this year while in
child on June 28, 2019; Tebby Wambuku Belgium and has given ARA several docu-
Kago, with whom they had two baby girls ments showing she received the money
on September 8, 2018 and June 19, 2020; from Messel, her boyfriend.
and Nyamathira, whom he describes as his
favourite, and gave birth to a boy on Febru- “I only gave birth recently in February
ary 22, 2022. as indicated in my child’s birth certificate
presented before this court,” she states.
Interestingly, all the three women lived in
close proximity to each other and on sepa- “l can confirm that l did, in fact, receive
funds from Marc Freddy De Messel, who
is still my boyfriend . The purpose of the
said funds was purchase of a house and
to invest part of the money to ensure our
child and myself live at a comfortable
place and his needs are well taken care
of,” Nyamathira says.

The case will be heard on July 11.

8 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

Low key Fathers’ TOSUPERDADS Health CAS Mercy
DANIEL KARANJA Mwangangi
(left) with PS
Day fete as cost I respect my father Susan Mochache
of living bites so much because he during a Gender-
worked hard to give Based Violence
us all we needed Prevention
when we were and Response
growing up. conference on
June 8 in Nairobi.
GLORIA
ATHIENO PD/ WILLIAM OERI

Some hospitals, restaurants I want to appreciate Blood agency to
held activities to celebrate day my dad for being go autonomous
marked on 3rd Sunday of June ever present in my
life and supporting by George Kebaso As part of its new role, it
me and my dreams. will convene a conference
@Morarak focusing on blood transfu-
by Sandra Wekesa BAHATI NGAZI sion and organ transplant
Kenya National Blood science and practice, a
@PeopleDailyKe My Dad has Transfusion Services (KN- first in African.
contributed to who BTS) is a step away from
As Fathers Day was marked yesterday, Members of the Blessed Sacrament I am today and I am becoming a semi autono- “The conference will
not all Kenyan dads had something to look Parish-Buru Buru CMA present a gift really proud of him. mous government agency. focus on the health policy,
forward to due to the hard economic times. to Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo It is now my turn to regulatory and practice
(left) during Family Day/Father’s Day take care of him. Health Chief Adminis- ecosystem and its interac-
Apart from the day being one of the least celebrations. PD/BENARD ORWONGO trative Secretary Dr Mercy tion with blood transfu-
observed in Kenya, many families spent it GEORGE KATANA Mwangangi told People sion, medicine and the
sending wishes to their dads as they la- gift to commemorate men’s mental health Daily that the institu- highly specialised aspects
mented the high cost of living. month. I am who I am tion had met most of the of transplant and regener-
due to my father’s requirements of a semi ative medicine,” she said.
Getrude Ndavi, a producer at The Some hospitals and restaurants, how- efforts to make autonomous body.
Switch, a show that airs on K24 every Sun- ever, held activities to celebrate fathers. sure I achieved Previously, the blood
day, said there was a contrast in this year’s my education and Mwangangi said the de- collection ranged between
celebration because they did not have “I didn’t have a gift in mind so I thought dreams. velopment follows admin- 150,000 and 170,000 units,
companies partnering with them to help of doing something special to my father istrative and leadership meaning last year’s collec-
celebrate fathers. because he has always been present and DAISY ACHIENG reforms that have taken tion doubled.
has always taken the responsibility to en- place at KNBTS.
“This year we felt the impact of the high sure that he steps up to be a father, a leader, Happy father’s Day This is attributed to the
cost of living because unlike last year we a role model, and a priest of our family, that to all the dad’s She said the restructur- ongoing reforms, Mwan-
didn’t have vouchers to give to fathers dur- is why I organised a lunch date for us to cel- who are leaders ing had paid off, and is gangi said.
ing the live show which was due to compa- ebrate him on this special day,” said Juliet including former attributed to a record col-
nies cutting costs,” she said. Kerubo. Prime Minister lection of blood totaling This year alone, as at
Raila Odinga 297,000 units last year. the end of May, the agency
Ndavi said that this year, many people Father’s day is celebrated every third had already collected
were complaining about how the increase Sunday of June to honour fatherhood and QUEEN HAZE Beyond collection 223,000 units of blood.
in prices had forced them to forego luxu- paternal bonds, as well as the influence of of blood, she said, the
ries. fathers in the society. Happy Father’s agency was expected to “However, we have
Day to all dads, the coordinate and regulate doubled our blood storage
“This year we just wanted to celebrate not yet dads, step- human organ transplant in two years. Last year we
and reflect on the relationship between fa- dads, moms who in the country. transfused over 280,000
ther and child as well as acknowledge and are dads, adoptive Kenyans, a feat not
appreciate the roles played by fathers and dads, grandpas “President Uhuru achieved since indepen-
father-figures,” noted Ndavi. and spiritual dads Kenyatta is expected to dence,” Mwangangi.
make this announcement
Yesterday, the show asked viewers to soon,” she said. She was speaking in Ol
forward some of the photos they had with Kalou, Nyandarua County
their fathers which they aired with heart- Consequently, it will last week where she un-
warming wishes. become Kenya National veiled Nyandarua County
Blood Transfusion and Blood Transfusion Satel-
“We were delighted to have captured so Transplant Service (KN- lite Centre.
many hearts and got so many reactions BTTS) with a mandate to
from people which felt amazing because collect, test, and distribute It’s the country’s six-
some fathers couldn’t hide the joy of see- blood and blood products teenth blood processing
ing their faces on live television,” she said. in the country. facility.

In addition, we gave some father’s a free
counseling session with Dr Mercy Mueni, a
psychologist, which doubled up as a great

Court bars squatters, Too family from disputed land BRIEFLY

by Wycliff Kipsang filed an application for a stay JUDGES ment is to be delivered on cade long dispute between We’ve contained
after the Environment and July 22. landless families and Too’s
@wsang08 Land Court reinstated its Neither par- family. gangs, official says
earlier orders, directing the ty shall in- “In the order, neither
The Court of Appeal has police to provide security to terfere with party shall interfere with the Led by their spokesman Nakuru Commissioner Erastus
moved to end the dispute surveyors and officials of the property said property physically nor Benjamin Ronoh, the squat- Mbui has said security agents had
surrounding the ownership Sirikwa squatters group to shall there be any transfer or ters said their action was in- contained criminal gangs that have
of a 25,000-acre piece of land survey the prime land. disposal of the said property formed a ruling by the Lands been wreaking havoc in the county.
associated with former Kanu to the detriment of any party and Environment court in In the last few months, several gangs
era politician Mark Too In the court order issued pending the said determina- Eldoret granting them cus- have clashed in Nakuru. Police have
near Eldoret International by Justice Elijah Obaga, tion,” the judges ordered. tody of the land. arrested several gang members and
Airport. surveyors were to set up charged them in court. Mbui admitted
beacons and map out public Last week, several people As the officers attempted that the youths were a threat to secu-
Appellate judges Patrick utilities in the disputed land. sustained injuries after the to pull down the temporary rity. “We had some criminal gangs that
Kiage, Kathurima M’inoti Sirikwa squatters clashed structur on the maize farm, were sponsored by politicians but we
and Mumbi Ngugi, sitting in The appellate judges, with police prompting the the squatters hurled stones have managed to contain them,” he
Eldoret, have granted stay however, noted that through officers to fire several bul- and other missiles at them, said. Speaking in Naivasha after meet-
orders preventing both par- a miscellaneous application lets in the air to scare away forcing them to retreat. ing motorcycle operators and hawkers
ties from interfering with filed by the squatters group hundreds of people who on Friday, Mbui said that the govern-
the disputed land pending last year, an order for the had forcibly moved into the It was only after more of- ment had enhanced security ahead
determination of a pending survey had been granted property. ficers were dispatched to the of the August elections. He said more
appeal. to the Squatters when an scene of the incident to give security officers would be dispatched
appeal on the case was still The officers were de- backup to the officers on the to hotspots before and after the elec-
Fanikiwa Limited, which pending in court and judg- ployed to the agricultural ground that they managed tions. – Kirera Mwiti and Roy Lumbe
owned by the late Too, had land which is under a de- to eject the squatters.

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY NEWS BEAT 9

Cash-hungry officers with evil minds

From murder to rape, robbery, WRONG ARM OF THE LAW
extortion, theft; the list of police
arrested over past month for Oversight bodies say rogue officers have been
crime hits 25, and counting making arrests on trumped-up charges with the sole
intention of extorting money.
by Zadock Angira
Yesterday, an officer who is under interdiction was
@PeopleDailyKe arrested for obtaining Sh250,000 from another officer
to influence his transfer to the Central Bank of Kenya
About 25 police officers have been either ar- Anti-crime squad officers at work. Cases of extortion have been on the rise. PD/KENNA CLAUDE station.
rested or charged in court with various criminal
offences - including rape, murder and obtain- A week ago, a corporal attached to the Directorate
ing money by false pretences. of Criminal Investigations was charged with obtaining
Sh250,000 from a woman to secure her employment
In one of the latest cases yesterday, an of- in the police service.
ficer who is under interdiction was arrested for
obtaining Sh250,000 from another officer by strip in two vehicles, prompting a chase.
pretending he was in a position to influence Upon arrest, the four were identified as Corpo-
his transfer to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),
Nairobi. ral Geoffrey Mwongela, Constable Alex Katana,
and Constable Kelvin Njuguna, all from Buru
Administration Police (AP) Constable Peter Buru Police Station. The fourth was identified as
Kilonzi Mwove was arrested by DCI officers Constable Tony Kororia of the AP Critical Infra-
from Mutomo for obtaining money from Con- structure Police Unit (CIPU).
stable Dairus Nyamai Kimanzi of Emali Railway
Police Station. Kileleshwa station
In another case last month, officers from Kile-
“The officer was arrested at Kyanguni town
for obtaining money by false pretences. He will leshwa Police Station arrested two foreigners on
be arraigned in court as soon as investigations trumped up charges and extorted Sh50,000.
are complete,” a senior police officer told People
Daily. The officers, who have since been identified,
were in civilian clothing and were patrolling in a
Sh250,000 swindle He was charged alongside two former corpo- and drove him to Nairobi, where they forced civilian car on Rhapta Road, Nairobi.
rals: Joseph Ojode Obambo and Charles Kirimi, him to withdraw Sh80,000 from his account.
The arrest comes barely a week after another and constables Bashir Ali and Henry Mutai. On Cases of extortion have been on the rise. Ac-
corporal, Kennedy Okello Ojode, attached to June 6, they were charged with the murder after They went back to Loitoktok on another cording to police oversight bodies, rogue officers
the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ap- mission and stopped at a Shell petrol station have been making arrests on trumped-up charg-
Academy, was charged in court with obtain- proved the charges. They are accused of killing on the Loitoktok-Emali Road. Acting on a tip, es with the sole intention of extorting money.
ing Sh250,000 from a woman by pretending Oduor on March 25, 2020. officers from Loitoktok station approached
he could secure her employment in the police them but they sped off towards Loitoktok Air- In the past one month, at least 20 officers have
service. Last week, a constable attached to Ukwala been arrested for various criminal offences.
Police Station was arraigned at Ukwala Law
The arraignment brings to at least eight the Courts for allegedly raping a woman inside a
total number of police officers who have been holding cell at Sega Police Post. The woman
charged in court with various offences, includ- had been arrested for not wearing a face-mask
ing murder, rape, and assault, in the past one on April 12, 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19
week. pandemic.

Just before the February 22, 2021, national Earlier, four constables were charged at Bon-
police recruitment, Corporal Ojode invited a do Law Courts for assaulting Samuel Odongo
woman to the DCI Academy in South C, Nairo- Okwero in December 2016. The officers were
bi. Earlier, he had assured her of help in joining constables Sammy Kirui, who had been trans-
the police service. ferred to Kamagambo Police Station, Nicholas
Ndalo of Ukwala Police Station, Felix Maobi,
He even offered her an invitation, which de- currently at Isebania Police Station, and Daniel
tectives later learnt was aimed at winning her Kimori of Uriri Police Station.
confidence so as to dupe her.
Extorting Sh80,000
Later, the woman and her family raised Three weeks ago, four police officers based in
Sh250,000, which she deposited in the officer’s
account. But she was never recruited and later Nairobi were arrested in Loitoktok for extorting
learnt that she had been defrauded. Sh80,000 from a Tanzanian.

Police officers arrested and charged in court The officers, three based at Buruburu Police
in the past week include Constable James Station and one at Administration Police Uhuru
Njuguna Ngige for the death ofWycliffVincent Camp, had arrested the foreigner in Loitoktok
Oduor, mastermind of the Sh74 million Stan-
dard Chartered Bank heist. The bank raid was
on September 2019.

Test-run of Nairobi’s Green Park
bus terminus ‘to start this week’

by Alvin Mwangi All vehicles operating at the this month, starting with those
railway terminus will take part designated to move to Green
@PeopleDailyKe from 5: 00am,” he said. Park. The terminus, located at
the former Lunar Park, can ac-
Nairobi Metropolitan Initially, Green Park was to commodate 300-350 vehicles,
Services (NMS) will conduct be commissioned on May 24, processing about 1,000 PSVs
another test run of Green Park but this was postponed. per hour and 20,000 per day.
terminus ahead of its re-open-
ing. The test run will be in five The NMS, led by lieutenant The NMS had also an-
phases and will commence on general Mohamed Badi, said nounced that only three mata-
Wednesday morning. the postponement follows tus per sacco would be al-
a request by public service lowed to access the terminal at
NMS director for Transport vehicle operators. All matatus any given time. The reopening
Michael Ochieng said all plying Ngong and Argwings has stalled despite President
matatus stationed at Railways Kodhek roads are set to end Uhuru Kenyatta inspecting it
stage would take part in the their journeys at the terminus thrice last year. Others include
test.“We will start operations starting May 24. Desai, Park Road, Landhies
at Green Park this month in Muthurwa, Fig Tree and Buny-
two phases, but on trial basis In March, the NMS had said ala-Workshop Road termini.
ahead of the commissioning. that it planned to relocate all
matatus from the city centre

10 PEOPLE SPEAK PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

EDITORIAL QUOTED TODAY I am asking We must
you for prayers prepare for the fact
A PUBLICATION OF MEDIAMAX NETWORK This habit during this that it could take
LIMITED of misusing the election period years. We must not
youths will soon and the prayers let up in supporting
KEN NGARUIYA: end. It’s outdated should be aimed at Ukraine. Even if the
Group Chief Executive Officer and barbaric. The uniting the country costs are high, not
misuse of police and ensuring only for military
MBUGUA NG’ANG’A: and vulnerable the rule of law is support, also
Managing Editor youths is what has respected. because of rising
been ailing this energy and food
People Daily is published by MEDIAMAX NETWORK country. We will AZIMIO-ONE KENYA prices
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Fathers need support Intra-coalition rivalry will cost KKA Kiambu seat
to meet expectations
Intra-coalition rivalry is emerging as the HESBON OWILLA cal clout, are big in Mt Kenya—those who
Kenyans yesterday joined the world in honour- next big factor in the run up to the August probably know if the Kenya Kwanza ticket
ing fathers and father figures in their lives. Indeed, elections.There is no doubt the more candi- Kiambu has wins and they don’t win the governor race
it’s no mean task being a father and a parent. The dates a coalition has spread all over the higher two leaders whose their political stock will dwindle and probably
responsibilities that come with the lifelong com- the likelihood of their‘get out and vote’ strate- loss may end their their careers will be in jeopardy. But a closer
mitment are immense—a father ought to be a gies will benefit the presidential candidate. political careers reading of the political unfolding shows there
provider and protector. could be a bigger subplot to it.
However, when there are more candidates Wamatangi has a head-start because he
Every family man is tasked with ensuring the from the same camp contesting the same is on the same party ticket as their coalition In fact, as Azimio is gaining traction and
unit has what it takes to thrive from the primary seat, certainly intra-coalition rivalry will cre- presidential candidateWilliam Ruto (UDA). Kenya Kwanza losing ground, top leaders
needs that include shelter, food, healthcare and ate a smooth pathway for rivals to win.This The conundrum, therefore, lies in the fact that from Mt Kenya are facing the reality of being
clothing to the secondary needs of his family. explains why major political formations are any delicate arrangement meant to secure knocked out from within by folks in UDA who
racing against time to forestall intra-coalition Kiambu for Kenya Kwanza is likely to cause have since realised 2022 is gone and they have
The father is a source of inspiration and is ex- contest before the ballot papers are printed. acrimony, especially if it favoursWamatangi, to knock out any would-be rival.
pected to serve as a role model. Children look up and the consequence can cost Ruto.
to their dads for motivation. In a child’s world, no Leadership in the two leading coalitions in You look at post 2022 and you realise if UDA
one compares to the father; he is everything the the August contest—Kenya Kwanza and Azi- Already there are indications heavyweights does not win then it will be hard for it to gal-
child needs and admire even when they cannot mio-One Kenya—are working to ensure they with own parties feel disenfranchised within vanise the Mountain if either Kuria or Kabogo
deliver. prevail on candidates with less chances of Kenya Kwanza, and they are rocking the co- wins Kiambu. Kabogo as a governor will van-
winning to drop bids and also to avert any fall alition from within. Critics have argued that quish UDA and Ruto’s running mate Rigathi
Children always rest their hopes on fathers at out that might be detrimental to the chances some of them have seen the end of the road Gachagua will be collateral damage unless
times when they are most vulnerable. A father is of consolidating the presidential votes. for Kenya Kwanza and the sentiments by Kenya Kwanza forms the next government.
expected to deliver even when the means do not Kabogo, especially when he went back to his
exist. Well, whereas casualties will be there in political home turf speak of a sinking Kenya With Azimio-One Kenya presidential
both coalitions, Kenya Kwanza seems to be Kwanza ship. candidate Raila Odinga and running mate
And because of the high expectations men have having a tight situation in Kiambu county. Martha Karua galvanising the region’s leaders
had to do the impossible to keep their families Unlike elsewhere, Kiambu presents not just There are also sentiments that draw from and seeming to be gaining momentum with
happy, healthy and hopeful. It is the father who is a question of intra-coalition rivalry, but a the last elections when critics averred that each passing day, UDA knows the end is nigh.
supposed to turn grief into joy; despair into belief; contest of four very solid leaders from Mt within the Jubilee machinery there are indi- Therefore, their logical game plan is to focus
strife into peace and the roles go on and on. Kenya region. Heavyweights former Governor viduals who were keen to knock out leaders on post-2022 and that explains the onslaught
William Kabogo ofTujibebeWakenya party, who would have emerged solid kingpins in on big name Mt Kenya leaders who are strong
All this is made possible by the support fathers Moses Kuria (Chama Cha Kazi)and UDA’s 2022. Kiambu has two leaders who, by politi- and have popular political parties.
get in the family, the love and affection they re- Senator KimaniWamatangi are contesting
ceive at home. The encouragement they get in the against each other making their rival and Ju- We have only 50 days to go, but it is not over
face of adversity is what keeps them going. The bilee Party-sponsored incumbent Governor until the winner is declared.
pat on the back for being a father makes men push James Nyoro a happy man.
themselves to the limit to deliver for the house- —The writer is a PhD candidate in Political
hold. Communication and Media Studies

There are times that it seems the end of the
road. It is okay to sit and regroup. There is no one
formula to being a great father but the effort and
sacrifices men make is what makes them great in
their families.

