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Value the Constitution to serve Kenya better Monday April 05 2021 By BUSINESS DAILY Summary Sadly, the number of scandals every time Kenya is faced with a life-threatening event and a huge budget is required such as the Covid-19 situation is mind-boggling. Are scandals involving loss of taxpayers’ money not so many in Kenya? Aren’t related investigations equally many? Aren’t Members of Parliament vetting nominees to key positions as stipulated in the Constitution? Indeed, requirements for...

Key ruling for graft fight Wednesday March 17 2021 Summary The court ruling declaring the acting Director of Surveys Polly Wanjiku Gitimu as unfit to hold public office over past links to fraudulent land transfer is laudable. Employment Court judge Nelson Abuodha found that questions over Ms Gitimu’s integrity are an impediment to her being recommended for promotion or appointment to another public office unless the dispute is resolved in her favour. The court ruling declaring the acting Dire...

Court rules Survey boss unfit for job over Karen land scam Tuesday March 16 2021 Summary Justice Nelson Abuodha ruled that the Ministry of Lands erred in promoting Polly Wanjiku Gitimu alias Pauline despite the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) recommending charges against her for the fraudulent transfer of the 134-acre land. The judge reckoned the questions over her integrity remained despite the fraud charges having been dropped on a technicality linked to the composition of the EA...

THE STANDARD By Paul Ogemba | March 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Judge Nelson Abuodha [PHOTO BY GEORGE NJUNGE] A senior director of survey at the Ministry of Lands has been declared unfit to hold public office for engaging in land fraud. Justice Nelson Abuodha ruled that it would be against the principles of good governance to allow Polly Wanjiku Gitimu alias Pauline to hold the position of director of surveys when her integrity had been questioned, with mentions of fraudulent transfer of ...

News Book Review: Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19 AUTHOR: XandoBlogs.com In Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, editors Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady present background research and case studies from American college campuses that are in the fight to end hunger among their students, an issue only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.  In Chapter Six, students at Oregon State ...

THE STANDARD President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) during a joint media address with political party leaders at State House, Nairobi. Present are Gideon Moi (Kanu), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Raila Odinga (ODM), Charity Ngilu (Narc) and Mosses Wetangula (Ford Kenya). As the country’s top leaders, dubbed ‘Super Seven’ hit the ground running this week to drum up support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, it is a race against time for public literacy. The leaders...

THE STANDARD President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) during a joint media address with political party leaders at State House, Nairobi. Present are Gideon Moi (Kanu), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Raila Odinga (ODM), Charity Ngilu (Narc) and Mosses Wetangula (Ford Kenya). As the country’s top leaders, dubbed ‘Super Seven’ hit the ground running this week to drum up support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, it is a race against time for public literacy. The leaders...

Report shows cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA too Share Johannesburg - A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time. In a report published by the Maverick Citizen, the report titled Report on Cartel Power Dynamics in Zimbabwe, which is authored by anonymous stakeholders in Zimbabwe, details how cartels have crippled state ins...

Kenya Police Recruit Dies during Exercise A police crime scene Citizen Digital A male recruit died on Monday, February 22, during the Kenya police recruitment exercise in Webuye, Bungoma county. Wamukota was among the 300 candidates who turned up for the exercise at Bokoli Primary School. Kenya Police during a parade Twitter The parents told K24 that their son was pursuing an engineering course at the National Youth service and had traveled home to try his luck in the recruitment. Engineering...

Information Independent Media investigations has obtained points to the existence of a plan to carry out illegal surveillance and bug the phones of executives of companies under Sekunjalo, as well as those of its executive chairperson, Dr Iqbal Survé. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane /African News Agency (ANA) EXPOSED: The plot to shut down Independent Media Feb 19, 2021 Share Cape Town - A high-level operation in which powerful politicians are using state organs in an attempt to harm Independent Med...