Serious questions are being asked following the government’s allocation of Sh6billion for the final resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the 2016/17 national budget.

In the budget presented in parliament on Wednesday by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich, the said amount was allocated to the resettlement of IDPs who are supposedly resettled by now.

This even as in February 2016 the government released Sh1billion to conclude the resettlement of all IDPs in the country from the events of the 2007-2008 post election violence.

BIG QUESTION

Deputy President William Ruto is on record for stating a definite date during the same month of February within which the last batch of funds would have been wired to the accounts of the affected people.

At the time, the Sh1billion released by the government was reported to have brought to Sh17.5 billion the total amount spent on resettlement of IDPs since 2008.

So if there are no more IDPs left in Kenya, then why did the CS allocate the additional amount towards the same end?

That is the 6 billion shillings question that Kenyans have been asking themselves on social media since CS Rotich read the budget in parliament.

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Students selected to join university in September have shunned Garissa University College, dealing a big blow to government efforts to revive the institution a year after 148 people were killed in a terrorist attack there.

Of the 710 places at the institution, only 23 have been taken up.

Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service statistics show that there are 687 unfilled slots.

Last year, the college did not admit students following the April attack and those studying at the institution were transferred to Moi University in Eldoret.

The Bachelor of Education (Arts) course has the highest number of unfilled slots at 149 followed by Bachelor of Education (Science) at 95.

CUT-OFF POINT

The placement agency has since announced the second and final revision of course choices ahead of the September admission date after more than 19,209 candidates failed to get their first degree choices.

Chief executive officer John Muraguri said the unplaced students have until June 18 to select new courses.

“This application is open to all candidates who, on competitive selection, have not been placed for any of their degree or diploma choices after the first revision,” said Mr Muraguri.

“Successful candidates will be informed at the end of June after the selection is completed,” he added.
A total of 74,389 students are set to join the 32 public universities.

The cut-off point has been pegged at B of 60 points for male candidates and B- of 58 points for female candidates.

A total 165,766 candidates scored the minimum entry qualification of C+ and above in last year’s examination.

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Tragedy has hit Nigeria football again as former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu died just days after another national team coach Stephen Keshi passed away.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced Saturday that Amodu, 58, died after complaining of chest problems.

On Wednesday, Keshi, 54, died suddenly in the southern Benin City. Amodu, four-time Super Eagles coach, also died in his sleep in the same city.

Amodu, who qualified Nigeria to two World Cups, in 2002 and 2010, was to have replaced Sunday Oliseh, who quit as the country’s coach in February, but he declined on health grounds. The top coach was recently appointed Nigeria technical director.

WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION

Senior football officials told AFP Amodu was hypertensive and had been on medication. Keshi assisted Amodu when Nigeria qualified for the 2002 World Cup.

Amodu rose to prominence when he guided BCC Lions of Gboko to win the Africa Cup Winners Cup in 1991.

He was subsequently rewarded with leading the Super Eagles in 1994. He would take up this post at least three other times during which time he qualified the country to two World Cups.

But on both occasions he was not the man in charge at the final tournaments. He also handled top South African club Orlando Pirates between 1996 and 1997.

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Nairobi County Governor Evans Kidero has angered a section of city residents with posts on social media of refurbishment work on roads in leafy residential suburbs.

The pictures show refurbishment of roads in relatively good conditions in what clearly appears to be an upper class areas of the city even as Nairobians, mostly from Eastlands, continue to decry the poor state of roads in most of their neigbourhoods.

The residents took to social media to vent their anger on the governor for neglecting them and only concentrating on areas where affluent of the city live.

The post by Dr Kidero was captioned: “Ongoing road works on @Chalbi drive. @county_nairobi continues to repair and refurbish roads in the city. This is part of the ongoing program to repair and refurbish 40 road projects in the city.”

Ongoing reconstruction works on Chalbi drive, Lavingiton in one of the photos posted by Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero on social media. PHOTO | COURTESY

DISGRUNTLED CITY DWELLERS

His post elicited a flurry of response from disgruntled city dwellers.

