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Education News Briefs: A collection of Education related news briefs, this week

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These are the Education related news articles that made headlines this week, as reported across various media platforms:

  • Avoid Sponsors- Rachel Ruto advises young Girls:

The wife to the Deputy president, Mrs Rachel Ruto, this week, called on young women to avoid getting ‘sponsors’ to fund expensive lifestyles as this exposed them to a myriad of dangers. “This issue of sponsors should not be part of your life. You don’t need to get money from a man for you to survive. Many of these people will just take you for granted,” Mrs. Ruto said. The DP’s wife was Speaking during the celebration of the Day of the Girl Child at Kenyatta University.

  • Education CS, Amb. Amina, and CS Interior, Dr. Fred Matiang’ to Lead Final National Examinations’ preparations Multi-Agency meeting on Monday 

Education CS and her Interior counter part will on Monday lead a top officials’ meeting to lay down final preparations for this year’s KCPE and KCSE exams that begin in a fortnight’s time. During the Monday meeting, security officials will be given keys to the metallic containers where exam materials are to be kept. The Kenya National examinations Council, KNEC, has invited top security officials, regional directors of education and school heads representatives for the ultimate meeting.
Cabinet Secretaries Dr. Amina Mohamed, Dr. Fred Matiang’i and Joe Mucheru and Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Macharia, will attend the multi-agency meeting.

  • Schools using sniffer dogs to detect drugs

Learning institutions are using highly trained sniffer dogs to flush out drugs from their compounds. A team led by Kissinger Sambu pitched camp at Kangema High School in Murang’a where bhang, drugs and mobile phone parts hidden by the students were recovered. In one of the dormitories, the dog barked non-stop until Kissinger climbed up the roof and removed rolls of bhang wrapped in a polythene bag. drug addiction is on the rise among high school students and it has been blamed to be the leading cause for schools’ fires.

  • Education Ministry takes over Sh 2.4 Billion School Feeding Programme (SFP) from WFP

The government, through the ministry of Education, will disburse cash directly to primary schools for purchase of food rations under the School Feeding Programme (SFP).  The Sh2.4 billion allocated for the 2018/19 financial year by the Ministry of Education will be remitted directly to schools to buy food directly from farmers and traders in the areas the schools are located. The government took over the programme from the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been running the programme.

  • You will not be financed in future if you do not issue free education monies receipts to learners- Basic education PS, Dr. Belio Kipsang, warns schools.

Education Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, has warned schools that do not issue receipts to students for Free Primary Education, FPE, and Free Secondary Education, FSE, that they will not be funded in future.

In a circular dated September 10, the PS directs all secondary schools’ heads to acknowledge receipt of the monies by issuing official receipts. Kipsang says the receipts must be sent to his office through the regional directors of education. He says all receipts must be received within one month of payments. “Failure to which further release of grants to such schools will be suspended,” said the PS.

  • Moi Varsity, Mombasa, lecturers in demos over salary arrears:

More than 70 lecturers from Moi University’s Mombasa campus are on strike. the dons are  demanding salary arrears running into millions and which have accumulated since 2015. They have sought the intervention of Education CS Amina Mohamed, the Commission for University Education, the Ombudsman, labour unions, the anti-corruption agency, Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and civil society organisations. Moi University part time lecturers secretary general Vincent Kaingu said lecturers are also demanding appointment letters detailing names of units taught with payment rates.

  • A student at Macumo Day Secondary School, Embu, slashes Lab Technician in an attempted assault on the principal.

Police in Embu county are holding a student of Macumo Day Secondary School for questioning after he allegedly attacked the school’s laboratory technician on Friday, October 12. The student is said to have been annoyed  by the institution’s head teacher whom he targeted with a panga in a bid to slash, him. Unfortunately, the  razor sharp panga landed on Anthony Njuki, the lab technician, in the head. Njuki also suffered a broken arm and was rushed to hospital for treatment where he is receiving medication.

