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WILL THIS END INSECURITY

Members of parliament this week will table a bill which is expected to give the National Intelligence Service[NIS] power to monitor mobile phone`s call,email and Sms without a court order.

This comes in after the government is undergoing vices of insecurity from a terror group claiming to be the Alshabaab.This has left more than 70 people dead at least in the last two months in Lamu. Upon an order from The Inspector General of Police issuing of curfew order to give Lamu resident a kind of rest due to the increased number of terror attacks,the resident has reacted negatively and call it as undemocratic and vow to go to court if the Inspector won`t remove this order.

To curb insecurity,MPs this week will be discussing various possible solutions including surveying of phone calls,emails and short text messages on individuals who Will  be organizing any attack or breaking rules of the land on matters of security.This bill is geared  towards getting culprits who will be using communication gadgets to mobilize the society to involve themselves in attacks,killing those involving in hate speeches and planning of such attacks.

However some citizen has negative respond towards this bill,some claiming that it will even make matters worse because some one in officer can bribe the law and things go as normal,others claim that indeed it will increase family conflict. 

by.Luganje masha  

Cash transfer programmes

Cash Transfer is a social protection mechanism which is under the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services.

Cash Transfer was introduced to Kenya in the year 2004 reached Mombasa in 2009 and it is sponsored by the United Kingdom.

Cash Transfer works on 4 major arms: CT- OVC for orphans and vulnerable children, CT- Elderly for the older/aged persons, CT- Disabled persons both physical and mental disability, UFS- Urban Food Subsidy which provides food to poor and needy people in urban areas.  It is currently in Mombasa.

The main objective of CT –OVC is to increase access for school enrolment, attendance and retention of children aged between 4 and 17 years in basic schools.

Another major key element is to increase access to basic health services among children aged between 0 to 5 years.

Thirdly, CT – OVC tries to improve household food consumption, nutrition and food security.

CT- OVC also tries to foster civil registration by increasing the number of OVC, accessing birth certificates for OVC, National ID for care givers and death certificates for deceased parents.

Lastly, CT- OVC also helps in strengthening capability by increasing access to OVC related services by improving linkages with other Ministries and partners.

And when we asked who an OVC is, Mrs Elizabeth, a Sub-County children officer at Kisauni had the pleasure to clear the air that OVC stands for Orphans and Vulnerable Children and that any child who is single or double orphaned is an OVC.

A child who is single or double orphaned is an OVC.

A child who is chronically ill or who has a chronically ill caregiver is also termed as an OVC.

Any child living in a child headed household due to orphan hood also qualifies to be an OVC.

Take not that a special needy child – cerebral palsy, autism is also an OVC said Elizabeth.

And when we found that Mrs. Elizabeth had a lot on CT – OVC, we went ahead and asked on the criteria the Ministry use for eligibility.

For you to qualify as a CT – OVC beneficiary, you must have an OVC aged between 0- 17 as a permanent resident of that household.

Household must be living in extreme poverty.  Take note that when CT programmes started, it eyed the districts which were at a higher poverty level like Kilifi, Samburu and others.

The last condition is that one should not be a beneficiary of any other similar programme that is sustainable and continuous i.e. any other programme in the area of CT programmes.

By : Peterson Amani Karisa

Who is to blame?

It’s a tale tell detailing facts right to the end. I like the spirit emulated by our fellow Kenyans at the Coast every time national examination results are announced. I am talking of the real Coastal inhabitants.

Coastal people will go celebrating for the victory of a school or say an individual who is not from either of the tribes in the coastal region but happened to score a B- in KCSE. Keep it up nice people. Am I being sarcastic?

When you try to scrutinize in detail the level of education of those celebrating, it’s certainly amazing that you will find some to have either dropped at class seven or the highest, form three when ohm’s law, loci mathematics and too many chemical equations demanded full attention and things started baffling. Then those who did the same exam with thevictor- the B- scorer only managed to get between D+ and D-, God forbid. What happens?

On the other side the celebrated victor will not go shouting and rejoicing.  Instead he follows his father shocked by the results and say “daddy I need to go back to form three and prepare a fresh for better results.  This is not what I expected father, or what do you expect me to do with a B-. Then the father nodes in consent. Is this a slight matter guys? Come on, let us be realistic. It’s high time we should highlight things and bring them to the lime light. Kenyans, should we be delighted at the plight of our brothers and sisters? I strongly believe that none of us wants to fail in any aspect of life isn’t it? A relaxed mind is a settled mind and a settled mind is an opportunity to so many important things in life and again, such important things can be summed up or be constituted into one most vital goal; Success, then prosperity follows.

The major itching question that should concern every one of us today is; who is actually to blame for the deterioration of performance and the low level of education among the real inhabitants of Taita Taveta, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale among other counties at the Coast?