One Okong’o Nyakundi wrote: “Repairing only for the rich. Get to know what is happening at umoja estate. Filthy, worst roads and no drainage. Anyway thanks.”

Motorists and pedestrians navigate through a potholed and waterlogged road in Umoja estate. PHOTO | FRANSOIR NDERITU

Another frustrated user by the name Abuubakar Mkenya, wondered: “Boss do you walk in eastland?? everywhere is dirty..starting from st Peters Tao coming to riverside towards kariokor to Huruma.”

Hassn Bashir also had this to say: “Why not consider where most of the city residents hail from..eastlando..especially umoja areas..busiest being manyanja Rd.” while Assad Kamunge Alwi asked: “Have u seen the state of the roads in eastlands??”

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The police are searching for six gangsters who were captured on CCTV robbing a home in Kitengela on Wednesday night.

The gangsters, armed with pistols, stole cash, a firearm and other valuables from the home owner after forcing their way into his compound as he drove through the gate.

From the CCTV footage, the gangsters are seen tailing the home owner on a motorbike as the man drives through his gate oblivious of his assailants.

Two of the armed men then alight from the motorbike and sneak into the compound while brandishing their weapons. The events are captured by the CCTV camera outside the house.

Two other gang members storm the house where CCTV cameras again capture them making their way into the living room, where two children are watching television as the mother prepares dinner.

STOLEN FIREARM

On realizing what is happening, the terrified mother cowers over her daughter on the floor as her other child and an unidentified occupant of the house dash to an inner room.

The thugs are seen ransacking the living room for any valuables before leading the man of the house upstairs into his bedroom where, according to the home owner, they find and take away cash and a firearm.

“Unfortunately they found my firearm which they took. After they found the firearm they seemed satisfied and left,” said the home owner who is a licensed firearm holder.

The gangsters also stole  Sh 7,000 in cash which the man had in his wallet before they fled.

A security guard who was manning the house was shot on the leg by the thugs when he tried to intervene and rescue his boss.

Police are hopeful of unmasking the men involved in the incident by profiling their faces from the CCTV recordings.

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Police in Nairobi are holding five of their colleagues and a civilian in custody after a botched attempt to kidnap and extorting a foreigner working in Kenya.

It has been alleged that the police officers, who were arrested on Friday night, kidnapped a Chinese national, who is a Standard Gauge Railway worker, and demanded up to Sh1 million in ransom.

Nairobi police boss, Japheth Koome, while speaking to Nairobi News said the six are being held at a city police station awaiting to be arraigned in court on Monday.

“Once you commit a crime, you are a criminal no matter who you are. The officers were not under my command but they committed the crime in Nairobi and will appear in court on Monday after we have finished the investigations,” Mr Koome said.

According to the police, the officers and a taxi driver arrested the Chinese national at Makongeni in Thika, claiming that he did not have a valid work permit.

APPREHENDED

The victim’s family reported the incident at Thika Police Station where a team was dispatched to trail the officers stationed at Railways and Makongeni police stations in Thika.

Police traced the suspects through Jogoo Road to the city centre then to Muthaiga Police Station where they were eventually apprehended.

According to the police once the suspects realised they were being followed, they booked the victim at Muthaiga Police Station for ‘being in Kenya illegally’.

The suspects were, however, arrested as soon as they finished booking the victim.

Mr Koome said the victim who is working on the Standard Gauge Railway project is back with his family and was unhurt during the ordeal.

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Not every romance that gets off the ground should be pursued. Not every relationship you start should end up at the altar. Some men are better off as just friends.

Here is a look into signs that the man you have just began dating is better off as your friend;

1. You don’t see him sexually – To pursue a relationship with a man, you need to be more than just attracted to him. You need to be able to think of him in a sexual way. Don’t try pursuing a relationship with a man who you feel brotherly love for hoping that it will change, it might not.

2. You have a great friendship – Good friends are hard to come by these days. There is always a chance that pursuing a romantic relationship with a friend will ruin that friendship. If you have a strong and steady friendship with a man, you might think about saving that friendship by friend zoning him.

3. You don’t like his personality – Being attracted to a man and liking his personality are two different things. If you are attracted to a man but you do not like his personality, then by all means friend zone him.

