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10 more die
in flooding
mayhem
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pounding country cause
havoc in Kisumu, Kericho,
Migori, Nakuru, Narok and
Garissa as more people
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confirmation of 15 cases 14,417

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monthly salary of Sh1.44 million
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SDUW\VD\VDOO\ Tea farmers in Murang’a county
have lauded Agriculture Cabinet Sec-
retary Peter Munya (pictured) for his
of the National Governing Council and the guidelines seeking to eliminate cartels
Kositany says forming National Delegates Convention, ensures all in the sub-sector.
another outfit not in the decisions made are implemented and all The farmers allied to Kanyenyaini
policies adhered to. tea factory on Monday expressed their
cards, but DP’s wing According to the party law, NEC also en- support for the remedies outlined by
exploring other ‘options’ sures proper order, discipline, and strict the CS last week, saying if fully imple-
adherence to the party’s constitution, mented, farmers would benefit from
by–laws, and party policies by all officials, the crop.
by Eric Wainaina members, and all organs of the party. Last week Munya announced new
@PeopleDailyKe For the past one year, the ruling party rules to guide the sector and promised
has been caught up in high-octane infight- to investigate the Kenya Tea Develop-
Deputy President William Ruto allies are ing touching on the push for internal elec- ment Agency (KTDA) over claims of ex-
exploring new avenues to remain relevant tions, demands for a parliamentary group ploiting farmers. Among other things,
in Jubilee Party even as they vowed they meeting, and perceived sidelining of Ruto the government has outlawed the sale
won’t quit the ruling outfit. in the management of the party. of tea outside the auction since this
Sources privy to the intrigues within the The wrangles escalated last week fol- was used by KTDA barons to sell the
party told People Daily that Ruto’s confi- lowing a move by the wing led by Party produce cheaply to select buyers.
dants had agreed to explore “other ways” Secretary General Raphael Tuju to change Registered auction organisers were
to ensure the DP has a vehicle to run for the the membership of National Management also directed to establish an electronic
presidency in 2022 if their current push for Committee (NMC), a move that was Ruto trading platform. Factories shall be al-
control of the party collapses. and 146 MPs from both the National As- lowed to sell their tea directly at the
According to the source, the Ruto wing sembly and the Senate. They claim the auction and brokers will be limited to
plans to brainstorm on the matter once the changes contravene the party constitution. services of not more than 15 factories.
country contains the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are not just sitting here...we have Party constitution No accountability
other options that we are exploring if our The Soy MP wrote a protest letter to the Led by Wambugu Gachunje, the
push fails,” said the source. Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu farmers lamented that for many years,
And speaking separately, Soy MP Caleb claiming the change of officials was ef- Deputy President Wlliam Ruto at a past event. His allies say he they had been losing cash to cartels
Kositany said Ruto had no plans of form- fected using falsified minutes, which he will stay put in Jubilee Party despite infighting. PD/FILE and middlemen.
ing another party despite the infighting in claims were forged by Tuju because NMC They criticised KTDA, saying it had
ruling Jubilee. never met. even as the actions continue to push the failed farmers despite being entrusted
The MP, who is also Jubilee deputy secre- Kositany wants the Registrar to furnish WHAT IS party into murky waters. to market smallholder farmers prod-
tary general, yesterday said the DP will stay him with documents including minutes THE ISSUE? Tuju did not respond to our queries on uct. The farmers said there has been no
put and deliver the promises he and presi- of meetings allegedly held by the NMC, the matter, but in a recent brutal rebuttal accountability, transparency and fair
dent Uhuru Kenyatta made to Kenyans. documents received regarding change of The infighting to the DP allies, he rubbished claims that competition in the marketing of tea.
Ruto and Uhuru appear to have fallen the party constitution as well as any filings in Jubilee has he has been causing problems in the party, “We thank the President and the
out, with the party rocked by supremacy of the party returned and a certified copy been escalated saying whatever has happened (changes of minister for coming up with new di-
wars between their two camps. The Presi- of the Jubilee Constitution deposited with by a move by the officials) is within the law. rectives aimed to increase earnings
dent’s relationship with his deputy was the office. wing led by Tuju He defended the changes, saying they for tea farmers” said Wambugu.
further complicated by the March, 2018 Another Ruto ally, Baringo North MP to change the were made long before coronavirus was Another farmer, Njeri Waithaka said
handshake between Uhuru and Opposi- William Cheptumo said the list of new of- membership of
reported in the country, dismissing asser- each of KTDA tea factories should have
tion leader Raila Odinga, which seems to ficials does not bother them, but rather the National Man-
agement Com- tions by the pro-Ruto wing suggesting the at most two directors to minimise ex-
have sidelined the DP. manner in which they sneaked in. changes gazetted by the Registrar of Politi- penditure on the directors.
Top DP allies want Tuju and party chair- mittee.
cal Parties on April 6 were sneaked in as the “This time the country is faced by
Piling pressure man Nelson Dzuya removed from the party country battled Covid-19. Covid-19 pandemic, there are no di-
Kositany, a key Ruto ally, revealed that Ruto and 146
to pave way for Kositany’s ascendancy to MPs from both However, a senior MP allied to the pro- rectors at the factories yet operations
leaving the party to create another political the secretary general’s post. are going on well. We need only two
the National Uhuru Kieleweke faction warned that the
out was not in the cards. The Soy MP, one of the vocal Ruto loyal- directors per factory,” she said.
Assembly and silence among the President’s supporters
“We have no plans to form another party. ists in the Tanga Tanga faction of the ruling the Senate have should not be misconstrued to mean they
We are not leaving Jubilee unless they (op- party, appeared to acknowledge that con- resisted the were cowards, adding that the “take-over
ponents), come with guns. If the law is ap- troversial Jubilee vice chair David Murathe, changes. plot” by DP allies did not stand a chance.
plied and the Political Parties Act observed, who has been critical of the DP, still held The lawmaker, who wished not to be
there will be no reason for us to form an- onto the post despite have declared that he But Tuju named, said DP allies were fighting a los-
other party,” he told People Daily. had resigned. defended the ing battle.
The MP was responding to calls by some “We are dealing with very dishonest changes, saying
“Remember Jubilee Party leadership
party members and DP supporters, who people. Murathe was supposed to resign they were made
long before sometimes back met with the Communist
have been piling pressure on him to quit in writing but he only announced it on TV
coronavirus was Party of China (CPC) leadership? The party
the ruling party to avoid humiliation. meaning he is still the vice chair. We don’t
reported in the is operating like the China’s ruling party
But Kositany was cagey on Ruto’s next have any problem with him. We can have
country. which is controlled by its leader,” the MP
course of action, only concurring that the him as the chairman because if the current said, suggesting that Uhuru’s word was
matter could only be dealt with after the chairman leaves, he will automatically be- final as far as the party affairs were con-
pandemic. Should the health crisis take come the chair and if Tuju leaves, I will be cerned.
longer, he said, they will demand a meeting the SG,” Kositany said. Ruto allies, uncomfortable with Tuju,
of the party National Executive Committee Tuju and Kositany have been reading were at the beginning of this year fronting
(NEC) to sort out the issues. from different scripts, constantly issuing Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali , for
NEC, which acts as the executive body parallel statements as their backers cheer, the position of party chairman.
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY #WHACKYWORLD 3
with Julio Kiths
@PeopleDailyKE

Peculiar styles some

folks choose to exit
this world…
Affluence, power, mystique and mystery seem forever,
so some people wish for continuity even in their
graves. Marvel at the following unique burials

Highway to heaven: South African chief buried in

his Mercedes Benz, hands on the wheel
Some people live their lives colourful and The high ranking United Democratic
large and exit the stage of life in the same Movement politician became the talk of the
pomp and lustre. Three weeks ago, a South nation with his bizarre funeral, which saw
African traditional leader Tshekede Pitso villagers break virus lockdown rules to at-
left tongues wagging and heads shaking af- tend.
terhe literally had own highway to heaven! Daughter Sefora Letswaka, 49, said: “My
The illustrious and mysterious Pitso had father was once a wealthy businessman
left a command instructing his family to and had a fleet of Mercedes cars. About
honour his final wish… a burial inside his two years ago, he bought himself
trusty Mercedes Benz. Chief Pitso, 72, was a second-hand Mercedes Benz. It
driven to his final resting place on the back wasn’t long before it broke down,
of a trailer dressed in his favourite white suit but he still spent much of his time
with both his hands on the steering wheel. in it outside the house.”
Then, funeral directors guided the 1990s ‘He couldn’t drive it, but that was
E500 Mercedes down ramps and into the where he was happy and spent
‘grave’, which had been specially dug out by much of his time, sitting behind
an excavator to eight feet deep, the former the wheel and said when the time
businessman and a father-of-six was then came he wanted to be buried in it. We
laid to rest with an official religious ceremo- listened to him and honoured his wish
ny at the family funeral plot at their home in and hope he is happy looking down on
South Africa. us,” she said after the funeral.

One brave
man born
Ghana: colourful way they
under the
zodiac sign
send off loved ones
of Leo was
buried, ap- Funerals in the West Africa country are not sad,
propriately quiet, sombre occasions. The country of Nana Akufo-
enough, Addo funerals honours the dearly departed in a way
in this lion you’d never expect. Instead of burying their dead
carving. in traditional coffins, they do something a lot more
creative. This mechanic made a living from a wrench, and in death,
they departed together, as per his wish.

In life, this
Chef pre-
pared the
best crabs
in town. In
death, that
skill is cel-
ebrated!

This cocoa farmer was buried in a beautiful cocoa pod cof-

fin.

Even hawkers are celebrated colourfully. This woman

It seems like there’s nothing too crazy for this tradition. Another striking and unique coffin. A pineapple casket for
was buried in a beautiful crate of apples.
A teacher’s coffin. a pineapple farmer.
 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

CORONA CRISIS

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DISEASE HOT SPOTS
In Nairobi, Kilimani has six cases, Ruaka
(six) Pipeline (five), Karen (four), South C

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(four), Kawangware (three), Tassia (two),
Utawala (four), Kitisuru (two), Parklands
(two), Buru Buru (two) and Kibera (two).
In Mombasa, the government has identi-
fied Nyali, Bondeni, Mvita, Bamburi, Miri-
tini, Maweni and Umoja as hot spots.

Principal Secretary warns a total lockdown so that we isolate them

from areas where the situation is not bad,”
government will move to he said.
issue stricter measures if Kibicho said restriction on movements
in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale
rate of indiscipline persists seems not to have worked as many people
have come up with various tricks to beat
by PD Reporter the system.
@PeopleDailyKe “If we continue behaving recklessly, as
has been the case in the last two weeks, the
The government is considering more government will have no option but ban all
restrictions in Nairobi and Mombasa next movement in the affected areas,” Kibicho
week in a bid to contain the steady rise in warned.
the number of people infected by corona- In Nairobi, the government has mapped
virus, People Daily has established. out Kilimani (six cases), Ruaka (six) Pipe-
With confirmed cases rising to 296 yes- line (five), Karen (four), South C (four),
terday and 14 deaths, Interior Principal Kawangware (three), Tassia (two), Utawa-
Secretary Karanja Kibicho disclosed that la (four), Kitisuru (two), Parklands (two),
the coronavirus emergency management Buru Buru (two) and Kibera (two) as some
team was discussing stricter measures to of the worst affected.
contain the spread of the virus that has al- Other estates in the city identified as hot
ready moved to the community transmis- spots are Donholm, Eastleigh, Hurling-
sion stage. ham, Lavington, Runda, Ngara, Madaraka
This stage is considered more challeng- and Kasarani, which have so far recorded
ing to contain by health experts because one case each.
of the geographical spread which makes In Mombasa, the government has iden-
control and tracing complicated. tified Nyali, Bondeni, Mvita, Bamburi,
Kenya confirmed 15 new cases yester- Miritini, Maweni and Umoja as hot spots.
day, seven of which were confirmed in
Mombasa and six in Nairobi. Two were Food crisis
registered Mandera County. Yesterday, sources told us the govern-
Eleven of the new cases are Kenyans ment was grappling with the economic
while four are foreign nationals. Some 545 implications of locking down the city in-
people were tested in the last 24 hours. cluding a possible food crisis that may be Health Chief Chief Administrative Secretary in the Min- are telling us is that the number of people
“It will be an exercise in futility for us to brought about by the decision. Administrative istry of Health Dr Mercy Mwangangi, who who will die or not die in this country will
However, Kibicho downplayed the Secretary Mercy expressed concern over the widespread depend purely on the level of discipline
continue with the ‘business-as-usual’ at- Mwangangi
titude when the infection rate is rising. We concerns, saying it was better for people violation of rules set by the government. that we exhibit going forward,” the CS said.
to suffer for a short period than lose a big speaks at Afya “The spread of the virus is growing with- “There are models that say that we could
are looking at various options, including a House, Nairobi
complete lockdown of Nairobi and Mom- percentage of the population. in our community and unless we change lose as many as 28,000 Kenyans as a result
“Already the government is putting in yesterday during
basa,” Kibicho told People Daily in a tele- the daily briefing on our lifestyles, we are all doomed,” Mwan- of this disease unless we start observing
phone interview. place measures to cushion the less fortu- gangi warned during the daily media brief- certain measures and ensure we do social
coronavirus: PD/
nate. The government’s determination is ing. distancing and other measures we have
JOHN OCHIENG
to save lives. It is better for the economy been told.”
Hot spots to suffer consequences for a few days than 28,000 deaths His warning followed information that a
The PS said the government was par- lose many people,” he said. She particularly warned the youth group of fake mourners travelled to Homa
ticularly concerned about the big number Sources at the Interior ministry inti- against defying government directives and Bay County from Nairobi where the driver
of people blatantly breaking rules, which mated that President Uhuru Kenyatta is holding parties. tested positive for the virus. The CS said
include wearing face masks while in public likely to announce new stricter measures “Even in these times, we still have cynical the group bought a coffin to enable them
places and social distancing. on Monday when the 21-day cessation of Kenyans who hold the view that this dis- to pass through roadblocks when traveling
Others are a dawn-to-dusk curfew and movement in the four hot spot counties ease is not real. This is very disturbing par- out of the Nairobi Metropolitan area.
ban on movement of people in and outside comes to an end. ticularly in light of our growing numbers of On the same day, a video of a group of
Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale coun- “What I know is that the government infected people,” Mwangangi warned. drunk youth who used an ambulance to
ties. plans to extend the night curfew by 14 On Sunday, Health Cabinet Secretary take them home after daylong partying
Other than imposing a complete lock- days while for Nairobi and Mombasa, it Mutahi Kagwe warned that more than went viral, attracting the wrath of Kenyans.
down on the two major cities, the govern- may impose either a complete lockdown 28,000 people might die from Covid-19 in The youth were later arrested and quaran-
ment is also considering identifying hot or identify particular estates considered Kenya if people continue to disregard mea- tined at their cost.
spot estates in Nairobi and Mombasa with dangerous and close them down,” said sures outlined by the government to curb So far, the government has arrested 455
a view to handing down stricter movement the senior security officer who cannot be the spread of the disease. people for flouting various guidelines and
restrictions. named discussing sensitive security mat- “This is not a time for cat and mouse consigned them at various quarantine cen-
“We are mapping out the hot spot es- ters. games. People who are modelling for us tres.
tates, where we are thinking of imposing Kibicho’s warning was reinforced by the

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by Bernice Mbugua we open court hearings and require them to He directed suspects in serious crimes to
@BerniceMuhindi appear personally in court, it will be putting be presented to court for plea taking and
them in Harm’s Way,” he said. the police to continue to release minor of-
Chief Justice David Maraga yesterday Maraga said that while it was necessary to fenders on bond or bail, failure to which
delayed the full resumption of court opera- upscale court activities, it would not be wise they must take suspects to court within 24
tions saying the move would accelerate the to have open court sessions. hours.
spread of coronavirus. “It does not mean that we have closed
At a press conference, the Chief Justice, Public safety down Court operations have and will
noted that court processes involved a lot of “Court proceedings can only be con- never be closed. Consultations with the
exchange of paperwork from advocates of- ducted remotely through increased use of Ministry of Health will continue,” he
fices to registry staff and to Judicial officers, technology since allowing court room inter- said.
which, he said, could accelerate the spread actions would be inimical to the interests of Maraga directed presiding judges to meet
of the virus. Kenyans as it would greatly endanger public with stakeholders in their work stations to
“Both the Bench and the Bar as well as safety,” he said. determine which matters should be heard
Chief Justice David Maraga addresses the press some court users comprise of many senior
at the Supreme Court building yesterday. PD/ Maraga reiterated that plea-taking and with the matter of remote hearing to start
members that fall into the category that is urgent criminal hearings were still available. next week.
KENNA CLAUDE. considered most vulnerable to Covid-19. If
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY NEWS BEAT 
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Government rolls our review based on the advice of the Ministry
of Health on the Status of Covid-19 pan-
guidelines on scheme demic in this great nation,” reads of part
launched by President of Kinyua’s letter addressed to all principal
secretaries, accounting officers and chief
Kenyatta on the back of executive officers.
According to Kinyua, the percentage
coronavirus pandemic deduction of the salaries shall be effected
on the net package arising after statutory
by People Reporter deductions such as the National Hospital
@PeopleDailyKe Insurance Fund (NHIF), Pay As You Earn
(PAYE) and the National Social Security
The government has released details of Fund (NSSF).
the implementation of the voluntary salary While making the announcement on the VOLUNTARY
cuts for senior civil servants that would see voluntary salary cuts on March 25, Presi- PAY CUTS
the public officers earn less pay for three dent Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy Wil- Head of Public Service and chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee Joseph
months. liam Ruto have forego 80 per cent of their Guidelines Kinyua at Harambee House in a past function, flanked by the Chief of Kenya Defence
In an internal memo by the Head of Civil monthly salaries towards efforts to fight stress on ensur- Forces General Samson Mwathethe (left). PHOTO/FILE
Service Joseph Kinyua dated April 20, the coronavirus. ing the exercise
guidelines stress on ensuring the exercise remains volun- cent pay cut to Sh610,000, while Chief Ad- cuts to reduce their employees’ salaries.
remains voluntary, gives officers serving in The figures tary, gives offic- ministrative Secretaries will take a 30 per “We are aware that some firms are al-
the constitutional commissions, indepen- “In sharing the burden occasioned by ers serving in the cent pay cut. ready taking advantage of the whole situa-
dent offices, county governments and oth- the present global health pandemic, over constitutional SRC has not tabulated the monthly sala- tion to unilaterally reduce salaries of their
er agencies the option to join the scheme if the duration of the global crisis and com- commissions, ries of CAS, whose roles and functions are employees. This is criminal as the Presi-
they so wished. mencing immediately, my administration independent not stipulated in the constitution. dent clearly said that everything has to be
Sources within government told the has offered a voluntary reduction in the offices, county According to Kinyua, each public officer voluntary,” he warned.
governments and participating in the voluntary salary cuts
People Daily that Members of the National salaries of the senior ranks of the National
other agencies should voluntarily authorise his or her ac- Cushion measures
Assembly, Senators and judges and magis- Executive,” he then said.
trates are ranked in these category of inde- Once implemented, this will see the counting officer by a signing a given form. Atwoli warned that the umbrella work-
Government ers’ body is considering moving to court
pendent offices, who can decide to join the President, who earns Sh1.44 million a insists should Kinyua has also given civil servants be-
scheme on their own volition. month, according to figures from the Sala- low the ranks of CAS the option to decide to challenge the decision by some firms to
be completely
Officers targeted in the scheme the gov- ries and Remuneration Commission, take voluntary, would the amount of money to be deducted. take advantage of the voluntary salary cuts
ernment insists should be completely vol- home Sh280,000. see their salaries Kinyua issued the implementation to reduce their workers’ pay.
untary, would see their salaries slashed in Ruto who pockets Sh1.22 million a slashed in the guidelines as various firms effected salary The government move also comes a day
the months of April, May and June before a month, will be left with about Sh240, 000. months of April, cuts on their employees as a result of ef- after the Senate published the Pandemic
review is made. Cabinet Secretaries, who take home May and June fects of the coronavirus. Response and Management Bill, 2020 that
“The voluntary salary cuts shall be for an Sh924,000 per month, will be earning And yesterday, Central Organisation of among other things, seeks to cushion those
initial period of three months with effect Sh640,000 while Principal Secretaries cur- Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary Francis At- in employment from salary cuts and busi-
from April 2020. However, this is subject to rently earning Sh765,000 will get a 20 per woli warned firms not to take advantage of nessmen from paying for trading licences
the government’s call for voluntary salary and land rates.

