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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Beer firms bank on women to grow sales- Smart_Company|nation.co.ke
Beer firms bank on women to grow sales- Smart_Company|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- Brewers realise that the number of men taking to the tables has declined and now target the fairer sex with specific tailor-made brands in trendy bottle shapes to bolster sales
- Women are reaping the dividend of economic empowerment which, according to Africa Development Bank, has seen the middle class in the continent steadily rise since the 1980s
- In Kenya at least 10 alcoholic beverages have been launched over the past five years targeting women
The dreamer who founded Daystar - Magazines |businessdailyafrica.com
The dreamer who founded Daystar - Magazines |businessdailyafrica.com
- The institution started off with 35 students who the Smiths trained in communication before officially moving to Kenya in 1972.
Monday, August 27, 2012
MPs keep open window of graft in State tenders - Corporate News |businessdailyafrica.com
MPs keep open window of graft in State tenders - Corporate News |businessdailyafrica.com
In Summary
- Late amendment to Bill allows public officers to do business with the government agencies
- MPs struck the blow in favour of corruption through a last minute amendment to the Leadership and Integrity Bill on Friday last week.
- Ainamoi MP Benjamin Lang’at introduced the change to provide that public officers only sit out of government tenders in departments where they hold positions, meaning public officers can now fight for tenders with ordinary Kenyans and private business so long as they do not work in the procuring entity.
Man stoned to death as rampant youths protest over Rogo’s killing- News|nation.co.ke
Man stoned to death as rampant youths protest over Rogo’s killing- News|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- Scores of irate youths in Sheikh Rogo’s funeral procession looted Jesus Celebration Centre and Neno Evangelism Centre
- Prime Minister Raila Odinga appealed to Mombasa residents to exercise restraint as the killing is investigated
- Sheikh Rogo was buried at Manyimbo Muslim Cemetery in Tudor
Man, 128, too old for NHIF computers - News|nation.co.ke
Man, 128, too old for NHIF computers - News|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- He is deemed too old for the system, since his ID indicates he was born in 1884; the computers only accept birth dates from 1890.
- For this reason, efforts by his family to have him covered under the NHIF hit a snag; his age is beyond the NHIF computer system, so his application to be a member was rejected due to his age.
- Efforts to get help from the Nyeri NHIF Branch manager have hit a snag as he says he does not understand the error.
Uhuru’s presidential bid puts Kibaki on horns of a dilemma- Politics|nation.co.ke
Uhuru’s presidential bid puts Kibaki on horns of a dilemma- Politics|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- DPM Uhuru Kenyatta’s declaration that he must run for president presents major challenges to President Kibaki
- Head of State doesn’t want to endorse anyone, but elite want Kenyatta
- If the President supports Kenyatta there will likely be local and international backlash. If he doesn’t, Central Province will read betrayal
Miguna’s book promo received well in Nyeri - Politics|nation.co.ke
Miguna’s book promo received well in Nyeri - Politics|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- Hundreds of residents jammed the town’s streets to meet the former adviser of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was also received amicably in Karatina.
- Mr Miguna accused Mr Odinga of being behind lynch mobs that have disrupted the promotion of political memoirs, Peeling Back the Mask: A Quest for Justice in Kenya.
- Mr Miguna heaped praise on the residents of Nyeri, saying by not attacking him, they had shown they were tolerant of people from other ethnic groups.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
GOVERNMENT MUST BEEF UP SECURITY IN HOT SPOTS, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARTHA KARUA
by Martha Karua on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 5:52pm ·
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nairobi, August 23, 2012
Presidential candidate and Gichugu Member of Parliament Hon. Martha Karua has called on the government to beef up security in areas prone to conflict to avert further loss of life and property, citing the recent violence in Tana River and Mandera Counties as highly regrettable. Karua has asked President Kibaki in his capacity as Head of State & Commander-In-Chief to deploy all available security apparatus to the hot spots to restore peace and guarantee residents of security as the electioneering period gains momentum.
