Wednesday 30 September 2015

TRANSMARA: Tareto Maa org Helping orphans and single parents CHILDREN

I'm Potishoi Sheila.

I'm 12 years old. I have Single parent that is my Father, Mother ran a way when I was young and my Father also involved in an accident which made him not able to help to help us. I like education so much. I ran away and i was brought to Tareto Maa asking for help in 2012.

Also I'm sick. I got a heart disease and my Father was not able to treat me. Since I came to Tareto Maa I got a lot of support in health and education, but I'm still looking for help on my health problem.

My career dream in the future is becoming a doctor and treat sick people in the community. My favourite subjects in school are mathematics and science.

KNUT Sossion DISOWN Earning Sh 940,000 Monthly salary

Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary General Wilson Sossion has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta ’s Chief Policy Advisor Nancy Gitau, of circulating a fake pay slip on social
media purporting to be his.

Sossion said that KNUT had proper audited accounts, approved by the union's organs and that nobody in the union earned a basic salary above Sh200,000.

The Secretary General took to his twitter handle where he disowned the pay slip that indicated that he earned a basic salary of Sh940,000.

Sossion also condemned the social media attacks, stating that it was unfortunate that the union's fight for teachers rights led to a negative campaign against it.

He received criticism on social media after instructing teachers to boycott work despite court's suspension of the strike with some saying that he ought to follow the rulings made.

However, some felt that Sossion was simply doing what teachers had appointed him to do and supported his every move.

Last week, the industrial court suspended the teachers' strike for 90 days urging the conflicting parties to hold conciliatory meetings so as to establish modalities of payment.

The Court further ordered teachers to go back to work but the unions defied the ruling directing teachers to boycot duty until they instructed them otherwise.

After failing to meet with the judge on Monday, the union instructed teachers to stay at home until they met on
Thursday in court after which they would decide on the way forward.

Monday 28 September 2015

Troubles in Jubilee government Reshuffles by UHURU

Trouble in Jubilee : Uhuru cabinet list Ruto rejected

That there could be a chill in the working between Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto is the talk in town. The matter played out last week when Ruto kept Uhuru waiting at State House for
hours only to reject a cabinet shuffle list Uhuru had prepared.

This week, we reveal the names of the people Uhuru had appointed to the cabinet which Ruto rejected. Top was that of former Chief of the General Staff Julius Karangi. According to the list, Uhuru had split the ministry
of Interior and Co-ordination into two ministries where Karangi was designated to head the new ministry of Homeland Security leaving Joseph
Nkaissery with that of Co-ordination.
The ministry’s core function is to keep Kenya safe and secure and to coordinate national government functions.

According to the new line-up, Karangi was to be in charge of Internal Security covering police, immigration, prisons and correctional services while Nkaissery was to be left with the core function of coordination of government functions and services at the county and subcounty levels.

Ruto claimed, by Uhuru appointing his man to head the security docket, this was going to take away the powers of the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet who is a Ruto man.

Currently, Nkaissery is the one controlling the security docket and he is said to be going on well with Boinnet.

Karangi is a well-known Uhuru loyalist and is now one of his lieutenants in Central region.

Karangi comes from Nyeri county.
Another name that Ruto rejected is that of the Malindi North MP Gideon Mung’aro. Mung’aro had been appointed to replace suspended Labour CS Kazungu Kambi. Kambi who is allied to Ruto’s URP insisted that his replacement had to come from his URP side. Mung’aro and Uhuru are political bed fellows having known each other when Uhuru was the chairman of Kenya Tourism Board and Mung’aro, the mayor of Malindi where he did well on tourism.

It is not, however, known which name Ruto had preferred to replace Kambi but sources say he had requested that Kambi be reinstated back to
the cabinet.

Uhuru’s proposal to include Mung’aro is a plot to get foothold in Kilifi after Mung’aro had bitter fallout with Cord leader Raila Odinga after his demotion as minority whip in the national assembly. Kilifi is considered ODM political turf.

