This comes barely a day after the receipt of a Ksh.106.9 billion ($1 billion) budget support loan. Combined, World Bank’s financial support over the last two months stand in excess of Ksh.117 billion to include the disbursement of Ksh.5.3 billion ($50 million) to the Ministry of Health in April.
The loan approved from the lender’s International Development Assistance (IDA) kitty is part of the bank’s larger regional emergency locust response project to respond to the threat posed by desert locust outbreak.
The Kenya component of the Emergency Locust Response Project will provide immediate surveillance and locust management measures to halt the spread of the pests and will protect and restore livelihoods by shielding the poor and vulnerable in locust affected areas from human capital and asset loss.
Moreover, the project will prioritize coordination and early warning preparedness interventions by establishing and strengthening a Locust Control Unit (LCU) within the Plant Protection Services Division (PPSD) of the Ministry of Agriculture at the national level to prevent future outbreaks from spiralling out of control.
“Without immediate intervention, the locust attack could lead to a deterioration in food security towards the end of 2020 and possible rise in food prices,” said World Bank Country Director for Kenya, Felipe Jaramillo.
The loan to Kenya is part of the World Bank Group’s mobilized Ksh.53.4 billion ($500 million) locust response program which seeks to cushion economic impacts arising from the locust damage on value chains.
In the midst of taxpayers unrest over fruitless borrowing of inexcess loans from lenders and aids from well wishers which end up in tax havens offshore accounts, yet again Kenyan Government recieves additional debt.
You can agree with me that no entity builds an empire without a debt atleast, but for Kenya, the debt is quite inexcess and without accountability. Apparently, Philanthropist Jack Ma threatened to halt his aid donations to Kenya over what he termed as Misappropriation of funds and demanded expenditure manifest for accountability before releasing his next batch of medical aids to help in Covid19 fight.
IMF warned Kenya over borrowing and so did this same World Bank. World Bank report released last year 2019 warned that Kenya is drifting towards debt distress, owing to the government’s huge appetite for expensive loans. The possibility of Kenya sliding into distress was classified as ‘moderate’ having risen from ‘low’ in recent years, driven by the government’s rapid uptake of loans that saw the total public debt hit Ksh5.7 trillion ($54.3 billion) by June last year.
Public debt stands at 62 per cent of gross domestic product and could hit 70 per cent of GDP in the near future if the government continues to borrow at the current rate, ultimately meaning that Kenya would have crossed the threshold to debt distress.
Factually, misinformation spreading via digital channels is impeding pandemic response and stirring unrest. Some misleading information have caused dozen of deaths and infection allover the world. Misinformation have led to negligence which have led to increased infection rate and at the end death.
On Thursday UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched Verified, which will create a cadre of “digital first responders” to increase the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information surrounding precisely Covid19 crisis.
“We cannot cede our virtual spaces to those who traffic in lies, fear and hate. Misinformation spreads online, in messaging apps and person to person. Its creators use savvy production and distribution methods. To counter it, scientists and institutions like the United Nations need to reach people with accurate information they can trust.” The UN chief said.
Under Verified, information will be provided around three themes: science – to save lives; solidarity – to promote local and global cooperation; and solutions – to advocate for support for populations that have been impacted by COVID-19. The initiative will also promote recovery packages that tackle the climate crisis and address the root causes of poverty, inequality and hunger.
People across the world are encouraged to sign up as “information volunteers” with Verified, to share trusted content to keep their families and communities safe and connected.
The volunteers – described as “digital first responders” – will receive a daily feed of verified content that will be optimized for sharing on social media platforms, containing simple yet compelling messaging that either directly counters misinformation with facts, or fills in any gaps.
Verified will partner with UN agencies and others, including influencers, civil society, business and media organizations, to distribute trusted, accurate content, while also working with social media platforms to root out hate and harmful information about COVID-19.
Verified will be headed by UN Communication department led by Melissa Fleming. “There are disturbing efforts to exploit the crisis to advance nativism or to target minority groups, which could worsen as the strain on societies grows and the economic and social fallout kicks in”, Melissa Fleming said.
The study titled “Elite Capture of Foreign Aid: Evidence from Offshore Bank Accounts,” offers details of how the Kenyan ruling political elite in the Moi-Kibaki regime enriched themselves either from the foreign aid or kickbacks from State agencies that received donor funding.
The study was conducted by Bob Rijkers of the World Bank, Jorgen Juel Andersen of BI Norwegian Business School, and Niels Johannesen of the University of Copenhagen and covered the period between 1990 and 2010. Elite
Kenya’s political elite in the Moi/Kibaki era are accused of agglomerating more than Sh327.89 billion in offshore bank accounts over a two decade period when the country received billions in donor aid, a World Bank-backed research has claimed.
Jordan topped the ranking among the targeted countries with more than Sh350 billion stashed in offshore bank accounts followed by Kenya followed by Ivory Coast third at Sh128 billion, while the Democratic Republic of Congo fourth with Sh110 billions of stolen aid money. The research compared data on aid disbursements from the World Bank with foreign deposits from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), focusing on 22 aid-dependent countries which obviously Kenya included.
Being that Switzerland, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and Singapore legal framework emphasises secrecy and asset protection, transaction deposits were on the rise to these offshore accounts as others were channeled to Germany, France and Sweden, according to the report.
In Kenya, Sh136.2 billion was in bank havens that are secretive and have less regulation, providing a perfect cover to conceal the money trail. The other Sh190.35 billion was in regulated bank accounts. This is according to the report.
With World bank being the biggest aid provider to Kenya, in a suspicious move, the head of world bank in the country held a press briefing on Wednesday to refute claims and methodology of this report. A move which could drag them into the crime scene.
The report awakens the earlier on forensic study by Kroll Associates, which had detailed the plunder of taxpayers’ cash during the Kanu administration. President Mwai Kibaki hired Kroll Associates in 2003 to track and repatriate funds hidden abroad by business people and top public officials in the Daniel arap Moi era. The overseas assets included multi-million pound properties in London, New York, and South Africa, as well as a 10,000 hectare ranch in Australia according the Kroll Associates forensic report.
A copy of the leaked audit listed Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Finland, Germany, Grand Cayman, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Namibia, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, the UAE, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zaire as some of the countries the stolen wealth was stashed by Kenyans.
In 2018 Kenyan government signed deal with United Kingdom and Switzerland and reached out to 7 other foreign nations secretly through Attorney General Kihara, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC) with DPP in a bid to recover laundered Kenyan assets.
In 2019 last year in a report by the Treasury, wealthy Kenyans wired back an estimated Sh1 trillion from offshore accounts in the past three years from 2016-2019, taking advantage of a tax amnesty offered by the Treasury.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said the amount was repatriated by some 16,000 applicants who took advantage of the amnesty window during which they were not required to declare the source of their wealth or even account for previous years’ tax arrears. “We have received over 16,000 applicants with the amount repatriated so far at Sh1,014,058,103,551. The incentive was meant to encourage Kenyans to repatriate their wealth back to the country for purposes of development,” said KRA in a statement.
The amount wired back was more than one third of Kenya’s annual Budget.
European Union
Past week the European Commission added Mauritius which has become a cinderella destination for elites to hide their ill gotten wealth escaping from the taxman KRA, Panama and 9 other countries to its list of countries that pose a financial risk to the bloc because they are linked to money laundering and terrorism financing.
European Union says Countries on the list pose significant threats to the financial system of the European Union. In a statement on its website, the European Commission said the revised list will be submitted to the European Parliament for approval within one month and the country status of the new listing will take effect on October 1.
Mr Samuel Maina is the Chairman at Urithi Housing Cooperative Society. PHOTO| COURTESY
After Panorama Gardens scandal, property dubbed tola 3 and tola 4 behind Mangu High School scandal, OTG project in Joska area Machakos County scam amongst many other scam projects and now Kenya Insights can reveal yet another fraud scheme, the Qweto Gardens in Malindi.
Panorama Gardens was marketed and sold by Urithi as ready plots for immediate development and attracted 400 investors, with an eighth of an acre going for Sh2.25 million. The investors claimed they cannot develop the property because most of them have never been issued with title deeds while some are only in possession of ownership certificates or agreements they entered with Urithi.
Ms Jane Wachira bought two undeveloped plots measuring 40×80 in 2016 for Sh2.4 million at Tola 4. Her biggest predicament is that she cannot develop the land even after completing paying for the property and despite being in possession of an ownership certificate issued to her by Urithi.
“I bought this property at Tola 4 in 2016 and completed paying for it in 2017. We did not know there was a problem until this year when the landowner who sold the property to Urithi dug a trench and brought down the beacon and marked the property for demolition,’’ said Ms Wachira.
Ms Mercy Kamau also bought a plot at Tola 3 in 2016 measuring 40/80 at Sh925,000 from Urithi. She was issued with an ownership certificate with a promise of getting a title deed within three to four months. It never happened.
In April 2017, she started constructing a five bedroom maisonette. In 2018, the landowner who had sold the land to Urithi stopped the development.
All these scams have been marked by one common feature; no issuence of title deeds which is always available in under 12 months but in these cases, some investors have had to wait for over 5 years and still no good news.
QWETO Gardens Scam
At the backdrop of accusations that Urithi has been delaying issuance of tittle deeds which they’ve dismissed as falsehoods, their troubles see to take a steady flow and we as Kenya insights have been able to backup the accusations with authentic evidence from the victims of their scam projects.
“In 2017 I saw the advert for Qweto gardens in the news and decided to pay for the 1 acre plot.paid 100k plus 14k registration to the urithi sacco. As time went on was told that soon titles would be issued but no amount of calls got feedback.2019 went to office in town to find out.Was asked to pay 25k for title and leave copies of documents i.d pin etc. Followed up later in the year but no progress.”
Below is a conversation obtained exclusively by Kenya Insights among Qweto Gardens Investors with Urithi Cooperation representatives raising alarm.
4/07/2017, 11:29 – +254 721 created group “QWETO INVESTORS”
28/03/2020, 13:38 – +254 721: To serve you better kindly reach us through 0795362120/0110087934/0110087935. Or http://feedback.urithihousing.co.ke/index.html OFFICES OPEN 9:30AM to 03:30PM. 28/03/2020, 13:39 – +254 721 :Sms from Urithi today
28/03/2020, 13:42 – +254 700: I have seen it too
28/03/2020, 13:58 – +254 718 : Received it too.
Wanashidwa kujibu maswali ya hapa ukuwapogia ndio watajibu…
Playing with people’s mind.
28/03/2020, 19:32 – +254 707 : we need this
9/03/2020, 10:19 – +254 727: Such people should have thr assets frozen and be imprisoned forever
31/03/2020, 17:47 – +254 722 : On top of stealing our money we got no dividend s last two years
31/03/2020, 18:33 – +254 707: ?♀?♀?♀?♀?♀?♀?♀ to bad our dividends are swallowed by this…..
02/04/2020, 02:39 – +974 50: So Urithi gon pretend like this corona thing is not going to pass.
02/04/2020, 19:51 – +254 20: MEMBER COMMUNIQUE – RELOCATION FINAL.pdf (file attached) MEMBER COMMUNIQUE – RELOCATION FINAL.pdf
02/04/2020, 21:00 – +254 723: This is nonsense having stolen our money why are telling us about your relocation???
02/04/2020, 21:22 – +254 722: Which money was stolen from you.Please watch your statements.