And because of this it is the duty of children,
mothers and society at large to appreciate fathers
to bring out the best in them.Without support the
pillar in the family might crumble.Without love
and appreciation, the father might not deliver to
their best potential.

Technology and the high cost of living has put a
strain on parenting with many fathers falling short
of their expectations. There are also ugly cases in
which fathers have abandoned their obligations.
Those ones deserve condemnation. But it is time
to celebrate those responsible pillars of the family
unit.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

CATHERINE PULSIFER

To be a father requires patience,
love and giving up the ‘all about me’
attitude

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY PEOPLE SPEAK 11

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Degrees saga an opportunity to clean up politics ODDSLtrYeeEtNtaOlUkGH

For the first time in our electoral gaThu Kaara letter of endorsement signed by its
politics, a key integrity issue has tak- top executive, then revokes it a few
en centre stage.The authenticity of in 2027, it is highly unlikely any candidate who has days later by a chairman seemingly
degrees held by candidates for high suspect qualiications will dare throw their hat in the ring overruling his top officer amazes.
office has come under scrutiny. And the institution still expects to
has asked the Criminal Investiga- be resolved before 2027, seeing as it maintain public confidence. CUE is Cat sounds
Probably because of his profile as tions counterparts to investigate all is probably too late now.The issue is overdue for drastic reforms. played from
a high-flying, youthful and urbane those whose degree qualifications that of candidates who have cases phone used to
senator of the capital city, the case of are suspect, and the institutions that pending in various courts. The twin issues of genuine degrees rescue kitten
Johnson Sakaja, who is seeking to be- played any part in authenticating the and those facing charges are the
come Nairobi governor, has become documents. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption bedrock of cleaning up Kenya’s poli- Authorities inVirginia rescued
the lightning rod for this issue. Commission isolated 241 candidates tics.The institutions involved must a kitten from a storm drain using
The even more encouraging thing from the entire list of people seeking do whatever is necessary to ensure a catch pole and a cellphone that
Despite being cleared by the Inde- is that it is public vigilance that is various electoral offices, and handed by 2027, no candidate with suspect lured the feline out by playing cat
pendent Electoral and Boundaries forcing the matter to the centre.The it to IEBC. It wanted the IEBC not to qualifications or cases before the sounds.
Commission, several gubernor con- IEBC had cleared those whose cases clear these candidates. courts is cleared to run for office.
testants, along with Sakaja, are facing are now at the centre of storm.They Petersburg Animal Care and
challenges with their degrees. would now be home free if it was not IEBC has refused to play ball. Its If this is achieved, Kenya will prob- Control officers responded along-
for public petitions.The public is position is that it will not bar any- ably have dealt a mortal blow to the side personnel from Petersburg
Private individuals have peti- now fully onboard electoral gover- body from running until they have malfeasance that is executed by PublicWorks and the Petersburg
tioned the IEBC Dispute Resolution nance even as IEBC falters. exhausted all appeal options. these candidates once they get into Fire Department when a police
Committee over the integrity of office. Kenya will be getting a swathe officer working on a crime scene
degree qualifications for governor The bottomline is that in 2027, it It is not looking good that IEBC of clean candidates for the first time in the South Jones Street area re-
candidates Simba Arati (Kisii),Wav- is highly unlikely that any candidate seems to be the weak link in enforc- as its political leaders. It will enable ported hearing a kitten crying in a
inya Ndeti (Machakos), Mithika seeking high electoral office who ing the requirements of Chapter Six the country move to the next stage of storm drain.
Linturi (Meru), Granton Samboja has suspect qualifications will dare of the Constitution on integrity. integrity threshold for office holders.
(TaitaTaveta) and Cleophas Malalah throw their hat in the ring, knowing Animal Control Officer Jessica
(Kakamega). there will be a very robust verifica- Further, institutions must clean It will be a great step forward in Calloway attempted to reach the
tion exercise. Imagine how many up their act.They have been tested cleaning up notoriously shadowy kitten by climbing down two dif-
Irrespective of the outcome of the miscreants just this alone will weed and found badly wanting.The circus politics. All institutions involved in ferent manholes, but the kitten
challenges, the issue of qualifica- out from seeking high office. at the Commission for University Ed- elections at any level must play their was easily spooked and would flee
tions, especially degrees for those ucation (CUE) over the Sakaja degree role. IEBC must lead the way.Wring- when approached.
seeking higher office, is now firmly The second issue is one that must saga has exposed that institution. ing its hands and playing possum
at the centre of clearance require- will not do. The rescuers eventually used a
ments. As the saga deepens, the How the same institution issues a cellphone to play cat sounds that
Directorate of Public Prosecutions — [email protected] lured the kitten out of hiding to
where Calloway could ensnare it
Why manifestos have no bearing on election outcomes with a catch pole.

Manifestos are an old tradition Oscar Ochieng delivery, challenges arises and the Animal Care and Control said
where political parties establish promises end up being broken. For in a Facebook post that Calloway’s
‘contracts’ with the electorate. As the The question everyone should ask is: how instance, outgoing ruling Jubilee “catch of the day” weighed in at 2
August polls approach, parties have serious should election manifestos be taken? Party promised to construct five pounds, 10 ounces and was“abso-
launched or will be launching their state-of-the-art stadia in five coun- lutely a keeper.”
manifestos. renege on their promises and there There is no doubt that manifestos ties and create 1.3 million jobs annu-
is no one to ask how they used the are useful tools in electoral politics. ally to the unemployed youths but —Agencies
Azimio-One Kenya released its resources at their disposal. Outlining party promises during did nothing to fulfill the promises.
manifesto to the public recently the election period offers an entry TRUTHIS: Abigfallbeginswithalittlestumble.
while Kenya Kwanza is exceptected We all need to ask, do voters really point for people to understand party The question is how serious
to do the same on June 30. analyse and critique manifestos? Do intentions and for voters to make should election manifestos be taken?
they read and vote on the basis of informed decisions. While parties are not legally obligat-
The Azimio manifesto was full their content? Manifestos are hardly ed to fulfil promises contained in the
of promises they intend to work on read by voters and most parties are Therefore, manifestos can be manifesto, there is a need for parties
if they form the next government. not confined to the document in considered as a cornerstone for elec- to be compelled to indicate the ratio-
However, like in many other previ- making policy statements after win- toral democracy. Since the advent of nale behind a commitment as well
ous manifestos, the plan had no ning. It only works as a guiding force multiparty democracy in 1992, par- as the capital or resources needed to
much freshness in ideology. Politi- during election season. Manifestos ties have been issuing manifestos to meet certain promises.
cians or parties have the tendency to have long stopped being serious woo voters. However, every election,
give promises that are vague and full documents of parties in this age of voters are always disappointed by Parties should not make promises
of the same old issues that the past politics of alliances.They have dwin- the leaders they elect when they take that vitiate the purity of the election
regimes failed to fulfil. Besides, some dling relevance to the overall elec- stock of their leadership after five process or exert undue influence on
of the campaign promises are noth- toral process and this call for serious years’ tenure. the voters in exercising their fran-
ing but slogan to win the heart of vot- analysis of the documents. chise. Given manifestos are explicitly
ers. Campaigning is about making A manifesto should serve as a worded documents, there is a need
desirable promises according to the Kenya like in many African coun- monitoring device.That is, when to make voters more aware of its
expectations of the voters. tries; people vote against the govern- the incumbent party fails to address contents to help them make more
ment of the day on tribal affiliations certain promises in their manifesto, informed choices.
A closer examination of the cam- and not for what they are promised it should be easy to hold them ac-
paign promises shows the presiden- in writing.This is why it is so easy countable. However, this is not the There is need for rigorous dis-
tial aspirants are recycling perennial to be glib in a manifesto. It does case as most parties seem to design course on manifestos to stop the
election promises that they or others not make much difference on the the documents as a formality, a trend where they continue to be
have used in the past battles for the ground whether a political party has recurring ritualistic element of elec- overlooked as a tool for promoting
top office. One would be tempted to a manifesto or not. toral campaign.When it comes to accountability.
ask what is so unique in the docu-
ments that warrants the attention —The writer is a
of voters?Why? Because politicians communication practitioner

#TweeTs TO The ediTOr / / / @PeopleDailyKe / / / People Daily

For sacrificing, fathers are heroes! Jesus Winner, You are out of order! State misusing the police! Church chose mammon over God?

@BiancaWamu: To all fathers who deprived @paulinenjoroge: Noooooooo! No! No! No! @rigathi: Humility is a virtue that requires @DonaldBKipkorir: When a church dis-
themselves basic needs like education How can they (Jesus Winner Ministry) have to be exercised by all people regardless of plays a politician in its altar, its hallowed
so that children can have it. Stay months these (Ruto campaign clips and placards) on the positions they hold in society. The gov- grounds, instead of the Ark of Covenant,
without buying clothes to feed family. Leave a church screen during worship?! Yes Ruto is ernment should desist from misusing police then know that church has chosen mam-
home without direction,but manage to bring visiting the church, but he can’t be the centre officers to intimidate other Kenyans and mon over God. Please remember our God is
something for the family. We celebrate you. of attention during worship. It’s wrong!! instead focus on improving their welfare. a jealous God.

12 WITH A LIGHT TOUCH PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

From the Counties

How I was mercilessly besieged by women on Fathers’ Day

When Mama Hirohito, the MCA GWINSO pay rapt attention. I found her an memorable for us women on this
daughter of my Mum-in-law, told engaging speaker. Fathers Day,”Mama Bidii said and
me that she and her friends had or- I stood, reluctantly though, and pledged sat down. There followed a while of
ganised a Fathers Day party for me, I to give Sh50,000 to start the fund “Bwana MCA, we are so proud uneasy silence with all eyes fixed
thought it was a joke. of you, that is why we chose to cel- on me.
long should I prepare to speak,?” I they all knew me. No other man was ebrate you on Fathers Day,” Mama
“Why are you surprised?You inquired.“Since we shall have the present. I was elated when Mama Bidii said. “There are many fathers “Say something,” Mama Hiro
think we are not capable?” she whole afternoon to ourselves,just Hirohito herself introduced me as in this ward, but why did we pick whispered to me. I stood, reluc-
asked.“You should consider it an speak for as long as you want,” she her best friend and ‘a special gift to on you?” She gave me a fixed stare tantly though, and pledged to give
honour that out of all aspirants we said. the ward’. as if expecting an answer. I stared Sh50,000 to start the fund. The
have chosen only you,” she said.“I back at her blankly. “We chose you murmurs that followed were telling.
will get you the official invitation in I sat down to prepare my Before long, I was called upon to because you are the only aspirant Mama Hiro stood and whispered
a short while.” speech. Women were to be atthe give my remarks. I did not disap- who knows our needs as women,” to me,“Don’t embarrass me. Give
forefront of all the development point - I rose to the occasion. My she said to an applause. them 200K” I felt besieged. I had not
It did not take long before an in- activities in the ward.In fact, the speech was punctuated by applause known it would come to this!
vitation card landed in my hands. ward development committee will after applause. There was ear split- “You are a sure bet.With you, we
‘We invite you to be our guest as we be headedby a woman. I will also ting ululation when I declared that can’t go wrong. Now we have one re- “Ok, let me adjust the figure
celebrate this year’s Fathers Day.We ensure most tenders are given to- 70 per cent of the tenders in my quest: we women of this ward want upwards,”I mumbled.“I shall give
will be delighted if you would share women. ward would be awarded to women. to start a women’s empowerment you two hundred thousand shil-
with your plans for women in our At the end, I was given a standing fund, and we want you to be our lings.” Ululations filled the room as
ward,” read the card. Meanwhile, my house was a ovation. I had made a good impres- patron.” An applause greeted the I resumed my seat. As if she had not
flurry of activities as Mama Hiro sion, obviously. request.“Please help us to kick start done enough damage, Mama Bidii
“They have not indicated the made arrangements for the event. the fund.We can even call it‘The stood and reminded me that each
venue of the meeting,” I wondered I silently prayed that I would not be A lady who had introduced her- GwinsoWomen’s Empowerment of the women neededfare and a
aloud.“Of course it is here,” came asked to dig into my pocket. self as Mama Bidii rose to speak. Fund’ if you allow us.” Another wild little sugar to take back home.
a quick reply.“Have you invited Mama Hiro whispered to me,“If applause. I tried to give Mama Hiro
other men too?”“Just a few, though I Well, yesterday they came you get this one on your side, you a why-didn’t-you-prepare-me- for- “We are askingfor this because we
doubt whether they will come.” home. Many of the women were are home and dry.” This made me this glare, but she totally avoided know how kind-hearted you are,”
unfamiliar to me, but as expected, eye contact with me. I was now on she rubbed it in. I had no choice but
The idea that I was to address my own. to raid my campaign kitty.
the women was exciting. Their
influence in the ward could not “So, mheshimiwa, do something Niliona siku mrefu!
be underestimated.“About how —[email protected]

Impeachable Sources

Museveni predecessors say they’re not to blame for poverty

Angered by President Museveni’s chance to build on the firm politi- MAMBO MATATA his most recent predecessors, me he named M7 as his preferred suc-
recent claim that they were respon- cal and social foundation but had andYoweri.Why the President has cessor.
sible for runaway poverty in Uganda, unfortunately squandered the op- He must apologise to me changed his mind 13 short months
two of his predecessors have come portunity. immediately otherwise I will be later beats me,” he said. “To ensure that our country con-
out, machine guns blazing, to defend talking to my lawyers and I will tinues to progresses in the predict-
their legacies. “When I voluntarily left office in soon be seeing him in court Kaguta claimed Museveni had be- able path, I take this opportunity to
1998 after my two six-year terms, come drunk with power and advised announce that the person who will
The former presidents said their Uganda was on its way to kick- Kaguta, also came out bazooka blaz- him to abdicate power and hand over take over from me is none other than
record while in office spoke for itself ing poverty and ignorance out of ing, and accused the President of to his preferred successor, M7. distinguished son of Uganda and
and urged the current leader to look its borders. I cannot therefore be having a short memory. Africa, M7,” the President had said
for someone else to blame for the responsible for the current sorry He said Museveni had run out of during his swearing in ceremony.
problems facing the country. situation,” said Yoweri, adding that He said Museveni had only a year ideas about how to take the country
blame should be placed where it ago – after being sworn for his new to the next level and should pave M7, the President had said, was
“Museveni made his bed and belongs – at President Museveni’s term – had profusely praised him and way to someone who has fresh not only experienced leader, he was
should lie in it. He can’t now turn doorstep. his other predecessorYoweri, for the ideas. a safe pair of hands who would jeal-
around and blame anyone for his great economic and political strides ously guard Uganda’s democratic
own shortcomings while in power,” He threatened to take legal mea- that Uganda had taken in the last 36 “Uganda needs new blood at State ideals and cherished electoral tradi-
said former PresidentYoweri who led sures against Museveni whom he years. House and since Museveni has al- tions.
the East African nation between 1986 accused of dragging his good name ready settled on the young and digital
to 1998. in the mud. “When he took the oath of office M7 as his successor, he should con- Impeachable sources say Mu-
after last year’s General Election, sider resigning, call fresh elections seveni has threatened to arrest his
Yoweri said he had left a country “He must apologise to me immedi- Museveni had only good words for and hand over power to him,” said predecessorsYoweri and Kaguta for
full of promise and hope after having ately otherwise I will be talking to my Kaguta who was president between refusing to shoulder the blame for
suffered many decades of war, pov- lawyers and I will soon be seeing him 1998 and 2010. Uganda’s poverty and other eco-
erty and instability. in court,” said a furiousYoweri. nomic woes.
Kaguta was referring to Museveni’s
His successors, he said, had the Museveni’s other predecessor, speech after the last election in which – [email protected]

