ANDREW THE JOURNALIST

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            My name is Andrew Fingili.I was born in 1996 in transnzoia county at Kiminini constituency,Nyasi village.Later I started my primary Education from 2001 to 2010 where I sat for my K.C.P.E examinations.
Immediately the results were out I joined St.Josephs Boys National school-Kitale from 2011 to 2014.I sat for my K.C.S.E examinations where I managed to score mean grade of A-.While waiting to join university I worked as a volunteer teacher at Mufutu Secondary School from April 2015 to August  of the same year
On 9th of September 2015,I joined Moi University as a student in the School of Human Resource Development taking a degree in bachelor of science communication and journalism.Am currently on 1st semester of my second year.
I aspire to become the best journalist like mohammed Ali after my course.I also desires to take masters in communication specifically Kiswahili language.

WHERE HAS THE CABINET SECRETARY, HON. FRED MATIANGI GONE WRONG?

Several discussions have been ongoing about the burning of dormitories in secondary school that have been in progress continuously for the past one month consecutively within the various counties throughout Kenya. Currently more than eighty schools have been set in blaze destroying millions of property. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has even suggested that the schools be closed indefinitely for some time so that they can discuss the issue and find the way forward but the ministry of education has refused that that one cannot be the solution.

Can the new policies brought in the education sector by Hon. Matiang'i including banning of prayer days which have always been done prior to the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in attempt to curb the increased cases of exam irregulaties be some of the causes? I think to some extent it could be attribution because it's now like the devil is gaining some powers to take authority in the education sector.

To some extent, there is need for the schools to be closed as soon as possible so that the stakeholders in the education sector can convene a meeting and find the way forward. Corporal punishment also needs to be resurfaced because indiscipline cases are very rampant. Let the stakeholders to kindly take an action because if the vice continues it really worries where our education is headed to as a nation.

Or can resignation of Matiang'i as the education's cabinet secretary be the solution? Let's be on the watch.

By Ruth Fanice.

MOB JUSTICE

How does mob justice happen? You may question yourself. You are in a busy street going about your daily activity. You hear a shrilly sound from most probably a lady and a heavy commotion follows shortly. There is tension in the air. You turn back to see what is happening only to find a group of three or more roughing up a young man. Your curiosity makes you to get closer to witness the scene. By the time you arrive the number of people have increased, the young man is already drowning into his pool of blood and the people around him are using any available objects to hit him. You come across a young lady and panic is written all over her face and she can't force back her tears. The atmosphere forces you to ask her what is going on. She struggles to speak but after gaining composure she tells you that the young man being beaten thoroughly had tried to snatch her mobile phone and after screaming people came from nowhere and cornered the man who was trying to run for his life.

It's always a messy scene where the mob has dispensed its justice. But is mob justice a form of justice? They always believe they are right. They often draw their power in their huge numbers. They are almost unstoppable when they begin to execute their justice. They are outrageous, easily provoked and they don't allow any form of opposition. The suspect or the victim always suffers their wrath. They always tie their actions to the assumption that once they are done with the suspect, it's always a learning point for others who may be having the criminal mind to change. They are not always concerned whether the victim who was being robbed will get back their property. No! They want it to be a learning lesson to the other upcoming thugs. In most of the times, the suspect ends up being torched, hanged up or left to die after severe beating.

The mob justice mentality makes them the law enforcer, the prosecutor and judge at a go. The suspect always has no time to be heard which is a violation against his right. The law of being innocent till proven guilty is always contravened and yet it's called justice. Cases of mistaken identity are always rampant when the mob justice takes its cause. Innocent lives are lost and this leads to a bitter pain amongst the relatives of the victim. The mob psychology presumes that once they are done with their barbaric act the other criminals will be put on notice and part ways with their criminal nature. That is not always the case since as a matter of fact, crime increases as the accomplices of their victim seeks to revenge. Also research has shown that the people who always involve their selves in the act of mob justice are always the people with lewd characters coupled with idle minds seeking a place to vent out their anger and frustrations. In other circumstances, the participants in mob justice were once the victims of violent robbery.

There is always amicable ways of conflict resolutions and mob justice does not make it one. A state is governed by its laws enshrined under a constitution and therefore taking laws into ones hand is purely injustice. Justice cannot be achieved when one party is not heard and his or her own rights are infringed. The mob justice mentality is the worst disease that needs to be cured and it can only be achieved when you and I get together and not involve ourselves with the act.

SEVEN STUDENTS ARRESTED OVER ARSON ATTACK OF SCHOOL

Seven students of St. Patrick’s High School in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County were on Wednesday morning arrested in connection to the Wednesday night fire that gutted down the oldest dormitory in the institution of learning.

ElgeyoMarakwet County Commander, ShariffAbdallah, said that the seven were arrested in the school compound and taken to Iten Police Station for grilling.

He, however, said that it is yet to be established whether the students played a part in the torching of the dormitory in an arson attack suspected to have been conducted by outsiders.

The facility was housing 88 students and all their property went up in flames.

“We believe that the arrested students know something about the arson attack and might have colluded with outsiders to commit the crime, if not directly involved,” noted Shariff.

Elsewhere, Withur Boys Secondary School in Kisumu County was set ablaze Tuesday night with property worth millions of shillings being reduced to ashes.

