Kenya’s National soccer team, Harambee Stars, take on Ethiopia in an AFCON group F qualifier, this afternoon, at 4.00pm. In their first leg, the two teams played out to a barren draw, in Ethiopia. Kenya sits at the summit of group F and won’t afford to flop at home, today.
And, with less than 5 hours to kick off, Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, is almost full. Patriotic fans started walking in as early as 8.00am this morning. Today’s match is a must win for the Kenyans in order to return to the Continental show piece, African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) finals, next year after 15 years in the cold. The Kenyans sensationally silenced the highly rated Black stars of Ghana, 1-0, in their last game at kasarani few weeks ago.
Large security detail will keep vigil to ensure no major ugly incidences.
Various luminaries have been sending messages of success to the local boys, we sample some here:
Hon. Boni Khalwale: “Harambee Stars, I may not be at Kasarani Stadium today but I do wish u an emphatic win against Ethiopia.”
Senator Moses Wetangula: “I salute our Harambee stars and wish them sweet victory in the Afcon match against The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia.”
H.E William Ruto, DP: “Visited Harambee Stars training camp at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi County in a show of solidarity and delivered a goodwill message from Government and Kenyans ahead of the crunch Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. The boys are in high spirits and raring to go.”
Hon. Raila Odinga: “Go #HarambeeStars this is our moment. All the way to the #AFCON2019”
See a collection of multi-media, related to this clash, below:
Ethiopia fans at Kasarani, todayEthiopia fans at Kasarani, todayKasarani Stadium, Nairobi, almost full
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 Equity Bank, MPESA_FDN is launched; Safaricom takes over title sponsorship of annual Rugby Sevens; Bob Collymore 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 CBA_Group_ to launch M-Shwari; launches Mkopa solar, 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 Safaricom Athletics 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 Send Mobile, Eneza Education, 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 KCB Group 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.
Kenya’s Rugby 7’s team, Shujaa, hammered Botswana 49-0 in their opening match of the Africa Men’s Sevens at the Kennel Stadium in Monastir, Tunisia. The match was played today. Catch all the action on KWESE SPORTS.
The Kenyan Government has borrowed an excess of US Dollars 9.8 Billion from China. This makes Kenya the highest borrower in the East African region over the last 10 years. Uganda comes second having borrowed 2.9 Billion US dollars, in 10 years. The data was released by the China-African Research Initiative (CARI), at the John Hopkins University of the United States of America. The research shows that Kenya used the loans to expand her transport, communications, manufacturing and energy sectors. This has put both Kenya and Uganda on the International Monetary Fund, IMF, watch list. The two countries are at a debt risk, unless they come up with policies to cut down on expenditures and wage bills. The bulk of Kenya’s Chinese loans went into the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway, SGR, where 5.5 Billion US dollars were pumped.
Each of the East African countries is using about 8 percent of her revenue to service the Chinese loans. The East African countries currently owe the Chinese lenders over 29.4 Billion US dollars.
Ranking of the Eastern Africa Borrowers from the Chinese loan facilities:
Kenya- 9.8 Billion US dollars
Uganda – 2.9 Billion US dollars
Tanzania – 2.34 Billion US dollars
Rwanda- 289 Million US dollars
South Sudan- 182 Million US dollars
Burundi- 99 Million US dollars
Leading Chinese lenders.
The following are the largest Chinese lending institutions, to the East African Countries:
China Xim Bank- 16.8 Billion US dollars
The China Development Bank- 6.9 Billion US dollars
Other Chinese lenders- 6.1 Billion US dollars.
Latest amounts borrowed by the East African Countries and Ethiopia:
Ethiopia- 652 Million US dollars; borrowed in 2017 (Ethiopia has borrowed over 13.73 Billion US dollars in a period of 10 years).
The International Commission of Jurists, ICJ, has come out to strongly criticize the excessive use of force against striking Maseno University Students. “(we) condemn in the strongest terms possible the police brutality on Students of Maseno University. This excessive use of force was uncalled for and does not only violate (the) Kenyan law but also international guidelines on use of force by law enforcement,” read a presser by ICJ, today.