Figure 1a. A poor learning environment.

I have no doubt that TSC employs qualified teachers in our schools, good work TSC. However, a divided mind will always have divided attention, hence low input to the student. A teacher operating a boda boda will never concentrate on the students but will always be in school when required by the school lesson time table, or even send a fellow teacher to give some assignments to the students and continue with other businesses. TSC should do something about this greedy attitude. It’s a fact that most parents along the coastal region don’t give education a priority, am I being ironic?

Poverty; this is attributed by laziness, meanness and the spirit of selfishness. We have resources but have refused to use them for our benefits and the benefits of our own children. We have accepted to remain poor by not utilizing our land and the ocean. It is somewhere in Kilifi where a household has over 200 heads of indigenous cattle, yet they go hungry waiting for an NGO  to bring them relief food, a child is crying in this household for lack of school fees. Let’s open our eyes.

Parents at the Coast have no time to make follow ups on their children’s performance. They will instead advocate for early marriage or encourage them into income generating activities and domestic chores-like tapping palm wine and selling chang`aa then begin meeting domestic wants-hence the child is forced to go to school and attend to work.

Parents! no this, we should change. How is you bwana principal, nimekuja kumuombea ruhusa Hadija mwanangu wa form three na wale rafiki  zake form 4 kesho kuna birthday party yake. Kwa hivyo wacha waende nyumbani leo wakatayarishe nyumba kesho tusherehekee, kesho kutwa tuoshe vyombo, hiyo siku nyengine wafue halafu Jumatatu waje shule. Are we real serious on the well being of our children?

The environment; without beating about the bush, a student learning and  residing in poor  environment will most likely have results full of flaws. Take for instance a situation where the father sells drugs, mother sells chang`aa, brother is a drug addict and sister is a rampant experienced commercial sex worker. Where is the role model?

 Then there are those individuals outside the school premises who claim to know a lot about examinations and how to score high marks while in the real sense they know nothing at all. Starting from the beginning of first term, a candidate is told to save some cash for mwakenya. Already this is poor preparation. In this situation therefore, the candidate become laxity on studies and when the exam come, they realize that the paper they bought from the vendor is different from the one from KNEC, hence another cause for failure.

Finally the parents and religious leaders have a duty of educating the young generation about the maker of the universe, who is the creator and giver of life and prosperity. Learners, it wasn’t raining when Noah built an ark and the only time success comes before work is in the dictionary

Figure 1b. A poverty stricken home. By: Peterson Amani Karisa

SAMAKI WA KUPAKA

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MAHITAJI   

    samaki 2 aina ya tilapia

nyanya ya kopo

kitunguu maji 1

tangawizi 1

kitunguu saum 1

mafuta ya uto robo

pilipili(scotch bonnet pepper)    

tui la nazi zito 2 vikombe vya chai

curry powder 1/2 kijiko cha chai

bizari nyembamba ya unga kijiko cha chai 1/2

chumvi

girigilani

JINSI YA KUTAYARISHA.

   Marinate samaki na chumvi ,limau,kitunguu saum,tangawizi  kwa muda wa masaa 6 au zaidi.Baada ya hapo wakaange au waeke katika oven mpaka waive ila usiwakaushe sana.Baada ya hapo saga  pamoja  nyanya ya kopo,kitunguu maji ,kitunguu saum na tangawizi ,kisha bandika huo mchanganyiko jikoni na upike mpaka ukauke maji kisha  tia mafuta ,bizari, curry powder,chumvi na pilipili upike dakika  5.

    Badaa ya hapo tia maji  kidogo 1/2 kikombe cha chai pamoja na tui la nazi liive na mchumzi ubakie kiasi,waweke samaki kwenye sufuria ya kuokea na kisha umwagie huo mchuzi juu ya hao samaki na uwaroekee kwa muda wa 20 dakika ukisha toa kwenye oven katakata girigilani na utie kwenye hao samaki na hapo watakuwa tayari kwa kuliwa na unaweza kuwala na wali au ugali na chapati.

     by fatuma kh. chichi

JINSI YA KUPIKA BIRIANI YA KUKU,NGOMBE AU MBUZI

MAHITAJI
1 kilo mchele wa basmati mrefu au pishori
1 kilo ya nyama iwe ya kuku au ngombe au mbuzi,kata katika umbo dogo la kutosha kula  kisha uchemshe  na tangawizi na kitunguu saumu,unga wa bizari pilipili manga na chumvi ili kuweka ladha nzuri.ikisha iva itoe iweke pembeni na mchuzi wake uweke pembeni utautumia badaae.
1 kilo ya vitunguu kata slice ya mviringo
1 kilo ya nyanya nyekundu zilizoiva,osha vizuri kisha katakata saizi ndogo ndogo sana.
240gram ya mafuta ya kupikia
2 maggi chiken soup cubes
3 kijiko kidogo cha chai unga wa pilipili nyekundu.
1/2 kijiko kidogo cha chai cha unga wabizari
3 kijiko cha chai unga wa girigilani(coriander powder)
2 kijiko kidogo cha chakula mchanganyiko wa tangawizi na vitunguu saumu vilivyosaga
50gram majani ya girigalani osha na ukate.
8-12 mbegu za hiliki
15 mbegu nzima ya pilipili manga

