By Kamasasa E
Funny occurrence here at JKIA.
President Uhuru jets back few minutes ago from Zambia where he has been since Thursday. His presidential jet docks at the normal passenger terminal. From where I am locked on a traffic jam, I can see the President disembarking from the plane and being welcomed by the military and police heads of units. Then checks outs through normal passenger terminal. On the other hand, DP Ruto was waiting to receive his boss at Presidential pavilion. Information reaches DP that his boss has landed through normal passenger terminal. DP feels disappointed. Departs JKIA presidential lounge in a huff, not amused, leaving behind his boss whom he had come to welcome back home.
At this point, it’s not easy to be DP. I really feel for the hustler
Anonymous says
Arap Singh Mshamba hajajua hajui. Na baaaado. Narieng
Anonymous says
so what….has mlevi achieved…nothing.
People are with Ruto come 2022
Anonymous says
childish…head of gava
Anonymous says
say no to dynasties…….
hustler tuko na wewe all way…
Anonymous says
,,,,,,arrest uhhurrus family member who imported and was paid 1 billion empty container…..if realy it is true ufisadi fight….
Anonymous says
pettiness!!!!!!!!
childish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous says
Kales watatopmwa Kumanina Hamna Jeshi wala gellirra army to start a war???
Tell Me says
How did military, police leave without DP noticing? fake news
Anonymous says
Ruto’s supporters from Central, mtahara. Ruto will never be president in Kenya even if you vote for him to the man.
Anonymous says
Useless Uhuru,
Anonymous says
Mr kimwerer dam hakuna Nagari no one wants to be associated with a thief plain and simple me arror dam your beign told to read in between the lines but Mr kimwerer dam is just not wise to notice Mr kiambaa killings open Ur eyes
Anonymous says
look the drankard gava cannot issue passports…without bribes…delays….
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Arrest Immigration cartels demanding bribes for passports
Officials have created a delay in order to demand bribes to release passports
In Summary
• Kenyans have a constitutional right to passports.
• Investigative agencies should probe how high the corruption has crept in the department to stop it before it gets worse.
An immigration staffer holds an e-passport at Nyayo House
BEFORE THE DISEASE SPREADS: An immigration staffer holds an e-passport at Nyayo House
Image: ENOS TECHE
Interior CS Fred Matiang’i, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and DCI should move to the Immigration department and stop the massive corruption that has crept back.
Thousands of passports are being withheld and one has to bribe officials with at least Sh6,000 to get their passport released on time. The officials have created gridlock delay in order to steal money from Kenyans who have a constitutional right to the document.
The government should not watch as immigration cartels steal from poor Kenyans. Such small cases in state offices and blow up to become mega graft scandals that rock the whole country.
The DPP has trained his guns on big fish but he should not spare the small ones as they still deprive Wanjiku their right to fair service.
Nairobi
Anonymous says
why did we give someone to run nation yet have to be told everyday to wear underwear since is not normal…..mentally or under influence…
Anonymous says
Good observation but note in bribery case, both the giver and recipient are guilty.
The delay in passports processing is not orchestrated by corruption but poor planning and governments greed for money with looters on the sides whenever a new project is to be implemented
It was foolhardy to think that passports issued over a period of 10 years with six different stations autonomously printing in situ could be replaced within one year and still process new applications and worse off without increasing the number of staff and facilities.
Immigration services charter indicates passports are to be issued within 10 working days but practically this is impossible with the rush to beat arbitrary deadlines based on nothing.
Before you blame immigration, see the same senseless pressure people were put to register for huduma number with limited kits and threats from the government as if taking huduma number was an emergency.
For proper service delivery, sober planning is necessary at all levels and that’s why the constitution provides for public participation.
Another injustice to passport holders was the decision to make those with valid passports to pay afresh yet at the time they paid for the series now being faced out, the contract was it was to be valid for 10years. A change of the validity term by the government means it is the government that ought to pay for replacement of the passport before the agreed expiry date.
