THE LATE SENATOR MUTULA'S COFFIN IN DANGER

 
Casket containing remains of the late

 Police in Mbooni have been deployed to the rural home of the departed Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo following an attempt by suspected thugs to break into his grave.

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inShareMbooni East OCPD James Baraza confirmed they had received information that some people had planned to steal the casket containing the remains of the late Mutula.

The incident reportedly happened on Friday night though relatives declined to discuss the matter referring reporters to the police.
The police boss said the suspects did not accomplish their mission as employees and neighbours raised the alarm forcing them to flee.
The number of the suspected raiders could not be immediately established but the OCPD said investigations have been launched.
“We received intelligence reports that there were some people planning to raid the Woyani home of the late Mutula and moved with speed to tackle the matter,” said Baraza.
He however said no one was found at the scene prompting him to deploy officers for any eventuality.
Mbooni area was Sunday a buzz with the news of the attempted robbery of the casket whose price was estimated at nearly half a million shillings.
When the media visited the home, there was tight security at the home and its environs.
The OCPD said any one linked to the attempted robbery of the expensive casket will be arrested and prosecuted.
The late Mutula passed on at his Kwa Kyelu ranch in Maanzoni, Machakos County on April 27 and his death still remains a mystery.
the std

RAILA, I WONT TAKE UHURU JOB

Raila was categorical that President Uhuru had neither offered him a job nor had he asked for one from the Jubilee Government.
“I have a job already. I am working for the people of Kenya and my hands are full,” he said Sunday at Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Nairobi where he attended a service.
Raila had an unsuccessful run for the presidency under the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy in the March 4 presidential vote.
He challenged President Uhuru’s victory but the Supreme Court upheld his election.
Sunday, Raila said he was dismayed by reports the reason he was yet to announce his next move was because he is waiting for a job from the Government.
Reports in a local paper (not The Standard) had said that Uhuru had made a job offer to Raila in the diplomatic circles.
It was reported that Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto have been keen to have Mr Odinga take up a State job. It further said Raila could also be considering joining Parliament or running CORD from outside Parliament.
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WOMEN MASTURBATION PUB OPENED IN JAPAN

 
A new type of lounge opened in Japan recently, according to reports.

A women-only bar stocked with colorful masturbatiôn sèx toys becomes a hot new thing in Japan.

Love Joule, a "love and sèx bar dedicated to women," aims to promote a comfortable environment in which ladies can "openly discuss masturbatiôn", perhaps with the help of a cocktail or two. "Since most people see female masturbatiôn as something of a mystery or taboo, it is not a normal discussion in the typical bars," the owner, Megumi Nakagawa told a reporter.

Behind the bar at Love Joule are bright candy-colored vibrators and lubricants. There is also a selection of bottles of champagne and liquor. The bar, which opened in July in Tokyo's Shibuya district, is beyond the reach of men, unless accompanied by a woman.

It's about fashion and sèx in a different kind of space perfect for girls-only conversations or a date," Nakagawa said, according to the reporter in Tokyo. The bar has already become popular among the stars of the adult film industry in Japan, citing X-rated actress Mine Nayuka as a customer, the local newspaper reported.

PASTOR SAYS ITS NORMAL FOR MEN TO CHEAT

83-year-old popular Evangelist, Pat Robertson, has confirmed that all men have a tendency to cheat and it's the duty of the wife to keep her man faithful, by focusing on the positive and making sure the home is so enticing he doesn’t want to stray. 

Pastor Robertson said this while responding to the question of a woman who wrote:

“I’ve been trying to forgive my husband for cheating on me. We have gone to counseling, but I just can’t seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?"

See Pastor Pat Robertson's reply below... 

“Here’s the secret. Stop talking the cheating. He cheated on you, well, he’s a man. You need to focus on the reasons you married him. Does he provide a home for you to live in? Does he provide food for you to eat? Does he provide clothes for you to wear? Is he nice to the children… Is he handsome?

“Recognize also, like it or not, males have a tendency to wander a little bit. What you want to do is make a home so wonderful that he doesn’t want to wander, or give in to the “salacious” magazine pictures and Internet filled with ádult films."

 

So, women you people have heard abi? Men have the tendency, learn to keep them.  

talk of naija

RAILA'S PRESIDENTIAL EVIDENCE

    It is now emerging Raila had sourced a management consultant from a firm based in Barcelona, Spain, to support his local team of professionals, among them lawyers, engineers, financial analysts and technology experts to argue his election case.