Speaking to Citizen Digital, one of the witnesses said that the fire started few hours before 10:00pm when students were still in class for evening studies.

 

The school arson attacks have been on the rise for the last one month with over 80 schools suffering such cases.

Education CS Dr Fred Matiang’i has linked exam cheats to the arson attacks.

16-YEAR-OLD GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER BEING RAPED AND INFECTED WITH HIV BY HER STEP FATHER.

Okun Oliech
Anyango (not her real name) was only 16 years old when her step father raped her in Kisumu County.  Her step dad did this inhumane act to her when her mother had left for the market.  He ordered her to take off her clothes and raped her. He warned her that if she dared scream or told her mother or anyone about what had happened, he would kill both of them. He told her that she wasn’t her daughter and that she only came with her mother so he had nothing to lose.

Anyango never said a word to her mother or anyone else. She kept it to herself. For the first 3 weeks things seemed okay. Although she was being tormented from the inside, Anyango acted as if everything was okay. She went to school on time, did her assignments on time and was active in class as always.

During the fourth week, she started vomiting. She knew something was not right because she had missed her periods. She was so scared to tell her mother. She feared that if she dared spoke about what her evil dad did to her, both of them would be dead. Then she went to the hospital secretly to request for a pregnancy test and that is when it was confirmed that she was 4 weeks pregnant. The doctor was not done. She revealed to Anyango that she was also HIV positive.



She broke out into tears in the doctor’s room. “What has my father done to me? Why me? He has ruined my life completely.

She left the hospital room crying and cursing her father. Sadly she could not take the agony and committed suicide on that same day. Her step father was nowhere to be found when police officers came looking for him.

COUNTIES SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO HEALTH CARE

The plight of medical practitioners working in the county hospitals has resurfaced. Already in Machakos county, the doctors are up in arms protesting over mistreatment by the county authorities. Similarly in Kiambu county the doctors have threatened to shut down their tools complaining of poor working conditions.

From the past experiences, when complaints begin this way,they raise issues that end up developing into crisis. Let's consider even the education sector. And that's why there is need to quickly call an intervention and stem the tide.

At the top of the matter is the inability of the counties go to manage the health care since the constitution transferred management of health centres to the county government as the national government was to take charge of formulating policies and also only the management of referral hospitals including currently the Moi Referral Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital. In the context, the former districts and provincial hospitals became county hospitals.
Generally, the challenge now is that the counties lack the capacity and infrastructure to manage the hospitals.

By Ruth Fanice.

9.2M KENYAN 'YET TO REGISTER' AS VOTERS

Biometric voter registration. About 9.2 million Kenyan adults are yet to register as voters, the head of the National Registration Bureau has said.
He said the bureau relies on the data from the statistics body because not every death and birth is registered in Kenya and so they don’t have very accurate statistics.
With the IEBC having registered 14.3 million voters, it means that there is still more than half of that number waiting to be registered.
Mr Kimotho advised the IEBC to carry out a mass voter registration before the next election

Reuben Kimotho told the Joint Select Committee on electoral reforms the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission can make use of the data held by the bureau as it cleans the voters’ register ahead of the next elections.

“The National Registration Bureau has to date registered and issued 26.3 million Kenyans with National Identity Cards. It should be noted that out of these, 2.7 million are projected date according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,” he added.

OBAMA'S BROTHER PLANS TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP

US President Barack Obama's half brother, Malik Obama, has now urged Americans to vote against the former first lady and secretary of state Hillary Clinton who is the wife of the former US president Bill Clinton.This is according to a report in yesterday's
internet edition of the New York Post.
Malik is quoted expressing great disappointment in his brother's administration and the Democratic Party for their support of same-sex marriage and his brother's foreign policy that led to the assassination of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.According to the report, Malik wore Donald Trump's campaign hat at his home in Kogelo with Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again".
In addition, Malik been quoted railing against president Barack Obama for allegedly showing little interest in his Kenyan family and declining to support Malik's campaign in the Siaya gubernatorial race in 2013. He is also quoted saying Obama refused to support a charitable agency - Barack H Obama Foundation - started in their late father's memory.
"My brother didn't help me at all," said Malik."He wanted me to shut it down when I set it up. He hasn't supported me at all," says Malik, who suggests that Trump is capable of reviving US prestige in the world.
According to the report, Malik, who studied and worked in the US as an accountant, is eligible to vote in the US state of Maryland where he plans to cast the ballot for Republican party presidential nominee Donald Trump.The report also states that Obama's brother is drawn to the Republican party since it opposes same-sex marriage.
Malik says he prefers Trump whom he says "speaks from the heart". He blames his brother and Mrs Clinton for the assassination of Gaddafi, who was killed during a US-led armed revolution. Clinton was Obama's Secretary of State during the uprising in which Gaddafi who was Malik's friend was killed by mobs in his hometown in Sirte on Libya's coast.
However, Malik was the best man at his half brother's wedding to Michele Obama, the US First Lady, but relations between the two half brothers have been strained and almost ground to a halt, according to reports in the US press.