Karua says she is particularly saddened that despite indications that there was available intelligence on impending reprisal attacks, the local administration did not take adequate measures to avert the loss of lives. In addition, she said it was especially a worrying trend that people were willing to kill so casually at the slightest provocation, saying that human life is sacred and there was no justification whatsoever to take a life.
The NARC-Kenya Chairperson has also called on the National Cohesion & Integration Commission (NCIC) and all leaders from affected areas to prioritize reconciliation efforts in order to forestall any more violence in the country. In addition, she said she will continue to use her campaign platforms to promote peaceful coexistence and nationhood amongst all Kenyans, insisting that action must be taken against all inciters and/or sponsors of violence whatever their station in life!
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HON. MARTHA KARUA MP, 23rd AUGUST 2012
Nairobi, August 23, 2012
Presidential candidate and Gichugu Member of Parliament Hon. Martha Karua has called on the government to beef up security in areas prone to conflict to avert further loss of life and property, citing the recent violence in Tana River and Mandera Counties as highly regrettable. Karua has asked President Kibaki in his capacity as Head of State & Commander-In-Chief to deploy all available security apparatus to the hot spots to restore peace and guarantee residents of security as the electioneering period gains momentum.
Karua says she is particularly saddened that despite indications that there was available intelligence on impending reprisal attacks, the local administration did not take adequate measures to avert the loss of lives. In addition, she said it was especially a worrying trend that people were willing to kill so casually at the slightest provocation, saying that human life is sacred and there was no justification whatsoever to take a life.
The NARC-Kenya Chairperson has also called on the National Cohesion & Integration Commission (NCIC) and all leaders from affected areas to prioritize reconciliation efforts in order to forestall any more violence in the country. In addition, she said she will continue to use her campaign platforms to promote peaceful coexistence and nationhood amongst all Kenyans, insisting that action must be taken against all inciters and/or sponsors of violence whatever their station in life!
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HON. MARTHA KARUA MP, 23rd AUGUST 2012
Why the Prime Minister will not sue Miguna
by Office of the Prime Minister of Kenya on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 5:33pm ·
Paul Mwangi, Legal Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister,
Few people know the tribulations of being a public figure. We read about public figures every day, their words and deeds, their wives and children, friends and accomplices, but rarely do we stop to understand the psychological toll that comes with living one’s life under such public exposure.
Defamation is an ugly dimension to this public scrutiny. It inflicts a painful emotional hurt to an already vulnerable victim.Not many of us know the disconsolation that is caused to one who reads inventions made against their loved ones, and misrepresentations made of their relationships with friends and accomplices.
It is disconcerting for anyone to read about actions they allegedly took that never occurred, words they allegedly said that they never spoke or intentions they supposedly had which they have never formed.
It is therefore understandable when the common and knee jerk reaction of any subject of defamation is to take out legal proceedings in a court of law. The subject of the defamation craves to vindicate their character and restore their honour and that of their loved ones. They want it pronounced publicly that the allegations against them are untrue and that the writer has maliciously inpugned their character and invaded their most sacred privacy.
A defamation suit has become such a popular assumed panacea to libel and slander that it is now infact expected of everyone who claims their character has been defamed.
Those who followed the confirmation hearing at the International Criminal Court at the Hague last year will remember the cross examination of Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta by Justice Ekaterina Trendafilova, the Presiding Judge of pre-trial chamber II.
Asking Hon. Kenyatta about the allegations made about him by one Professor Kagwanja in an article written in 2002, she had only one question for the Deputy Prime Minister: whether he had taken out defamation proceedings against the learned professor for associating him with the outlawed Mungiki sect. He said he had not. That answer, as I analyzed after the session, would seal his fate in the confirmation hearing. And it did.
However, it should not have.
Defamation law suits are not acceptable knee Jerk reactions of public officials in a democratic society. In fact, they are in the constitutional law of developed democracies largely outlawed.
And it is in consideration of the need to foster the nascent civil liberties we promulgated two years ago that the Prime Minister has decided that he shall not pursue any legal proceeding against the author of the recently launched publication against him.
This decision is based on one fundamental constitutional principle.