  •  Popular City blogger attacked, fingers crashed.

An outspoken city blogger is nursing serious injuries after he was abducted by unknown assailants on Monday outside a city mall. Mr. Peter Amunga said the gang of four abducted him as he boarded a matatu outside Lavington Mall where he had attended a meeting. The gang seemingly had been waiting for him after confirming that he was in the mall, he said. The blogger has been vocal in highlighting education related matters including the alleged grand corruption at the Teachers service Commission, TSC. Amunga is admitted at a city hospital after an operation was done on his fingers on Wednesday.

  • West Pokot-Marakwet border schools joined over security concerns ahead of National examinations.

2 schools on the West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet borders have been amalgamated. Kipsitona Primary School in Tabach ward, West Pokot, was closed in July after bandits attacked a nearby village, killing two people and stealing livestock. The school has been merged with Kamelei Primary School to allow KCPE candidates to prepare for the examinations. The national tests start in two weeks’ time.

  • Teachers not well prepared for the Government’s  lap top project- CS Amina says

Education CS, Dr. Amina, has  said that  teachers had been slow to adopt information and communication technology. “The rate at which teachers are embracing the use of technology is low due to lack of practise and support/training,” Amina told Parliamentary Committee on education, this week. Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed made the revelations when she appeared before the National Assembly’s Education committee on Tuesday. This was the first time the CS was highlighting about the  project. She said the laptops are also being mishandled and stolen, a move that is derailing the project’s implementation.

  • 2 teachers killed by Al-Shabaab militia in Mandera

Two teachers were Wednesday morning killed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County.

According to police, the two Arabia Boys High School teachers were non-locals. “They threw an explosive in a room that had four teachers, two managed to escape,” a local police officer told journalists. Two Kenya police reservists manning the teacher’s quarters were overpowered by the militants and forced to flee to safety. insecurity has remained on a high in the Nort eastern region for a long time.

  • CS Amina bans schools’ visits during the exams period.

The Education Ministry, on Monday, banned school visits by parents and guardians during the exams period. Outlawed, also, are mobile phones within the examination centres. “Parents whose children will be found with mobile phones in school will be held personally responsible for the actions. Their children will immediately be suspended from school and such candidates will not be allowed to sit the examinations,” Amina said during a Stake holders’ meeting on Monday.

  • KNUT Secretary Genera, Wilson Sossion, urges TSC to hire untrained locals to curb Shabab attacks in Northeastern schools.

The Kenya Nation union of Teachers, Knut, Secretary General Wilson Sossion has asked the TSC  to recruit untrained teachers from local communities in Northeastern to reduce attacks targetting schools in the region. He says “this would greatly reduce incidents attacks on teachers, schools and school properties,”. The SG gave the advice during a presser on Friday, this week. “TSC should allow students who have completed high school to work as untrained teachers as they continue to train under School-based programme,” Sossion added. This comes after 2 teachers were killed on Wednesday night by suspected Al-Sabab militia.

  • Nairobi county bans ECDE graduations, says parents being exploited.

Nairobi County Government has banned Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) graduation ceremonies in all public schools across the county citing exploitation of parents. Nairobi Education Executive Janet Ouko on Tuesday said this is part of measures to ensure that ECDE in all the public schools in the county is completely free giving access to education for all children. “We have noted with concern that schools are planning ECDE graduation ceremonies and charging parents between Sh1,000 and 1500. This is against the spirit of free ECDE which the county is implementing. We have therefore issued a ban on those ceremonies especially if they attract a charge to the parents,” said Ouko in a memo. Parents have been paying hefty amounts of money towards the graduation ceremonies.