The chairman of the Committee on
Implementation of Constitution Charles
Nyachae’s name had also featured in the Uhuru list. He had been marked to take over the Devolution docket leaving the embattled Anne Waiguru with Planning Docket.

Ruto’s rejection of Nyachae was based on the fact that he has his own people in Kisii whom he had preferred appointed to the position and saw it as a political plot by Uhuru advisers to woo Kisiis. Currently, Ruto enjoys more support from the Abagusii community compared to Uhuru. The man who has been said to be doing ground work for Ruto in Kisii is deputy governor Joash Maangi.

Sources say although Maangi is ODM, his
political links cuts across the political divide in Kisii and has come out to be influential man in Abagusii politics. He is believed to be the Jubilee’s gubernatorial candidate in 2017.

Already, his boss James Ongwae has panicked knowing that Maangi is a shrewd politician.

According to sources, Ruto had wished Maangi gets the position as he claims that Nyachae is close to Uhuru family by virtue of Nyachae’s step-mother coming from the Mount Kenya region.

Ruto has never forgiven the Nyachae family after he was forced to flee when violence erupted as they were viciously attacked by youths in South Mugirango constituency when they attempted to attend a fundraiser presided over by Nyachae. Ruto was accompanied by Omingo Magara.

Another contentious issue was Uhuru’s
insistence that cabinet secretaries allied to Ruto were to be replaced. Ruto had insisted that Felix Koskei and as well as Chief of Staff Marianne Keittany be reinstated back to the cabinet.

Sources say Ruto had agreed that Davis Chirchir be replaced and the name that had been proposed is that of Julius Kones. He is former Konoin constituency MP and in 2013 elections he contested the Bomet gubernatorial race.

To show that DP Ruto has soft spot for Kones, through his proposal and influence, he was appointed board chairman of the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation by Uhuru. Guv Ruto has been complaining that the DP has been grooming Kones to vie against him in 2017.

Ruto is said to have been working on a plot to wrestle the South Rift from the DP. South Rift comprises the Kispsigis sub tribe of the Kalenjin and is the most populous and accounts for close to 43pc of the Kalenjin population.

Ruto is also alleged to have stood his ground that if Waiguru was not going to step aside then Marianne had to be reinstated unconditionally
.
According to sources, Uhuru had not fronted names of CSs to replace Michael Kamau and Charity Ngilu something that Ruto did not take kindly and which was interpreted to mean that the two who are allied to TNA could find their way back to the cabinet.

Thursday 17 September 2015

MEET GOVERNOR TUNAI AND HIS VISION FOR NAROK

GOVERNOR TUNAI TAKES ON HIS ADMINISTRATION-One on one interview

Narok has challenges but we are slowly turning them into opportunities. We are implementing our strategic plans to deliver life-changing services to our people. The sky is the limit for my Administration." He says

World Bank ranked our county, as among the top performing and despite political wrangles but we are course to delivering on the promises we made to the electorate.

The Governor says the team works hard— from himself,DG,CEC to the Members of the County Assembly—and that remains a strength that not many counties enjoy.

“We consult widely on various issues and resolve differences in an inclusive manner,” he adds.

He says a blend of different skills among the top leadership is delivering great results.

The governor comes on board with a wealth of experience from the
private sector, and thus brings management expertise while his deputy has a strong background in the civil society specialising on improving lives—just the right mix for a county that has been marginalised since independence.

“Livestock is the livelihood of our pastoralists. That’s why we have a major rolled out water provision services across the county and improved vaccination and watering troughs services as we build a regional livestock market”.

To attract investors the county government is making the business environment conducive.

He says narok county  is a virgin investment region and they are taking lessons from remote countries, which have turned themselves into industrial hubs.

There are opportunities such as a growing population that provides market and labour, maasai mara game reserve  and even food production  for industries,” he says.