The Prime Minister acknowledges that abuse is a part of enjoyment of rights. The exercise of any liberty carries with it the danger that it shall be abused. This is actionable in almost all instances but for where the abuse occurs in the process of the scrutiny of a public official.
The famous American statesman James Madison, popularly referred to as “the father of the Constitution” and who became the fourth President of the United States, once wrote:
“Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of everything, and in no instance is this more true than in that of the Press”
Constitutionalism has decreed that the scrutiny of public officials is so fundamental to democracy that the law will compromise the interests of public officials even when they are subjected to abuse rather than risk the danger of stifling debate.
It has been ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States of America that a Public Official shall not be allowed to sue for defamation even in the face of injury unless there is evidence of actual malice by the writer.
The U.S. Supreme court has approved a statement of law made by the supreme court of Kansas when it said
“It is of the outmost consequence that the people should discuss the character and qualifications of candidates and their suffrages.
The importance to the state and to society of such discussion is so vast, and the advantages derived are so great, that they more than counterbalance the inconvenience of private persons whose conduct may be involved and occasional injury to the reputations of individuals must yield to the public welfare, although at times such injury may be great”.
This is not the law in Kenya, and we have had instance in the past where heavy and punitive damages have been awarded in favour of public officials whose reputations have been injured. And although the law in Kenya still allows defamation suits by public officials, the overall effect on the freedom of the press has been negative.
In explaining why these abuses have to be tolerated, the U.S Supreme Court stated in Cantwell-V- Connecticut: “In the realm of….. political belief, sharp differences arise. To persuade others to his own point of view, the pleader, as we know, at times resorts to exaggeration, to vilification of men who have been, or are, prominent in church or state, and even to false statement. But the people of this nation have ordained, in the light of history, that, inspite of the probability of excesses and abuses, these liberties are, in the long view, essential to enlightened opinion and right conduct on the part of the citizens of a democracy. That erroneous statement is inevitable in free debate, and that it must be protected if the freedoms of expression are to have the “breathing Space” that they need to survive”.
The Prime Minister feels strongly that we must open a new chapter in the freedom of expression and of the press. Without free exchange of ideas, this country will not move to become a first world country.
So critical is the freedom of expression to the development of the society that President Thomas Jefferson once remarked that if he had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government ,he would take his chance with the latter.
The Prime Minister, as a champion of the rights in our constitution, has accepted to bear the hurt of defamation, rather than take any action that may discourage the advancement and expansion of the field of these rights. The Prime Minister views the recently launched publication as “the ugly thorns that grow on the bushes of the beautiful roses of freedom” .
This constitutional position taken by the Prime Minister concerning the book and author in question should not be taken as a licence to any person, publication or media to repeat the scandalous and indecent sleaze retched by the writer or as a condonation by the Prime Minister of the same, nor as a discouragement of any person from vindicating their rights as against the author.
Few people know the tribulations of being a public figure. We read about public figures every day, their words and deeds, their wives and children, friends and accomplices, but rarely do we stop to understand the psychological toll that comes with living one’s life under such public exposure.
Defamation is an ugly dimension to this public scrutiny. It inflicts a painful emotional hurt to an already vulnerable victim.Not many of us know the disconsolation that is caused to one who reads inventions made against their loved ones, and misrepresentations made of their relationships with friends and accomplices.
It is disconcerting for anyone to read about actions they allegedly took that never occurred, words they allegedly said that they never spoke or intentions they supposedly had which they have never formed.
It is therefore understandable when the common and knee jerk reaction of any subject of defamation is to take out legal proceedings in a court of law. The subject of the defamation craves to vindicate their character and restore their honour and that of their loved ones. They want it pronounced publicly that the allegations against them are untrue and that the writer has maliciously inpugned their character and invaded their most sacred privacy.
A defamation suit has become such a popular assumed panacea to libel and slander that it is now infact expected of everyone who claims their character has been defamed.
Those who followed the confirmation hearing at the International Criminal Court at the Hague last year will remember the cross examination of Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta by Justice Ekaterina Trendafilova, the Presiding Judge of pre-trial chamber II.