 

 

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Naivasha talks collapse as both TSC and KNUT hold on to hard line positions

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The Naivasha consultative meeting between the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, and the Kenya national union of Teachers, KNUT, ended pre-maturely with no major agreements between the two parties. The consultative that began on Monday hit a dead end yesterday after KNUT tabled a list of 85 teachers whose transfer it wanted revoked immediately, a move the teachers’ employer strongly rejected. According to KNUT, some of thye teachers were union officials who have now been moved from their respective branches. In a statement, TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nancy Macharia says “Employees who hold elective offices in Unions, SACCOS, among others are primarily employed to teach and are bound by the code of regulations for teachers, which include provisions on transfer of teachers. Election to any union office can not, therefore, be used to irregularly amend the contract between an employer and employee”.

Dr. Macharia further adds that, “all TSC employees have a right under article 27 of the commission and section 4 of the TSC act to be treated fairly without being subjected to any discrimination. It is, therefore, unreasonable and discriminatory for KNUT to demand different treatment for 85 teachers out of the 321,007 in public learning institutions on account of their elective positions in the union”.

The meeting was held pursuant to an earlier meeting on 23rd August 2018 to address some issues that have emerged in the course of the implementation of the 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement. Some of the issues included: promotion of teachers, career progression, teachers appraisal programme and transfers.

In a move by the TSC, that is seen to cede some ground, the employer has already agreed to release all the 111 KNUT Executive Secretaries to work full time for the union. This will be bad news, though, for teachers with higher qualifications who had hoped for promotions. Three weeks ago, KNUT had issued a strike threat saying it will call its members to a nationwide strike if TSC does not meet its demands that include: the halting of the teacher delocalization exercise, scrapping of the appraisal programmes among others. “Remember the strike is only suspended and it shall be recalled promptly without any warning should the retreat (of 30/09/2018 to 5/10/2018) fail to produce fruits”, KNUT Secretary General , Wilson Sossion, had said. Sossion had threatened of a strike to paralyze the National examinations, that commence in about three weeks time.

While the talks remain in jeopardy, the TSC has maintained its commitment to harmonious industrial relations with the teachers’ union and said any industrial action at this time could affect national examinations. The TSC urges the union to put learners’ interests first . “Finally, the commission wishes to affirm its commitment to harmonious industrial relations with KNUT. Further, TSC is ready to continue with the deliberations on the monitoring of the implementation of the CBA for the benefit of the Kenyan child. In the meantime, the commission appeals to KNUT to put the interests of learners first”, said Dr. Macharia.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers leadership is yet to give a statement on the latest developments. Parents and students will be waiting anxiously for KNUT’s response and if indeed they will make good of their threats to stage a strike this term.

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How to Pay for your, Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Electricity Bills in Kenya

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Paying your Electricity Bill

We have a wide number of convenient ways to pay your electricity bills. All payments are posted in your  electricity account on the same day.

We strongly encourage our customers to use the paybill numbers 888888 and 888880 for postpaid and prepaid bill payments respectively. Please follow the instructions below to top up your electricty.

  • Paying your Postpaid Electricity Bill with M-Pesa (Safaricom)

1. Select “Pay Bill” from the M-Pesa menu.
2. Enter the Kenya Power business number 888 888.
3. Enter your new Kenya Power account number e.g. 123456.
4. Enter the amount you wish to pay which should be between Shs. 100 and  Shs.35,000.
5. Enter your M-Pesa PIN.

6. Confirm that all details are correct.

7. You will receive a confirmation of the transaction via SMS.

  • How to Buy Kenya Power (KPLC) Prepaid Tokens via M-PESA Paybill Number 888880.
  1. Go to Safaricom SIM Tool Kit, select M-PESA menu, select “Lipa na M-PESA“
  2. Select “Pay Bill“
  3. Select “Enter Business no.“, Enter KPLC’s Lipa na M-PESA PayBill Number 888880 and press “OK”
  4. Select “Enter Account no.“, Enter your KPLC Prepaid Meter Number (e.g. 0100 xxxx xxxx x) press “OK”
  5. “Enter Amount“, between KSh100 and 35,000 and press “OK”
  6. Enter your M-PESA PIN and press “OK”
  7. Confirm all the details are correct and press “OK”
  8. M-PESA HAKIKISHA, You will get a notification with the intended recipient’s name e.g. “Pay Kenya Power KSh1,000.00 for Account 0100 xxxx xxxx x Press 1 within 20 seconds to STOP this transaction.” To stop a wrong transaction, Enter “1” and press Send within 20 seconds. Pressing “Cancel” will complete the transaction.
  9. You will receive a confirmation SMS from M-PESA.
  10. KPLC will then generate prepaid token valid for your meter and send via SMS.
  • How to Buy Kenya Power (KPLC) Prepaid Tokens via Equitel

