Kenya wins A Gold metal in corruption By: Author  Paul masibo Wabwayi Ngome The culture of corruption has grown roots in Kenyan society at large and has become an endemic. Institutions, which were designed for the regulation of the relationships between citizens and the State, are being used instead for the personal enrichment of public officials (politicians and bureaucrats) and other corrupt private agents (individuals, groups, and businesses). Corruption persists in Kenya primarily because there are people in power who benefit from it and the existing governance institutions lack both the will and capacity to stop them from doing so. This work takes a governance and development perspective to analytically examine the causes and consequences of corruption in Kenya. It identifies the key factors (such as absence of strong and effective democratic institutions, centralized power, lack of public accountability, and impunity) and synthesizes and analyses available data,...

   Nine kids who were the first beneficiaries of the Victor Wanyama Foundation scholarship programme are undergoing a mentorship programme in Nairobi.With the schools closed for the mid-season break, the foundation is taking the kids through a three-day mentorship programme, Elvis Majani, the foundation’s advocate, has explained. SCHOLARSHIP “We want to develop the kids into responsible citizens and we are therefore very keen in all aspects of their lives. Some of them are coming to Nairobi for the first time and the excitement they have is evident. Other than just the mentorship programme, we also want them to relax and have a nice time before they go back to school,” Victor Wanyama told  Nairobi News.           Trizah Shem, one of the beneficiaries, scored 399 marks out of 500 at Nambale ACK Primary School and was admitted to St Bridgits Girls High School in Kiminini under full scholarship courtesy of the foundation. She says her dream of ...

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        When Uganda’s former leader, Idi Amin, seized power   .Jomo kenyatta  from the then president, Milton Obote in 1971, his act was received with lots of cheers in Kampala but he would later be seen as a monster after he took up a dictatorial style of leadership. He had come to power with good intentions for his people but as time went on he became power-drunk and started abusing people, historians say.He became ruthless and brutal, repressing the Ugandan people and ignoring their human rights, and subsequently ruined the economy when in 1972, he ordered the deportation of over 80,000 Asians living in Uganda Western leaders, including the United States, cut ties with Amin, and this, coupled with the growing resentment he was getting from his country made him believe that waging war against neighbouring Kenya would save his regime .In 1976, the military dictator attempted to redraw the boundaries of Uganda and Kenya saying that he wanted back all ...

      A Ghanaian Medical Officer in the USA has sent this through to help each and everyone. Please read and take care of yourself. Dr. Okyere. The rate at which you ng people are suffering from Kidney disease is alarming. I am sharing a post which can help us. Please read below: IMPORTANT - KIDNEY DESERVES THE BEST. Barely two (2) days ago, we all received the news of the demise of the Nigerian actor as a result of kidney disease. ALSO OUR MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, the Honorable Teko Lake is currently in the Hospital on life support with Kidney problems. I want to show you how to avert this menace of kidney disease. SO HERE ARE THE TOP 6 CAUSE OF KIDNEY DISEASE: 1. Delaying going to a toilet. Keeping your urine in your bladder for too long is a bad idea. A full bladder can cause bladder damage. The urine that stays in the bladder multiplies bacteria quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to the ureter and kidneys, the toxic substances can result...

Lessons for Ruto: Three men and how they played their cards Combined photos from left: Mwai Kibaki, Charles Njonjo and Jaramogi Oginga. While Njonjo instantly gave up and Kibaki played cool and bade his time, Oginga took the bull by the horns.     In the aftermath of the 1982 abortive attempt by the military to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi’s government, Cabinet minister Charles Njonjo was a hunted and haunted man. His direct telephone link to the President was abruptly disconnected and he was told that he would henceforth only go to State House on appointment. In the few times he met the President, the latter deliberately created situations for interruptions so that Njonjo would have as minimal time as possible to discuss anything meaningful with him. It was a strange experience for Njonjo. He had strongly persuaded President Jomo Kenyatta to appoint Moi his deputy, and gone out of his way to pull down any barrier to Moi’s ascendancy to the top offi...

Speaking during the delegates meeting held in Bungoma town, the party leadership said that they got the numbers to tilt on who should be elected the next head of state. FK party leader Moses Wetang’ula while addressin g delegates and the party members at his Namuyemba home in the outskirts of Bungoma town on January 31, 2020 stated that the party is very strong and they will prove a point in the next leadership. “Ford Kenya is a strong party and we will do everything to encourage everyone to join the party of choice so that we can move together,” he said The Bungoma senator stated that has the party that once belonged to Masinde Muliro, George Kaptain and Wamalwa Kijana they will make sure that it regain its glory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbWpRZD9c8&feature=youtu.be He emphasised on the need of uniting and moving together as the party so that they can also enjoy the national cake in the next government. “Ford Kenya had once produced the vice president in the name of t...