KENYA'S EDUCTION IS LOSING ITS OBJECTIVES

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Education has historically been the bridge to success ,today it is not.The E students are doctors,nurses,lawyers and so on,merit is no longer applied but money.This simply means ,the key to success in this country is money,not education. It's not surprising that most of those schools that are burning are public schools, and your guess is as good as mine when it comes to who are majority in these schools.

When I was a student in high school,you could easily see the hard working folk,'A' students who believed they have their future  in their hands,today I do stalk at these bright students, they are jobless or doing clerical jobs,while the lazy and troublesome guys I knew are already lawyers, engineers or working in big organizations.

In other words, our education is no longer responsive to the needs of the job market, and the result is that today you only succeed ,not depending on your papers qualifications but who you know ,what you have or who your father is.

Secondly, we have over the years watched our education system drift from skill-based to exam-based.The parents of today went through either the old education system or this education system when you needed to pass with flying colours to succeed, and notion still exist in the majority of parents' mind and even those who failed in the exams have been pushing their children to perform.

The pressure has piled over the years and teachers  being under pressure to show their schools as performing ones,have resorted to what is called ,"drilling " in private schools,and even more crude methods in public schools which includes suspending the under performers,denying them chance to participate in co-curriculum activities, creating extra time in cases where students are told to report earlier in opening days than the rest and so on.After our students seeing that they are being pushed over the cliff,they either  try to cheat in exams,or avoid them at any given opportunity.

Sometimes back,the professors and doctors of this country were the role models of the school goers.They were mainly known to be people who rose from poverty to riches through working hard in school.Today things have changed ,politicians are the role models in our society and most of them have no genuine college papers. These politicians are forming  committees to discuss school issues, come up with resolutions and even make inflated statements that implicate  those who are supposed to soberly face the situation and come up with viable solutions.Our students are reading double standards,and they would rather try to game the system ,just like the powerful politicians do.

Finally, the education system is not inspiring hope, and what we are seeing today is a tip of an iceberg,we need to address the underlying misgivings of our system. Let's have an education system that gives students skills and hope ,so that they will feel they need it.Only by that shall we have students protecting their schools and not burning them.

POLICE ARRESTS A MAN FOR STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH IN KIAMBU COUNTY

A twenty two year old woman, Edinas Nyainda, who had just graduated from Kenyatta University two weeks ago  was yesterday, on 25/7/2016 stubbed to death by her thirty year old boyfriend, Maxwell Okoth inside their rented apartment at Kahawa estate in Kiambu county. Edinas was stabbed severally with a knife until she succumbed to death.

The man also locked up himself inside the room attempted to commit suicide by stabbing his stomach using the same knife be had used to kill the lover but was rescued by the police officers who reached the scene and dispersed people using teargas. Witnesses said that the incident occurred following disagreements between the two as Edinas threatened to leave the man.

"I heard a commotion at around three o'clock in the morning but when I went to check, the assailant threatened me with a knife, prompting me to call the police," said Evans Silange, a watchman guarding the premises.

By Ruth Fanice

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Former president candidate Sen.Bernie Sanders has given a speech at Conventional Hall during the democratic national convention thanking the former leaders and even the campaigners.He also the the Americans who voted for the revolution.

He talks of how he is disappointed by the results of the nomination but he is saying that they are together on political revolutions which have began.He says heis looking forward to be part of struggle of political ,social and economic representation of all and not a certain percentage.
He says that the elections are about ending the forty years of middle class decline .

EDUCATION WATCH

10 schools from Embu county Mbeere district are to be made boarding schools.The MP of Mbeere said that there is need for such schools to be made boarding so that they can help the local people.

Elsewhere in Langata ten students have been arrested after being suspected to have caused the fire in their institution.

More than fourty students from different schools have been arrested due to cases of burning down school properties.

AN OUT OF DATE BEHAVIOR BY A CABINET SECRETARY.

It is now in the public domain that the Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa speaks more politics than water issues which are constitutionally domiciled in his ministry.
Historically, Eugene is well known for the Queen's English, innocent looks and his grand march to State House which never took off. He has been 'in the cold' for more than two years since his last appointment as Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister during the grand coalition government that was led by Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. However, being a man not used to political coldness, the learned fellow was hungry for a job.
In retrospect, he was given the hind leg of a ministry and not the entire Environment docket currently under Prof Judi Wakhungu.However, going by the records he has set and the ones he continues to set, Eugene is a good example of what is wrong with governance in Kenya. He is a leader who says one thing and does the complete opposite; a leader behaving badly.
Being a lawyer, the former Saboti MP is neither oblivious nor clueless about what the law says regarding Cabinet secretaries and politics. He knows he is not allowed to  indulge himself in politics as long as he is a Cabinet secretary.Indeed, when he appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments last year, he stated that he had no interest in engaging in politics if confirmed as the Water and Irrigation Cabinet secretary. He looked so serious and convincing that he persuaded the committee.But now the prophet has turned a liar.
Today, you might be forgiven to think that Eugene Wamalwa is a Jubilee spanner boy. He speaks more politics than the president and his deputy.He is also likely to grace televisions and newspapers talking about Luhya unity and Jubilee Party than water or irrigation policies.The man from the land of 'mlembe' is today a full-time politician and a part-time Cabinet secretary. You might think that the CS should be more concerned with the game-changer Galana-Kulalu irrigation project.However, he is busy rallying the Luhya nation to join Jubilee and reminding CORD leader Raila Odinga that his ‘honeymoon’ with the region is over.
When Ipsos announced that most CORD supporters sleep hungry, he probably saw politics, not the agony of millions of people sleeping hungry because they come from the rain-deficit areas of Nyanza and Ukambani.Wamalwa would be best described as a political chameleon since he knows how to camouflage and ensure he blends well with the existing environs.What he might lack in political clout he makes up for in eloquence and mastery of the Queen’s language and then completes the circuit with serious but innocent looks.
When he is not huffing and puffing Jubilee politics, he is busy dismissing presidential bids of Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford-Kenya counterpart Moses Wetang’ula.He makes judgments about the western votes but his kinsmen don't take him seriously because they know him;he preaches water but takes wine.The CS does not have the interest of the western people in heart. Some say that he is in the league of those playing politics of the stomach.
“Our community has barely two million voters yet we are the second most populous in Kenya. To make it worse, there are so many candidates fighting for the few votes. They cannot make it to State House,” he told leaders from West Pokot at his Kitale home.
If memory serves us right, we should remember that the CS led a delegation of Luhya leaders to Deputy President William Ruto’s home in Sugoi. You can bet your life if not sportpesa it was not to discuss water and irrigation matters which rightfully reside within his jurisdiction.