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border, this is in total contravention of the Tender documents in plain sealed envelope with marked number on the right hand side corner and
them. to court or forced quarantine, the question
bearing no indication of the tenderer should be addressed to:
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6 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

An elderly woman leaves Temple Road Primary School in Nyeri, Thika West OCPD Beatrice Kiraguri washes hands at the Kevian Joseph Yawatoti (right) teaches children how to repair a fence at
where she collected her Inua Jamii cash stipend, yesterday. Kenya Limited in Thika, yesterday. With her is the factory his home at Chania estate in Nyeri town, yesterday. Yawatoti has
Some of those who turned up were not wearing face masks manager Njenga Kariuki. PD/MATHEW NDUNG’U taken the initiative to teach young people life skills as schools
despite being more vulnerable to Covid-19. PD/JOSEPH KING’ORI remain closed. PD/JOSEPH KING’ORI
A mini-bus loaded
with cargo at
OTC bus termini,
Nairobi. Owing to
travel restrictions,
some public service
vehicles plying
Mombasa Road are
now only ferrying
goods in and out of
the locked counties.
PD/ PHILIP KAMAKYA

WORLD UPDATE
President Donald Trump
1 says he will suspend
immigration to the US to
fight virus and protect jobs
The US President gave no
2 further details on the plan,
which is expected to draw
legal challenges. ABOVE: Kisii Governor
Deaths in England and James Ongwae receives
3 Wales are at a 20-year high. a masks donation
from Kisii National
UK government advisers Polytechnic chair Kisilu
meet to discuss whether the Kitainge yesterday.
4 public should be told to wear The institution donated
face masks. 5,000 face masks for
distribution to residents.
5 Virgin Australia, which PD/ROBERT OCHORO
Sir Richard Branson’s
group part-owns, enters
administration. LEFT: Police officer
Stephen Ronoh helps
Sir Richard is also seeking Esther Wanjiru sanitise
6 loans for Virgin Atlantic and her hands before
has offered his island as receiving food donation
collateral. from  Sirikwa Quarry 
Ltd at Langas, Eldoret
Cases continue to grow yesterday. PD/JIMMY
7 exponentially in Singapore, GITAKA
mostly among the migrant
worker community.

Police
officers
carry out
checks to
ensure
motorists
are
wearing
face masks
at the Nyali
Bridge in
Mombasa,
yesterday.
Those
without
masks
were
arrested.
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Safaricom M-Pesa senior manager Sheila Cheyne explains to
Simon Mbata, a matatu conductor, how to use the mobile money
services to charge bus fare. The cashless system is critical in
combating the spread of coronavirus. PD/TABITHA MBATIA
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wae also waived penalties for Single ra Kariuki yesterday op- rules were published on
Business Permit, effective from April posed a petition filed by April 6 and also on April
to June, stressing the Covid 19 has the Law Society of Kenya 10 in the Daily Nation
affected the traders and operators. challenging the publica- which admission con-
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operators will not pay for monthly lished in newspapers as allegation that the same
stickers and traders ferrying vegeta- Public Health (Covid 19) have not been available
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of Kenya (LSK) Nelson Havi wants thus the current proceed- The lawyers’ body
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of staff after tussle with PSC over the “County governments note with lawyers and members of the Bench acting in breach of rules
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CORONA CRISIS

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Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi

new infections.
Medic says spike occasioned “We are anticipating that in the coming has asked elected leaders and well-
by slow response in isolation two weeks, the number of cases could rise wishers to help the government fight
the spread of coronavirus, which has
to unprecedented levels. That is why we
of contacts, adherence to have established more isolation centres,” so far claimed 14 lives.
social distancing guidelines he said. Wamatangi said any help, especially
The doctor said people in Mombasa took to the most venerable in the society,
long to adopt the Covid-19 guidelines thus would play a key role in taming the
by Murimi Mutiga leading to the widespread infections. spread of the virus, even as he asked
@murimimutiga “We have a large number of poor people regional governments to prudently
in the city who must go to work to earn a use the available resources in the fight.
Mombasa county has reported seven living. We are pushing for speedy isolation, The senator also warned county
more coronavirus case, with health experts strict enforcement of social distancing reg- bosses against embezzling funds,
saying the spike could escalate in coming ulations which people are still not taking which they have set aside to fight the
weeks. seriously,” he said. pandemic.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Civil society organisations yesterday also Wamatangi (below), a member of
(CAS)Dr Mercy Mwangangi said yesterday raised concerns over the level of compli- the Senate Public Accounts Commit-
during the daily Covid-19 briefing that for ance with the Covid-19 guidelines, blam- tee, said an audit will be carried out
the third day in a row Mombasa topped the ing security agents for exacerbating the and whoever will have used the unfor-
number of new infections. spread of the virus. tunate crisis to enrich themselves will
She said the National Emergency Re- Commission for Human Rights and Jus- be punished.
sponse Committee on Covid-19 has es- tice (CHRJ) claimed that police had taken
tablished local transmission as the source advantage of the pandemic to fleece the Defeat virus
of the new infections. public using the coronavirus guidelines. “We as leaders and people of good-
“Of the 15 news cases, seven are from Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (right) will should try and assist the govern-
Mombasa. Indeed its true we are seeing Pay bribes IN with County Commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo ment in taming the spread of the
rise of cases in Mombasa,” she said. CHRJ executive director Julius Ogogo SUMMARY (second right) and other officials during virus so that we can defeat it as fast as
The county now has 61 cases with Nai- said motorists were paying bribes at road- the launch of the relief food distribution possible,”he said.
robi recording 206. blocks erected at the boarders of Kwale, Health Chief The senator has in the past three
programme on Monday. PD/BONFACE
Mombasa and Kilifi to pass in total viola- Administrative weeks, through his Wamatangi Foun-
MSANGI
Establish centres tion of a ban on movement in and out of Secretary Dr dation, been spraying public places
The new cases have been reported in the counties. Mercy Mwangan- across the county, mostly trading
Nyali, Bamburi, Bondeni, Mvita and Miri- On Monday, Mombasa Governor Hassan gi said yesterday matatus packed to capacity. centres and open-air markets and
tini. This means the cases are now spread Joho said “the level of sheer irresponsibility during the daily “Now as you can see cases in Nairobi are also ferrying water to informal settle-
in all the six sub-counties of Mvita, Nyali, demonstrated by residents in the county Covid-19 brief- slowing down and here in Mombasa they ments.
Kisauni, Likoni, Changamwe and Jomvu. is to blame for the rise in the number of ing that for the are surging, this is serious and we need to “Let us complement the govern-
A doctor who is a member of the County infections.” third day in a row understand that if we don’t take precau- ment so that we can alleviate the
Emergency Response on Covid-19 Com- Joho, who spoke in Changamwe where Mombasa topped tions we will burn this county,” said Kitiyo. situation even as we continue to urge
mittee said yesterday that the spike had he launched the first phase of Covid-19 in the number of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe Kenyans to adhere to the government
been occasioned by slow response in iso- household distribution of food relief tar- new infections. has warned that Mombasa was crossing directives,” he said.
lation of contacts of previ- geting 50,000 families ex- On Monday, the red line and efforts must be made to
ously reported cases and pressed worries that the Mombasa Gover- stop the spread of the virus.
adherence to social distanc- resort city could overtake He said the virus has spread in almost
ing guidelines.
The doctor who spoke on
The total
61
cases of corona-
Nairobi with the number of
infections if residents do not
nor Hassan Joho
said “the level of
irresponsibility
every estate in the county.
Coronavirus originated from Wuhan,
condition of anonymity be- adapt quickly to the Covid-19 demonstrated China, before spreading fast across over
virus infections reported 200 countries leaving more than 2.5 mil-
cause he is not the spokes- guidelines. by residents
in Mombasa county. The
man of the committee said County Commissioner in the county lion people infected and 171, 843 others
Coast county is among
the county had established Gilbert Kitiyo claimed resi- is to blame for dead by yesterday.
the regions with leading
more isolation centres in cases. The others are dents were still shaking the rise in the The number of recoveries was at
readiness for the surge in Nairobi, Kilifi and Kwale. hands and others boarding number of infec- 657,808 while the number of active cases
tions.” stood at 1,669,334.

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by Noah Cheploen The CAS urged Kenyans to take seriously bid to reach more people.
@cheploennoah the curfew regulations, saying it was not “In the last 24 hrs we have tested 545
meant to punish them but to contain the samples out of which 15 persons have tested
The government has launched investi- disease and protect their lives. positive for coronavirus...11 are Kenyans are
gations into claims that about 50 people Addressing the press on a day when while four are foreigners,” said Mwangangi,
escaped from the Kenya Medical Training shortage of testing kits and its compo- adding that out of the 15, seven are from
College (KMTC) quarantine centre in Nai- nents started showing after the number Mombasa, while Nairobi and Mandera have
robi even as the number of Coronavirus of those tested in 24 hours dropped from six and two, respectively.
cases rose to 296 after 15 more people tested about 1,300 to 545, Mwangangi expressed And in what could provide a ray of hope
positive yesterday. confidence that the issue will be resolved in the fight against Covid-19, five more pa-
Health Chief Administrative Secretary soon. tients were discharged from hospital, bring-
(CAS) Dr Mercy Mwangangi told journalists ing the total number of recoveries to 74.
during yesterday’s daily briefing that they Expand capacity Among them are two patients who were
were aware of the matter, and the Ministry “... We are facing a challenge with regards admitted to Nakuru’s Level 5 Hospital isola-
of Interior had taken it up. to some of the sample kits such as nasopha- tion centre.
“We have received reports from KMTC ryngeal swabs and that is why you’re seeing “We are happy to announce that two
and we have seen news circulating in the our numbers in terms of samples tested Covid-19 patients in Nakuru county have
Travellers board a bus at JKIA to various social media and we have activated chan- reducing…” she said. recovered and have been released from our
quarantine facilities last month. The facilities nels through the Ministry of Interior that are On Monday, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe isolation facility. We thank God that we have
seek to help stop the spread of coronavirus. following up this matter… we will be able said the government had expanded its test- no coronavirus case in Nakuru,” Governor
PD/FILE to update you once all information is col- ing capacity to cover all the 47 counties in a Lee Kinyanjui told the press.
lected…” she said.
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Mombasa Governor says tive Dr Iqbal Khandwalla said initially the
county started with an 18-bed isolation
county has enhanced the ward at the hospital’s private wing “which
capacity of Coast General is now full”.
Khandwalla said part of the hospital has
Hospital with a booster of now been converted into a total Covid-19
medical centre with a 150-bed capacity.
Sh64m medical equipment “The hospital is now prepared with
by Reuben Mwambingu about 60 beds for handling moderate cases,
@reubenmwambingu 30 beds to handle critical care up to ven-
tilator support and in this case we did not
Since the first case of coronavirus was forget to set up a maternity ward because
reported in the country, the Coast region we can also get maternal cases that are
alongside the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Corona positive and we are going to treat
have been on the focus as leading hot spots them separately; we also have a separate
in the country. theater in case of Cesarean sections. If
there are surgical cases that are Covid-19 next week on Sunday. Mombasa a Mbuzi isolation centre.
With numbers soaring in Mombasa “We will start with healthcare workers
positive they are going to be handled in that county health Tana River county has a capacity to han-
county which is currently under partial and then staff at the government offices
theater,” said the executive. officers during dle only two severe cases given that there
lockdown, alongside neighbouring Kilifi who have been interacting with the health
Khandwalla added that they have also a familiarisation are only two ventilators at the Hola Referral
and Kwale counties, the region’s level of officials. From there we will target those
set up a centre for psychological and psy- tour at the hospital isolation centre which has 15-bed
preparedness and capacity to handle pa- who interact with many people such as
chiatric patients which is separate from the Covid-19 isolation capacity.
tients in case of an explosion remains a the boda boda operators and traders in the
main hospital. rooms at Coast “However we have a 14-bed capacity at
cause for worry. markets,” said Kingi.
“We have also thought of the staff who Ngao and 15 more will be set up in Bura,”
Mombasa has so far recorded 61 cases. General Hospital
may also get infected...” he said. said county communication director Steve
On Monday, the Ministry of Health con- Minimise spread last month. PD/FILE
“But as we know these cases may be even Juma.
firmed that the cases are now spread in four He warned residents against celebrating
more than our capacity. But this could stop In Kwale, which is also under partial
out of the six sub-counties in Mombasa the “few cases”, saying it is still too early.
the gap as we look into establishing a 300- lockdown after reporting one case, Gover-
where Nyali is leading with 11 cases that “Once we carry out mass testing we will
bed capacity Covid-19 hospital at the Tech- nor Salim Mvurya said they have a 21-bed
spread from the crowded slum settlements know the extent of the spread of cases in
nical University of Mombasa,” he added. capacity although sources privy to the de-
of Maweni in Kongowea to up market areas this region,”Kingi said. tails of the matter said the county has just
of Nyali in Mamba and Tamarind villages. “For now the county has a population
Defy measures 12 beds in all isolation centres.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe of more that 1.5 million people and those
also announced seven new cases in Mom- But despite these efforts, Governor Joho
tested are only 156 and we cannot use that Guard selves
basa on Monday, three from Bondeni be- has expressed concern over the level of ir-
as yardstick to claim that Kilifi is out of dan-
IN SUMMARY Mvurya has seemingly only been active
ing part of contacts traced from a herbal- responsibility demonstrated by residents
in the county. ger,” he added. Mombasa Gov- in distributing food donations as projected
ist who succumbed to the virus and other In an effort to scale down the spread of on his social media accounts.
cases in Miritini and other areas. “It appears some people do not care at ernor Hassan Joho
all. We tell people to wear masks but you coronavirus in the county, the adminis- says they county has On Monday, the governor took to social
Ministry of Health Chief Administrative tration has also launched two sanitiser media to celebrate and congratulate citi-
find people wearing them on their chins enhanced the capac-
Secretary (CAS) Dr Mercy Mwangangi yes- booths, one at Kwa Jiwa market and the ity of Coast General zens for maintaining zero cases “in yet an-
terday announced seven more new cases and foreheads yet they know very well
a mask is supposed to cover nose and other at Kilifi General Hospital main gate. Teaching and Refer- other week gone”.
in Mombasa. “The two, each with a capacity to spray ral Hospital with “Another week gone without a new CO-
Governor Hassan Joho and County com- mouth,” lamented Joho.
over 50 people per second, prove to be the additional medical VID-19 infection in our County. This is
missioner Gilbert Kitiyo, who co-chair the County Commissioner Kitiyo observed
most effective way of disinfecting major equipment worth commendable to all citizens who observe
county emergency response committee that despite the soaring cases, some resi- Sh64 million.
dents are defying the issued health mea- public places offering essential services hygiene regulations and heed to the advice
on Covid-19, say the county has enhanced such as our markets and hospitals. As a of our public health officers... We also thank
the capacity of Coast General Teaching and sures with some shaking hands and others Tana River county
boarding matatus packed to capacity. county government, we are putting more God for his protection.
Referral Hospital with additional medical emphasis on preventive measures to en- has a capacity to
“Now as you can see cases in Nairobi are “I urge all of us to continue with the spirit
equipment worth Sh64 million. handle only two
slowing down and here in Mombasa they sure we minimise the spread of this virus,” of guarding ourselves from this disease,” he
“We have also expanded service deliv- severe cases given
are surging,” said Kitiyo. said Kingi. that there are only said.
ery spectrum in battling coronavirus to The county has only four ICU beds at The governor added that health practi-
include both maternity and psychiatric In Kilifi county, which has 10 positive two ventilators at the
cases, Governor Amason Kingi said they the Jibana isolation centre and plans are Hola hospital . tioners would be provided with more PPEs
cases,” said the governor. on course to install another four ICU beds this week.
Coast General hospital chief execu- will embark on mass testing of residents

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All burial ceremonies in Kilifi county morgues will have to be accompanied by disease,” said Kingi.
will henceforth be supervised by police police to the burial sites while village el- The governor also warned residents
in new measures to contain the spread of ders and Nyumba Kumi ambassadors will against congregating in mnazi (local
Covid-19. have to notify the police before any burial brew)drinking dens.
Governor Amason Kingi said it would of those who die at home can take place. “Despite our directives, we recently
be an offence for any family to bury their “Whenever a person dies at home, vil- found more than 200 people taking mnazi
kin without notifying the police, and or- lage elders and Nyumba Kumi ambas- in one drinking den.
dered village elders and Nyumba Kumi sadors will have to notify the police, who “What is more worrying is that they
ambassadors to ensure strict compliance must be present during the burial to en- were sharing drinking containers and
with the directive. sure social distancing and other directives straws, a very sure way of spreading to vi-
Speaking to journalists in Kilifi town, are followed,” he said. rus,” he lamented.
the governor said the measures are meant The measures come amid continued Kingi added that his administration
to stop the spread of the deadly virus fol- defiance by many Kenyans to obey the had contracted a garment-making com-
lowing the confirmation of 10 cases in the directives issued to stop the spread of Co- pany in Mtwapa to produce face masks
coastal county. vid-19. that would be distributed free of charge
Kingi, who was accompanied by Coun- “If you are keen on attending the burial to locals, starting with boda boda opera-
ty Commissioner Magu Mutindika, said of your loved one, you may be the next tors and traders. -KNA
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi at a past event. PD/FILE bodies removed from public and private person to be buried after contracting the
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Coronavirus, locusts
harbingers of hunger
The country’s major focus is the battle against
the coronavirus which has turned the lives of Ke-
nyans upside down. There are concerns the effects
on the economy will be devastating.
Key businesses have closed shop and sent
employees home. This would have far-reaching
consequences on family incomes. Economic ac-
tivities in key industries, including the agricultural
sector, have been disrupted.
Trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(NSE), was hit as soon as the first case of coro-
navirus was reported, forcing some investors to
dispose of their stake in panic. The total market
capitalisation shrunk by Sh120 billion.
The tourism sector, one of the critical drivers of
the economy, has been most hit, with dozens of
hotels forced to close, a move largely attributed
to the international travel restrictions. The dwin-
dling incomes and disruption of agricultural ac-
tivities will have considerable effects on food se-
curity. The matter is complicated by the invasion
by desert locusts which affected various regions in
the past four months.

