SONKO RESCUES CRIPPLED BOY WHO CRAWLED 6KM FOR SCHOOL DAILY

Nairobi  Governor Mike Sonko with members of his rescue team who are involved in charity (Photo -facebook)

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko came to tge rescue of a 16 year old boy who crawled to school daily after the story was highlighted by the media.

Sonko Rescue team on Thursday ,September 19,Visited Gilbert Olyeng in Busia County and enrolled him at a special school to save him the trouble of accessing education .

The also paid the Standard four student's fees for the rest of his primary education and gifted him a wheelchair as well as a term's worth of shopping .

For years,Olyeng crawled daily to St.Dominic Aderema primary school 1.5km away from his home.
He would then make a return journey home at lunchtime and resume classes in the afternoon.

After school the student would embrace on the tortorous crawl back home and retire to bed ,only to start the cycle all over again the next day.

"It has been a painful experience for me ,waking up very early to crawl to school .I have to return home for lunch,go back for afternoon lessons then in the evening I go home ," Olyeng stated.

The teenager aspires to be a big shot doctor after completing his education .

"Olyeng got disabled when he was five years and since then ,things have never been the same again for my son," his mother,Rosa Pali ,told the reporter .

He is the seventh born in a family of nine children.

PASSENGERS TEXT 'GOODBYE' TO LOVED ONES AS DELTA PLANE DROPS 30,000 FEET IN MINUTE

Petrified airline passengers sent goodbye texts to their loved ones after their plane plunged nearly 30,000 feet in seven minutes.
Panic broke out on the Delta flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdaz when the plane dropped from an attitude of 39,000 feet to 10,000 Feet leaving them fearing for their lives.

Harris Dewoson and other passengers captured the chaos which shows passengers panicking after oxygen mask dropped from their overheads comparments ,cabin crew tried their best to calm passengers down.

Harris told WFTS ,"Out of nowhere ,I felt what felt like a sort of a rapid deoscent.
"One of the flight attendants ,I believe grabbed the intercom and was just repeating over the intercom stating "Do not Panic ! Do not panic !"

But obviously ,its a hectic moment so the passengers around me ,alot of people,were kind of hyperventilating .

Delta said the sudden descent was caused by 'Cabin pressurisation irregulating en route '

Harris added "Life is fragile ".There was a scary 60 to 90 seconds where we really didn't know what was going on .


"You are 15,000 feet in the air .It's a scary moment for sure ."

A Delta spokesman said the plane was diverted to Tampa and landed "without incident"

Mechanics at Tampa International Airport are now examining the phone to find out what went wrong .

Preliminary data by software company Flight Ausari shows the plane descended from 39,000 feet at 4:34pm to 9,975feet at 4:42pm

KDF TO RECEIVE SIX CHOPPERS AT SHILLING 140 BILLION

This could be one of the most expensive acquisition in the history of the country.

Kenya Defence Force (KDF)Soldier under Armison Patrol Kisimayu Somalia in November .2015 photo (Jeff)

The Kenya Defence Force (KDF)Is set to receive six new choppers at shilling 14 billion ,which will raise the amount the government has spent on upgrading its air power in the last three years to shilling 250 billion.

American firm MD helicopters has announced that US army had contracted it to supply KDF with six MD 53 of Cayuse Warrior Helicopters in what could be one of the most expensive acquisitions in the history of the country.

EN -ROUTE
"We are pleased that MD Helicopters was selected to provide mentorship,maintanance expertise and pilot and maintainer training to the Kenya Defence Forces ",Ms Lyne Tilton,the firm's C.E.O ,said in a statement posted on its website
"Supported by the skilled men and women of the MD Helicopters team ,our military operators have successfuly flown hundreds of missions annually ,maintaining operatuonal endiness rates in excess of 90%.

We welcome the KDF to the global MD Helicopters family and are committed to exceed the training ,support and perfomance expectations of both our Us army and KDF customer",Ms Tilton added.

The choppers ,which were ordered last year ,are being acquired on "a five-year £1.4 billion Indefinite Delivery ,Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract."

IDIQ contract which are popular a engineering projects ,provide for an Indefinite Supply of services and Support over a definite period of time .

FIELD SUPPORT
The helicopters will also have a Us army issued air worthiness release Certificate which allows for the potential Deployment of various weapon system.

They can also carry out strikes ,air medical services ,search -aid rescue and fire-fighting missions.