Friday 11 September 2015

Live Accordingly

It’s an honor to be here at Stratmore university  again.Education remains the best chance any nation can give its children and this university does a great job at giving it. There is this famous journalist Hellen Thomas who served longest as White House Correspondent. She saw nine presidents come and go, beginning with JF Kennedy in 1960 to Lyndon Johnson, to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George Bush junior, and she covered president Obama until she retired in 2010. After observing the lives of these presidents, Hellen came to this conclusion: “That if you want to go into public life, decide at the age of five and live accordingly.”I want to speak to you on Living Accordingly. You are growing up in a freer and more open country than the one we grew up in. The foundation has been laid for you to pursue your dreams and to succeed.But we have much to improve on. It is you to carry on with that journey.From time to time, the world has witnessed great revolutions. The Industrial Revolution ushered in the steam locomotive, automobile and the telephone among other inventions.Today, we are in the ICT revolution that puts all earlier inventions to shame. It will enable you do things you never imagined and my generation never dreamed of.You never used the typewriter, telephone booth or fax machine and didn’t have to use the telegram or even buy postage stamps.I had a conversation with one teenager who told me the basic needs of life are no longer food, shelter and clothing as is taught in Economics 101.Young people now begin the day checking the phone battery and data bundles. Something to wear, something to eat and a place to sleep come much later. Battery, bundles and the phone are the new basic needs.Everywhere, everyone is free to voice an opinion and even tell the President off, thanks to ICT.One could say it is easier to succeed today because of these revolutions. But the revolutions have also created a more competitive and more confused and confusing world.What does it mean to Live Accordingly in times like these? What does it take?I will share my thoughts.Despite the changes around us, certain basics remain constant.President Bill Clinton recently said that if he were to sum up his view of public life, it would come down to… “Are people better off when you quit than when you started? Do children have a brighter future?Are things coming together instead of being torn apart?” I can say without fear of contradiction that President Clinton spoke for me. He has lived my life and pursued my dream.To Live Accordingly requires that you set up certain standards; not just basic standards but high standards. It requires that you have some principles and stick to them no matter what.Some people decide that freedom is a principle worth defending and dying for. Nelson Mandela did.At the start of his trial in April 1964 Mandela said: “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”Some decide that equality and dignity of the human race are worth dying for. Martin Luther King did: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” he said. King went on: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of the former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”Whatever it is, there must be something you are willing and ready to die for. That is Living Accordingly.Otherwise you live in vain. That, in my view, is what distinguishes human beings from the beasts of the wild.I know this school has some ambitious Kenyans with big dreams. I hope Benedict Nzioki is here? I am aware Benedict has made inquiries on what it takes to be president because he is thinking of being president one day. And I encourage him to explore it. Those who want to be First Ladies and running mates, now you know.Benedict only needs to be courageous. That too is part of Living Accordingly. It takes courage to cause change.At some stage, all of us need to be able to ask; “Is there anything I have been able to put myself on the line for, for the sake of my community, my neighbor or my country?Remember J.F. Kennedy: “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”Regardless of what you hear, the successes and failures you see, I want to tell you that it still pays to work hard and play by the rules. Success is a lie when founded on short cuts and deals negotiated in smoke-filled rooms. Don Williams sings of “some schemers, some sinners and dreamers” none of whom died wishing they spent more time at work. Avoid this group like a plague. They are living dangerously. Today, you grow up in a world scoured by new and serious security threats. It is highly unlikely that terrorism will be stamped out in our lifetime. But it is possible that by your attitudes and responses, we can bridge the gap by ensuring a more equitable, more just and fairer society.If we build a society in which one section is more likely to be poorer than the other, where some are likely to go to school than others, we are likely to see more of extremism.That is the society we have built in the last fifty years. We are now in a race against time to reverse it through Devolution.Is there anybody here from Northern Kenya, or Kilifi, Kwale or Turkana? As you travel to Nairobi do you sense the difference between the regions? Do you ask yourselves why? Do you sometimes wish not to go back to your rural home because it is a deprived place?Well, your generation did not create the divided and unequal Kenya. But you can use your education to change and not perpetuate it. That is Living Accordingly.Many a times, unfortunately, we have used our privilege of education to justify the inequality and marginalization.By Living Accordingly, young people can keep bad things from happening to our country.You can force a rethink. The youth in the US have done it three times. American students like you caused a rethink of the slavery and discrimination laws through civil rights movement. They stood up against the war in Vietnam. In 2008; they forced the election of the first ever black President in the Western Hemisphere.There has never been a shortage of such young people in this country. I often talk to you about the Young Turks who took it upon themselves to reclaim the country from a solid dictatorship.It was a solid dictatorship. Back then, solitary confinement meant just that. Nothing like today when WhatSapp and tweets can show people you are alive in jail and even where you are being held.Ngugi wa Thiongo wrote books on toilet paper in detention.Some victims lost limbs by standing in water clogged cells for years.Which should remind us of the words of President Franklin Roosevelt:”Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”Our nation is much better today because some people decided to wage selfless battles. We are where we are because some of our citizens pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their dignity. They lived accordingly. It is a life still worth living.Our country still needs people who are prepared to Live Accordingly. Those people have to be you. Thank you.