The former PM had compiled a case largely grounded on the failure of technology, variation in number of votes as declared at the constituency and national tallying centre.
Recently Mr Odinga accused Dr Willy Mutunga of presiding over an injustice after the Chief Justice complained about bribery allegations levelled against him on grounds that the Supreme Court had struck out the 800 pages of evidence with a stroke of the pen.
In the ruling rejecting the evidence read by Justice Philip Tunoi, the court stated that accepting the affidavits and by extension the new evidence would prejudice the respondents, Isaack Hassan, the IEBC, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto.
The court further stated that the applications should have been made prior to the status conference hearing in order to be give due consideration.
In the rejected evidence, the team of experts had planned to argue that about 267,798 more votes were cast for the presidential election than for the gubernatorial election.
The co-hosting of the IEBC server and the TNA server also formed one of its greatest arguments in the piece of evidence.
According to the rejected submission, IEBC allowed Kencall EPZ to co-host both its database and that of the TNA on the same server with an IP address 196.1.26.40, which Odinga through his lawyers argued compromised the integrity of the electoral process.
THE STD

VICE PRESIDENT OF KENYA'S 100 MILLION LUXURY JET

 

THE JET HIRED BY OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

   Deputy President William Ruto’s office has hired a luxury jet for his travels across the continent in a deal which will cost taxpayers up to $300,000 (Sh25.14 million) every three months.

Documents seen by the Sunday Nation show that the invoice for the first instalment of the “quarterly payment” for the Bombardier 850 Challenger plane was lodged on Wednesday.

The plane is being supplied by VistaJet Company, a firm which describes itself as the world’s premier luxury aviation company for private jet charter and private jet ownership.

The payments across the year for the use of the jet will amount to $1.2 million (Sh100.56 million).

Mr Ruto left the country aboard the jet on Thursday for a four-nation trip which will take him to Gabon, Congo, Nigeria and Algeria.

The Deputy President’s office issued a statement saying Mr Ruto was representing President Kenyatta on the trips in response to invitations by leaders of those countries when they attended the Kenyan leader’s inauguration last month.

The Deputy President’s office said the trips reflected a desire by the government to underline its intention to pursue a foreign policy agenda guided by Pan-Africanism.

“The Deputy President is representing the President on the official engagements. This follows the emphasis by the government and President Uhuru that the next frontier of the country’s partnership is the African continent. We believe with the strategic leadership we have in the region, Kenya needs to establish a partnership with countries in the South, West, North and Central Africa.”

But the cost to taxpayers of the President’s and Deputy President’s foreign trips will raise eyebrows.

Mr Kenyatta enjoys the services of a private jet purchased during President Moi’s reign which he uses when travelling around Africa.

The decision to procure the services of a different jet for Mr Ruto’s use will inevitably draw criticism as wasteful at a time when the government says it is trying to limit expenditure on running the government to free up resources for development.

The speed with which VistaJet was contracted to supply the lucrative jet hiring services will raise questions as to whether any tender process was followed before the contractor was identified.

An official whose name appears on the “VistaJet Program Partnership Agreement” payment request sent by the company from its offices in Salzburg, Austria, flatly refused to comment on the matter saying it was a “sensitive issue”. He demanded that the Sunday Nation reporters go physically to the office of the Deputy President to lodge their inquiries on Monday.

But transparency campaigner Mwalimu Mati of Mars Group said the government needed to halt trips abroad which were costing the taxpayer millions of shillings.

“This is totally outrageous,” he said. “We already have a presidential jet at the disposal of the President and his Deputy. Why hire another one when you have already bought one? The President should live up to his word that the government will not be a gravy train and stop this.”

An initial list indicted that Mr Ruto was to be accompanied by 14 people including politicians and aides.

The plane which Mr Ruto’s team flew in lives up to its reputation as a luxury jet.
DAILY NATION

From A Bartender To TV Host - The Story of Kobi Kihara

Photographer, producer and TV presenter Kobi Kihara was recently hosted on NTV This Morning by Wangui Wachira, and this is an excerpt of the interview

Who is Kobi Kihara?
Born 31 years ago, Kobi grew up in Kenya as the youngest of five children, one boy and four girls. Her parents were in and out of the country all the time, and when she was 15, they decided to move from Kenya to Washington DC in the US to keep the family together. “The move had actually been in the works since I was 12, so for three years I had been preparing mentally for it, imagining what it would be like from what I had seen on TV.”

She was to attend a public high school, but the summer before she was to join, a shooting incident at the school changed her educational course and she was enrolled at a private international high school.