    1. Select Eazzy Pay from your Equitel menu
    2. Select Pay Bill from Eazzy Pay.
    Choose the bank account number to pay from e.g.0123456789102
    Select business number – KPLC Tokens
    3. Enter your KPLC Prepaid Meter Number (e.g. 37168917674) press OK
    4. Enter the amount you wish to pay which should be between Shs. 100 and  Shs.500,000.
    5. Enter your Equitel PIN and press OK
    6. Confirm that all details are correct by pressing 1 OK
    7. You will receive a  text confirmation of the transaction from Equity bank.
    KPLC will then generate prepaid token valid for your meter and send via SMS.1

NB: All payments are posted in your  electricity account on the same day.

  • Paying your Electricity Bill with Equitel (Sim Tool Kit)

    1. Select Eazzy Pay from your Equitel menu
    2. Select Pay Bill from Eazzy Pay.
    Choose the bank account number to pay from e.g.0123456789102
    Select business number – KPLC Bills (Post Paid)
    3. Enter your new Kenya Power meter number e.g. 2831172 or 3436980.
    4. Enter the amount you wish to pay which should be between Shs.100 and  Shs.500,000.
    5. Enter your Equitel PIN and press OK
    6. Confirm that all details are correct by pressing 1 OK.
    7. You will receive a  text confirmation of the transaction from Equity bank.

NB: All payments are posted in your  electricity account on the same day.

Over The counter Payments
All our esteemed clients and potential clients can  pay their electricity bill by cash through all Equity Bank branches across the country and all payments willl reflect in your electricity account on the same day.

  • Cash Payment

As a rule, all cash payments should be made at Kenya Power’s authorised pay points which are located within official premises and the paying counters clearly marked CASHIER.

  • ATM Payments

If you have an account with Co-operative Bank, Postbank or Standard Chartered Bank, you may also pay your bill through any of these banks’ Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs).

  • Bank Payments
    You may also pay your electricity bill by cash through appointed Co-operative Bank branches in Nairobi. Additionally, you can pay your electricity bill at any branch of the following banks countrywide.
  • Cheque Payments
    Cheques may be deposited in designated boxes in pay centres and at specific business premises appointed by Kenya Power to serve as drop-off points.
  • Bill Payment Through M-Banking

If you are a Co-operative Bank customer, your mobile phone is now an electricity bill payment point. To use the service, one must be registered with the bank for M-Banking service and also one must have registered their Kenya Power account number with the bank.

Kenya Power Contact Centre: 95551

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ERC in impromptu visits, unravels rogue fuel dealers

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The Energy Regulatory Commission, ERC, in collaboration with the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, DCI, and the General Service Unit officers yesterday, 12th October 2018, conducted impromptu surveillance and compliance inspections on LPG facilities in Embu County.

During the raid, the Commission seized one hundred and forty one (141) assorted LPG cylinders, an LPG trailer, a canter, a filling line with five (5) filling heads and five (5) weighing scales.

Three (3) suspects were arrested and held at Embu regional police headquarters pending arraignment in court. This is in a series of continued crackdown on rogue fuel middlemen.

In a crackdown at Tana River County, yesterday, three suspects were arrested and charged for selling petroleum products above the maximum retail pump prices contrary to section 4(b) of the Energy Regulations, 2010 as read with section 102(w) of the Energy Act 2006.

