The Kenyan government now has upto September to supply the international criminal court at the Hague with a clear 12 month roadmap for the prosecution of post election violence offenders. Failure to deliver this roadmap, alongside a report on the status of investigations into crimes committed during the period, critical evidence and a guarantee of the safety of witnesses, will lead to the international criminal court taking up the prosecutions. The deal was reached during a meeting of Kenya’s delegation to the Icc with Icc prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo. The Icc is, however, categorical that it would not waste any time in taking up Kenya’s case should parliament fail to urgently enact necessary legislation to facilitate the prosecutions.
A new wave of crime has hit Nairobi especially in the eastlands area. Kidnappings are on the rise and this morning, police rescued a form two student abducted from kayole estate on Tuesday. Commenting on the abduction, police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said abductors regularly hid abductees among communities whose cooperation and assistance could help police rescue victims. This also comes as Ktn came across five girls in kikuyu who were kidnapped in Nanyuki some three days ago..
Public service minister Dalmas Otieno says the education sector is in a serious crisis. The straight talking minister blames it all on the directorate of planning at the ministry of education. Addressing the secondary school heads conference in Mombasa, Otieno called the quality of tertiary education unacceptable.
The Geneva meeting between Kofi Annan and the Kenyan government delegation has failed to yield an extension of Annan’s August ultimatum for the formation of a local tribunal. A statement from the Kofi Annan foundation pointed at a disagreement on the matter, proposing further deliberations with the view of resolving the issue. The Kenyan delegation now heads for the Icc at the Hague with the hope of securing an audience with Icc prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo. Back home, religious leaders have concluded the one million signatures campaign, to accompany a petition to the Icc, for expeditious action on Kenya’s case.
Over 50% of candidates scored a ‘d+’ and below in their Kenya certificate of secondary education between the years of 2004 and 2008 according to a report by synovate (formerly steadman) group. The report titled ‘where are the d’s and e’s’ also shows that even though almost all secondary school graduates end up in self-employment, most prefer white collar jobs, an attitude driven by the 8-4-4 curricula’s exclusion of more practical subjects for those who are not ‘book smart’
The kenya police is the most corrupt instutition in east africa. transparency international today released the east africa bribery index 2009 which ranks the police in kenya, uganda and tanzania among the top five most notorious institutions in demanding and receiving bribes. the public on the other hand showed apathy with only 3% declining to give bribes and filing a complaint with appropriate authorities.
Fifty five per cent of water meant for Nairobi residents’ use ends up being illegally diverted to areas in the outskirts of the city. Nairobi mayor Geoffrey Majiwa who visited the areas today to assess the extent of the illegal water connection says water diversion has a huge bearing on the amount of water city residents receive. His office has undertaken to disconnect all illegal connections within the week to ease the water shortage.
The capital markets authority has revoked the appointment of audit firm Kpmg as statutory managers of troubled discount securities, just four months into the job…. effective July first, cma chief executive Stella Kilonzo has replaced Peter Kahi and Zahir Sheikh with cma’s JohnStone Olte-tia in a gazette notice today. Separately the authority has also renewed, extended or lifted the suspension of various market intermediaries.
The capital markets authority has revoked the appointment of audit firm Kpmg as statutory managers of troubled discount securities, just four months into the job…. effective July first, cma chief executive Stella Kilonzo has replaced Peter Kahi and Zahir Sheikh with cma’s JohnStone Olte-tia in a gazette notice today. Separately the authority has also renewed, extended or lifted the suspension of various market intermediaries.
The Kenya premier league resumes this weekend after a months rest, afc leopards who over hauled almost the entire playing unit takes on second from bottom bandari in a match that both teams have to win to have a realistic chance of remaining in the premiership.
In the twisted reality of politics, the terms friend and foe do not really exist. It’s mostly allies and competitors. This is the reason why they that backed tinga to the hilt are shaky, they that backed Baba Jimmy appear confused, and they who were to back Baba Muasya are no longer so committed. Now the talk is about the coming of a new generation of leaders and those caught up in the excitement do not see that it is old wine in new skins… it makes for interesting watching and brightens the prospects for the future as regards political developments. Newshot stays faithful to the political cause but it is somehow confused by talk of illness from unlikely quarters. Here is Muraya Kariuki for the rest of the story.
In whose interest are politicians seeking to reconcile communities in the rift valley province? This is the question being posed as efforts seeking to reconcile members of the kikuyu and kalenjin communities intensify. But as Ktn’s Emmanuel Talam reports on the second part of reconciliation series, scepticism is greeting the venture seemingly driven by suspicious political agendas.