02/04/2020, 21:25 – +254 722: Mr. Sammy can you give us the land n stop this cat n mouse games of yours . Services not rendered is money stolen from us.
02/04/2020, 21:28 – +974 50: I concur
02/04/2020, 21:28 – +254 722: It is fair to allow us finish the work we promised to do.Name calling and unguarded name calling wont solve the issue.
02/04/2020, 21:29 – +974 50: What will?
02/04/2020, 21:30 – +254 722: We ask questions here you have no courtesy to answer them what do you take people for ?
02/04/2020, 21:49 – +254 723: I wish you would be this quick to respond to questions we ask and to give us our land even without titles. Is this is the only way to get a response from you when someone attacks?
02/04/2020, 21:55 – +254 723: I wish you’d be as responsive to the member concerns and not only quick to respond to attacks. You cannot blame people for not trusting you.
02/04/2020, 21:55 – +254 723: Very true
02/04/2020, 21:56 – +254 718: Exactly.
02/04/2020, 21:56 – +254 723: And that’s what irks us
02/04/2020, 22:11 – +254 723: I have never received my dividend and you dare ask me which money has been stolen from me????
02/04/2020, 23:46 -254722 could you kindly respond to this questions I asked on 23rd March?
02/04/2020, 23:50 – +254 748: Couldn’t agree more with you my fellow investors. Weeks later, we are still waiting for Mr. Sammy to respond to our key questions that have been posted here many times without being addressed or acknowledged. We have said many times that timely & transparent communication is the key, but wapi. It is like talking to the wall while we wait for the titles in “April”. How about all the other questions. Waaahhh! Tumechoka being ignored. ????♀️??♀️
02/04/2020, 23:54 – : Am in the assumption that the chairman is not the one who responds to the group directly ???? I have a feeling it must be his PA….just my observation and thoughts ?
03/04/2020, 01:14 – +254 748: It doesn’t matter to me who responds as long as they represent Urithi, they are responsive, & the information is credible.
03/04/2020, 09:47 – +254 721: Ni yeye. All over sudden aliienda mute & will only attack when it’s convenient to him
03/04/2020, 09:50 – +254 721 : It doesn’t matter whether it is chairman or PA. An office is represented here and they should be quick to answer our our questions like they respond to the attacks.
03/04/2020, 09:50 – +254 721: Our patience is running out
03/04/2020, 09:50 – +254 721: Our patience is running out
14/04/2020, 20:59 – +254 722: Hello investors. We Soo quite here. What action are we thinking so far ? We need to hire lawyers to get the land or monies back.
14/04/2020, 21:48 – : I asked this question on 23rd March and upto now the same has never been answered by Urithi.Its unfortunate that they are taking advantage of the current situation at hand (The Pandemic) and going silent on us.
14/04/2020, 21:52 – : I support we take a legal action because it’s evident that if Corona continues we will never get our land or the money back since their silence justifies this…..
14/04/2020, 21:59 – Kimutai Urithi: Good evening, Beaconing is not yet completed. I will communicate once they are done. I’m working on the new agreements. They will be ready by this Friday. Each member will be contacted on how they want theirs dispatched
14/04/2020, 21:59 – Kimutai Urithi: Thank you
14/04/2020, 22:01 – : Thank you Kimutai for the feedback much appreciated.When do you anticipate the beaconing to be finished?
14/04/2020, 22:04 – Kimutai Urithi: I’m not able to give the timelines now, ground works are a bit complicated given the vegetation. Kindly allow me to respond to that tomorrow
14/04/2020, 22:09 – +254 720 : Thanks for this and good to see there is progress. Of course there is a contract between you and whoever is doing the beaconing and am sure there is a deliver by date. 14/04/2020, 22:18 – +254 721 735205: Kimutai,
That’s great gesture. Kindly give us updates as you promised
17/04/2020, 17:03 – +254 718 : Any response
17/04/2020, 18:11 – Kimutai Urithi: I will shortly
17/04/2020, 18:14 – +254 722 : Waiting for this@ Kimutai
03/05/2020, 10:51 – +254 721: This agreement doesn’t acknowledge that payment was made years back and is drafted as though we’re entering a new agreement in 2020. We have also paid for Title fee which is not acknowledged in any way. As drafted URITHI can still demand for more costs to be paid by the purchaser. In any case the agreement provides a lot of protections for URITHI but non for the purchaser is URITHI failed to deliver within agreed timeframe. Finally we were shown the land we purchased but now though the agreement says we have seen the property on sale the truth is that we have not which could lead to been eventually taken to completely unacceptable areas for the purchase price paid.
“We are again on the same cycle, a few people getting documents & majority are yet to receive the agreement,why do Uriithi keeps on repeating the same thing @ Kimutai,if the sales agreements are ready why don’t you set a day or two & send to everyone ?,I can bet this will be the discussion for the whole Month, guys confirming, others complaining, others sending emails,mwaka itaiisha with back & forth. Which criteria are you using to issue sales agreements,personally am yet to receive yet I was among the first people to pay kes. 25,000 for the title.”
“So true.how can urithi send me an agreement to sign in 2020 for something I paid for fully in 2017 .what happens to those who have paid fully ,as conditions in this said agreement are null and void as you urithi have had my funds interest free for that 3 last years.so it follows that you should provide my title and stop this game of thrones.Will assign a lawyer plus land expert plus provincial administration plus powers that be to look at this behaviour.”
“If we were to do a count, maybe only 5 people were sent the agreement. But since we don’t have visibility, everyone thinks they are the only one who hasn’t received. In the spirit of transparency, I challenge Kimutai and his team to list for us the members they’ve sent the agreements (either by name or member number). It’s very wrong for us to start another year of back and forth on agreements. Since you have the information on whose already paid in full, I expect to see this reflected in this updated agreement.
On another note, is another full agreement necessary, or will a simple annex or addendum work, to basically update those aspects that need to be updated?”
”Sale agreement is a must for a title we agree but it needs to reflect payment date of purchase plus receipt etc.for one to move forward.”
“Huu ni mchezo wa paka na panya. Let them refund our money plus interest if they can’t deliver. They have to make reference to monies already paid and not and should stop assuming us.”
“urithi is not a serious organisation, this cycle has lasted the last 4years.”
“Now you can see what I’ve always been telling you. Kimutai is just but buying time, nothing more”
“Remember it’s the same kimutai who was assigned duty of the last visit, remember where he took us?”
“he took us to Boni forest”
“It’s the high time we stopped being wasted”
“My concerns before my lawyer’s review are as follow. Urithi please address this & stop the runaround & delays.
New agreement doesn’t acknowledge original agreement & signed dates or state this is an addendum to an existing agreement .
Pg 2 & other sections – My purchase price is higher than the advertised price & what I paid, which concerns me that I will be expected to top up the difference if this ever came to question even though they acknowledge receiving the purchase price
Pg 2 C – states offered & accepted plot #xx, I personally have never laid my eyes on so signing means I take whatever am given pg 3 Section 1.2 under completion date – certificate of ownership reference is not true coz some of us completed payment in 2017 & still do not have any certificate
pg 3 Section 3.2 states you inspected the property & it is sold in the present state & condition, which I have not inspected despite asking to see this new place on multiple occasions
Section 6 – I assume those who already provided transfer forms & documents will not have to redo this.
Section 8 termination of agreement – lots about what happens when the purchaser defaults but nothing addressing vendor default. This includes loss of 10% (fine), sharing the loss if sold at a lesser price but vendor keeps all the profits if sold for a higher price (8.4 ??)
The terms in general favor the vendor & YOU the purchaser gets the short end of the stick. Bottom line in my perspective we need to see the actual property & our allocated property to sign this off.”
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The conmanship and bursting bubbles in Urithi Housing Cooperation is getting out of control. With their knowledge, their target clients have now shifted to those in Diaspora.
You buy what you’ll never see and if you see you’ll never own it.
It is not the first time Urithi’s clients are crying foul and it’s not the first time Uriithi Cooperation is being exposed. And this shows crystal clear that it has become their norm. “Ukiona mwenzako akinyolewa, chako tia maji”
Risks Of Off-Plan Housing Schemes.
Many off-plan housing schemes have been launched in Kenya’s property market in the past, only to fold a few months later with investors’ deposits.
A spot-check on social media sites, the marketplace for such housing schemes, reveals a number of companies running various ‘affordable’ and ‘pocket-friendly’ off-plan housing schemes.
The allure of investing in off-plan developments is sweet as the prices of property are much lower than the market rates.
Off-plan investment refers to the purchase of property before completion, generally driven by the high price of real estate and the time taken to deliver housing units. The buyer buys the property off the plan or design stage in the development, and pays for it in instalments.
In early 2015, Ms Roseteller Okubo and her husband Yufnalis Okubo, both directors of Malcedian Properties Ltd, spotted an advert on off-plan housing schemes in a local daily, and they could not resist the lucrative prospectus. Dinara Properties Ltd had advertised their Mazuri Side I apartments, with two bedrooms going for Sh2.7 million each, off-plan.
Mrs Okubo took it upon herself to conduct due diligence. She first visited the site of the project in Thika town and then selected two of the houses on off-plan through the aid of a salesman, Mr Joe Gichuki, who was among the sales people working for the company back then.
“I personally visited the project site called Mazuri Side I in Thika near Ananas Mall. It was initially going for Sh1.5 million off-plan. But when I went to enquire, I was informed by Mr Gichuki that it had been sold out. But he also explained that one of the then two Dinara Properties Ltd directors; Mr Wachira Muguku had his three apartments within the project and he was willing to sell each at Sh2.7 million,” says Ms Okubo.
“Ten of the 168 units had been set aside by the two directors as personal houses, which they could dispose of at own will,” says Mr Gichuki. His statement is confirmed by Mr Muguku, who says that together with Mr Andrew Kamau, they in 2015 agreed to set aside entire floor of six two-bedroom houses — each three — that they could sell or retain individually. They later added two more such that each owned five two-bedroom units.
Buying a house off-plan also allows for flexible payment plans as all one needs is a deposit. PHOTO| FOTOSEARCH
With this information, Ms Okubo proceeded to the offices of Dinara Properties Ltd in Westlands, where she met both Mr Kamau and Mr Muguku. “I was convinced that they were genuine. After paying Sh2.8 million for the first unit by end of May 2015, I requested for the second unit and Mr Muguku agreed. I started paying Mr Muguku another Sh2.7 million from July 2015 to January 2016,” she says.
Mr Muguku explains they had each set aside their five houses so as not to run down their then young company. “We were collecting customer deposits through the sales people, and because we were new and had some financial challenges, we decided that both of us could own those houses individually so that we could dispose them of at will. This way, we avoided getting any money from the company for own use or touching the deposits fund,” explains Mr Muguku.
Each of the directors was to use their individual accounts because the houses were directly-owned, says Mr Muguku. “That is why this client, just like the other three, paid to my personal bank account. Mr Kamau too, sold his and the money was paid to him directly, and not Dinara Properties Ltd,” says Mr Muguku.
Even after Mrs Okubo had settled all the payments in early 2016, a communication breakdown arose in early 2017. “Mr Muguku refused to pick my calls and after many unanswered calls, I looked for the salesman — Mr Gichuki — who had introduced me to Dinara. He gave me Mr Muguku’s alternative number and when I called, he picked up and gave me so many excuses. This was in March 2017,” she says.
