The TSC may retire a teacher on grounds of public interest upon considering every available report with regard to the public protests and complaint against the teacher and upon considering that it will be undesirable to retain such a teacher in the teaching service.
An employee whose conduct and behavior may not be conducive for peaceful and effective learning or whose behavior may pose a threat to the well being of learners and fellow teachers may be retired in the Public Interest.
Such a teacher may be retired at any age, provided they are in permanent and pensionable establishment.
DECLARATION OF TEACHER LEAVING THE SERVICE
A complaint or report to warrant the retirement of a teacher on grounds of public interest shall demonstrate that the teacher has engaged in in acts or omissions that contravene public interest and policy.
Dr. Fred Okengo Matiang’i was on 24 November 2015, appointed as the cabinet secretary for Education by President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a cabinet reshuffle. During his tenure at the Education docket, Matiang’i saw the introduction of far reaching radical changes. Some of the changes were unsuccessful but most were successful.
SUCCESSFUL CHANGES & POLICIES INTRODUCED BY MATIANG’I
Radical changes at the Kenya National Examinations Council:
Matiang’i saw the introduction of new changes to safeguard the integrity of National examinations. Some of those changes that have brought sanity at the Council include:
Procurement of additional containers for Storage of examination materials.The CS procured 67 additional containers to secure the exam papers in new Sub Counties and in other vast areas whose terrain called for additional containers. Installation of the containers at the Sub Counties was completed by July 30, 2017.
Free Registration of all Candidates.The government currently pays all the registration fees for all candidates sitting national examinations in KCPE and KCSE.
Centre managers during exams: Deputy head teachers now remain in schools to assist their head teachers who act as centre managers. However, where a school has more than one deputy, only one of the deputies can be in the school at any given time. all school heads are in charge of their examination centres and shall are held personally responsible for the cheating cases reported in their institutions.
Exam areas out of bounds for other teachers. Teachers remain out of the examination area. To limit contact between students and outsiders, and reduce disturbances during examination period, Matiang’i banned all non-academic activities during third term. However, teachers involved in practical subjects stay in school to prepare for the practicals, only when the exam is taking place.
Disbanding KNEC Board.Matiang’i disbanded the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Board, with the subsequent sacking of nine board members, after it was accused of abetting exam irregularities. Prof. George Magoha was appointed the new Council chairman as Ms. M.G. Karogo was appointed the acting Chief Executive Officer.
Early release of results. In December, Matiang’i caught the country by surprise after releasing the 2016 examination results abruptly without prior notice contrary to the tradition where the marks were announced after the Christmas holiday.
Compressed examination period: the Kenya National Examination Council has since condensed the KCSE calendar to 30 days. while, the KCPE exams calendar has been condensed to 3 days. Marking days have also been greatly reduced.
examination Container in Kenya
2. Rationalization of Schools calendar.
The school calendar was harmonized. Term 1 and 2 to have 14 weeks and 9 weeks for term 3 for forms 1,2 and 3.
3. Restructuring Form One Candidates selection
The CS also introduced a new schedule of Form One candidate selection which starts a week after the release of the results. The candidates also report to their respective schools on January, as opposed to earlier years where the exercise happened in February.
4. Intoduction of NEMIS:
The ministry, from January this year, introduced a unique personal identifier (UPI), which is used to submit enrollment data.
5. Formulation of a new Teachers’ Evaluation method:
The TSC introduced the mandatory performance contract and appraisals. TSC said the Performance Contracting (PC) and Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) will continue to be rolled out
6. Restructuring of university learning
Every university will be expected to prepare and submit to the Commission an annual report in a prescribed format.
CUE will work with universities to convert the school-based courses into quality part-time programmes with sufficient opportunities for research and contact between the learners and their lecturers.
Universities to ensure that class sizes and staff to student ratios are within the allowable limits, as provided for in the Standards and Guidelines.
7. Delocalizarion of schools heads:
Headteachers and principals will not serve in the same school for more than nine years. School heads and deputy schools heads will be required to be holders of a Bachelor of Education degree while principals and deputy principals must possess a Masters degree. Already, the Teachers Service Commission has rolled out the contentious delocalization exercise, with the Kenya National union of Teachers, KNUT, vehemently opposing it.