Monday, June 20, 2022/ PEOPLE DAILY NEWS BEAT 13

Ban on charcoal production Employers asked to
from ‘Mathenge’ to be lifted implement 12 per
cent wage increase

Environment Cabinet A woman looks at the invasive Prosopis plant, popularly known as Mathenge. PD/FILE by Kirera Mwiti ers, the CS assured flower
Secretary Tobiko says move farmers, mainly in Naivasha,
will boost efforts to control and planted pasture which he feeds his votes reiterating that campaigns should be @PeopleDailyKe that their security and that
invasive plant in Baringo animals and sells the surplus. conducted in a peaceful manner devoid of of their workers was assured
and other counties name calling and maligning, saying elec- The Ministry of Labour during the elections.
Original objective tions come and go but the people will re- has told employers to fully
Pastoralist communities whose land has The Prosopis plant, introduced in early main. effect the 12 per cent mini- He at the same time as-
been invaded and livelihoods destroyed mum wage increase despite sured the farmers that the
by the Prosopis plant, popularly known as 1980s with the objective of checking de- “I advise you people to hold peaceful the harsh economic times. government would shoot
Mathenge, will soon heave a sigh of relief sertification and soil erosion, has been elections regardless of the political divide down the controversial land
as the government plans to lift an embargo blamed by pastoralists for causing them you belong to. I urge politicians not to mix Labour Cabinet Secretary control bill.
on elimination of the invasive plant, Envi- to untold suffering like destroying their politics with the environment because Simon Chelugui during the
ronment and Forestry CS Keriako Tobiko livestock’s teeth, curtailing undergrowth, politics would come and go but the envi- association 59th Annual “This is a private members
has said. taking over grazing fields and blocking ronment doesn’t know whether people are General Meeting (AGM) bill and the issues raised like
critical water channels. in a political group,” he said. held at Lake Naivasha Resort land tenure are covered by
Presiding over this year’sWorld Deserti- admitted that the employers the current Constitution,”
fication and Drought Day national com- During the world desertification and Baringo South MP Charles Kamuren were yet to fully recover from he said.
memoration at Eldume Primary School drought celebration, organised farmer also called for peaceful campaigns, saying the Covid-19 pandemic but
in Baringo South, Tobiko said 20 counties groups and host school were issued with the electorate should be left free to elect added that the last wage re- Land Bill
affected by Mathenge had been given two five 10,000-litre water tanks, 100 modern leaders of their own choice. view was conducted in 2018. The Agricultural Employ-
weeks to form and register Prosopis char- beehives, four water pumps and 10 im-
coal producers associations. proved Galla goat bucks. Kamuren, who is defending his seat Chelugui revealed that he ers Association (AEA) said
on a UDA ticket, asked the national gov- had received a letter from some farmers had started to
Tobiko, who was accompanied by his On Politics, the CS asked leaders to exer- ernment to beef up security in the region the Federation of Kenya Em- retrench part of their work-
Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo and his cise sobriety and respect as they solicit for characterised by banditry and cattle rus- ployers (FKE) warning him ers so as to meet the govern-
counterpart in the State Department of tling menace to allow residents to cast their not to review wages as they ments’ directive.
Arid Lands Micah Powon, also directed ABOUT INVASIVE PLANT votes in a peaceful environment. were facing a financial crisis.
land owners whose farms have been colo- AEA chairWilson Odoyo
nised by Mathenge to work with village The Prosopis plant was introduced in Governor Stanley Kiptis urged the gov- “I also received a letter said some farms had re-
elders and chiefs to form Land Owners early 1980s with the objective of checking ernment to restore peace especially in from COTU demanding a sorted to redundancy in
Associations that will ensure no other tree desertification and soil erosion. Mukutani Location and its neighbouring 55 per cent salary increase order to meet the new salary
save for prosospis is cut down for charcoal villages where bandits have evicted locals. and we looked into various directive.
burning. But it has been blamed for causing issues including inflation
problems like destroying livestock’s Other senior government officials who before arriving at the 12 per He said the association
He said the President will thereafter lift teeth, curtailing undergrowth, taking over attended the celebration included Nation- cent increment,” he said. was not involved in the sal-
the ban on cutting down the Mathenge grazing fields and blocking critical water al Environment Management Authority ary review process adding
plants for charcoal production. channels. (Nema) Director General Mamo B. Mamo Addressing the employ- that the move would lead to
and board chair Lul Abdiwahid. heightened industrial action
“The village elders and the chiefs will Chelugui and job losses.
ensure that no other trees are cut down for –KNA
charcoal,” he stated. We looked “One of the farms has
into issues like already sent home over 200
Food crops inlation before workers and we are calling
Tobiko noted that after touring 20 coun- arriving at the for consultation in future
12% increment to avoid another crisis,” he
ties affected by the prosopis to assess its said.
impact, they realised that a total of one
million acres of land had been colonised Odoyo added that the
by the invasive plant that spreads at a rate sector was facing many chal-
of 15 per cent yearly. lenges with the cost of farm
inputs, fuel and electricity
The situation, he observed, was no lon- on the rise.
ger a livelihood issue but had become a
national security threat. Naivasha assistant County
Commissioner Fidelis Babu
Earlier, the CS visited a model farm of a assured farmers and their
retired chief in Salabani location where he employees that the State had
expressed satisfaction that it is possible for fully addressed the issue of
the prosopis to be cut down and the land security during the election
reclaimed for growing food crops and pas- period.
ture.
“Unlike in the past where
Former chief Francis Kibirich of Meisori there was massive voter
village has reclaimed 12 acres of his land transfer and relocation be-
fore elections, this time the
situation is different,” he
said.

Settle serious crimes in court, says Registrar BRIEFLY

by Clement Kamau “Most cases in our courts can effec- Police in Nyaribari Chache
tively and efficiently be resolved by chiefs rescue defiled orphan, sister
@PeopleDailyKe and elders instead of taking them to court
only to be advised by magistrates to seek Police in Keumbu have res- hospital, and her sister were
Kenyans have been cautioned against an alternative resolution,” she said in cued two orphaned siblings in safe hands. Their brother
trying to settle serious crimes such as Limuru during the area law court open and placed them under the (name withheld) said the girls
rape out of court. day. care of a children’s home after had been sleeping alone in a
one of them was reportedly debilitated house that used
They have, however, been urged to ICT solutions defiled in their house in Nyari- to be their grandmother’s.
embrace alternative dispute resolution She said that since the outbreak of the bari Chache, Kisii County. He said he was mostly away
mechanisms in petty cases instead of Keumbu OCS Arthur Songoro from home doing menial jobs
going to court and later complaining of Covid-19, courts have embraced elec- said the two girls aged 14 and to support his sister, and ap-
delayed justice. tronic filing and virtual hearing of cases 12 years in safe custody even pealed for help to construct a
and underscored the role of technology in as one suspect was arrested to better house. Area Communi-
Deputy Registrar, Magistrates Courts enabling fast resolution of cases. assist with investigations. Sub ty Health Strategy Coordinator
Caroline Kabucho (pictured) said thou- County Deputy Police Com- Allan Monari said the survivor
sands of cases in most courts across the Kabucho, who spoke on behalf of the mander Thomas Parkolwa was treated and given psycho-
country are petty and can effectively be Registrar Magistrates Courts, said there is said the survivor, who had social support at the hospital.
resolved out of court. need to pool resources in the acquisition just been discharged from
of the requisite ICT components in order —KNA
She said that such cases have caused an to bring all the judicial agencies at par.
overwhelming backlog thereby slowing
administration of justice for serious cases.

14 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

Administrator urges youth to shun violence Boost for Adagala

Kwale County Commissioner (CC) The administrator noted that the after rival quits race
Gideon Oyagi has called on the youth youth should exercise their right to
in the region to shun violence and in- vote wisely in the elections instead criminal gangs for political violence Kwale by Enock Amukhale withdrawals its candi-
tolerance during the August 9 General of being used by selfish politicians would not be countenanced. County dates in certain sections of
Election. to disrupt the exercise. “The youth Commis- @PeopleDailyKe Western Kenya to prevent
have a duty to denounce violence and The criminal group has been ac- sioner internal competition that
Oyagi advised the youth not to al- reject leaders who sow divisions and cused of moving around removing Gideon VihigaWoman Rep Bea- could give their rivals vic-
low themselves to be used by rogue disunity in pursuit of self-aggrandize- and defacing election posters and Oyagi ad- trice Adagala has received tory.
politicians to cause chaos during the ment,” he said. banners of certain candidates. dresses a boost after her rival,
elections. He urged the youths to steer the media Jackline Mwenesi, stepped “I have decided to sus-
clear of violence as it would in the The CC warned the youth against The county chief said the govern- in his of- down in her favour. pend my by ambition of
long run lead to anarchy and disunity being lured into criminal gangs by ment will not entertain the emer- fice. - KNA becoming Vihiga Women
in the country. unscrupulous politicians to beat up gence of criminal gangs as they not Mwenesi was cleared Rep and instead support
people and cause mayhem during the only threaten the safety of the people by the Independent my sister Beatrice Adagala
Oyagi called on the candidates run- elections. He said the security agen- but also their ‘ability to cast their votes Electoral and Boundar- for the seat under the Ke-
ning for various electoral seats, their cies were closely monitoring the ac- in the elections’. ies Commission (IEBC) to nya Kwanza Alliance,” said
supporters and the general public to tivities of an emerging criminal gang vie for the seat on Deputy Mwenesi.
be civil and peaceful in their activities. calling themselves ‘Weusi” (Black) in - KNA PresidentWilliam Ruto’s
Tiwi location of Matuga sub county. UDA. “What will we do if dep-
“The era of political violence is uty PresidentWilliam Ruto
long gone and we won’t tolerate “We are investigating the activities The move is part of the wins the presidency and
leaders under the guise of political ofWeusi and the emergence of such push by Amani National here inVihiga our rivals
campaigns to create unnecessary groups and those who are recruiting Congress chief Musalia Azimio have won sena-
tensions,” he said, adding that cam- and financing them,” he said, adding Mudavadi and his Ford tor, governor, women rep
paigns should be issue-based and not that the era of politicians employing Kenya counterpart Moses seats?” said Mwenesi.
personalised attacks. Wetang’ula that UDA

Ruto steps in to cool Malalah, Azimio affiliates
Khalwale feud in Kakamega
in Naivasha to
Deputy President moves to
defuse temperatures within hold joint rallies
the populous western Kenya
county battleground by Kirera Mwiti

by Dennis Lumiti Former Kakamega “Both Barasa and Malalah are ours Anangwe said such spats are com- @PeopleDailyKe
Senator Boni and, thus, you should decide on your mon in politics and expressed op-
@PeopleDailyKe Khalwale and his own who to vote for as governor. This timism that a ceasefire would be Azimio-One Kenya aspirants for vari-
successor Cleophas is a win-win situation,”Khalwale told reached. ous seats in Naivasha have agreed to hold
Deputy PresidentWilliam Ruto is spear- Malalah shake hands public rallies in Matungu constituency joint rallies ahead of the General Eection.
heading efforts to reconcile Kakamega sen- at a past event. PD/ in the presence of the senator. “These are common occurrences
ator Cleophas Malalah and his predecessor FILE in politics and I do not foresee any They noted that the disjointed cam-
Boni Khalwale following a fallout. Vehicle attacked trouble. Both Khalwale and Malalah paigns gave their opponents a better
KAKAMEGA The remarks drew ire from Malalah’s are ambitious politicians. But I am chance noting that this was the way to go
The duo is engaged in a bitter fight fol- BULL RING sure they will agree to work together,” in a bid to clinch a majority of the seats.
lowing claims they were secretly support- supporters who attacked Khalwale he said.
ing each other’s opponents. Kakamega senator and pelted his car with stones. Their move came as the aspirants
Cleophas Malalah and Malalah and Khalwale are also formed a lobby group and agreed to hold
Their differences came to the fore last predecessor Boni Khal- A section of politicians and analysts backing different candidates at the joint campaigns ahead of the August 9
week when Khalwale was attacked by irate wale in a love-hate spar had varied views when they spoke to constituency andWard levels. polls.
Malalah supporters after he declined to in the county, an issue the People Daily yesterday.
expressly voice his support for the sena- that threatens voter For instance, Khalwale has declined ODM parliamentary candidate in
tor’s bid to succeed Kakamega Governor turnout “The differences between Khalwale to publicly endorse businessmenVin- Naivasha Antony Rebo says the coalition
Wycliffe Oparanya. and Malalah have existed since the de- cent Mukhono and Khamis Butichi, faced stiff competition from their com-
Malalah’s supporters cision to force the former cede his bid who are the UDA and ANC candidates petitors.
Malalah’s supporters were irked after were irked after Khal- for governorship in favour of the lat- in his Ikolomani home-turf.
Khalwale, who is seeking to reclaim the wale, who is seeking to ter,” said Desterio Okumu, a political Rebo was, however, optimistic that
senate seat he held between 2013 and reclaim the senate seat commentator from the county. Neither does Malalah. Both are said they could make it if they worked as one
2017, asked crowds to decide their choice he held between 2013 to be secretly backing area MP Benard team as they moved to the ground.
for governor. and 2017, asked crowds He added: “And I do not foresee any Shinali who is allied to ODM of Azimio.
to decide their choice honest truce because the duo do not “We are keen to mobilise our support-
Malalah is the ANC candidate while for governor share any political chemistry. They “Shinali, Mukhono and Butichi are ers and vote for our Presidential candi-
Khalwale belongs to UDA, both affiliates have just been forced into this rela- all our sons. We should, thus, let them date Raila Odinga as our next president,”
of Kenya Kwanza Alliance of led by Ruto. tionship.” compete,” he told a public rally at Shi- he said on Sunday.
manyiro market in the constituency.
Impeccable sources told the People Daily But former Cabinet Minister Amu- Harmonise campaigns
yesterday that Ruto had summoned the kowa Anangwe disagreed saying there Malalah, who was present, did not He added that they were keen to har-
duo to Nairobi last evening for a truce. was no cause for alarm. also declare his support for any of the
Kenya Kwanza candidates. monise their campaigns and make them
“The Deputy President is not happy. He productive so that they could get more
has decided to step in and offer a solution,” votes.
said Benard Lukulu, the UDA candidate for
Idakho North MCA seat in Ikolomani. On her part, Eunice Mureithi who is
seeking theWoman Representative under
Night long meeting the UPF party said they had formed a lob-
Malalah is said to have held a night-long by group to assist in the joint campaigns.

meeting with his supporters who included Mureithi said that they were keen to
Kenya Kwanza candidates eyeing various work as one team, noting that Naivasha
seats in Kakamega at his Milimani resi- had been forgotten in representation in
dence on Wednesday night during which the coalition.
he expressed his frustrations in working
with the former senator. “We have appointed a representative
in the coalition board as we move in to
Khalwale is said to be supporting former conduct joint campaigns in the county,”
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company she said.
CEO Fernandes Barasa for the governor-
ship while Malalah is allegedly backing A Jubilee party official Eric Gichuki
Brian Lishenga for senate. warned that the move by various parties
in the coalition to front candidates for
Barasa and Lishenga are ODM candi- all seats posed a major threat and could
dates under Azimio-One Kenya Alliance. backfire on them.

Gichuki, who was appointed as the
lobby representative in the coalition,
called on the aspirants to streamline their
campaigns.

“We are deeply concerned by the num-
ber of aspirants from Azimio vying for the
same position and this gives our com-
petitor an upper hand,” he said.