Further, Mr Muguku informed her that he had separated with Mr Kamau. Mr Muguku confirms that he is no longer a director of Dinara Properties Limited. “In December 2016, I moved to my own company, Tehilah Holdings Ltd. I relinquished my control of the company accounts, although I still maintained my shareholding until October 2016,” says Mr Muguku.
He adds that he has maintained communication with Dinara Properties to follow up on his clients. On the other hand, the salesman points an accusing finger to Mr Kamau. “After a while, Mr Kamau started saying he did not know how the houses were sold, yet he was in the office when the documents were signed.”
Mrs Okubo notes that around May 2017, Mr Muguku assured her she would still get her two apartments since he had acknowledged with Dinara that she paid for the two flats. “Several weeks later, he advised that I go to Dinara and give them my full details so that I could be given my flats,” Ms Okubo narrates.
“But on getting there, Mr Kamau demanded that I must produce evidence that I had paid. I gave him the sales agreement, which acknowledged payment to Dinara, and had been signed by both of them as directors. When he realised I had all evidence, he told me Mr Muguku had to confirm in writing that indeed I had paid. Mr Muguku wrote me a letter to confirm this. Up to today, they have refused to hand over the two flats,” she says.
Daily Nation has seen copies of the sales agreement documents between Roseteller Okubo and Yufnalis Okubo, and the then two directors of Dinara — Mr Muguku and Mr Kamau. Signed on different dates, the documents, sealed with company stamp, indicate that each of the directors confirmed receipt of a total of Sh5.4 million for the two apartments; C8 and C9.
Mercidian properties Limited Director Roseteller Bukhala gestures during the interview at nation Center on December 15, 2017. PHOTO| FRANCIS NDERITU
“She paid. Even the accountant at Dinara knew that the units had moved from the hands of Mr Muguku to Ms Okubo,” says Mr Gichuki.
Asked to explain the turn of events, Mr Muguku said since the 10 units belonged personally to the directors, and not Dinara, it would not have been wise for the money to pass through the company’s accounts as it would cost them more in taxes.
Mr Kamau maintains that Ms Okubo had paid the money to an individual account — Mr Muguku’s account — instead of paying to Dinara Properties. “The payment was not receipted by Dinara, and it is not in our accounting system. We never received any money from her, and we have no records in our accounting systems to show that she paid any money. I am still waiting to receive that payment,” said a furious Mr Kamau when he visited Nation offices.
But the then salesman at Dinara, who directly handled Ms Okubo as his client, refutes Mr Kamau’s claims. “This is in contradiction to the earlier arrangement where each of the directors had communicated to the sales persons about selling their 10 individual units. The money was paid to their individual accounts,” says Mr Gichuki.
Mr Kamau also denies having ever signed the agreement of purchase documents in the office although Mr Muguku, Ms Okubo and Mr Gichuki say he was present. He says that when the two agreements were being signed, he was on sick leave.
But when questioned further, Mr Kamau cannot explain the duration when he was on sick leave, or the name of the hospital where he was treated. “I was on leave when a pile of documents were brought to my house for me to sign,” he says.
When asked whether he read through the documents and noted that particular land purchase by Ms Okubo, he says: “I was just signing. You see, when it is someone whom you have done business with for years, you cannot even suspect anything fishy with them.”
But Mr Muguku maintains that his then co-director did not sign the two purchase agreements in duress or ill-health, but while in his office in the presence of Ms Okubo, Mr Yufnalis, and Mr Gichuki. “Mr Kamau signed both sales agreements on different dates — not even as a witness. He signed as a director of Dinara,” says Mr Muguku.
Interestingly, there is no contention about the other privately-owned three houses that Mr Muguku had sold through a similar arrangement. “Why these two?” Asks Mr Muguku.
He now suspects foul play from a business partner. “We have transacted business worth hundreds of millions of shillings with Mr Kamau. We have grown together from humble means, why this one?” He asks.
But according to Mr Gichuki, this is a small matter that Mr Kamau and Mr Muguku can sit down and resolve. “But for them to be able to do this, there must be honesty,” says Mr Gichuki, who has been following the matter for Ms Okubo.
At the time when Nation was investigating the matter, both Mr Muguku and Mr Kamau asked for some time to meet their estranged clients — Ms Okubo and Mr Yufnalis to resolve the matter amicably. Eight months down the line, the matter is yet to be resolved. Unsure of when to get redress, Ms Okubo is contemplating moving to court.
“I have a feeling that more people out here might have lost money the same way, and they could be suffering in silence. This includes some of the people that I had introduced to the said developers,” laments Ms Okubo.
The allure of off-plan purchase schemes
Off-plan housing schemes have become increasingly popular with a wider lot of Kenyans because of the convenience they offer to investors. Buying off-plan gives potential capital gains and room to acquire future assets at the current market price. This price appreciation at the completion of the project is an advantage.
Buying a house off-plan also allows for flexible payment plans as all one needs is a deposit, which is usually 10 to 20 per cent of the purchase price, and the rest of the amount is either paid upon completion, or in flexible periodic instalments. This allows individuals without the financial muscle to purchase houses immediately to acquire homes they would otherwise not afford.
The buyer is also able to select the best location for his or her house and can also pick the finishes of the house.
This is advantageous as opposed to buying a complete house, where a buyer has to settle for whatever has been provided for by the developer.
Off-plan purchases have a down-side. The buyer can lose the money invested in case the developer goes bust or if they are fraudulent.
The other challenge could be poor quality of construction. Sometimes developers deliver substandard products hence the buyers do not get value for money unlike when buying a complete unit, where one negotiates the purchase price based on tangible evidence.
More often than not, developers are unable to complete the houses in the promised time frame and this can affect the buyers’ financial plans. In rare cases, market conditions may change or the developer may over-promise returns such as rental yields and capital appreciation and on completion, the buyer achieves lower than expected returns.
That is why it is good to assess the market value of the location when doing investor due diligence.
Efforts by Kenya Insights to reach Urithi for a reply didn’t bare fruits as our mails went unanswered.
Born in Gedo, his hometown Balad Hawo war zone near Kenyan border in the North Eastern Mandera and where he enjoys tremendous grassroot support as Kingpin with the protection of Jubaland forces. He was the Security Minister.
Escaped from a Mogadishu prison on Tuesday Jan, 28 where he had been held since August 31, 2019. Sources say, months after his imprisonment, his clansmen negotiated with President Farmajo for house arrest in which he escaped. Abdirashid arrived in Nairobi shortly after arriving in Kismayu from Mogadishu by boat. After his arrival in Nairobi, he seeked medical attention at a City hospital thereafter meeting Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe who had business in Nairobi. Sources say, despite tightened security at the exit points and cordoned off airports by Somali government upon his escape, he managed to maneuver his way through with support of some soldiers whom were still loyal to him until he found his way to Nairobi City in a private jet. After his meeting with Jubaland President, Jubaland Chief of Staff in a statement said, “Our hero has arrived after several months of illegal detention in Mogadishu. ”
Jubaland State President Madobe. Photo|Courtesy
He is wanted for several crimes, including international human rights violations, the massacre of innocent civilians at Gedo Region and illegally escaping from government custody.
Concerns In Kenyan Parliament
Mandera East Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Maalim. Photo|Courtesy.
In a private notice number 02/2020 presented on Wednesday in Parliament, Mr Maalim sought a clarification from the Ministry of Defence on the presence of Mr Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur alias Abdirashid Janan in Mandera East Constituency.
The MP claimed the minister crossed into Kenya with over 100 armed soldiers and has been in town, causing security tension since January.
“He arrived on January 30 and was booked to stay at a local hotel by Kenyan security teams in Mandera. He left the hotel on February 10 and rented a house within Mandera town from where he has been operating under the close watch of Jubbaland forces and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).”
Mandera East Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Maalim has asked the national government to explain the presence of a fugitive Jubaland minister in Mandera County, saying he poses a security threat to residents.
“The CS has to explain the measures put in place by the State to mitigate security challenges posed by the presence of the fugitive minister,” he said.
Mr Maalim is also seeking an explanation from Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma on the role played by KDF in guarding the Somali national.
He wants the State to make public the legal framework under which the Jubaland military forces were allowed in Kenya fully armed.
“People of Mandera are under siege … Some have vacated their residences fearing bloodshed,” he said.
Military troops from the Federal Government of Somalia that have been pursuing him camped at Bulahawa town scheming a raid on the minister’s current residence. A raid which happened yesterday 2,March and which turned messy causing residents to flee their homesteads for safety. A stir which Kenyan government refuted reports that it happened on the Kenyan soil. Kenya Police took control of the situation, a move which us unusual as it is and gas always been the mandate of military (KDF) to protect the border. @BBCSomali claimed that KDF were involved in the gunfire yesterday between federal government of Somalia forces and Jubaland forces allied to fugitive Abdirashid in which they sided with Jubaland forces.
8 Members of Parliament whom include; Kullow Maalim, Ahmed Kolosh, Ibrahim Abdi, Rashid Kassim, Mohamed Hire, Omar Maalim, Bashir Abdulahi and Adan Haji from the North Eastern Province of Kenya (NEP-‘s Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa) were cleared for departure to Mogadishu aboard Salaamair Air Express Flight WU-751 at 1115Hrs. The 8 did not officially represent the Government of Kenya nor were they emissaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 8 met members of the Somali National Intelligence Agency (NISA). Insights showed their travel costs were indirectly facilitated by NISA. These politicians were checked in at the 2-storey building inside NISA Headquarters Compound in Mogadishu.
These politicians have been sympathetic to Somali clan politics and have been involved in direct talks with the Somali Government. This means Somali Government is sponsoring and orchestrating an NFD movement which wants to push a cessation discourse. FGS is brazenly inviting sympathetic parliamentarians to NISA headquarters to pursue the destabilization of NEP-NFD
NISA is led by former members of the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Shabaab Al-Mujahideen. NISA is directly implicated in planning and funding Al-Shabaab operations along the border with Kenya besides misleading AFRICOM with wrong target coordinates for precision airstrikes in Somalia. NISA is on the radar of regional Military and Civilian intelligence agencies for facilitating travel for Al-Qaeda cells. NISA is directly involved in the covert moving of mortars and MANPAD’s to Kenya with the intention of attacking 2 Hotels near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and downing aircraft’s in a coordinated terrorist attack in Kenya.
On return today 1st of March, the MPs have been arrested at Wilson airport for questioning whose outcome maybe full of falsehoods to calm the storm in the country.
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Globally, at least 80,000 people have been diagnosed with the illness. 2,800 confirmed death cases mainly in the mainland origin China. 32,905 confirmed recoveries. Confirmed 46,477 currently infected with 38,008(82%) mild condition and 8,469 in critical condition. More new cases are being reported outside China than within.
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 50 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the “Diamond Princess” cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).
On Wednesday 26,Feb 239 passengers aboard the China Southern Airline was caught red handed on camera landing at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport(JKIA) in Nairobi amidst their ban. Evidence have emerged and what seems to be a Memorandum of Greed between Kenyan Authorities and the Chinese Government that despite the suspension of this airline to land in Kenya, it has been landing in with prohibited Chinese nationals. Here are flightstats tracking and which substantiate they landed on 21-22 Feb before being caught.
The Ministry of Health and Chinese Embassy in Kenya have however claimed that the flight only resumed the very day the airline was caught that’s 26, Feb and that the airline’s flights have been reduced to one a week and which doesn’t make any sense to me.
Government needs to be clear if it’s on a Humanitarian rescue mission or on a barter trade.