4. He is too familiar – Dating a man who is already too familiar with your life and your sexual history will be awkward. If you dated his friend for instance, he may already have heard intimate things about you. This man is better suited for the friend zone.

5. He is indecisive – You shouldn’t have time for that man who just will not make his mind in regard to where the two of you stand. If the man you have just began dating is indecisive, friend zone him.

6. He is into another woman – You have no business pursuing a relationship with a man who is into another woman. No amount of loving or catering to him will change this. Do not believe his promises. If he is into another woman, he belongs in the friend zone.

7. He doesn’t make you feel desirable – The man you get into a romantic relationship with is supposed to make you feel desirable, feel like a woman. If the man you just started seeing doesn’t, friend zone him.

8. He dated your friend – If a man dated a close friend of yours for a considerable period of time, this man may be better off as just a friend. This is because you may not be able to see him past the relationship that he had with your friend.

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Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage, seems to have put her scandals behind her after reportedly sealing a music distribution deal with American rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.

Just months after she announced that she was divorcing her husband in an emotional video clip that went viral, the mother of one now seems to be focused on her professional life.

According to Okay Africa, talks of adding the Nigerian songbird to Roc Nation began shortly after Jay Z announced that his cousin and Roc Nation director of mobile strategies, Briant ‘Bee-High’ Biggs, had moved to Nigeria in search of new talent.

The Instagram post showing Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage (center) with American rapper Jay-Z (left) and Mavin Records CEO Don Jazzy after she signed a music distribution deal with Roc Nation label in New York. PHOTO | COURTESY

The Kele Kele love hit maker and her Mavin Records CEO Don Jazzy met Jay–Z at the Roc Nation office in New York to sign a mega-deal and later posted for a photo and a video session.

Tiwa Savage also posted a picture of herself with Don Jazzy and Jay Z on Instagram and captioned it: “Marvin X Roc Nation.”

With her signing to Roc Nation, Tiwa is reported to be the first Nigerian and only female artist to be signed under the Jay Z label.

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Student leaders in public universities have attributed the upsurge in crime among learners to limited accommodation facilities which forces their colleagues to rent houses neighbouring the institutions.

The leaders said the arrangement makes it hard to tell whether those who perpetrate crimes near universities are students or opportunistic crooks.

The representatives from Moi, Kenyatta, Maseno, Jaramogi and Kisii universities told the Sunday Nation separately, that the most rampant form of crime in campuses is theft of laptops and phones, which most students consider a “normal” offence.

At the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University in Siaya County, a government officer earlier this year told students to be wary of a group of about 10 people who lived in facilities mostly rented by students.

“He was telling us that there was a group which was pretending to be students, and in real sense they were not students because they were residing outside. They were involving themselves in robbery,” said Mike Nyamai, the president of the Jaramogi students’ union.

LAPTOP THEFTS

Because police cannot search premises occupied by students without facing resistance, criminals find such houses to be the perfect hideouts.

“We have advised the students that everybody should be keen with those who are visiting them because normally you don’t know who are your friends and who are not your friends,” Mr Nyamai added.

At Moi University, the students union’s Security and Accommodation Director David Okoth said that last week alone, he received reports of three laptops stolen. He said the number could be more because some other students report such cases to the campus security office.

“There are so many cases pending in the security office,” said Mr Okoth, who himself had his laptop stolen from his hostel room as he attended classes when he was a second year student.

According to Christine Muhia, a final year student, unscrupulous repairmen operating from near the university are fueling laptop theft among students.

“At the gate, people aren’t being checked for gate passes. Trade in laptop parts is booming business,” she said.

RENTAL FACILITIES

Extended accommodation facilities pose a similar challenge at Maseno University, according to the students’ Security and Accommodation Director Stephen Otieno.

“Some of the non-resident students collude with outsiders to steal, then go sell the items elsewhere,” said Mr Otieno.

Kenyatta University (KU) students have also fallen victim to crimes and they are blaming it on the rental facilities at Kenyatta Market, which borders the main campus.

Mr David Mnyamwezi, a radio host at KU’s FM station, said students dread venturing into the market after 8 pm because of the threat it poses.