In the Cabinet, Wamalwa has made a name as the government's most ardent defender.In the face of a political tussle or a duel with the Opposition, Eugene forgets about water and irrigation issues and finds himself fiercely defending the government of the duo he truly loves and at whose behest he can willingly commit suicide. He even makes other Cabinet secretaries like Najib Balala and Charles Keter, who were also politicians, look like novices.
Funnily enough, when the Jubilee government hit the road in 2013,President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto said they would be the only politicians in the cabinet.But this was before Eugene Wamalwa joined the cabinet.When asked why he engages in politics, he said: "The constitution only stops me from holding a political office."
So as fellow lawyers would say,'The learned fellow is 'seized' of the matter.'
Charles Domnic

WHAT IS COMMUNCATION?

At times I normally wonder because it is like I don't understand the meaning of communication.
The term 'communication' has heed my mind with a lot of questions, "is this communication we are taking as a course valid? Is  it a practical or a theory? or is it beneficial in both cases? And when are we going to apply it as communication experts?"

When  I normally arrive at this point, one of my favourite motivational quotes usually come in my mind,"There are only two things that will change your life ;the people you meet and the books you read ."and this quote has summarised my life.

Why am l saying this?,This is simply because am seeing wonders amongst us,as communication experts despite of the courses we had learnt about our mother communication career. We had learnt about qualities ,attributes and principles of objective journalism but some of communication students are not able to apply those courses in their live.

I have been following up most of the whatssap chats and  it had come to my realisation that some of the so called "upcoming journalists" normally write or utter their words without thinking their impact on the opposite side,but remember that every journalist must be accountable for his/her actions.

The question is,when are you going to change so as to suit the society?,when are you going to applying the courses you are learning in classes?.At this point I normally realise why most idiots are richer and successful than  those people who call themselves intelligents.Most idiots outsmarts educated fellows because they are very good with people and very good with numbers.They can easily influence and are convincing because they have what I call 'likability'.They are less egocentric and more people empowering.They understand the universal truth that the greatest desire of every human being is to feel important, and whenever they interact with others, they apply this law.They process,find their ways around them ,cross all barriers ,go beyond limits and reach the summit of their potential.

Finally I would like to remind you that,"if you want to go fast, go alone ;but if you want to go further go with others "please learn to communicate because if you want to go beyond limits of your life,you only need three things; people, people and people.

WETANGULA CALLS FOR RAILA'S RETIREMENT

Tension and anxiety has gripped the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) after the outspoken Bungoma Senator Hon.Moses Wetangula threw a spanner into the works by calling on Raila to either retire from politics or support one of the CORD principals without which,he threatened, their dance will end prematurely.
In an exclusive interview with KTN on Thursday, Wetangula, who is also the Ford Kenya party leader and one of the principals in CORD, said CORD supporters are tired of voting for a loser and Raila should change tact and consider retiring from politics.
“People vote for you, the votes are stolen and they start to think that even if they vote for you again, the same thing will happen,” Wetangula said.
The Bungoma Senator who is also the leader of minority in the Senate House also said that he believes CORD coalition has the capacity to win 2017 elections but told Raila that large crowds do not translate to votes.He asked Agwambo not to be hoodwinked by the mammoths and instead delve deeper into the interest of the electorate.
“Wherever we go, one must bear in mind that crowds are not votes so we
have to go much deeper than that,” said Wetangula.
Wetangula was too much engrossed with the idea of Raila backing up another candidate, either him or Kalonzo Musyoka, to the point of concluding by saying that if Raila Odinga contests for the Presidency in 2017, he will give Uhuru an early Christmas because he will celebrate before 8 am.
This brings another twist to Raila's life in this game they call politics. He has taken more than two decades in the political trenches and some perceive him as a kin to a wrestler who is hit,falls ,rises on his feet and goes for more punches. Raila has been in the dark and bright day of the Kenyan nation and has been madly described as the enigma in the Kenyan politics.To many,he cuts the image of a hardened war general who has fought and won many political battles. His critics are as eloquent in their dislike as his supporters are in their praise.Even the late Kijana Wamalwa couldn't describe him better when he said, "Those who love him, love him with passion and those who hate him hate him with passion.
However,in response to Wetangula's sentiments, Raila's Chief of Communication Mr.Etale assured Wetangula that Raila's name will appear on the ballot paper in the impending 2017 general elections. Etale further claimed that Mr Odinga is the definite CORD flag bearer and further advised Wetangula and Kalonzo to seek other posts in the coalition.These utterances from Etale are indications that Wetangula's sentiments seem not to auger well with the ODM wing of the CORD coalition.
Charles Domnic