Thursday 10 September 2015

KWS oppressing locals in NAROK EAST, NTULELE; LOCAL to hold a DEMO Tuesdays

ON Tuesday, April 7, 2015 KWS Rangers kill in cold blood two innocent Maasai Youth in Mosiro, Kajiado

Saturday morning, the news of the shootings of two young, unarmed evangelists in a prayer session by KWS Rangers shook Narok and Kajiado Counties. Ole Lenkume and Ole Taki were praying and fasting in the forest when the KWS Rangers opened fire and killed them instantly in pretext that they were poachers. (RIP)
The matter was reported and several people recorded statements with the police at Ntulele. Kajiado West MP, Hon. Sakuda assured of justice for the victims.

The area Member of County Assembly and the community  gave the Government a seven days ultimatum to arrest the Rangers failure to that they thretean to  kill all elephants and alluded that no KWS Ranger will ever step on Mosiro again.The Government is yet to respond to the community's ultimatum upto now.

This has become a common issue to  the maasai community in both Kajiado and Narok Counties grapples with rising cases of police torture, human rights violations and impunity in the police force. KWS Rangers has a history of prejudicial and extra judicial killing of innocent community members in the name of suspected poachers; Two years ago, in the same area, on the Narok County side they killed four people who were rescuing a school girl from early forced marriage. The rangers who were never arrested claimed that they mistook the four for poachers. Other rangers captured and circulated a video they took while brutally beating up herders at Amboseli Game Reserve last year.

"What KWS ignores is the fact that, the maasai since time immemorial have coexisted and still live in harmony with the wild life, it is in Maasalaind where you will find the two big National Game Reserves in Kenya, Amboseli and Maasai Mara; and can never be associated with poaching.

It's very sad, inhuman ,unfair barbaric  and shameful to see the government demanding a fine of 60 million or a life sentence in prison to one of our own Tiapukel Kuyuoni who comes from the same place ,for being suspected to have elephant's ivory.

Before taking taking that weird action to our son, the kws rangers who killed innocent people should be serving a life sentence  in prison.

For that reason students, youth and ntulele residents have declared a mega demonstration on 15th Tuesday next week.

Saturday 5 September 2015

I am on the race to liberate Kilgoris People, Richard Kelele

Addressing graduands from Transmara who graduated from the university of Nairobi Dr. Richard kelele has assured students that he is Optimistic that kilgoris need a young vibrant MP at the moment, He maintained that he is set to take over from Konchellah.

At the party of Weldon Rop who graduated from University of Nairobi and also a supporter and friend of EMurua Dikir MP Johana Ngeno, ole kelele got time to mingle with students and other people from Transmara and he is known of his traits of down to earth  man who knows the challenges facing the young generations.

He argued that education is the only key virtue to change the world.

He challenged students to go into innovative world as the world is dynamically changing due to growth of the technology.

Ole Kelele is the man who almost triunced the incumbent MP for kilgoris Hon Konchellah in 2013 election.

He is believed to be eyeing the kilgoris  MP seat coming 2017 as most of his supporters are on the ground moving with his policies.