SENATORS SECURE FREEDOM OF 15 WOMEN FROM KITUI PRISON

A group of senators who toured Kitui prison have secured release of 15 women who were held over failure failure to pay fines as low as 5,000.

In a facebook post shared by Senator Johnson Sakaja (Nairobi)the leaders had a session with prisoners who shared their heartbreaking predicaments with the legislators .

Sakaja said most of the rumandees have been following up on their cases  since 2016 but the wheels of justice were moving so slowly hence denying them freedom .

"Mother with children imprisoned for failure to pay fines as low as 5,000 shillings .I'm glad we were able to secure the release of 15 of them but chief Justice David Maraga and Director of Public prosecution must answer to the state of delay ,in the Justice system ," he said.

The vocal politician said it was illogical to keep someone in prison for months over failure to pay 5,000 shillings yet it costs much more to keep them in prison.

Instead ,Sakaja suggested some of them should be converted into non-custodial sentences.

TV HOST SPARKS OUTRAGE BY SAYING SERENA WILLIAMS 'LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE MONKEYS AT THE ZOO' WHILE LIVE ON AN AIR ON ROMANIAN TV SHOW

A Romanian tv host sparked outrage when he said tennis star Serena Williams 'looks like one of those monkey at the zoo' live on air.
Journalist Radu Banciu ,49,said the comments while hosting the late evening show on channel B1 tv

Romanian tv host Radu Banciu ,49 said the comment live while hosting evening show on B1 tv

Mr.Banciu said :'Serena Williams looks exactly like one of those monkeys at the zoo with the red a***
'If monkeys wore trousers. ,they'd look exactly like Serena Williams does on the court .

He was speaking in Romanian when he made the shocking comments which were later translated into English by Business Insider.

Mr.Banciu was fined £1,484 on the grounds of discrimination and a violation of the rights to dignity according to the board of directors for the National Council of Combating Discrimination .

The 23 -time grand slam champion Serena Williams at the Us open championships women's singles find match against Bianca Andresses

However it does not appear that Mr.Banciu will lose job following the comments ,the directors added" The Governing based shows that slavery of people of colour was based ,among other things on their comparison with monkeys .
As a result ,such statements express a form of extreme racism.

MAN KILLED BY EXPLOSIVES AT GOLD MINE IN MIGORI

File image of works at a gold mine

A 37-year Old man died on Sunday Evening after an explosion blew up on him at Kehanaha gold mine in Migori County.

Migori county police commander -Joseph Nthenge said the man,who worked at the mine was setting up the explosives to break one of the heavy rocks within the mine.

The County police boss said the deceased sustained severe body injuries as a result of the impact from the explosive commonly reffered to as"Baruti" by the artisanal miners .

The body of the deceased was moved to Migori level Four Hospital Mortuary Pending Police Investigations.

Meanwhile,Mr.Nthenge has asked the miners to be cautious while doing their mining activities to avoid such tragic incidences.

GOVERNMENT ADVISOR ARRESTED FOR SOLICITING KSHS. 500,000 BRIBE IN NAIROBI

File image of a handcuffed man (photo) courtesy

Ministry of Petroleum and Mining was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly soliciting for a bribe of Ksh.500,000

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) ,the officer is identified as Joshua Lonyama Angelei ,demanded half a million shillings to fast track the issuing of a mining permit to a company known as indepth mining limited

DCI detectives laid a trap for the officer and nabbed him at Nakumatt Janction on Ngong Road ,Where he was waiting to receive a down payment of ksh.100,000 which he wanted in U.S Dollars .

"A trap was laid whereby the marked and Serialised Us Dollars was handed to him by the Agent Of the Mining Company .

He (Longaman)received the money and pocketed them on the right side of his coat ,"Said DCI

The Officer was detained at Parklands police station and is expected to be charged with the offence of soliciting for bribes abuse office .

ATWOLI SHOWERS RAILA WITH PRAISES SAYS HE IS A TERRIBLE ORGANISER

AA File photo of COTU Secretary General Chats With ODM party leader Raila Odinga


COTU secretary General Francis Atwoli made delegates laugh after joking that ODM party party leader Raila Odinga was the worst organizer.

He was giving opening remarks on Friday to invite Raila who is set to address the OATUS conference in Nairobi.