8. Waiver of school fees and increasing government subsidy to Free Secondary Education and Free Primary education: In the new fees structure, all students in day secondary school are entitled to a Sh22,240 capitation from the government. This is because the government announced it has increased capitation per child by some Sh9,374 per year, bringing to Sh22,244, the total amount the state will now release per child per year in all secondary schools. Read more details here…https://newsblaze.co.ke/public-schools-hit-with-financial-crunch-as-government-delays-release-of-fse-and-fpe-funds/
9. The directive on the painting of school buses.
All school buses have been painted yellow according to the new regulations, introduced by the Cabinet Secretary.
Yellow painted school bus
10. New Textbooks Policy:
Matiang’i saw the implementation of the new textbooks policy where each form one student receives six books on opening day. Under this policy, each Form One student reporting to public schools is supplied with six books on the core subjects of mathematics, English, Kiswahili, biology, chemistry and physics. The government now directly procures the textbooks as opposed to the earlier dispensation where money for the textbooks was wired to schools for them to in turn purchase the books.
CS MATIANG’I; REFORMS THAT NEVER SAW LIGHT OF DAY:
Consolidation of primary and secondary schools’ leadership.
Plans to consolidate leadership of primary and secondary schools that share a compound never took off. According to the plans, only one school head was to manage the two institutions, with two deputies appointed to each wing.
2. Periodic Meetings for teachers in the same subject area:
Additionally, teachers of the same subject area were to be required to hold meetings to improve performance. Subject teachers in an institution would hold meetings on specific days in a week to discuss and find solutions to issues that affect teaching and learning in their subjects. Teachers from different schools within the same locality were also hold formal structured sessions to address performance gaps in subject areas.
This year’s gala that went down at the Safari Park hotel, in Nairobi, last night saw the crowning of the eloquent West Pokot County, Ms. Sarah Pkyach, as the new Miss Tourism Kenya- 2018. Sarah trounced 39 other contestants to win this year’s title. Among the luminaries who graced the event, were: Hon. Ababu Namwamba and CS Eugene Wamalwa. The overall winner was awarded with 1.2M shillings worth of a contract with Miss Tourism Kenya Organization and a chance to represent Kenya on a global stage.
Sarah, now, has three coveted crowns to herself: She is the reigning Miss JKUAT (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology), Miss Tourism West Pokot County and Miss Tourism Kenya. JKUAT was represented by 3 beauties at yesterday’s grand finale: Bridgit Kanini (Miss machakos County), Stella Ageya (Miss Kisumu County) and the winner, Miss Sarah Pkyach (Miss West Pokot County).
Miss Sarah is a third year student at JKUAT pursuing a Bachelors of Science Degree in Bio-statistics in the college of Pure and Applied Sciences (COPAS).
A boy was caught, last week, sitting a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, music examinations on behalf of a boy in Kakamega county. The boy identified as Ambrose Wekesa Tumo, a form three student at Eden Faith High School, was discovered by the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, Assessors sitting the Music Practical paper on behalf of a Mukuyu girls’ candidate.
The Assessors, Phoebe Mwaura and Mesea Kennedy, were concerned when they saw the candidate playing the Litungu instrument with prowess, a scenario that raised eyebrows as to if indeed the candidate was a girl. On further investigations, the assessors found out that the candidate was a boy and was sitting the paper on behalf of a Mukuyu Secondary School girl.
The boy was then arrested and taken to Lumakanda police station were the case was reported. The Music Practical examination was being carried out at Lumakanda Boys Centre. Heavy penalty awaits the culprit if found culpable. The boy was dressed in a Mukuyu girls’ uniform, a case of impersonation.
The KCSE exams commenced on Monday 22nd October, 2018, with: French, German, Arabic, Kenya Sign Language and Music practicals.
Kenya’s Rugby 7’s team, Shujaa, over-came Zambia 33-7 in their Main Cup Quarters match of the Africa Men’s Sevens at the Kennel Stadium in Monastir, Tunisia. The match ended few minutes ago. . Catch all the action on KWESE SPORTS.
The Rugby Union, KRU, has appointed a new management team, today:
Head Coach: Paul Murunga
Assistant Coach: Kevin Wambua
Strength and conditioning Coach: Geoffrey Kimani
Physio: Lamech Bogonko
The KRU confirmed the appointment via a presser on their website:
{The Kenya Rugby Union this afternoon unveiled the Kenya Sevens incoming Management Team. This is owing to the fact that the two year contract given to the former management comes to an end on the last day of October 2018.
Paul Murunga comes into the team as the Head Coach and he will be assisted by Kevin Mwema. We caught up with the two and both are excited and humbled to be taking on this new challenge. Murunga was the Shujaa Assistant Coach in 2016 when the team lifted the first ever HSBC Sevens Trophy in Singapore.