What was her experience like studying abroad?
“At the time, I didn’t like the high school experience because the transition was quite hard at the beginning. It was a huge opportunity for the entire family, but once we got there it was so different and foreign. Looking back, however, I realise it was fantastic to be in an international setting. I was the only Kenyan and I had friends from different parts of the world.

How did her family react to her suggestion of studying arts?

I told my parents that I wanted to study the performing arts and to be an actress. To a family of overachievers, it was one of those ‘Huh?’ moments.

“To make them understand what the programme was about, I broke down the details of the course to my parents. It helped that there is a creative streak running through my mum’s side of the family so, with their blessing, I was soon off to Newcastle University in the UK. 

When did she begin photography?
After a year and a half, she returned to Newcastle to complete her degree. However, her graduation day coincided with her sister’s wedding back in Kenya, so she missed out on the ceremony and came home to share in the celebrations.

“I had just started getting interested in photography and had always wanted to work with children, so during this period I volunteered at Nyumbani Children’s Home before going back to Washington.

What happened after that?
I took some time off when I had finished my studies, to figure things out.”
This time off saw Kobi actively job hunting. She was able to land acting roles in three small films, two shot in the US and one in the UK.
That is when I decided I wanted to be behind the scenes; to have control and have a say about what was going on in front of the camera. When you are only in front of it, your opinion doesn’t count.

What kind of jobs was she doing to make ends meet?
The time off also took her to Paris, France, for three months, where she modelled briefly and did some photography.

When she got back, she took on a part-time bartending gig.

How did that work?
my sister talked to me about following through with my photography, so I enrolled at a nearby school for some courses. I would attend these in the morning and bartend in the evening. In 2004, I went back to school full time in Toronto to do my master’s in film and TV production. At graduation, everyone I had been studying with was working – apart from me. I just couldn’t find permanent employment.

What did she do?
I volunteered with the Smithsonian Kaplan Institute and the Kennedy Centre, did freelance photography, but still it was a struggle and quite challenging.

“Later, I landed a temporary job with the International Organisation for Migration in the US, assisting with overseeing the Iraqi elections. There I saw the beauty of working hard and getting something out of your work. For a long time I was afraid of structure, but I was now happy to be productive, earning a salary, having benefits – the full nine yards.

She lost that job, how did she handle it?
The job came to an end after three months and Kobi found herself back at square one – job hunting, broke and disillusioned, armed with qualifications but still with no paid work forthcoming.

What made her return to Kenya?
I fell in love with Kenya again. There was a lot of scepticism and anxiety over my decision, because I had no tangible prospects to come back to and nobody could understand why I wanted to return.

How was the job hunt back?
As I had been putting out my CV and all my networks were active, Tom Mshindi contacted me while I was still in Washington about a producer position. I interviewed for it and, as I landed back in Kenya, there was an air of expectancy, as at least I would be earning. My mother was with me on this trip and we were staying with two of my sisters who were here.

Did she get the job?
I did not get the job. The disappointment was overwhelming. My mum asked me if I wanted to go back with her to Washington, but I was here to stay. I looked for a job everywhere I possibly could.

When did she get her first break?
My big break came through my photography, when a friend of mine introduced me to the management at the Windsor Golf and Country Club to do photography for their property. Then I got work with UNDP and, from there, the jobs just started coming in.

How did she land a job at citizen?
With things finally falling into place, a call from Citizen TV. I didn’t give it much thought, because I had got so used to doors being shut to me, so it was one of those ‘OK, I’ll do it’ things, but I wasn’t expecting anything to come from it.”

A month later, the station called to offer her a producer position as they were launching breakfast TV.

What is her opinion on being poached by Radio Africa?
No offence to any single individual, but the media industry in Kenya is lacking in professional structures that properly address under-appreciation, unfair compensation and poor talent recognition.

As a news anchor and studio producer at Radio Africa, I get full responsibility on the deliverables. I am part of a young and creative team, which is great. My role is to come up with programme ideas for the station, and I want to create more.

What is her most memorable gig as a photographer?
Her first memorable gig was the visit of then Sen. Barrak Obama to Kenya, on this particular day he was tree planting with Nobel peace prize winner Wangari Maathai, as she was pushing and shoving with other journalists to get the best shot, the senator stopped and commended her for being a great photographer

What’s the biggest lesson she has learnt in life?
Never take yourself too seriously unless you really, really have to. The moment you do, you over-think everything and then chances of you messing it up are greater.

-Courtesy 
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