Monday, June 20, 2022 JOHN GACHORA 15

Businesshub It is demand for dollars
that has increased since
the prices of imports
have gone up

BRIEFLY CBK to tighten noose on
foreign currency inflows

Review fuel tax if subsidy is Ongoing shortage of dollars there is panic in the market. of goods, were buying the dollar at more
scrapped, government told is triggering emergence of Importers and, specifically Kenya As- than Sh120 compared to the central
parallel exchange rate that bank’s official exchange rate of 116.81
PRICES: The move by the if the tax is not revised down- has seen lenders buying sociation of Manufacturers have said units as of Friday.
government to scrap fuel sub- wards. “It is on record that and selling well above the that they are buying dollars at a price far
sidy that has been cushioning the excessive prices trickle printed official rate higher than the one indicated by the cen- The lobby reckons that the volatility in
Kenyans from excessive fuel down to the ordinary citizens, tral bank on its website. This means that the exchange rate market has slowed dol-
prices since October 2021 most of whom lost their jobs, by John Otini people can bring dollars into the country lar trading among lenders or interbank
portends a gloomy economic closed down their businesses to take advantage of the spreads in the deals, further worsening the scarcity of
future for many Kenyans. and are making an attempt at @PeopleDailyKe forex market. the US currency.
readjusting their lives post-
Without the levy Kenyans Covid era,” he said. Currently, Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is seeking “There is currently a Sh7 spread be- Preferring silence
will pay up to sh184 for Super the government is collecting to tighten checks on foreign currency in- tween bank forex buy and sell rates. The exchange rate has long been a sen-
Petrol, Sh188 for diesel and Sh62.89 on every litre of petrol. flows into the country to fend off a paral- People are turning to do private forex sitive issue, with most players preferring
170 for a litre of Kerosene as In June the taxman collected lel forex market as importers complain of transfers/trades. They possibly want to silence for fear of reprisals from the Cen-
per the latest EPRA figures. Sh22.9 billion in fuel taxes dollar shortage. stop this,” said Ben Robert, CTO Liquid tral Bank.
Kenya Independent Petro- compared to the Sh7 billion Intelligent Technologies. Central Bank has in the past rebuked
leum Dealers Association is that was used in the subsidy The bank has issued a statement tell- Stanbic Bank Kenya after a research note
now petitioning the govern- programme.World Economic ing bank customers that from June 20 this Dollar shortage issued by its parent, South Africa’s Stan-
ment to revise the fuel taxes Forum warned recently that year, they will be required to show docu- The shortage of dollars has triggered dard Bank, said a parallel exchange rate
as a cautionary measure to food, fuel and energy costs will ments for every $10,000 they bring into was emerging in Kenya.
the expected rise in the next continue to rise in Kenya and the country. the emergence of a parallel exchange rate It forced Stanbic Bank Kenya to issue
month. According to the asso- many other countries due to that has seen lenders buying and selling a public statement distancing itself from
ciations chair Joseph Karanja, the Russia - Ukraine conflict. “Dear customer please note that effec- well above the printed official rate, the the research note, which said that “two
Kenyans will have to continue tive June 20, 2022, you will be required to manufacturers’ lobby has warned. FX rates have been developing in the
digging deeper in the pockets – Jacktone Lawi provide supporting documents for inward market.”
transactions above $10,000 or equivalent Kenya Association of Manufacturers
in other foreign currencies in line with said its members, the biggest importers
regulatory requirements,” a bank cus-
Microsoft to support digital tomer was told on Friday.

agricultural transformation The customer who received the mes-
sage went online to complain seeking an
STRATEGY: Microsoft has by one company, but through explanation, saying this limit was too low. New goldmine
reaffirmed its commitment to partnerships with the private
working with both the private sector and our partners in “I am curious what the point of this? A vendor in downtown Nairobi selling traditional vegetables which have
and public sectors to acceler- government for maximum Especially for such an amount. Won’t this become popular in the country due to their nutritional and medicinal values.
ate digital transformation in impact and benefit to the scare away investors? Guys in finance, Sourced from western Kenya, the indigenous vegetables which were in the past
African agriculture in order farmers of Africa,” he said. please help? Pros and cons of this? (As a largely perceived as foods of the poor are now a common delicacy in most urban
to increase food security for client this is annoying because its a small homes. PD/ KENNA CLAUDE
the continent. Speaking dur- Thule Lenneiye, the Coor- amount to provide supporting docu-
ing a virtual roundtable panel dinator, Agriculture Trans- ments) curious though, please explain,”
discussion on the topic, Mi- formation Office, Ministry the customer complained online.
crosoft Kenya Acting Country of Agriculture, Livestock,
Manager Kunle Awosika said Fisheries and Cooperatives NCBA chief executive John Gachora
the organisation is commit- said through partnerships says it is the demand for dollars that has
ted to continue investing in such as the one with Micro- increased since the prices of imports have
agritech on the continent, soft, the government can offer gone up. He rejected claims that forex sup-
with the goal of developing smallholder farmers valuable ply has reduced.
agritech that enables data- services that help them mod-
driven, precise and connected ernise and digitise age-old “If you look at the international mar-
farming that optimises yields, farming practices. kets, prices of commodities have doubled
boosts farm productivity and and prices of transportation have also
increases profitability. “We “It can also increase pro- gone up. Meaning that importers need
understand that these impor- ductivity and boost food secu- twice more than what they needed last
tant issues will not be solved rity for our communities and year,” Gachora.
country,” she added.
He also said that importers who think
– PD Reporter there are no dollars have been trying to
buy more than they need and as a result,

Taxman revs up measures ahead of June 30 returns filing

REVENUE: Kenya Revenue Friday. A notice to taxpayers also of not taking advantage of the facili- 3.07 million people who filed within
Authority(KRA) has revved up shows the taxman has extended its ties. The penalty for late filing and a similar period time last year with
strategies in readiness for high traf- working hours at service centres to late payment of income tax for indi- KRA saying it has been processing
fic ahead of the 2021 annual in- weekends and 6:30 pm on week- viduals is 5 per cent of the tax due or more than 200,000 filings daily.
come tax return where it expects days starting June 2 to June 30 to Sh2,000, whichever is higher.
over five million taxpayers to file by help taxpayers beat the deadline. The taxman is eyeing returns from
June 30, 2022, deadline. Daily filings more than 5.5 million taxpayers who
The centres, which normally Latest data from KRA shows that filed their tax returns for the year
InI n a carrot-and-stick approach, operate between 8am and 5pm, are 2020. This comes in the backdrop of
the taxman has extended working now working from 7 am to 6:30 pm more than 2.87 million taxpayers increased revenue collections with
hours at the physical and online to serve workers who were locked had filed returns by June 7 against KRA revealing that Sh1.46 trillion was
filling points ahead of the deadline out by the initial eight-hour shift. a target of 7.1 million. This is about collected between July 2021 and April
with Huduma Centres operat- 41 per cent of those targeted by the 2022, which is higher than the Sh1.42
ing from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to However, KRA is also making tax- taxman. This is less compared with trillion target. – Jacktone Lawi
payers know of the consequences

16 BUSINESS PICTORIAL PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

CUSTOMER REWARD: Titus Oboogi, Head of sales and BONUS DATA: Safaricom Head of Sales and Operations Nai- ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT: Emmanuel Chesire,

marketing, and Akshay Grover, Cellulant CEO demonstrate robi West and Mt Kenya, Jackson Mutua (right) and Safaricom Engineering Manager leads BAT Kenya team including
how consumers can sign up for Jambojet Rewards during Mobile Data Tribe Lead, Fawziah Ali flag off the Safaricom representatives from Nairobi City Water and Sewage, in
the signing of a partnership between the two firms to reward Nyakua 2.0 market launch in Nairobi. Safaricom has resumed planting 2,000 seedlings at Ndakaini Dam to mark the 2022
customers with over 600 discount vouchers. PD/JOHN OCHIENG the campaign unveiled earlier this year for customers to enjoy World Environment Day. BAT’s afforestation plan, Kijani,
100 per cent bonus data upon attaining their daily data targets. targets to plant at least two million trees a year as part of its
CHANGING commitment to drive environmental excellence.
LIFESTYLE:
HOW IT IS DONE: Devki Group chair Narendra Raval (2nd right) shows the process of
Tatua3
Ambassador iron production from raw iron ore to Kenya Power Manager, Power Systems Planning and
and Milele Development, Kennedy Ogalo, Manager Power Sales Margaret Kanini (right) and Business
FM presenter Development Officer Pauline Ekirapa during a visit to new Devki Steel Mill in Samburu, Kwale
Chris Da Base County. PD/ALICE MBURU
(left) hands
over a brand
new home
theatre to
Brenda Wanjira
Kaganjo from
Kiambaa for
winning the
Tatua Bonanza
Live Show
at the firm’s
headquarters
in Nairobi.
Brenda
intends to use
it for home
entertainment
purposes. PD/

GERALD ITHANA

FOR CHILDREN’S SAKE: Finsco Africa Ltd CEO John Mwaura flags off

the walk to celebrate International Day of the African Child at Mutundu
Primary School in Kiambu. Mwaura asked parents to help teachers
alleviate vices like drug and substances abuse so as to have a conducive
environment where children can access basic commodities. PD/ALICE MBURU

ENJOYING THE WIN: Alex Thuku (left) receives a dummy cheque for TRANSPORT FACILITATION: DT Dobie National sales Manager Mercedes-Benz buses Mathew Mbuko (right)

Sh250,000 by Lotto representative Mike Makori for winning the Boresha and Business Development director Dale Slee (2nd right) deliver Mercedes-Benz bus dummy key to Emma Miloyo
Maisha Na Lotto campaign mega draw at the firm’s headquarters in (secnd left) and Chris Naicca, directors of Kiota School which offers an integrated curriculum that borrows from
Nairobi. Alex who hails from Murang’a County plans to invest in his different systems, allowing educators to use several proven methods to assist students. PD/ALICE MBURU
farming business. PD/GERALD ITHANA

Monday, June 20, 2022 17

World News JOE BIDEN

As we confront the awful
reality of yet another gunman
massacring innocent people in the

name of hatred, racism, and fear

Europe swelters BRIEFLY

in June heat Biden calls on US to

A heavy metal music fan cools condemn slavery
off with water at a festival
in Clisson, western France. US President Joe Biden on Friday
Temperatures in both Spain and urged Americans to “acknowledge
France have broken records, and condemn the history of slavery”.
putting pressure on hospitals Biden, in a proclamation on June-
and energy grids. French teenth Day, also called upon the Unit-
officials forecast some areas will ed States to “recognize how the impact
reach 42C (107.6F) on Saturday. of America’s original sin remains. “
Scientists warn that climate This Juneteenth, we are freshly re-
change is making periods minded that the poisonous ideology
of intense heat strike more of racism has not yet been defeated
frequently and earlier in the -- it only hides,” he said. The federal
year, and be more severe. France holiday came a month after a white
is experiencing the country’s male fatally shot 10 African Americans
earliest recorded heat wave at a grocery store in Buffalo, NewYork
since records began in 1947, its in a racist attack. Prosecutors said the
meteorological agency said. BBC shooter’s motive “was to prevent Black
people from replacing white people
DRC welcomes military force and eliminating the white race and to
from region minus Rwandese inspire others to commit similar at-
tacks.” “As we confront the awful real-
ity of yet another gunman massacring
innocent people in the name of hatred,
racism, and fear,” said Biden. - Xinhua

Unending feud between with thousands of civilians displaced by DR CONGO regional military force but also announced Macron seeks to win
Kinshasa and Kigali ongoing fighting. Bunagana, a key strate- - RWANDA that Rwanda “is ready to send its men to this majority in election
resurrected after claims of gic town bordering Uganda, reportedly fell TIFF regional force.”
rebel arming on both sides into the hands of rebels Monday. Voting begun in France for the high-
Tensions con- As the two neighbors accused each other
KInshasa, Sunday Late Friday, the M23 claimed to have tinue running high of supporting rebels opposing respectively to stakes, second-round parliamentary
taken control of two more villages within in DRC’s north- each side, the two countries have gone from
The government of the Democratic the province’s Rutshuru territory. eastern North trading verbal blows to taking serious actions, election, with a surge in support for
Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it wel- Kivu province with and the bilateral relations are now on thin ice.
comes deployment of a new regional OnWednesday, Kenyan President Uhu- heavy fighting be- the left-wing alliance threatening re-
military force led by the East African Com- ru Kenyatta, who currently chairs the EAC, tween Congolese After shutting down all flights of Rwan-
munity (EAC), without the participation called for the immediate deployment of a soldiers and M23 dAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda, to the cently re-elected President Emmanuel
of Rwandan soldiers, to enforce peace new regional military force to try to stop rebels DRC soil, the DRC President Felix Tshisekedi
in provinces targeted by the rebels of the rebel violence in the eastern DRC, where decided Wednesday to ask its government Macron’s hopes for an outright major-
March 23 Movement (M23). dozens of armed groups have been active On Wednesday, to “suspend all protocol agreements, agree-
for more than two decades. Kenyan President ments and conventions” concluded with ity. Macron is facing a challenge from
Tensions continue running high in Uhuru Kenyatta, Rwanda.
DRC’s North Kivu with heavy fighting be- A meeting of regional commanders, who currently NUPES, a new left-wing alliance led
tween Congolese soldiers and M23 rebels which will be held Sunday in Nairobi, the chairs the EAC, The DRC closed its borders with Rwanda in
that have been on the offensive since late capital of Kenya,“should finalize the prep- called for the im- the South Kivu province (eastern DRC) from by former Socialist Jean-Luc Melen-
March and reportedly took control by force arations to undertake the deployment of mediate deploy- 3pm till 6am starting Friday after a Congolese
of multiple townships. the regional force,” said Kenyatta. ment of a new soldier was shot dead by the Rwandan army chon. The rejuvenated left is putting
regional military inside Rwandan territory earlier that day.The
Besides, relations between the two On Friday, in a statement written in Eng- force to try to stop Rwandan side accused the Congolese soldier up a fight as rampant inflation drives
neighbours are now on thin ice over Ki- lish, the francophone Kinshasa authorities rebel violence in of having fired indiscriminately at Rwandan
gali’s alleged hidden agenda to “occupy” said that they“welcomed” the deployment the eastern DRC security personnel and civilians. up the cost of living and sends shock-
Congolese resources by supporting the of the regional military force, but would
M23.Since late March, M23 has been on not“accept the participation of Rwanda in The two neighbours share complicated re- waves through the French political
the offensive in the North Kivu province, this joint force,” over Kigali’s alleged sup- lations since the Rwanda genocide in 1994,
port of the M23. In an interview with the as Rwandan Hutus accused of slaughtering landscape. In the first round of voting
French media France 24 Friday, however, Tutsis during the 1994 Rwanda genocide ar-
Rwanda’s top diplomatVincent Biruta not rived in eastern DRC. last Sunday, the two sides were neck-
only “supported” the deployment of the
- Xinhua and-neck with about 26 percent. In the

second round, the initial field of can-

didates in nearly all 577 constituencies

has been whittled down to two contes-

tants who go head-to-head. Macron’s

coalition hopes to win an outright

majority of 289 seats to carry out tough

reforms. - Xinhua

Afghan Sikh community demands protection after temple attack

Kabul, Sunday complex on Saturday and detonated Witnesses living close to the Hindus and Sikhs that still remain
before it reached the intended target. temple said they heard and felt the in Afghanistan; a community that
A member of Afghanistan’s Sikh impact of the massive blast, which once numbered approximately
community has appealed to the A spokesman for the commander was followed by automatic gunfire 200,000 members in Afghanistan in
international community to help of Kabul’s security forces said one as attackers entered the Gurudwara. the 1970s.
protect religious minorities in the Sikh worshipper was killed and a
country following an attack on the Taliban fighter also died during an “I live close to the Gurudwara Years of religious persecution and
Karteparwan Gurudwara – a Sikh operation to clear the temple of at- and was just getting ready for the conflict have forced many Afghan
temple – in Kabul that left at least tackers, according to news reports. day when I felt the loud explosion. Hindus and Sikhs to flee the coun-
two dead and three injured. I have never before felt anything so try, reducing their numbers to about
Details of Saturday’s attack, along strong,” a Sikh resident of Kabul, 7,000 by 2016, and now to a mere
The Taliban said in a statement with photos and videos of victims and who only wished to be identified as 140 who have chosen to remain
that a car laden with explosives was survivors, were shared with Al Jazeera Anita, told Al Jazeera. since the Taliban takeover of the
prevented from entering the temple by Sikh community members in Ka- country in August 2021. - Agencies
bul and living in exile abroad. Anita is among the estimated 140

18 PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

TWOINONE You It’s all about Life & Style

Think twice Ireignitedromance TIP OF THE
withmyexaftera WEEK
before saying breakfromwife
“More
yes to marriage marriages
might
During his Madaraka Day speech, Presi- survive if
dent Uhuru Kenyatta said, “Equally impor- the partners
tant to highlight is the threat to our tradi- realise that
tional values and the family as the basic sometimes,
unit of our society. The evolving face of the the better
Kenyan family is characterised in the 2019 comes after
census where families headed by single the worse.”
parents rose from 25.1 per cent in 2009 to
38.2 per cent in 2019.” That means about —Doug Larson
four out of 10 families today are single-
parent families.  Hi Achokis. I have been separation. I thought it was a at some point, but haven’t yet parent your children and pay some bills? More im-
married for six years good thing to do so as we give done so. I must confess my portantly, why are you separating? Is it that you have
I’m not against single-parenthood. As a and got two lovely each other space to sort our- feelings for her have been reached the end of the relationship and want out? Is
matter of fact, my heart goes out to those children. Last year, selves out. During this period, re-ignited, but there’s still it so that you can take time to cool off and look at
many single-mothers or fathers that are things were not going I bumped into my ex on social unfinished business with things from a different perspective? How long will
single-handedly raising their children. on well between my media. We started off by chat- my wife. I’m confused, what the separation be? Are you both on the same page,
Kudos to those who for one reason or an- wife and I. The worse ting online and then went on should I do? or is one thinking of moving on, while the other is
other realised that they can’t be together came to the worst early this to have long phone conversa- hopeful that things can be redeemed? 
as husband and wife, and have agreed to year when she asked for a tions. We even agreed to meet Gerald
co-parent. Much appreciation to those men Save your marriage first
who have decided not to be deadbeat dads, OUR TAKE... is that when they take a break from the relationship Based on the above, it is important that you and
but to be involved in their children’s lives or a separation in case of marriage, they usually
either in a co-parenting arrangement or as THE ACHOKIS don’t agree on a road map on what to do during this your wife establish the terms of your separation
single-dads.  break. first. What are you doing or hoping to achieve dur-
Thank you Gerald. Love and life can sometimes ing this time? Give this priority and only after all
One should not just get married or be be too complicated. And yes, though sometimes In the case of separation, the couple should effort to save the marriage has failed, can you think
forced into a marriage because they got the best thing to do is to separate for a while like probably take time to reflect on what could have of what next. In that case, your ex’s entry into your
a baby with someone if they don’t love or you did, the problem so often with many couples or been their contribution to the state of the marriage life at this point is dangerous. Dangerous in that you
want to settle down with them. One should instead of pointing fingers at each other. This pro- are still vulnerable, and are not in a space to make
also not be forced to stay in a marriage that cess of reflection is better done with the help of a a sober decision. If anything, it may jeopardise your
is toxic. It doesn’t help you or your children. professional counsellor, an independent party who chances of working on the things you need to work
In fact, it is more harmful than raising your can help both of you see things from an outside on towards reconciliation and restoration of your
child as a single-parent or co-parenting.  perspective.  marriage. This is because at this point, it’s easy to
see all the wonderful things about your ex and all
One should not take marriage lightly and Road map the bad things about your wife.
should enter it soberly as we are often ad- During this time of separation, it is prudent that
vised during weddings. Our young people,  
in particular, need to be mentored and you agree on certain things. What will be happening The writers are marriage and relationship coaches
coached well as far as relationship matters during this time of separation? How will you handle [email protected]
are concerned. They should not rush into your relationship seeing that you still need to co-
marriage or into trying marriage if they are
not adequately prepared for it.  And yes,
they need to be told true love waits.  If he re-
ally loves you, he will wait for you two to do
things right. 