“I am very excited, it’s been a journey in terms of coaching and for me this is the ultimate challenge. I’ve been in the set up as the Assistant Coach but now being the Head Coach the focus will be mostly on me. From past experience, I believe I am ready for the new role. I’ll continue putting God first and ensure I am able to work according to his will. I am sure we shall have a good season as we build up a very strong side that will continue raising the flag high”
Incoming Assistant Coach Kevin Mwema is also very delighted to be appointed for this position. “ I am extremely humbled to have been considered for this job. The previous coached have done a fantastic job in laying down the foundation and structures. As we come in to this side, we shall have our own canvas as we also build up on the players they have left. Probably tweak a few things and as we work on ensuring Kenya’s name remains on the map in matters rugby.”
The two are joined by Geoffrey Kimani who maintains his role as the Strength and Conditioning Coach while Lamech Bogonko retains his position as the Team Physio. This technical Bench will be on a two year contract.}
Good evening. The Kenya Power and Lihghting Company will shut down the following areas, tomorrow, for scheduled maintenance. (See images and pdf notice, below):
KPLC: Scheduled power outage for 17.10.2018
Scheduled power outage for 17.10.2018 (pdf download)
The interdiction and disciplinary process of a teacher:
Reporting a misconduct: Any allegations of misconduct against a teacher are reported to any of the following: the TSC Secretary, the County Director, the head of institution/ head teacher/ Principal, the Board of Management Secretary or any government law enforcing agency e.g the EACC and Police. The report may be made through writing or verbally
Investigating the allegations: Upon receiving the report on the allegations, the TSC carries out investigations; directly or through its agents like: the BOM, Head of institution or the County Director.
Interdiction process: If the investigations reveal glaring gross misconducts, the TSC or BOM serves the teacher with a letter of interdiction specifying the actual allegations against the teacher.
Proceeding for interdiction: The interdicted teacher or head of institution must clear and leave the educational institution within 48 hours (2 days) upon receiving the letter of interdiction.
Salary status during interdiction: An interdicted teacher shall be paid half salary during the period of interdiction except if the interdiction is due to: Chronic absenteeism, desertion of duty, having been jailed or held in legal custody, misappropriation or mismanagement of public funds, fraudulent claims and funds receipt, use of false certificates, Forgery, impersonation, collusion and immoral behaviour.
Reporting status of interdicted teacher: An interdicted teacher shall be required to report to the Teachers Service Commission’s nearest Sub-County office once a month. This is done in order to ascertain progress of discipline case and to provide an updated contact address.
Invitation to appear before a disciplinary panel: An interdicted teacher shall receive official written communication for the hearing of the discipline case at least a month before the date of hearing. The communication is done through: the teacher’s last known address, the address of the teacher’s next of kin, hand delivery, the last station of work (before interdiction) through the head of institution, the permanent address provided by the teacher at recruitment, a telephone call to the teacher, an email to the teacher, an SMS to the teacher’s phone number and the TSC’s website.
Composition of the Disciplinary Panel: Administration of a disciplinary process shall be either at the County offices of Commission’s head quarters. The panel shall consist of: A TSC’s represemntative (Chair), 2 directors, An officer from division dealing with matters touching on the discipline(EACC, Children’s,)
Powers of the disciplinary panel: Administer oaths, invite witnesses, require the teacher to produce identification and professional documents, inform teacher of offence committed and allowing such a teacher to give defense, examine witness and allow the teacher to cross examine witnesses.
Determination of a discipline case: TSC shall, within 28 days after hearing date, inform the teacher of its decision regarding the disciplinary case and give adequate reasons for decision arrived at.
Administering disciplinary action: The TSC, after hearing the disciplinary case, may determine that:
the teacher is not guilty of the offence and shall revoke the interdiction.
a teacher has committed an offence that does not warrant removal from the register and may: warn the teacher in writing, surcharge the teacher, suspend the teacher for a period not exceeding 6 months without pay, retire the teacher in the public interest, dismiss the teacher from the teaching service, refer the teacher for medical evaluation to determine suitability of the teacher to continue executing teaching services.
a teacher is guilty of the offence and his name be removed from the register.
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: compliance@erc.go.ke or hotline numbers 0708 444 000 or 0709 336 000.”
See images, below, of the arrested fuel dealers and press statements from the ERC:
The Black view P 11000 Smart phone prides itself for having one of the largest battery capacities at 11000mAh. This battery can do up to 7 days of continued usage. The phone has a powerful camera and generally its cost is affordable.