The agitated students, on Sunday 4th November 2018, staged demonstrations against alleged police harassment. The students blocked the busy Kisumu – Busia road; and lit fierce bonfires. The students staged the demos after their colleagues, who had visited the Maseno Police Station to report on an attack on four of their other comrades, were locked up by the police.
The police were seen being brutalized by the police even after surrendering. See images and video below (Disclaimer! some content may be graphic).
Photos: Police brutality against Maseno University students
In support of the Government’s Youth Initiative to develop a pool of young talent for the Kenyan Labour Market, KRA is seeking applications from fresh Bachelor’s Degree and Diploma graduates for its 2019 Internship programme. This includes Law degree holders pursuing the Advocates Training program (Pupils) at the Kenya School of Law.
The program aims at providing the Youth an opportunity for on-the job experience to build upon skills acquired at school and enhance their employability and is open within the various Support Services departments of the Authority in the following disciplines: Finance/Accounting, Economics/Statistics, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource, Marketing/Communication, ICT/Telecommunications, Hospitality, Library & Information Systems, Law, Security/Criminology, Business Administration/Management and Project Management
Requirements for engagement as an Intern:
Must be a Kenyan Citizen aged between 20 and 34 years
Must have graduated with a first Degree or Diploma from a recognized institution between January 2018 and December 2018*
Must be available full time for the six months duration of the program
Should not have undertaken any other internship or exposed to work experience since graduation.
Pupilage applicants must be registered pupils at the Kenya School of Law within the period
Please Note:
The deadline for application is Friday 30th November 2018.
All applications must be submitted online via the process below.
You can only apply for the opportunity after successfully registering in our e-recruitment portal.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
ONLY selected candidates will be contacted.
The Authority does not guarantee employment after completion of the Internship program nor does it offer extension
The Authority does not charge any fee for this process.
If selected, candidates will be required to submit:
a Certificate of Good Conduct,
proof of a valid Personal Accident Insurance Cover.
In addition they will be required to submit copies of PIN certificate, NHIF, NSSF, ID card and Bank Account details.
Kakamega county shall be hosting this year’s Mashujaa day celebrations. This day has been set aside as a holiday to commemorate great Kenyans who sacrificed to liberate our country from tge chains of colonialism. The day was initially referred to, “Kenyatta Day” named after Kenya’s founding father; Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
Here are a few Quick Facts about Kakamega, the County hosting the 55th Mashujaa Day celebrations:
Folklore denotes that the name Kakamega translates to when a visitor pinched ugali, emulating the locals’ eating style.
Kakamega was first gazetted as a post in 1909 with its boundaries defined within the larger Kisumu Province as it was named then.
Kakamega county covers an area of approximately 3005.1 Km2 with 13 sub-counties.
Kakamega is part of the region inhabited by the Abaluya community made up of 18 sub-groups with common background, common customs and speak closely related dialects.
Kakamega County serves as the headquarters of Kenya’s sugar production with three main sugar milling factories including, Mumias Sugar company, West Kenya sugar company and Butali Sugar company.
Kakamega County has a gold exploration history dating back to the early 1930s.
Kakamega County is a point of attraction being home to the vast Kakamega National Forest, Kenya’s only tropical rainforest with large species of birds and butterflies.
Happy Mashujaa Day from the Newsblaze Digital Team.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, has issued a threat to take unspecified action if the Teachers service Commission, TSC, does not call them to a meeting in a span of seven days. This comes after the TSC wrote to KNUT, on 17th October 2018, postponing talks that were to be held today (Friday 19 October, 2018); between TSC AND KNUT. Read more details here:TSC Cancels Meeting with KNUT.