"To me Raila Odinga is a terrible organiser I have ever met in my Life.You will be with Raila until 2a.m and leave one another to go and rest but the next day you open tv and see him miles away from where you met addressing Kenyans,being made an elder of that community and yet you are still tired ", he said.

"That is why to me,you are a wonderful organizer and no politician fits the bill of such a title."

Atwoli who showered Raila with praises for over 15 minutes ,said the party leader benefits all his nicknames which include :Agwambo ,the enigma in Kenyan politics arming others.

"I look at Raila's life and for us who labour for workers and come from pressure groups,we have always admired you," he said

"Obama's father was from the same village where you were born and that is why we have wonderful people like you that make global impact."

Raila who sttood up said "What he forgot to tell you is that he is the cousin to president Obama ."

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions in Conjuction with the Organisation Of Africa Trade Union Unity hosted a joint women workshop at the Sarova Stanley ,Nairobi Kenya under the theme :- Ending Violence and Harrasment at tge World of Work.

FORMER STAR DEFENDER WITH TOP ENGLISH SIDE TRAGICALLY DIES AFTER BEING SHOT GUNMEN

Kelvin Maynard has died from gunshot wounds after he was shot by two gunmen .
It is understood the 32-year-old tried to escape from the gunmen as he drove near a fire station .
Maynard made a dream move to England in 2014 to play for Burton Albion managed by Haoslebaink

Kelvin Maynard has been shot dead in Amsterdam by two men riding a motorcycle in Amsterdam
Police confirmed that the former Burton Albion star was driving his car in Langbroekdreef when the shooting incident occured.

Former Burton Albion star Kelvin Maynard shot and killed in Amsterdam

According to De Telegraaf the 32 -year-Old Dutchman was attempting to escape the guunmen ,as he drove towards a nearby fire station .

But it is claimed that his car hit the entrance of the building and was unable to be revived back to life

We can confirm that the fatal victim of the shooting incident on Langbroekreef last night was 32-year-old Kelvin Maynard ,"Amsterdam authorities were quoted saying .

Maynard joined Burton from Antwerp in 2014 when his countryman Jimmy Floyd -Hasselbaink was manager at the English club.

But he suffered a knee injury shortly after earning a new one year deal in a pre-season friendly against Derby county.

Maynard then returned to Dutch football in 2016 and signed for SV Spakenburg where he played nine matches ,scoring one goal.

SUPPORT JOHO FOR DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER POST

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho with ODM leader Raila Odinga at a post function (Facebook )

Former Jubilee aspirant for the Mombasa Gurbernatorial race Suleiman Shahbal has challenged coast leaders to rethink about the future of the region ahead of 2022.

In a post of facebook ,Shaaban said that the unity of the region has been a farfetched dream because of the lack of understanding among leaders from the Mijikenda community .
He noted that he has been supportive in the formation of the party from the region but he is not sure whether it will help them have a share of the national can.

In his arguments ,Shahbal who was a jubilee point man in the last gsneral elections says that Mombasa Ali Hassan Joho and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Kingi stand the best chances of helping the region realise its dream as far as the presidency is concerned.

Shahbal,also weighed in on the relationship between Joho and ODM leader Raila Odinga saying it is "symbiotic".He mention to challenged the luo political king pin to root for Joho ,Deputy Prime Minister in the new Agreement

He noted that it remains unclear whether Raila will reward Joho for stand with him all that time when no one else did .
He noted that the second term Governor has been vocal whenever Raila came under attack ,adding that he also has the financial muscle to support his campaigns.

He challenged the leaders to retrace their footsteps before it is too late .

MAN GETS 15 YEARS FOR RAPING DAUGHTER IN KAKAMEGA

Hand cuffs(photo:shutterstock)

The high court has jailed a man found guilty of defiling his daughter in an alleged "Virginity test" to 15 years in jail.

Judge Hedwig Ong'udi said in her judgement that the 15 year -old girl shall forever remember the shammered act committed by her father by taking her innocence and betraying the trust in him .

JKO was ,however lucky as the initial 20-year imprisonment handed by a magistrate was reduced .

Justice Ong'udi said after analysing all tge evidence,she was convinced that the prosecution had proven their case of defilement against JKO beyond any reasonable doubt.

The court heard that tge complainant ,who was a form two student at a local secondary school,had on September 16,2016 been sent home from school due to fee arrears.

When she reached her Shirere home in Kakamega Central ,she found her father alone and told him why she was home during class hours.