The three, Lukeman Omar Mohammed, owner of Leila Petrol Station, Ibrahim Hussein Hassan and Abdallah Mohammed Bajoh who are managers of Heller and A.A. Bayasuf and Sons petrol stations respectively will be arraigned in court, soon.

In a presser the ERC says that they, “continue to urge members of the public to be vigilant and report any instances of malpractice or suspected fuel adulteration activities to the Commission through: [email protected] or hotline numbers 0708 444 000 or 0709 336 000.”

See images, below, of the arrested fuel dealers and press statements from the ERC:

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2018 Digital Essay Competition: Secondary Schools’ Winners and Finalists

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2018 Digital Essay Competition: Secondary Schools’ Winners and Finalists

The Prize Giving Ceremony for the 6th Annual Digital Essay Competition (DEC) for Secondary School in mainstream and learners with disabilities was held on Wednesday 26th September 2018 from 10 am to 1 pm during the Nairobi International Book Fair at Sarit Center, Westlands Nairobi. In attendance were invited guests, partners and sponsors, publishers, parents, teachers, students, among others.

Among the guests in attendance was Lydia Kyalo from Kenya Institute for the Blind, Eloi Mercamp from the French Embassy in Kenya, Martin Kieti from Perkins School for the Blind, Lydia Chege from Kenya Institute of Special Education, Dorice Kachipela from Education Development Trust

This year the competition received over 13,000 essays from students across the country representing a 146.3% increase from 5,305 submissions in 2017. All Winners and Finalists were awarded Computer Devices, Scholarship Money, Gift Hampers, Certificates, Public Recognition among other gifts.

This year, students were answering the question: “How can technology bring us closer to quality education for all Or Ni vipi teknolojia inaweza kutufikisha karibu na elimu bora kwa wote OR Comment la technologie peut-elle nous rapprocher d’une éducation de qualité pour tous? Participating students came from 358 schools in 43 out of Kenya’s 47 counties.

Top Winners in Secondary Level

  • Rael Mitchel Murila Grand Prize Winner Kiswahili Category from Lugulu Girls High School in Bungoma County
  • John Masyuki Grand Prize Winner Kiswahili Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
  • Darvyne Agnes Wakarindi Ndegwa Grand Prize Winner English Category from Loreto High School in Kiambu County
  • Hezborn Muiru Grand Prize Winner English Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
  • Benson Angote Ong’anya Grand Prize Winner French Category from Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Nairobi County
  • John Mwangi Grand Prize Winner French Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for the Blind in Kiambu County
  • Kisangi Tlavian Savatia Grand Prize Winner Art Category from Nyangori Boys High School  in Vihiga County
  • Joshua Munyoki Maswili Grand Prize Winner Art Category for Learners with Disabilities from Thika High School for The Blind in Kiambu County

Download full list of finalists and winners by clicking on the link below:

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KENYA PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE FREE PDF DOWNLOAD

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Download the free pdf copy of the Kenya Primary School Leaving Certificate, here:

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The journey of Safaricom in Kenya, When did Safaricom start operations in Kenya, What has Safaricom achieved in Kenya for the last 18 years.

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Yesterday, Safaricom celebrated its 18th birth day since it started telephony operations in Kenya. Today. we look at the history and evolution of the largest telecommunication company, in Kenya, by subscribers.

The are Safaricom’s Key milestones in the last 18 years.

