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TSC to collect data of teachers not performing teaching duties due to drug abuse, medical reasons

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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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The Beauties (Photos): Meet and vote for your favourite contestant in this Year’s Miss Tourism Kenya crown- 2018

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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:

 

 

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Best Android phones with the biggest battery capacity, best Camera and large memory Ulefone POWER 5 13000mAh

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The Ulefone POWER 5, is a ‘beast’ smart phone. This phone is one of a kind since it has one of the largest battery capacities at 13000mAh; it cant get better than this.

Why this is the most preferable and stylish smart phone:

  • The Ulefone POWER 5 rocks one of the strongest batteries at 13,000mAh. On a single charge, this battery can last upto 10 days of continued use and over 30 days on standby. With its flash wireless charging technology, the Phone takes about 2 hours to fully charge its battery. What a beauty!
  • The phone has a large storage capacity; 6GB RAM (Random access Memory) and 64GB ROM (Read Only Memory)
  • Another feature that makes this phone to be a darling to many is its powerful Sony IMX230 21 MP & 5 MP Dual Back Camera + 8 MP (SW 13 MP) & 5 MP Dual Front Camera. With this camera, you are assured of high quality images at all times.
  • This beast has enhanced security with its facial and finger print technology.
Key Features
  • 6.0 Inch Corning Gorilla Glass 4 18:9 FHD+ In-cell Full Screen
  • Helio P23 MTK6763 2.0GHz Octa Core
  • Support Touch ID
  • Support Face ID
  • 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM
  • 21 MP & 5 MP Dual Back Camera + 8 MP & 5 MP Dual Front Camera
  • – 6.0 Inch Corning Gorilla Glass 4 18:9 FHD+ In-cell Full Screen, 2160*1080 Pixel
    – Helio P23 MTK6763 2.0GHz Octa Core
    – Support Touch ID
    – Support Face ID
    – 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM, Support 256GB TF Card Expansion
    – Sony IMX230 21 MP & 5 MP Dual Back Camera + 8 MP (SW 13 MP) & 5 MP Dual Front Camera
    – Android 8.1 System
    – 13000mAh Battery, Support 5V 5A Quick Charge
    – Dual SIM: NANO SIM + NANO SIM / TF Card (Another SIM Slot Can Be Used in Combination with a NANO SIM Card or a TF Card)
    – Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 900/2100MHz, FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B8/B20, Support 2G & 3G & 4G LTE Network

Photo shot for the Ulefone POWER 5 Smart phone:

 

Get the Phone at online shopping stores like Jumuia at price tag of Kshs. 29,000 to Kshs. 33,000 only!

Related content:  Best Android phones- The Black View P11000 Smart Phone

Best Android phones with largest battery capacity, Good Camera and large Storage Capacity, Black view P11000 Phone

 

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Best Android phones with largest battery capacity, Good Camera and large Storage Capacity, Black view P11000 Phone

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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
  • Sensors: Gravity Sensor, Gyroscope, Geomagnetic Sensor, Proximity Sensor
  • Features: GPS, Glonass
  • Bluetooth: 4.1
  • SIM Card: dual SIM dual standby, 2 x Nano SIM card and a TF card can be inserted at the same time
  • Networks:
    2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
    3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
    4G: FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B8/B20
  • Brand: Blackview
  • Language: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian
  • OS (Operating System): Android 7.1
  • SIM Card Slot: Dual SIM,Dual Standby
  • SIM Card Type: Dual Nano SIM
  • Type: 4G Phablet
  • CPU: MTK6763
  • Cores: 2.0GHz,Octa Core
  • External Memory: TF card up to 32GB (not included)
  • RAM: 4GB RAM
  • ROM: 64GB
  • 2G: GSM 1800MHz,GSM 1900MHz,GSM 850MHz,GSM 900MHz
  • 3G: WCDMA B1 2100MHz,WCDMA B8 900MHz
  • Network type: FDD-LTE,GSM,WCDMA
  • WIFI: 802.11b/g/n wireless internet
  • Wireless Connectivity: 3G,4G,Bluetooth,GPS,GSM,WiFi
  • 4G LTE: FDD B1 2100MHz,FDD B20 800MHz,FDD B3 1800MHz,FDD B7 2600MHz,FDD B8 900MHz
  • Screen resolution: 2160 x 1080
  • Screen size: 6.0 inch
  • Screen type: IPS
  • Back-camera: 16.0MP + 0.3MP
  • Camera type: Dual Rear Cameras + Dual Front Cameras
  • Front camera: 13.0MP + 0.3MP
  • Video recording: Yes
  • Music format: APE,FLAC
  • Video format: 3GP,MKV,MOV,MP4
  • Additional Features: 3G,4G,Alarm,Bluetooth,Browser,Calculator,Calendar,Camera,E-book,FM,GPS,Gravity Sensing System,MP4,Notification,OTG,Proximity Sensing,WiFi
  • Bluetooth Version: V4.1
  • FM radio: Yes
  • Google Play Store: Yes
  • I/O Interface: 2 x Nano SIM Slot,3.5mm Audio Out Port,Micophone,Speaker,TF/Micro SD Card Slot,Type-C
  • OTG : Yes
  • Sensor: Geomagnetic Sensor,Gravity Sensor,Gyroscope,Proximity Sensor
  • Price review: The Phone costs between Kshs. 20,000 to Kshs. 25,000.