A MOTHER HELD AT POLICE STATION HOURS AFTER GIVING BIRTH IN NYERI COUNTY.

A twenty one year old mother, Monica Wamweru was arrested yesterday and locked up at Nyeri central police station some hours after successfully delivering on Wednesday afternoon. She was taken from the hospital by police officers with the accompany of her boss, whom she used to work for in his mpesa shop and taken to the police station where he is held in custody. Ms.Wamweru's boss accused Wamweru of stealing ksh.90000 from his mpesa shop where she used to work at.

However, Wamweru's husband, Mr Irungu who is 22 years old said that his wife returned home from work on Tuesday evening then come night she began to develop labour pains and was rushed to hospital where she successfully gave birth on Wednesday at around 2pm. Come Thursday morning, the boss and the police officers reached the hospital and at first they even wanted to take Wamweru away leaving her newborn child unattended to.

While held at the custody, she denied that on Tuesday evening before leaving for home she took the total amount of money to her colleague as usual and only ksh.59000 was missing. ''They tortured me and my colleague at the station forcing us to produce the money,'' said Wamweru.The two were rescued by the commanding officer at the police station.

Ruth Fanice.

SECURITY CONCERNS IN KISAUNI

Security has been improved in Kisauni .This is due to the plan that the residents have of demonstrating.The residents are complaining about the increasing cases of police killing their fellow residers.They also claim there the security in the area has been deteriorating.

RAILA IN THE WEST.

The Opposition kingpin and former prime minister Raila Odinga has hit the Western ground running as he embarks on a four day political mission in the Luhya land. His long awaited tour of the region started in Vihiga county yesterday at Ground Zero with an indoor meeting of ODM grassroot leaders followed by a public address of a mammoth crowd.
The rally comes just few days after the defecting ODM Secretary General alias 'Generali' Hon.Ababu Namwamba made some sinister moves out of the party that sponsored him to parliament.Also, since the DP Hon.William Ruto confirmed to his kalenjin counterparts in Baringo County that Ababu is purely dancing their Jubilee tune, Raila had to up his game to counter the Jubilee effect. It is therefore time for political survival and Ababu's anti-ODM theatrics will not put Raila off.
Many have no doubt in their minds that Raila's presence in the region has sent a quiver in the Budalangi MP.Hon.Namwamba.Going by his sentiments over the past few days, regretting having been glued to Raila and ODM and what he terms as frustrations and being sidelined, Ababu has some how been perceived as an upcoming political arch rival of the former premier.He is on record having apologized to Amani National Congress leader Hon.Musalia Mudavadi for having been against him in his 2013 presidential bid.Ababu made these utterances knowing very well that he was with Raila in the campaign trail and that Mudavadi was Raila competitor.
Surprisingly, as Raila camped in Mudavadi's Vihiga backyard, Ababu was already clearing the way for Raila in his Budalangi home. Ababu claimed that he has not and will not leave the largest political party in Kenya, ODM,despite having ditched the post of Secretary General. However, his sentiments were contradictory and could throw any sane mind into quagmire. He lost many audiences when he concluded that he would show his supporters their next political home which he said was safe and full development plans.This begs the question:Aren't ODM brigades right to say that Ababu is a Jubilee mole after Ruto confirmed in Baringo that Ababu is a Jubilee project?
In Vihiga, Raila was flanked by ODM strongmen; Mombasa County Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho, his Kakamega and Busia counterparts Hon.Wycliffe Oparanya and Sospeter Ojaamong respectively. Also in attendance was Gwasi MP Hon.John Mbadi who also doubles as the ODM party chair.These leaders stood in solidarity with Raila at the genesis of his political mission in the land of 'mlembe'.They also added fuel to the political bonfire as Raila criticized the Jubilee government for undermining some regions such as Western Kenya and Nyanza in terms of development. Agwambo also stressed that the ties that exist between the luos and the luhyas are unbreakable and that those try such a taboo of breaking the ties are wishful thinkers.
Finally,Raila will be continuing with his rallies and is today expected to shake the Busia county ground.One of the places the CORD leader will visit is Ababu's constituency of Budalangi after which he will be moving to Paul Otuoma's constituency of Funyula.Mr.Odinga will end his his tour of western region on Friday in Kakamega

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RAILA IN THE WEST.