There’s also need for those already mar-
ried to continually learn communication
and conflict resolution skills to help their
relationship. We should shed this notion
that we can sort ourselves and don’t need
any outside help as a couple. Seek therapy
as soon as possible, don’t wait for things
to get out of hand to seek help. Be part of a
marriage community, together with other
married couples where you can openly talk
about your issues and help each other.

MILLENIAL MIX WITH NJERI MAINA

Never make the mistake of being an imperfect victim

American actress Amber Heard’s and actor Johnny. Johnny said in a previous hearing that that it was a fair fight, where you start, but are up women who cannot fight back. Johnny’s victo-
Johnny Depp’s trial has been the topic of discus- he nicked the tip of his middle finger. He would thoroughly beaten, it is shameful to call yourself ry gives them hope that if their deeds ever catch
sion the world over. Feminists have taken Heard’s contradict himself in another incident by saying a victim. up to them, they might have a fighting chance
side while chauvinists are firmly on Johnny’s he had completely severed the finger and it had against the women they abuse. The women sup-
side. I am neither. I, however, strongly believe to be reattached. What is confusing, however is Why I feel that it is important to rehash these is porting Depp, are pick me women. They cannot
that Heard was abused. She, however was not that he did not immediately rush to hospital! He to show you that Heard is not the perfect victim, fathom how a young woman like Heard would
the perfect victim as she fought back. scrawled insults on mirrors using blood from his which is why it is so hard for people to believe dare raise a finger against Johnny, a man adored
finger, then dipped the finger in paint when he that she was abused. This is a case of someone by other men, instead of laying prostrate and
The money awarded to Johnny is not proof that ran out of blood, and then switched to lipstick. It who has the audacity to fight back when attacked. allowing him to beat her up to death even. They
he did not abuse Heard. If it is, then the two mil- is hard to scrawl anything with a severed finger. The question then stands, is reactive abuse, are enemies of female emancipation. But that
lion dollars that Heard was awarded in her defa- This means that he probably just nicked his fin- abuse? If you slap me, and I carve you with a is okay, Heard might have lost in court, but she
mation case against Johnny’s lawyer who said ger. knife, am I a victim of abuse despite not having won by highlighting just how backward and firmly
that she faked being abused, is proof that Johnny any marks to show that you started it, yet you chained to patriarchy we still are. We can only
abused her. What we have here is a complex case While many say Heard shouted at Johnny have marks to show that I retaliated? I am a vic- see in black and white and not in grey. And you
of two abusers bonded by mutual trauma. telling him to tell everyone he was a victim of do- tim of abuse despite having carved you. say you are a 21st century woman or man, yet you
mestic violence and see who would believe him, support abusive men?
It is important to note that Heard had plenty they conveniently forget to add that she argued Those who are supporting Johnny are closeted
of evidence to show she was abused. So did abusers. They are chauvinists who love beating

Monday, June 20, 2022/ PEOPLE DAILY TOP SHELF FACTS 19

Ten 3. NIGERIA 6. CHILE

Super Eagles crashed out of the race Chile had an interesting narrative
to qualify for the World Cup after drawing while trying to qualify for World Cup
1-1 with Ghana’s Black Stars and losing through ‘back door’. Chile’s lodged a
on aggregate. Ghana opened scoring in complaint against Ecuador player Byron
the 10th minute from a Thomas Partey Castillo to Fifa alleging that he had false
shot outside Nigeria’s box that Francis birth certificate, false age declaration and
Uzoho failed to deal with. Parity was false nationality - was actually Colombian
restored when Denis Odoi brought down and his nationalisation with Ecuador was
Ademola Lookman in the 18-yard-box fraudulent. The Chilean national team,
which resulted in a penalty for Nigeria which finished seventh behind Colombia,
after a VAR check. William Ekong had hoped that if they were given the
dispatched it, sending the goakeeper 6 points from the two matches that
the wrong way. Ghana held on for all Castillo played against them, they would
of the second half and booked a return advance to the World Cup qualification
to the World Cup after their 2018 miss. zone. However, Chile lost the bid after
Nigeria have appeared in the finals of Fifa dismissed the charges levelled
the World Cup on six occasions, the against Castillo. Chile have appeared in
first being in 1994 where they reached nine World Cup finals to date, which were
the second round. Their sixth and most in 1930, 1950, 1962 (which they hosted)
recent appearance at the finals was 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010 and 2014.
the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Their best performance was in 1962,
where they finished in third place.

Top teams 4. EGYPT 7. IVORY COAST
to miss
World Cup Africa’s most successful footballing nation Cameroon ended Ivory
has an unhappy relationship with the World Coast’s World Cup campaign
After Costa Rica pipped New Zealand 1-0 last Tuesday to Cup; Egypt have qualified on three occasions with a 1-0 win in their much-
seal the final slot of the 32-team World Cup showpiece in but have not won at the finals and lost all hyped West African showdown
Qatar, SAMUEL KARIUKI looks at some of the prominet three matches in Russia last time. While they in Cameroon. Karl Ekambi’s
teams which will be missing in action at the global event have internationally acclaimed star Mohamed first-half goal settled the tense
Salah to their advantage, Senegal beat them Group D decider as Ivory Coast
1. ITALY on penalties to reach the World Cup at their lost the game and the lead
expense. Egyptian authorities blamed the of the group right at the end.
Italy is one of the most successful national misfortunes of the national team on racism Despite producing great stars in
teams in the history of the World Cup, having won and offensive banners in the stands against international football including
four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer the Egyptian players especially Salah who Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba and
than Brazil. The team was present in 18 out of the was targeted with dozen lasers by Senegalese Salamon Kalou, the two-time
22 tournaments, reaching six finals, a third place fans. As a result, he missed a crucial penalty Africa champions will miss their
and a fourth place. Despite winning eight matches that saw Egypt knocked out of the World Cup second straight World Cup after
in their group, the European champions ended by Senegal. They said that the crowd also also failing to make it to 2018
up drawing half of the matches to finish second intimidated the players by throwing bottles and World Cup in Russia. Ivory Coast
behind Switzerland, in a group that also consisted rocks to them during the pre-match warm-up. have appeared in the finals of the
of Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania. They World Cup on three occasions
settled for a place in the semi-final play-offs with 5. ALGERIA in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
New Macedonia but after a lackluster play they lost
in the 92 minute. Algeria, who had won the first leg of the 8. PARAGUAY
World Cup qualifiers in Cameroon 1-0, were left
crestfallen after Cameroon striker Karl Ekambi Paraguay lost to Peru 2-0 in the last round of South American qualifiers
netted a spectacular cross to win the match 2-1 to miss their World Cup spot bid. They had put a spirited fight throughout the
deep into extra time. Algeria have appeared in the campaign where, at some point they punched Ecuador ticket to Qatar with a
finals of the FIFA World Cup on four occasions 3-1 win. They finished the 10-team round-robin competition with 24 points,
in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014. They have once one ahead of Colombia. Paraguay have appeared in the finals of the World Cup
qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the on eight occasions, the first being in 1930, where they finished in 9th position.
round of 16 in 2014 before losing to Germany. 32 Their last participation in the tournament was in 2010, where they reached the
years before, Algeria nearly qualified to the second quarter-finals for the first time.
round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both
West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial
match between West Germany and Austria wound
up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria
qualified for the first time into the round of 16.

2. HUNGARY 9. GREECE

Twice beaten World Cup finalists, Hungary, Spain eliminated hosts Greece from the World Cup qualifiers through a
who were ranked 41st in the world prior to the penalty by Pablo Sarabia in the 27th minute during their match at Athens.
World Cup draw, had a poor qualifying campaign. Greece showed inability to create goal chances and a flurry of activity
They finished fourth in Group I, behind England, in the latter stages of the game was not enough. The Greece national
Poland and Albania. Hungary have appeared in football team have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on three occasions,
the finals of the FIFA World Cup on nine occasions, in 1994, 2010 and 2014. During their debut in 1994 in the United States,
the first being at the 1934 where they reached the Greece suffered a crushing 4-0 defeat to Argentina.
quarter-final. They have been runners-up on two
occasions, in 1938 and 1954.They have failed to 10. TURKEY
qualify for the FIFA World Cup since 1986.
Turkey’s hope to qualify for World Cup was cut short by Portugal who
scored 3-1 past the visitors. Italy who had also been dropped from the
race to Qatar consoled themselves with a 3-2 win over Turkey. Both
countries were eliminated from contention for the tournament in
Qatar after suffering defeats in their playoff semi-finals which, had
they won, would have pitted them against each other for a World Cup
berth. Turkey have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on two
occasions; 1954 and 2002 where they finished third on both occasions.

20 PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022
PD/CROW MOTION
Spice Flavour your day
@EparisImou

CANDID
DISCOURSE

Art has for ages been used as a medium to confronted with a tragedy that Ben Tekee
they realise there was a problem during the
express feelings, emotions and anything else and the response is always “we play as Prof
in between. Recently, playwright Fred Mbogo wouldn’t have guessed there Munanda
staged a play dubbed The Dying Need No was a problem. We didn’t know.” with Clare
Shoes, which was laced with heavy messages Wahome as
that pertains the people’s mental well-being, There are instances where we Purity.
explores Imou Eparis might not know how to speak
about mental health, but one
The month of May carried live band musical theatre show way to speak about it is through FRED MBOGO it was by having some of us on stage. Irungu commented.
with it jaw dropping per- that doubled as an artistic tribute theatre. I think the assistant director really The Dying Need No Shoes has
formances that would for a key member of the group I am just pointed it out. It gave that inclusivity
have left anyone at the who passed away just when the “Mental health month really telling a story. When and relatability to the story,” Mary stood the test of the time. The play
edge of their seat. Being group was preparing to launch means a lot, because we all suffer you tell a story, Irungu, an audience told Spice. has been around for over a decade
a mental health month, an album. The show was one way from something. And we all really and you are not now, and has been staged several
it hosted a vast number that the band members chose to need that mental head space, necessarily telling The play was a two hander, that is, times before at the KNT.
of shows that either directly or seek closure and deal with the which we must give time to in someone to change it only had two actors in Ben Tekee
indirectly touched on mental death. order to understand and to get to how they think (Prof Munanda) and Clare Wahome “This is an old play. Because of the
health. Shows such as Backstreet know who we are,” says theatre about something, (Purity). Mbogo believes this en- ageing of the play, a few things might
told a story of love and loss with a Caught unawares director Alacoque Natome. you are just telling hanced the detail and ensures qual- need rebooting because the internet
twist. It showed clearly the impli- Mental health is a problem a story ity. The theatrical piece told the story has really changed things. But the
cations of what death could do to What a better way to wrap up of Purity, 21, a university student that bigger issues still exist; you know
those left behind and the effects that has for a long time been the month than through Fred gets into a heated argument with her for example incest, GBV and ‘sex for
of war on the minds and lives of overlooked. Many people are in Mbogo’s The Dying Need No father who just saved her from dying marks’ in the university are still rife.
soldiers. many instances caught unawares Shoes. The performance was by suicide. Even if it is an old play, these things
that family members or friends staged at the Kenya National still exist, still valid and relevant. In
Then came Dzaddylutions, a are depressed and in need of as- Theatre (KNT) in Nairobi and had Elephant in the room fact, I have been accused of being a
sistance. It is only when they are a unique set up; they had some of The two then get into a heated one hit wonder or should I say writ-
the audience members sit on the er? I have written other plays, just
stage as the play was staged. argument that slowly reveals the not as popular as this one,” intimates
family secrets they hid within them Mbogo, the playwright.
“I really enjoyed how inclusive and their troubling relationship.
The play touched on various topics He further says that for him, it’s all
Fred Mbogo A scene on The Dying that often our societies tend to shun about telling a story that would bring
Need No Shoes. upon, which included incest, gender- an impact in a positive way.
based-violence (GBV), ‘sexually
transmitted marks’ (common with He says in conclusion, “I am just
campus students) and the effect of telling a story. When you tell a story,
death on those left behind. and you are not necessarily telling
someone to change how they think
“I extremely enjoyed the play. I about something, you are just telling
want to sit down with the writer and a story. There is pleasure when you
ask him how he thought all this out. are telling a story and there is plea-
It was mind blowing! Beyond that it’s sure in listening to it. When it starts
something everyone can relate to, being used for impact, for shedding
because chances are that you have light on certain things, then that is
dealt with some form of mental ill- another whole world. And the first
ness or mental health issues,” Mark thing I ask myself when I want to tell
a story is, “is it a valid story?”

CAMPORAGE What a rude realisation! tarmacking for jobs. He could even
employ some of them and this made
With Adalla Allan but instead utilised it to start a ness than his class time. At his formality”. He never saw the sig- him confident as a boss that he could
business. second semester of the third nificance of holding that degree rule even those with more education
For over a decade, Ericsson academic year, he started doing that he had invested in since his than him. With time, he became a
Karanja (not his real name) has Together with his other little some deferments as money was early education. Karanja would distinguished businessman in town.
not finished his degree course savings and support from friends becoming more sweeter than come to school daily when his
that could have taken him just and family, he bought a pool ta- studies, and he could no longer classmates were in session, but So recently, Karanja was eyeing
three years to complete. When ble. Since that was the business sit for lectures for more than an since his flourishing businesses for a seat in the forthcoming General
he got to campo, he was a typical gap at the learning institution. hour when business deals were used to get him honey and butter, Election. After splashing millions
broke comrade who could only The business picked and Karanja out there waiting for him. he never attempted to step into of his money on the campaigns, he
afford one meal a day. Regard- added more pool tables not only the classroom. was confident that nothing could
less, Karanja had a big dream of in that institution, but also in oth- He used to affirm that, “At the stop him from clinching the big seat.
becoming a prominent business- er several learning institutions end of the day, we all go to school As time went by, his class- However, the electoral commission
man. When he got his first Higher within the locality. With time, so that we can make money after mates graduated, but that didn’t came in at the last, pointing out that
Education Loans Board (Helb) Karanja became a celebrated graduation. But for me, I have hit him hard as he saw how com- the candidate is disqualified from
loan, Karanja—who came from business mogul that made him already known how to fish, so no rades suffered after graduation the race simply because he has no
an disadvantaged background— give more attention to his busi- need for papers. They are just for on the hassles and bustles of degree. Well, up to date, Karanja has
didn’t think of spending it ki- not forgiven himself for the state-
holela with some campus lasses, ment he used to make saying that
degree papers are worthless.

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY 21

Clique & Clicks GetSpotted

JUST GOT REEL Kenya Film
Commission
CEO Timothy
Owase.

by Gerald Ithana and marketing the Kenya’s film industry lo-
cally and internationally to make the country
The Kenya Film Commission (KFC) recent- a global hub for film production. Present
ly held its first filming location launch during were ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru,
the three days of the 5th annual Kalasha Film KFC chief executive officer Timothy Owase,
and TV Market at the Kenyatta International Zimbabwean film producer Meso Maviri and
Convention Centre’s (KICC) helipad in Nai- South African filmmakers Ezy Onyango, Ap-
robi. Dubbed “Identifying Filming Locations”, pie Matere and Mpho Twala.
the event aimed at developing, promoting
PD/GERALD ITHANA

Filmmakers Ezy
Onyango, Appie
Matere and
Mpho Twala.

Film producer Meso Maviri with ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru gives
Faith Dube. his remarks.

Sarakasi Dancers show how
to pull some moves.

Add to the range

East African Breweries Ltd’s Faith Nyambura and Joel Kamau. by Faith
Kyoumukama

Kenya Breweries
Ltd recently
marked another
milestone with the
introduction of two
new Tanqueray
variants; Rangpur
and Royale
that adds to its
vast portfolio of
alcoholic brands.
The launch that
was held at the
Winning Post,
Ngong Racecourse
in Nairobi saw
performers on
stage such as Sauti
Sol’s Polycarp and
Chimano (who
performed songs
from his latest
album Heavy Is The
Crown).

PD/ALEX MBURU

PR consultant Anyiko Owoko. EABL innovations director Sauti Sol’s Polycarp aka Fancy Act of the night Chimano
belts out the tunes.
Anne-Joy Michira. Fingers does what he knows best.

22 PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

Your Health It matters

Tricky to diagnose, Mary Alamak in her
the disease is more homestead in Kongelai
location, West Pokot
prominent during County. PD/CLIFFORD
drought seasons and is
fatal if left untreated in AKUMU
over 95 per cent of cases.