The directive by the PS kihalangwa that new passport applicants must show proof of travel is unconstitutional since it curtails right of movement at will and having a passport for such is a right. Those desirous of applying for scholarships from most foreign institutions are required to give passport details as part of the application yet they are to show proof of travel to acquire one. Its all nonsense yet we encourage Kenyans to avoid last minute rash.
Kenya need more Okiya Omtatas to make authorities responsive to the citizen’s needs otherwise the ad hoc road side misinformed decrees are the reasons for uncoordinated confusion in service delivery.
Its my hope that Professor Magoha shall sanitise the mess in education sector with the rushy implementation of the new system with stakeholders running in different directions as to what need be done may lead to a whole generation being denied appropriate education.
Anonymous says
arrogant ndurika will fail in his evil plans……since Ruto will be elected
Anonymous says
it is either Ruto for Prezo come 2022……if not another Kikuyu will take over……….baba na jathes will fart omena gas …….
Anonymous says
jathes ,kamba..ji..luhya…coastrian…..hawana chance 2022……….wakileta ufala….another gema person will rise…
Anonymous says
ndurika is proposing thru baba that yester year thieve …..pk for finance minister…..
Anonymous says
Allfred Keter • 3 hours ago
Despite the numerous harassment orders meted out on DR WILLIAM RUTO diehards…we in URP urge calm and sobriety within our ranks…we know that the dastardly goons are desperate to halt the march of the doc to statehouse…..Despite their evil efforts,the doc will emerge victorious…they are opposed to punguza mizigo which is a heavenly bill….ANYONE OPPOSED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL BIDS OF DR WILLIAM RUTO IS A RECLUSE…A LOSER……IS LIVING IN DENIAL……IS A PET….IS AN ANIMAL….and finally all those opposed to the doc are LOSERS who are FATHERLESS after their biological left them for dead after seeing tjhat they were destined to FAIL……thanks
Anonymous says
wau…when kenyan hard work paid…..i know ndurika prezo and nyina are out of touch with those who shaped kenya and citizens..
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Meet Fred Koinange, the first Kenyan to open a petrol station
News By Editor 35 minutes ago
There are now very many privately owned petrol stations in Kenya.
Yet, at some point, only multi-nationals like the defunct Esso, BP and Mobil once called the shots.
But did you know that the first Kenyan to open a petrol station was Fred Mbiyu Koinange, the father of TV host Jeff Koinange?
Well, Fred was the son of Senior Chief Koinange after whom Koinange Street is named in the Nairobi CBD.
The then 41-year-old opened, Koinange Petrol Station, Kenya’s first indigenous in Kariokor area in 1966 – the year he died.
Never mind he had been detained for seven years after the State of Emergency was declared in 1952.
Did you also know that Fred Mbiyu was also the first African Kenyan to open a car dealership?
In 1948 – when Mr Cooper was also opening the Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC Motors) in a wooden hut along Jackson Road, now Parliament Road – Fred also opened his!
In his biography, Through My African Eyes, Jeff writes very interesting stuff about his father’s amorous ways.
Njiiris
Did you also know that the first African-owned clothing ‘supermarket’ was Njiiris? It stocked popular brands such as Dash and was opened by Kariuki Njiiri, son of Senior Chief Njiiri after whom Njiiris School is named.
Kariuki Njirii attended Kenya Training Teacher’s College, Githunguri, Lincoln University, USA for his BA and MA, before returning home to take an Education Officer’s post in 1958.
He cemented his place in Kenyan history when he stepped down for Jomo Kenyatta, easing his ascent into the Legislative Council in 1961.
Kariuki’s American wife, Ruth Stutts Njiiri,, was President Jomo Kenyatta’s private secretary.
Njiiri later served as MP for Kigumo and Assistant Minister for Local Government in 1964.
Besides founding the Kikuyu Welfare Association, Kenya Children’s Library, Kenya Education Trust and serving on the Board of Governors of Njiiris High School, Kariuki Njiiri (for that sacrifice to the future president) was granted a licence to operate the upscale, but now defunct, Njiiris, the once favourite shopping store for Kenya’s middle class!