Description: Blackview P10000 Pro as a phablet features:
6.0 inch display afford you a vivid and different visual experience.
Quad cameras, 16.0MP + 0.3MP dual back cameras and 13.0MP + 0.3MP dual front cameras, you can enjoy images with high resolution.
It comes with most of the features we’ve come to expect from a phablet, including 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM storage equipped with Android 7.1 OS and 11000mAh Battery that you can play games faster.
Main Features:
Blackview P10000 Pro 4G Phablet 6.0 inch Android 7.1 MTK6763 Octa Core 2.0GHz 4GB RAM 64GB ROM Quad Cameras Type-C Glass Back Case 11000mAhBattery
Display: 6.0 inch 2160 x 1080 pixels IPS screen
CPU: MTK6763 Octa Core 2.0GHz
System: Android 7.1
Storage: 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM
Cameras:16.0MP + 0.3MP dual back cameras and 13.0MP + 0.3MP dual front cameras
Miss Tourism Kenya is an annual National event that seeks to personify Kenya’s Tourism strengths through pageantry.
National finals are held annually in a one week extravaganza that gives Kenyans and visitors the opportunity to experience Kenya’s diversity through competitions in Traditional dances, Traditional Food displays, Exhibitions and Talents Competitions.This extravaganza is open to the members of the public with selected guests officiating and awarding winners in various categories. Winners are selected for the following titles: nine regional winners and one popular winner by public voting. These winners go to the final stage where they are put through their paces in a question and answer session. Ultimately six winners are picked as follows:
Miss Tourism – Peace and Unity
Miss Tourism – Hospitality
Miss Tourism – Investment
Miss Tourism – Environment
Miss Tourism – Culture
Miss Tourism Kenya
The overall winner is awarded with 1.2M shillings worth of a contract with Miss Tourism Kenya Organization and a chance to represent Kenya on a global stage.
Areas of preparation for Miss Tourism include: personal etiquette and grooming, knowledge on all the six pillars of MTK in relation to the County. (Courtesy, Eve Magazine).
This year’s gala is going down at the Safari Park hotel, in Nairobi, today:
Here are some of the beauties in contention for the prize money:
The Kenya Certificates of Secondary Education, KCSE, 2018 examinations kick off proper tomorrow with all students expected to sit for theory and practical papers, countrywide. According to the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, time table, the students will start off with Mathematics paper one in the morning session before sitting their Chemistry paper on exams in the mid morning session.
Here are the key numbers (Statistics), concerning this year’s KCSE Examinations:
23: The number of days that the KCSE exams will run for, starting tomorrow.
28: The total number of subjects that the KNEC will examine.
664,585: The total number of KCSE candidates this year.
341,089: The number of boys enrolled for this year’s KCSE exams.
323,498: The total number of girls expected to sit for this year’s KCSE exams.
160,000: Degree Slots available in universities that the over 600,000 students will be garnering for.
70: The total number of Public Universities, accredited to offer degree programmes in Kenya.
10,077: The number of KCSE Examination Centres this year.
83,711: Total number of field officers who will be manning this year’s KCSE exams.
10,078: The number of Centre Managers (Principal) who will be in charge of the Examination Centres.
10,078: The number of Supervisors who will be in-charge of examination administration.
37,978: The statistics for the number of invigilators who will monitor exams in the examination rooms.
20,156: The number of security personnel who will safe guard the examination materials and the centres.
5,039: The number of drivers recruited to transport examination materials and personnel.
460: The total number of containers that will be used to store examination materials.
Kshs. 500: The daily transport reimbursement that the KNEC will pay the Centre managers.
Kshs. 630: The daily transport reimbursement the Supervisors will receive from the KNEC.
KShs. 700 Million: The approximate amount that the KNEC will use to administer this year’s KCSE examinations.
39: The number of teachers disciplined by the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, for alleged malpractices during the 2017 KCSE examinations. The Teachers have been suspended for upto 6 months.
1: The causality of 2017 examinations’ malpractices. The teacher has been sacked by the TSC.
29: The total number of secondary schools’ teachers disciplined by TSC for the 2017 examination related irregularities.
19: The number of Primary Schools’ teachers interdicted by the TSC for alleged involvement in examination malpractices during the 2017 exams.
10: The number of head teachers and principals disciplined by the TSC for alleged involvement in exams related irregularities at the 2017 exams.