KU has also been mentioned as harbouring students who are part of an electronic theft ring headed by a flashy businessman who sells stolen items in Nairobi’s Information House.

A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said a laptop stolen from KU was once sold at the shop and it caused trouble after the unsuspecting buyer was nabbed after he went with it to the university.

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Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has supported protests by the opposition Cord against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), but said the protesters should not use violence or disrupt peace.

Speaking Saturday, during a funds drive at Precious Blood Girls High School in Riruta, the governor said that most Kenyans had lost faith in the institution that is expected to conduct free and fair elections.

“IEBC to can’t force themselves to stay,” said Dr Kidero, adding that if the electoral body had left office when the calls to disband it started, the demonstrations which continue to hurt businesses in the city would have ended a long time ago.

He added that even if the institution was good for the last election, it does not mean it is good for the next.

CALLS FOR DIALOGUE

Dr Kidero urged Cord to carry on with the anti-IEBC protests saying it was the right of the people to demonstrate if they were unsatisfied with the Constitution.

He, however, welcomed the move to have dialogue on the IEBC.

He said that there was no formula to be followed in a dialogue, hence all that matters is the end result.

“We must have dialogue [since] what was good yesterday might not be necessarily good today. Dialogue has no formula. The best formula is the one that works,” said Dr Kidero.

He called upon Nairobi residents to ensure that the vision to make the City attractive for investments and a place to live and work in is achieved, saying this was everyone’s responsibility.

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Gospel singer Bahati has become the first gospel musician to take part in the music reality show Coke Studio.

“I don’t know the criteria they used to research and choose me but I guess they wanted the top gospel artiste,” a chuckling Bahati told Showbuzz in a humble brag moment.

Bahati has been paired with Nigerian pop singer Kiss Daniel and says it was a good surprise having to work with an artiste from Nigerian. This will be his second Nigerian collaboration.

COLLABORATIONS

He however declined to disclose the name of the other artiste with whom he is about to release a song only saying he wanted it to be a surprise.

“I have to kill it because the church is looking at me. I think I have done enough Kenyan collaborations but you never know… its time I started winning the African market. If Coke Studio sees the potential then it means they have seen something big in me,” he said.

Bahati also has a big surprise for his fans which he again, for now, does not want to reveal and the only details he gives is the date, June 28 when he will officially launch Bahati Tena.

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Attention Nick Mutuma fans – the man once ranked as “one of the sexiest actors in Kenya” might just show up in the upcoming fifth season of the hit MTV drama series Shuga.

Although not yet confirmed, it is a possibility that he will be back a fifth time.

“I’m still in negotiations and that’s all I can say about that,” he told Showbuzz, “but it’s going to be the biggest one yet, I can tell you that for sure.”

‘THIS IS IT’

Mutuma says the show, which centres on the youth and risky sexual behaviour, empowered him not only in his career as an actor but in his personal life.

“I got tested for HIV after the first season because I could relate to so many characters in the show. It’s an important thing to do which empowered me and besides, it promotes trust in the relationship,” he said.

Mutuma is also cast in a romantic comedy television series called This is it with Nigerian actor Chiagoziem Nwakwanma. The series is about a young newlywed couple.

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She is arguably one of the best female artistes to come out of Tanzania. Mdee, who won the Best Female Artiste of the Year in 2015’s MTV Africa Music Awards, is also known for being the first ever Tanzanian MTV VJ.

The songwriter and youth activist would later rise to prominence as a radio and TV personality, hosting such shows like Epic Bongo Star Search and Dume Challenge on ITV Tanzania.

In an exclusive interview with Nairobi News, the 28 year old singer says her hit Niroge is just the beginning of many more good things that her fans should expect.

1. Briefly tell us about yourself? – I am an Afro-pop musician and I was born in Tanzania. I also love positive vibrations.

2. Niroge song is a big hit, tell us about it? – Niroge is a beautiful love song. It was a change from what I do but I love what the song and video has done for me. The video was shot in South Africa and my team has been pushing it out there. It is my first song to have more than a million views on YouTube. The song is about that undeniable true love.