Anonymous says
….ndurika…….brat …clueless..childish ulezo
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President Kenyatta dismisses call by senators and governors for more revenue allocation to counties; says the government has no money,” read the tweet by Daily Nation.
In a reply, Ndii posted “Kaī ndūrīka īno īciragia mbeca ciothe nī cia Ngīna? The local daily translated to mean “Does this spoilt brat think that all the money belongs to his mother?”
Anonymous says
mmm…another ndurika matiangi…..look those that are supposed to protect…kwani no training……
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GSU officer manning Wilson Airport shot dead, robbed two rifles
Cyrus Ombati 28th Jul 2019 12:20:52 GMT +0300
A police officer manning Wilson Airport in Nairobi was at the weekend shot dead as he and a colleague attended to an alleged distress call near the facility.
The constable attached to the General Service Unit (GSU) and identified as Stephene Mukangi was shot at close range and died at the scene before he was robbed his AK47 rifle.
His colleague was also robbed of his AK47 rifle and shot in the leg, but managed to escape the scene.
He told police they were manning a watchtower at the airport on Saturday when two men wearing jungle uniforms similar to those used by police approached them.
According to police, the two men asked the GSU officers to accompany them to the nearby southern bypass where their car had developed a mechanical problem.
“They told the GSU officers they needed assistance from them at the scene where their car had developed mechanical problems. They claimed to be police officers,” said an officer aware of the incident.
As the GSU officers walked to the scene from where they were, two other men in jungle uniforms joined them prompting a scuffle as they tried to grab the officer’s gun.
The other men joined the scuffle attacking the survivor. Mukangi is said to have fought hard prompting one of the men to open fire at him killing him on the spot.
The surviving officer managed to escape from the scene but after losing his rifle to the said attackers. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Langata OCPD Gregory Mutiso led a team of officers to the scene of the incident as part of the probe into the incident.
They recovered two spent cartridges, an empty butt and two magazines with 60 bullets from the scene. The airport is usually manned by GSU personnel.
Elsewhere, a police constable was arrested for alleged extortion on bars and wine and spirit shops in Langata.
According to DCI, the suspect who is attached to the Nyayo Police Post was in the habit of going into almost all of the said outlets every Friday extorting money from the operators.
Those who failed to give him money were threatened with arrest.
Anonymous says
woi ndurika prezo…cheki below….no wonder ur silent….
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How KPCU became the abode of thieves, charlatans
SUNDAY JULY 28 2019
In Summary
Does the President know that some senior officials in the Agriculture ministry listen more to these cartels than to the farmers?
The government watched as KPCU continued to deliver milled beans to Coffee Board, which would not pay. Farmers went for years without pay — or with nothing.
Inside KPCU, fictitious codes were created for purposes of securing funds from the bank facility while some advances were approved without going through the Board.
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JOHN KAMAUBy JOHN KAMAU
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There is no farmers’ institution that has been the abode of thieves and charlatans than Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU). If in doubt, ask any coffee farmer about these mountebanks.
The last time I was at their headquarters in Nairobi, five years ago, thieves had stolen one of Africa’s biggest coffee mills, towering over three floors, cut it as scrap metal and vanished with it.
So far, nobody has been charged with that theft and nobody is following the matter — which was reported to Kamukunji Police Station.
Actually, nobody claims to have witnessed the vandalisation of the multimillion shilling mill.
That is how the coffee management still treats the coffee farmers: with contempt, disdain, and a what-can-you-do attitude.
When I heard President Uhuru Kenyatta order Trade minister Peter Munya last week to restructure KPCU, I just wondered whether the son of Jomo knows the depth of the rot in that organisation.
RESTRUCTURE PLAN
Does he know that coffee cartels are still sabotaging the Prof Joseph Kieyah coffee task force — and does he know that some senior officials in the Agriculture ministry listen more to these cartels than to the farmers?