The twin enemies

Already, there is an ominous warning about the
food security status. Strategic Food Reserve chair
Noah Wekesa has sounded the alarm the country
What we need do to ensure stability after pandemic
may face a crippling food shortage. He says the Where will we be in the next six months? for most, if not all, of our needs. This will, in
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turn, lead to job creation and poverty allevia-
The World Food Organisation has also warned post-Covid-19 and how do we thrive? The Co- tion while increasing government revenue.
of a possible second wave of locust invasion in six
months, which may cause more destruction. The
vid-19 pandemic has disrupted our way of life.
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stop the locusts from spreading in less than six supply and demand sides as countries restrict
QPMJDZ and safeguards to economic activity with or
months. The agency is also concerned the chemi- movement. This has disrupted the global sup- without a pandemic. This means putting in
cals used to fight the locusts could kill wildlife and ply chain and, in turn, posed a challenge to in- to be used by both the public and medical place growth-oriented, stable and predictable
ruin food supplies. Despite the warning, East Af- dustries seeking inputs. Lack of inputs means personnel. KAM’s Automotive Sector teamed policies that will encourage investments in all
rica seems unprepared to deal with the threat. decreased production and job losses. Conse- up to develop a ventilator. The sector brought sectors of the economy.
The Health ministry has indicated the battle quently, this affects the demand for goods and together experts from various fields, including Government needs to fast-track the finali-
against coronavirus is far from being won and that services as consumer spending decreases. programmers and medical and automotive sation of Local Content Guidelines, approval
it could stretch into August. To sustain their economies, countries have engineers, to develop a ventilator that can of Local Content Policy and expanding the
Clearly, the virus and the locust invasion are now been forced to trade within themselves be used by local hospitals in the treatment of scope of Local Content Bill to feature all sec-
twin enemies with a strong bearing on food se- or with regional partners as global trade Covid-19 patients. Their design can be used tors within manufacturing. The implementa-
curity. Experts have cautioned the post-Corona decreases. For instance, Japan is funding everywhere in the country, as it uses a battery, tion of the above will not only ensure sustain-
trauma will drain families and businesses as they its companies to shift their operations back hence can run even where there is no power. able local value chain integration but also
struggle to regain their footing. That is why the home. This is because the country was starved The manufacturing sector is also proactive reduce industrial and trade risks arising out of
government must come up with measures to of supplies as China shut down factories in in ensuring that there is no supply gap of the external shocks.
cushion thousands of families from the impend- a bid to curb the spread of the virus. Locally, essential products. Some manufacturers have Sustainable economic growth will depend
ing food shortage. with China being one of the country’s biggest changed their production lines to produce on how we react to the changes brought about
trading partners, Kenyan manufacturers have hand sanitisers whereas others have contin- by this crisis. The economic pressure accom-
also faced challenges in sourcing inputs. ued to support their communities with hand panying it has expanded our imagination and
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ford sanitisers get some. We are still he is not above the law
dent of Kibera in Nairobi, thanking appealing for more support because An MP in Nairobi has learned the
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) for the war is far from over.
giving her and her family free hand

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and collaboration shown by public and public health experts have said arrested patrons for breaching gov-
and private institutions in the fight water or alcohol-based sanitisers to Mbagathi Hospital and Kenyatta Na- the best, simplest ways to prevent ernment order for closure of bars to
against Covid-19 is beginning to bear clean hands. tional Hospital. the spread of Covid-19 which has tame the spread of coronavirus. The
fruit. claimed more than 140,000 lives MP had his operation licence with-
The process of producing the As KPC continues to spearhead
Awinja went ahead to challenge around the world is to maintain high drawn and the building which houses
sanitiser is ongoing and so far, some this assignment, we are humbled by the bar shut. This comes hot on the
all to ensure that each household 500,000 litres have been produced in a national character that is emerging. standards of hygiene—wash your
in Kibera and other informal settle- hands with soap and water; cover heels of his arrest for breaching the
various blending facilities in Mom- Kenyans and some institutions have dusk-to-dawn curfew. What’s worse,
ments have sanitisers. Her story basa and Nairobi, out of which about come together to secure the nation’s your mouth and nose when you
his employees who run a wines and
resonates with millions of Kenyans 400,000 litres have been delivered to prospects. The corporate solidarity cough or sneeze; and avoid touching
spirits shop he owns have been ar-
as the nation comes to terms with all the 47 counties through County that we have witnessed where busi- your eyes, nose and mouth. These rested and put on forced quarantine.
the most demanding public health Commissioners and governors for nesses are putting their resources coupled with maintaining social dis-
crisis of our time. onward free distribution to Covid-19 together to fight the disease are ad- tance and staying home constitute
About a month ago after the first high-risk areas, especially the infor- mirable and should be emulated. superior preparedness.
coronavirus case was confirmed mal settlements, markets, and other Oil marketing companies such as In the words of Roger Crawford, Photoshop gone awry
in the country, President Uhuru an American businessman and
Kenyatta tasked KPC to liaise with
places that Kenyans frequent for es- Vivo Energy, Total Kenya, Ola Energy,
politician, being challenged in life is for Central Woman Rep
sential services. Kenol Kobil, Pwani Oil, Sepyanna
select oil industry firms and other inevitable but being defeated is op- A controversial Woman Represen-
So far, the free sanitiser has been Oil East Africa and Solvochem East tative from a Central Kenya county is
private sector players to produce distributed by KPC staff and other Africa have provided their blending tional. As a nation like the rest of the
alcohol-based hand sanitisers on world, Covid-19 has challenged us at her wits end on how to manage her
community organisations in Mukuru, plants and technical expertise at no mess after her supporters distorted
behalf of government for free distri- Lunga Lunga, Korogocho, Kibra, cost to package the hand sanitisers into new thinking. But with the un-
pictures showing a nominated senator
bution to the public, especially the Mathare, Githogoro, Gikomba, Karu- for the public. Other notable brands precedented collaborations coming
donating foodstuff to residents and
low-income and vulnerable groups ra, Lang’ata Women’s Prison, Kamiti such as EABL, Bollore Logistics, out to augment government’s efforts, portrayed them as hers. Her support-
as one way of preventing the spread Maximum Security Prison, among Maersk Kenya, BAT, Coca Cola and our best days lie ahead. ers were circulating the distorted
of the virus. Kenyans will recall that other areas, as the fight against Co- Kenya Railways have all readily of- Let us all rally together as a nation photos in the county’s Facebook pages
around this time, the World Health vid-19 enters critical phase. There fered to store and transport these sa- and be part of the global solidarity to purporting that the Woman Rep has
Organization (WHO) had declared are also plans of providing sanitisers nitisers to all the 47 counties across defeat corona. been distributing food aid. But she
Covid-19 a global pandemic and —The writer is the Managing Di- was called out after some “Facebook
to key health facilities in the forefront the country. Many others have also
recommended the use of soap and rector, Kenya Pipeline Company spies” produced the original photos.
fighting the deadly virus such as provided their ideas and solutions

Governor on spot over

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great responsibility. in his county. In an apparent bid to
pandemic, there are some Kenyans Truth be told, many politicians are deflect blame from his office, the
who have been undermining the drunk with power and are very delu-
very efforts. There have been cases

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selves in bars or holding house par- we are still grappling with the same the Directorate of Criminal Investiga-
ties, against government measures among 34 people arrested for disre- ger and abject poverty. It is a hard problems we had at independence, tions over corruption.
banning public gatherings. garding social distancing directive. time Kenyans with a silent wave of over 50 years later.
Unfortunately, some leaders have He was arrested at an entertainment hopelessness and desolation sweeps Until this bubble bursts, Kenyans
been caught up in this worrying joint along the Eastern Bypass. across the nation. Yet, most sacrifice will continue to suffer from a vicious
trend. While it is not advisable for or- And recently Kilifi Deputy Gover- and obey government measures to cycle of poor leadership that forever High octane politics
dinary Kenyans to breach State pro- nor was making news for refusing help combat the virus, which has clogs the gears of development. It
tocols to combat Covid-19, it is even to self-quarantine after arrival from raved the entire world. ensures more and more Kenyans re- rocks Nyanza county
worse when leaders do so, as they are abroad. He went on to attend events Therefore, to see leaders making main jobless, cost of living goes high, Not even coronavirus can stop
supposed to set an example to their only to be tested positive for the virus merry in a crisis is a slap on the face people die from curable diseases and politicking in some counties, or so it
constituents on how to behave. poverty rates plummet. appears. In a Nyanza county, some
latter, putting many people at risk. for residents and to the national gov-
This past weekend, an MCA was Yet, it must not be a blanket con- senior leaders are using selfish MCAs
Just how low can our politicians ernment as it tries to do all it can to to divide residents. The governor is
among 17 people arrested in a bar go? This is a question that lingers in curb the spread of the disease. demnation on all leaders. Some
troubled as his rival, who is eyeing his
drinking. His supporters and indeed the minds Kenyans as their leaders Over the past, we have seen are doing remarkably well, creating
seat in 2022, misses no opportunity
all Kenyans watched in dismay as outwit each other in a classic show of the government take stern action awareness on the virus and engag- to rubbish his efforts. In the wake of
he was shoved into a waiting police arrogance if not sheer ignorance. against those who violate guidelines. ing the youth as agents of aware- Covid-19 outbreak, everything the
Land Cruiser. Though inconveniencing, most It is with the same dexterity that Ke- ness creation. Some, like Mombasa governor does is criticised.
This is a man who should have Kenyans are trying to stay at home nyans would like the government act Governor Hassan Joho, have been
been sensitising people in his ward as directed by government, scratch- on leaders trying to prove they are distributing face masks, sanitisers
on how to observe social distancing, ing their heads as to how to put at above the law. and food. This is laudable.
but instead led them into breaching least one meal on the table for their What are these leaders showing Let the leaders be in the frontline
the very measures. families. the youth who have been criticised to combat this virus.
In a similar case nearly two weeks Others are wondering how to even for doing nothing to help curb the —The writer is a Communications
ago, Embakasi Central MP was pay rent as the jobless wail in hun- virus? Our leaders do not understand Consultant

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Police were on the receiving end for al- @KOT_Loyals: That Eko Dydda story proof that the #StayAtHome order has
legedly harassing gospel musician Eko highlights how rotten our police force is. nothing to do with our health. If it did,
Dydda. Corrupt to the core. Police officers are they would’ve allowed him to get home to
using the Curfew order to reap millions. his wife who needed the meds he’d gone
@VictorMochere: The police are so to get.
heartless. Eko Dydda had gone to buy @NudiOrawo: Eko Dydda story is such a
meds for his wife and any person with a sad depiction of abuse of power. @JustinMoi6: justice for Dydda. Forced
functioning brain would understand that. quarantine being used as punishment by
We don’t choose when to fall sick. @BlackNoPC: The Eko Dydda saga is police. TRUTHIS: To influence people for God,
pray to God for people.
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FLOOD MENACE

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Families asked to move to safer also forced several Nyatike residents out of their
homes. The situation has been complicated by
grounds while in some areas the Health protocols on the fight against the coro-
others forced to move into navirus, especially the advisory against public
gatherings.
crowded temporary camps Affected areas in Nyatike are Kabuto, Nyora,
Sere villages. Food crops were also swept by the
by PD TEAM heavy rains.
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Safer grounds
At least 10 people have died while thousands And in Homa Bay, over 400 families living along
others have been displaced from their homes the shores of Lake Victoria have been rendered
following heavy rains pounding various parts of homeless. Families in Migingo Island and beach-
the country. es of Muhuru Bay, Lwanda Konyango and Kibro
While in some areas families have been asked were advised to move to higher safer grounds to
to move to safer grounds, thousands of others avoid being marooned by floods.
have been forced to move into crowded tempo- Some have camped in schools and churches
rary camps. after their property and homes were swept by
Among the dead are four children aged be- raging waters.
tween six and 15 who were swept by floods in In Kisumu, approximately 8,000 families have
Kepkelion in Kericho on Monday night. been displaced in Muhoroni and Nyando sub-
“We have asked the residents to seek refuge counties. Property of unknown value including
in schools and churches and move to higher crops, livestock and houses has also been de-
grounds to avoid loss of life and property. While stroyed by the floodwaters.
here we have instructed them to observe social River Nyando, which traverses Muhoroni sub-
distance and other measures aimed at stopping county through to Nyando, burst its banks on
the spread of coronavirus,” said County Commis- Monday night rendering populations in danger
sioner Moses Mbaruku. of being swept away. Scores of houses have been
Mbaruku revealed that two children died in Ka- swept away while hundreds are submerged in
masian after one them was swept by raging water Ombeyi, Obumba, Obiayo and Kibigori villages.
while trying to cross a seasonal stream that had Muhoroni deputy county commissioner Erick
burst its banks while another one was buried alive Wanyonyi said the displaced families have been
by mudslides. Of the deceased, one is a boy while evacuated to schools. “We advise the affected
the rest are girls. families to go to safer grounds as the govern-
In Migori, a 28-year-old woman and her two ment explores mitigation measures including A resident of Manera village in Naivasha walks past flooded farms and homes after Karate River
children died on Monday at dawn after the build- provision of relief food, nets and medicines,” said burst its banks. PD/KIRERA MWITI
ing they were staying in collapsed during the Wanyonyi.
rains. The woman and her children, according to “Roads have also been rendered impass-
neighbours, were asleep at Oruba Estate, an in- able making it difficult to access the evacuation
formal settlement on the outskirts of Migori town points,” he added.
when walls of the building came down. More than 600 people from Kombura location
in Nyando have moved to an evacuation centre at
People trapped Lela secondary following the floods effects.
“I was woken up by a neighbour who said a In Nakuru, families living along River Karati in
family was trapped inside a house that had caved Naivasha have been ordered to move to higher
in. I rushed to the scene and together with other grounds after it burst its banks flooding farms,
neighbours managed to remove the debris but shopping centres and tens of homes.
the three had already died,” said George Nyam- The most affected were Manera village, parts of
bati, a neighbour. Naivasha town, Delamere shopping center and
The deaths occurred even as authorities scaled farms around Karati location.
up rescue efforts along Chesogon river on the El- “The major problem is Nyondia dam which
geyo Marakwet and West Pokot border where at was not completed and due to the heavy rains
least 12 people died due to a landslide on Satur- water is spilling on one side leading to flooding
day night. The death toll rose to 13, after one more downstream,” Karati chief Samuel Ng’ang’a .
body was retrieved yesterday. Farmers at Kimelok village in Narok North Sub
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on environ- County have also been cautioned against cross-
ment was tasked to push the government to ing River Narok during this rainy season. Area
explain measures undertaken to ensure people Deputy County Commissioner Mutuku Mwenga
affected in the two counties were accounted for warned them that crossing the river to sell their
following a query by Senate Majority Leader Kip- produce in Narok town would be risking their
chumba Murkomen, who is the Elgeyo Marakwet lives as the river is swollen
Senator. Similary, Garissa County Commissioner Meru
“The government should state whether there Mwangi has also urged residents in flood-prone
is any form of compensation that will be granted areas move to safer ground. Flood prone areas
to the families and victims who are counting huge within Garissa town and its environs include Bula Elgeyo Marakwet deputy governor Wesley Rotich addresses some of the more than 150 families
loses as a result of the destruction of property and Punda, Bula Iftin, Bouralgy, Bula Sheikh, Mororo, displaced by floods and mudslides at Chesogon on the West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet border.
loss of lives,” Murkomen told the Senate. Ziwani and Windsor where several houses were PD/ JIMMY GITAKA
Two people also lost their lives in Eldama Ra- submerged in last year’s floods.
vine when a quarry caved in after heavy rains. “I want to urge all the residents who live in
The two were working at the Kapchepsat quarry areas prone to floods to start moving to safer
in Simotwet area when the tragic incident oc- grounds because there are indications that river
curred at around 3:30pm. Tana could burst its bank anytime from now,”
At the same time, a person who narrowly es- Mwangi said.
caped death is fighting for his life at Eldama Ra- As of yesterday, the water levels on River Tana
vine Hospital after he managed to pull out of the had sharply increased to 5.10 metres from 3.90
debris in time. metres in the morning.
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by Carol Katana lised for the intended purpose. home while others like fishermen to curb the spread and effects of
@PeopleDailyKe Ruwa said for the last few weeks
residents of the area had gone
cannot venture out at night to fish to
the ongoing curfew.
corona, we shall be called upon to
exercise our full threefold mandate;
Oparanya urges
Kwale County Assembly has
convened an emergency sitting to
through untold suffering due to loss
of employment that has been wors-
Speaking to the press on Tuesday
in his office, Ruwa said the money
we will pass legislation, we will be
expected to fully represent the inter-
mass testing guide
discuss the proposed Sh160 million ened by the cessation of movement will be used to feed the needy and ests of our people. Kakamega Governor Wycliffe
supplementary budget meant to in and out of the county. also mitigate against Covid-19. “We will have no option but to Oparanya has challenged the national
support at least 67 percent of resi- He said many of the residents “The role of the County Assembly ensure there is proper and real-time government to release a protocol on
dents at risk of starving. work in Mombasa and commute is to legislate, represent and over- oversight of the various intervention mass testing to the counties to enable
Speaker Sammy Ruwa says the daily and since the closure of the sight. programs undertaken by County them plan for the exercise. Address-
house sitting is meant to set laws to borders between the two counties, “Our assembly takes notice that Government,” said the assembly ing the media after a county emer-
ensure that public resources are uti- they have been forced to stay at as we put various measures in place Speaker. gency response committee meeting,
Oparanya said the county was ready
for the rollout and had engaged local