3. How many weaves do you have? – Plenty, I couldn’t count. I try to change as much as I can and I also change the colours as much as I can; different colours, different textures and different cuts.

4. Apart from weaves, you also have so many sunglasses? – For some crazy reasons I keep breaking and losing them, so I don’t have that many right right now. Apart from my corrective lens, I have like 36 pairs of glasses.

5. What do you do with your free time? – I sleep. I try my best to get as much rest as I can. The music industry is very time consuming and when I have some free time, I try my best to recuperate.

6. What is your most embarrassing moment? – I had just won an award at the 2014 Kilimajaro Awards and I went up to pick my award and I cropped and fell. Social media made fun of me through memes and little jokes about my trip. They thought I couldn’t walk on heels. Funny enough, same thing happened again in Nigeria after I won an award. So, please, God, never again!

7. What should your fans expect from you next? – I’m actually finishing my album right now and it will be out before the end of the year. About collaboration with Kenyan artistes, it’s a surprise.

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The much touted Nigerian singer, 2Baba, turned out be a no-act at The BuckWild concert which had been taunted as the biggest show in Nairobi.

2Baba – real name Innocent Ujah Idibia – who is also known as 2 Face Idibia, the main act at the event, was clearly outperformed by Kenyan artistes.

His performance on stage, at the event held on Saturday night at the Carnivore restaurant, paled in comparison to those of Sauti Sol, Dela and Tanzanian songbird Vanessa Mdee.

GUEST PERFORMERS

Other guest performers included Nigeria’s comedian, Alibaba and Kenya’s MC Jessy as well as Daniel Ndambuki aka Churchill of the Churchill Show fame.

Like his fellow countryman, 2Baba, Alibaba’s jokes also didn’t tickle the crowd apart from the few Nigerian nationals in the crowd.

Dela, on her part received, dressed in a skimpy outfit, got a rapturous reception from the crowd as she performed her Hello and Mafeelings hits.

And when Sauti Sol took to the stage there was pandemonium as their fans rushed to the stage for an up and close encounter.

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Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday made fun of Cord co-principals with unfaltering metaphors that left the crowd he was addressing rocking in laughter.

In a thinly-veiled jibe at Cord leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula, Mr Ruto termed the threesome as lacking in direction.

Speaking during a harambee at Mulathankari Secondary School in Meru, without mentioning names the DP said that the opposition leaders were clueless regarding their presidential candidate in next year’s election.

“These people don’t understand their own party and have no idea who will be their candidate. They are just gambling with themselves,” Mr Ruto said.

HUSBAND BATTERY

Amid laughter he went ahead to make fun of the three coalition leaders by describing and characterizing them as a confused bunch.

“Is it going to be the guy who says he has one bullet left, which no one knows what he will use for; or is the one who doesn’t know right from left and is always in the middle; or is it the other one who was beaten by his wife the other day?” Mr Ruto wondered aloud.

He went ahead to pose: “How can a grown man be beaten by his wife and then you run to the police to report the matter?”

Earlier in the week, during an interview on national TV, Mr Ruto also mentioned the issue of one of the Cord leaders being battered by his wife.

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The Atheists in Kenya Society will to move to court to challenge the suspension of the association by the Attorney General.

In a statement posted on their website, the society said it received a letter through postal mail, dated 29th April, 2016 through the Deputy Registrar Mrs Muluku Kariuku informing them of the suspension.

But the society, which has in recent months been fighting for recognition and registration by the government, says the move will not go unchallenged through legal channels.

“We shall be moving to court in the shortest time possible to ask the courts to quash this suspension until the matter is heard inter parte,” the statement read in part.

The society’s President, Harrison Mumia, had also acknowledge in a Facebook post on Saturday the receipt of the suspension letter from the Office of the Attorney General.

ATHEISTS PARTY

“We were organizing our first elections to be held on 3rd July, 2016. So what are the reasons for suspension?,” Mr Mumia wrote.

“Anyway, we have no option other than to move to court to defend our rights,” he added.

In early April, the Office of Attorney General, formally registered the society which was issued with a certificate, signed on February 17.

