HELB DENY DEFAULTERS MARRIAGE RITES

Kenya’s Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the country’s main financier of students in institutions of higher learning, plans to block couples from getting married until they get clearance from the loans board, local media outlet CapitalFM reports.
According to the reports, HELB’s CEO Charles Ringera says the Board is working together with the Attorney General’s office to compel defaulters to pay their loans before they can get married.
The plans will see beneficiaries of the HELB loans fail to get their marriage certificates before they obtain clearance from the Board.
‘I beseech those who are working to get in touch with our office in order to be aided to start the reimbursement process so that others can also benefit,’ Ringera is reported to have said.

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER NEW STATE OF THE ART TOWER BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT

The University of Nairobi has signed an implementation agreement on the construction of the state-of-the-art Confucius Institute Building at the university by the government of China.
The signing ceremony at which UoN was led by Vice-chancellor Prof Peter Mbithi took place in the office of the Executive Bureau of International Economic Cooperation Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, China, last week.
The agreement is as a result of exchange notes between the governments of Kenya and the People’s Republic of China dated July 22, 2015, stipulating the Chinese government undertaking the project. The cost of the development will be Sh2 billion.
The building will consist of teaching theatres, office facilities, students’ dormitory and other public function areas. It will cater for at least 2,000 students. The construction of the buildings is scheduled to commence before March 2017 and will take not more than 18 months to completion.
Those who accompanied the VC to China during the signing ceremony included Prof Isaac Meroka Mbeche, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration & Finance); Prof Guo Hong, director, Confucius Institute; Tracisio Thuita, estate manager, Arch Jarrett Onyango Odwallo, manager construction and maintenance and who is also resident architect; Fredrick Collins Omondi, senior legal officer on the Kenyan side; and the Executive Bureau of International Economic Cooperation Ministry of Commerce, China.

CYRUS JIRONGO TALKS OVER THE RETURN OF ASSASSINATIONS IN KENYA

"Today's discovery in Machakos County of the bodies of lawyer, Willie Kimani; his client, Josphat Mwenda; and their taxi driver, Joseph Muiruri is a huge stain on the conscience of this nation.

The death of the three who were last seen returning from a hearing at Mavoko Law Courts, on June 23rd, is frightening as it is alarming of a dangerous path this country is taking. The brazen disappearing and murder of a witness, a taxi driver and a well-known human rights defender is well beyond any known boundaries for any country that talks about the rule of law. Of serious concern is the fact that the court hearing had raised questions of police misuse of firearms and threats against witnesses.

I have severally alerted Kenyans to be aware of the growing pattern of violence and assassinations as a means of solving disputes, silencing commercial and political opponents, and defeating the course of Justice.

Today's discovery cannot and should not be seen in isolation of similar events. Several deaths have occurred in the last one year that point to the phenomenon I have warned about. The complicity of organs of government in either the deaths or the subsequent cover ups must be interrogated urgently before we all sink into the abyss of bloody violence as means of resolving disputes between citizens and those in authority who legally control instruments of violence. The evidence of psychopathic torture on the bodies of the victims is as sickening as it is a wakeup call for us as countrymen to ask ourselves deep serious questions.

The murder of the three Kenyans while in pursuit of justice against official malpractice, the murder and cover up of Jacob Juma's death as a response to his revelations about economic crimes, the murder of my daughter's friend on June 1st as a warning to me for pointing out the cover up in Jacob Juma's assassination, must be condemned by any sober person who cares for this country.

We as citizens of Kenya must demand accountability from our government with a clear reminder that not one Kenyan is above the law, no one has a right to terminate another citizen's life extrajudicially, and those mandated to be in charge of our security must never be excused or let off when they turn the weapons they hold in trust against Kenyans to protect selfish personal interests."

KALENJIN YOUTHS LIVING AROUND NAIROBI DEFECT TO ODM

More Kalenjin youths living around Nairobi area has today visited Orange house crying fall of mistreatment by the Jubilee administration.This has led to many of the youths defecting from Jubilee to CORD as they believe and have faith in Raila Odinga as a stateman who does not believe in malignment and discrimination of a particular tribe.In their statement regarding their defect, They had this press statement,
"For the past one month, members of the Kalenjin Community have been left in a state of suspended animation with regard to the political future of the community.
Statements have been thrown left, right and centre by notable persons holding positions of influence all aimed at sending signals that we as Kalenjin community are not guaranteed their support in the 2022 general election.
As the great philosopher Mark Twain once said “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” First it was political activist Mr. Tony Gachoka who sparked the controversy. We thought he was joking. Then came Kiambu Governor Mr. William Kabogo with similar sentiments and now a TNA nominated Senator Mr. Paul Njoroge. We know the game. We can’t wait to be humiliated at the eleventh hour. Waswahili husema, AKUFUKUZAYE HAKWAMBII TOKA.
We want to state here that we were in ODM. We were the founder members of the ODM party. We were misled to leave the party in 2013 because of one’s selfish interests. We were promised heaven, only to be subjected to hell. These three years have been like persevering an abusive marriage.
We don’t want to be hurt anymore. We have decided to come back home. We know, it is only through ODM that our community can get power once more. We therefore undertake to mobilize support for the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga in the entire Rift Valley region for the 2017 general election.
We are now convinced that the Jubilee alliance is between individuals and not communities. We must choose to stand up and be counted. We want to be on the right side of history."

