Let's call a spade a spade: Corruption is theft. Those who bank on it are thieves. In fact, very dangerous thieves.
It is only a satanic mind that finds happiness in cornering what is destined to uplift a people subdued
by many years of state-sponsored neglect. More so, it is a scandal of gigantic proportions when home-grown sons and daughters are the team leaders of these power teams.
Giving shelter to girls in danger and running campaigns for child health
Our relief project provides support to girls who refuse to be circumcised or married without their consent. We protect these girls.
We talk to their parents. We try to find a solution for the children, working closely with the civil society in Kilgoris, the local congregation of the African Inland Church, and the local authorities.
If a girl does not want to be circumcised, she can ask Tareto Maa for help. The pastor and other team members will try to convince the parents not to have the girl cut, but
rather send her to school. But in some cases a family refuses and casts out their daughter. Tareto Maa has set
up a rescue center for these children in need.
If no mutual solution within the family can be found, Tareto Maa
registers the girl at the local police station (the police help to protect her), and admits her to the rescue center. Tareto Maa takes care of the costs for food, clothes, and education.
Furthermore we shelter orphans from the local community, and provide a new home to them. Due to the help of many supporters from the community but also from a lot of countries worldwide, we were able to build houses for the rescue center, and complete it with a water supply, two solar modules, a security fence, and a bridge.
At present, we are sheltering 122 girls in the Tareto Maa Center.
The group’s campaigning focuses on the region where Tareto Maa is seated: Osupuko, Kilgoris and the surrounding area.
We inform the public about child rights, child health and general issues of sexual and reproductive health. Members of the group go into schools as well as into community assemblies, and explain the injuries resulting from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and the importance of school
education for girls. They distribute information brochures (written in Swahili), and offer personal talks to inform about health and HIV/AIDS.
Naitawang Riverside Academy
Together with the local community we founded a primary school which opened in January 2012. The name of the new school is Naitawang Riverside
Academy. The word “Naitawang“ comes from the Maasai language and means: “Light of the community“.
The idea of the school is to strengthen education in Kilgoris and to reduce expenses for Tareto Maa.
Instead of sending the girls of Tareto Maa to public schools, which are quite far away and involve fees, the private school offers a better and “free” education to the Tareto Maa girls, charging tuition for the other
children sent there by their families.
Plans and hopes for the future
What happens if the girls from the Tareto Maa Rescue Center graduate in school? What can they do then to make a living? To help the girls in an enduring and sustainable way, Tareto Maa plans to set up a training center, offering courses on computer skills, and office work.
Furthermore we want to establish basic medical care for the community. At the moment, the nearest doctor is 4 hours away! It is a very realistic possibility that FGM in Kilgoris and the surrounding villages can be overcome in a period of three to five years. The team in Kenya already observes that the people are starting to rethink the traditions of circumcision and child marriage. This is due to our work in the community.
But it is also due to government bodies which are increasing the pressure to abandon FGM. As soon as we conquer FGM in our area, we want to join forces to overcome it as well in other villages in Transmara, and the
Kenyan Rift Valley.
Narok Baptist Church night of glory is today starting from 9pm till dawn.
The main aiaim of the prayer is to pray for the national healing and coming together to serve the Lord.
The function is happening at the NBC sanctuary, the church is behind Maralink Hotel just before palmers gardens.
Don't miss and remember to invite your friends see u there.
Rift Valley MPs have accused President Uhuru’s media handlers of wilfully hiding photos of Deputy President William Ruto and US President Barack Obama.
The MPs also claimed state house hid the photos of meeting between President Obama and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, despite
being the only known entity who was allowed access to the meetings in order to take photos ‘on behalf of Kenya’.
For DP Ruto, the MPs allege a well
choreographed manoeuvre to lock the DP out of critical meetings between the Kenya government and the US leader. For the first time, the MPs reveal the DP had to force
himself in some of the meetings where the sitting arrangement completely omitted his participation.
“From the beginning, we knew what was going on. We were well aware that a group of people wanted to prevent the DP from meeting Obama. It was an attempt to humiliate the DP,” said Marakwet East MP, Kangogo Bowen.
The MP further claim there is a ploy to lock DP Ruto out of the 2022 as Mt. Kenya has already picked Peter Kenneth.