She had been living with JKO and a step-mother after her mother died while she was of a tender age.

JKO asked her to serve him drinking water ,which she did before going to change her clothes.

To her shock ,her father followed her to her bedroom while she was half-naked and insisted on confirming that she was still a virgin.

Her attempts to resist were futile ,as her father overpowered and subdued her before defiling her.

The man later warned her against revealing the incident.

She narrated to her step-mother ,who promised to "investigate" but never did.

DEMONSTRATIONS ROCK MOMBASA EPZ OVER INSECURITY

Workers at a garment firm based at Changamwe export processing zone

Workers at a garment firm based at Changamwe export processing zone staged a demonstration on Monday over a lockout.

The more than 2,100 employees of the Simba Apparel EPZ unit one said they were on a go-low since Monday last week to protest against the alleged gang in the factory terrorizing staff.

Workers who talked to the reporter said the gang was armed with knives ,hammers and pangas and had injured some staff because of demands for an election of union officials they had made since July this Year.

At the same time,the workers demanded their jobs back saying it was unfair for management to shut down the factory abruptly.

Police guarded the factory on Tuesday as the workers demonstrated along the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Roads.

A notice posted at the gate by management said the factory had been closed indifinitely owing to the unrest.
The management stated in the notice that the workers had  not honoured a return to work formula signed between them and officials of the tailors and Textiles worker union.
But the chief shop Steward Meshack Mwangangi said they had called the strike because the gang alleged to be harrasing workers had not been removed fron the workplace.

"We reported the gang to the police but its still operating and threatening other workers," Mwangangi said.

He added,"What we have witnessed today is a lockout ,we have not refused to work except that we have raised pertinens issues of insecurity at the factory which we want to be addressed ."
Mwangangi said the workers went their jobs back and demand that their security be guaranteed.

On Sunday the management said it had decided to shut down the factory and sack the workers after they went on strike fot seven days occassioning losses running into sh.20million due to failure to export 100,000 garments to the U.S

"We decided to shut down the factory because the workers have refused to honour to return to work agreements we signed with their representatives ,"Said the firm in a statement.

The management said the workers have been staging an illegal strike since September 19 following an internal fight between two shop stewards.

SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY TO STAY LONGER IN GANG HOTSPOTS-RAMAPHOSA

South African soldiers will patrol gang-ridden Cape town streets for an extra six months after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday extended their deployment to the end March 2020.

The army was deployed in July to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year and that some officials have likened to a war zone.

High rates of unemployment and drug abuse have fuelled gang activity in a sprawing area of the city called the Cape Flat
Bloodshed in the mainly poor,black and mixed -race neighbourhood since the beginning of the year has killed more than 2,000 people ,almost half gang-related ,Western cape provincial officials said.

"Members of the regular and reserve forces of the SANDF will undertake operations in cooperation with the police and will support the prevention and combating of crime ,"Ramaphosa said in a statement extending the mission for six months.

The original deployment of the national defence force was for a period of two months ending September 16.

The Western Cape Provincial government had written to the minister of Defence earlier this month requesting that the army deployment to support "Operation lockdown" be extended.

KILLING OF CROWN WITNESS'S LAWYER DERK WIERSUM SHOCKS-AMSTERDUM

(Derk Wiersum was the lawyer for Nabil Bakkali ,a crown witness in a case against 16 men accussed of five murders)

A Dutch lawyer in a high-profile case against a group of men charged with a series of drug-related killings was shot dead in Amsterdam on Wednesday morning ,police said.

The victim was identified as 44 -year-old Derk Wiersum a defence lawyer for Nabil Bakkali ,a crown witness in the case against 16 men accussed of murders and one attempted murder in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017 .

The killing of Wiersum ,a father and long term criminal lawyer in Amsterdam ,has sent shockwaves through the city and its Justice system.

Police said they were searching for a youth aged between 16 and 20 ,who ran away after the shooting ,which took place shortly after 7:30am local time (05:30 Gmt)

Bakkali is among those accussed in the case ,which is likely to go to trial next year ,but has since 2017 provided police with over 1,500 pages of statements against the group in return for a lower sentence ,preliminary court proceeding have shown .

His brother ,who is a a police say had nothing to do with the gang or the murder was killed at his workplace last year ,a week after justice authorities said Bakkali was their crown witness.