Does he know! — or he is fed with cock-and-bull stories on the coffee sector? Whoever will be asked to restructure KPCU must have a thick skin to start with.
This is because some mandarins sold some of its properties, pushed it to receivership, purported to save it — and bought shares through the backdoor.
In essence the shareholding of KPCU has been compromised, diluted, and would equal the mess in Mboi-i-Kamiti Farmers in Kiambu. If not worse.
Minister Munya will be walking into this abyss — and I don’t envy him.
MOI ERA
The KPCU was once a solid multibillion shilling farmers’ empire until President Daniel Moi and his henchmen decided to raid its coffers.
Moi had interfered with the body early after the 1988 exit of Henry Kinyua, regarded as one of the best coffee managers to date.
Actually, to soil Mr Kinyua’s name and find an excuse to wade in, President Moi had ordered a probe into KPCU in 1990 and this report was shelved with no action.
Records show that once in 1992, the then Company Secretary Samuel Chepkonga and Managing Director J.M. Nyaga took a Sh150 million loan from Coffee Board of Kenya for the organisation “at the request of the government”, according to the minutes.
This money was not to pay farmers but was used by Kanu to finance its lobby groups during the 1992 campaigns. Such groups included Youth for Kanu 92 and Operation Moi wins. It was also used to buy defectors.
The irony is that it was the poor coffee farmers who would pay for it later. That story is known by all those who have been managers at KPCU.
ROGUE BOARD
In those days, farmers’ coffee and money would pass through Coffee Board, then a regulator and marketer, which would deduct any advance taken by KPCU, and that is how farmers would be swindled.
Actually, Coffee Board was a rogue body. And for many years, the managers there had honed carpetbagger skills by selling farmers’ coffee and withholding payments.
In turn, KPCU would borrow money from banks and loan to co-operative societies and plantation farmers, sinking deeper into debts and offering farmers’ assets as collateral.
The government watched as KPCU continued to deliver milled beans to Coffee Board, which would not pay. Farmers went for years without pay — or with nothing.
Although it was a government body, Coffee Board was never audited for many years and it operated a record 32 bank accounts in 12 banks.
If you want to know how the coffee sector collapsed, look at the fortunes of all those who worked at KPCU and Coffee Board.
DEBTORS
The insiders had also hatched a scheme where KPCU could comfortably borrow close to Sh1 billion from their then-banker, Kenya Commercial Bank, to ostensibly pay farmers “in advance” — but which became a conduit to steal money.
Actually, this became the main avenue in which wayward directors and managers could easily lend cash to politically-correct individuals, and cronies — as long as they had some coffee account at KPCU.
That is how most of them got millions of shillings from KPCU and which they never repaid. The advances had no collateral and only added to KPCU’s burden.
The list of KPCU debtors once read like a political rollcall, and whether these debts will ever be repaid is another story.
Inside KPCU, fictitious codes were created for purposes of securing funds from the bank facility while some advances were approved without going through the Board.
As a result, KPCU’s non-performing loans spiralled out of control as both the regulator and marketer, Coffee Board and the miller, sandwiched the farmer and his coffee beans.
If anyone wants to find out what happened, the answers lie in the story of Abraham Mwangi and Pithon Mwangi and their cronies in both KPCU and Coffee Board.
These were the wealthy coffee barons who masterminded the collapse of KPCU, sold some of its assets to politically-correct individuals and became millionaires within a short period.
KPCU’S DEFICIT
Abraham Mwangi was a coffee farmer – a big planter. His company, Raki Investments, with a godown at Nairobi’s Gikomba, was a big roaster and exporter.
Besides being KPCU’s chairman, Mwangi was also the director of Coffee Board, the market regulator.
He was also the chairman of Coffee Research Foundation and sat in various coffee committees.
At the heart of this mischief at Coffee Board was the powerful Nandi District Kanu chairman Ezekiel Barngetuny, who had been brought into the scheme to help these barons access Moi’s State House.