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technical expertise,” he said. The com-
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centres for the county in readiness for
the mass testing exercise. He ordered
the closure of all private mortuaries.
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@PeopleDailyKe DONATIONS
Legislator TRANSPARENCY
assures Every coin donated towards
No cash should be sent to in-
the Covid-19 fight will be audit-
benefactors ed by parliament to make sure dividuals, and affected persons
should instead get food rations
of proper those affected by the pandemic
from both the national and coun-
were the rightful beneficiaries,
use of Gilgil MP Martha Wangari has
ty governments
donation said. Government to update its
According to Wangari, parlia-
towards ment will play its oversight role
data on the number of elderly
persons in the country as the Chang’aa brewers
alleviating in making sure the funds were last registration was done three
the harsh
well utilised and the intended years ago attack Kuresoi elder
parties had benefitted.
She said no cash should be Nyumba Kumi elders in Tachasis
conditions of sent to individuals adding that tending the sub-county disaster area in Kuresoi South sub-county
pandemic affected persons should instead management meeting, Wangari have called on the government to
get food rations from both the said the constituency faced a provide them with ample security
national and county govern- major food shortage due to the after one of them was attacked by an
ments. pandemic. angry mob of chang’aa brewers. One
8"/ ("3* This came as Parliament put According to her flower farm of the elders, John Kimutai said they
on notice government institu- workers, IDPs and youths work- were out on a raid yesterday evening
tions and persons out to embez- ing in quarries were the most when the brewers turned hostile and
zle the millions of shillings that affected in Gilgil and hence the unleashed their wrath using crude
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they would be exposed.
“We shall audit every penny
need to support them.
She said they were working
weapons to attack them.
Kimutai said they were five of them
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donated towards fighting this
pandemic as there are fears that
closely with area MCAs to make
sure that those who benefited
but four managed to scamper for their
safety where one was assaulted and
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this funds,” she said.
from the county did not get food
rations from the national gov-
was later rushed to Olenguruone sub-
county hospital. “We are calling on
DFTT
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Wangari called on the govern-
ment to update its data on the
ernment. “We have embarked in
the process of identifying all the
security agencies to move with speed
and secure the elders from these at-
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number of elderly persons in
the country as the last registra-
affected families and we support
ongoing mitigations measures
tacks, brewing of illicit brews must
come to an end by all means,” said
by the government including
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“There are some elderly per- mass testing,” he said.
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sons who have since died and
tens of others who should bene- said each ward in the county Gilgil MP Martha Wangari distributes free masks to
Thika juice maker
fit from the Sh10 billion set aside would get Sh3.7m to support motorcycle operators in Gilgil Town as part of the fight to
the most vulnerable persons contain the spread of Covid-19 which has killed thousands
by the government but they have
been locked out,” she said. who had been affected by the globally and affected hundreds of businesses in the country. fetes police officers
Speaking in Gilgil after at- pandemic. PD/KIRERA MWITI Fruit juice maker Kevian Kenya
Limited has donated Sh5 million
worth of products to all police posts,

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stations and roadblocks in Kiambu
County as a way of supplementing
government efforts in combating Co-
vid-19. The Thika-based company has
by Ben Shizukane enhance social distance. lived as county Women Repre-
donated water, energy, malt drinks
@PeopleDailyKe Businesses were disrupted as sentative Elsie Muhanda made a
and Afia fruit juices to keep police of-
members of the public scampered surprise appearance at the station
ficers hydrated and energised.
Over 200 residents of Malava for their lives to avoid arrest and and the residents were released
Factory manager Njenga Kariuki
sub-county in Kakamega County possible compulsory 14-day quar- “on humanitarian grounds” after
said the initiative will keep the of-
were yesterday arrested for report- antine at Friends Malava Boys or she held a brief meeting with the
ficers, usually least remembered,
edly defying government directive Malava Girls High schools. station police boss Peter Mwanzo.
going. “This is the first consignment
that every citizen must wear a face Unlucky residents including Muhanda immediately distrib-
among many others that the com-
mask in public. young and old ones were not uted face masks and sanitisers to
pany will be releasing weekly. We saw
Police raided major market cen- spared as they were arrested and them.
the need to support our officers who
tres in the sub-county compris- locked up Kabras Police Station However, he warned that those
have been forgotten during these hard
Ten revellers who were found locked ing Malava, Butali and Kambi ya in Malava town as they awaited who flout government orders
times,” said Kariuki. Thika West Sub
in a house in Kabati, Kandara when Mwanzo to ensure locals adhered transportat to the Sub-county aimed at fighting the disease will
County Police Commander Beatrice
celebrating a birthday party. PD/REBECCA to government directive to wear designated quarantine centres. not be spared in the crackdown.
Kiraguri received the donation.
WANGARI face masks in public places and However their arrest was short
- Clement Kamau
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY NEWS BEAT 
CORONA CRISIS

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Low air pollution levels in across the country.
“This was an unprecedented opportu-
the wake of coronavirus nity for us to take a close look at how air
pandemic could spark new pollution levels have responded to an
extraordinary development,” Sarath Gut-
demands for change tikunda, who heads Urban Emissions, an
When India shut down last month and independent research group that provides
suspended all transport to contain the air quality forecasts, told BBC.
spread of coronavirus, the skies over its Federal pollution control authorities
polluted cities quickly turned an azure quickly reported a marked improvement
blue, and the air, unusually fresh. in air quality levels in 85 cities.
As air pollution plummeted to levels un- Dr Guttikunda and his team of research-
seen in living memory, people shared pic- ers looked at the data spewed out by the
100-odd air quality monitoring stations all Pollution in Delhi peaks during winter. PHOTO/ BBC
tures of spotless skies and even Himalayan
peaks from cities where the view had been over India. They decided to concentrate
obscured by fog for decades. on the capital Delhi and its suburbs - a the road. “The current crisis has shown us
massive sprawl called the National Capi- that clear skies and breathable air can be
On one social messaging group, a resi-
dent of the capital, Delhi, which regularly
records some of the foulest air in the world,
tal region, where more than 20 million
people live. Last winter, air pollution here
achieved very fast if concrete action is tak-
en to reduce burning of fossil fuels,” says


celebrated the city’s “alpine weather”. Poli- had reached more than 20 times the World Sunil Dahiya, of the Centre for Research
Health Organisation’s safe limit.
IN SUMMARY on Energy and Clean Air, which has also Body urges SMEs
tician and author Shashi Tharoor wrote
that the “blissful sight of blue skies and the Less than six been tracking air pollution levels during
joy of breathing clean air provides just the
contrast to illustrate what we are doing to
Track pollution
The deadliest particle in Delhi’s foul air is
months ago, Delhi
was gasping for
the lockdown.
But will this prompt change? After all,
to be innovative
the tiny but deadly PM 2.5, which increases urban Indians’ and the media’s panic and Small and medium enterprises
ourselves the rest of the time”. breath. Authorities
the likelihood of respiratory and cardiovas- said air quality had outrage during the deadly winter pollu- (SMEs), especially in the agri-business
Less than six months ago, Delhi was sector, should come up with innova-
gasping for breath. Authorities said air cular diseases. They primarily come from reached “unbear- tion every year soon gets lost in the fog of
combustion - fires, automobiles and power able levels”. summer heat and concerns over monsoon tive ways of storing their produce dur-
quality had reached “unbearable levels”. ing the pandemic period, Micro and
Schools were shut, flights were diverted, plants. Urban Emissions found the levels of rains and droughts.
PM 2.5 in Delhi during the lockdown plum- The deadliest “We don’t yet have a democratic demand Small Enterprises Authority(MSEA)
and people were asked to wear masks, chief executive Henry Rithaa has said.
meted to 20 micrograms per cubic metre particle in Delhi’s for clean air,” Arunabha Ghosh, Chief Ex-
avoid polluted areas and keep doors and foul air is the tiny but Rithaa (below), who spoke to People
windows closed. with a 20-day average of 35. ecutive Officer of the Council on Energy,
To put this into context, between 2017 deadly PM 2.5, which Environment and Water, a leading climate Daily yesterday, said: “As a country we
and 2019, the monthly average of PM 2.5 increases the likeli- think tank, told BBC. Orders to clean up are facing tough times... It is very sad
Report improvement hood of respiratory to see farmers pouring milk. However,
Delhi and 13 other Indian cities feature in the capital was up to four times higher. the air have almost always come from the
(The national standard is set at 40, and the and cardiovascular it is during such tough times that as
on a list of the world’s 20 most polluted. It is diseases. courts, responding to pleas by NGOs.
WHO has an annual average guideline of a country we should come up with
estimated that more than a million Indians
just 10 micrograms per cubic metre. Slide back innovative ways of preserving our
die every year because of air pollution-re- So could a lock-
“If 35 is the average lowest available Crises often trigger life changing re- produce.”
lated diseases. Industrial smoke, vehicular down to prevent the
PM2.5 with limited local emissions, it spread of a pandem- forms. A fatal four-day “pea-souper” that He said they will be offering tech-
emissions, burning of trash and crop resi-
means that at least 70% of the pollution is ic... trigger similar engulfed London in 1952 and killed thou- nology support to enhance produc-
due, and construction and road dust are
locally generated,” said Guttikunda. policy changes to sands provoked the passing of the Clean Air tivity and will also enhance capacity
the major contributors.
His study also found a marked dip in PM clean up India’s air? Act to reduce the use of smoky fuels. to train business owners on sustain-
As urban Indians gazed at the skies and
10, caused mainly by road and construc- China tried to clean up its air several ability. –Alvin Kariuki
breathed clean air inside their homes, re-
searchers hunkered down to track data on tion dust, and nitrogen dioxide, which times before hosting marquee interna-
how the grinding lockdown - now extend- comes mainly from vehicular emissions, tional events before sliding back to grey,
ed to May 3- was impacting air pollution and nearly 90 per cent of vehicles are off smoky skies.
But many believe the 2014 Apec meet-
ing in Beijing, when China hosted 21 heads
HOW DO I TAKE MY TEMPERATURE? of Asia-Pacific economies, was a turning
point. In a rush to clean its air, China intro-
Anyone duced a set of far-reaching measures. Over
with high Coronavirus: Key symptoms the next four years, this resulted in a 32 per
cent drop in average pollution across major
temperature
Chinese cities.
of 37.8C+ is So could a lockdown to prevent the
advised to spread of a pandemic trigger similar policy
self-isolate.
Health
High changes to clean up India’s air? 10 in quarantine
temperature Could it move to a shift in reducing traf-
Ministry
recommends
Armpits fic on the road by asking people to work for holding party
from home in shifts? Or can India use some
these Ten people who were found drink-
of the money from an inevitable stimulus
methods to ing locally brewed alcohol in a room
to help kick-start the economy go towards
take your in Murang’a on Monday evening have
Cough helping green industries? Renewables, ex-
temperature. been taken to mandatory quarantine.
perts say, creates more jobs than coal: India
The 10, who had earlier held a
has already created nearly 100,000 jobs in
birthday party for a child belonging to
solar and wind energy firms.
one of them, were taken to Murang’a
Can the country use the windfall rev-
Mouth: Place Teachers College in Makuyu for 14
enues accruing from the steep decline in
thermometer days quarantine.
oil prices - most of India’s oil is imported
lip under your - to provide rebates to polluting factories
Area Assistant county commission-
tongue Breathing to set up much-needed emission control
er Joshua Okello said such conduct
difficulties equipment?
would not be allowed in the county.
“The government has outlawed any
What’s more, if China can reduce air
social gathering and knowing this too
pollution by 32 per cent in four-and-a-half
well the 10 went ahead to organise the
Ear: Gently years, why can’t India pledge to reduce pol-
party,” he said.
tug on ear to lution by 80 per cent in 80 cities by 2027,
Murang’a county has two positive
straighten ear which is our 80th anniversary of Indepen-
Corona cases.
canal dence? asks Dr Ghosh.
– Wangari Njuguna
– BBC
16 NEWS BEAT PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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Kiambu Woman Rep Gathoni
Wamuchomba has embarked on a
door-to-door distribution of food to
Medic says people with residents in the county. She said the
struggle to afford food because of the
compromised lung function effect of coronavirus is being felt in the
could be at risk of serious county, especially in informal settle-
ments. “Hunger is being felt especially
complications if infected by those whose companies sent them
home in the wake of the pandemic,”
by Murimi Mutiga she said. So far, mapped out families
@murimimutiga from, Ikinu, Nyagoti, Kiahiti, Githiga,
Tatu City, BTL, Matopeni, Mwihoko
As Kenya and the rest of the world battle and Githurai villages have benefited
coronavirus, health experts are warning from the programme. Speaking
that drug users could be hit hard if the when she distributed food in Ruiru,
spread of virus is not stopped. Wamuchomba (below) urged well-
The experts say populations with Sub- wishers to support the programme.
stance Use Disorders (SUDs) are more vul- —Mathew Ndung’u
nerable to the virus due to the drug effects
on respiratory and pulmonary health.
Apart from the underlying health issues,
social marginalisation, stigma, higher eco-
nomic and social vulnerabilities, including
a lack of access to housing and health care,
have also been cited as other factors which
expose drug users to the disease.
Dr Willis Akhwale, the former Head of
Disease Control at the Ministry of Health,
says because Covid-19 attacks the lungs,
the disease could be a serious threat to
those who smoke or inject themselves with
drugs. He adds that those with a compro- / :" . *3 "
mised lung function could be at risk of seri-
ous complications of Covid-19. Mewa heath and Harm Redaction projects Officer Abdhallah Badrus (right) talks to drug addicts, from
“Smoking of bhang, cigarettes and oth- left, Najma Salome, Ali Mbarak and Ahmed Sharif Nurr who are undergoing rehabilitation at Mewa Drug
Treatment Center in Kisauni, Mombasa. PD/ BONFACE MSANGI
Locals defying rules
ers affects lung tissue. This decreases the
number of air spaces and blood vessels in
Another concern is that users of drugs catastrophic, the spread of the virus could
to be quarantined
the lungs, resulting in less oxygen to critical
parts of your body, this shows that if a drug such as cocaine, heroin and methamphet- be serious and it would be very difficult Nyamira county government
user is exposed to the virus, then he or she amine could die from severe withdrawal and expensive to even quarantine those has warned people found idling
is at high risk of serious complications of symptoms due to scarcity of the narcotics. people,” says Saad. in crowded places such as market
Covid-19,” he added. The concerns emanate from the facts that Ramadhan Hussein, 31 one of the ad- centres will be arrested and forcibly
SPREAD cocaine and heroin are imported drugs and dicts under the government’s methadone taken to quarantine centres at their
with many countries closing their borders, programme in Kisauni, and who has been own cost. Health Executive Douglas
Health threat Dr Akhwale says transportation of the substances is also using cocaine and heroin since 2018, says Bosire said many residents are not
Dr Akhwale says Covid-19 is an emerging that Covid-19 is an constrained and thus this could lead to he is finding it hard to comply with the observing social distancing rules thus
health threat to drug users and the govern- emerging health shortage safety regulations imposed by the Ministry complicating the fight against the cor-
ment must enhance surveillance to curb threat to drug users “Shortage in supply of these drugs means of Health because he has no money. navirus. Bosire said although no case
the spread of the virus in this particular and the government that the price will go up and because most “I cannot stay at home the whole day, of the disease has been reported in the
community. must enhance sur- of the drug abusers are people who are so- I have cravings and I must get my dose. county, most residents were not ob-
“Sharing of needles, cigarettes, social veillance to curb the cially and economically venerable, they will If I don’t get them I have serious with- serving Health ministry’s regulations.
distancing, stay-home orders, curfew and spread of the virus. result in sharing what they have, social dis- drawal symptoms, sometimes I cannot Addressing the press accompanied by
all other Covid-19 safety protocols are par- tancing aspect cannot be there thus such even stand or walk. I fear this coronavirus county commissioner Amos Mariba
ticularly hard for drugs users to adhere to. He says sharing of
needles, cigarettes, people are at higher risk for infection,” the disease but I can’t stop injecting drugs, I yesterday, Bosire warned people from
This therefore exposes them more to the doctor says. have to go look for money and get the sub- locked down counties against sneak-
social distancing and
disease,” he says. all other Covid-19 “What we are seeing is the likelihood of stance,” he says. ing into the county, particularly at
“Drugs are sold in the underworld, us- safety protocols are an increase in use of bhang when there is night. He asked residents to report
ers have to hide to take them and therefore particularly hard scarcity of those hard drugs. The drugs us- such cases so action could be taken
there is need for the government to map Social distancing
for drugs users to ers will resort to using bhang because it is Hussein says social distancing among against the so-called visitors.
out drug dens and disrupt the business to adhere to. This ex- locally available,” he says. -Evans Nyakundi
curb the spread of the virus,” adds Dr Akh- drug users is hard because when people
poses them more to However, anti-drug activists in Mombasa are high, they somehow become “slow on
wale. the disease. say no effort has been done to curb spread thinking, understanding and reasoning.”
of the virus among vulnerable groups like According to National Authority for the
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the drug users, warning that this could be a Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ticking time bomb.
Citizens Against Child and Drug Abuse
(Nacada), Coast region has the highest cas-
es of drug abuse in the country.
Busia health workers
(CICADA) director Farouk Saad says supply
of heroin and cocaine, which are some of
The authority says there are about 17,000
drug abusers in Coast region following a
trained to tackle virus
the highly abused hard drugs in the country, baseline survey conducted in 2017. The More than 30 health workers in
has not been disrupted by lockdown and survey shows that 2.3 per cent of them use Busia county have been trained on
closure of borders in many countries. heroin, 0.9 per cent are on cocaine while 0.4 coronavirus preparedness, bring-
per cent abuse hashish. ing the total number of trainees to
Grave danger Heroin, cocaine and chang’aa have been 150. The County Health Promotion
Ahmed Sharif “We have not seen any effort to reach out strongly associated with the burden of neg- officer Nelson Andanje said the
Nurr, a reforming to drug users and we are seeing a grave dan- ative health. This is where the danger lies trainees include 10 nurses, four doc-
ger if one of the addicts gets the virus. They when it comes to the coronavirus. tors, laboratory technicians, clinical
drug user,
are very vulnerable because most have very Saad says Mombasa, having recorded officers, public health officers and
demonstrates how
weak immune system and also do not ob- the second highest confirmed cases of pharmacists. Speaking to the press
heroin is injected.
serve the social distancing protocol,” says the virus, is at high risk of the spread on the sidelines of the Covid-19 train-
He is undergoing Saad.
rehabilitation among the drug users because it is lead- ing workshop at Busia Agricultural
“Some of the addicts sleep in groups at ing in the current use of heroin and co- Training Centre yesterday, the pro-
at Mewa Drug drug dens, they are homeless and this can
Treatment Centre caine. motion officer said the latest training
expose them to environments where they Data from Nacada shows that Mombasa was courtesy of Health ministry in
in Kisauni, are in close contact with others. This tells has a 12.1 per cent heroin use while that of partnership with the World Health Or-
Mombasa. you that they are at higher risk,” he adds. cocaine stands at 3.5 per cent. Lamu county ganisation (WHO) and Busia County
PD/BONFACE “We want to tell the government that any is leading in the current use of hashish at 1.1 government.
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by Zachary Ochuodho ventilators to allow mass production. into the market. 75 per cent of the approval of products,’’ Wakiaga said.
@zachuodho Speaking yesterday after receiving materials used in the production are She said homegrown solutions
Kenya Association of Manufactur- the ventilators, Cabinet Secretary, locally sourced,” Ms Maina said. are key to sustaining the fight against
ers’ (KAM) yesterday presented venti- Betty Maina (pictured with Bio En- KAM Chief executive officer Phyl- coronavirus, whilst cushioning the
lator prototype manufactured locally gineer Niraj Hirani) said KAM’s au- lis Wakiaga said the innovation shows economy from shocks arising out of
by the automotive sector to Cabinet tomotive sector tapped homegrown local industry’s capacity to fill supply the virus. “Once given the final green
Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade talent and expertise to develop the chain gaps in various sectors. light, the sector will be in a position to
and Enterprise Development. ventilators which can be produced “This ventilator named PUMUAI- produce between 100 and 500 units
The designs have also been ap- immediately for use in hospitals. SHI 2.0 shall be patented and sup- per week. Unlike others, and in the
proved by Kenya Bureau of Standards “We can see the amount of innova- plied locally, but will also be export- event of a power blackout, this ven-
(Kebs) are now awaiting finer inputs tion that is possible in our country. A ed to other markets. Kebs has made tilator is equipped with a four-hour
from medics as the firms await the challenge was given to the manufac- standards for critical medical items battery enabling it to continue ser-
bureau to give a local standard for turers and we have seen a lot coming free on its website and expediting vice to patients,” Wakiaga said.