In a letter dated 18th October 2018, the KNUT Secretary, Hon. Wilson Sossion, blames TSC for mistrust and mischief over the latter’s move to cancel today’s talks. Today’s meeting was to highlight unresolved industrial issues raised by KNUT. The two sides failed to agree on these issues when they met in Naivasha few weeks ago. “You will note that as early as July 2018, we formally raised several pertinent issues affecting harmonious industrial relationships which called for urgent interventions,” says Sossion in the letter addressed to the TSC Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia. Related content: Education cs urges KNUT and TSC to drop hard line stands
“Flowing from the said issues and demands, a meeting was convened on 24th August, 2018, after protracted exchange where certain agreed issues were tabled and way forward agreed. This way forward was to have a retreat in Naivasha where there aborted discussions owing to (the) hard line and unreasonable position taken by (the) Teachers Service Commission (TSC),” Sossion adds. The KNUT Secretary General says that the two sides had on 6th September, 2017, agreed that promotions of teachers by the TSC was mandatory. But, he blames TSC for renegading on this position and introducing ‘CPG Policies and Appraisals which utterly contradicts the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and code of Regulations for Teachers (CORT), hence illegal.’
Teachers with higher qualifications have been waiting in the cold since 2014 when the TSC freezed promotions on attainment of higher qualifications. KNUT projects the numbers of such teachers at about 30,000. On Tuesday, this week, the KNUT Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Hesbon Otieno, issued a memo to all branch secretaries to collect data on teachers who had submitted their higher qualification credentials to the TSC for promotion. Read more details here:KNUT to collect data for teachers with higher qualifications ahead of Friday’s meeting with TSC
Sossion now wants the Commission to convene a meeting in seven days, effective yesterday, to address the unresolved issues. “In the circumstances, we hereby demand that within the next seven (7) days, a meeting be convened to which steps and actions will be taken without any reference to you,” Sossion, further, says. The letter is copied to the Education Cabinet Secretary, Amb. Amina Mohammed, Hon. Ukur Yatani, the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of East African Community, Labour and Social Protection, Hon. Julius Kibiwott Melly, the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, among others. This timeline will expire on 25/10/2018 and by then most schools should have closed for forms 1,2 and 3.
The embattled Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri, has, today, issued a statement on the status of his Ministry’s pay outs to Maize Suppliers to the National Cereals and Produce Board, NCPB. The Minister has been under immense pressure to pay farmers for supplies of maize grains to the NCPB.
“This afternoon, following H.E the President’s directive on maize payments, I released a statement clarifying the the issues at hand.
I pointed out that from 16th October 2017 to date, 9.4b has been paid to NCPB out of which 7b was paid to farmers before I assumed office as the CS Agriculture.
1198 farmers have been paid. 900 farmers who have been vetted are expected to receive payment by this evening. 44 farmers who are claiming 217 million have not returned their verification forms therefore they are yet to be paid, while 152 others are under investigations by EACC.” Hon. Kiunjuri says.
Meet this man, Miguna Miguna… A politician, a lawyer and a columnist. He has, in the past, unsuccessfully vied for political seats, sworn in Raila Odinga as president and was forcefully deported from Kenya.
Miguna Miguna Being deported
For him, everything happening in Kenya is wrong; from the handshake to the lifestyle audits. Maybe he is right, maybe he is wrong.
We sample some of his recent statements. He has no kind words for the political class:
On Kenya’s victory and ensuing celebrations against Ethiopia, yesterday during the AFCON qualifier, Miguna wrote:
“Fellow Kenyans, celebrating the Kenya vs Ethiopia victory is like an adult celebrating that he has wrestled a toddler to the ground. Ethiopia went through a 30-year-civil-war and has been at the ICU since the war ended. Beat Brazil, France or Italy and I’ll join your celebrations. The Despots: Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, William Ruto and their cabals are laughing their heads off in their multibillion mansions as hungry, oppressed, exploited and enslaved zombies are DISTRACTED to celebrating the Kenya vs Ethiopia meaningless victories. Liberate yourselves mentally. He goes on to say:
“I admit that Kenya is NUMBER 1 in the theft and plunder of public resources. Yes, we are number 1 in extra-judicial killings, torture and repression. We are often number 2 in long distance running. But what INTELLECTUAL pursuits are we number 1 in? Tell me.”