  • In 1997 – Safaricom launched as a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya with 17,000 customers.
  • 2000 – Vodafone acquires 40 per cent stake and management role (May); how you heard about the joint venture while in South Africa and applied for the job and got it; Safaricom sets up office in an apartment at Norfolk Towers.
  • 2000 – 55 employees deployed from Telkom; 9 sites in Nairobi; Safaricom launched as The Better Option (October), reduces the price of SIM cards to KES 2,500 and sponsors the inaugural Lewa Marathon.
  • 2001 – 0722 prefix launched.
  • 2002 – led the democratisation of mobile phone services with the introduction of low denomination airtime (KES 100 scratch card) and SIM cards at KES 99.
  • 2003 – introduced per second billing; launched Simu ya Jamii, a public-use phone which marked the drive into the mass market; launched the Safaricom Foundation and hit the one million customer mark in June that year.
  • 2004 – mobile Internet is launched, paving the way for a data revolution; customer base grew to two million (October) and profits hit KES 5 billion, unheard of at the time.
  • 2005 – launch of Sambaza, the immensely popular flashback (call me back) service; customer base grows to three million.
  • 2006 – Safaricom moves to its new corporate headquarters in Westlands and hits the five million subscriber mark in December of that year; staff numbers grow to 1,100.
  • 2007 – M-PESA is launched on 7th March 2007 and hits one million subscriber mark in November that year; Safaricom purchases country’s first 3G license, embraces green energy by launching solar and wind-powered base stations in Northern Kenya and Coast region.
  • 2008 – subscriber numbers hit 10M in March; Safaricom introduces East and Central Africa’s largest IPO at KES 5 per share. IPO is concluded in June and attracts KES 2.4 billion in investment, spreading the company’s shareholding to 750,000 individual shareholders.
  • 2009 – Safaricom launches Bamba 5 and Bamba 10 airtime scratch cards (the lowest denominations in the market); customer base grows to 15 million (December) and the company invests in Kenya’s pioneer undersea cable venture.
  • 2010 – subscriber numbers grow to 16 million, with post-pay customers at 140,000; 5 million Kenyans access the Internet through Safaricom’s network.
  • 2010 – online customer support launched (Twitter & Facebook); EBU launched to manage corporate and SME customers.
  • 2010 – profits hit KES 20.9 billion; first mobile bank account launched in partnership with , is launched; Safaricom takes over title sponsorship of annual Rugby Sevens; takes over as CEO.
  • 2011 – Safaricom leads corporate Kenya in Kenyans For Kenya, a national fundraising campaign aimed at helping an estimated 3.5 million Kenyans facing starvation – the campaign raised over KES 680 million.
  • 2011 – Safaricom launches Lipa Karo, allowing learning institutions to receive school fees via M-PESA.
  • 2012 – M-PESA hits 15 million active users; Safaricom partners with to launch M-Shwari; launches , a pay-as-you-go solar lighting kit and iCow, a USSD-based platform that provides dairy farmers with information to increase their profits.
  • 2013 – Safaricom launches its first sustainability report, becoming the first corporate entity in Kenya to do so.
  • 2013 – Lipa Na M-PESA is launched (June) allowing thousands of businesses in the country to accept cashless payments for the first time.
  • 2013 – Safaricom becomes the first company in Kenya to introduce customer service in the form of online self-care, and unveils the Series.
  • 2014 – the value of M-PESA transactions exceeds KES 2.1 trillion, nearly half of Kenya’s GDP.
  • 2014 – M-Ledger introduced allowing users to track their M-PESA transactions.
  • 2014 – Safaricom launches Kenya’s first 4G network in Nairobi and Mombasa (December).
  • 2014 – USD 1 million Spark Venture Fund launched to invest in late seed to early growth stage start-ups that use mobile-based technology as an enabler. 5 start-ups invested in over the next 4 years , , Lynk, iProcure and Farm Drive.
  • 2014 – Safaricom launches an E-waste Management Programme and Children’s Rights Policy to further re-affirm its commitment to promoting and safeguarding the rights of the children.
  • 2014 – Safaricom launches the Safaricom International Jazz Festival.
  • 2015 – M-PESA comes home in April, with the relocation of servers from Germany to Kenya delivering higher, more efficient performance including the ability to handle over 900 transactions per second.
  • 2015 – Safaricom partners with to launch KCB M-PESA, further deepening financial inclusion.
  • 2015 -Safaricom introduces a Diversity and Inclusion Programme aimed at achieving gender balance and creating a more inclusive workforce.
  • 2015 -Safaricom launches first True Value Report, detailing the company’s economic impact beyond its profits –report shows that Safaricom sustained 682,000 jobs and generated KES 315B in revenue to Kenya’s GDP, equivalent to 6% of the country’s GDP in FY 2014/2015
  • 2017- Safaricom launches the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Football tournament for the youth.