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PASSENGERS: Kenya Airways (KQ)
A combination of shrinking demand for has announced scheduled flights from
oil and limited global storage has pushed Nairobi to London and back only a week
oil prices to their lowest levels in two de- after converting some of its grounded
cades on the back of crippling Covid-19 passenger planes into cargo freighters.
pandemic. “Kenya Airways offers you an opportu-
Brent crude, the international bench- nity to reunite with your loved ones. Fly
mark for oil markets, dropped 15 per cent from Nairobi to London on April 24 and
to $20 a barrel, signaling better tidings for London to Nairobi on April 25,”the na-
local consumers in the coming months. tional carrier said in a Twitter post.
Already, Kenyans are enjoying a relief It said while the flight is open to Ke-
at the pump station after the Energy and nyans flying back home only, and that
Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) once ticket is issued, passengers will be
revised the cost of Super Petrol, Diesel A crude oil truck en route to Mombasa from South Lokichar oil fields in Turkana for export. The price of oil required to proceed to Lancet Kenya for
and Kerosene Sh18, Sh4.09, and Sh18.18 has been steadily falling across globe since coronavirus first broke out in China. PD/FILE Covid-19 testing within 72 hours of flight.
per litre respectively. “All passengers must undergo a man-
Internationally, the price of West Texas datory quarantine of 14 – 28 days at their
Intermediate (WTI), the main United sumer will benefit because more than 50 low sales. According to business analyst own cost as per government of Kenya
States oil benchmark fell more than $50 per cent of the pump price is fixed and is Hezron Otieno, Kenyans would have STORAGE guidelines,” the airline said.
a barrel to end the day about $30 below a tax. benefitted more from tumbling oil prices SPACE Last Sunday, a repurposed Dreamliner
zero, the first time, oil prices have ever “I imagine the government will prob- if the government had not imposed trav- delivered medical goods and essential
turned negative. ably uplift the tax take and keep the el restrictions in Nairobi, Mombasa and Oil prices are items from Kenya to South Africa.
pump price around here. The shortfall other affected counties. still crashing after “As we do things differently, we know
Storage capacity at the Treasury is exponential,” Satchu “What low oil price would have given us a stunning collapse that it is critical for essential goods to be
Such a crushing drop meant that oil opined, adding that tumbling oil market the lockdown and curfew has taken. Very Monday that saw US transported. Today, KQ 2764 took off from
producers are paying traders and buy- has sounded the death knell of Kenya’s few people are travelling and few goods crude futures plunge Nairobi to Johannesburg packed with
below zero for the medical goods and essential items aboard
ers to take the commodity off their hands nascent crude industry. are being transported, most of them es-
first time in history one of our Dreamliners,” KQ said.
over fears that global storage capacity He said dreams of oil riches via Turkana sential…it is a lose-lose scenario,” he said. as the Coronavirus
may run out next month. and in the wider East African region are Meanwhile, the crash of oil prices in the This is in addition to dispatching an-
pandemic’s economic other Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger
According to Investment Analyst Aly- now defunct and it is a question of pro- U.S below $0 has thrown investors around contagion spreads
Khan Satchu, what was witnessed on nouncing the last rites. the world off guard. aircraft from Nairobi to London, loaded
through the rest of with 40,000 kgs of fresh produce as part
Monday and Tuesday in the Oil Markets “There is no one I know who is insane the world
was unprecedented, and one of a kind. enough to continue with these projects. of the innovative initiatives the airline
Stock market has embarked on by converting four wide
“Essentially, the settlement price yes- Tullow Oil is no longer a going concern. Shares of energy and oil firms bled on The pandemic has
terday of -$37.13 for WTI May delivery Of course, the positive flip side is that our caused oil demand to body passenger aircraft to fit to our cargo
stock markets around the world as experts operations in order to reduce the impact
spoke to an oil market broken by an in- oil import bill will crater. And this will be predicted a global energy glut in the wake
evaporate to an ex-
visible circuit breaker as invisible as the singularly helpful at this time,” he added. tent that the world is of COVID-19 on operations.
of suspended economy activity due to Co- running out of space “There is demand for cargo aircraft
Covid-19. Demand has cratered by more This comes even as petrol stations have vid-19 pandemic.
than 35m barrels per day and the oil Mar- started fighting for survival as the partial to store its extra across the world and we will continue to
The oil price collapse is sending shock- oil as Saudi Arabia play our part by keeping essential sup-
ket is now in complete disequilibrium,” lockdown and night curfew leaves huge waves throughout the entire industry,
he told Business Hub. numbers of cars unused as people stay at prepares to increase plies moving during this time. Some of
with oil majors slashing spending across its fossil fuel produc- our grounded passenger aircraft will
But Satchu argued that local motorists home. the board, and explorers cutting as much tion even as global therefore complement the work of the
and consumers will hardly benefit due to Petrol stations between Mombasa and as 13 percent of their drilling fleet as the demand for energy cargo freighters,” said KQ.
the excessive levies on fuel by the govern- Nairobi are the worst hit due to unprec- crisis rages on. continues to fall.
ment. He said it is unlikely that the con- edented low motorist traffic leading to – Noel Wandera
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Absa Bank Kenya has donated Sh50
million to help fight the coronavi-
rus pandemic in the country. Out
of the amount, Sh20 million will go
...as he pleads with UK directly to the Covid-19 Emergency
government to step in and Response Fund – which will be used
to acquire Personal Protective Equip-
save his Virgin Atlantic ment (PPEs) and other support for
airline from collapse as health workers.
However, Sh30 million will be di-
Covid-19 wreaks havoc rectly invested in various initiatives
London, Tuesday such as psychosocial support pro-
gramme through which the bank will
Sir Richard Branson has pledged his lux- provide a mental wellness care centre
ury island resort as collateral to help get a for Covid-19 patients, health workers
UK government bailout of his stricken air- and caregivers. Jeremy Awori, Absa
line Virgin Atlantic. Kenya Managing Director said the
The billionaire Virgin Group boss said in magnitude of the challenge caused by
an open letter to staff he was not asking the Covid-19 pandemic requires the
for a handout, but a commercial loan, be- support of all Kenyans, businesses and
lieved to be £500 million (Sh65.98 billion). individuals alike, to actively play their
The airline’s survival was in doubt, and role in minimising the economic and
his Necker Island home in the Caribbean social impact on our country.
could be mortgaged, he said. It comes as – Zachary Ochuodho
Virgin Group’s airline in Australia enters
administration. Both airlines have been hit IMF chief gives tips
hard by the global coronavirus lockdown,
and Sir Richard has appealed to govern-
ments in both countries for help.
Sir Richard
how long the planes will be grounded for.
on easing recession
Branson’s private
However, he has been criticised for ap- “This would be in the form of a commer- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
island paradise
pealing for taxpayer aid rather than draw- cial loan - it wouldn’t be free money and the Managing Director Kristalina Georgie-
in the heart of airline would pay it back (as EasyJet will do
ing on his huge wealth. Sir Richard’s for- the British Virgin va (pictured) has said that countries
tune is thought to be well over £4 billion for the £600 million loan the government have responded strongly in the initial
Islands. (INSET) recently gave them).”
(527.83 billion). The large US airline Delta China’s HNA. phase of the Covid-19 crisis, but there
Virgin founder Sir He pointed out that Virgin Atlantic
owns 49 per cent of Virgin Atlantic. “The brilliant Virgin Australia team is is much more to be done to avoid a
Richard Branson started with one plane 36 years ago, be-
Sir Richard said in his letter to staff: fighting to survive and need support to get painful and protracted recession.
PD/COURTESY fore adding: “Over those years it has cre-
“Many airlines around the world need gov- through this catastrophic global crisis,” Sir “We need to think hard about where
ernment support and many have already ated real competition for British Airways, Richard said. this crisis is headed and how we can
received it.” The crisis facing airlines, and which must remain fierce for the benefit of “We are hopeful that Virgin Australia can be ready to help our member coun-
the staff they employ, was “unprecedent- our wonderful customers and the public at emerge stronger than ever, as a more sus- tries, being mindful of both risks and
ed,” he said.
#3" / 4 0/ large.”Sir Richard offered to inject £250 mil- tainable, financially viable airline.” opportunities,” Georgieva wrote in a
Despite his wealth, this did not mean lion into the Virgin Group last month, with He warned: “If Virgin Australia disap- blog, which is part of a special series
he had “cash in a bank account ready to most of that going to the airline. pears, Qantas would effectively have a on the response to the coronavirus.
withdraw”. And he hit back at criticism monopoly of the Australian skies. We all “Just as we responded strongly in the
that he was a tax exile who did not deserve 8F
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Supply chain know what that would lead to.”
Sir Richard also addressed the fierce
initial phase of the crisis to avoid last-
ing scars for the global economy, we
help, saying he and his wife “did not leave Earlier this month, Rolls-Royce, Airbus,
Britain for tax reasons but for our love of
the beautiful British Virgin Islands and in
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Heathrow airport and Manchester Airports criticism he has faced in recent weeks over
his tax situation.
will be relentless in our efforts to avoid
a painful, protracted recession,” said
Group sent letters to the government high-
particular Necker Island”.
He said Necker would be offered as se-
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lighting the importance of Virgin Atlantic to Critics have pointed out he has paid no
UK income tax since moving to the tax-free
the IMF chief. – Xinhua
the UK’s manufacturing supply chain.
curity for any loans. “As with other Virgin
assets, our team will raise as much money
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Richard holds a stake of around 10 per cent
British Virgin Islands 14 years ago.
Sir Richard is the 312th richest person
against the island as possible to save as
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The carrier has been forced to cancel
in the world with an estimated $5.2 billion
(Sh555.88 billion) fortune, according to the
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nearly all of its flights during the corona-
virus crisis and been unable to restructure
Bloomberg billionaires index.
“I’ve seen lots of comments about my
“We will do everything we can to keep the
airline [Virgin Atlantic] going - but we will
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its debts. Australian government offered
some support, but refused a request from
net worth - but that is calculated on the
value of Virgin businesses around the
need government support to achieve that
in the face of the severe uncertainty sur-
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The airline is part-owned by Sir Richard
world before this crisis, not sitting as cash
in a bank account ready to withdraw,” he
rounding travel today and not knowing along with Etihad, Singapore Airlines and said.“ – BBC

([SHUWVEHWRQLPSURYLQJLQYHVWRUVHQWLPHQWVWROLIWPDUNHWV
by Steve Umidha when it is positive, you see a boom measures taken by the government, $5.3 trillion traded daily.
@UmidhaSteve in the market and it happens a lot it could turn out to be a positive, it “We are going to see new types of
Stock prices and general finan- during elections especially in 2002 will instead of going down it will in- investments like the global markets,
cial well-being of the country will when the late President Moi was stead go up,” he said in an interview but I don’t see the likes of IPOs going
continue to climb if investors focus leaving power,” said SIB’s execu- with Business Hub. forward…A lot of Kenyans are going
on the positives as the global econo- tive director corporate finance Job At the beginning of the year, to invest in the global arena because
mies bout to combat Covid-19 pan- Kihumba. Kihumba said, a good number of of the globalisation taking place
demic. Despite the unclear prospects companies had announced growth and the exposure to technology by
Online Forex trading manager, and uncertainty brought by the plans which have since been younger generation as well as grow-
Standard Investment Bank (SIB) deadly virus and expected slower shelved because of the ongoing ing online trading,” he said.
stressed on the need to shift atten- domestic economic growth, Ki- uncertainty – but that could change The market has reacted to recent
tion to domestic policies to guide humba believes positive market the mindset of key decisions makers unpredictability with large drops
future investment decisions after sentiment will play a key role in if the sentiments remain. since Mid-March with the Kenyan
stock market responded to corona- improving decisions taken by the shilling getting a slight hit against
virus plague with worrying volatility, big companies that have been able Modest growth the US dollar which was trading
as some traders mainly in foreign to digest negative external shocks Indeed, SIB is predicting a modest at Sh106.84 yesterday against the
markets had panic-sold out of fear. brought by the pandemic. growth in the forex market this year dollar. Standard Investment Bank says there
“Investor confidence will play a “It depends on how people per- which is the largest, most liquid and Online Forex exchange (FX) is need to shift attention to domestic
critical role in rallying the markets… ceive the situation…if they see it most traded financial market glob- entails the trading of different cur- policies to guide future investment
people buy out of sentiments and as being well managed and right ally with a total volume of more than rency pairs. decisions PD/FILE
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY BUSINESS HUB 

MARKET WATCH
NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE TREASURY BONDS CLOSURE OF REGISTERS

4&$503
78"1
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505"-
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL PRICES SHARES
17.60 9.90 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 10.00
460.00 290.00 Kakusi Plc Ord.5.00 301.00
100.00 57.00 Kapcharua Tea Kenya Plc Ord Ord 5.00 71.00
605.00 405.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Plc Ord 20.00... 475.00 475.00 100
22.70 14.00 Sasini Plc Ord 1.00 16.50
178.00 92.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 115.00

AUTOMOBILES & ACCESSORIES

27.00 20.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 23.50 22.00 100

BANKING
13.85 9.30 ABSA Bank Kenya Plc Ord 0.50 10.25 10.05 17,396,200
31.00 22.40 BK Group Plc Ord 0.80 22.40
166.00 76.50 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 86.00
Helping the needy 55.50
7.90
126.00
32.15
3.38
42.50
Equity Group Holdings Plc Ord 0.50
HE Group Plc Ord 5.00
IdM Holdings Plc Ord 1.00
34.85
4.00
52.00
33.50
4.12
52.75
2,635,500
100,400
107,200
Pwani Oil Operations Manager Personal and Home 55.50 33.75 KCB Group Plc Ord 1.00 37.00 35.95 2,834,300
Care Sim Moonesawmy (middle) poses with colleagues 6.50 3.22 National Bonk of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 4.12
41.00 24.90 NCBA Group Plc Ord 5.00 29.05 28.50 7,800
Hussein Kasmani (Executive Logistics and loading su- 117.75 83.00 Stanbic Holdings Plc ord,5.00 97.00 95.00 100
pervisor) and Yusuf Mohamed (right) before dispatching 225.00 168.00 Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 195.00 194.50 496,500
17.00 10.05 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 12.25 12.30 3,364.600
foodstuff and hygiene products worth Sh1.5 million do- COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES
nated by the company for distribution to 10,000 families 5.10 0.45 Deacons (East Africa) Plc Ord 2.50 0.45
in Kilifi County.  PD/COURTESY 1,30 0,77 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 0.80 0.86 1,900
8.50 4.95 Express Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 5.48 5.48 100

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9.50 0.98 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 1.00 1.04 1.08 257,200
8.80 4,26 Longhorn Publishers Plc Ord 1.00 4.88 4.67 1,100
1.20 0.54 Nairobi Business Ventures Ltd Ord. 1.00 0.60 0.60 500
71.00 22.00 Nation Media Group Plc Ord. 2.50 23.60 24.05 61,900
4.70 1.72 Sameer Africa Plc Ord 5.00 2.20 2.00 100
33.00 19.50 Standard Group Plc Ord 5.00 19.80
25.15 11.50 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 15.00 15.00 100 CBK KEY RATES
0.95 0.23 Uchumi Supermarket Plc Ord 5.00 0.30 0.30 39,500

ORVVHVORRP
22.00 9.90 WPP Scangroup Plc Ord 1.00 16.05 16.00 100 Central Bank Rate 7.25% 23/03/2020
CONSTRUCTION & ALLIED
8.35 2.40 ARM Cement Plc Ord 1.00 5.55 Inter-Bank Rate 6.29% 20/04/2020
145.75 45.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 48.00
92.00 53.00 Crown Paints Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 53.00
CBK Discount Window 13.25% 23/03/2020
3.98 1.44 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 1.81 1.80 3,200 91-Day T-Bill 7.201% 20/04/2020