A poster of the party. PHOTO | COURTESY

But the AG Githu Muigai would later the same month order for the society’s suspension following sustained pressure from religious leaders.

At the time, the AG said the legality of the registration of the Atheist Society would be determined by the Supreme Court.

However, the suspension was rubbished by the society which claimed it had not been served with the notice.

A planned Atheists party last month also failed to go according to plan after being turned down by the managers of the proposed venue. The free-entry gig, dubbed “Without God!”, was meant to be a first public meeting of Atheists in Kenya.

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Former Cabinet minister Fred Gumo  has been dragged into a vicious land dispute in Nairobi’s upmarket suburb of Loresho, which is expected to offer yet another glimpse into the inner workings of the Land registry.

At the centre of the dispute is a portion of the 2.5 acre piece of land that businessman Rafique Ebrahim sold to Mr Gumo, but which has now been claimed by former Commissioner of Land Wilson Gachanja.

Mr Gumo is a former MP for Westlands Constituency, where the disputed piece of land lies.

Mr Gachanja claims that he acquired the five parcels of land that add up to 2.5 acres in 1995 before Mr Ebrahim illegally took possession of the plots and sold them to separate buyers, including Mr Gumo.

INNOCENT BUYER

Mr Ebrahim who has moved to court for orders stopping his arrest over the land dispute insists he innocently bought the five parcels of land from other individuals before selling them to different buyers.

Court documents do not show how much any of the parties claiming ownership of the plots paid for acquisition, but land prices in the area vary from Sh75 million to Sh140 million per acre, according to current valuations by various property valuers.

Mr Ebrahim says he sold one of the land parcels to Mr Gumo’s investment vehicle — Endebess Development Company Limited — in 2011 but the former Westlands MP called him three years later to inform him that unknown individuals had settled on the land. Mr Gumo is a director of Endebess alongside Adil Daud.

Mr Gachanja insists that he acquired the 2.5 acres through his firm—Kerilaik Holdings while it was still listed as one parcel, but subdivided it into six plots.

ROAD RESERVE

One of the divisions was, however, demarcated as a road reserve, forcing Mr Gachanja to surrender it to the government.

“Sometimes in March 2014, I received a call from Adil Daud and Fred Gumo, the directors of Endebess Development Company Limited, persons to whom I had sold some of the said parcels, informing me that there were persons who had encroached on the said land after which I advised them to report the matter to the police,” Mr Ebrahim says.

Mr Gachanja was, however, first to record a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), a move that has seen Mr Ebrahim seek court orders stopping his arrest over the dispute.

Read the full story here.

SOURCE: Business Daily

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Global beer producer Diageo has kept faith in expatriates to lead its subsidiary EABL with the appointment of British national Andrew Cowan as the new managing director.

The UK multinational, which bought a controlling 50.02 per cent stake in EABL 16 years ago, has since then appointed four foreigners to the NSE-listed firm’s top job.

FELLOW BRITON

The new MD is to replace his fellow Briton, Charles Ireland.

Mr Cowan joined Diageo in 2008 and has until his latest appointment been the multinational’s country director in Great Britain (GB) and prior to that commercial director in Ireland.

Mr Ireland leaves Kenya to take up a newly created role of general manager Great Britain, Ireland and France for Diageo. He will be based in London.

“Charles has transformed EABL to one of the best performing markets in Diageo and the fastest growing market for Guinness,” said John Kennedy, Diageo’s president for Europe, Russia and Turkey.

“Under Andrew’s leadership, Diageo GB has seen consistent top line growth, profit growth and spirits market share growth. Both are tremendous achievements and I congratulate them both on their new appointments.”

Diageo acquired the EABL controlling stake from its subsidiary Guinness in 2000, in a takeover that saw Patrick Healy (a Briton) continue to serve as managing director until 2004 when he was replaced by a Kenyan — Gerald Mahinda.

Mr Mahinda served as CEO and group managing director of EABL for five years between January 2004 and June 2009. He is presently the sub-Saharan Africa managing director for US foods manufacturer Kellogg’s.

LARGEST BREWER

Diageo in July 2009 appointed Nigerian Seni Adetu to replace him and three years later Devlin Hainsworth from Britain was hired to take over the reins of the region’s largest brewer.