Reduction on the number of flights from China to Kenya ain’t a logical control measure to eradicate a virus that can be transmitted by one person and infect thousands of people by a single cough. And infection of 1000 people can infect all population in Kenya within hours.
The foul play by the government agencies over the safety of a whole nation is the highest level of misconduct and unprofessional.
With the daily proof of varying time of incubation for this virus cannot assure the safety of the people around these suspects as some show symptoms after 2-3 more weeks after the International Normalised Incubation Time. They might fail to show symptoms of illness after 14-day self quarantine but come to show it later. With this life cycle, i see no need of Government taking chances and risks of allowing these risky groups into the country whether they test negative or not.
Government of Kenya.
MOH (Ministry of Health) requested for 1.8 billion from the National Treasury to set up Corona virus isolation and quarantine facility centre. A project which might take months and which China did in 8 days. Hold on onto assumptions, the fund has not even been considered to be released. The reluctance, unpreparedness and last minute rush will kill us in world record time good enough for Guinness book of world records. To make the matters worst leave alone worse, screening machines Government is relying on, was made by countries that have fully banned entry of Chinese into their territories. These are super powers that have even lost trust in their technology which our poor Government has fallen in love with.
Russia ban
“The entry of all Chinese citizens via Russia’s state frontiers will be suspended…for work travel, private travel, study, and tourism,” Statement from the office of Tatiana Golikova, Russia’s vice prime minister in charge of health effective from Feb 20th.
USA ban
The United States said it will not allow entry to Chinese nationals and other foreigners who have recently traveled to China, a move that angered Chinese officials who cited WHO comments against overreacting to the crisis.
Incubation period
56 year old women, a hotel worker in China was recently diagnosed with the novel coronavirus after eight consecutive tests failed to detect her condition when she was in quarantine, officials revealed.
The 56-year-old from Sichuan Province went into isolation earlier this month after one of her colleagues had been infected with the virus.
Tang was placed under quarantine on Feb. 2. From Feb. 7 to Feb. 23, medical workers conducted eight tests on Tang by taking throat swabs.
The medics then carried out nucleic acid detection tests using PCR (polymerase chain reaction) techniques to check if she had contracted the virus.
All eight tests then came back negative.
Tang was later transferred from a hospital in the county to another hospital in Ziyang city on Feb. 21.
Doctors finally confirmed that she was infected with Covid-19 on Feb. 24 after conducting further clinical and laboratory tests. This means that a total of nearly three weeks had passed since Tang was quarantined.
Reuters reported that a 70-year-old man in Hubei was infected with the coronavirus, but only showed symptoms 27 days later.
One factor that distinctly differentiates Covid-19 from SARS and MERS, is the absence of certain symptoms like fever in suspect cases at initial phases.
Which means that temperature screenings could potentially miss out on infected people who are asymptomatic.
Maybe a basic knowledge about all viruses is that they aint curable due to their multiple subgroups and serotypes and which keep on changing and advancing hence they can only be suppressed to stop their replication or inhibited or prevented by vaccination whereby in the case of Covid-19 there is no vaccine yet.
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Governor and his co-accused faced 19 charges of corruption, abuse of office and irregular payments that saw the county lose Sh357 million.
Count 1: Sonko, alongside Fredrick Odhiambo alias Fred Oyugi T/A Yiro Enterprises, Web Tribe Limited, Danson Muchemi Njunji, Robert Muriithi Muna, Zablon Onyango Ochomo, ROG Security Limited and Antony Otieno Ombok alias Jamal are accused of conspiring to embezzle Sh24.1m between July 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019.
Count 2: The governor is accused of conflict of interest. Sonko is accused of knowingly receiving Sh1 million from Web Tribe Limited, the parent company of JamboPay, through ROG Security Limited. The money is said to have been received on or about January 19 through Equity Bank Limited, Nyali branch.
Count 3: The governor is accused of knowingly receiving another Sh1 million from Web Tribe through ROG, through Equity Bank, Kenyatta Avenue branch.
Count 4: Sonko is accused of knowingly receiving Sh1 million from Web Tribe through ROG on January 19, through Equity Bank’s Gigiri branch.
Count 5: The county boss is accused of knowingly receiving Sh1 million from Fredrick Odhiambo alias Fred Oyugi of Yiro Enterprises through ROG on December 27, 2018. The cash was received through Equity Bank’s Four Ways branch. According to the charge sheet, the county hired unspecified “heavy equipment” from Yiro.
Count 6: The county boss is accused of receiving Sh1 million from Yiro through ROG on December 27, 2018. The cash was deposited into his account at Equity’s Nyali branch.
Count 7: Sonko is accused of knowingly receiving Sh1 million from Mr Odhiambo through ROG on December 28, 2018. The prosecution says the cash was received through Equity Bank’s Kwale branch.
Count 8: Sonko is accused of receiving Sh1 million from Yiro through Equity’s Nyali branch on December 28, 2018. The alleged irregular payments were a facility by ROG.
Count 9: The governor allegedly received Sh1 million from Mr Odhiambo through ROG on December 27, 2018. The money was deposited into his account at Equity’s Kenyatta Avenue branch.
Count 10: Sonko is accused of unlawfully receiving Sh400,000 from Mr Odhiambo on December 28, 2018 through Equity’s Kenyatta Avenue branch. The payments were facilitated by ROG.
Count 11: The governor is accused of pocketing Sh1 million from Mr Odhiambo and Yiro through ROG on December 28, 2018. The illegal payments were done through Equity’s Kenyatta Avenue branch.
Count 12: Sonko is accused of receiving Sh8.4 million in proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 4 of Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money laundering Act. He is accused of receiving the cash from Mr Odhiambo between December 27 and 28, 2018 at Equity Bank.
Count 13: The governor is accused of receiving proceeds of crime – Sh3 million – from Web Tribe – on or about January 19 at Equity Bank.
Sonko denied all these charges and secured his release after paying a cash bail of Sh15 million. The High Court in Nairobi had granted him a Sh15 million cash bail or an alternative bond of Sh30 million with a surety of a similar amount. Court also barred Sonko from accessing his office and commenting on the case on social media as were the directorates of public prosecutions and criminal investigations and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. And being that he had no Deputy, the Magistrate ruled that if need be, he can be escorted by the investigating officer or any other authorised officer.
Recalling back on 8th Nov, 2017 when President Uhuru Kenyatta in his Harambee House chaired a meeting aimed at ‘Regeneration of Nairobi.’
President Uhuru Kenyatta charing a meeting aimed at Regeneration of Nairobi County. 8/11/2017. Photo|PSCU
“The programme is between the national government and the County Government of Nairobi, and will cost billions of shillings, focuses on key economic and social sectors. It is expected to significantly improve the livelihoods of Nairobi residents.” Said PSCU on a statement . The Nairobi team was led by Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko, former Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe and the then nominee for County Secretary Peter Kariuki.
The meeting agreed that in the next four weeks all relevant state departments and city county departments realign their procurement plans to ensure relevant allocations are available for the implementation of the programme and what turned out to be 2 years for the implementation to come to pass evidently at a time when the Governor is facing Corruption charges, barred from office and facing impeachment motion in the County assembly. Your assumption is as good as mine. If he had no graft cases, he would have not handed over and he would have had a deputy Governor by now. The deep state power ready to save him from his ouster by advising him to do the handing over.
Moving on — Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala co-chaired the technical committee of the special task force on Nairobi. “The programme focuses on Housing and Settlement, Infrastructure and Transport, Energy, Water Resources, Environment and Solid Waste, Youth, Women and Persons with Disability. Other sectors are Land, Information and Communication Technology.” PSCU on a statement. The meeting was attended by Cabinet Secretaries Henry Rotich (Treasury), James Macharia (Transport and Infrastructure), Eugene Wamalwa (Water and Irrigation), Cleopa Mailu (Health) and Jacob Kaimenyi (Lands, Housing and Urban Development) among others.
Governor Mike Sonko (right) and CS Eugene Wamalwa (left) signing the transition documents in presence of President Uhuru Kenyatta(standing left) and Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka(standing right) at State House. 25/2/2020. Photo|PSCU.
Yesterday Tuesday 25 Feb, 2020 In a historic but not a surprise to me, land mark agreement signed at State House where Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa in concurrence with H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta, signed an agreement, officially handing over functions of the Nairobi County Government to the National Government, pursuant to Article 187 of the Constitution.
The signing of the agreement was also witnessed by the Speaker of the Senate, Hon. Kenneth Lusaka and the Attorney General Paul Kihara.
The National Government therefore, will take over the following functions of the Nairobi County Government:
i)County Health services
ii)County Transport services
iii) County Public Works, Utilities and Ancillary services
iv)County Government Planning and Development
“This will ensure Nairobi residents receive services efficiently. The move comes as a breakthrough in the running of county services that had ground to a halt.” State House spokesperson Kanze Dena-Mararo.
A move that has been gazetted.
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There is one country in the world where I am not welcome and would be arrested on sight – the Republic of Seychelles.
I was declared prohibited immigrant (persona non grata) in the Indian Ocean islands one Sunday morning in April 2004 as soon as I landed in the capital, Mahe.
My mission was to dig up a story on Kenya’s link in two military coups in the islands in the 1970s and the 1980s.
But the Seychellois weren’t amused that somebody was revisiting their murky past.
Communication with one of my sources having been intercepted beforehand, immediately on landing, I was whisked away from the immigration desk, put back on the Kenya Airways plane that I had travelled in, and warned never to be seen there again.
They couldn’t even allow me to use the bathrooms at the arrivals lounge. If it were today, you would think I had the deadly coronavirus, hence should not be allowed to sneeze in their toilets!
Anyway, I still went ahead to get the story I was looking for, which I retell today together with updates gathered since I first wrote it 16 years ago.
MANCHAM OUSTER
Mancham
Early morning during Easter holiday in 1977, Seychelles President James Mancham received a cable from his Kenyan counterpart Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
The Kenyan leader had an urgent message to be personally delivered by his special envoy already aboard a plane to the islands.
Kenyatta’s emissary was Bruce McKenzie, a former Kenyan Cabinet minister and who, it later turned out, doubled up as secret agent of the British, Israel, and South Africa spy outfits.
As he lunched with President Mancham at State House in the capital Mahe a few hours later, McKenzie delivered the message, which was that Kenyan intelligence had information that Seychelles Prime Minister Albert Rene was hatching a plot to topple President Mancham.
Albert Rene
The plot had the backing of the Tanzanian authorities and was at an advanced stage.
Kenyatta’s advice was that President Mancham should act first to pre-empt his PM, or live to rue his inaction.
While President Kenyatta wanted the Seychelles President left to decide on his own how best to handle the situation, his envoy, whose abrasiveness matched his massive build and tiger-like walrus moustache, had his own ideas on how to go about it.
He wanted the Seychelles’ head of state to engage the services of a professional assassin, ‘Mad’ Mike Hoare, to sort out his premier.
HIRE ASSASSIN
McKenzie
McKenzie, who was on first-name terms with President Mancham, did not mince words. “Jimmy, you’ll have to do this man in before he does you in,” he said as he pointed his fork at his host when they sat for lunch.
“What I am saying is, you must send someone to shoot the bastard (in reference to Prime Minister Rene).”
“What!” exclaimed President Mancham. “Oh yes”, replied Kenyatta’s envoy without batting an eyelid.