The KCSE examinations come to a close on Wednesday, 28th November, 2018.
From the Newsblaze digital team, we extend our message of success to all candidates and stake holders during this year’s KCSE Examinations.
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.
See images of the building and memos from the Water Resources Management Authority and NEMA:
Three pupils hit by an over speeding vehicle in Murang’a, one dies on spot
A pupil has succumbed to injuries sustained after being knocked by an over speeding vehicle at kianderi village, kiharu constituency, in Murang’a county, yesterday. The pupil, schooling at Kianderi primary school, was in the company of 2 others as they left school for their homes. According to an eye witness, Mary Wamuyu, “The accident occurred at 4.00 pm (Yesterday) as the kids were trekking home from school. An over speeding vehicle lost control and hit the 3 kids; killing one of them instantly”.
This road referred to as ‘nyoka nyoka’ by locals connects 4 constituencies namely: Kangema, Kiharu, Kandara and Kigumo. The locals say their pleas to have bumps erected on this road have been ignored from time to time. The angry residents have now vowed to erect bumps on the dangerous road if the government does not act.
International Teachers Day Celebrations
The kenya National Union of teachers top brass leadership led by the General Secretary wilson Sossion joined teachers at the Teso KNUT branch, today, to celebrate the annual world teachers’ day. This happened as the TSC
Private schools teachers meet in Eldoret.
Four hundred teachers drawn from various private schools congregated aat Noble restaurant in Eldoret today to deliberate on implementation of the new Competency Based Curriculum, CBC. The new CBC is expected to be fully rolled out next year as concerns emerge on unpreparedness of the government to offer the much needed support to enable production of instructional materials for grade 4. This has caused unprecedented anxiety among teachers, parents and pupils.
Speaking to the press today, at Eldoret, the officials of the Kenya Private Schools association, KPSA, said they were confident that the government still has enough time to provide direction and instructional materials for the CBC, in the remaining time; ahead of roll out in January, 2019. The officials said it will be unfortunate if the kids will be forced to revert to the old education system.
Trouble at the Education sector as KNUT accuses TSC for collapsed Naivasha talks
The Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, has given the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, 14 days ultimatum to reverse the transfers of 85 teachers serving as union officials. This is after the TSC transferred the officials under its contentious delocalization programme. Speaking to journalists yesterday, KNUT General Secretary, wilson Sossion, warned of dire consequences if the Commission will not reciprocate on the union’s demands. “Promotion of teachers shall not be evaded. That one shall have to be done. Delocalization and punitive transfers which constitute bullying must stop.. we do not need a meeting (to discuss such obvious issues),” said an angry Sossion.
Hon. Sossion was quick to deny that the union stormed out of the Naivasha talks. He, instead, blamed the TSC of playing games with teachers’ ,matters. “They say we walked out of Naivasha. Here we are in Naivasha, we have not left Naivasha,” Sossion said. The union now demands an immediate stop to delocalization of teachers, promotion of over the 30,000 teachers who had attained higher qualifications and an immediate stop to the ongoing Performance appraisal Contracting programme. While explaining why KNUT is opposed to delocalization, Sossion said, “Delocalization of teachers by the Commission has dismantled family units. This is a very grave thing.”
In a statement on Wednesday, the TSC the meeting was adjourned on KNUT request after it rejected a proposal that the union had placed on the table seeking to have transfers of teachers serving as union officials revoked, immediately. The TSC maintained that the transfers of teachers are guided by regulations which can not be applied selectively.
As days draw closer to the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and Kenya Certificate of primary Education exams, it remains if the KNUT will make good of its plan to cause industrial disruptions in the education sector; by calling a teachers’ strike.
Students decry lack of water at school, forced to walk long distances for the rare commodity
Students at Ingangara secondary school have come out to strongly criticize the lack of water at school that forces them to wake up very early in the wee hours to search for the rare commodity. The students who trek for over 2 kilometers to fetch water from the nearest stream now say this exhausts them and they can not concentrate well on their studies. Speaking to members of the press, the disillusioned students expressed concern that the water supplied from the community local supply comes for only 30 minutes twice a week. They say such volume of water is too low and can not meet the needs of the students’ population. “We have to come down every evening to the river to come and fetch water which is tiresome,” said one of the girls.
According to the students, the situation had affected their education as they spend almost half of their time going to the river to collect this essential commodity. The pessimistic students are now appealing to the Counnty government and the area Member of Parliament to connect them to a stable water supply source such that their studies are not affected.