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20.50 12.95 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 14.25
ENERGY & PETROLEUM REPO 6.90% 16/08/2019
7.40 4.00 KenGen Co, Plc Ord. 2.50 4.90 4.90 146,700 Inflation Rate 6.06% March,2020
5.50 1.63 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Plc Ord 2.50 2.19 2.19 224,800
5.50 5.00 Kenya Power & Lighting Plc 4% Pref 20.00 5.00 Lending Rate 12.19% February,2020
6.00 6.00 Kenya Power & Lighting Plc 7% Pref 20.00 6.00
33.00 22.00 Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 23.65 23.90 900
Savings Rate 4.2% February,2020
8.70 5.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 6.90 6.98 45,000 Deposit Rate 7.06% February,2020
INSURANCE KBRR 8.9% 27/07/2016
erations shifted to Kitale cen- 10.50 5.70 Britain Holdings Plc Ord 0.10 6.64 6.90 48,000
Retailer plans tral business district branch.
4.85
462.00
2.00
250.00
CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00
Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00
2.30
280.00
2.30
280.25
40,100
1,200
to close several In Mombasa, Digo Road 16.30
13.00
2.10
6.80
Kenya Re insurance Corporation Ltd Ord 2.50
Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord. 1.00
2.70
8.50
2.57
8.36
76,700
1,000
branch will be closed and its
branches as it looks customers are expected to seek
26.00 13.80 Sanlam Kenya Plc Ord 5.00
INVESTMENT
15.00 KEY CBK INDICATIVE EXCHANGE RATES 21/4/2020

to reduce operating services from Tuskys Bandari 37.40

0.77
19.60
0.30
Centum Investment Co Plc Ord 0.50
Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00
23.40
0.41
23.00
0.41
12,400
51,500
CURRENCY
US DOLLAR
MEAN
106.8824
BUY
106.7824
SELL
106.9824
located about half a kilometre
costs, boost profit away along Haile Selasie Road.
1500.00
3.39
1,500.00
2.00
Kurwitu Ventures Ltd Ord 100.00
Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00
1,500.00
2.30 SW KRONER 10.6813 10.6681 10.6945
4.50 1.60 Trans-Century Plc Ord 0.50 1.61 1.70 4,800
“We have noted that in some STG POUND 133.0094 132.8635 133.1553
by Lewis Njoka SINGAPORE DOLLAR 75.1740 75.0825 75.2655
@LewisNjoka areas where we have multiple INVESTMENT SERVICES
16.00 8.24 Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc Ord 4.00 9.30 9.08 10,600 SAUDI RIYAL 28.4830 28.4525 28.5134
locations close to each oth-
er, we can adequately serve MANUFACTURING & ALLIED SA RAND 5.7062 5.6995 5.7129
Hundreds of Tuskys Super-
customers better and more 87.00 52.25 B.O.C Kenya Plc Ord 5.00 70.25 72.00 900 S FRANC 110.4271 110.3010 110.5532
market employees could lose 700.00 355.50 British American Tobacco Kenya Plc Ord 10.00 360.00 365.00 10,100
efficiently by consolidating NOR KRONER 10.2980 10.2869 10.3092
their jobs after the retailer an- 10.80 7.10 Carbacid Investments Plc Ord 1.00 9.00 9.00 200
nounced plans to consolidate our businesses in spacious 230.00 135.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 148.75 147.75 255,300 KES / USHS 35.2725 35.1927 35.3523
3.15 0.90 Flame Tree Group Holdings Ltd Ord 0.825mm 0.96 0.96 54,900
branches across the country in branches which allow us to im- 14.00 12.25 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00mm 12.25
KES / TSHS 21.6500 21.5830 21.7171
response to the economic dip plement social distancing and 0.70 0.25 Murnias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 0.27 - KES / RWF 8.9113 8.8324 8.9902
42.00 26.10 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 29.00 29.00 100
brought about by the Covid-19 personal hygiene measures KES / BIF 17.6894 17.6277 17.7511
pandemic. better,” said Tuskys chairman TELECOMMUNICATION JPY (100) 99.2178 99.1111 99.3244
This announcement comes Bernard Kahianyu in a state- 33.50 20.10 Safaricom Plc Ord 0.05 28.40 28.50 19,408,900 IND RUPEE 1.3964 1.3950 1.3977
only months after the col- ment. REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST HONGKONG DOLLAR 13.7911 13.7782 13.8040
lapse of former retail giant, Recently, Tuskys formally 11.00 6.88 STANL/13 FAHARI I-REIT. Ord.20.00 8.90 8.50 1,100 EURO 116.0891 115.9629 116.2153
Nakumatt, whose demise saw known as Tusker Mattresses, DAN KRONER 15.5713 15.5562 15.5865
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
thousands of workers lose jobs closed Parklands branch and 1650.00 1235.00 ABSA New Gold ETF 17181 1615.00 CHINESE YUAN 15.1115 15.0944 15.1287
and creditors still unsure of re- Kisumu Lolwe branch trigger- CAN $ 75.8031 75.7214 75.8848
covering Sh38 billion owed to ing fears that many more em- NSE ALL SHARE INDEX: UP 0.41 points to close at 138.25 AUSTRALIAN $ 68.0306 67.9563 68.1050
ployees could lose jobs in the NSE 20-SHARE INDEX: UP 9.32 points to close at 1994.86
them. NSE 25-SHARE INDEX: UP 28.79 points to close at 3208.59
AE DIRHAM 29.0983 29.0683 29.1283
Worse still, the coronavirus near future.
pandemic, currently ravaging Kenyan retailers have been
the world, has affected virtu-
ally all businesses in the coun-
operating in a tough business
environment recently, charac-
terised by economic slump, re-
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in the near future. profit margins which range @PeopleDailyKe tea grades and retained the distancing directive among said Mbithi on phone.
from 1.5 to 3.8 per cent. Managements of coffee and original trading hall for lower other safety measures. Marketing agents are re-
tea exchanges have reorgan- grades. The changes come NCE Chief executive Dan- quired by law to deposit sam-
Employing more after the Ministry of Health iel Mbithi confirmed that the ples of the coffee they intend
As of August 2019, Tuskys PERFORMANCE ised their weekly operations
at the Nairobi and Mombasa demanded that the exchang- auction room was closed on to offer for sale 12 days before
had 63 stores in Kenya and
In September last year, Chop- auction halls to comply with es be closed. Alternatively, March 31 with members mov- the auction day. During sale 18
Uganda employing more than
pies, a Botswana retailer, an- Covid-19 safety measures be- managers were asked to look ing trade online. and 19 average prices reached
6,000 people and about 3,000
nounced plans to quit the Kenyan ing implemented by the gov- for other ways of conducting Sh16, 506.4, and Sh16,911.6
suppliers, making it the larg- market only four years after ernment. Marketing agents for a 50 kilogramme bag of
est home-grown supermarket acquiring Ukwala Stores for Sh1 Nairobi Coffee Exchange “In order to comply with clean coffee respectively.
after the fall of Nakumatt and billion citing poor performance.  (NCE) closed the auction the safety measures being Last month, when launch-
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sign an executive order to temporarily sus- firmed cases of Covid-19 and more than AFP
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strong campaigning theme for Trump, but the measure; the administration would China, though people with temporary were granted lawful permanent resident The theme has
has taken a back seat during the pandemic no longer approve any applications from work visas, students and business travel- status in the US, according to the Depart- taken a back seat
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is a renowned Kenyan fashion guru, Kabaddi
player, runway model and fashion designer.
He chats with CHEBET KORIR about his life
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self and what you do?
I am a professional
sportsman who plays
Kabaddi game internation-
ally. I am also a runway
model and fashion design-
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to become a sportsman, albeit in a dif-
ferent field.
How did you discover your love for pants, which makes the outfit smart
fashion? and classic.
I have always been passionate about What do you think Kenyans
dressing well and following trends should embrace more when it
since my high school days. No fashion comes to fashion?
magazine would pass me and from that, I think Kenyans are still scared of
I used to steal a few styles and incorpo- extreme high fashion style. We only
rate them on my own. model and part-time designer at the JW have a few bold ones. However, most
Why did you separate yourself Show, currently one of the biggest fash- are stuck to basic attires and as you
from street fashion house Jam- ion events in Kenya. can see, most of our celebrities are
down Fashion House? This has made me mingle with big never recognised by their looks
The fashion house still exists. D’man designers locally and internationally, because they are too basic and
Mkare and I decided to make our per- which has helped in exchanging cul- obvious.
sonal brands more visible as he focused tures, sharpening my runway skills and Do you have fashion
on launching his own fashionline and I widening my network. trends that you are cur-
wanted to focus on my sport and being How can you define your style and rently crushing on?
a runway model. I also relocated to the how do you play around with co- As a fashionista, I don’t
United States because of the games, lours and designs? follow trends. But some are
which was a minor setback when it I can describe my style as smart ca- eye catchy outfits that I ap-
comes to the fashion house. However, I sual. When it comes to colours, I have no preciate such as colourful
am still part and parcel as a model. limits. I can pop the brightest of colours silk shirts, fish net vests,
As a full-time Kabaddi player and play around with it to give an awe- bright coloured shorts and
representing Kenya, how are you some look. raincoats paired with suits.
able to incorporate your fashion Who dresses you? Who are your favourite
prowess into the sport? Slatta Styles who is part of the designers and how do
One thing people should realise is Jamdown Fashion House. His fashion they influence your
that fashion is everywhere and it’s how thoughts are broad and he does not limit style?
you choose to display it. I try as much to himself. I support local and with
let my fellow players know that being a How then does your style reveal that, I believe Ashok Kenya
sportsman doesn’t limit you to sweat- your personality? and Slats Styles are worth
pants and vests. I am a brave and classic man; at- my praise. They have an
How has the runway impacted on tributes I try to showcase in some of my eye for classy clothings and
your career? outfits. Spotting me in a lime green silk patterns, which I am cur-
I have been featured as a runway shirt is brave as I throw in a pair of white rently into.

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personality, singer,
fashion designer and
businesswoman.
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swimwear line
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Haggai Odhiambo

all sizes for women Egyptian god-

taking a fashion dess would
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she sure has a fashion of this outfit.
sense on check too. The shimmery
She likes to dress up The hairdo gives feel uplifts the
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with a white outfit, espe- most of her looks are ing and adds char- We could go
cially with the hat acces- classy. Check some of acter for that royal dancing with
sory. It’s sassy! the best. look. this look.
 TOP SHELF FACTS PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Ten Ways to keep career afloat

Keep applying for jobs
through the Covid-19 crisis
1
these online sessions to connect and
As an active job seeker, it is network with employers and experts in
important to keep applying for Our lives have taken an unprecedented turn with the onset of your respective industry or sector.
open positions. Your success in
the Covid-19 pandemic. As businesses bear the brunt of the Keep up with tech

6
job applications is determined by
your activity in the application; virus resulting in economic downturn, it is easy to lose focus Advancements in technology
when you keep applying for jobs you stand such as artificial intelligence,
a greater chance of landing onto one. The on your career. Here are a few ways to ensure you stay afloat machine learning and robotics
economy may be moving at a slower pace,
but it doesn’t mean that companies are
during these challenging times are creating a workforce that
needs to be increasingly more
not hiring. Continue sending out your job intelligent, aware and understanding of
applications. the progressions being made. You can
no longer afford to rely on other team
Make informed

2
members and peers to provide all of the
decisions technical skills. You need to be familiar
Many employees are now with and capable of leveraging the latest
working from home and it is an technology tools.
entirely new way of doing things
Stay motivated

7
for many companies. Being
self-aware at this time will help you have Even if your career plans
the most optimal output in your work. aren’t quite going as you had
Understanding times and environments imagined, it is important to
within your house when you feel most stay calm and motivated.
productive is key in your performance Motivation and determination
working at home. Understand your will get you a long way in your career,
strengths and weaknesses, whether you so try to stay positive whenever you can.
are a night owl or early bird and set aside a Sometimes life can knock you down
place in your house to be your workspace. and this will be a true test for you at
Create a schedule that leverages on your the start of your journey. As long as you
strengths and ensures your tasks are love what you do, you shouldn’t find it
completed. hard to remain inspired and driven every
single day.
Learn a new skill

3 Whether you are currently

employed or seeking
employment, use this time
to learn a new skill. If you
are not actively looking for
a job, you should actively grow your
career. Take advantage of the available
online courses on different sites. This
is crucial because you might not know
8
Keep resume
updated
Since you likely don’t
dictate every decision
your organisation makes,
you probably can’t control
whether or not your employer let’s
go of you or downsizes. Therefore, it
becomes equally important that you
what direction businesses will take maintain a high degree of marketability
after the Covid-19 pandemic, thus you and attractiveness to potential external
are better off improving your current employers at all times. This means
skillset to remain competitive. For active keeping your resume and profiles on
job seekers, adding a new skill to your platforms such as LinkedIn updated.
resume will make you stand out. Done regularly, this task can require
minimal effort, but result in a significant
Stay connected with

4
impact on your ability to quickly shift
colleagues towards new opportunities.
The current unprecedented
Be a cross-functional

9
events have affected people
in many ways. It is, therefore, asset
important to check up on Demonstrating value to your
your colleagues from work and find employer will go a long way
out how they are generally holding up. during these challenging
Take advantage of the virtual meeting times. If you can amplify your
spaces such as Google Hangouts, Zoom value and be a multi-faceted resource,
or Skype to just catch up about work, your importance to the organisation will
home and how you are all coping with the likely be higher than your peers.
current situation. Talking about things
Read!

10
with your colleagues will help everyone
relieve some stress and also keep you Reading is a
motivated to face the challenging times necessary habit for
that lie ahead. every successful
person. It broadens
Network with other

5
your mind,
professionals helps with your written and verbal
At a time where video and communication skills, and gives you
virtual meetings have become a certain level of understanding and
the norm, it is recommended empathy. Time spent with your nose
that you join those that are in a book is never wasted rather it’s
relevant to your industry and career. productive. Whether you read to escape
You will find valuable information from or pass the time, you’re doing yourself
experts on how to thrive through the and your career a great favour.
current situation. Take advantage of
-Compiled by Milliam Murigi
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY 23

Eureka Design, JOOPWBUF engineer GADGET REVIEW

8 * 5 )
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8"8 & 3 6
@Nduta__

Dell now goes almost bezel-less

The newly launched Dell XPS 13 is seen as an improved of-
fering compared to its predecessors. First off, it comes with
a slightly bigger screen, thanks to the reduction of the bezel
around it. It is also lighter and thinner. Users have two options:
the Core i7-1065G7, 16GB RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 1920 x 1200
touchscreen and the Core i5-1035G1, 8GB RAM, a 256GB SSD,
and a non-touch display, which cost Sh186,500 and Sh119,300,
respectively. They will also have to contend with issues such as
a poor webcam and a keyboard that gets too hot.

The Pregmum team. ABOVE: A mother

tries out the initial prototype. BELOW: The
final prototype currently in testing phase.
PD/COURTESY

New gadget aims phase, John says results have been quite im-
pressive. “The device was used in a joint pilot
with the University of Nairobi School of Nursing
and we were able to test it for iterations,” he

to reduce infant says.

Further, Pregmum foetal monitor is a cheap
solution for baby monitoring, with a projected
retail price of between Sh2,500 - Sh3,500.

mortality
“This is a solution for Kenya by Kenyans.
The device is Infant mortality stands at 35.198 per 1,000 live Microsoft Surface Book 3 leaked
designed to detect births according to United Nations Children’s
Fund’s (Unicef) report on Kenya demographics.
As one of the most anticipated gadgets of 2020, Surface Book
3 by Microsoft has created jitters after leaks about its price and
foetal heartbeat not Pregmum is a solution aimed at empower- specifications hit the interwebs. According to the leak, the price
by Faith Kyoumukama only to save lives, ing the woman to be able to take basic foetal is set to be on high-end, pegged at Sh187,500 and Sh259,000

A
@PeopleDailyKE healthcare into her own hands,” says Linus. for the 13-inch and 15-inch respectively. While the general
but also enhance design will remain the same, the device will come with 10th-
meeting of four strangers, four years mother-child bond Business coaching gen Intel processors, storage up to 1TB and memory options in
ago, at a 24-hour Hackathon tech John, a nurse, says Pregmum will also help 8GB, 16GB and 32GB.
conference in Nairobi, resulted in two expectant mothers create a bond with their
things; a strong bond and an innovation have to repeat tests. unborn child as she can always listen to the
called Pregmum that helps in detect- It is a known fact that high maternal and in- heartbeat.
ing foetal heartbeat. fant mortality rates in Kenya, especially among “When individual mothers cannot afford the
A project between Villgro Kenya the middle-to the low-income population, are device, community health workers will do the
Limited and Gearbox produced a team of worrying. Conclusively, foetal heart rate is the job as one device can be programmed to keep
four namely Bonface Sato, a mechanical and primary and easiest way to ascertain the infant records of different mothers. The gadget is well
electrical engineer; John Kiragu, a registered is alive and healthy. equipped with local storage and can upload
nurse; Timothy Kimemia, a system developer; So, how exactly does Pregmum work and data to the cloud even from the remotest part of
and Linus Wambugu a public health officer. what makes it different? Kenya,” he says.
“Pregmum is inspired by personal experi- The device replaces the human ear and At the beginning, being strangers with one
ences, especially those of Linus and John who watches for a sensor and system that tallies goal, the four struggled with team dynamics.
worked in health facilities. They noted that and records the foetal heartbeat. It has the “The team had no business brains. We were
Pinard Fetscope, the tool usually used to detect ability to take the mother’s pulse, compare and all in technical and health-related fields. We
foetal heart rate is subjective,” says Bonface. keep a record of the same. The information is had to go through business coaching with the
stored, analysed and graphs drawn and stored help of Villgro Kenya, and a one-month busi-
Repeat test on the cloud under the users’ profile, making ness class at Strathmore University organised
Studies carried out by the two, Bonface adds, the information accessible anywhere anytime. by Safaricom,” says Linus.
shows nurses confessing they sometimes Although the device is currently in the pilot For now, they say, their biggest challenge
make assumptions of heartbeat count, record- is lack of funds to fabricate and go on to the
ing 28 per cent of heartbeat within the expected next phase and finally push the product to the
one minute. Long wait times at clinics made market.
things even worse, especially since nurses “Sourcing for investors and government Asus improves Chromebook Flip
support is quite a long process, thereby slowing The bendable laptop, while similar to previous models,
down our ability to go to market with the innova- comes with a few improvements. It has two options: the
tion,” he notes. Intel Core i3 processor, 128GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM,
Such challenges in the industry have led to and the Core i5, 512GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM, both
calls by stakeholders for government to sup- with a microSD slot that expands storage to up to 2TB. Some
port local start-ups. positives include its lightweight, kickstand mode that makes
it easy to video conference, smooth set up and Wi-Fi6. Users
“Manufacturing is expensive due to
have to contend with touchscreen issues and the price.
many reasons with the most apparent
being high taxes and corruption. Gross
Domestic Product on manufacturing has
dropped to eight per cent from 11 per cent,
which has impacted these areas greatly. The
government needs to support local startups,
such as this one and protect manufactur-
ing ecosystems from external players. Good
policies must also be employed to create a
level playing field for small scale manufactur-
ers who are building things that respond to the
needs of Kenyans” says Kamau Gachigi, Execu-
tive Director of Gearbox.
 PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Family Fusion All about LJO and LJUI

Domestic abuse spike as coronavirus

traps people indoors
Many of us are feeling
stuck at home right
now, but it’s a much
scarier feeling for
those trapped at
home with their
abuser, isolated from
the people and the
resources that could
help them