“Once he is dead, get some of your most trusted police officers to plant some guns on his colleagues. After all the bastards have been arrested, you appoint one of your favourite lawyers as the magistrate to try the case.”
As he leaned back in his chair, a grinning McKenzie dropped the punchline: “And make sure your (hand-picked) magistrate is Mr Maximum!”
President Mancham reckoned that much as he didn’t trust his Prime Minister, and much as he had no reason to doubt the intelligence from Kenya, he found the “Final solution” proposed by McKenzie “a bit unpalatable”.
He said killing his prime minister didn’t seem “a conceivable option”.
McKenzie bluntly told him: “You’re the President of Seychelles and ultimately the one to decide on what best to do. But should the worst come to pass, don’t say your friends in Kenya let you down in your hour of need!” They left it at that – and ate their lunch.
***
Two months later, on June 5, President Mancham was in London for the silver jubilee celebrations on the Queen’s coronation.
Also attending the festivity and booked in the presidential suites at London’s Savoy Hotel with Mancham were Kenya’s Vice-President Daniel arap Moi and Attorney-General Charles Njonjo.
At about 3.45am on the third night in London, the telephone rang in President Mancham’s suite.
“Mr President, sorry to bother you, but your friend Adnan Khashoggi (the Saudi Arabian rogue billionaire arms dealer) is frantically trying to get in touch. Please urgently call him at his suite in Paris.”
When he came through, Khashoggi was straight to the point: “I’m sorry to wake you up Mr President, but there has been a coup in your country.”
Numb with shock, Mancham said: “Adnan, this is no time for a joke.”
It wasn’t a joke. Prime Minister Rene, with help from Tanzanian soldiers, had overthrown his government in the Seychelles and taken over as head of state.
Back home, Moi and Njonjo headed straight to State House, Nakuru, to discuss the turn of events in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Years later, Foreign Affairs minister Munyua Waiyaki, who attended the meeting with President Jomo Kenyatta, recalled to me how Njonjo, at one point, got so emotional and banged the table as he said: “Revenge is a must. That boy (Albert Rene) and his master Nyerere (The Tanzanian President Julius) must one day know who we are!”
Not long after, Jomo Kenyatta died but Njonjo didn’t forget.
***
One morning in May 1981, ousted Seychelles President Mancham, then self-exiled in Britain, got an invitation for lunch by a Njonjo emissary who was well-known to him. They agreed to meet at London’s Holiday Inn Hotel.
Once together, the man from Nairobi told Mancham he wished to introduce him to “an important person”, and together they proceeded to a room on the sixth floor.
On knocking, they were ushered in by a man who introduced himself as Colonel Mike Hoare.
After brief discussions, Mike Hoare looked at Mancham in the eye and asked: “If Albert Rene (the Seychelles President) was to be overthrown today, would you be available?”
After a moment of reflection, Mancham replied: “Mr Hoare, my position is clear. While I have grown accustomed to life outside the islands as a common man, duty still remains duty. But I have told friends I am not in a position to organise or get involved in any adventures.”
Satisfied with the response from Mancham, Hoare replied: “That’s quite okay. The planning and the rest don’t concern you. All I was interested in was to find out your attitude.”
A couple of days later, Mancham got another lunch invitation from two Seychellois, one Paul Chow and another Gerald Hoareau, who were well known to him and to Njonjo. They met at the Swiss Cottage Inn in London.
COUP PLOT
Charles Njonjo
As old acquaintances, they had no problem getting down to business right away: “Chief”, the lead emissary said to Mancham, “our understanding is you have blessings for anyone who would overthrow that bastard (Albert Rene). That is good. We have a plan.”
The next day the three flew to Nairobi and were checked into the Hotel 680. The following day they were picked from the hotel for lunch at Njonjo’s Muthaiga home.
The lunch was also attended by Police Commissioner Ben Gethi, and deputy director of the CID (now renamed DCI), J.D. Irwin.
Most importantly, Njonjo wanted to be sure Mancham would be available once Albert Rene was “sorted”. That assured, the project moved to the next phase.
Njonjo got in touch with his friend Adnan Khashoggi. At the time, the latter was a “protected species” in Kenya.
He owned the 11,000-acre Ol-Pejeta ranch in Nanyuki and the adjacent 22,000-acre Sweet Waters camp, where he had a 14-foot bed.
Courtesy of Njonjo, Khashoggi would enter and leave Nairobi without his passport stamped, or cargo checked, and had officers from the GSU deployed to guard him.
For Khashoggi, facilitating a coup in the Seychelles – or anywhere else in the third world – was child’s play. He had the money, and he had the firepower.
In the Seychelles he wouldn’t only be reinstating a friend to power, but also settling a score with President Rene for having the “audacity” to confiscate his yacht, which was docked in the Seychelles on the night he overthrew President Mancham.
***
Khasshogi
Between August and October, Njonjo, Mancham, Khashoggi, and Mike Hoare held planning sessions in Nairobi and in Nanyuki.
When in the city, Mike Hoare would be holed up at the Hotel 680, where he quietly enjoyed the world-famous Kenya’s cold Tusker, seated in a favourite corner on the first floor.
I always sit at the same corner whenever I am at the Hotel 680. It is an inspiring place to remember the days gone by.
***
Khashoggi would provide the 80 AK assault rifles for use by Mike Hoare’s “boys”, pay Mike Hoare mercenary’s fee, and take care of any other contingencies arising.
In turn, Njonjo would cater for a flight to the Seychelles by Mancham and his team once President Rene was ousted.
At six in the evening on November 25, the chartered jet landed at Mahe airport. On board were Mike Hoare and his 42 “boys”, all carrying identical bags.
At the control tower they were booked as “charity workers” from Britain on a mission to aid disadvantaged children. They had five bags of toys to be distributed to children’s homes in the Seychelles.
The hand luggage carried by the “charity workers” had tags to indicate they had gone through X-ray checks at South Africa’s Durban Airport and Swaziland’s Manzini Airport.
It was a lie as each of the bags had a false bottom concealing an AK-47 and 30 rounds of ammunition.
But on that day, Murphy’s Law that “whatever can go wrong will go wrong” applied.
All but two of Mike Hoare “charity workers” had cleared through immigration when hell broke loose. A traveller separating the two from the rest of the group had a bunch of bananas in his bag.
Mike Hoare
VIABLE OPTION
At the time the Seychelles had banned the importation of fruits in the islands to protect local farmers.
The immigration officers, angered by the passenger with bananas, demanded that the two passengers behind him also open their bags.
Cornered, the two “charity workers” reached for their hidden weapons and cocked, causing a huge commotion.
Mike Hoare and the group, now already cleared, rushed back, guns at hand, and a full-scale battle with the Seychelles security ensued.
Mike Hoare led his “boys” into the next viable option. They hijacked a plane at the airport and fled to South Africa, where they were awaited with long jail sentences. The coup had flopped.
Postscript: Early in the week when writing this story, I touched base with an acquaintance who was a security intelligence officer seconded to the judicial commission of inquiry that found Njonjo “guilty” of a plot to overthrow the Moi government in the 1980s.
He told me it is the latter’s role in the Seychelles affair that turned a poisoned chalice.
According to the retired intelligence officer, Moi, though he had sanctioned Njonjo’s involvement in the failed Seychelles coup, quietly reasoned that if the latter could so meticulously plot a coup in a foreign country, what would stop him from doing the same at home?
HIGH TREASON
And so “evidence” had to be found to implicate Njonjo in some “coup plot” at home, and use that to put him in a position where he would be no threat.
Subsequently, Raila Odinga, then in police custody for alleged role in the failed 1982 Kenyan coup, came in handy in Moi’s scheme of things.
He was brought to the Njonjo inquiry to testify that while he knew “nothing” of the coup he himself was implicated in, he had “information” that Njonjo intended to stage a coup against Moi at about the same time the August 1982 coup attempt took place.
The commission of inquiry believed him and found Njonjo “guilty” of high treason.
Eventually Moi “forgave” both Njonjo and Raila of their “involvement” in respective treasonable activities. Kenyan politics must be a knotty stuff to unravel.
***
Mike ‘Mad’ Hoare, the epicentre of the drama in the Seychelles, and who served a 15-year jail term, died in South Africa on February 2, a few days after cutting cake to mark his 100th birthday.
Coincidentally, it was the same time Njonjo, too, toasted to mark his centenary anniversary.
I hope the many years lived afforded ‘Mad’ Mike time to repent before meeting his maker
Doctor in Kitui attending to reported case of Corona virus Chinese
Medics at Makindu Sub-County Hospital in Makueni County were reported to had fled the facility after police officers brought in five finicky ill Chinese patients. The scare escalated by the fact that the Chinese, who accompanied the patients, had face masks a common personal protective gear for respiratory infection which at the moment is Corona virus.
The hospital went to default settings for hours, leaving the five Chinese patients, the police and a few unattended patients in the facility helpless.
Makueni County Health Chief Officer Patrick Musyoki however dismissed the claim as unfounded, saying there were no coronavirus patients admitted in the facility even before the test results were out. “There are no cases of coronavirus admitted to Makindu hospital as confirmed by the hospital management,” he said.
The five are reported to have been quarantined and a doctor assigned to monitor their condition. The five work at Sinohydro Corporation, the Chinese contractor building Kibwezi-Kitui Road.
This comes days after another Chinese National was quarantined at Mutomo Shopping Centre after arriving into the country from China over suspected coronavirus infection.
Samples were taken from the patients and taken to the National Influenza Laboratory in Nairobi for testing.
In June 2018, Justice Kantai began budding into limelight when he disqualified himself from the Embu Governorship case, saying one of the parties tried to compromise him. Rare of what majority of Kenyan judges would do.
Justice Kantai was among several judges affected by a reshuffle in February 2019 when Chief Justice David Maraga transferred him from Nyeri to Nairobi, alongside Malindi’s Justice Wanjiru Karanja and Kisumu’s Hannah Okwengu and Jamila Mohammed.
The Judiciary said the transfers were normal and routinely, in line with the requirement for Court of Appeal judges to serve in a station for two years.
Well! Enough said of the old Integrity era of Justice Kantai.
THE METAMORPHOSIS
The judge was sitting on the terrace of Kisumu’s Aqua Pool Bar on the second floor of Acacia Premier Hotel, watching the sun set as he waited for the murder suspect.
From here — and there is a panoramic view of Lake Victoria below — he could see the plane carrying the suspect as it approached the airport from Nairobi.
And now, the judge could be in trouble for cavorting with a murder suspect in a case that might shed light on the rot in the Judiciary.
The suspect had reached out to him, hoping to get some advice just in case she was caught or if the police implicated her.
But the judge was in Kisumu attending a workshop, according to documents left at the hotel where he was booked in Room 405.
Investigations by the Nation and Kenya insights indicate that the judge not only paid for the suspect’s ticket to Kisumu using M-Pesa, but also kept speaking to her as she boarded the flight on the day he sent his driver to pick her up and take her to the airport.
“Good morning. Driver left five minutes ago. He is coming for you,” the judge wrote.
“OK love,” she replied. “Pack mosquito repellent if you have,” the judge wrote in another SMS.
“Done.” After several minutes she wrote: “Hi. Driver has picked.”
At the Wilson Airport, the suspect once again sent an SMS to the judge telling him that she was boarding the aircraft: “Did you get medicated or shall I pick something en route once landed … We are boarding now.”