  • Buy the phone from online shopping stores like Jumuia

Photo shots for the Black view P 11000 Phone:

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TSC to collect data of teachers not receiving Special Allowances

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has embarked on an exercise to collect data of teachers not currently receiving Special Allowances. Through an Internal Memo to all County Directors, TSC’s Acting Director in Charge of Staffing, Madam Rita W. Wahome, says: “You are hereby requested to submit data of all teachers teaching in special schools and units who are currently not receiving Special Allowances.”

Special Allowances are paid, monthly, to teachers handling physically challenged learners in special schools and units.

According to Madam Wahome, this data will ‘the commission (to) have a data base of all teachers with special allowance.’ The data to be collected and submitted by the County Directors include the respective teacher’s: County, Sub-county, school, Teacher’s name, TSC NO, Job Group, Date of Deployment to the Unit/ Special School, Officer who made the deployment and area of specialization.

The data is to be filled in a prescribed form and sent to the TSC head quarters by 7th November, 2018.

Special allowance is one of the allowances paid to the teachers, others being: Annual Leave Allowance, Commuter Allowance, House Allowance, Hardship Allowance and Responsibility Allowance.

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Over 3,690 Teachers to miss AON Medical Services after eixting TSC service

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The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has directed the AON Medical Insurance provider to remove 3,690 teacher from its medical insurance scheme. This comes after the tutors transferred their services from the TSC to the Public Service Commission, under the Ministry of Education.

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This is contained in a circular dated 18th October, 2018, and written by Mrs. J.M Maundu (For the TSC Chief Executive Officer) to the General Manager of AON Insurance Brokers Limited.

“Following a directive on management Teachers/Lectures serving at technical institutions Teachers Service Commission released 3690 employees to Ministry of Education with effect from 1st October, 2018,” says Mrs. Maundu in the circular.

TSC now says the said tutors are no longer entitled to AON medical cover since they are not TSC employees. “You are therefore directed to remove the affected members from the list of membership henceforth, as per the provided data,” Mrs. Maundu directs AON’s Mr. Edwin Kegode.

Teachers under the TSC contribute to both the AON and NHIF, National Hospital Insurance Schemes. But, the AON medical scheme has been thorny, lately, after the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, vehemently protested the recent renewal of the AON contract with TSC. This has led to major differences between the two teachers’ unions;  KUPPET and the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT.

KUPPET has threatened to call its members to a strike in January to force the TSC to cancel the contract and is currently collecting signatures from members for a petition geared towards the suspension of the medical scheme. According to KUPPET, AON does not live up to expectations of members and they blame it for providing substandard services. KNUT on its side seems to be warming up to the AON medical Insurance Scheme and it has instead wedged a war with TSC on promotions, Evaluations and Delocalization of teachers.

Read also: Complete information on the AON Medical Scheme

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Kenya’s Rugby 7’s team loses to Zimbabwe at the finals of the Africa Men’s Sevens Championship- 2018

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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:

  1. Zimbabwe
  2. Kenya
  3. Uganda
  4. Madagascar
  5. Zambia
  6. Tunisia
  7. Morocco
  8. Senegal
  9. Namibia
  10. Ghana
  11. Botswana
  12. Mauritius