Asking Hon. Kenyatta about the allegations made about him by one Professor Kagwanja in an article written in 2002, she had only one question for the Deputy Prime Minister: whether he had taken out defamation proceedings against the learned professor for associating him with the outlawed Mungiki sect. He said he had not. That answer, as I analyzed after the session, would seal his fate in the confirmation hearing. And it did.
However, it should not have.
Defamation law suits are not acceptable knee Jerk reactions of public officials in a democratic society. In fact, they are in the constitutional law of developed democracies largely outlawed.
And it is in consideration of the need to foster the nascent civil liberties we promulgated two years ago that the Prime Minister has decided that he shall not pursue any legal proceeding against the author of the recently launched publication against him.
This decision is based on one fundamental constitutional principle.
The Prime Minister acknowledges that abuse is a part of enjoyment of rights. The exercise of any liberty carries with it the danger that it shall be abused. This is actionable in almost all instances but for where the abuse occurs in the process of the scrutiny of a public official.
The famous American statesman James Madison, popularly referred to as “the father of the Constitution” and who became the fourth President of the United States, once wrote:
“Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of everything, and in no instance is this more true than in that of the Press”
Constitutionalism has decreed that the scrutiny of public officials is so fundamental to democracy that the law will compromise the interests of public officials even when they are subjected to abuse rather than risk the danger of stifling debate.
It has been ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States of America that a Public Official shall not be allowed to sue for defamation even in the face of injury unless there is evidence of actual malice by the writer.
The U.S. Supreme court has approved a statement of law made by the supreme court of Kansas when it said
“It is of the outmost consequence that the people should discuss the character and qualifications of candidates and their suffrages.
The importance to the state and to society of such discussion is so vast, and the advantages derived are so great, that they more than counterbalance the inconvenience of private persons whose conduct may be involved and occasional injury to the reputations of individuals must yield to the public welfare, although at times such injury may be great”.
This is not the law in Kenya, and we have had instance in the past where heavy and punitive damages have been awarded in favour of public officials whose reputations have been injured. And although the law in Kenya still allows defamation suits by public officials, the overall effect on the freedom of the press has been negative.
In explaining why these abuses have to be tolerated, the U.S Supreme Court stated in Cantwell-V- Connecticut: “In the realm of….. political belief, sharp differences arise. To persuade others to his own point of view, the pleader, as we know, at times resorts to exaggeration, to vilification of men who have been, or are, prominent in church or state, and even to false statement. But the people of this nation have ordained, in the light of history, that, inspite of the probability of excesses and abuses, these liberties are, in the long view, essential to enlightened opinion and right conduct on the part of the citizens of a democracy. That erroneous statement is inevitable in free debate, and that it must be protected if the freedoms of expression are to have the “breathing Space” that they need to survive”.
The Prime Minister feels strongly that we must open a new chapter in the freedom of expression and of the press. Without free exchange of ideas, this country will not move to become a first world country.
So critical is the freedom of expression to the development of the society that President Thomas Jefferson once remarked that if he had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government ,he would take his chance with the latter.
The Prime Minister, as a champion of the rights in our constitution, has accepted to bear the hurt of defamation, rather than take any action that may discourage the advancement and expansion of the field of these rights. The Prime Minister views the recently launched publication as “the ugly thorns that grow on the bushes of the beautiful roses of freedom” .
This constitutional position taken by the Prime Minister concerning the book and author in question should not be taken as a licence to any person, publication or media to repeat the scandalous and indecent sleaze retched by the writer or as a condonation by the Prime Minister of the same, nor as a discouragement of any person from vindicating their rights as against the author.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
SHOCKING: 3 young WOMEN rape a MAN
SHOCKING: 3 young WOMEN rape a MAN
My only fear with this story is that many men in Gusau and around this Nigeria will wistfully wish that they were the ones that were raped.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Protesting Nairobi traders fighting a losing battle - Home |businessdailyafrica.com
Protesting Nairobi traders fighting a losing battle - Home |businessdailyafrica.com
In Summary
- The traders complained that many of the Chinese dealers were operating out of backpacks, evading taxes and undercutting the prices charged by local businessmen.