It is characterised by
irregular bouts of fever,
weight loss, enlargement
of the spleen and liver,

and anaemia

My battle and triumph over SIMON BOLO

trickster disease - Kala azar Leishmaniasis
in all its
by Clifford Akumu from Uganda traders that cross the border to untreated and is the second deadliest parasitic forms affects Most of the kala-azar endemic areas in
Kacheliba Market on Thursday’s to sell their killer in the world after malaria. Symptoms, the poorest the county have huge number of anthills.
@PeopleDailyKE produce,” she begins. include prolonged fever, enlarged spleen and people in the
liver, substantial weight loss and progressive community. PD/CLIFFORD AKUMU
At 7am, the sun rises over Kongelai Alamak is a survivor of a little-known para- anaemia.
village in Rairiwo Ward, West Pokot sitic disease, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also DR SULTANI making numerous stops on the hilly and low-
county. known as kala-azar disease, which is endemic “Leishmaniasis in all its forms affects the land terrains of the region.
The soft light seeps through the in the region. poorest people in the community and affected We have
indigenous trees that surround regions are often remote and unstable—with to think of how She was two months pregnant.
Mary Alamak’s homestead draw- She is not alone. A number of Kongelai limited resources for treating the disease,” we are going to “I could not climb the hills. Every time I
ing golden lines on the barren residents have suffered from VL-a neglected said Bolo. start replacing got tired and took time off to rest, my nose
landscape as I arrive for a chat. tropical disease locally known as termes. external funding bleeding did not stop. It took me seven hours
Alamak recounts her psychological bur- with progressive to reach the hospital,” she says while in deep
Alamak, 48, is busy in her make-shift Children most affected den with kala-azar, a disease caused by funding in thought.
kitchen (a fire place consisting of three stones) Simon Bolo, head of Leishmaniasis Access Leishmania parasites that are transmitted order to have At the hospital the doctor took her in for an
right next to her mud-walled house preparing by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sustainable examination and as he touched her stomach
breakfast for her five children. at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initia- sandflies. programmes. to figure out what was ailing her, she hap-
tive(DNDi)— a not-for-profit research and pened to mention that her husband too had
Soon, she will be out in the rugged hills, development organisation, says an estimated Her emotional distress started back in 2009, previously suffered from similar symptoms,
with her last born strapped on her back and a 900,000 to 1.3 million new cases of Leishma- when she fell sick while pregnant. which turned out to be Kala-azar. It is that
tribe of 12 goats looking for pasture and water niasis are recorded every year globally. revelation that helped the doctor point out
10 kilometers away at Swam River. “I had continuous bouts of fever, headache, what was really making her sick. She too had
The Leishmaniasis country profile— 2016 constant coughs and belly pains. I used to liter- Kala-azar.
Swam River is located at the border of for Kenya published by World Health Organisa- ally pour water all over my body while sleeping “My husband had informed me about the
North and West Pokot and serves residents of tion (WHO) in August 2020 had only 692 cases to cool if off. I could not cover myself with a long needle that was used to ‘stab’ his abdo-
Kongelai and Kacheliba locations. and no data about age was available. In 2019 blanket at night,” she narrates sipping her men when testing and the excruciating pain
there were 1,463 cases reported. morning tea next to the fire place. associated with the numerous injections
Kongelai, where she comes from, has administered in the treatment of kala-azar. I
suffered prolonged drought and animals are In Kenya, VL is endemic mainly in arid and Trekking to hospital couldn’t imagine myself undergoing that hor-
dying. The drought has been worse this year. semi-arid regions of West Pokot, Baringo, Initially, she thought it was the usual morn- rific experience,” Alamak recalls.
Two months ago, she lost eight goats. Isiolo, Marsabit, Turkana, Kitui, Garissa and Bolo says one of the key challenges in VL
Wajir counties. ing sickness as a result of the pregnancy. In management is late diagnosis. However,
“It is difficult to get food and pasture for March 2010 things became worse. through the use of rapid diagnostic technol-
our animals. The little food we have, we buy Bolo explains that kala-azar is fatal if left ogy, the process has now been improved for
Her weight fell from 80 kilogrammes to 45 patients’ experience. “We used to have very
Mary Alamak, prepares kilogrammes in a matter of weeks. She feared invasive diagnostic method for VL confirma-
breakfast on a makeshift for her life and that of the baby. tion. However, four endemic countries, Kenya
kitchen outside her house as included, are already implementing the rapid
her son looks on. PD/CLIFFORD “The fever was too much at night, I could not diagnostic test technology,” Bolo said.
sleep inside the house,” she tells People Daily.
AKUMU Alternative diagnosis
She started sleeping in a nearby thicket, Luckily, for Alamak’s case, the doctor pre-
because of the high fever at night, but that too,
did not work. She soon resorted to herbal rem- scribed alternative testing and treatment.
edies, but nothing changed. “After conducting a rapid diagnostic test, the

Soon, she started experiencing recurrent doctor confirmed I had kala-azar,” she says.
nose bleeding.

Her health condition had worsened prompt-
ing her to seek treatment at the Kacheliba
District Hospital where she was tested for
malaria, brucellosis and even HIV.

Surprisingly, all the tests turned out nega-
tive. The doctor prescribed antimalarial tablets
for two weeks, but nothing changed.

“The doctor thought it was malaria or
typhoid. I bought Paludrine (an antimalarial
drug) at Sh600, which she took for two weeks,”
she narrates.

She went back to Kacheliba District Hospital
for further consultation.

The hospital is seven kilometers away from
her village. Without any means to reach the
Hospital, she would trek for hours on end

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY 23

SYMPTOMS KALA AZAR BRIEF
IN NUMBERS
Prolonged What you need to know
fever 1 in 7-people about pancreatitis

Enlarged worldwide live in by Dr Karan Gandhi specializes in the digestive
spleen and leishmaniasis endemic system. The pancreas is a
liver areas @PeopleDailyKE “nasty and unforgiving or-
gan”, the more you prod it the
Substantial Progressive 616 Mand431M- What causes the inflamma- more vicious it gets. The best
weight loss anaemia tion in the pancreas? approach is to support the
number of peopleat risk patient by managing the pain,
Usually fatal of VL and CL infections Pancreatitis occurs when give intravenous therapy as
if untreated respectively digestive enzymes become you monitor the pancreas
activated while still in the and give it time to repair it-
GRAPHIC: PATRICK OKUNA 900 000to1.3 pancreas, irritating the cells self. The doctor can perform
of your pancreas and the tis- an endoscopic procedure,
million cases are sue around it causing inflam- or surgery to remove a gall-
diagnosed yearly mation. The main causes of stone, a blockage, or dam-
pancreatitis are gall stones aged part of the pancreas,
14000- number which can become lodged or the tissue surrounding it.
in the pancreatic duct and If the pancreas is not func-
of people who die due to cause inflammation and tioning well, supplemental
leishmaniasis heavy alcohol intake. More enzymes and insulin will be
rare causes, include medica- administered. Antibiotics are
50 – 70-percentage tions, trauma, infection and not necessary during the first
abdominal surgery. In some week as the disease is in-
of children with visceral cases the cause is unknown. flammatory, not an infection.
leishmaniasis cases
What are the symptoms of Can pancreatitis be pre-
57-percentage of the pancreatitis? vented?

disease that Eastern Africa Acute pancreatitis symp- The best way to prevent
accounts for on the globe toms include pain in the up- pancreatitis is to have a
per part of the belly that ra- healthy lifestyle. Avoid al-
30,000 to 40,000- diates the back, tenderness cohol, get regular exercise,
when touching the abdomen, maintain a healthy weight,
new annual cases in East fever, rapid pulse, nausea stop smoking and reduce
Africa, which harbours and vomiting. fatty foods. Sometimes re-
highest burden of VL moving the gallbladder might
worldwide How is pancreatitis diag- be recommended to avoid
nosed? repeat gallstones.
FORMS OF KALA AZAR Visceral leishmaniasis; is fatal if left Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: leads to
untreated. Most cases occur in Brazil, partial or total destruction of mucous The doctor can make a Is pancreatitis fatal?
Cutaneous leishmaniasis; causes skin Eastern Africa and in South-East Asia. membranes of the nose, diagnosis of pancreatitis Those with severe pancre-
lesions, mainly ulcers, on exposed parts of mouth and throat. based on a physical examina- atitis are more likely to have
the body. tion and taking the patient’s life-threatening complica-
history. Blood tests are done tions, such as infection of
She was admitted at the Kala-azar Treat- the endemic areas. He further decries the low contain the situation” said Nyeris. to measure the levels of two the pancreas, bleeding in
ment Ward at Kacheliba District Hospital for supply of drugs to manage kala-azar. “There Major donor budget cuts, indirect ef- digestive enzymes (amylase
treatment. are times the drug supply goes down here at and lipase) produced by the the damaged pancreas,
Kacheliba District Hospital that treats and care fects of the Covid-19 pandemic are putting pancreas. In addition, heart, lung or kidney
In April 2010, Alamak was further put on an for Kala-azar patients for free. Few months tens of thousands of lives of Kala-azar ultrasound and CT failure from spreading
initial intravenous dosage of Amphotericin B, ago, the facility depleted its stock and we were cases across Eastern Africa at risk in scans provide im- infection, or if the pan-
an antifungal medication used for serious fun- advised to seek help at Amudat District in countries where the disease is endemic. ages of the pancreas, creas leaks toxins into
gal infections and leishmaniasis, under close Uganda,” notes Alamak lingering with a scowl gall bladder and bile the blood.
medical supervision. By end of May the same on her face. Dr Sultani Matendechero, Head of duct that can show
year, she had gained 20 more kilogrammes. Kenya National Public Health Institute abnormalities. The writer is a
1, 463 (Kenya CDC) emphasised on the need for Hepatobiliary
“I went back and continued with my house- African countries to start being self-reli- What is the treat-
hold activities. Further tests conducted five Number of leishmaniais cases re- ant in order to ensure a sustainable elimi- ment for pan- and Gastro-
months later confirmed that I was free of ported in Kenya in 2019 by the World nation of NTDs. creatitis? intestinal
kala-azar,” she says. Health Organisation. Surgeon at
“We have to think of how we are going Treat-
“I meet with the patients and teach them Nyeris urged the Vector Borne Disease to start replacing external funding with ment of the Aga
about the importance of proper hygiene and Control Unit at the Ministry of Health need progressive funding in order to have sus- pancre- Khan
sanitation, how to adhere to their medication to set up more Kala-azar treatment centres tainable programmes. This will prevent atitis Univer-
and emerging issues on Kala-azar, Covid-19 across the county to manage the numbers. us from going back to zero,” he said at should be sity Hos-
pandemic among others,” said Isaac Nyeris, a “We also urge the Ministry of Health to help us a three-day Global Summit on NTDs handled pital.
community health mobiliser based at Kache- set up more testing and treatment sites across organised by the END (Ending Neglected by a doc-
liba District Hospital and deals with all disease the county for the management of kala-azar to Diseases) Fund recently. tor who
outbreaks-mainly Kala-azar.
“Kala-azar is a very dangerous disease
Nyeris teaches the locals every Tuesday and it’s not easily recognised. I urge peo-
and Thursday on emerging issues about the ple to go for early diagnosis for those who
neglected diseases. are still not sure,” Alamak said in ending.

Prolonged drought NUTRITION WITH WINNIE WANGARE

Kala-azar epidemics are aggravated by Men, here is what is missing from your plate
climatic conditions, co-infections, such as HIV,
and population displacement, such as large A healthy diet provides men and fending for their families amid the Men should also increase their
refugee movements during conflicts. their bodies with all of the nutrients high cost of living, leaving them intake of potassium and iodine,
they require for optimum health, with no time to get vitamin D. lucky both of which are commonly de-
Nyeris says the disease is more prominent including micronutrients like min- for them, vitamin D is richly avail- ficient in their diets. Potassium is
during drought seasons between the months erals and vitamins, macronutrients able in foods such as meat, oily present in bananas and avocadoes,
of April and August. He explains that the sand- like fat, carbohydrate, and protein, fish such as salmon, dairy, eggs, and it helps your cells use glucose
flies multiplies and since livestock migrate to as well as water and fiber. However, and mushroom. Another essential for energy. Iodine, on the other
look for pasture, the flies bite people, infecting men often find this a difficult en- element missing from your plate is hand, aids in the production of thy-
them. “In February 2022, the hospital reported deavor, especially those who eat to magnesium. This mineral is cen- roid hormones T3 and T4, which are
about 70 patients with Kala-azar. In the first fill their stomachs rather than meet tral to more than 300 processes in crucial in regulating how you burn
week of March, we recorded about 20 patients. nutritional needs. your body, and its insufficiency is calories. Iodine deficiency is linked
This number might go up or reduce, it de- linked to the risks of a heart attack. to weight gain and continuous wea-
pends, “he noted. Among the valuable elements Men only consume about 80 per riness. Milk, eggs, and yogurt are
that might be lacking in your diet is cent of the recommended daily good sources of iodine for males.
Kala-azar is endemic in the lowland regions vitamin D, a powerful vitamin that magnesium despite its importance. Getting these vitamins and miner-
of West Pokot, including Kitelakapel, Serewo, strengthens the skeleton while Men can meet their magnesium als can help men combat common
Kalemregai, Kakurun and Naktobar. Many reducing inflammation in the arter- requirement through food sources diseases and disorders, allowing
patients come from central Pokot too. ies. This vitamin is freely available like leafy vegetables, whole grains, them to live longer and healthier
from ultraviolet B rays from the nuts, dried beans, and legumes. lives.
Most of the kala-azar endemic areas in the sun, but most men are usually busy
county have a huge number of anthills and
indigenous tree species, such as Sese, Ak-
waakwa and Tuyuwo that have holes harbour-
ing the sand flies.

Nyeris notes that the Ministry of Health and
partners in the Neglected Tropical Diseases
(NTDs) space need to create awareness on
integrated vector management and control in

24 PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

Take Off Guru RANDOM SENSE

Amina Juba (centre in go fishing. W I T H E V E LY N M A K E N A @evemake_g
black hijab) joins fishing “We also did not have fishing boats and
stakeholders at the beach. Refugees face
PD/MALEMBA MKONGO we had to accompany men or wait until uncertainty as
they came back, then use their boats,” camps are set
Lamu woman dares she notes. to close
deep sea to turn her
family’s economic tide However, their persistence in the fish- Every minute, numerous people
ing industry forced the men to change around the world flee their homes
AminaJuba, popularly known as MamaPweza,dified cultural traditions to their mindset and embrace them and due to conflict and persecution. In
take up fishing after her husband, the sole breadwinner, left her. Now she with time, they allowed them to use their addition to conflict, natural disasters
has changed her fortunes while challenging the status quo by venturing into boats and gave them any assistance they caused by climate change such as
what is considered a man’s job required during the operations. droughts, floods and earthquakes
are forcing people to seek refuge in
By Malemba Mkongo around the world and their contribution to MAMA PWEZA Their efforts attracted the attention of other countries. On this World Refu-
household incomes and communities can- fishing stakeholders including the County gee Day marked on June 20, many
@PeopleDailyKe not be overlooked. We government of Lamu and non-govern- of the refugees hosted in Kenya face
came mental organisations who came to their uncertainty as the country targets to
T he Lamu archipelago is well known And in Lamu, Mama Pweza is among together aid by providing two fishing boats to the close Kakuma and Dadaab camps by
for its longest established and the 137 pioneering women of Pate as a group women’s group. the end of this month. Kenya, which
best-preserved traditional Swahili who beat the culture to ride a boat every of women hosts one of the largest refugee
settlement in Kenya. Foreigners morning to fish. and our Mama Pweza says the stakeholders populations in the world announced
and locals travel to this calm side initial plan further educated them on best fishing their intention to close the camps in
of the country to enjoy its sandy Rising against all odds was to just practices. 2016 over insecurity concerns. The
beaches and exquisite Swahili Mama Pweza shares how in 2017, her ish. But Kenyan authorities and the United
cuisines. we realised “We also travelled to Madagascar Nations Refugee Agency agreed on a
husband who was the sole provider left her we could where we met our fellow women do- roadmap to close the camps by June
But while most of the visitors and some and their five children. With no source of actually ing great in the industry and learnt how 30, 2022.
residents enjoy their sweet sleep at dawn, income, life was unbearable for the family ish and women are involved in fishing. The trip
you will find a number of women includ- and they really struggled to put food on the sell the changed my perspective on fishing and I QUICKFIGURES
ing Amina Juba popularly known as Mama table. commodity started thinking on how I could commer-
Pweza in the ocean doing what has been cialize it,” she says. 400,000
considered masculine for years—fishing. “I struggled to feed my children and
paying school fees for them. We lived from Beyond the horizon refugees hosted at Kakuma and
For decades, fishing has been considered hand to mouth as I thought my husband And once back in Lamu, she started Dadaab camps
a “manly” job and only a fraction of women would eventually come back,” she says.
not only in Kenya, but the entire region dared implementing the fishing plans such as 26.6M
to venture, may be due to the risks involved. However, after a long wait, she chose to zoning of fishing areas, while at the same
stop the pity-party, turn around her miser- time strategising how to go about the Globally, there
However, for few years now, Mama Pweza ies and be a provider her children expected business. were 26.6 million
and her fellow women at Pate Island are her to be. The only available work in the refugees as of 2021
breaking the norms by venturing into com- island was fishing. However, her dream had to be put on
mercial fishing and aside from changing the hold after facing myriad of challenges. 85%
industry perceptions, the economic impact in “We came together as a group of women “The Island was not connected to elec-
their households is evident. and our initial plan was to just fish. But we tricity, therefore there were no means of of refugees are
realised we could actually fish and sell the storing fish. Whatever we fished, we had hosted in developing
Previously, the few women who fished did commodity, and that is how we took the to sell it immediately and domestically countries
so strictly for domestic purposes and utilised challenge,” she says. use the remaining ones, “she notes.
every fish caught for home usage. They never 39%
went deep into the ocean and only fished at At first, it was difficult for the men to ac- However, in September 2021, the Is-
the shores of the ocean since their demand cept women going to the deep seas. Also, land was connected to the much needed of all refugees are
was low. fishing takes place during the night or at electricity grid, which in return opened it hosted in 5 countries
dawn and it was a challenge for her as a to wider range of opportunities.
But today, more than 50 million women woman to leave her children behind and 20
are involved in fisheries and aquaculture For Mama Pweza, she was finally able Every min-
to set up her fish selling shop where ute, 20 people
she buys fish from other fishers and sell are displaced
to major buyers from Lamu town and from their
beyond as she has adequate storage homes due to
capacity. conflict and
persecution
She, however, faces challenges, which
she says are out of her control such as
phone network and transport challenges.