INTIMATE MESSAGES
“I have a cough syrup and lozenges. There is no steam bath here,” he wrote.“Hi hun. I have checked in and now the long wait to boarding.” “CU soon,” replied the judge, attaching a kiss and the classic love heart emojis used as expressions of love.
We haven’t ascertained whether the two were in any relationship, but the flow of the conversation was suggestive of an ongoing love affair.
There are no records at the hotel to suggest that the suspect booked a separate room — and there is no evidence, either, that she left the hotel on that day.
That evening at the Aqua Pool, the two ordered a whole Tilapia and one “Catch of the Day”.
It was delivered to Room 405 and a service charge of Sh2,800 was entered around 11pm in the name of the judge. They were also served with some whisky.
There is evidence that the two were still together the next day, and at about 4.30pm she ordered a Blue Berry cake only for the afternoon to be disrupted by a call from the police in Nairobi who wanted her to report to Kilimani, urgently.
The judge, using his mobile phone and M-Pesa account, booked a ticket for the suspect and she flew out of Kisumu the following day.
In Nairobi, the suspect scanned copies of the media coverage and story links and sent them to the judge before she went to record her statement with the police the next day.
Sources say that she asked for a soft copy of her statement, which she immediately sent to the judge: “This is what the police have recorded; peruse, add/remove what is necessary and return …”
The judge received the copy. He then sent the copy to the suspect, who took the copy back to the police station.
Tob Cohen’s widow and main murder suspect Wairimu was freed on bail on 11 October, 2019 after spending 43 days in police custody following her arrest by DCI officers when she appeared at the directorate for questioning.
Apparently, Justice Ole Kantai was also arrested on Friday, 21 2020 while in Kiembeni, Mombasa and grilled by the homicide detectives in connection to this murder case before being taken to Muthaiga Police station. Released on Police bond on Saturday, 22 after spending a night behind bars with a condition to report back to the DCI on Monday, 24 for further interrogation .
Police are also said to be considering charging Justice Kantai with accessory after the fact in the Tob Cohen murder case.
Justice Kantai(left), Wairimu Cohen(middle) and Late Tob Cohen
UhuRuto – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy President William Ruto are perfect testimony of this illusion as i might prefer to it. Youngest President and Deputy President in Kenyan history, controversially elected in 2013 and again “re-elected” in 2017 serving two terms. A section of the electorates argued that their stiff competitors whom included former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka were too old to lead the country and it was time for young energetic youths to take over.
First President Jomo Kenyatta took full Presidency power on December 12, 1964 when he was 67 years of age and left power upon his demise 14 years later when he was 81years of age. Daniel Torotich Arap Moi as Vice President took over power in 1978 aged 54 and ruled for 24 years till 2002 aged 78years and between had an attempted coup in 1982. Then Mwai Kibaki took over power since 2002 aged 71years serving two terms – 10years till 2013 then retired aged 81 years. Then since 2013 upto date Uhuru Kenyatta son of Jomo Kenyatta took over power aged 52 and his Deputy Ruto aged 46 with Uhuru set to retire at 61 after serving two terms. Yeah, historical indeed!
Now lets pen down the System facts, Dennis Itumbi would call it “System ya ma-facts ”
Economy
Country’s public debt will hit the Ksh7 trillion mark by the time President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves office in 2022.
The National Treasury in its draft Budget Review and Outlook Paper projects that Ksh2 trillion will be added to the public debt by the time President Kenyatta completes his second term in office. Currently the public debt stands at Ksh 6.7 trillion.
The former Finance Minister inherited a debt of Ksh 1.953,834.00 trillion when he took over from former President Mwai Kibaki in 2013. This means that President Kenyatta will have presided over a debt increase of almost 300% during his ten-year tenure. Since at the moment in his 6 years in power, public debt both Domestic and Foreign have increased by 4.8 trillion when President Mwai Kibaki’s 10 year term, public debt only increased by 1.3 trillion with much more fruit.
By 2022, the Jubilee administration will have presided over a borrowing spree of more than Ksh5.3 trillion in which only 60% can be fully accounted for whilst the remaining 40% looted.
Before signing the Finance Bill 2018 that was forcefully passed by the National Assembly on September 20, President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto had put on brave faces amid pressing questions from the public and analysts on the ballooning public debt.
The president and his deputy maintained that the government was in control of what was being perceived as over borrowing at exorbitant rates before changing tune by saying that more taxes needed to be collected if the country was to realise its development agenda.
Kenya’s debt service to revenue ratio is standing at 35.8 per cent, 30.5 per cent and 33.4 per cent respectively against the threshold of 30 per cent.
Interest payment on loans is expected to increase by 46.5% per cent to Ksh600 billion ($6 billion) in 2021/22 from Ksh400 billion ($4 billion) in the revised budget of 2018/19.
According to the economists, the composition of the government’s external debt shows an increasing shift towards expensive loans from commercial banks and the Eurobond.
It is due to this carelessness that this year in 3month we’ve witnessed massive workers layoff by companies operating in Kenya due to losses, overtaxation in bid to collect more revenue to pay off the National debt. Some have shut down their operations totally.
Socio–PoliticoStatus.
Kenyans thought that their darkest era of political witch-hunt, arbitrary arrests, tribalism, ethnicity, nepotism, dictatorship, Government assassination ended with the retirement of Presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki. Because they thought the youthful President and his Government will be revolutionary only to find out these are the same monkeys in a different forest. The System.
Kenyans forgot power is corrupt and the commander in chief would do anything possible to sit on the throne for pride. 2013-2017 Kenya was a millitary state, budgetary location to equip the security sector was way much higher than ever before. There was too much unrest with increased corruption scandals that was unbearable for the taxpayers to remain maim. Kenyans witnessed extrajudicial killings of those who criticized State, from bloggers, businessmen likes of Jacob Juma and many more. Post election violence in 2017 that led to loss of over 200 lives because these Youths rigged elections and lived by the sword. This Post Election Violence in the minds of sound-mind Kenyan Youths who were not tribal minded then, it was uncalled for, as it would have paved way portraying youths as peaceful and mature politicians. But the system couldn’t allow that.
In Malawi,
Malawi’s political scene, at least from 2014 is the issue of youth leadership. Youthful Atupele Muluzi contested on this agenda in 2014 elections and finished a distant fourth in an election won by the oldest candidate on the ballot, Peter Mutharika. Eventually Muluzi betrayed his own “youth agenda” and joined the Mutharika government. The System.
Muluzi says he joined Mutharika’s government because he thinks he could serve Malawians better while in the government and not outside it. Yet, those who follow Malawi politics closely will tell you that Atupele Muluzi could have gone into the alliance so that the Peter Mutharika’s government could not bother his father, Bakili the same way Bingu wa Mutharika did. Bakili Muluzi, a former State President is answering corruption charges amount to MK1.7 billion while in power and he has been in and out of the courts for the past 12 years or so.
They say that if you want to be heard, elect a man. But if you want things to be done and implemented, elect a woman.
A Government system prefers those that see no evil, say no evil and do more evil. The system
Photo|Courtesy. NASA Principal Rails Odinga posing with his Lawyers-turned-Politicians in Milimani law court
Lawyers are a higher breed of intellect, and so it’s their privilege to lie.
It’s said that Lawyers make the best legislators and so are Lawyers-turned- Politicians. In world stage, i cant disagree with this norm but this has greatly derailed Kenya as a 3rd world country still in the cleansing cycle to remove economic, political and social rusts. This makes me furthermore agree with Richard Laam that “All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness. ”
Lawyers are smart intellects but privileged liars provided that their bank accounts keeps on bloating with money.
In Kenya, mainstream media houses are paid to cleanse public coffers through their lawyers as political analysts to control public mind since power lies in the hands of the people and which also corrupts minds of the judges and magistrates.
Argument by lawyers should only be in the court rooms. But these Lawyers- turned- Politicians cover up in the name of Political analysts at a time when they’re representing high profile, elite class cases.
This is evident and in the public dormain when Chief Justice David Maraga pointed out controversial City lawyer Grand Muller Ahmednassir Abdulahi for disrespecting the Courts and profession arguing and discrediting court outside the court.
1. GovernorMike Sonko’s case
Photo| Courtesy. Governor Mike Sonko’s legal team of Lawyers-turned-Politicians
The team standing by the side of Governor Mike Sonko led by lawyer Cecil; Makueni County Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior, Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, Dan Maanzo-MP Makueni, George Kithi, Alphonse Mutinda, Osundwa Michael, Harrison Kinyanjui lawyer Nelson Havi and three othersSonko is facing money laundering, bribery and other corruption-related charges on a Sh357 million scandal to which he pleaded “not guilty” to when he was arraigned before anti-corruption court magistrate Douglas Ogoti, in a packed court that was secured by anti-riot police officers.
2.Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) Philomena Mwilu
DCJ Philomena Mwilu standing on her left is former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka who was among her legal team
Senators James Orengo (Siaya), Mutula Kilonzo Junior (Makueni) and Nyamira’s Okong’o Omogeni. Three Members of Parliament who are advocates have also joined the legal team and they include Anthony Oluoch (Mathare), Millie Odhiambo (Suba North) and Homa Bay’s Peter Kaluma. Not forgetting former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka was also part of the legal.
This whole legal team was full of Lawyers turned Politicians from one political side. A case which was politically instigated over 2017 elections when Supreme court which DCJ Mwilu was among the 4 Judges who invalidated the 2017 General election Presidential results as null and void being hunted by the same people whose results were invalidated and who had promised to revenge the Judges, promised to revisit the Judicial system which they termed as ‘Wakora’ network – Conmen.
3. Senator, SC James Orengo in Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong’s case.
Here is a hullabaloo where the watchdog Senator who is suppose to oversee the performance of the County led by the Governor is protecting the thief in the name of being a lawyer. This is case of personal interest being that they both belong in the same political party at the ground hence his involvement was in the best interest of the party and personal gain over the common citizens, taxpayers whose money were stolen from.
I fail to understand the kind of Jurisprudence by which Kenyan lawyers-turned-politicians, who have been leading demonstrators to fight against corruption, can rationalize defending those accused of corruption
In Kenya, almost 60% of the Legislators are Lawyers-turned-Politicians. They make laws in parliament that will be easy for them to defend and win in the court when caught up. They make laws that suit their best interests tomorrow. Legislators duty is to make laws while Lawyers duty is to defend these Laws and simply you dont expect those who defend these laws to make tough legislations that will challenge them to defend. These individuals don’t represent interest of common mwananchi but the best interest of their future jobs.
Dishonest lawyers are product from dishonest clients and in Kenyan cases, the dishonest people implicated in graft cases are the same Lawyers-turned-politicians who get defended before the judge by fellow Lawyers-turned-politicians because they’ve a right to do so when this is morally absurd and mockery of Justice.
Personally i think it’s high time Lawyers-turned-politicians are exempted from participating in such cases if this Graft menace is to be won. A lawyer with briefcase steals 100 times what 100 gunmen can steal at the same time.
The Africa & Indian Ocean Gala ceremony, where the awards were presented, was held on 1st June 2019 in Mauritius.
World Travel Awards (WTA) was established in 1993 to acknowledged, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
World Travel Awards(WTA) is the travel and hospitality industry’s most prestigious awards programme rewarding leaders in tourism, hotel, Meetings Incentives Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE). The awards are grouped in 10 regions covering Asia, Oceania, Caribbean, North America, Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean, Europe, Central America, and South America.