CORD STATEMENT: EMERGING CLIMATE OF FEAR AND CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

We wish to draw the attention of Kenyans and the international community to the crisis of governance that is taking roots in our country.
This crisis is taking the form of a slow but steady slide to dictatorship through a crackdown on free speech in the name of national security and public order.
The move has taken a more ominous turn as the government has struggled to prevent the release and dissemination of incriminating evidence concerning corruption involving top government officials.
The efforts have included the push to undermine the independence of the judiciary, to stifle freedom of the media, and the peddling of various conspiracy theories to blackmail and silence critical voices.
One such conspiracy theory came from the Ministry of Interior a few weeks ago that CORD is working with regional states to destabilize the country, a claim that has never been substantiated and for which no one has been arrested and charged. We have seen new, restrictive moves against social media activists in ways that are undoubtedly authoritarian and repressive.
This pattern is definitely a hint of desperation. But it poses grave danger to our stability and basic and fundamental freedoms as we race towards election in a year’s time and well into the future. Some of what we are witnessing amount to the suspension of the constitution, illegal declaration of state of emergency and emergence of rule by decree.
Kenya is sliding into a society in which the government is directly threatening opposition politicians, depriving them of freedom of speech and assembly in public and other places, as well as fabricating trumped up charges against opposition leaders. Persistent threats have become everyday things in the life of the opposition. Everybody who calls for accountability, equity, fairness in government immediately becomes an enemy of the regime.
A few days ago a Member of Parliament called for Rt. Hon Raila Odinga’s assassination. In Nakuru, a Member of Parliament called for the forceful eviction and relocation of members of other communities from the town and its environs. In both cases, the Jubilee regime saw no need to act, until our members protested.
Then the Members of Parliament who called on the State to guarantee the security of all Kenyans and challenged the President to play his rightful role as everyone’s president became accused of hate speech. Together with their colleagues whom they had complained against, they have been held incommunicado, essentially unofficially detained without trial.
We are not going to waste time blaming individual leaders and institutions of government. The current state of the arbitrary exercise of power and disregard of democratic principles falls on the feet of the President.
The author of the political repression and reckless violation of the Rule of Law and the Bill of Rights is the tenant at State House. He has transformed the police force into a personal militia ever on the ready to interfere with legitimate political activity and encouraged the subversion of constitutional organs ranging from the Judiciary, Parliament and independent office and commissions.
Under the circumstances, CORD demands the immediate release of all its members of Parliament without charge or any other conditions failure of which we shall undertake the following:
1. We will resume our national demonstrations and protests on Monday, 20th June, 2016.
2. We will cease all engagements in dialogue in respect of IEBC and instead intensify the demonstrations and protests.
3. We will declare the CORD legislators to be political prisoners and hold a public meeting and a vigil at the Freedom Corner on Saturday, 18th June, 2016.
4. We shall hold a prayer service for our political prisoners in Machakos town on Sunday 19th June, 2016.

THIS ARE THE POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT NYANZA THAT RESEARCHERS WILL NEVER TELL YOU

Nyanza has never ever requested for food aid despite all former Presidents trying to grind it down to poverty due to its stand on democratic rights of all Kenyans, North Eastern and Eastern leads in food aid.
Nyanza has the least cases of bizarre killings, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least drug abuse prevalence levels, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least number of rape cases, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least number of bestiality cases, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least number of mentally deranged persons, Western leads.
Nyanza has the least rate of crime, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least rate of jigger infestation, Central leads.
Nyanza has least numbers of inter clan clashes, North Eastern leads.
Nyanza has the least number of hunger caused deaths, Rift Valley leads.
Nyanza has made the highest contribution for the political reforms in this country, Central has done the greatest damage.
Nyanza has professional clergies, pastors and Bishops , Central leads with conmen in disguise of Bishops clergies etc including Cardinal Njue who supports impunity, corruption and oppression.
Nyanza has respectable churches , central leads with funny churches
Nyanza has no cases of Shosho rapes, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least land grabs and the least IDPs, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least number of Chokoras, Nairobi leads and most of them are from Central.
Nyanza has the least cases of gay men, Central leads.
Nyanza has the least cases of prostitutes, Nairobi leads and most of them are from Central.
Nyanza men have no problem with infertility due to alcoholism, Central leads with infertile men due to alcoholism, according to Mututho and NACADA.
Yes Nyanza leads in Aids cases, But Central is second according to IRIN humanitarian and analysis ( a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).
Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley lead in sportsmen representing Kenya locally and internationally and showing the country in the right picture/light, Central has the least number of people putting the country in the right light and more so the least sportsmen.
Nyanza leads in literacy and learned people despite successive governments neglect and ethnic discrimination. , Central has one of the least levels of literacy despite having 3 Presidents and rich people able to invest in education of the region.
Nyanza has the least cases of men beaten by their wives, Central leads.
What did I leave out?

PETER KENNETHS LETTER TO IEBC CHAIR

AN OPEN LETTER TO ISSACK HASSAN AND IEBC COMMISSIONERS
It’s time
It’s time for you to step down and let the country move forward, how many more people shall die, get injured, businesses destroyed?

There are serious doubts over IEBC’s ability to preside over a free election in this country, without the results being clouded with doubts.
It you have not noticed the political debate is no longer about whether you will leave but the mechanics of your exit and how to replace you.
Forget the politics; forget the protests-the ultimate truth is your exit is already a foregone conclusion. It is a matter of when not if.
Do the honourable thing. EXIT
Save the government the tear gas and the bullets; save the protesters the energy and tears and the country the pointless drama.
Do the honourable thing. EXIT
Put country first; The country is Greater.