A journalist who worked at Standard Media group was on Thursday morning found dead along Kang’undo Road
Mr Moses Okiror Omusolo’s lifeless body was found inside a ditch along the busy road.
It remains unclear what led to the death of the media personality, who has also penned articles for Nation Media Group.
A journalist who worked at Standard Media group was on Thursday morning found dead along Kang’undo Road
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It’s black Christmas for 1,500 Egerton staff as they face retrenchment
It’s black Christmas for more than 1,500 workers at the financially battered Egerton University as the institution has declared staff redundancies across all cadre of staff just four days to Christmas.
The Njoro-based campus said in a notice to all staff on December 21 that it was undergoing financial difficulties and was not able to pay its staff salaries which are in arrears.
“Following the difficulties the university has undergone in meeting the full requirements for staff and other emoluments and benefits, the University Council on advice has reached a decision to declare staff redundancies across all cadres of staff in a bid to manage the wage bill,” said the notice signed by Prof Richard Mulwa the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Planning and Development
Police let our son die, family of university student found murdered in Kirinyaga say
A metallic gate beside the tarmac is wide open with motorcycles and motor vehicles driving in and out of the compound in Siongiroi village, Chepalungu constituency
Some people are walking and occasionally jumping to avoid mud along the short driveway in the home following heavy rains.
In the compound, three houses stand metres apart. Tens of villagers are seated on plastic chairs under indigenous trees outside the main house
Suspect: This is why we didn’t want baby Sagini alive: This is why we didn’t want baby Sagini alive
The recent savage attack on a three-year-old boy in Marani, Kisii County, was allegedly motivated by property inheritance disputes, investigation by the Nation reveals
Fears that a stepson will in the future be a beneficiary of a communal land may have led to the gouging out of Junior Sagini’s eyes
Sagini’s attackers wanted him dead. They dumped in a maize plantation after they removed his eyes believing that he was dead.
Sagini’s attackers stuffed him in a sack before taking him to an unknown location where they gouged out his eyes before dumping him in a maize farm, thinking he was dead,” said a detective familiar with the investigations.
But baby Sagini survived, and was found writhing in pain and his body and clothes were soaked with blood.
Detailing the circumstances behind the brutal attack that left Sagini blind, his grandmother, Rael Nyakerario, in her statement told detectives in Kisii that Pacifica Nyakerario (her daughter-in-law) and her son, Alex Ochogo conspired to kill baby Sagini, the presumed sole heir of his stepfather’s land.
“They did not want the victim to inherit the family land in the event that his stepfather [who is ailing], dies,” said Sagini’s grandmother in her statement to the police.
It is not clear how big the land is, but land is an emotive issue in Kisii where hundreds have been maimed or murdered because of it.
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While private schools produced the top two candidates with 429 marks, public institutions made a good showing compared to last year.
Keith Nimrod Otieno of Golden Elites School in Kisumu and Wayne Moseti Nyaberi from Imperial Primary in neighbouring Kisii topped the region.
The pair was closely followed by Immanuel James Odhiambo of Rongo Success Academy, Migori, who had 427 marks.
of Rongo Success Academy, Migori, who had 427 marks.
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Benny Victor from Ober Boys Primary in Homa Bay led public school candidates with 424 marks.
Carl Baraka of Xaverian Primary in Kisumu, Lameck Maina Makori (Kari DEB), Derek Prince Odhiambo (Grace Academy, Kisumu) and Oira Jimmy of Itibo Boys scored 423 marks.
Other top performers were Raynell Chepkemoi of Victoria Primary (422), Damaris June Mbuya from Excel Elementary (422), Brian Osike Finas (Maxwel Academy), Nigel Ciqala (Hekima) Fred Williams Ouma (Furaha Academy, Muhoroni) all had 421marks.
Top performing girls include Joy Alicia (Golden Elites), Rehema Leila (Janairo Junior) and Darine Fletcher (St Paul’s Catholic Education Centre) with 416 marks.
Wema Academy had a mean of 375.5, a huge improvement according to school director Elijah Ogutu.
Overall, Kisumu produced the highest number of top candidates at seven, Kisii (six) Homa Bay (five) while Siaya had two.
Ober Primary School in Rachuonyo had 18 candidates with 400 marks and above.
The school recorded a mean score of 360.27. Ober has for several years been a top performer in national
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The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) wants the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to pay risk allowances to science teachers.
Mr Ronald Tonui, the assistant national treasurer said the teachers were exposed to a lot of health risks while handling dangerous chemicals in laboratories in the course of imparting knowledge to learners in schools.
“Science teachers have contracted serious respiratory diseases owing to the exposure to chemicals during practical lessons in laboratories over the years and some have died as a result yet they are not compensated for the risks,” Mr Tonui said.
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KUPPET wants TSC to pay risk allowance to science teachers
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Mr Ronald Tonui the assistant national treasurer Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) at Kiplelji secondary school, Bomet county. Mr Tonui has called on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to pay science teachers risk allowances Photo credit: Vitalis Kimutai | Nation Media Group
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Nation Media Group
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) wants the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to pay risk allowances to science teachers.
Mr Ronald Tonui, the assistant national treasurer said the teachers were exposed to a lot of health risks while handling dangerous chemicals in laboratories in the course of imparting knowledge to learners in schools.
“Science teachers have contracted serious respiratory diseases owing to the exposure to chemicals during practical lessons in laboratories over the years and some have died as a result yet they are not compensated for the risks,” Mr Tonui said.
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He noted that some of the teachers had been injured during accidents that occur in the laboratories, most of which are not reported.
The most affected are those teaching chemistry and physics as they handle chemicals that emit gases and are prone to explosions and also deal with electrical appliances.
A number of learners have also been injured during practical lessons with many exposed to various degrees of burns leading to their being admitted in hospitals.
The health facilities in the institutions do not have capacity to treat the injuries sustained and the victims have to be taken to hospitals which in most cases are far apart, especially in rural areas.
“In Uganda science teachers are paid risk allowances, why is it that the same can not be paid to those in Kenya yet we have a better performing economy. It is time the country focuses on the welfare of the teachers who have suffered years in silence,” Mr Tonui wondered.
All teachers in public schools, he said, should also be paid risk allowances by TSC owing to the frequent attacks by learners resulting in serious injuries and death.