The prime suspect in the case is 41-year -Old Ridouan Taghi ,who remains at large.Through his lawyer ,Taghi has denied all accusations.
Other suspects ,11 of whom are in custody ,have remained silent throughout the case.
Femka Halsema ,the mayor of Amsterdam ,called the killing an (unprecedented attack on the legal profession that effects the essence of the rule of war".

McDONALD MARIGA SCORES AGAIN AFTER TRIBUNAL DISMISSES APPLICATION TO BLOCK HIS KIBRA CANDIDATURE

Jubilee party in a celebratory mood after McDonald Mariga ,was cleared to contest (photo by standard)

Jubilee Party Candidate McDonald Mariga is now free to run for Kibra seat in the coming by -election after political parties tribunal dismissed petition challenging his nomination .

The petitioner Morris Peter Kinyanjui demanded Mariga be banned from flying the party's flag arguing his selection irregular considering the Jubilee Party did not conduct nomination as per its constitution .

"Mariga proceeds with a campaign that it is founded on a nomination process that was illegal and in contravention of my constitutionally protected rights," Said Kinyanjui.

Mariga beat other aspirants in during an interview conducted to subscribe in during an interview conducted to scrutinise their suitability .

Kinyanjui's plea fell on deaf ears as the tribunal chairperson Kyallo Mbobu noted the body has no Jurusdiction to revert a decision that has already been approved by the electoral commission.

JUBILEE IN SHAMBLES OVER RAILA -RUTO CONFESSES

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Dp William Ruto .Ruto stated that Jubilee's rift was caused by the push for constution reform.

Deputy president William Ruto finally confessed that the Jubilee party was plummeting .He further accused the Orange Democratic Movement leader ,Raila Oding for stirring the turmoil within the party.

During the burial of Senator Mithika Linturi's father on Tuesday ,september 17,2019 In Igembe South ,Meru County ,Ruto accussed politicians of pushing for a referendum for their own selfish gain,adding that the move had birthed the two factions in the party (Kieleweke and tangatanga )
"Yes there is a rift in jubilee fuelled by political factions,some for punguza mizigo and others for Ongeza mzigo initiative .All these confusion has brought trouble in Jubilee.
You all know what is happening on the matters of the constitution .The champion of change of the constitution are known.This is not the business of Jubilee but other people who are well known to Kenyans", Ruto lashed out while lamenting over Raila's relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta ,which brought about the building bridges initiative

Dp Ruto with Meru Governor Kiraitu Muringi at the senetor Mithika Linturi's father 's burrial on Tuesday ,September 17,2019(Photo by Tuko)

Ruto responded to the Meru Governor ,Kiraitu Muringi ,who cried out that Jubilee Is in the intensive Care Unit (ICU) And needs urgent medical attention .
"I want to ask leaders including my brother Kiraitu Muringi not to lose hope in the party because the small issues will be sorted out ,"Ruto assured.

Nairobi senator,Johnson Sakaja ,during Jk live show on Citizen tv on Wednesday ,September 12,2019 ,stated that Jubilee was broken and efforts to revive it were futile.
"Jubilee is not dead but it's ailing and it can be treated and rejuvinated .We formed the party with the throught that 20 years later we will still have it ,but differences have risen ",Sakaja opened.

The tangatanga faction ,allied to the Dp ,has been attacking the handshake between President Kenyatta and Odinga .They have even planned a countrywide tour to stage mega rallies to drum up support for the Deputy President ahead of 2022 ,while accusing of betraying them.

Kieleweke ,on the other hand ,has been preaching Uhuru's message of peace and unity and has been rallying support for BBI and the Big 4 Agenda.

President Uhuru Kenyatta,Deputy president William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga at a past event.Ruto has accepted that there was faction groups within Jubilee

TSC SET TO PROMOTE PRINCIPALS,DEPUTY PRINCIPALS,HEAD TEACHERS ,DEPUTY HEAD TEACHERS NOT ENJOYING NEW SALARIES AFTER CBA IMPLEMENTATION

Tsc new jobs group's grade and titles for teachers (Courtesy -Blaze)

The teachers Service Commission ,TSC ,Is set to promote school administrators who are currently not enjoying the responsibility allowances effected in the current collective Bargaining Agreement ,CBA .This will put a smile on the face of hundreds of those administrators who have not benefited from the increased parts as implemented in the current CBA.Via an internal memo by Acting Director(staffing)Rita Wahome dated 13th September ,2019 ,the commission has instructed select regional directors to submit data on the effected teachers from their regions so as appropriate affirmative action be taken.