The Opposition kingpin and former prime minister Raila Odinga has hit the Western ground running as he embarks on a four day political mission in the Luhya land. His long awaited tour of the region started in Vihiga county yesterday at Ground Zero with an indoor meeting of ODM grassroot leaders followed by a public address of a mammoth crowd.
The rally comes just few days after the defecting ODM Secretary General alias 'Generali' Hon.Ababu Namwamba made some sinister moves out of the party that sponsored him to parliament.Also, since the DP Hon.William Ruto confirmed to his kalenjin counterparts in Baringo County that Ababu is purely dancing their Jubilee tune, Raila had to up his game to counter the Jubilee effect. It is therefore time for political survival and Ababu's anti-ODM theatrics will not put Raila off.
Many have no doubt in their minds that Raila's presence in the region has sent a quiver in the Budalangi MP.Hon.Namwamba.Going by his sentiments over the past few days, regretting having been glued to Raila and ODM and what he terms as frustrations and being sidelined, Ababu has some how been perceived as an upcoming political arch rival of the former premier.He is on record having apologized to Amani National Congress leader Hon.Musalia Mudavadi for having been against him in his 2013 presidential bid.Ababu made these utterances knowing very well that he was with Raila in the campaign trail and that Mudavadi was Raila competitor.
Surprisingly, as Raila camped in Mudavadi's Vihiga backyard, Ababu was already clearing the way for Raila in his Budalangi home. Ababu claimed that he has not and will not leave the largest political party in Kenya, ODM,despite having ditched the post of Secretary General. However, his sentiments were contradictory and could throw any sane mind into quagmire. He lost many audiences when he concluded that he would show his supporters their next political home which he said was safe and full development plans.This begs the question:Aren't ODM brigades right to say that Ababu is a Jubilee mole after Ruto confirmed in Baringo that Ababu is a Jubilee project?
In Vihiga, Raila was flanked by ODM strongmen; Mombasa County Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho, his Kakamega and Busia counterparts Hon.Wycliffe Oparanya and Sospeter Ojaamong respectively. Also in attendance was Gwasi MP Hon.John Mbadi who also doubles as the ODM party chair.These leaders stood in solidarity with Raila at the genesis of his political mission in the land of 'mlembe'.They also added fuel to the political bonfire as Raila criticized the Jubilee government for undermining some regions such as Western Kenya and Nyanza in terms of development. Agwambo also stressed that the ties that exist between the luos and the luhyas are unbreakable and that those try such a taboo of breaking the ties are wishful thinkers.
Finally,Raila will be continuing with his rallies and is today expected to shake the Busia county ground.One of the places the CORD leader will visit is Ababu's constituency of Budalangi after which he will be moving to Paul Otuoma's constituency of Funyula.Mr.Odinga will end his his tour of western region on Friday in Kakamega

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JOURNALIST BEATEN UP AT ODM RALLY

A K24 journalist was seriously lynched and injured today in Port Victoria, Budalangi constituency, during a political rally of CORD bigwig and ODM supremo Raila Odinga in Busia County.

Moses Masinde,a MediaMax employee,was harassed and beated up by rowdy youths as he recorded anti-Raila demonstrations that rocked the place at that time.His camera was vandalised and his tape raptured to an extent that if the K24 purchasing department would fund its repair then try to play it, I think it would have sounded like the sound track to Niagara Falls.

At that time when hell broke loose,Raila was busy meeting ODM party delegates nearby.However,the police ran for Masinde's rescue from the hands of the barbaric goons.Surprisingly,the police rushed him to Port Victoria Police Station instead of the nearest hospital.Any sane mind would expect that the journalist be rushed to the nearest hospital but that never happened.Maybe because the police were not doctors to be mindful of his health in the first place or because they were focused on improving his security.

"If it were not for the police, I would be dead now. My body is in pain. The camera is totally damaged and they ran away with the tape. I also lost personal belongings," said Mr Masinde as he recorded a statement at the station.

Area police boss Lemmy Njiru cautioned residents against engaging in acts of violence as he gave an address over the incident.

"Officers were nearby and stopped the crowd from injuring Masinde further. We recovered his camera from the crowd and he was rushed to our station," said the OCPD.

Budalang'i MP Hon Ababu Namwamba also condemned the incident and termed it as unfortunate.

"Why stop a journalist when he is covering an event. This is barbaric and cowardly behaviour. They will need the same journalists to cover their demonstrations. Violence will not change people's mind on the ground," he said.

Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) voiced its concern over the escalating cases of violence against journalists ahead of the next General Election.KUJ Secretary General Eric Oduor said: "We condemn the attack on the K24 journalist at the Orange Democratic Movement rally in Budalang'i constituency.We call upon police to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to book within the shortest time possible. As a union, we will use our network to track down those who committed this offence and ensure they are held to account for their actions."

The attack was also condemned by Political Journalists Association of Kenya, which called on supporters of political parties to be tolerant.

Finally,journalists should not be barricaded from performing their professional duty by goons who know nothing but violence.Anarchy is certainly not democracy.