The first consultative meeting held in Kisii on Friday to discuss the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has elicited mixed reactions from political leaders across the country, setting the stage for a tough political duel ahead of the 2022 polls. The varied reactions have also seen the emergence two camps pitting those opposed to the meetings against those supporting them. As Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga was leading the first regional meeting, Deputy President William Ruto was in Vihiga County questioning the rationale of the meetings, calling them a waste of public funds as nobody is opposed to the report. In a swift rejoinder, ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna on Sunday in Narok told off the DP, saying it had been agreed after the Bomas convention that meetings will kick off countrywide to rally Kenyans behind the document. “Kenyans will point out areas which they feel might have been left out in the draft report. For example, in...

Moses Kuria arrest: Top lawyers take on each other over police brutality  - Kuria was arrested in Nairobi for allegedly assaulting a woman at a local media house studios  - Police teargassed his colleagues who visited him at Kilimani station  - Lawyer Nelson Havi reminded the politicians of their past utterances and support for injustices City lawyers Nelson Havi and Kipchumba Murkomen are tearing each other apart over arrest of Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. The heated debate was sparked off by Havi's remarks that reminded Kuria's colleagues Alice Wahome and Ndindi Nyoro  According to the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) presidential candidate, no one should celebrate blatant disregard of the law even when injustice is meted on one's enemy.   

10 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR WHEN HIRING A MANAGER Managers have the power to make or break their organizations. While great leaders encourage their employees to reach their full potential and help their organizations surpass their goals, terrible dictators discourage workers to the point they want to jump ship. And many of them do. According to the  Wall Street Journal , nearly half of employees who leave jobs do so to get away from their bosses. Since you don’t want to lose your best employees, it's critical that you do everything you can to ensure you fill managerial positions with the right people in the first place. As you go about your search for a new manager, keep in mind that great ones usually possess these 10 leadership qualities. 1. Honesty The moment a team stops believing their leader is telling them the truth, things start to fall apart. Why should workers follow their bosses with any level of confidence if they’ve come to f...

• According to the Dedan Kimathi Foundation, the grave is located at the Kamiti Maximum Prison, Nairobi. • Dedan died in February 1957 at the age of 37 after being convicted and executed in for murder and terrorism by the British colonial government. The government has located a burial site where the body of the iconic Mau Mau fighter Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri was buried at. Image:   COURTEY The government has located a burial site where the body of the iconic Mau Mau fighter  Dedan Kimathi Wachiuri  was buried at, the daughter of the Field Marshall Evelyne Wanjugu Kimathi has confirmed. The Dedan Kimathi Foundation on Friday said the grave had been located at the Kamiti Maximum Prison, Nairobi. Wanjugu who is also the foundation's CEO said the news is not only a relief to the family but also to the larger freedom struggle heroes fraternity.   Wanjugu said they are now waiting for orders from the Chief Justice David Maraga on excavati...

Rachael Ruto commercializes her hobby so as to help women Mama Rachel Ruto the annual Cross Stitch International Exhibition [Source/twitter/@ssjjkh] Mama Rachel Ruto, the wife to Deputy President William Ruto, has commercialized one of her hobbies to help several women and people living with disabilities. ADVERTISEMENT "I was delighted to officially open the annual Cross Stitch International Exhibition that began at the Safaricom Michael Joseph Center," Rachel   tweeted . Through a series of tweets on Saturday, Mama Rachel started that she had officially opened an exhibition where people could buy cross-stitched pieces of art. She invited Kenyans to purchase priceless pieces as they engage with the project that is mainly aimed at empowering women. "Cross stitching is one of my long time hobbies. I was greatly honored to witness a special auction of the priced pieces. Proceeds will go towards supporting women who stitched them while in prison, persons living...

Museveni rose to power through the barrel of the gun and on top of a tank. That was more than thirty years ago, long before more than eighty per cent of Ugandans living today were born. He rose to power proclaiming himself a member of a "new breed of African leaders." He repeatedly criticized other African leaders on the grounds that they were dictators who "clang to power" and could only relinquish power through death. He asserted that his only interest was to obliterate dictatorship from Ugandan politics--which had been introduced into Uganda by Obote I, Idi Amin, Yusuf Lule, Godfrey Binaisa, Paul Muwanga, Obote II, and Tito Okelo. More than thirty years later, he has entrenched his name in the history of Uganda as the biggest dictator of them all. Secondly, Museveni rose to power proclaiming that he was a Marxist. At the University of Dar es Salasm, where he studied political science at the undergraduate level, he wrote a paper based on Frantz Fanon...

Bobi Wine hits back at Museveni over 'enemy of Uganda' remarks • President Museveni said Bobi Wine went to America and said that people should not  invest in Uganda. • But Bobi wine says Museveni has destroyed institutions and rule them through the barrel of the gun. Bobi Wuine during campaigns in Arua Municipality on August 13, 2018. Image:   COURTESY Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has hit back at President Yoweri Museveni who for calling him an enemy of Uganda'. Wine, well know as Robert Kyagulani on his twitter said Museveni is a 'liar running down the country. Museveni had in a BBC interview said Wine was an 'enemy of progress' to Ugandans. In the interview, Museveni dismissed claims that he was using force to run down the country. He said his government is not repressive, but was dealing with Bobi Wine as an enemy. "Bobi Wine went to America and said that people should not come invest in Uganda...