The affected areas are:-

Rift valley (Baringo -Baringo North,Marigat,East Pokot and Tiaty ,Samburu,Kajiado

Mashuru Loitokitok,Kajiado West And Kajiado Central ,Narok ,South East ,West,North And West Pokot

North Eastern (Garissa ,Mandera,Marsabit,Turkana ,Marsabit,Wajir)

Eastern (Isiolo,Kitui,Machakos )

Coast (Kilifi,Kwale ,Lamu,Tana River)

Nyanza  (Homabsy,

According to the memo the commission requires data for the following :-

1.All principals serving in Grade' D1'(Job groups "m)and Grade 'C3' Job group L)deployed to perform the duties of principals in ASAL areas after the implementation of the policy on Appointment and Deployment of Institutional Administrations.

2.Deputy Principals,Grade 'C3'(job group 'L)assigned to perform the duties of Deputy Principals on affirmative action before the policy came into effect and after.

3.Headteachers in Grade 'C3' (Job group L )deployed to perform duties is headteachers after the policy came into effect.

4.Deputy headteachers serving in Grade 'C3' and 'C2' (Job group L and K)respectively deployed to perform duties of deputy headteachers after the policy came into effect.

KIRINYAGA COUNTY ASSEMBLY REJECTS PUNGUZA MIZIGO BILL

Kirinyaga county Assembly in session on
(Photo by Johnson Mureithi)

Thirdway Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot's Punguza Mizigo Bill was on Tuesday rejected in the Kirinyaga County Assembly.
The Bill was tabled before the assembly by Majority Leader Kamau Murango who immediately moved a procedural motion to exempt the bill from long and tiresome debate procedures.
The motion ,however flopped on a technicality after Murinduku MCA Evans Ndege who was invited to second the Bill declined to do so.
"Mr.Speaker ,I fail to support ,"Said Ndege .
According to House Standing Orders ,If a Bill has a seconder it stands suspended for six months when it's supposed to be re-tabled in the Assembly.
Speaking at the county headquarters ,Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru praised the rejection of Punguza Mizigo Bill sauing it was " detrimental to our people."
"I want to thank the County Assembly of Kirinyaga for throwing out the Punguza Mizigo initiative motion .This initiative has a very nice title but its extremely detrimental to our people,"said Waiguru in a press address.
"We had discussions with the Assembly and many people enlightening them on the importance of ensuring that it does not pass and waiting for the BBI which we think will be taking cognizance of the things we are very concerned about."

A section of MCA's led by John Bapstist ,however ,said that the governor should not celebrate as the Bill can be re-introduced even before the lapse of six months.

IEBC LOCKS OUT MARIGA FROM KIBRA POLL AFTER HIS NAME MISSES IN REGISTER

Mariga with jubilee members (Courtesy of Google)
Former Harambee Stars Footballer Mac Donald Mariga's bid for the Kibra Mp seat has hit headwinds after his name was discovered to be missing from the IEBC register of voters.
IEBC returning officer Beatrice Muli on Tuesday told Mariga to seek redress with the IEBC Disputes Resolution Board.
"We have invalidated Mariga's nomination," she said.
Muli said other documents presented to them were in order
"Mine was to confirm that the aspirant meets requirements.I have verified and ,checked and I could not find his details.At this point my hands are tied ,"She added.
Lang'ata Mp Nixon Korir and former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale had to convince the commissioner to take her time and relook for his name.
"So long as a Kenyan is qualified to vote /vie and has made that application to vie ,the IEBC can take their time.Can take one week ,one year or 10 years but that person cannot be denied his rights to vote," Korir said.
"I have evidence that my candidate is a voter and has an election card number.This is very serious," Khalwale said.
Mariga has seven days to appeal the decision to block him.The Jubilee party had earlier on Tuesday issued Mariga a nomination certificate.
Presenting the certificate to Mariga was party secretary -general Raphael Tuju who called for a peaceful campaign period and election.
"We should all remember that there will be a winner and a loser but will all remain to be Kenyans,"he said.
Mariga thanked the party for believing in him and assumed that he is equal to the task.
"Kazi ianze sasa...Imebaki kuenda kwa mafans.(Let the work ni begin .The only thing left now is to go to the supporters ,"Mariga said.
Accompanying him were mps Didmas Barasa (Kimilili),Caleb Kositany (Soy) Korir and Gladys Shollei (Uasin Gishu Woman representative )