JINSI YA KUANDAA
Weka mafuta katika sufuria yako iliyo juu ya moto tayari,kisha kaanga nyama yako iliyokwisha chemsah mpaka iwe rangi ya kahawia,kisha itoe nyama hiyo na ichuje mafuta ili mafuta yanayo baki weka kitunguuna endelea kukaanga kwa dakika 7-10 kisha weka unga wa bizari,pilipili nyekundu,girigalini,hiliki na pilipili manga.
Changanya vizuri mpaka upate mchanganyiko mzuri mkavu,miminia  humo majiuliyochuja baadaa ya  kuchemshia ile nyama yako na kuiweka pembeni ipoe.kisha  weka nyanya fresh ndani ya sufuria yako pika mpaka maji yakauke na mafuta yaanze kuonekana kwa juu ndani ya sufuria.
Kisha  weka nyama yako ndani ya sufuria polepole halafu punguza moto acha ijipike kwa muda mpaka mchuzi wako na nyama vikamate ladha pia usisahau kuweka chumvi kulingana na ladha unayoipenda.chukua sufuria nyingine weka mafuta ya samli na vitunguu ilivyoslice kisha kaanga na majani ya girigani,majani ya mint funika kwa dakika 10 kisha weka mchele wako mkavu uliokwisha oshwa vizuri na uchanganye vizuri,ongeza vikombe 5 vya maji na chumvi kidogo.mchele ukishaanza kuchemka funika sufuria lako na punguza moto ,maji yakiisha kukauka kiasi weka mchanganyiko wa ile nyama yako nusu thu juu ya wali wa basmati acha wali uive kabisa itakuwa tayari kula na pakua chakula chako kikiwa cha moto.


         by fatuma kh. chichi

Lorry losses control

A lorry driver had today losses control and ran into a house with occupants, the incident which happened today morning attracted huge crowd.The incident happened at vescon estate Bamburi,Mombasa. Only the driver was injured and the occupants of the house came out without any injuries.According to eye witness the driver loosed control of the vehicle which seemed to develop mechanical problems.

By: Abdulrahim Mohamed

Early Motherhood

Being deprived of your  childhood and education  all because of early pregnancy. teachers have become high cause of impregnating their students who latter drop out of school and terminate their education.this girls are from poor backgrounds and they wouldn't even have guts or courage to take this teachers to the police stations. reports have increased with this children ending up with completely different lives with what they had hoped for.parents are also accountable in this for not [protecting their children enough to protect them from this education terminators.
by Magdaline Mwau 

DESERT FC MAJESTICALLY EARNS A POSITION IN THE IDDUL-FITRI CUP!

Desert fc started the match in a full swing  in the league of claiming the iddul-fitri cup,by beating their opponent srilanka 1-o earning them a direct position to go for the next match.The match that started in a very hiper mood was a  tough one! sending fans at the ujammaa grounds in likoni wild.in the second half the teams had the same scores giving automatic victory to the desert fc.
desert fc will therefore continue with their next matches ,the league is scheduled to end at the end of the Ramadan period!






By.ANNE ROSE

A DEGREE OR PERFOMANCE

I salute those who voted for the new constitution which mandated that for one to elected as an MP ,minister or the president h/she must be a graduate with a degree in his area of profession.

I admit that  this move is good but you will agree with me that in the near future some areas will have remain undeveloped yet the representatives hold more than three degrees or are even professors.My MP for resistance was`t a degree holder but what  he did surely is remarkably good.He ensured roads,hospitals were improved,were built where necessary and engaged the society in decision making pertainig them.
It is rhetorical that the one holding the office has made things worse..no enough  medicine in hospitals,bad roads and poor sanitation besides the hunger which keeps many Kenyans dying.
Is this the way forward? Alas! Kenyans should think twice when amending laws because some competence leaders will not have asses to those posts but can perform.


by.Luganje masha

FACING LIFE WITH A SMILE

Life is a ship,sailing through the tough  storms and currents.It sails you deep in the middle of of the rough  sea and swirl  you back ,

Experiences are what make us become they shape us,they either be rosy or harder than dancing salsa.

Taking them as easy as yoga is the last thing one can ever think of.