On Raila Odinga’s push for a referendum to change the constitution:
“Kenyans placed term limits and restricted their elected leaders or imposters to 2 terms of 5 years each to curtail authoritarianism. Now, the Despot, his hand cheque lapdog and sycophants are yelling that Uhuru Kenyatta must rule for life. A Constitution should never be repealed or changed to suit anyone no matter how powerful, repressive or wealthy s/he may be. A Kshs 200 billion referendum will worsen the lives of Kenyans. Respect and uphold the Constitution as it exists, deliver services and create jobs.”
Miguna Miguna Swearing in Raila Odinga as president
On Kenyans’ angry reactions to former South Sudan Chief of General Staff General Paul Malong Awan Anei’s wealth, Miguna says:
“Why are some Kenyans hypocritically upset about Paul Malong’s plundered wealth when Uhuru Kenyatta; Daniel arap Moi; Mwai Kibaki; Raila Odinga; William Ruto, Nicholas Biwott, Joshua Kulei, Chris Kirubi and their families have looted 1,000,000% more than him from Kenyans.”
Miguna adds: “Kshs 5 trillion of public money has been plundered and stashed in tax havens abroad by Daniel Arap Moi, Uhuru Kenyatta, their families and cronies, yet Kenyan politicians are busy taking selfies with Bobi wine (a Ugandan Legislator) instead of protecting public interests – as their sycophants cheer.”
Miguna Miguna vied for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat in 2017
Miguna castigating Kenyan Members of Parliament hosting Ugandan Legislator, Bobi Wine:
“Those pretending to support Bobi Wine in Kenya are cowards. The best way to fight for freedom is to confront tyrants in your own country. DIRECTLY CONFRONT Uhuru Kenyatta regarding his egregious violations of human rights in Kenya. Stop pretending to be fighting Museveni in Kenya.”
Miguna Miguna being roughed up by an angry mob
Miguna on the Government’s failure to create jobs for the youths:
“The DUTY of a government is to create jobs and deliver basic services such as housing, healthcare, education, transportation and security – and to respect and uphold the law. How many sycophants out there can say that the Jubilee Party despots and their lapdogs have done that?”
He goes on to say: “How many jobs has the Hand Cheque created for the unemployed youth since March 9th? How many looters have been charged or convicted since March 9th? How many VICTIMS of extra-judicial killings and police torture have had justice rendered to them since 2007?”
Miguna-Miguna-and-Raila-Odinga
Miguna names tycoons hiding trillions of Kenyan money in overseas banks, as Kenyans languish in poverty:
“Leading Kenyan plunderers who are hiding TRILLIONS OF SHILLINGS looted public wealth abroad: Daniel arap Moi & Family, Uhuru Kenyatta & Family, Mwai Kibaki & Family, Raila Odinga & Family, William Ruto & Family, Nicholas Biwott and Chris Kirubi & Family.”
And Miguna writes off the lifestyle audit exercise by the president as just a mere Public Relations: “Kenyans must not support despotic PR exercises called ‘lifestyle audits,’ mythical bridges to nowhere or a referendum as Uhuru Kenyatta and his lapdogs Raila Odinga, MoivGideon, Kalonzo Musyoka and others continue looting TRILLIONS of our resources.”
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams went on smoothly today as candidates sat for their Mathematics and Chemistry Paper 1. The examination was largely devoid of many incidents, safe for one or two. These are the major highlights that headlined the day 1 of the exams, today:
Candidate writes his exams from prison: A form four Student at omware Secondary school in Awendo, Migori County, was forced to write his exams from the police cells, today. The boy was arrested and locked up for allegedly stealing a motor bike. He was arrested 3 weeks ago.