ABOVE: Pacifica Ongecha, a community

leader. BELOW: Susan Kahema, counselling
psychologist. PD/COURTESY
Evelyn Makena
@PeopleDailyKe

wo weeks ago, Pacifica Ongecha

T
was preparing to go to bed when
she heard deafening screams from
her neighbour’s house. It was 10pm,
hours after the dusk to dawn curfew
had taken effect and the streets of
her neighbourhood in Limuru town
were quiet.
Pacifica rushed to the house to find two chil-
dren screaming, and their mother negotiating
with their father who had brandished a knife offences constituting 35.8 per cent of all criminal sibility. But now, men who have all along avoided
ready to attack her. It took the intervention of matters reported within that period. such discussions have to confront their realities,”
Pacifica to calm down the couple that had gotten Fridah Githuku, CEO, Groots Kenya, a civil society says Pacifica. That coupled with financial strain
into an argument over allegations of infidelity organisation that works with women at the grass- brought by job losses is causing a lot of tension in
and financial tensions. “The husband had arrived roots says the number of domestic abuse victims homes.
home that evening drunk after spending the pre- could be higher. The organisation that is present
vious night away. That coupled with the fact that in 14 counties and with over 200,000 members, Nowhere to vent
the man was alleged to be not providing for the reports daily cases of violence from mostly women. Families who were initially used to busy sched-
family sparked off a quarrel,” says Pacifica. “There are more cases that go unreported. The ules are finding it difficult to adjust to spending too
For Pacifica, a community leader in Limuru, situation is made difficult by the fact that most gov- much time together. “Chances are, some couples
cases of domestic violence have become fre- ernment officers are busy with Covid-19. Besides, that were used to being away from each other
quent since the start of the partial coronavirus victims may not be able to get help because of all day became strangers overtime, and are now
lockdown. Over the past three weeks, not a day restrictions on movement and lack of money,” says locked up together,” explains Susan Kahema, a care of, without really offering viable alternatives,”
goes without domestic abuse cases. Fridah. counselling psychologist. adds Fridah.
It is a similar scenario across the country Pacifica notes there are similar patterns on the Financial stress, uncertainty about the future For families that rely on daily wages, the present
where cases of domestic abuse have increased factors triggering the violence. With schools closed and other stressors related to everyday life have circumstances have made them highly vulnerable.
since the government restrictions begun. Re- and some companies cutting down on their opera- been linked with various coping mechanisms in- In villages especially, the spike in other forms of
cently Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs tions, families are spending a lot of time together. cluding domestic violence and substance abuse. abuse. Alice Isoyi, a community leader in Ikolomani,
Cabinet Secretary, Margaret Kobia confirmed That means that couples now have more time to “For people who are not able to handle the stress Kakamega county says that difficult financial cir-
this saying there has been a surge of domestic confront domestic issues they may have initially that comes with these challenges, becoming vio- cumstances are pushing children to engage in child
violence cases reported through the Gender swept under the carpet. “It has become apparent lent may look like the easy escape,” explains Susan. labour.
Based Violenve (GBV) hotline,1195. that women have been supporting families finan- Limited social interactions have left people with few “It’s the weeding season and children who are
cially, while the men have been escaping respon- options of where to vent their anger and stress. One supposed to be home studying are working in peo-
Swept under the carpet cannot go to a bar, visit a friend or watch a match ple’s farms to supplement the family’s income,” she
In March alone, 106 cases were reported to deal with stress. Perpetrators resort to violence says. Alice has also encountered few cases of wid-
through the hotline marking an increase from to cope with the feeling of loss of control brought ows being disinherited during this Covid-19 period.
," )&." about by the quarantine. Abuse of illicit brews is still rampant in this season
62 in February and 50 in January. Statistics show
that both men and women are suffering abuse in Women withstand the worst of domestic abuse. in villages where enforcement of the law may not be
the hands of their partners at home where they
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physical abuse. Fridah notes that the quaran-
tine has brought to the fore the male impunity in
prevent the spread of COVID-19 could make it dif-
ficult for survivors to report and to seek help. Experts
to curb the spread of coronavirus, some of which
include maintaining social distancing, there has
also been a rise of sexual abuse incidents. Data
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homes. “Under normal circumstances men in
most families do not spend a lot of time at home.
worry that this scenario could have far-reaching ef-
fects even way after the pandemic is over.
by the National Council on Administration of Jus-
tice shows that there had been a spike of sexual
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But now that they are spending too much time in
the house some are criticising how the home af-
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an increase in HIV infections and a rise in unwanted
offences in the last two weeks of March with the VQ
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 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY FAMILY FUSION 
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MAIN: A past
photo of Su-
san and her
family (left to
right) Susan’s
first born
daughter
Sally, Susan,
her husband
Sammy,
secondborn
daughter Sa-
rah and third
born Sam.
(Front row),
her young-
est daughter,
Sandra. RIGHT:
Sarah Keter
suffered dep-
SUSAN KETER, 53, quit pression at 12.
employment to bring up PD/COURTESY.

her six children. Now all

grown and successful,
she doesn’t regret it, and
is proud of how her chil-
dren have turned out.
I quit my job to
Here is her story of great
sacrifice, resilience, and
patience be stay-at-home Susan speaks out strongly against
controlling and punishing children sim-
ply for being children. “Children have to
be trained and not punished. Nurturing
children is about instilling the right values
usan Catherine Keter’s

mum for 12 years in them, not trying to control them in the

S
journey to motherhood, name of discipline,” she offers.
raising six chidren was no On the joys of motherhood, Susan is
mean task. “I got married always delighted to witness the achieve-
when I was totally inexperi- ments of their children. Now between
enced as far as dealing with As a result we both got frustrated,” she with depression at age 12 after compre- 17 and 29 years old, they are at different
children was concerned. I 4 64 " / recalls. hensive history of her life that the root stages of their lives; her firstborn, Sally
am the last born in our family, so I learnt She is, however, glad that God was problem was unveiled. The foetal distress, is a website developer, her second born,
about parenting on the job. I must say it
was challenging to chart my own path,”
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faithful, because every new baby that
joined the family was accompanied by a
caused the behavioural problems in her
early childhood. “It was painful to learn
Sarah works at a plastic surgery clinic,
her third, Sam is a software developer,
she begins. As she figured out her way
around, Susan encountered what most QBJOGVM
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promotion for my husband,” smiles Su-
san who marked 30 years of marriage on
that our daughter had been judged harsh-
ly and often punished in school because of
her forthborn Steve is a fitness trainer
and rugby player, her fifthborn, Seth is in
new mothers experience, she was criti-
cised for not doing things one way instead
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April 7.
She describes holding her children in
struggles that were not of her own mak-
ing,” she says.
university and also plays rugby. Her last
born, Sandra, is in Form Four. “Seing my
of another, especially by parents who
were more experienced than she was.
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her arms for the first time as one of the
most fulfilling moments. “Watching your Depressed
children being succesful brings so much
joy to my heart. Sometimes I come across
It is these hurdles that led Susan who
had graduated with a Bachelors degree
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child’s milestones from the first steps
to the first tooth cannot be described
Her fourth born son got critically ill just
before his second birthday hence neces-
billboards on the streets of Nairobi that
are the work of the company run by my
in Education at Kenyatta University to quit
her job as a bilingual secretary to take up
IBSTIMZ
GPS
in words. I have enjoyed watching them
grow into responsible adults, and now
sitating an emergency operation. At that
time, Susan was in the first trimester of
son-in-law and my daughter and feel
proud of them,” she beams.
full time parenting. “When I quit my job,
I was expecting our second baby and my
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they are taller than I am,” she laughs.
Her biggest challenge was her chil-
her fifth pregnancy. “Our next son was
born seven months later and had a birth
Susan who now works as a tranfor-
mational and business coach started
firstborn daughter, Sally was hyperactive
and needed a lot of attention. She would
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dren’s health. “My second born suffered
foetal distress and the birth complication
defect in the gastrointestinal tract. He re-
quired life-saving surgery during the first
rebuilding her career when her last born
was two yearsold. “I worked in the mental
often destroy things around the house PG
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caused damage to certain areas of her week of his life,” she says. health field from 2007 to 2012 and was
and I had no idea what hyperactivity was, brain. So, throughout her childhood, she All these vulnerabilities from prenatal one of the founders and first CEO of USP-
hence I would end up punishing her to NBLJOH would get irritated fast. and postnatal factors and the health com- Kenya, an organisation for consumers of
make her behave like ‘other children’. It was only after she was diagnosed plications triggered Susan’s depression. mental health services in Kenya.

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Rising against an unpredictable world for our kids
We’re in the second month that has not been forthcom- planning my budgets, having masks, we need to adapt to
of fighting the COVID- 19 ing. With the curfew and nothing more to plan with is the new lifestyle. Go back to
pandemic. I can’t help, but county lockdowns, the most somewhat disorienting. I now the drawing board, do your
think of my parents-in-law we can do is video call the liv- want a job, and precisely with market research, identify a
who hoped we would warm ing and find reasons to laugh a clause that allows me the need and see how you can
their home up on the hills this to keep sane. Everything else benefits of getting compensa- solve it. Our children are
month, or my mum who we has to wait. tions during pandemics. But is watching us. Some, like mine,
know would have loved to see that even possible? This might ask a lot of questions. Scary as
all her children on the day she Counting losses at work be that time when you get laid it looks, I am doing it, partly to
commemorates the death of Most people I know are now off or demoted if you’re in bad show them that it’s possible,
her husband. Or my dad who living on their last salary till books with your boss. Many and to make it easier for them.
has been lying deep in the further notice, and unless we homes will suffer even after Education is an excellent gift
cold, damp soil for the last catch the notorious virus, we this is over. So then how will to them, but learning to make
12 months, waiting for a new will begin fighting for sur- we survive? it in an unpredictable world is
batch of flowers, or a prayer vival too. Having been used to While we all can’t sell invaluable.
 PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Taboo /HW·VWDONBCPVUJU Pastor

Edward
Kamau of
God’s Grace
Ministry.
COURTESY

Euthanasia: Dignity or sin?

For ages, the debate on
whether to pull the plug
on a suffering patient has
remained contentious...
by Sandra Wekesa

T
@wekesa_sandra

he pain and agony that Lucy Wanjiru*

had been subjected to as her son’s
caregiver is something she can still
not explain, five months after he died.
The sound of the machine he had
been plugged to six months ago is the
only thing that lingers in her mind.
Even as she comes to terms with his ab-
sence, Wanjiru’s wish is to get back on her
feet and resume her life as she lived before
all this. Geoffrey Wango, a psychologist at Uni-
She recalls how her James*, just like many versity of Nairobi. COURTESY
other teens, was trying to complete school
and set a path towards a career as a doctor. trauma because of guilt that they might have
He always topped his class and it was not a murdered their loved one, and this kind of
doubt that one day he would get to live a full psychological trauma is not that easy on
life and take care of the family. them,” Wango says.
But as fate could have it, in 2017 when he hospital, and that is when he was diagnosed to relieve pain and suffering. He adds that The UoN don adds that in as much as
was in form two, he started falling ill. He got with brain cancer,” she says with sobs and although it is illegal in Kenya, some countries people might consider financial burden as a
headaches so severe that he had to go to the tears down her cheek. such as, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, reason for ‘mercy killing,’ it usually is never an
hospital. “I remember every time he got these Getting out of this as a family was hard; and states such as Washington and Oregon option because most people always think of
headaches, we would take him to hospital they had to look for money for chemotherapy have embraced it. the pain their loved one is going through.
only for the tests to show nothing was wrong. as the cancer was advanced. She didn’t have Euthanasia can be voluntary, non-voluntary Pastor Edward Kamau of God’s Grace
We would get him painkillers and take him any other option than to sell everything they and involuntary. Voluntary is conducted with Ministry says death with dignity is not an act of
back to school,” Lucy explains. had, from the family house in Nairobi to the consent and non-voluntary is conducted on a compassion, but of breaking the command-
After some time, the pain become unbear- car and other property, everything had to go to person unable to consent due to their health ments. “The first thing that should come to
able, and they opted for more tests, with support their child. conditions, therefore, the decision is made by mind is ending the life of someone who has a
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as the Her business suffered since she would another person. The third one is usually per- chance of regaining is not right, because God
first option. The tumour discovered wasn’t spend so many hours in the hospital, yet formed on a person who would be able to pro- is the only one who gives and takes away life,”
that big, making it easier to be treated with an James still didn’t show any sign of improve- vide informed consent, but still does not for he says.
operation. ment. any reasons including they don’t want to die. The narrative is not different in the African
“My son slipped into a coma, and I had to cultural context, where communities believe
Dashed dreams be there full time. He was just a teenager who Psychological trauma talking about death means inviting it to your
But it wasn’t as easy because the family needed his mother. I couldn’t afford to go to This process causes a psychological dilem- Peter Wambua, home and that human life is sacred for we are
had to dig deep into their pockets to ensure work with all this going on, so I just stayed at ma in caregivers, whether family or friends, an Akamba elder. only stewards of our body and answerable to
their child got well. “Treating the tumour was the hospital and waited for him to wake up. for instance, they might not know whether COURTESY God for it. Peter Wambua, an Akamba elder,
the hard part for our family. As an entrepre- But this went on for months, the bill was ac- to allow it or let faith come to play and work says mercy killing in African culture was not
neur, I didn’t believe I could come up with cumulating and I just didn’t have any other miracles for them. allowed. Some communities believed that life
money for surgery, but eventually, we were option other than to ask the doctor for advise In some instances, patients normally have and death of a person is in the hands of the
able to raise it, thanks to well wishers,” Lucy on how to lessen the pain.” Lucy explains. this spelt out in their will, indicating clearly God and ancestors.
recalls. This was how her son died, after a series that when they become critically ill, or are un- “Since we live in a system of belief it was
James got well and went back to school but of pain. It wasn’t the kind of experience she dergoing excruciating pain, the family should not right according to our culture to take away
after a year, his health deteriorated. would wish for an 18- year-old. just let them die with dignity. However, the the life of a person; instead, they should be
“He now had to stay away from school Geoffrey Wango, a psychologist at Univer- family might not know the extent of the pain, allowed to live to face another day and enjoy
because he was not stable enough to even do sity of Nairobi, says euthanasia also known making it difficult for them to make a decision. their life here on earth,” he says.
anything for himself. We then went back to the as mercy killing is intentionally ending a life “After this, some families might go through

BRIEFLY
‘Ambition’ still taboo word for female executives confident they could actually achieve
career ambitions.
“Earlier in my career, I was told,
only to help employees embrace their
own ambition but to encourage them
to back the ambitions of others as
Almost 90 per cent of people in the feel that men make better business ship with The New York Women’s and not always in a positive way, that well.
world hold some sort of bias against executives and that men have more Foundation, looked at working wom- I was ‘ambitious.’ It was labeled as “Many women, in particular, still
women, including that about half of right to a job when jobs are scarce. en’s relationships with ambition, con- negative. I didn’t see it as negative and have a complicated relationship with
the population agrees that men make With these statistics, it doesn’t fidence, recognition, and advocates. still don’t. It’s about confidence and the word ‘ambition,’” Herena said.
better political leaders, according come as a shock that women’s rela- According to the study, a majority growth,” said Monique Herena, the “Our hope is that leaders everywhere
to the Gender Social Norms Index tionship with the word “ambition” is of women consider themselves ambi- Chief Colleague Experience Officer at will recognize their responsibility to
(GSNI), a new United Nations study an extremely complex one — almost tious, but only 31 per cent said they are American Express. support their colleagues’ ambitions,
that contains data from 75 countries, as complex as their relationship with proud to call themselves “ambitious” As a way to fight this negative con- – whether it’s for their careers, per-
or 80 per cent of the world’s popula- make-up in the workplace. publicly. notation, the company launched The sonal lives or their communities.”
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Families sue helicopter

firm in Kobe Bryant crash
LOS ANGLES: The families basketball with Gianna— and
of four passengers who were of assistant coach Christina
killed in the helicopter crash Mauser, the TMZ website
with NBA legend Kobe Bryant said. The complaints accuse
and his 13-year-old daughter Island Express Helicopters
Gianna have launched legal and Island Express Holding
proceedings against the firms Corp of negligence. Bryant’s
that owned and operated widow Vanessa filed a law-
the chopper, media reports suit nearly two months ago
said. The lawsuits were filed against the operators of the
Sunday in the Los Angeles helicopter and the estate of
Superior Court on behalf of the pilot, Ara Zobayan, who
the families of basketball was among the nine killed
coach John Altobelli, his wife when they crashed in rugged
Keri and their 13-year-old terrain west of Los Angeles
daughter Alyssa—who played on January 26. -AFP

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of leagues on the continent A section of Western main very competitive; something promising many things that are Sony Sugar’s
LAUSSANE: UEFA made a European competitions, in that brings passion and entertain- never implemented. I think we Yusuf
“strong recommendation” case of a cancelled league,
Kenya football coaches ment for the fans,” said Alumira. need to improve this if we dream of Muhammed
yesterday that domestic have been developed.” UEFA support move by Wazito “It will exert more pressure on
local leagues to put in place right
developing football in the country.
Our league has made some steps
(left) vies
European football league said any further decisions for the ball
seasons, currently on hold would be announced after its
boss to have elite structures in order to attract more backward after the withdrawal of with Wazito
because of the coronavirus Executive Committee meets division in East Africa sponsorship for the them to remain sponsors and we can’t match the FC’s Michael
pandemic, be completed. tomorrow. League seasons relevant. Football is money and just other regional leagues who are well Oduor during
“There was a strong across Europe were halted like the lucrative UEFA Champions organised with good finances,” said a past league
recommendation given to in March as coronavirus by Fred Likuyani League, every player will strive go Imbenzi. match.
@PeopleDailyKe where big money is,” he added. “If Badoer will borrow a leaf from INSET: Wazito
finish domestic top division spread across the continent.
“This is something that has been former Cecafa secretary general FC owner
and cup competitions,” The German Bundesliga is
A proposal by Kenyan Premier mooted and discussed even by the Nicholas Musonye who did great Ricardo
European football’s set to become the first top-
League side Wazito FC owner Ri- richest clubs in Europe with inten- work to improve soccer standards
governing body said. It added flight league to attempt to Badoer. PD/
cardo Badoer to have 10 teams tions of coming up with a form of a in the region, then we can expect
that “some special cases will restart its season, with clubs super league, so this is the best idea something good. However, we need
RODGERS
from East Africa compete in a su-
be heard once guidelines expected to agree to a May 9 if the right structures will be put in to strengthen our leagues first,” he
NDEGWA
per league-style competition have
concerning participation to resumption. -AFP place,” said Alumira. added. But former Kenyan interna-
received backing from a section of
Western Kenya football stakehold- tional Nick Yakhama opposes the
ers. Good structures move, calling on Badoer to support
Vihiga Queens coach Alex Alumira The proposal also received en- Cecafa instead as it already has 12
supports the move, terming it good dorsement from Kakamega Home- teams and established structures.
for an investor seeking a platform to boyz team manager Boniface Im- The Wazito owner has revealed
market his business empire. benzi who said football is all about that measures for the regional event
“Football is all about money, the sponsorships and good structures. are at an advanced stage, having fi-
league, with good sponsorship will “Our administrators are always nalised registration of the company
attract quality players and hence re- playing a lot of public relations, and was working on the logo.