Charles Domnic

RAILA HITS WESTERN GROUND RUNNING

The Opposition kingpin and former prime minister Raila Odinga has hit the Western ground running as he embarks on a four day political mission in the Luhya land. His long awaited tour of the region started in Vihiga county yesterday at Ground Zero with an indoor meeting of ODM grassroot leaders followed by a public address of a mammoth crowd.
The rally comes just few days after the defecting ODM Secretary General alias 'Generali' Hon.Ababu Namwamba made some sinister moves out of the party that sponsored him to parliament.Also, since the DP Hon.William Ruto confirmed to his kalenjin counterparts in Baringo County that Ababu is purely dancing their Jubilee tune, Raila had to up his game to counter the Jubilee effect. It is therefore time for political survival and Ababu's anti-ODM theatrics will not put Raila off.
Many have no doubt in their minds that Raila's presence in the region has sent a quiver in the Budalangi MP.Hon.Namwamba.Going by his sentiments over the past few days, regretting having been glued to Raila and ODM and what he terms as frustrations and being sidelined, Ababu has some how been perceived as an upcoming political arch rival of the former premier.He is on record having apologized to Amani National Congress leader Hon.Musalia Mudavadi for having been against him in his 2013 presidential bid.Ababu made these utterances knowing very well that he was with Raila in the campaign trail and that Mudavadi was Raila competitor.
Surprisingly, as Raila camped in Mudavadi's Vihiga backyard, Ababu was already clearing the way for Raila in his Budalangi home. Ababu claimed that he has not and will not leave the largest political party in Kenya, ODM,despite having ditched the post of Secretary General. However, his sentiments were contradictory and could throw any sane mind into quagmire. He lost many audiences when he concluded that he would show his supporters their next political home which he said was safe and full development plans.This begs the question:Aren't ODM brigades right to say that Ababu is a Jubilee mole after Ruto confirmed in Baringo that Ababu is a Jubilee project?
In Vihiga, Raila was flanked by ODM strongmen; Mombasa County Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho, his Kakamega and Busia counterparts Hon.Wycliffe Oparanya and Sospeter Ojaamong respectively. Also in attendance was Gwasi MP Hon.John Mbadi who also doubles as the ODM party chair.These leaders stood in solidarity with Raila at the genesis of his political mission in the land of 'mlembe'.They also added fuel to the political bonfire as Raila criticized the Jubilee government for undermining some regions such as Western Kenya and Nyanza in terms of development. Agwambo also stressed that the ties that exist between the luos and the luhyas are unbreakable and that those try such a taboo of breaking the ties are wishful thinkers.
Finally,Raila will be continuing with his rallies and is today expected to shake the Busia county ground.One of the places the CORD leader will visit is Ababu's constituency of Budalangi after which he will be moving to Paul Otuoma's constituency of Funyula.Mr.Odinga will end his his tour of western region on Friday in Kakamega

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RAILA HITS WESTERN GROUND RUNNING

The Opposition kingpin and former prime minister Raila Odinga has hit the Western ground running as he embarks on a four day political mission in the Luhya land. His long awaited tour of the region started in Vihiga county yesterday at Ground Zero with an indoor meeting of ODM grassroot leaders followed by a public address of a mammoth crowd.
The rally comes just few days after the defecting ODM Secretary General alias 'Generali' Hon.Ababu Namwamba made some sinister moves out of the party that sponsored him to parliament.Also, since the DP Hon.William Ruto confirmed to his kalenjin counterparts in Baringo County that Ababu is purely dancing their Jubilee tune, Raila had to up his game to counter the Jubilee effect. It is therefore time for political survival and Ababu's anti-ODM theatrics will not put Raila off.
Many have no doubt in their minds that Raila's presence in the region has sent a quiver in the Budalangi MP.Hon.Namwamba.Going by his sentiments over the past few days, regretting having been glued to Raila and ODM and what he terms as frustrations and being sidelined, Ababu has some how been perceived as an upcoming political arch rival of the former premier.He is on record having apologized to Amani National Congress leader Hon.Musalia Mudavadi for having been against him in his 2013 presidential bid.Ababu made these utterances knowing very well that he was with Raila in the campaign trail and that Mudavadi was Raila competitor.
Surprisingly, as Raila camped in Mudavadi's Vihiga backyard, Ababu was already clearing the way for Raila in his Budalangi home. Ababu claimed that he has not and will not leave the largest political party in Kenya, ODM,despite having ditched the post of Secretary General. However, his sentiments were contradictory and could throw any sane mind into quagmire. He lost many audiences when he concluded that he would show his supporters their next political home which he said was safe and full development plans.This begs the question:Aren't ODM brigades right to say that Ababu is a Jubilee mole after Ruto confirmed in Baringo that Ababu is a Jubilee project?
In Vihiga, Raila was flanked by ODM strongmen; Mombasa County Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho, his Kakamega and Busia counterparts Hon.Wycliffe Oparanya and Sospeter Ojaamong respectively. Also in attendance was Gwasi MP Hon.John Mbadi who also doubles as the ODM party chair.These leaders stood in solidarity with Raila at the genesis of his political mission in the land of 'mlembe'.They also added fuel to the political bonfire as Raila criticized the Jubilee government for undermining some regions such as Western Kenya and Nyanza in terms of development. Agwambo also stressed that the ties that exist between the luos and the luhyas are unbreakable and that those try such a taboo of breaking the ties are wishful thinkers.
Finally,Raila will be continuing with his rallies and is today expected to shake the Busia county ground.One of the places the CORD leader will visit is Ababu's constituency of Budalangi after which he will be moving to Paul Otuoma's constituency of Funyula.Mr.Odinga will end his his tour of western region on Friday in Kakamega

Charles Domnic

IGNORING OTHERS

                                                           

Lots of people feel bad when someone ignores them because they gain their self esteem from the approval of others. When I was a young child I was taught to please grown ups in order to be “Nice” child. As I grew up my strategy for seeking approval remained the same and so I started to determine my worth based on the acceptance I get from others, If people liked me then I feel good about myself and if they ignored me I feel worthless.