A principal from Wajir was arrested, yesterday, and arraigned in Court today for allegedly raping a form four candidate that he had given a lift on saturday, 3/11/2018, at around 3.00pm. The principal denied the claims and was released on a Ksh. 300,000 bond. Read full details, here: sSchool principal arrested for allegedly defiling a candidate, freed on a Kshs. 300,000 bond
Sad! Candidate dies after writing his day one tests: A form 4 student at Gesiaga mixed Secondary school, in Nyamira County, collapsed and passed away on Monday afternoon, moments after writing his Maths paper one KCSE examination. The boy reportedly died as a result of heart related complications.
A large contingent officials oversaw KCSE examinations administration, today: The government dispatched its top officials to supervise administration of the KCSE tests in various parts of the country. The officials who included Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Chairmen of Councils supervised the opening of the containers at wee hours of the chilly morning. The officials would, later, oversee the administration of the examinations at various examination centres; Infact, the Education cabinet secretary, Dr. Amina Mohammed, issued the exam papers to students at one of the centres. See the list of the Government officials who supervised today’s tests:
Dr. Nancy Njeri Macharia, The Teachers Service Commission boss, was at Nyeri central Sub-County.
Dr. Belio Kipsang, The Basic education Ministry’s Principal Secretary, traversed parts of Kisii and Kericho Counties.
Amb. Amina Mohammed, the Education Ministry’s Cabinet Secretary, supervised the KCSE examinations administration in the Coastal region’s Kilifi and Mombasa.
Mr. Henry Rotich (Treasury cabinet secretary) was in Eldoret.
Prof. George Magoha (The Chairman to the Kenya National examinations Council): oversaw KCSE exams in Busia County.
Dr. Julius Jwan (Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, KICD) was in Embu town.
The KCSE examinations continue tomorrow (Tuesday, 6th November, 2018) with candidates expected to sit for their kiswahili paper one and Geography Paper one tests.
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This year’s Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth tournament kicks off tomorrow at the Western region. A total of 80 matches will be staged this weekend in Kakamega and Vihiga Counties. (See attached fixtures, below). 1,600 teams registered for this year’s football bonanza. After the Western Region matches, action will shift to Nyanza, Rift Valley, Eastern, Coast, Central, North Eastern and Nairobi regions, respectively.
The Ministry of Education has released fees guidelines on implementation of Free Day Secondary Education for 2019. According to the ministry, all learners will continue to receive a capitation of Kshs. 22,244 per year.
2019 FEES GUIDELINES FOR DAY SCHOOLS
Parents with learners in Day Scholars will pay for their kids’ lunch programmes, as has been the case. The ministry will disburse the funds as follows:
A sum total of KShs. 11,122 in December 2018; to be used for first term of 2019,
Kshs. 6,673 in April 2019; to be used for second term of 2019 and
KShs. 4,449 in August 2019; meant for term three of 2019.
2019 FEES STRUCTURE FOR BOARDING SCHOOLS.
the ministry has categorized the boarding schools into two groups, namely:
Category A and
Category B
1. CATEGORY A BOARDING SCHOOLS
These are National schools and extra County schools located in: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret. On top of the KShs. 22,244 government subsidy, each parent will pay to the following vote heads, per child in 2019:
Boarding equipment and Stores: KShs. 30,385.
Maintenance and improvement: KShs. 2,000.
Other Vote heads(LT & T, Admin, EWC, PE): kShs. 20,371
Activity fees: Kshs. 798.
This brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs. 53,544.
2. CATEGORY B BOARDING SCHOOLS
These are boarding schools and extra county schools in other areas. On top of the KShs. 22,244 government subsidy, each parent will pay to the following vote heads, per child in 2019:
Boarding equipment and Stores: KShs. 25, 385
Maintenance and improvement: KShs. 2,000
Other Vote heads(LT & T, Admin, EWC, PE): kShs. 12,900
Activity fees: Kshs. 250
This brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs. 40,535.