Barca toss Nou Camp

naming rights in virus fight Birds day out
MADRID: Barcelona will fects of Covid-19, both at a Before the coronavirus pan-
raise money for the fight local and international level”. demic halted all sporting
against coronavirus by sell- The stadium will keep ‘Camp activities in the country, the
ing the naming rights to their Nou’ in its name while also Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos
Camp Nou stadium next including the new sponsor. would host a football match
season for the first time in The club have previously every weekend. But with no
the club’s history. The income advertised UNICEF children’s action in sight, birds took over.
generated from the re-nam- charity for free on their shirts. The stadium has now been
ing of Barca’s 99,000-seater In a statement yesterday, the turned into a temporary isola-
home for one year will be put club said the process of find- tion centre for Covid-19 pa-
towards “research projects ing a buyer will begin “in the tients in the county. PD/PHILIP
and other projects involved next few weeks”. KAMAKYA
in the battle against the ef- -AFP
 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 / PEOPLE DAILY PEOPLE SPORT 

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by Gibo Zachary doing the much-advanced multipurpose ones, wants one with a chimney that directs smoke
@PeopleDailyKe Ndigiti is loving it as it will not only earn him outside.
money but is also keeping him busy during the It takes Ndigiti five to six hours to have one
An athlete’s life is profoundly dependent on break. jiko installed in a permanent house, and up to
running and thus, many professional runners “This is the job I am doing at home now 12 hours in a semi-permanent building. This is
solely rely on it for a living. that there’s no race to compete in,” the former because he has to construct a strong founda-
However, with the global sporting calendar World Under-18 bronze medalist told People tion with cement to hold the jiko.
interrupted, athletics included, as a result Sport in Kisii on Monday. The athlete hopes the health situation will
of the Covid-19 pandemic, real struggle for be fine soon so that he can return to his first
athletes to beat the harsh economic times has Clients’ demands love since he is keen to graduate into the senior
seen some of them resort to different means of “Jiko making is an art I learnt and used to ranks.
survival. do when I was young before I realised that I “I rise up early to train before going to my
One such athlete is reigning Africa junior had the gift of running. While still very young jiko making business. Practice is a must for me.
10,000m walk race champion Dominic Ndigiti. and with poverty overwhelming my family, I I want to keep fit because you never know, you
Ndigiti, who was preparing for the Tokyo ventured into the jiko making business. At the might wake up and you’re told to prepare for a
Olympics Games and the 22nd Africa Senior time, I only used soil but at the moment, and race,” he said.
Athletics Championships in Algiers, Algeria depending on my client’s demands, I do both “As much as I am into the jiko-making busi-
before the virus struck, has decided to go back soil and cement jikos,” added Ndigiti. ness which is putting food on the table for me
to what he used to do as a child to eke out a Ndigiti’s multipurpose jikos use both and my family at the moment, I also have a
Africa junior walk race champion Dominic Ndigiti firewood and charcoal and sale for Sh3,000, well-planned practice schedules because I
living.
shows off one of the jikos he is making in Kisii PD/ That involves making clay cooking stoves Sh2,500 or Sh1,500 depending on the mate- firmly believe, soon we’re going to defeat this
GIBO ZACHARY rial used, number of burners and if someone disease and get back to running,” he added.
popularly known as jikos. Though he is now

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Division within Cricket Kenya seems far
from over after document that sought to
quell wrangles is taken back following mixed
reactions from stakeholders
by Barry Silah ing with women’s cricket which
@PeopleDailyKe analysts believe is a big score for
the near forgotten lot.
Divisions within Cricket Kenya Treasurer of the Interim Com-
(CK) came to the fore once again mittee that facilitated the draft
yesterday when the association Kennedy Obuya had backed the
released its proposed draft con- draft before its recalling. “I believe
stitution in the afternoon before with this draft, it is a new dawn in
recalling it in the evening. the making and we should start
Recall came hours after mixed work. I know there could be gaps
reactions greeted its release fol- but largely, it is a progressive docu-
lowing months of lobbying. ment even though such a process agree with one vote being handled ‘noisemakers’. “It is obvious that
can sometimes be complex and Rakep Patel
The 34-page draft had been by a delegate selected from the as- the pressure from ICC was tell-
seen as a win-win situation for divisive,” Obuya told People Sport bats off a
sociations. Some of these issues ing and so we had to work smart. delivery as
stakeholders in the game that has yesterday. were raised in the previous meet- However, it is not of benefit to just
been bedeviled with endless wran- wicket keeper
ings and therefore we only await impress people who would oth-
gles for a number of years. Ankit Hirani
the modalities to be used,” Coast erwise lose elections to be given
The constitutional process was Proposal is good watches
Cricket Association Secretary Gen- safe landing slots. We need a solid
as a result of an attempt by former Another idea that had earned during a
eral Dhiru Halai said. structure that will curb inefficien-
Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid the backing from some key cies,” Ong’ondo.
training
However, former CK treasurer
Echesa to intervene in the feuding stakeholders in the sport Ravi Kaul poured cold water on session in
sides who in 2018 disagreed on the was the proposal that the enlarged committees. “There preparation
status of the CK constitution and at least 30 per cent of needs to be at least five and not the Ignore email for the
the fact that the association, under International Cricket 11 being mentioned. Committees However, in an email sent to Africa T20 in
lawyer Jackie Janmohamed, had Council funds and must be beneficial to the sport,” newsrooms last evening, CK re- Uganda last
failed to comply with the Sports from other donors he argued even as he pointed out called the document, saying: “I re- year. INSET:
Act 2013. be taken to full that the three positions of gen- fer to the below email which was Cricket Kenya
Some of the new proposals that members of der minority proposed for nom- erroneously sent out earlier today boss Jackie
had been included were to have the associa- inations to the Executive Board (yesterday). Kindly ignore the said Janmohamed.
more women voices and the cre- tion. with full rights were needless email together with the attach- PD/PHILIP
ation of a unitary Development “We and waste of resources.” ment (draft). The correct com- KAMAKYA.
Director in Charge of Counties, want to Former men’s national munication on this subject will be
replacing the former Provinces see clubs team assistant coach and sent out in due course.”
Development Managers. especially Kenyan international Peter It is not clear why CK recalled
The draft had been undertaken involved Ong’ondo suggested the draft- the document but it is an indica-
to create a position of Director of and so the ers of the document wanted to tion that the issues the constitu-
Women’s Cricket in the newly-pro- 30 percent avoid blame by creating so tion sought to address are still far
posed Executive Board and also a proposal is many positions to silence from over.
sub-committee specifically deal- good. We also
30 PEOPLE SPORT PEOPLE DAILY / Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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Kenneth Kipkemoi settled
for third in 2:08:07.
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Reigning Boston Mara- and we were together in the
thon champion Lawrence leading pack up to the last
Cherono has not been de- 50m. That’s when I sprint-
terred by the coronavirus ed, leaving him behind. His
pandemic and is looking body could not react and
forward to defend his title that is how I was able to win
during the 124th edition of the race,” said Cherono,
the race. who is also the Chicago
The event, initially set to Marathon champion.
take place on April 20, was Meanwhile, Kirui is also
looking forward to a good
In an interview with K24’s Caren
postponed to September
14 as part of measures by run with the intention of Kibbett, multiple Olympics,
the US government to curb recapturing the crown he World triple jump champion
the spread of the virus. last won in 2017. The ath-
Cherono, who trains in lete, who normally trains talks about desire to start
Kaptagat, Elgeyo Marakwet at his home in Keringet,
County will face Ethiopia’s Nakuru County has since
season in Kenya and being
Lelisa Desisa, 2017 winner shifted to Kaptagat in a inspired by David Rudisha
Geoffrey Kirui, 2018 cham- bid to improve his perfor-
pion Yuki Kawauchi among mance.
other quality runners. “I have been training in
“I am continuing with the two regions (Kaptagat
the training despite the and Keringet) and both ar-
postponement but I look eas have similar conditions
forward to that day and I which are good for train-
am delighted that I will be ing,” said Kirui.
going back to the USA to He finished second in a
defend my title and I have rain-soaked race in 2018
prepared well for the mara- and fifth last year.
thon. I am optimistic that In the women’s category,
I will do well even though 2015 champion Caro-
the elite field is strong,” line Rotich will compete
said Cherono. against 2017 winner Edna
“The 2017 champion Kiplagat and reigning
Geoffrey Kirui and 2018 champion Ethiopia’s Wor-
winner Yuki Kawauchi and knesh Degefa.
Lelisa Desisa, who won in Degefa won last year’s
2013, will be competing race in 2:23:3 with Kiplagat
with me. They have all won second in 2:24:14 while
USA’s Jordan Hasay clocked by Lynette Matheka ing the world record that stands at to have people to push you. I hope
before and will be hungry
2:25:20 for third place. @PeopleDailyKe 18:29m. to be the victor but it sure will be a
for another title,’’ he added.
Challengers for the title “I was prepared to defend my good fight,” Taylor said.
At last year’s edition,
include Mare Dibaba of Reigning Olympics and World Olympics gold in Tokyo as well as With a packed calendar ahead,
Cherono won the Boston
Ethiopia, who will return in triple jump champion Christian break the world record. Now I have probably stretching all the way
title in a sprint finish,
excellent shape having run Taylor will be in Nairobi to com- another year to prepare and I have to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the
clocking 2:07:57 to beat
2:20:21 for second place at pete in the inaugural World Ath- everything pushed towards that triple jumper says he will use ev-
Desisa to second place
the 2019 Berlin Marathon. letics Continental Tour when a new goal. I am healthy and motivated. ery opportunity to stay fit and at
(2:07:59) while Kenya’s
date is set. By then, I will be 30 which I think is the same time be smart about the
New in the World Athletics cal- a perfect age and with experience, competitions he will be a part of.
endar, the Continental Tour was I hope the stars will line up for me After the 2021 Olympics there
scheduled to make its debut in to achieve that,” he added. will be back-to-back World Cham-
Kenya on May 2 before the Covid pionships in 2022 and 2023 after
19 pandemic forced the event to be World Athletics moved next year’s
postponed. Stiff competition event to accommodate the Tokyo
“I was to start my season in Ke- He went on: “I am preparing for Games, making it a packed calen-
nya and I was very excited to see the Olympics next year but I would dar for athletes.
what the Tour had in store being also love to be in Paris 2024. I love
a new system. This would be my being a part of these historical
first time in Kenya and I had vi- events and I have been lucky to Diamond League series
sions, aspirations and goals that I see some spectacular moments “I love track and field and I will
had set to achieve there. To have throughout my career. My big- take every opportunity to compete
the opportunity to compete there gest take from the 2012 Olympics, in the triple jump where I can.
will be very special so hopefully for instance, was watching David With the discipline removed in
come August, when the event is Rudisha set a new world record the Diamond League series, if the
tentatively set to take place, I will in the final. Watching that 800m 400m is the only option I have to
be in the country for the Tour, “ the race was special. I am taking it one remain active in the series I will do
American said from his US base via event at a time but hopefully I can what I can to survive. Additionally,
a Skype interview with K24 sports make it to Paris too.” I will engage older athletes who
anchor Caren Kibbett. Even as he eyes the world re- are more experienced on how I
With all sporting events at a cord, Taylor admits he is likely to can handle the packed calendar
standstill and the United States re- face stiff competition from, among ahead. I will be getting older and
cording the highest Covid-19 infec- others, Africa record holder and competing will not be the same
tions and deaths in the world so far, World bronze medalist Burkina but I am willing to do the hard
Lawrence Cherono
the 29-year old has not been able Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango. He, work,” added Taylor.
crosses the finish line
to jump for close to two months. however, welcomes the pressure, The four-time world champion
to win the 2019 Boston
He is, however, hopeful that with saying it will push him to do better. won his first USA outdoor nation-
Marathon. FILE “He (Zango) is a phenomenal al title in 2011. He followed it up
the Olympics moved to next year,
he will have enough time to pre- person. I know the pressure will with a win in the triple jump at the
pare as he sets his eyes on break- be there but it is very important 2011 World Championships. He
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World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot is ruing

a missed opportunity to cement his name in the sport’s
wall of fame by winning an Olympics medal in 2020.
Cheruiyot, 24, had high expectations this season, but
all that has disappeared as he can’t train or compete in
any event at the moment.
The Diamond League has been postponed with
the first race likely in August and the Olympic Games
pushed to 2021.
Now, he is left with doing his part-time job, farming.
“Of course I had set my sights on winning my fourth
Diamond League trophy and the Olympic Games,” said
Cheruiyot on Monday from his home in Bomet.
Cheruiyot had hoped to use the top form he has en-
joyed recently to challenge some of the times set in the
distance, defend the Diamond Trophy and win the Tokyo
Olympics.
Now he will have to wait, hoping he will find similar
form in 2021, to hunt for medals and records. “Hopefully,
I will be in the same form as last season. But we have to
accept to live with things we can’t change. We have to
accept the postponement of the Games because nothing
much could have been done,” he said.
Cheruiyot belives the world will emerge stronger after
the coronavirus and it is important that athletes con-
tinue training no matter how hard it is to do it alone. “Of
course, we are finding ourselves in a very difficult situ-
ation as athletes but we take heart because it is a global
Olympics and world triple problem. We will overcome it and sports will be back on
jump champion American the big stage,” Cheruiyot said.
Christian Taylor competes Kenyan athletes will have a tough choice to make in
2021 when most sports events are expected to return.
at the 2016 Rio Games. TOP
There will be the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic
RIGHT: Taylor shows off his
Games, the Diamond League, Africa Championships
gold medal at the Doha
and Continental Tour. -Xinhua
2019 Worlds. RIGHT: Taylor
competes in Doha. FILE

won gold at the 2012 Olympics World Championships in London

in London after placing fourth at with a jump of 17.68m.
the 2013 World Championships Coming to the 2019 World
but regained his title at the 2015 Championship in Doha as the
event. defending champion, Taylor took
his fourth crown after producing
a 17.92m jump.
Victory in triple jump He also competes in the long
He would defend his Olympics jump with a best of 8.19m and in
title in the 2016 Games in Rio de the sprints to a high level. His best
Janeiro with a jump of 17.86m. In for the 400m dash is 45.07 sec-
2017, Taylor once again stormed onds and he has run 20.70 sec-
to victory in the triple jump at the onds in 200m.

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by Emmanuel Masinde prepared well for the season as I if you are training well because Simiyu blamed AK for the de-
@PeopleDailyKe targeted a slot in Team Kenya to there are no competitions to test bacle, claiming the federation
the Olympics Games in Tokyo,” your endurance and see if what did not inform him of the regu-
Standard Chartered Nairobi said Simiyu who was compet- we have been doing needs cor- lations before he signed up for
marathon 10km champion ing in different local and inter- rection,” he added. the trials.
Daniel Simiyu is having it rough national races to build up his Simiyu endured harsh treat- The athlete, however, put that
training alone since the corona- fitness for the season before the ment last year when he was behind and went on to win last
virus pandemic led to the clo- break. ejected from the Kenyan squad year’s Family Bank Half Mara-
sure of all camps last month. to the 2019 World Champion- thon in Eldoret and is keen to
The Iten-based runner, who ships in Doha, Qatar despite make up for the lost opportunity
hails from Samburu County, Training alone winning the 5,000m in the trials in future competitions.
was ready to compete before the Simiyu, who is also the Ki- in Nairobi. “I am hoping to perform well
crisis as he was eyeing a slot in sii 10km winner, says training Athletics Kenya (AK) cited in my running career which I be-
Team Kenya to the 2020 Olym- alone is very difficult since do- failure to meet anti-doping test lieve I will do. I will put more ef-
pic which event has since been ing so in a group gauge one’s regulations that require a mini- fort in my training as I was born
postponed to next year due to level of preparedness and offers mum of three out-of-competi- with a purpose. God can turn my
the disease. competition. tion tests before one’s name is past and present pain into future
Daniel Simiyu during a past race in Eldoret. “It is impossible now to know
“I was in good shape and I had submitted into the entry list. gains,” he summed up.
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La Liga, Spanish FA concur Possible May 9 resumption of Germany’s

on training restart protocol Bundesliga behind closed-door stadiums
MADRID: La Liga and the Spanish Football Federa- BERLIN: Germany’s Bundesliga ing the German term “Geisterspiele”
tion (RFEF) have agreed a return to training protocol could resume from May 9, regional for matches played in empty stadiums.
for professional players in the country after the coro- leaders of the country’s biggest states “A weekend with football is much more
navirus outbreak, the Spanish National Sports Council said on Monday, although games can bearable than a weekend without
(CSD) announced on Monday. Spain’s top division has only take place without spectators to football,” he added. Likewise, Armin
been suspended since March 12 due to the COVID-19 prevent coronavirus contagion. Markus Laschet, premier of North Rhine-West-
outbreak which has so far killed more than 20,800 Soeder, state premier of Bavaria which phalia state which is home to Borussia
people, the third-highest number of deaths in the hosts champions Bayern Munich, said Dortmund, said Germany’s top flight
world after the United States and Italy. “This decision it remains “completely unimaginable could resume “on condition that there
remains controlled by the evolution of the Covid-19 to have spectators” in the stadiums is a thoroughly thought-out concept”.
pandemic and by the decisions adopted by the Ministry given the need for social distancing to The German Football League (DFL) has
of Health,” the CSD said in a statement. La Liga clubs slow the virus spread. But “we could presented “safeguards” in recent days,
will train again “when health conditions allow it, and perhaps from May 9 play such a round said Laschet, adding he “can imagine
by following strict health protocols,” it added. -AFP of ‘ghost games’,” Soeder told Bild, us- us returning to ‘ghost games’”. -AFP

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Friday. It will now meet next Monday.
The measure riled European football’s
governing body UEFA who are meet-
ing this week to discuss the fate of the
2019/20 season. UEFA had called the
Belgian move to call time on their do-
mestic season “at this stage, premature
and not justified”. It threatened to ban all
teams from European competitions next
season if they did not complete their
league season. -AFP

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MILAN: Serie A insisted Monday that
they were committed to finishing the
season despite reports seven clubs are
against a return to action as the corona-
London, Tuesday coaching staff to help support the staff to save money. contracting the virus in March, virus pandemic continues to afflict Italy.
@PeopleSports11 club at this critical time,” Arsenal The Premier League asked clubs spoke to his 27-man squad in a “The Lega Serie A Council that met today
said in a statement. to put a 30 percent pay cut to play- video call on Wednesday. unanimously confirmed its intention
Arsenal became the first Eng- “The move follows positive and ers, but the English Professional He is said to have made it clear
lish Premier League club to agree to complete the 2019-2020 season, if
constructive discussions. In these Footballers’ Association said that that he would not engage them in the government allows it to take place,”
a coronavirus pay cut with their conversations there has been a would affect tax contributions to discussions about money normal-
players as manager Mikel Arteta Italy’s top flight said in a statement It
clear appreciation of the gravity of the UK’s state-run National Health ly, but in this case he wanted them added that any resumption will take
and his stars slashed their wages the current situation caused by the Service. to take a strong collective stance place “in accordance with regulations
by 12.5 per cent on Monday. Covid-19 pandemic and a strong It was reported that Arsenal ini- in supporting Arsenal through the laid out by FIFA and UEFA” and the Ital-
After Southampton and West desire for players and staff to show tially proposed a 12-month drop in unprecedented financial mayhem ian Football Federation (FIGC), and “in
Ham announced wage deferral their backing for the Arsenal fam- salary for their players. caused by the pandemic. compliance with medical protocols to
agreements with their players, Ar- ily.” There are reports that Arsenal, protect the players”. Brescia, Torino,
senal went one step further by se- The pay deals come after a se- whose yearly wage bill is around Sampdoria, Udinese, SPAL, Genoa and
curing the pay cut from Arteta and ries of negotiations over the last ‘Financial risks’ £230 million (Sh28.6 billion), will Sardinian outfit Cagliari do not want to
the first-team squad. two weeks amid a backdrop of After a muted response to their give players their money back play because of the “incalculable risk” of
“We are pleased to announce criticism for Premier League play- request, Arsenal were able to se- in the event that they bridge an restarting, according to reports in Italy.
that we have reached a voluntary ers over their failure to agree quick cure the agreement thanks to Arte- eight-point gap and qualify for the Six of those clubs are situated in the
agreement with our first-team wage cuts while some top-flight ta’s influence, according to reports. Champions League when football north of Italy which has been hardest hit
players, head coach and core teams furloughed non-playing Arteta, who has recovered after restarts. -AFP by a virus which has killed over 24,000
people. -AFP

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