 


The main reason I feel bad when someone ignores me is that he/she thinks that he/she was annoyed somewhere because something was wrong between me and him/her. however, this not being the case. It might be for a reason not being liked, or be a reason of forcing him/herself on me. Today am treated nicely and tomorrow being ignored. In deed when today dies, tomorrow don't cry.

It is that when one is not liked then probably he/she is hated at all and this is only when someone is harmed and in the same time not able to defend himself. What to note is that In case they are ignoring me on intention then I make sure that if I wasn’t important to them they wouldn’t have cared to take extra actions to make me feel bad and also know that being interested in someone else doesn’t mean that anything is wrong with me, it only means that these people are prisoners of their past which forces them to be with certain people.

 Do you read people’s e-mail , whatsapp messages or texts? If not, this the one way of ignoring someone. In my humble opinion this not good. Why ignore others. Tomorrow rises with new things, he that you ignore might be your boss. Even if it is work making you ignore others, it will go and other works will come. At the end of your life, will you regret not working for more time or not have a lot of time with your loved ones?

It’s critical that you make an effort to respond to and show interest in the people closest to you. If this means they get a spot on your to do list so that you can remind yourself to keep in touch, then so be it. Your friends should be there for you. Do not ignore them, get back to them.

LIFE FULL OF PAIN

Others could describe life as a state that precedes birth, other scholars describes life as a period during which one is alive.Life has got a lot of meanings that if one is given a time to explain what life really is, a whole month could not be enough. for real meanings are in people not in words. Life entails a lot. Others says life is sweet while others say life is the worst thing ever on earth.

Have you ever wondered why some tries to terminate their lives? Have you ever thought of a reason why others die of stress? When news goes around that a man has hanged himself, know it is because of 'life'. One committing suicide, because of life. It does not only mean that when you are in a good status of health, your life is enjoyable. You live in a big house with all your basic needs, you claim life is sweet.

Here comes three things that makes 'enjoyable' or so called 'sweet' life. Wealth, woman and wisdom. 3Ws. But question yourself, where is the origin of stress? You try to use your wealth to make yourself satisfied. You use wisdom to make wise decisions which then brings you to having a woman. Here is the beginning of stress.

Paul says in his letters unmarried to remain unmarried but if can't withhold, go ahead and marry. I rather say remaining unmarried be better. This is where I personally can deduce what life really is. If there could be a way to divide life periods, then life could have a lot of categories of periods.

Others never understanding at all about what others undergo in life. They make terminated decisions that are not in relation to what others think. Life is quite unfair to my life. Undergoing all this makes me never happy even once. Laughing becomes a forced thing in me. Others may see me laugh with my teeth out but what is in me is not what I look like. Judging a book by it's cover is like taking the first meaning of life to be the way it is, state of period that precedes birth. This makes me conclude that life is a period that comes before death.

ABABU NAMWAMBA RESIGNS AS ODM'S SECRETARY GENERAL

The Budalangi member of Parliament, Ababu Namwamba had made good his threats and resigns from his position as the secretary general of ODM on Wednesday, 6th July 2016. He claimed that his resignation is as a result of disrespect and harassment despite his effort to market the party under opposition's Cord coalition. Ababu had also earlier on complaintaking over from the Kisumu's senator Anyang' Nyong'o about two years ago. ''I have stood with the ODM for many years but instead of appreciating the role I have played to the party, ODM keeps on frustrating, belittling and harassing me,'' he said. ''I defended my party and party leader by action, not by words and Raila Odinga is fully aware of that. Now my question is why are they refusing to give me the full responsibilities?'' He told about 3,500 ODM delegates at Munyere in Busia that he reached such an agreement after a five hour meeting with the Banyala council of elders who advised him to relinquish the post with immediate effect. He said that he will submit his resignation letter by next week.

OLYMPIC'S NATIONAL TRIALS AT THE KIPCHOGE KEINO STADIUM.

Three-time world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprino and world 1500m champion Faith Kipng'etich will represent Kenya in the forth coming men and women's 1500m races at the Rio Olympic Games.
Asbel kiprono clocked 3minutes and 38.21 seconds to win his race during national trials at the kipchoge keino stadium on Friday.
Elijah Manangoi got the second automatic qualification place after he clocked his race in 3minutes and 38.48 seconds.The former world Junior 1500m champion Ronald Kwemoi settled third in 3 minutes and 38.80seconds.After the rece Kiprono said that he will form partnership with Manangoi and Kwemoi.
Nancy Chepkwemoi clocked 4:10.00 to claim the second automatic place in the team with Viola Jeptoo coming third in 4:11.93.
Chepng'etich said that they  are supposed to prepare well since the race can turn out.
National record holder Carvin Nkanata and national champion Mike Mokamba will represent Kenya in the 200m race despite finishing in the second and sixth positions in the national trials.