2019 SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION SCHOOLS’ FEES
The government has enhanced capitation to Kshs. 57,974 per child in 2019. The parent’s fee obligation, on top of the Government’s subsidy, shall be:
Boarding Equipment and stores: KShs. 10,790
Maintenance and improvement: Kshs. 2,000
his brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs.12,790.
Journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiance, Joseph Irungu, will spend another 7 days in police custody. The decision was made by Judge James Wakianga who presided over the case, this morning, at Milimani law courts. Maribe and Irungu’s bail application hearing has now been set for October 24th, 2018. The two are facing charges over Monica Kimani’s murder.
The National Transport and Safety Authority update on case of bus registration KBN399F:
“Our attention has been drawn to a footage of mentioned bus being driven carelessly along Nairobi-Mombasa highway on 13th October 2018. NTSA summoned officials of the Company,driver and impounded the bus.” See the latest update on the status of the bus, as released by the NTSA today, below:
The police officers have been engaging fans who wanted to force entry into the already full Kasarani Stadium, for the AFCON clash between Kenya and Ethiopia. A few fans have been left with bruises after being clobbered by the police. The police had to lobe teargas canisters to disperse the rogue fans who engaged the police in running battles, see video below, courtesy:
Education Cabinet Secretary, CS, Amb. Amina Mohammed and her Interior counter-part, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, have today lead a top officials’ meeting to lay down final preparations for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams that begin in less than a fortnight’s time. During today’s meeting, security officials were given keys to the metallic containers where exam materials are to be kept.
Interior CS Matiang’i (second Left), Education CS Amina (Centre) and KNEC Chair, Magoha (Second Right) walking to today’s meeting
Speaking at the function, Education CS, Amina, said that “the containers will have a double locking system. The Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDE) and the Deputy County Commissioners will each have the keys to secure and ensure they open and close the containers every day during the examination process.” Amina also noted that 30 examination centres had been placed under high surveillance and 192 others under amplified surveillance based on reported examination malpractice trends from 2015 to 2017.
The meeting which was held at he Kenya School of Government in Kabete, Kiambu County, saw the attendance of top government officials including: The Education CS, Amina Mohammed, Interior CS, Fred Matiang’i, Education PS, ICT CS, Mucheru, Belio Kipsang, and KNEC chair, Prof. George Magoha among others. The Education CS issued padlocks and keys for 459 examination containers to Deputy County Commissioners and the Sub-County Directors of Education.
Speaking at the same event, Education Ministry Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, announced that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will recall certificates of parents and teachers found aiding in examination cheating.
While giving elaborate measures put to safeguard the examination materials, Amina pronounced that 224 security officers will escort the examination materials from the, Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, warehouse to the examination storage facilities, after which they will be handed over to the sub-county Directors of Education and Deputy County Commissioners.
“All question papers will be escorted by armed security officers every day of the examination from collection to return of the answer scripts to the container and back to KNEC. We have identified several examination cartels that have been behind the sale of fake papers to unsuspecting parents and candidates. I will engage my colleagues at the Ministry of Interior, National Treasury, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine forensic means to deal with the proceeds accrued from this illegal exercise,” Amb. Amina added.
Addressing the meeting, today, Interior Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Fred Matatiang’i reiterated the ministry’s resolve to provide adequate security during the examination period and that he had recalled all officers on leave. ”We assure the CS Education of our hundred percent support. Nobody will be on leave at the Ministry of Interior until 30th November, 2018. All children will sit for examinations wherever they are and areas troubled by insecurity will be under 24/7 surveillance,” Matiang’i said.
ICT CS, Mucheru, said his ministry will provide software security to reinforce other mechanisms put in place to safeguard the processes (Examination). CS Mucheru said that the ICT Ministry will provide accurate, reliable and timely technology. He also promised to deploy more than 300 staff members to the MOE to ensure that the examination will be conducted in an irregularity free environment.
Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi has exuded confidence in the Kenya National Team ahead of their International friendly match against the Uganda Cranes. This as the team held it’s final training session on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani ahead of Sunday’s match. “Time can never be enough to train a national team. One will always want more time, but not to say we have not trained adequately. We have trained enough as a team for the game tomorrow and I am confident we will get a positive result,” said coach Kimanzi.