Due to unstable cellphone network,
Mama Pweza says she misses a lot of
calls from her customer, maybe calling
her to make orders for her commodity.

She, however, says she has curved a
niche for herself, earning loyalty from her
customers who are patient with the net-
work problems she experiences.

“We also depend on boat transport and
when the tides are too high, the boat can-
not ride meaning my cargo cannot be fer-
ried to Mokowe, Manda or Lamu. So I end
up having stock of fish, which sometimes
gets spoilt,”she notes

Marketing is carried out basically
by word of mouth and through clients
she previously served. “I have clients in
Mombasa and Nairobi. I package fish and
transport through a bus or flight, which-
ever way the client wants,” she notes.

Through this venture that started due
to lack of income, Mama Pweza has been
able to turn around the economic for-
tunes of her home.

 “I have been able to educate my chil-
dren, I have a beautiful house and my
children wear decent clothing as a result
of this fishing business,” she says.

And while she leads other women to
financial independence in her area, her
ultimate dream is to expand her fish
supply business and storage facilities in
other key areas such as Lamu town.

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY 25

Scholar Training future leaders BRIEFLY

Storymoja Unesco: Gender
read-aloud gap in maths
challenge in scores narrow
Magadi Primary
Shool in Kisumu. by Mwangi Mumero

COURTESY @PeopleDailyKE

Storymoja’s read aloud contest The performance of girls in math-
to promote Kiswahili language ematics globally is almost at par with
that of boys reducing the gender gap
The initiative aims to demonstrate that reading is a tions about the value of reading storybooks. The that has favoured the males over the
fun activity that introduces youngsters to new words, record will also be instrumental in growing and years, a new publication by the The
allowing them to communicate (speak and write) and sustaining the Kenyan reading culture,” Ann said. United Nations Educational, Scientific
comprehend text in the long term and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco)
The Storymoja team planned on breaking the Global Education Monitoring Unit
By Imou Eparis that seven out of 10 Grade Three students are record officially in 2021, but due to the restrictions ANN says.
unable to read text at Grade Two level. brought about by Covid-19 that did not happen.
T hisyear’sStorymojaread-aloudchal- Their While overall performance of
lenge will for the first time since its es- Ann acknowledges that the issue of reading “Despite the disruption by the pandemic in all participation girls has improved, here in Kenya,
tablishment be conducted in Kiswahili. culture is one that cannot be addressed in a sectors, we led 73,481 children from 577 schools, usually their grades remain lower than that
The initiative, which has over the single interaction. She goes on to say that find- across 44 counties in reading aloud. The lower impresses of boys, according to the recently
years been using english to get children ing culturally appropriate reading materials is numbers were because of Covid-19 control the children released Kenya Certificate of Sec-
from as many schools around Kenya as a major issue. Even though more storybooks guidelines, such as social distancing, limited and imprints ondary Education (KCSE) results.
possible to read from the same text at with African characters and settings are being sharing of reading materials, lockdowns in some the value Boys outpace girls in mathematics
the same time, is this year doing it in Kiswahili in published, just around two per cent of Kenyan counties, and the general hesitation to take part of reading and sciences, while girls beat boys in
efforts to elevate the language in the country. primary schools have libraries. in an event that could bring together groups of storybooks, languages.
learners,” she said. and the
Organisers of the event say the decision to use In addition, another common issue is the at- importance The Unesco report Deepening the
the language was influenced by the fact that it is titude toward reading. “This could explain why the Despite the minor setbacks, the read-aloud of debate on those still left behind, calls
a language that is used by a majority of Kenyans last book most people read was their high school challenge has borne some fruits. “Teachers have education, for increased effort in narrowing the
in everyday conversation. Kiswahili also comes set books. Remember those infamous book- noted perception changes in children towards as a whole gender inequality and barriers that
with an element of national unity. “What better burning parties after students finish their final reading storybooks, and many have noted a gen- still hold girls from realising their
way to foster unity in an election year than using exams?” she poses. eral improvement in the academic performance potential.
a unifying language? Apart from being a celebra- of such children. With this challenge, thousands
tion of our national language, this decision also World record of schools have signed up to participate. And in The report analysed data from 120
supports the adoption of Kiswahili by the African Fortunately, there is hope. Anne says there is a turn, positioning story books or stories as power- countries in primary and secondary
Union as the language that will promote regional ful tools that can be used to teach and introduce education to offer a global picture.
integration and sustainable development,” Anne shift in reading habits as bookshops are opening children to complex concepts and conversations,”
Eboso, the campaign manager revealed. up and stocking more African books, and readers she said. The findings show that in the early
are buying those books. More organisations are years, boys perform better than girls
Eboso said it was only after Kiswahili was also promoting the reading culture through liter- Members of the public can also participate in in mathematics, but, this gender gap
recognised as an official language by the current ary campaigns and festivals. the read aloud challenge by becoming reading disappears later.
constitution and as an inter-ethnic medium of ambassadors. It entails donating 30 minutes of
communication that it was being taken seriously The national challenge also seeks to break your time and joining a participating school to This research confirms that the
by the nation and schools. its national record every year. In June 2015, they read aloud with them. “We know that children get gender gap in learning has closed
unofficially broke the current Guinness World Re- motivated when they interact with role models even in the poorest countries. And
Unity in diversity cord of 223,363 participants in 909 venues in the from outside their usual environment. Hence the in some countries, the gap is now
“However, there are still schools that punish USA by leading 229,043 children in 1,097 schools reason why we seek literary champions to help reversed. “Girls are doing better than
across 44 counties. “We figured out that if Kenyan us create excitement by joining any of the partici- boys in reading and in science and are
learners for speaking Kiswahili and other African children ‘owned’ a world record in reading, it pating public schools. Their participation usually catching up in mathematics. But they
languages, we still have a long way to go,” Eboso would go a long way in building positive percep- impresses the children and imprints the value of are still far less likely to be top per-
said. reading storybooks, and the importance of edu- formers in mathematics, because of
Braille read cation, as a whole,” she said in conclusion. continuing biases and stereotypes,”
The Storymoja read-aloud challenge will be aloud event observed Manos Antoninis, Director
reading the book Shambulizi la Akina Shida this at Kilimani of Unesco’s Global Education Moni-
year. The book is a story that sensitises children Primary toring Report.
on issues around unity in diversity, ethnic toler- School.
ance, children’s rights, disability and inclusion. “It COURTESY Dr Antoninis said there is need
is an election year and many children will witness for gender equality in learning and
what happens,” said Eboso. ensure that every learner fulfils their
potential.
The book is approved by the Kenya Institute of
Curriculum Development (KICD) and was com- The reports, however, notes that
missioned by Kenya Human Rights Commis- biases and stereotypes are still likely
sion (KHRC) after the 2007-2008 post-election to affect learning outcomes.
violence.
Even though girls catch up in
While Kenya has one of the greatest education mathematics in upper primary and
systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, research shows secondary education, boys are far
more likely to be overrepresented
among the highest performers in
mathematics in all countries.

In middle- and high-income coun-
tries, girls in secondary school are
scoring significantly higher in sci-
ence.

Despite this advantage, girls are
still less likely to opt for scientific ca-
reers, indicating that gender biases
could still be obstacles to the pursuit
of further education in the science,
technology, engineering and math-
ematics (STEM) fields.

Girls and young women still lag
behind in access to Information and
Computer Technology (ICT) with
fewer selecting and pursuing careers
in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM).

26 ENTERTAINMENT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

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Sport Mwamba RC win
The one-stop Sport shop... Driftwood Sevens title
after crushing Menengai
Oilers- Pg32

OPINION

Expert advice on
how sportsmen
can wisely utilise
off-season period

by Odongo Brian You should start a new 1.
season hungry and eager,
@PeopleDailyKe especially when trying How Pal Pal shaped
to push to the next level. Kenya’s boxing talent
Why is off-season im- Sleep will not kill you but
portant to athletes? will make you stronger Pumwani based gymnasium serves
as training hub for majority of
For every sport, race and Reflect amateur pugilists
competition, the season This is the time to look
has an ending. However, by Charles Thuku sium who carved a niche for 2.
the period outside a com- back on the season and himself in the international
petitive duration is consid- write what worked, what @PeopleDailyKe scene and is currently impart- 1.Pumwani Community centre that houses Pal Pal gymnasium.
ered off-season, a period did not work and what ing his skills to upcoming box- 2. Amateurs during a trainng session at the facility. 3. Box-
when every player should went well and why. Sitting at the heart of the ers at the facility. ing ring that hosts local pugilists championships. PD/RAPHAEL
reflect on how the league usually busy Gikomba Market
was, the achievements Analyse yourself which is a hub for second-hand Kiilu won the World Boxing MUNGE
they made and the chal- It is the time to watch clothes is the famous Pal Pal Federation (WBF) Africa Su-
lenges they faced. gymnasium that has churned per featherweight title in 2002
if you’re still fit from your out some of the greatest boxers before adding the icing on the
It is also the time that season, the time to do your that Kenya has ever produced. cake with a Universal Boxing
players should plan for the analysis on fitness and Council (UBC) belt four years
next season, factoring in performance. If you are in Located in the middle of the later after outclassing Darius
their fitness level and in- form with good fitness and lower-income eastern part of Smith of Poland.
jury prevention you can start working on Nairobi, the multipurpose rec-
the necessary adjustments reational facility has offered His fellow trainer, Ngandu
Here are some ways that before the main season hope for tens of youth from “Mau Mau “Njoka, who serves
sports people can utilise starts Majengo and the neighbour- at the Nairobi Inspectorate, is
their off-season maximally ing Shauri Moyo and California also among the products who
Friends Estates who are keen to escape have novices and intermediate
Rest and recovery Remember your friends the trap of drug abuse and oth- titles among his accolades.
Once the season is over, from the hood, the school er anti-social behaviour
buddies or maybe even Active days
it’s time for some well- family members and Pal Pal boasts of having the The name Joseph Akhasam-
deserved rest since the relatives you’ve stayed best boxing coaches in the
body needs time to heal. away from to train over country, most of who ventured ba, who is also a trainer, also
Any athlete who pushed the season. These people into the career after hanging comes to the fore as also one of
too hard throughout the are important part of your their gloves. the boxers who shone brightly
year will almost assuredly support system. during his active days.
see physical harm. (The writer is a Sports On any given day, the outer
Physiotherapist ) section of the facility is a bee- Akhasamba’s biggest acco-
Rest is important, you hive of activity as residents jos- lade is being the sole Kenyan
may not feel it but you tle to use the Nairobi County- male professional pugilist to
need to recover physically owned public toilet as well as have won a world title, the
and psychologically. the parking bay after paying a World Boxing Board (WBB)
fee. heavyweight belt.
3.
It is here that one will see He achieved the feat in May
Africa’s 100m champion Ferdinard Omanyala celebrates both active and retired boxers 2000 when he challenged the 12-round fight on points. Mwakasanga who was spurred
after winning the race during the Kip Keino Classic last who not only entertained mil- champion, Rene Hani of Dres- He took part in the 1985 na- on by a big home crowd.
month. PD/DAVID NDOLO lions of boxing enthusiasts but den, Germany, and defeated
also created a piece of history him on points in a 12 rounds tional novice and intermediate Surprisingly, she fought a
in the sport. contest. championships and emerged six-round bout contrary to
victorious in the light heavy- the common four-round for a
Former national Super He defended the title the fol- weight berth. debutant.
Featherweight champion Da- lowing year, on September 14
vid “Silent Danger “Kiilu is one 2001, against another German Thomas ‘Black Rhino’ Okusi To the amazement of her fol-
of the products of the gymna- national, Willi Fischer at Of- holds the national heavyweight lowers, she fought gallantly and
fenbach, Germany and lost the boxing belt. But it has not been jabbed her way to the least bell.
men’s stardom in Pal Pal’s prod-
ucts as a female boxer in the Her first contest out of Africa
form of Jane Kavulani has also in South Korea against Ji-Hye
proved her worth. Woo at the Hanlim Gymna-
sium, Jeju, South Korea on
Kavulani’s professional de- March 11, 2006, ended in a loss
but was on June 12, 2002, in although she gave a good ac-
Dar-es-Salaam against Monica count of herself

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY PEOPLE SPORT 29

Chebet leads star-studded field to Boston for 10km race AK to name
men’s marathon
by Ericson Kiprono “After winning the 2022 Boston nominated for the April award in- team for global
Marathon, I’m excited to return to the cluding Boston MarathonWomen’s race this week
@PeopleDailyKe city to run the BAA. 10K with a world- winner Peres Jepchirchir who became
class field,” Chebet told People Sport. the first athlete to claim an Olympic by Emmanuel Masinde
Reigning Boston Marathon cham- “Boston feels like a second home to gold medal alongside the Boston and
pions Evans Chebet (pictured) and me now,” he added. NewYork titles. @PeopleDailyKe
Edna Kiplagat will lead a star-studded
field for Boston 10km race on June 26. In April this year, Chebet timed In 2020 Chebet won theValencia Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei
Chebet who trains in Kapsabet, Nandi 2:06.51 to win his firstWorld Mara- race in a personal best of 2:03.00 has revealed that the final women’s and
County under 2Running Club, is opti- thon Majors title during the 126 edi- ahead of compatriot Lawrence men’s marathon team will be named
mistic that he will be able to run well. tion of the Boston marathon. He beat Cherono who timed 2:03.04 while this week after track and field trials for
compatriots Lawrence Cherono and Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese was third Commonwealth Games andWorld Ath-
He looks to become only the sec- defending champion Benson Kipruto in 2:04.53. letics Championships.
ond Boston Marathon champion to in a sprint finish to take home the
win the Boston Athletic Association title. In March 2020 before the lock- The Eugene Marathon is scheduled
(BAA.) 10K, joining the 2011 winner down, Chebet participated in the to take place on July 17th and 18th for
and course record holder Geoffrey In May this year, he was feted as the Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan where both men and women respectively.
Mutai. LG/Sports Journalists Association of he won the race in 2:07.29.
Kenya Sports Personality for April. Tuwei, who met the team in Eldoret
Chebet stormed to his first Boston Chebet beat a strong field of athletes He hails from Kondabilet village in for the first time since they were named
Marathon victory at 2:06:51 on April. Elgeyo Marakwet County. in April, said that the final marathon
team for the world championships set
Kinyanjui for Oregon in the USA next month will
eyes glory be named together with track and field
in Colombia athletes to make a full team.

Athlete qualifies for national trials “Our final team will be named this
ahead of World Under 20 Athletics week after track and field trials. For now,
this team will be training at their vari-
Championships ous camps and after the national trials,
we shall have the final team that will fly
by Amos Abuga done sub 8 in the regionals, so even as I do my our Kenyan flag,” said Tuwei.
training I want to get to that level,” concluded
@PeopleDailyKe Kinyanjui who will lead some 27 athletes that Best team
were picked on Saturday following a one-day He added that they selected the best
Keringet Athletics Camp-based Athletics Kenya Nairobi Region trials at Kenya
Daniel Kinyanjui is bracing for Prisons NairobiWest ground. team because so far no one has criti-
the 2022 World Under 20 Athlet- cised their selection.
ics Championships that will take In other results, Hannah Njeri, a class eight
place from August 1 to 6 in Cali, pupil at Longonot Primary School, Nakuru and “Since we selected the team, we have
Colombia. Gideon Limerian ruled in their respective 800m not heard any challenges and com-
races to snatch tickets to the national trials. plaints from the public, meaning we
This is after the 17-year-old have selected the best for this country,”
qualified to represent Team Nai- Njeri, 14, clocked 2:13.5 to claim the only he said.
robi at the national Under 20 trials ticket in the women’s 800m as Limerian edged
due on July 1 to 2 at Nyayo national out Jackton Kipkosgei, clocking 1:51.6 against He also thanked the National Olym-
stadium. 1:52.0 to make the Nairobi team. pics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K), for
accepting the marathon team for Com-
“I was very disappointed with Race walk champion monwealth Games.
my performance, I felt like I had Florence Chepkoech and Fancy Chepkorir
let down my country since that In the men’s marathon team are the
was the first final of the championship,” claimed the first two places in women’s 1,500m Chicago Marathon champion Lawrence
recounted Kinyanjui who had finished in 4:35.7 and 4:44.6 to book their tickets as Dan- Cherono, who will be serving as the
seventh during the previous champion- iel Kosen and Anderson Kibet reigned in the team captain, two-time NewYork Mara-
ships in Nairobi. men’s race in 3:49.0 and 3:50.0 to also secure thon champion Geoffrey Kamworor,
Kinyanjui who in April competed in their places. Also included in Team Nairobi is Milan Marathon champion Barnabas
Adizero Road Race in Germany said his the 10,000m race walk champion, Heristone Kiptum and former world marathon
preparations have been going on well. Wanyonyi. champion Geoffrey Kirui as a reserve.
“My preparations have been good and
training with senior athletes like Benson Ki- At the same time, AK’s Youth Development Olympic marathon champion Peres
plagat who is the reigning men’s 5000m cham- Committee director Barnaba Korir said that Jepchirchir leads the women’s race fol-
pion and other senior athletes have given me a the conclusion of regional events now paves lowed by defending champion Ruth
different experience,” he added. the way for the national event. Chepng’etich, Paris marathon champi-
On Saturday, Kinyanjui set the fastest time in on Judith Jeptum Korir and Amsterdam
the two finals, qualifying to represent team Nai- Korir said the extensive preparations are marathon champion Angela Tanui as a
robi at the national championship next month. necessary to ensure they produce the strongest reserve.
Kinyanjui clocked 8:02.0, followed by Gideon team possible as they seek to defend their title
Kipngetich at 8:05.6 and Peter Kamau came for the third time. Tuwei also said that the athletes will
home third in 8:07.6. be training on their own ahead of the
“I still need to push myself because I have “We want to defend the title we won in Tam- championships.
two boys from South Rift who have already pere (Finland) and Nairobi so we must prepare
well.The purpose of these pre-trials is to ensure Captain Cherono said the team is
that every talented athlete gets a chance to preparing well for the world bonanza.
compete unlike when they compete individu-
ally in which case some of them may not have Chicago Marathon champion Lawrence
the resources to travel for these competitions,” Cherono reacts after winning a past
he said. event. PD/FILE

Korir gave his stamp of approval to the prog-
ress made thus far in preparing the juniors for
the battles ahead.