That was the first time KICC has participated in the awards, and took the award from Durban who held it for the last nine years.
KICC CEO Nana Gecaga holding the 2 awards won
KICC had beat various nominees in the category including Cape Town Convention Centre in South Africa, Cairo Convention Centre in Egypt, Durban Convention Centre in South Africa, Palais Des Congress Marrakech in Morocco, Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda and Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa.
Reports from undisclosed authentic source reaching Kenya Insights’ desk validates that KICC through its CEO Nana Gecaga paid Sh1 Million for the award to World Media & Event’s Limited who recognized KICC for the World Tour Award. The Management paid for the award so they would just travel to receive it. The KICC management led by CEO Nana Gecaga and the entire board went to Mauritius for six days to receive 2 awards. That trip cost sh10M where Ms Nana Gecaga pocketed sh776,500 = $7765 as per diem for the duration, each of the 8 board members got Sh583,000 = $5830 and the CEO’s Personal Assistant got Sh300,850 = $30085.
The The Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Mudavadi has been overworking in silence stratageming his 2022 presidential ambition and unarguably he has been building his profile as the only outstanding and perhaps the strongest opposition voice in the Post-handshake era and this has markedly increased his chances of becoming among the two horse-race come 2022. ANC leader MusaliaMudavadi has conglomerate a team of technocrats as his Political Think Tank.
He has ganged up a 15-member Think Thank in which some of the figures hitherto worked for HE President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief; African Union Special Envoy and People’s President HE Raila Odinga. The team includes Eliud Owallo who worked as Raila’s presidential campaign manager way back in 2013 but the two parted ways in the run-up to the 2017 polls after contesting the Kibra parliamentary seat (Owallo) unsupported by Raila. Eliud Owallo who is a management consultant whose firm, Eluid and Associates, has been enjoying tremendous consultancy jobs in and out of government space.
Eliud Owalo(left) with Musalia Mudavadi (right) after a meeting in January this year 2019
Embraced in the team is Mudavadi’s current advisor lawyer Sam Karanja who chaired Jubilee Party’s Appeals Tribunal. Karanja was among the drafters of Jubilee Party election laws, its rules and regulations. EricWafukho, GeorgeMusyoka and DavidKabeberi are also involved.
Wafukho who served in the NASA Policy, Research and Strategy Team in 2017 is currently the leadership and governance consultant.
George Musyoka, who in 2017 Team was in Uhuru campaign coordinator for Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties for the Jubilee Party and President UhuruKenyatta’s presidential campaign.
David Kabeberi, an accounting and financial expert, was involved in Kibaki and Uhuru’s campaigns as a political strategist, majored in fundraising.
Also in the team is media Personality JimmyGathu as his new media liaison boss, to manage his communication unit. His mandate is to develop new political strategies and come up with what some insiders have described as a new “Unstoppable” and ” Unbwoggable” Mudavadi.
Mudavadi has also set a ostentatious presidential campaign secretariat at Riverside Drive in Nairobi, away from the ANC known offices in Lavington.
There is no hereditary associated lesbianism or Sexually Transmitted or Congenital Homosexuality. Nobody is born a Lesbian. However much it is precisely considered immoral, ignominious and uncalled for behaviour in the society and as the word of God from the holy bible dismisses it, we must not prove our ignorance by snubbing this discussion to find out and deal with the foundation of this phenomenon, what’s actually catalysing this act despite it being outlawed and immoral. Even Satan wasn’t gay, he had to approach naked EVE instead of naked ADAM. And even if Satan was a Woman, he would have approached Adam not Eve.
Lesbianism to me is a Psychological disorder/ distress product and Physiological product and scholars, researchers, LGBTQ can attest to that. The fear and denial of having a social platform engagement even in the local media stations to ascertain the root cause of this outbreak is worsening the situation.
The Church is hypocritical about this matter when there are tremendous cases of Sodomy and Lesbianism even among men of God, and Nuns. The Church doesn’t want to come into terms with Genesis of this menace, so they speak.
Scientists and researchers got a bird’s eye-view of a great number of homosexual women and peroriated that lesbianism can be enkindled, fons et origo by various physiological and psychological ingredients. They still conjecture, cogitate that homosexuality is a psychological disorder, triggered by misunderstanding, Dysfunctional family atmosphere – failed parenthood, Gender based violence, Inferiority and Social vulnerability. Read on to find out a lot of interesting things about women and understand why they become lesbians.
1. PARENTHOOD FAILURE – Dysfunctional family atmosphere
Negative family environment is often the main reason for many psychological disorders, because during the pre-adolescent and adolescent periods, family issues and a lack of contact between parents and children exert a big negative influence on the child’s personality development.
Psychologists state that the latent tendency towards lesbianism is embedded in the subconscious mind of every girl. The life path and sexual orientation the girl will sooner or later choose, depends mostly on the process of upbringing and the role of parents in her life. During the transformation from a girl to a woman, every girl faces a great number of questions and inner contradictions that create her identity. If she doesn’t find correct answers to these important questions and parents can’t get their daughter in the right frame of mind, the girl starts living according to her own beliefs, rules and values.
It’s wonderful when the emotional connection between a mother and a daughter is profound and strong enough. Lack of maternal warmth and support make daughters open their hearts to female friends. There’s a high probability that close association and trust-based relationship between the daughters of unloving mothers can turn into lesbianism one day.
2. Emotional insecurities
The daughter of unloving parents is often a person whose heart is covered with emotional scars that make her adulthood painful, difficult and problematic due to the strong influence of emotional insecurities that tie her hands and make her unable to change the situation for the better. Modest and diffident girls are often chronic outsiders, because they find it difficult to uphold their rights and opinions.
Modern society is full of confident and impudent people who make weak personalities take a back seat all the time. As a result, these weak ladies narrow the circle of their contacts and prefer to communicate and keep contact with like-minded female friends who often turn into lovers. Unfortunately, sometimes even good-breeding can play a low-down trick with girls and steal their confidence. Ladies who refuse to hang out with male friends are often doomed to loneliness and possible lesbianism.
3. Phenotypical flaws
Women with high levels of testosterone in their blood are more likely to become lesbians.
Life of a plain girl is difficult, because this, at first glance, warm-hearted and empathetic society isn’t as kind as it may seem. There are a lot of beautiful and attractive ladies which embarrass plain girls and hit where it hurts by pointing out their flaws.
Naturally beautiful girls usually choose heterosexuality since they’re always surrounded by guys who boost their self-confidence and significance, giving compliments, flowers and bestowing smiles upon them.
Plain girls often turn into tomboys, because they’re deprived of compliments and attention. Their tomboy habits, behaviors and social pressure gradually kill their desire to build traditional heterosexual relationships, because they think that they’re not beautiful enough.
Over the years, this problem turns into a deep-seated inferiority. If nothing changes for the better and a tomboy fails to raise her self-esteem, then she becomes either a lesbian or a woman who leads depressing, lonely and incomplete life.
4. Excessive curiosity – Peer Influence
Modern generation’s – Lamba lolo generation’s – Wamlambez generation’s life motto is, “YOLO- You Only Live Once so Live your life to the fullest and try everything while you’re young, beautiful and healthy.”As a result, many girls try everything and lesbianism is no exception. Even women who have a heterosexual relationship sometimes show interest in lesbian sex.
Often young ladies say that one-time experiment with lesbian sex isn’t a sign of lesbianism, but just a thrilling experience. The statistics show that such experiments usually alter women’s views on life and lead to homosexuality.
5. Hatred towards men – Gender based violence – Love Heartbreaks – Toxic Feminism
Relationship between a man and a woman is a constant confrontation that consists of grudges, tears and fights, albeit it’s not a main reason why women join a man-hating club and become lesbians.
Hatred towards men and subsequent lesbianism can be stimulated by some kind of emotional or sexual abuse and leave deep scars in the subconscious mind of young ladies. If they don’t receive help from parents or psychologists, they have trouble overcoming the fear of men. Over the years, deep-seated fears, wounds and inner conflicts can only intensify the problem and give birth to an unbelievably intense disgust and hatred towards men.
Moreover, much depends on a role and reputation of a father in the family. If the father looks like a loser and a moral moron in the eyes of his daughter, then she loses respect for men and starts thinking that a relationship with a man is a bad idea.
Toxic feminism is also a major blow and a champion for this temperament. “Girls/ Women understand each other better” “Men misuse women and dump”
Tenda Wema Nenda Zako – Do Good and Go Your Way, is how i can best describe late Kibra MP Ken Okoth who battled colorectal cancer along with metastases in the Liver. His death was as a result of multiple organ failure that led him end his journey in Intensive Care Unit ( ICU) at Nairobi Hospital on Friday 26th.
The whole country is mourning, a rare case as we’ve seen sorry to say many personas – public figures – MPs who’ve died and even Governors and Senators but didn’t shock for lack of a better term and people didn’t feel a a vacuum left as it has been seen in Ken Okoth’s demise simply because they made no good legacy to be remembered for. Believe me not and this is in the public portfolio, Ken Okoth was the only MP in Kenyan history who had neither corruption scandal nor any hullabaloo like sex scandals, paternity cases like most politicians have. This man was pure and too competent.
He’s best known for his advocacy for Education and Healthcare which he was in the process of achieving in legalization of marijuana in Kenya and went as far as writing to National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi to petition for the legalisation of the banned drug in Kenya basing his arguments as follows:
1. “The proposed Bill seeks to ensure that there is regulation for growth and safe use of marijuana and hemp including the registration of growers of growers, producers, manufacturers and users with special focus on protection of children/minors from illicit use just as we do with tobacco and alcohol,”
2. “The proposed bill seeks to also ensure that there is research and policy development on growth and use of marijuana and hemp for medical, industrial, textile and recreation purposes, with a focus on preservation of intellectual property rights for Kenyan research and natural heritage, knowledge and our indigenous plant assets.
3. “That the growth and use of marijuana is decriminalised and amnesty measures is instituted for the removal of criminal offence against citizens with prior convictions
4. “Progressive taxation measures for the marijuana industry to boost economic independence of Kenya and promote job creation along the full spectrum of the value addition chain for marijuana and hemp,”
“Let medicinal, not ethical considerations carry the day”
Okoth believed in Education and so even in his profile, he referred to himself as Educator. He bought buses for his constituency schools, built schools like Mbagathi High School, equipped these schools with learning materials all with CDF funds and personal contribution and partnerships.
“Since education is the foundation of everything and can help many out of poverty, Vision Elimu Kwanza is meant to impact the lives of poor and needy children in the slums,” – Ken Okoth
This is on record as he was named the best MP in use of CDF funds and since then he admired and touched so many lives.
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Lessons learnt from Ken Okoth’s leadership strategy is: No need for many agendas and fail to accomplish any of them. Okoth chose two which he unarguably accomplished well and this has made him leave a legacy which will be forever be remembered.
Hon Ken Okoth joins the league of young people who gone too soon:
Patrice Lumumba – 35
Bob Marley – 36
Thomas Sankara – 37
Tom Mboya – 38
Che Guevara – 39
Martin Luther King – 39
Malcolm X – 39
Ken Okoth – 41
Jeff Koinange set to rename library project “Jeff Koinange Library” to “Ken Okoth Library.” This decision was made by Jeff in his tweet to honour Ken Okoth whom they partnered with in this project and which was set to be launched in Mbagathi Girls High School, Kibra.