He also urged fans to come out in large numbers to support the national team.
“I beckon fans to come and support the team, as their support is a crucial point of motivation to the players,” said the coach.
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Kickoff has been scheduled for 4 pm on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani.
Tickets are set to retail at KES 200 all-round access and will be sold opposite Safari Park Hotel, at Ngomongo Police Station and outside Kasarani stadium’s Gate 12. Gates will open at 11 am while ticket sales will kick off at 7 am on match day.
The Kenya National union of Teachers, KNUT, has embarked on a process of collecting data for teachers who have submitted their higher qualification certificates to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, effective 2014 to date. Through a memo sent to all branch executive Secretaries, the KNUT Deputy Secretary General, Hesbon A Otieno, requests the secretaries to compile the data and send it to the National office before Thursday, 18th October, 2018. “You are hereby instructed to urgently furnish this office (KNUT National office) with the above data by Thursday 18th October, 2018,” says Otieno.
The collection of this data is to inform the national office on the exact number of teachers who have attained higher qualifications but are yet to be promoted by the TSC. KNUT has been estimating the numbers of those teachers to be about 30,000. KNUT says it will use the data during the forth coming crunch talks with the TSC. “This is to necessitate our talks with the TSC regarding the issue of ‘Teachers Promotion’ during the meeting scheduled for Friday 19th October, 2018.” Otieno adds in the circular dated October 16, 2018.
Friday’s meeting comes after KNUT and TSC failed to agree on pertinent issues raised by KNUT’s negotiating team. Sonme of the contentious issues are: Promotion of teachers who have attained higher qualifications, Stopping the delocalization and Teachers’ evaluation exercises by the TSC.
The branch executive secretaries are expected to collate the teachers’ data that include; the teacher’s name, TSC Number, Qualifications, Year of Submission (of higher qualifications certificate to the TSC) and the teacher’s KNUT branch name. Teachers with higher qualifications will be hoping to be considered for promotions after Friday’s meeting between the KNUT and TSC in Nairobi.
Qatar will be hosting soccer’s biggest tournament, the FIFA World cup in 2022. To this end, the Qatar government has launched ‘an initiative dubbed ‘Road to 2022 Volunteer Initiative’ which is aimed at registering volunteers across the world to contribute towards hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022.’ Click on this link to access the official registration website:https://sc.qa/en/opportunities/volunteer
The initiative is targeting especially the youth to lend support on a range of activities such as:
This information is contained in a ministry of foreign affairs- Kenya presser dated 21.10.2010. The Ministry goes ahead to urge members of the public to ‘assist in widely circulating this information as the initiative provides a good opportunity for the youth and semi-skilled workers; since the volunteers will stand a high chance of getting permanent employment, thereafter.’
Zimbabwe pulled an upset by defeating title holders and hot favorites Kenya by a 17-5 margin to lift the Main Cup of the Africa Men’s Sevens Championship in a final played at the Kennel Stadium in Monastir, Tunisia, today. Zimbabwe got the first try and converted for a 7-0 lead. Kenya responded with a try but Daniel Taabu’s conversion went horribly wide to take the game to 5-7 at the break. On resumption, Zimbabwe got a try to take a 5-12 lead. The Zimbabweans did not give the Kenyans any breathing space in the second half and they sealed victory via one last try, to lift the trophy by a 17-5 win.
Earlier, Zimbabwe had to leave it late to over-come the stubborn Ugandans in the semis by a 24-19 scoreline, in extra time. The game had ended at a 19-19 tie in regulation time. In their semi-final fixture, Shujaa thumped Madagascar 36-5. Uganda won Bronze by smacking Madagascar 24-19 in the playoff.
Final Ranking of Teams:
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Uganda
Madagascar
Zambia
Tunisia
Morocco
Senegal
Namibia
Ghana
Botswana
Mauritius
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