It takes just a day to decide on your fate  but a lifetime for a wish to come true.

Tomorrows journey is shaped and prepared today,for life without vision is death.

simple things like learning how to combat stress,is a small yet a rare skill to have.

Positive thinking is probably the cure of all life's diseases but how  best do we apply that.

Smiling is the easiest thing ever,yet the hardest for many.

Always  try to put a smile on your face for its enough to brighten a dark day!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY:ANNE ROSE

LET KENYA BE A SOBER NATION

Making money at the expense of costing an innocent Kenyan life  is not only against the human rights but even the Godly principles.Recently the cases of death due to illicit brew have increased rampantly,leave alone those that have lost sight due to the same

we have heard some cases from different areas each day which makes us ask ourselves what is happening to Kenya? is it unemployment? selfishness? moral decay? all this question linger in our mind yet remain unanswered

The move by the government to track the brew makers can not go unnoticed,they have really tried but they need to do more.for example looking for alternate ways for brew makers to generate income,since most of them claim that its their only source of income.

I strongly conquer with a swahili saying that "mbahazi kukosa maua husingizia jua" since most people use anything as their alibi when caught.maybe the fine should be raised higher to scare the iilicit brew makers.

The victims that survived should be used to preach the gospel to the rest  of those not yet victims,an immediate awareness should be created country wide:it should be composed of the dangers of illicit brew,ingredients used in the whole process and live examples of the affected people.
For us to success as a nation the community itself need to take ownership and not leaving the whole issue entirely to mr.John mututho,we need to understand that we are one as kenyan people therefore be our  brothers keepers.they should act as watchdog for the government and report the people who are doing the illegal business because they are in a better position to know whats happening on the ground.
Kenya is and has been a working nation we should therefore keep it that way on the map,we as a nation need to realize that  the loss of one Kenyan is decreasing  not only the economy but killing the future of kenya,take for instance the young form two boy who died ,who knows what he was to become in future? we should therefore embrace the second verse   of our national anthem"Amkeni  ndugu zetu tufanye sote bidii nasi tujitoe kwa nguvu "lets build kenya since its a working nation.



BY;ANNE ROSE

MWAFAKA NOMINATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

Annual gospel event Mwafaka Awards which celebrates the finest Kenyan gospel artistes is set to unveil its nominations next friday,july 18.The nominations fete is to set to go down at the John Leakey Museum auditorium in Nairobi and it seeks to cast a spotlight on this year's nominees shall be crowned.
Last years saw Ringtone and Gloria Muliro crowned the best male and female artistes and many are eager to see who emerges top this year.
In the meantime,artistes shall take part in the mwafaka counties tours,which shall see them meet and minister to their fans across the country.By UHURU K RICHARD

K-DEUCE RECORDING WITH CAMP MULLA'S EX PRODUCER

Former vice president Kalonzo Musyoka's son Klein Kalonzo,does not seem to follow his fathers footstep as a politician.
After launching his music career a year ago,Klein  aka K- deuce has now hired camp mulla's ex producer Kanyeria to help him with his project at his heartbeat studio where he doubles up as a producer.
K-deuce was also one of the rappers who were part of the Franco cypher,a hip hop tribute to music legend Franco,he recently released a collabo looking up with a group of rappers called Dandora music.
K-deuce is the youngest son of the former vp Kalonzo Musyoka who is causing ripples in entertainment scene.

by UHURU K RICHARD

GOOD HEALTH

It is surprisingly that to date many people do not know the many benefits a watermelon can have to our health.A healthy diet should include a range of fruits,and watermelon represents one juicy and nutrition option.
watermelon makes for a great low-calorie snack-a cup of watermelon contains 46 calories,fibre and water to help boost your intake of vitamins,minerals and other beneficial compounds.It is also among the richest source of lycopene,another carotenod.Lycopene aids in disease prevention,and those who eat a diet rich in lycopene face a decreased risk of lung cancer.
Beware that watermelon seeds can also contribute to a health diet.The seeds provide a source of health unsaturated fat,thus consuming roasted watermelon seeds help maintain healthy tissue and prevent disease



although many people spit them out-or simple buy seedless watermelon.For your health purpose! then think twice!

BY :Luganje masha

Machakos Deputy Governor Busted

After Bernard Kiala deputy governor of Machakos county claiming that he have been snatched his car by the County Government of Machakos, Dr.Alfred Mutua the Governor of Machakos dismiss his claims saying that the car was only taken so that they can be changed to green number plate and his deputy was aware, hence given another car to use but he decided to hit the news by walking from his office to market using public vehicle then back to his office and drove off with the car given to him not aware there are CCTV cameras watching him. Reason being??? His deputy is on the side of his enemies.

Abdulrahim Mohamed.