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Photos: Magnificent building that NEMA is planning to pull down

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The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA, has given the owner of a bulding on riparian land to pull it down in the next 14 days. According to NEMA, the building has ‘encroached into Nairobi Dam embarkment.’

The memo from NEMA, dated 12/10/2018, directs the owner, Edermann Property, to remove the building within the next two weeks. “Within 14 days (from the date of this order) demolish the permanent structure. Failure to which, the demolition will be done without further reference to you.” Reads the memo.

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Education Ministry to develop software to locate and track textbooks

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The ministry of education is set to develop a software that will be used to track and report the exact location of the books that it distributes to schools, under the new text-books’ distribution policy. Appearing before the Parliamentary Education Committee, the Education PS, Dr. Belio Kipsang told the Hon. Julius Melly led committee that they are developing the software to enable easy monitoring of the books. “At any one time we will know where the books are,” said Dr. Kipsang

Dr. kipsang said the ministry is working with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD, to develop a serialization software to track the location of the books that is similar to those used on drugs and other pharmaceutical commodities. This tracking system works by imprinting a unique code onto each commodity after packaging. This latest move comes amid claims of delays by publishers to timely distribute the textbooks to various parts of the country citing poor weather and terrain. Under the new textbook policy duped ‘one text book policy’, Moran, Longhorn, Kenya Literature Bureau, oxford press and East african Educational Publishers were awarded the Kshs. 7.6 Billion tender to cut off cartels and corruption in the old dispensation where schools were mandated with the responsibility of procuring of the textbooks.

A report released by Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission, EACC, in 2016 exposed heightened corruption and fraud where schools’ heads could fail to purchase the textbooks and diverted the cash meant for the books to other uses. The shocking revelations showed that school heads and procurement committees could forge signatures, over price the text books or even single source the books, flouting the procurement rules.

The government has already disbursed textbooks for core subjects for all form ones who joined high school, this year.

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TSC to hold sensitization seminar for Curriculum Support Officers, CSOs

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, shall conduct a two day seminar for Curriculum Support Officers,CSOs, in October. Download this pdf document for further details:

TSC- SENSITIZATION OF CURRICULUM SUPPORT OFFICERS- 2018

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TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION SICK LEAVE, WHEN/ HOW CAN A TEACHER APPLY FOR A SICK LEAVE

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A teacher can apply for a sick leave if he/ she can not attend to duties due to sicness. The teacher should apply to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC,  for the sick leave through the head of institution by filling form P.

HOW CAN THE TEACHER APPLY FOR A SICK LEAVE:

  • A sick teacher should fill the form P, Sick leave form, not later than 48 hours incase the teacher attended as an outpatient or not later than 7 days where the teacher is an inpatient.
  • The teacher’s sick leave form must be forwarded by the head of institution, after attaching medical evidence documents, to the Sub county Director.
  • In situations where the teacher can not apply for the sick leave in person, the head teacher is expected to write to the sub county director within a period of 14 days on receiving the sickness information.

HOW IS THE SICK LEAVE GRANTED:

  • A teacher will receive full pay for a sick leave not extending 3 months
  • A teacher will receive half pay for a sick leave granted for the next 3 months
  • If the sick leave extends past 6 months, the teacher goes without pay/ zero pay until she/ he resumes duty.

Types of Allowances paid to Teachers by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC

 

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KPLC: Scheduled power outage for 1.10.2018

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KPLC: Scheduled power outage for 1.10.2018:

KPLC- Scheduled power outage for 1.10.2018

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