- Once you start up a business, you plunge into an ocean populated by a few smaller fish, which compete with you for food, and lots of bigger ones eager to eat you alive.
- Come Together: The only way for us to deal with the huge multinationals is to come together. Businesses that come together share resources, reduce costs and bid for (big) contracts.
- Know your customer: Knowing and understanding targeted customers is the overarching rule of exceptional companies. Award-winning business builders know their customers as well as they know their own families, perhaps even more so.
Workers to get unemployment benefits with rise in NSSF fees - Corporate News |businessdailyafrica.com
In Summary
- Formal sector workers contribution to NSSF is currently split equally between the employer and employee for a total of Sh400.
- The Bill proposes to divide member contribution into two tiers.
- The first tier of contributions will see all formal sector workers contribute a portion of their salaries equivalent to six per cent of those earning the prevailing minimum wage with an equal share of contribution from their employers.
- The second tier of contributions will be exclusive to those earning over and above the minimum wage, who will contribute a specified portion of their gross salaries with an equal share from employers.
- However, the Bill proposes that employers with established private pension schemes be allowed to opt their workers out of the second tier contributions sparing them the burden of double saving for retirement.
- To minimise the pain of parting with a bigger portion of their pay, NSSF is proposing that workers gradually increase their contributions over four years period should Parliament pass the law.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Chinese hawkers rattle retail market - News|nation.co.ke
Chinese hawkers rattle retail market - News|nation.co.ke
In Summary
- There are Chinese cultivating small-scale farms in villages as far away from Nairobi as Kisumu, Kisii and Kuria and others engaging in fishing in South Nyanza.
- Last month, Chinese men were seen in the streets of Nyeri selling Galaxy SII and Nokia N8 phones.
- On Thursday, business people in Nairobi took to the streets to protest the presence of Chinese retail traders in the city.
- The Sunday Nation has established that the recent increase in the number of the Chinese in Kenya is a result of what the Chinese Government terms as the “New Eight”.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Demand for bribes in Kenya on the rise, report says - Politics and policy |businessdailyafrica.com
Demand for bribes in Kenya on the rise, report says - Politics and policy |businessdailyafrica.com
In Summary
Top ten most likely to demand bribes
1. Police officers (34.6 per cent)
2. Immigration officers (14.3 per cent)
3. Provincial administrators (11.8 per cent)
4. Judges and magistrates (11 per cent)
5. Council askaris (9.3 per cent)
6. Health practitioners (7.1 per cent)
7. Human resource managers (3.6 per cent)
8. Land registrars (1.9 per cent)
9. Education officers (1 per cent)
10. Businesspeople (1 per cent)
1. Police officers (34.6 per cent)
2. Immigration officers (14.3 per cent)
3. Provincial administrators (11.8 per cent)
4. Judges and magistrates (11 per cent)
5. Council askaris (9.3 per cent)
6. Health practitioners (7.1 per cent)
7. Human resource managers (3.6 per cent)
8. Land registrars (1.9 per cent)
9. Education officers (1 per cent)
10. Businesspeople (1 per cent)
KDF clashes with Al-Shabaab - News|nation.co.ke
KDF clashes with Al-Shabaab - News|nation.co.ke
Kenyan troops in Somalia clashed with Al-Shabaab fighters on Wednesday in one of the bloodiest encounters yet, in which two KDF soldiers and 73 militiamen were killed.
Hundreds of the Shabaab fighters attacked a KDF base at Fahfahdhun in Gedo, prompting the 7pm fight resulting in the highest number of casualties reported since the incursion into Somalia in October last year.
Military sources said Al-Shabaab had planned to overrun the camp but KDF troops, who had received prior intelligence reports on the attack, lay in wait for combat.
Tough penalties for exam cheats - News|nation.co.ke
Tough penalties for exam cheats - News|nation.co.ke
Exam cheats could be jailed for 10 years and fined two million shillings if a new law is passed by Parliament.
These provisions are contained in the Kenya National Examinations Council Bill (2012) that was endorsed by the Cabinet on Thursday.
Al-Shabaab attempts to terrorise Kenyans with online magazine - Sabahionline.com
Friday, August 17, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
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