Courtesy of Google

LEEDS MIDFIELDER JORDAN STEVENS SUSPENDED FOR BETTING RULE BREACHES

Leeds midfielder Jordan Stevens has been suspended from all football activity for 6 weeks after being found guilty of breaching FA betting regulations.
The charges alleged that Stevens placed 59 bets on football matches between August 6,2018 and May 27,2019
The 19 year old ,who made one Sky Bet Championship appearance for leading last season ,admitted a misconduct change in relation to the FA's Betting Rules and was fined €1,200.
Stevens signed for Leeds Forest Green Rovers in January 2018 and has under a year remaining on his current deal at Elland Road.
Hr featured during pro-season for Marclo Bielsa's side but is yet to make an appearance for the Whites this season.
A statement from the club read: "We acknowledge the sanctions pushed down by the FA to Jordan Stevens following a breech of betting regulations.

We will support Jordan through this process ,he is a young footballer who needs education on the dangers of outside influences and how to conduct himself as a professional footballer."

NIGERIA TO REPATRIATE HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

An image showing blood everywhere due to xenophobic (courtesy of Al-jazeera)

Nigeria will repatriate about 600 citizens from South Africa this week following a wave deadly xenophobic violence that has sparked exchanges between the two countries.
"They are about 600 now"to be flown back ,Godwin Adamu ,Nigerian Consul General in Johannesburg,told AFP  news agency on Monday.
A first flight will carry 320 Nigerians ,Adamu said adding:"We will have another one immediately after that", Bashir Ahmed ,an assistant to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari said the president gave instruction for the immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home.

Courtesy of Al-jazeera

Johannesburg and sorrounding areas were word by a series of deadly attack on foreigners last week,including many directed against Nigerian-owned businesses and properties.
Atleast 10 people were killed and hundreds of shops destroyed ,while more than 420 people were arerested .
More than 100,000 Nigerians are estimated to live in South Africa ,Adamu said
Foreign workers in South Africa ,the continent's second largest economy after Nigeria are often victims of anti-immigrant sentiment in a nation where almost a third of people are unemployed .
The violence prompted reprisal attacks against South Africa firms in Nigeria and the tenporary closure of South Africa's diplomatic mission in Lagos and Abuja.
Nigeria last week summoned the South Africa ambassador to condemn the violence while sending an envoy to meet president Cyril Ramaphosa .
After a week of hardening rhetoric against South Africa ,Nigeria pledged to "work as brothers"
"Nigeria does not seek an escalation of the ongoing situation ," a senior aid to Buhari told reporters.

NEW TEAM TO ENSURE EFFICIENCY AT MOMBASA PORT

The Kilindini Harbour (Courteousy Photo By Google)

An inter-ministerial team will be deployed to Mombasa port to improve efficiency,acting finance Cs Ukur Yatani said on Friday members of the team will be from the National treasury interior,transport and trade ministries.
"This team will be looking at all aspects of trading facilitation and how to improve efficiency.It will deal with issues of work permits,security and all inter agencies working at the port," he said during a tour of the port and the coast Kenya Revenue Authority headquarters.
The Cs said Kenya Bureau of Standards ,KRA ,Anti-counterfeit Agency ,Port health and other staff agencies must work in a structured manner.
"Although the agencies are currently working ,they can do better in terms of structured kind of uniform situation ,this will make Kenya ports Authority efficient in processes of cargo clearance and revenue generation," Yattani who is also the labour Cs said.
He reitarated that the standard Gauge Railway will continue ferrying cargo to Nairobi,dismissing claims that doing so will kill road transport.
"Using SGR services does not necessarily mean that those engaged in road transport will be oust business.There is Lamu port which is coming up .You can capitalise on that,"Yattani said.
On the run-away corruption at the port ,the Cs said,"It is just a matter of time and the law will catch up with all corrupt individuals ".
He was accompanied by KRA commissioner General James Mburu.
He said targets will be set for KRA staff "I have emphasized for need of patriotism,honesty,transparency in the ports handling business at KRA offices .We are not only competing in the region but want to be a premier revenue collective facility in the world," he said.
Mburu said even port staff pursue their targets ,the government is going to deal decisively with yax evaders and KRA staff abetting exasion syndicates.