30 PEOPLE SPORT PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, June 20, 2022

INSIDE Sport Japan J-Legue Result
3-1KASHIWA
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Shiihashi 38’ Hashimoto 28’
Pal Pal: Recreational centre Fraser-Pryce equals her own 2022 Savio 45+1’
that is home to great pugilists world’s best time in Paris Muto 65’

TENNIS How Mane’s
departure
Osaka withdraws from affects Reds
game plans
Wimbledon after injury

TOKYO: Four-time Grand stripped the points from
Slam champion Naomi Wimbledon after the tour-
Osaka has withdrawn from nament banned Russian
Wimbledon with an Achil- and Belarusian players over
les injury. Japan’s Osaka Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
has not played since the Osaka’s name appeared
French Open and recently on the singles entry list for
posted a video of herself Wimbledon when it was re-
doing rehab on a treadmill. leased last week, but she has
The 24-year-old previously not appeared in any of the
said she was “unsure” if she grass-court events. Posting
would playWimbledon be- on her Instagram account,
cause of its lack of ranking Osaka said she was “trying
points.The ATP andWTA to find the positives in a
negative situation”. “I feel
like life keeps dealing cards Senegalese Striker Salah pledged he would be at
and you’re never going to ends six year-stint the club next season, but Mane
be used to them but it’s how at Anfield to join was more coy on his future and
you adapt to uncomfortable Bayern Munich has now forced Liverpool’s
situations that really says hand.
stuff about your character,” Munich, Sunday
she said. -BBC His departure acts as some-
@PeopleDailyKe thing of a bookend to the first
FOOTBALL phase of Jurgen Klopp’s tenure
It is a sign of a very good as manager, during which the
Hammers close to signing player when even the eupho- club have risen to the top of the
Aguerd on Sh4 billion deal ria of signing one of world foot- global game.
ball’s most exciting attacking
LONDON: West Ham are close to the £30m (Sh4.3 billion) talents cannot entirely com- Mane was the German’s first
pensate for his departure. major signing at Liverpool, tak-
signing of defender Nayef Aguerd from Rennes. Aguerd, 26, ing what has become a well-
This is the place where Liv- worn path from Southamp-
has been identified by manager David Moyes as the next erpool find themselves - de- ton to Merseyside for £34m in
lighted at the record arrival of 2016.
piece in his plan to make them genuine challengers for a top- Darwin Nunez, but saddened
at end of Sadio Mane’s stellar His 13 goals in his first sea-
six spot. The Morocco player made 66 league appearances for six years at Anfield. son helped Liverpool return to Liverpool’s striker Sadio Mane during a past match. He joins
the Champions League after a Bayern Munich after six years contract with the Reds. AFP
French side Rennes after joining from Dijon in 2020. In a fare- Mane’s move to Bayern Mu- couple of seasons out of it, pav-
nich leaves one of the Premier ing the way for the remarkable
well post to fans on social media, Aguerd said it was a “diffi- League’s greatest forward lines run of success that followed.
in history shorn of a key com-
cult decision” to leave Rennes as he had enjoyed “exceptional ponent - one who has scored Within two years they were of the finest forward lines in integration of Diogo Jota and
120 goals in 269 games to help champions of Europe and 12 English football history. It pro- Luis Diaz and the recent acqui-
times” there. Aguerd, who has 25 caps for Morocco, was an Liverpool win every major tro- months later won the Premier duced 338 goals in five seasons sition of exciting young talent
phy available. League for the first time in 30 in all competitions. Fabio Carvalho from Fulham.
ever-present in his country’s run to the last eight of the Africa years.
As the season wore on with In that time, Mane has The signing of Nunez before
Cup of Nations last season. He also played in both play-off plenty of talk but no confirma- They have also been Cham- shown a positional versatil- the summer transfer window
tion of a contract extension pions League runners-up ity few possess, playing on the opened was another proactive
matches against Congo as Morocco reached theWorld Cup for Mane, Mohamed Salah or twice and finished second in right in his first season, then move from Liverpool.
Roberto Firmino beyond 2023, the Premier League twice, in- switching to a predominantly
in Qatar. -BBC the likelihood grew of one or cluding the 2021-22 season left-sided role to accommodate Mane scored home and away
more of them departing. in which they won the FA and Salah and, more recently, excel- against Villarreal in the Cham-
GOLF League Cup. ling centrally. pions League semi-finals. It
Before the Champions was his goal that earned Liver-
Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris lead as League final with Real Madrid, Finest forward lines With this trio near to their pool a Premier League point at
US Open enters final round The summer after Mane’s ar- 30s, the evolution of Liverpool’s Manchester City in April and
attacking stable was already his superb header that kept
MASSACHUSETTS : Eng- Zalatoris, who carded a 67. rival, Salah signed and, along well under way before Mane’s their title bid alive at AstonVilla
Defending champion Jon with Firmino, formed one departure, with the signing and the following month. -BBC
land’s Matt Fitzpatrick takes Rahm is a shot behind after
he double bogeyed the 18th,
a share of the lead into the with world number one
Scottie Scheffler on two un-
final round of the US Open der after a wild 71. Rory Mc-
Ilroy battled to a 73 and sits
at Brookline in Boston as he three shots behind on one Man U boss meets fans, quells planned protest
under. Only seven players
chases his first major title. finished under par for the
round on a blustery day.
Fitzpatrick shot a two-under
-BBC
68 to move to four under, Manchester, Sunday Arnold, 51, appears to be filmed saying 2017. They finished last season in sixth
United had “burned” through £1bn on place, having sacked Ole Gunnar Solsk-
level with Ameri- @PeopleDailyKe players over the past few years. jaer and replaced him with interim boss
Ralf Rangnick.
can Will Manchester United chief executive He also says the money that new man-
Richard Arnold (pictured) headed off a ager Erik ten Hag and director of football Arnold described last season as “a
planned protest outside his Cheshire nightmare” but he also criticised the fan
house by meeting some fans in his local John Murtough want to spend on new protests that were held at many of the
pub. players “is there”. club’s final home games of the season.
It is understood talks are con-
Arnold, the club’s most senior ex- tinuing with Barcelona over Dutch Fans held various protests against the
ecutive, discovered the supporters midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who Glazer family’s ownership of the Old Traf-
had met up in the pub before their is Ten Hag’s number one summer ford club last season at home games and
protest and went to meet them transfer target. the training ground. In May 2021, protests
instead. United have not won the by fans led to their Premier League home
Premier League since 2013 game against Liverpool being postponed.
Part of the discussion was and last won a trophy in
secretly filmed and posted -BBC
on social media.

Monday, June 20, 2022 / PEOPLE DAILY PEOPLE SPORT 31

Zoo withdraws from NSL, blames move on stalemate in football

by Charles Thuku Ken ochieng, zoo fc fans and admirers, the dream Kericho based Zoo FC players during a past match. PD/FILE

@PeopleDailyKe chairman remains afloat. To participate in

Former Football Kenya Fed- We await the fKf a disorderly mismanaged league
eration (FKF) Premier League directions on when
side Zoo Kericho has withdrawn a fifa recognised is a betrayal to FIFA, CAF and
from the National Super League league will
(NSL) alleging that the Transi- commence FKF Statutes and the leagues
tion Committee ran the league
unprofessionally. its match day protests. they organize where we dream
“We hereby immediately
Zoo, who were relegated from to feature when everything sta-
the FKF Premier League last withdraw from the FKF Transi-
year over match-fixing claims, tion Committee- organized and bilizes,” read the statement.
have rubber-stamped its stance run NSL 2021/22 season. To our It added: “To this end, we
that it has no confidence in the dearest and most loyal set of
Committee in running the sec- await the FKF directions on
ond-tier leagues in the country. when a FIFA-recognised
league will commence.”
In a statement, Club Chair-
man Ken Ochieng’ said they In the terse statement,
have been victims of match ma- Ochieng’ said they deem
nipulation, poor officiating and their continued participation
unfair and delayed findings on in an already contaminated
league at the expense of their
unresolved grievances is not
only a waste of time but also
their hard-earned meager re-
sources in the absence of the
sponsorship.

Impressive Fraser-Pryce
storms to victory in Paris

Jamaican athlete equals her own
2022 world best time at Diamond
League event in the French capital

Kenya’s junior swimmer during a training session ahead of Paris, Sunday Adams was a surprise
Hamilton Aquatics Summer Sizzler Championships in Dubai. winner in the men’s 200m
@PeopleDailyKe as he crossed the line in
PD/DAVID NDOLO 19.82 to hold off the chal-
Shelly-Ann Fraser- lenge of Alexander Ogan-
Excited Kamwelle Pryce equalled her 2022 do, who finished second,
heads to Hamilton world’s best time to win while Canadian Olympic
swimming debut the 100m at the Diamond gold medallist Andre de
League meet in Paris. Grasse was fourth.
by Amos Abuga at the same time,” said the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
last born in a family of three in action during Kip Keino Jamaica’s two-time NFL-bound Devon
@PeopleDailyKe siblings. classic at Kasarani last Olympic champion pow- Allen, who ran the third
month. PD/DAVID NDOLO ered to victory in 10.67 quickest men’s 110m
Kenya’s Kamwelle Maina In Dubai, she wants to seconds as Britain’s Daryll hurdles time in history
has shared her excitement be recognized while also Neita finished second af- at the New York Grand
ahead of making a debut at achieving good times. ter clocking a season’s Prix earlier this month,
the Hamilton Aquatics Sum- best 10.99. continued his fine form
mer Sizzler Championships “Good times in Dubai will with victory in the French
in Dubai from June 25 to 26. help me go for more compe- “The goal is always to capital.
titions in South Africa and be on top technically,
Kamwelle has been in su- Cairo, and that will mean then the lap times follow,” Allen, 27, is to pursue
perb form this season, win- growth,” added the year five said Fraser-Pryce, 35. an NFL career after earn-
ning several medals in local pupil who loves breaststroke ing a contract with the
series that culminated in the and freestyle and a little bit of She ran the same time Philadelphia Eagles in
national swimming champi- back and fly. in Nairobi in May, which April.
onships in May. has only been beaten by
Her elder sister Kagure four other women in his- “I feel very good, tech-
The Samaj School pupil who was in Lusaka, Zambia tory. nically it was very good.
who will be making her first recently for CANA Zone IV The goal is always to be
trip outside the country is Championships is her big- Fraser-Pryce added: on top technically, then
hoping to register some good gest source of inspiration “Physically I was good the lap times follow,” said
times. and role model. too. Running 10.6, only a Fraser-Pryce.
few sprinters can achieve
“I love the water and I find “I look up to her because I that.” “Physically I was good
swimming a relaxing sport,” get her a lot and she gets me too. Running 10.6, only a
said the 11-year-old. so I want to develop and be Britain’s Cindy Sem- few sprinters can achieve
like her,” she added. ber came third in the that,” she added.
Kamwelle discovered her women’s 100m hurdles
penchant for swimming She has been entered as Nigerian Tobi Amusan Britain’s Daryll Neita
when she was splashing in seven events in Dubai, triumphed with a new Af- was second Saturday in
about in a tiny pool at the age 100m and 200m breaststroke rican record of 12.41. 10.99sec with Marie-Jo-
of three. She had to wait until events, 100m and 50m see Ta Lou of Ivory Coast
the age of seven for her first freestyle events, 200m back- Ukraine claimed third in 11.01sec.
gala competition. stroke, 50m breaststroke and a clean sweep in the
200m individual medley. women’s high jump as Fraser-Pryce has al-
Her earning a berth for the Yaroslava Mahuchikh ready qualified for the
trip to Dubai is partly due to The youngester is among came first with a jump 100m in Eugene as she is
the coronavirus pandemic 14 swimmers that will of 2.01m, Iryna Gerash- the defending champion.
that saw the previous two be leaving for Dubai on chenko (1.98m) second
editions postponed. Wednesday. She will be and Yuliya Levchenko However, she said she
accompanied by Saniyah (1.95m) third. has “not decided yet” on
“Amazingly, I have Omoro, ArainanaWarui, whether she will attempt
achieved my goal and but Nicole Ndirangu, Ivy Aseka, Britain’s Elizabeth Bird the sprint double in Or-
again it is a bit scary that I am Malia Kemunto and Marine just missed out on a top- egon.
going by myself so it is a nice Kalomobo. three finish as she came
situation and a weird one fourth in the women’s “We’ll see if I’m ready
3,000m steeplechase. to do it physically and
mentally,” she had said
South Africa’s Luxolo on Friday. -BBC

Monday, June 20, 2022 / / / @PeopleDailyKe / / / People Daily

Chelsea seeking to sign Manchester City’s Sterling

FOOTBALL: Raheem Sterling London-born player.
joined Manchester City from
Liverpool for £49m (Sh6b) in Sterling scored 13 goals in 30
2015
Premier League appearances
Chelsea are targeting Man-
chester City winger Raheem as he won his fourth title last
Sterling as their major summer
signing. term.

Sterling’s Manchester City However, he was on the
future is in doubt as he enters
the final 12 months of his con- bench for both legs of the
tract.
Champions League semi-final
The England forward, 27, has
attracted interest from major defeat by Real Madrid and the
clubs overseas but Chelsea be-
lieve they can persuade him to epic final game of the season
remain in the Premier League.
against Aston Villa.
The Blues have the obvi-
ous attraction of being in the Sterling did spark that
Champions League for the
memorable last-day comeback

by setting up Ilkay Gundogan’s

crucial first goal as Pep Guar-

diola’s side came back from 2-0

down to win 3-2 and pip Liv-

erpool to the Premier League

title. -BBC

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Black Shirts by Alex Njue sevens circuit scheduled to return to “We had planned a top-three finish Dala Sevens and we need to return
come from Kisumu County in a fortnight. but now that we have won the title, to the final to keep up with our new
behind to trounce @PeopleSport11 we have proved to ourselves that we goal,” coach Ndonji said.
overconfident rival Mwamba’s head coach Kepha are capable of going for the overall se-
Menengai Oilers The Driftwood Sevens rugby com- Ndonji believes the Black Shirts now ries title. “It was a tough game and we Menengai Oilers head coach
21-7 petition produced a new champion have a responsibility of going for the had to come back from behind when Gibson Weru was hurt by the loss
- Mwamba Rugby Club who faced off overall title courtesy of winning the we had our attitude changed and ap- though satisfied by the perfor-
with Menengai Oilers in a tough final coastal tour that has placed them at plied some good teamwork to win mance.
to win the match 21-7. Mwamba is par with the Christie Sevens defend- this match. Now our focus shifts to
the third team to win the ongoing ing champions Strathmore Leos. “I commend Mwamba for the
win, they deserved it. We started
well but we did not go ahead and
take the lead at half-time and they
outplayed us. I’m satisfied with
the performance so far; we have
been very consistent in every leg so
far and we have featured in all the
semi-finals and now the final.

“ We are now looking forward to
Dala with one mission, to go one
better. Of course, we will need to
win one or two legs to be able to win
the overall title so it’s upon us to do
well in the last three events,” coach
Weru told People Sport.

Retaliatory fight
Oilers took the lead through a

converted try by Mark Kwemoi but
a retaliatory fight by Kulabu saw
skipper Mike Okello, Daniel Taabu
and Chrispin Onyango give their
side a try.

Later, Taabu converted all the
three to see his side walk away with
Sh100,000 from Betsafe and the
trophy. Two-time winners KCB fin-
ished third after a comeback 21-14
win over Homeboyz.

Strathmore Leos winger Brunson
Madigu was named the top try and
the top points scorer for a double
individual award while Mwamba’s
playmaker Daniel Taabu was the
MostValuable Player of the tourna-
ment.

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