By November 1997, a report prepared by Gill and Johnson observed that the organisation had an accumulated deficit of Sh708 million and its liabilities exceeded assets by Sh181 million.
What that meant was that KPCU was a walking dead agency! Its survival now depended on its financiers and Coffee Board – which was deliberately not remitting KPCU’s money.
What was not known was that even Coffee Board could not get the Sh600 million that was due to the farmers. Its coffers had been milked dry too.
KCB COMPLICIT
This was the period when Kenya Commercial Bank, too, was led by rogue managers who had taken huge unsecured and unserviced loans.
They could not ask KPCU to pay up — after all, the bank was the conduit of illegal schemes including payments of Sh5.3 billion to Kamlesh Pattni’s Goldenberg International.
In essence nobody cared. That was the kind of bank that KPCU was dealing with. Three rogue institutions, KCB, KPCU and Coffee Board of Kenya, had met.
It was only after a new KCB management was appointed by Simeon Nyachae when he became Finance minister that KPCU came under pressure to pay its debts.
Cornered, or perhaps worried that the eating could come to an end, KPCU board members then did the unthinkable.
They approached a Mauritius company, Associated Consultants, and incorporated Kahawa Credit International Limited.
This new company was registered in Port Louis, certificate no. C31043 on 22 April 1999, and then in Nairobi as a foreign company (Reg. No. F.41/99).
The aim of the company, with a registered office at 5th Floor of KPCU’s Wakulima House, was to buy the KPCU debts under a repurchase agreement, according to May 2000 minutes.
FAKE AUDITS
Although this scheme fell apart later, it helped the KPCU board members get another grace period — with farmers thinking that a solution was on the way.
Every time farmers would raise a matter, the Board had perfected the art of forming probe committees which were populated with cronies.
Audited accounts would be falsified and by the time Mwai Kibaki took presidency, nobody seemed to know the financial status of KPCU — its assets and liabilities.
The appointment of Kipruto arap Kirwa as Kibaki’s Agriculture minister had brought hopes that the previous mistakes would be undone.
But then, some of the powerful Kibaki allies were part of the coffee mess, too.
Relatives of KPCU managers and board members had become the main suppliers of goods at inflated prices.
An attempt by then-Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the vice collapsed. Word was that they had been compromised.
FINANCIAL STRAITS
The Board, in 2001, noted that KPCU was in a “serious financial position” and had only three options: “serious and aggressive debt collection; restructuring of banking facilities; and sale of idle assets.”
Although it had been part of KPCU’s problems, KCB in March 2001 put KPCU “on notice” in a letter signed by Daniel Iriga, then the Relationship Manager, with a threat: “Unless arrears are cleared … we will call up the entire debt and cancel the limits of your overdraft accounts.”
That year, according to records, KPCU reported a loss of Sh484 million and hired audit firm Deloitte Consulting to carry out forensic audit.
The KPCU allowed them to access all the company documents. But before they could hand over the report, and after receiving payment of Sh2.5 million, they returned as receiver managers hired by Kenya Commercial Bank.
The KPCU directors complained to the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAK) over what they called a “betrayal”.
FORENSIC PROBE
The receivers started selling KPCU assets and even advertised Wakulima House for sale through an auction. By this time, the Nairobi mill had been stolen.
More damage had been done to KPCU and at the moment, nobody seems to know the actual state of its assets and liabilities.
President Kenyatta’s bid to restructure KPCU should start with forensic investigations: a look at all the assets that the body had and how they changed hands; a scrutiny of the shareholders register and when some of the current barons bought shares
And finally, he must get rid of the international and local coffee cartels and their henchmen at the Ministry of Agriculture. Otherwise, we can forget the beans.
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Anonymous says
If true, this is cowardly and irresponsible of the president and his handlers. Last I checked, Ruto is still DP and if the president is not happy with him, they should have that chat eye to eye and work out the way forward. This is childishness in state affairs and should not be entertained whether we support or disapprove of the DP.