A very SAD day…Ken Okoth was a GREAT man..A FIGHTER…A great LEADER…We were just about to LAUNCH the "Jeff Koinange LIBRARY " at Mbagathi Girls in Kibra…In HONOR of Ken, I will rename it "KEN OKOTH LIBRARY"…Rest in Peace Bro..Till we MEET
There are 3 steps involved to triumph over Graft: Investigation – Prosecution – Conviction.
Lets first have an overview of 16 Brobdingnagian Money Heists in Kenyan Government of which non of the accused persons has ever been convicted due ‘Insufficient evidence’:
1.NYS 1&2(KSh 791M +9 billion)
2. EUROBOND 1&2
3. Arror & Kimwarer Dam scandal ( Ksh 17B)
4. The NCPB maize scandal (KSh 1.9 billion)
5. The Afya House scandal (KSh 5 billion)
6. Galana and Mwea Irrigation Scheme scandal (KSh 3.5 billion)
7. Evans Kidero Foundation scandal (KSh 2.7B)
8. Chickengate scandal (KSh 59M)
9. Goldenberg scandal (KSh 100M)
10. The Anglo-leasing scandal
11.The Standard Guage Railway
12. The Laptop tender row
13. The hustler-jet scandal
14.The UKUTABerg scandal
15. The Karen land scam
16. Kenya Pipeline Company multibillion oil spillage and jet oil scandals.
Spontaneously after carrying out quite intensive research about cases of high profile precisely political class who’ve been charged and convicted over corruption cases all over the world, here are the examples:
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Liviu Dragnea, the country’s most powerful politician, tried to change the law to stay out of prison, but flopped
The fight on corruption in Romania has seen its ups and downs since the country joined the European Union, but on May 27th the rule of law won a big battle. Liviu Dragnea, leader of the governing Social Democratic Party (PSD), was sent to prison for three and a half years, after an appeals court upheld his conviction. His downfall touched off a scramble for power. More important, it was a victory for elements of Romania’s judiciary and Anti corruption units that are fighting to clean up the country and rise from her death bed. The conviction was among big fish win for Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), an independent prosecutor’s office that has put thousands of officials and businessmen in jail. The DNA has dealt with Mr Dragnea before: in 2015 it convicted him of electoral fraud, a felony that barred him from serving as Prime Minister. Yet after the PSD and its coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats (ALDE), took office in December 2016, he became, in effect, the country’s most powerful politician. As head of the PSD and president of the legislature, he turned the full energy of the government towards keeping himself out of prison.
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Former South Korea president Lee Myung-bak was sentenced to 15 years in prison
Former South Korea president Lee Myung-bak was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption, adding him in a string of former leaders of the country who have faced similar charges after leaving office. He was also fined 13 billion won ($11.5 million). Lee, 76, a conservative politician and former Hyundai executive, served as president from 2008 to 2013, when most of the crimes took place. His successor Park Geun-hye was also sentenced to 25 years prison in a separate corruption scandal, after being ousted from office following months of street protests.
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Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was jailed in April on a corruption conviction and was sentenced to nearly 13 more years in a new graft case, making it increasingly unlikely that a man once considered the lion of Latin America’s left would ever recover his political clout.
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Despite the much hyped war against graft in Kenya which has made Kenya have a bad reputation in terms of corruption worldwide, no top political class – heavyweight has ever been convicted even 7 years down the line under a government which promised to fiercely deal with corruption because the same ruling government and the bosses of its arms are the deep state of the rogue system
The interest of the court seems to be bail/bond money which in some cases is double injustice to victims. For example in former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero graft case where he was released on bond alongside his junior employees who earn as low as 30K but get released on millions bond which they cant afford since perhaps not all of them would be guilty. I know you wonder am saying they cant afford but ‘they do pay’. They’re paid for, those that cant afford, so as to maim them because out of frustration they can turn to state witnesses which the mastermind who in this case for example is Kidero cant afford loosing the battle.
One who has wide knowledge and has done intensive research worldwide of precisely politicians – leaders conviction cases in developed countries excluding Africa can testify that no conviction case of high profile politician have been done by the Magistrate court as in the case of Kenya’s judicial system. Kenya’s poverty and huge National debt has resulted from political- leadership error and therefore political class accuses of any manner of corruption should be handled by top high court to the highest Supreme court if possible and not despised Magistrate court. Recently, Tuesday 23, former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and his Principal Secretary presented themselves to the DCI after an arrest warrant was put on them over Ksh17B Arror and Kimwarer dam scandal only to be charged in Magistrate Court and got released on bail pending pretrial on 8 August. This is already a dead case as the Authorities DPP, EACC and DCI see the firing of a sitting Cabinet Secretary as an achievement which actually is and Kenyans only hope is this be the first case of conviction which in my view might not be the case.
I wonder how Kenya brags to have the best Judicial set up, the smartest lawyers who always win graft cases helping their clients be proven innocent, has the smartest judges and chief magistrates who has never found water tight evidence to convict public coffers but non of these people gets hired in international class, i mean even during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s and DP William Ruto’s ICC cases non of these wannabe lawyers were hired.
In the Case of DCJ Philomena Mwilu who was arrested and charged with abuse of office, tax evasion and bribery, she had 32 volunteer lawyers from one political party or rather coalition NASA which was a secret signal and tip of an iceberg of how the system works: Do me i do you, scratch my back i scratch your back. These Lawyers turned Politicians have a greater influence and have compromised each other together with the judges because they’re all law breakers at some point and need each others support in times of need and this has made these people trade country’s wealth and justice at their own personal interests.
The day when first high profile conviction will happen in Kenya, it will send cold chills to these lootocrats and it will set the pace to a point where there will be a law squashing pardon of convicted public thieves like in Romania then it will start recovery of country’s wealth and boost economy.
Action by the court freeing suspects on bond/bail pending pretrial/ hearing hands then later during hearing, the court declares accused not guilty due to ‘ insufficient evidence’ as it’s the language and the culture. The accused had been given time in the name of bond to interfere with the evidence, this is the period files goes missing, computers are stolen, witnesses are killed or maimed in any manner. I agree and we all agree with the fact that every accused person is entitled to bond/ bail but i think it’s high time it is reconsidered for if not, then evidence will forever be ‘insufficient’ and no progress will ever be made in the fight against graft in Kenya.
CJ David Maraga( First from Left), DPP Haji (Second from Right)
Quacks who practice Quackery are defined as the promoters of unsubstantiated
methods that lack a scientifically plausible rationale. Rate of Quackery in the medical field have rapidly infiltrated up to a point where majority of people have been convinced beyond reasonable doubt that only in medical field is where quacks are.
My aim of this article is to get down behind the scenes and get to share with you what and how i think Quackery in the Medical field by ‘Quacks’ and Quacks is being promoted, what promotes it and will probably get worse in the near future if some of the recommendation i have aren’t put into consideration by the concerned authorities.
Most of the quacks in medical field operate as mobile doctors, conducting tests and performing surgeries on patients in their respective homes and visiting them for continuity of care while some are based in private hospitals and some in public hospitals but at a low rate.
Private Hospitals
“Spend less on salaries and earn more income” has always been the Mission and Aim of Private healthcare facilities in a nutshell.
Private hospitals prefer employees who will make them earn more profit than employing expensive professionals who will probably demand more salary hence slashing down the profit of the Cartels. Therefore, they go for desperate undergraduates who work on locum- part time hours with one qualified professional to white wash the briefcase authorities.
On the better side of the coin, private facilities have assisted in reducing the rate of unemployment by offering jobs to these individuals considered quacks whom some are even more competent, credible than some egocentric professionals.
National Government
State of the economy:
Firstly, high cost of living precisely financial distress elevates the desire and thirst for money to settle your bills and if your little knowledge and experience can bring food to your table if the Government of the day can’t make the cost any cheaper then you’ve to make a breakthrough by yourself. And this catalyses the cartelic business of Quackery without authorization and accreditation from the relevant authorities like Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB), Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDU), Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK), Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB).
Secondly, Ministry of Education accredited institutions, only 50% are competent and up to the task of maintaining the ISO standard. This means: The Ministry accredits many of these unqualified institutions through backdoor and briefcase hullabaloo, after all it is business. So many Medical learning institutions accredited are alive but still a few have employer trust on Competency, Integrity and Credibility which can be confirmed on practical grounds and those that aren’t trusted are still functioning, alive and well in the market and so are the Quacks that we have in the market. Why should Government continue accrediting more institutions when those that are there cant be monitored well to maintain their standards or their accreditation be terminated once the public and employer trust is lost. Why cant the Government close down these institutions that have lost public and employer trust and save Parents’ and Sponsors’ money than waste them and be rejected by employers or fail Board exams only to turn into quacks working in the black market.
County Government
On cutting cost, County Governments similarly prefer Diploma holder from a well recognised institution like Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) to A Degree holder. Output of a degree holder in medical field is more or less the same as that of a Diploma holder in working station. They also target unrecognised institutions products but cheap so as to ‘save’ county funds only to channel into employer pockets precisely county Ministry of Health (MoH) battalion responsible for employment. I believe if audit report is done on this matter, this is the status quo and so are the rise of Quacks in the system mostly in Counties which didn’t meet the Clean sheet audit report apart from Makueni County which had clean sheet audit.
Examination Bodies
It is in the public domain, how expensive it is to get enrolled to the medical field and to afford the system financially is a nightmare to many individuals with financial impecuniousness.
If you are lucky to get sponsorship or scholarship then you win a jackpot if you’re an academic genius but unlucky if you’re an academic dwarf. Reason being: Sponsors on many occasions deal on ‘Get it right first time’ and affording Resit or Supplementary exams is similarly expensive meaning if you fail, you’ll have to take care of yourself thereafter, pay for your supplementary fee or rather resit fee which equals one full semester or a whole academic year depending on the number of papers you fail.
Affording this for a peasant – low class is like a bête noire. These people try to make ends meet by searching for locums in private healthcare facilities or any other facility within the field of medicine where they can raise funds to pay the fee. Unfortunately, when caught by the concerned authorities, they’re considered Quacks not because of misdiagnosis but because of papers but genuinely true quacks who might have made their way to the graduation list after sex exchange or bribery are embroidered as Qualified professionals.
Being that the system is corrupt to some extent, extortion still carries the day.
Like in KMTC situation, Kenya Insights was informed of cases where Candidates receive two messages of Fail and Pass of Final Qualifying Examination (F.Q.E) results which we’ve concluded as an extortion scheme – “When you go to confirm why you were sent two texts, you will be probably denied the Pass and be confirmed Fail.” The aim of the System is money that you’ll pay when you get back for resit and it can be done as many times within limit of 4 years.
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In conclusion, these ‘Quacks’ and Quacks sincerely can’t be compared to employed Quack leaders of this nation who massively kills the future of our unborn children and the future generation every single moment.
It was a hectic day Yesterday for one Kenyan Patriot and known Author Babior Newton who got arrested not for breaking the enforced Michuki rules but standing up and speaking out against traffic police officers who took bribe from a congested Matatu he had boarded. Babior is more familiar to Kenyans after publishing his book titled “The Raila Conspiracy.”
The matatu was filled in excess and the owners had to bribe their way so as to escape the fine and rule of law that now Governs road safety.
“I told them there was excess in the vehicle. They took a bribe n arrested me. in life the hunter can become hunted but we have to do the right thing.” This was the last message Babior left for Kenyans and Government when in handcuffs before he was whisked away into the police Land Rover.