The MP said: “We are prepared. We know our friends from Central will not be supporting Ruto in 2022. This is in black and white from the actions and utterances by our colleagues from the mountain (Mt Kenya).”
A 5 month old baby boy died yesterday and his mother was left nursing burns after lightning struck their home in Oldonyorok village in Trans Mara.
Emmanuel Kiplagat was with his mother, 22 year old Miriam Ng’eno, inside their house when the tragic incident happened.
The area police boss, Alfred Muthua, said that Ng’eno sustained stomach burns and was rushed to Angata
Health Center where she is undergoing treatment.
Alfred said that such incidences were common in the area and asked the County Government to install
lightning arrestors on tall buildings.
Narok County Governor Samuel Tunai has been cleared of any corruption allegations.
This comes after the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko accepted recommendations by the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) exonerating the governor from any corrupt deals.
Mr Tobiko had ordered for the inquiry into alleged human resource, financial and procurement irregularities by the governor.
EACC conducted the investigations and recommended the closure of files for lack of evidence of criminal culpability.
On Friday, Tobiko accepted recommendations to close files
on the three allegations;
1.Mara triangle revenue collection,
2. hire of helicopter,
3. procurement of Kenya Airports Parking Services (Kaps) Ltd, for lack of evidence and other about five other allegations facing Tunai and two senior county officials were closed.
EACC investigations into allegations of Tunai's directorship in Mara conservancy together with his brother, Ole Kijabe, revealed that the governor and his sibling resigned from
the positions before the 2013 General Election.
Another allegation concerning the employment of Charles Gitau as County Finance Officer was also dismissed after the commission's inquiry found that Mr Gitau had been hired by the Transitional Authority.
Other allegations investigated included
1.procurement of legal services, 2.Oloololo game ranch gate collections
3.creation of Mara Trust Fund.
The commission found that the procurement of legal services was properly done, and Sh52 million paid was commensurate to services rendered.
A schoolboy is in hospital and 12 others in police custody after they allegedly raided a girls’ dormitory in Elgeyo-Marakwet on Saturday night.
Iten County Referral Hospital Medical
Superintendent Gastro Mugala said the student, who is badly injured, would undergo knee surgery.
Keiyo North Sub-County police boss Fredrick Ochieng said officers received confusing reports, which indicated that the intruders at Sing’ore Girls High School were gangsters.
“However, we were later told that boys from the neighbouring St Patrick’s Boys High School had sneaked into the compound with an intention of
raping the girls,” said the police boss.
Screams by the girls attracted neighbours, who thought gangsters had raided the school.
FORCED WAY INTO GIRLS' DORM
But, it emerged that a group of 40 schoolboys from St Patrick’s, six kilometres away, had forced their
way into the girls’ dormitory, allegedly after being sent short text messages by some girls.
However, when things got out of hand, the girls raised the alarm, alerting neighbours.
In the ensuing melee, the boys were attacked by watchmen.
One of them suffered a panga cut on the knee, while others sustained injuries as they escaped through the barbed wire fence.
Some girls were also reportedly injured in the stampede that ensued.
Mr Ochieng said a roll-call conducted by teachers at St Patrick’s established that a large number of Form Three and Form Four students were missing.
He said police found the group of boys on the Iten- Sing’ore-Kapsowar road as the rains pounded away.
12 ARRESTED, OTHERS FLED
“Our officers managed to arrest 12 boys, while the rest fled into the bush.
“They found six packets of condoms. The boys are in the cells,” said Mr Ochieng.
Elgeyo-Marakwet County Director of Education Sabina Aroni said the two principals, Mr Wilson Yego of St Patrick’s Iten and his counterpart at
Sing’ore Girls, Mrs Rose Koech, would be summoned to her office.
Mr Yego told the Nation the management is handling the matter internally.
Mrs Koech regretted the incident, saying it happened while she was away in Nairobi.
According to police, officers were stunned when the boys said they carried the condoms to protect their
girlfriends after the girls invited them to the school.
The boys allegedly told police that they visit Sing‘ore once a year, particularly during the cold
season, in a practice that dates back to the 1980s.
“The students in Form Four pass the mantle to their juniors once they complete their secondary school education,” said a police officer.