Mr Hainsworth was, however, replaced just eight months into his tenure, paving the way for Mr Ireland take over in April 2013.

“We are certainly pleased to have Mr Cowan at EABL, as an established global business leader in the FMCG business,” said EABL board chairman Charles Muchene in a statement.

“We see him bringing in a lot of expertise and commercial leadership which will be a good fit for the business. This will help us consolidate on the good progress and solid foundation that we have built over the years.”

In the six months to December, EABL’s profits grew by over two-thirds to Sh7.7 billion boosted by the sale of land at Ruaraka and its glass manufacturing subsidiary Central Glass Industries.

EABL’s net sales for the six months to December grew eight per cent to Sh37.5 billion, buoyed by low-cost beer Senator Keg whose volumes more than doubled following a lowering of excise tax mid-last year.

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Four police officers from Eastleigh police post who were officially declared deserters last month by their commander are back on duty but were not charged in court as per the regulations, investigations by Nation reveal.

The four are Inspector Tom Nyanaro, Corporal Naftali Muthui, Corporal Robert Nyamweno and Constable Diducus Oyugi.

MISSING SUSPECT

But even as they resumed duty, mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of a suspect who was allegedly arrested in Eastleigh by detectives from a special unit who were accompanied by the four officers.

The detectives went to Pangani police station and requested the assistance of four police officers in arresting a suspect within Eastleigh.

They introduced themselves and their counterparts from the police accompanied them.

The suspect, who had just arrived in the country from the US, was arrested and taken away to unknown location. The officers were known by the residents and witnesses also saw the suspect being taken away in an unmarked car.

The detectives did not book the suspect at Eastleigh police post nor Pangani police station, claiming that they were going to question him further at undisclosed location. The suspect was never released nor charged in court, prompting the family to demand for his whereabouts.

The detectives were not identified, but the police brief to the headquarters identified the four Eastleigh-based officers.

Investigations indicated that some senior police officers within the county and the division were thoroughly briefed about the facts of the case.

DECLARED DESERTERS

Though the officers could be reached, it was not immediately established why a commander went ahead and drafted an official signal to the headquarters, declaring them deserters.

When Nairobi News published the story on May 19, one of the officers went back to the station and inquired why the signal declaring them deserters was sent.

On Sunday, the Nairobi County Commander Japheth Koome said that he had not been briefed about the case and sought more time to comment.

Records show that on May 17, Starehe OCPD Alice Kemei sent a brief to the police headquarters indicating that the Inspector, two Corporals and the Constable could not be traced and were consequently declared deserters to all police stations to trace and arrest the officers who have been declared deserters.

Sources indicated that after the incident, Inspector Nyanaro was transferred from Eastleigh police post to Kariobangi police station but did not report.

According to section 94 of the National Police Service Act, when it is established that an officer has deserted duty, any police officer may arrest that officer without a warrant, and immediately take him to court.

INCREASED CASES

Police records also indicate that cases where police officers desert duty have increased in the recent past.

Last week, Constable Geoffrey Ndau, who had deserted duty on September 27 last year, was traced and arrested in Kayole after absenting himself from duty for about seven months. A warrant of arrest had been issued by the Makadara Law Court on November 30.

Another senior officer, Chief Inspector William Chepkwony of Kisauni police division headquarters, was also arrested in Kayole’s Matopeni estate while still armed with his official firearm, a Ceska pistol loaded with 14 rounds of ammunition. He had been declared deserter on May 3.

Langata OCPD Elijah Mwangi also reported that Constable James Nderitu based at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) who had been declared a deserter was arrested at the Langata shopping centre while in possession of fake currency totaling to Sh11, 000. The court had already issued a warrant of arrest against the Constable.

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A Policeman was arrested on Sunday after he shot and seriously injured his wife in their house.

Constable Isaiah Mutinda Kilunja of Ruaraka police station shot his wife on the left thigh.

The victim, Ms Mary Ngina Kilunja, 28, is admitted at the Nairobi West Hospital.

Detectives have visited the scene of crime at the Kasarani police station staff quarters.

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