Kenya’s Women volleyball team, the Malkia strikers, were unable to repeat yesterday’s heroics as they lost by straight sets to Serbia in their second pool D match at the FIVB Women’s World Championship on Sunday night. The Malkia strikers went down 3-0 (25-16, 25-9, 25-8) in a match played at Hamamatsu, Japan.
A magnificent performance by Mercy Moim, yesterday, led Kenya to a historic straight sets victory (25-23, 25-22, 25-21) over Kazakhstan in Pool D at the FIVB Women’s World Championship. This was Kenya’s first ever victory at the world stage. Read more details here..https://newsblaze.co.ke/kenyas-malkia-strikers-in-historic-win-over-kazakhstan/
In today’s match Jovana Stevanovic was a thorn in the flesh to the Kenyans as she steared Serbia to the victory with nine points. Brankica Mihajlovic had eight points and Stefana Veljkovic seven for Serbia.
The ever green Mercy Moim led Kenya with seven points in the loss. Kenya played hard, but was unable to muster the same level they displayed in Saturday’s historic victory over Kazakhstan, their first ever at a World Championship. The match did not have many long rallies, with many points over in a flash. Kenya was unable to contend with Serbia’s block.
The first set featured poor serving by both teams. Time and again serves flew long or straight into the net. Serbia took charge and pulled ahead 16-10 at the second Team Time Out on a spike by Milena Rasic and rolled to grab the set 25-16. The higher-ranked Serbs finally got into a rhythm and came together.
Serbia again set the pace in the second set, moving out to an 8-4 lead at the first Team Time Out following a service ace by Tijana Malesevic. Serbia’s wing spikers blasted away at the Kenya defense, which was unable to repel the constant attacks. Serbia boosted their advantage to 16-6 at the second Team Time Out while running off six consecutive points. Kenya was also troubled by unforced errors as Serbia built their lead and ultimately took the set 25-9.
The outcome became academic early in the final set when Serbia rapidly established a 9-1 lead. One point in the set crystallized the match. Serbia’s Veljkovic went up for a spike with her right hand but mistimed her jump. On the way down she hit the ball with her left hand and it landed in a open space in the Kenya defense for a point. Serbia cruised the rest of the way to take the set and the match 25-8.
The Kenyan queens now take on Puerto Rico in their next clash.
Kenya’s next matches
1. Puerto Rico vs Kenya 1/10/2018
2. Kenya vs Brazil 3/10/2018
3. Domican Republica vs Kenya 4/10/2018
The Federation of Kenya Employers, FKE, has obtained court orders to force the interior Ministry to declare October 10 a public holiday. The FKE had gone to court to protest the decision by the Internal Security Ministry not to gazette October 10 as a public holiday.
October 10 has in the past been celebrated as Moi day before the Constitutional review. The orders, granted, now mean that the holiday shall be celebrated yearly; on 10th October.
The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) is the national umbrella body and the voice of employers in Kenya. It serves as a platform for the articulation of key concerns of the employers in Kenya in the areas of socio-economic development. FKE is the most representative employers’ organization in the country, representing the employers’ interests both locally and internationally. It was established in 1959 under the Trade Unions Act Cap 233.
It is charged with representing the interests of employers at the tripartite level involving the Government, Employers and Workers, and since its establishment has served as a platform for advocacy of key concerns of employers in the areas of employment, labour relations and social policy.
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is in the process of profiling teachers whose medical conditions are prohibiting them from performing teaching duties, optimally. Through a circular written by Mrs. J.M Maundu, on behalf of the TSC Secretary, and dated 23 October, 2018, the TSC directs all County directors to provide data of this group of teachers. “The commission requires data on teachers who are unable to perform teaching duties due to medical reasons,” Writes Maundu.
The Commission now asks the TSC County Directors to ‘liaise with all heads of institutions to provide data on:’
Teachers who have been out of station (their working stations) on account of ill health for over six months.
Teachers unable to perform their teaching duties due to substance abuse (Drug and Alcohol abuse)
Teachers who have mental challenges and cannot teach.
Any other pending cases in the counties where the teacher has not been in station for over 3 months and is not officially on approved leave of absence or study leave.
The TSC collects this information via its, Teachers Management Information System, TMIS, found on its online portal.
Details to be submitted to the head office are: Name of the teacher, TSC Number, Current station and reason (s) for non performance of duty. The information is to be submitted by 15th November, 2018. TSC is doing this is in a bid to address staffing gaps in public schools in Kenya.
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