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1.0 RELEASE OF THE 2011 KCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS

1.1 The Kenya National Examinations Council wishes to inform parents/guardians, candidates,
stakeholders and the general public that the 2011 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
(KCSE) examination results will be released on Wednesday 29th February 2012.

The ceremony will be officiated by Hon. Amb. Prof. Sam K. Ongeri, Minister for Education, at Mitihani House, off Denis Pritt Road, opposite St. Georges Secondary School starting from 9.00 am.

1.2 All Provincial Directors of Education (PDEs) are requested to be present during the ceremony and to pick results for their counties and districts for distribution to schools by respective District Education Officers. Invitation to relevant stakeholders has been sent through separate communication.

1.3 Candidates are advised to collect their results from the respective centres where they registered for the examination. The examination results will be available on the KNEC website: www.knec.ac.ke and can also be received by sending the candidate’s index number through a short text message (sms) to 5052 immediately after the release by the Minister for Education.

Please note that subscribers are advised to send one SMS and wait for the results before sending another one to avoid jamming the system.

1.4 Upon receipt of their results, the parents/guardians and candidates are advised to thoroughly scrutinize them for correctness.

In particular, they must ensure the accuracy of the following:-

1.4.1 candidates’ particulars i.e. names, index number and gender;

1.4.2 school names and codes;

1.4.3 individual subject grades and mean score.

1.5 Any discrepancy MUST be communicated to the Council within one month (30 days) after the release of examination results. This includes appeals for remarking. The Council will not accept any queries on the 2011 KCSE examination results after 31st March 2012.

1.6 All heads of schools have been provided with the following information about the results: W - Pended/Withheld, X-Absentees, Y- Irregularities and Z-Missing groups.

1.7 Candidates who have their results withheld will receive a letter through their head teacher
explaining why the results have been withheld until they submit the required documents e.g.
previous KCPE examination details for their results to be released.

Such candidates must submit the documents through their respective schools and NOT directly to the Council, by 31st March 2012 failure to which it will be deemed that the candidates do not have the required document(s) and their results will subsequently be cancelled.

1.8 Candidates who were involved in any form of examination irregularity have had their results
cancelled and they have been advised so in writing through their respective school principals
before release of the results.

Please note that the Council will post all cases of cancelled results on the KNEC website upon release of the results and the affected candidates are advised to check.

1.9 It has been noted that in the past principals have not informed parents and candidates whose results have been cancelled and this has caused them to travel all the way to the Council for information.

1.10 The Council will issue result slips for the KCSE candidates. All candidates must note that a result slip is not a certificate. The Kenya National Examinations Council reserves the right to correct the information given on result slips which will be confirmed by the issue of certificates.

1.11 The Council does not re-mark cancelled results.

COUNCIL SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

2.0 REGISTRATION FOR THE 2012 KCPE AND 2012 KCSE CANDIDATES

2.1 The Kenya National Examinations Council wishes to inform all the 2012 KCPE and KCSE
candidates and examination centres that the online registration system is officially running and they are required to access the KNEC website on www.knec-registration.ac.ke/kcpe or www.knecregistration.ac.ke/kcse to download the registration application and register.

This application is only available up to 31st March 2012, the last day of the registration period. Detailed instructions for the online registration process are contained in a user manual which can be downloaded from the same KNEC websites.

2.2 All KCPE and KCSE examination centers have been provided with a USERNAME and
PASSWORD to upload the file. The system requires the school principal or a designee (one
user per school) to send a short message system (SMS) to 6062 using the following format:
exam#school-code to 6062 e.g. KCPE#01101101 or KCSE#101101 to 6062.

2.3 Candidates are solely responsible for the accuracy of the registration data submitted to KNEC.

All examination centres MUST therefore avail the NOMINAL ROLLS for candidates’ confirmation before submitting to KNEC. Candidates are required to append their signature (not the principal or the school administration) for the accuracy of the details and in particular the following areas:

2.3.1 the candidate name and index number (for all);

2.3.2 the candidate school choices (for KCPE);

2.3.3 the candidate school photographs (for KCSE);

2.3.4 the candidate KCPE year and KCPE index number (for KCSE);

2.3.5 KCSE candidates MUST ensure they use the exact name they used in the KCPE
examination.

2.4 All KCSE candidates are required to upload their photographs which must meet the exact
stipulated specifications in the online registration guidelines. In particular the photograph MUST
be taken using a digital camera, and MUST be uploaded in batch then submitted to the Council by 28th February 2012 (the photograph upload portal will be closed after this date).

2.5 Examinations centres are advised to register as early as possible to avoid last minute rush and network congestion as was the case in 2011 registration.

2.6 Parents/guardians are obligated to confirm the registration status of their candidates including the accuracy of the information submitted to KNEC. Confirmation can be done at the KNEC Website: www.knec-registration.ac.ke. parents/guardians will not require username and password to login and they can only log in after the completion of the registration exercise on 31st March 2012.

COUNCIL SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

PREAMBLE:-

We, the people and leaders of Murang’a County convened the Comprehensive Dialogue on 18 February 2012 at Ihuura Stadium, Murang’a Town on the development and political future of the County.

The meeting was called to discuss and adopt a clear roadmap to the rebirth of Murang’a as a “model county.”

The people and leaders in the Comprehensive Dialogue came from diverse sectors, including professionals, business, farmers, teachers, traders, clergy, community leaders, civic leaders, civil society, senior civil servants from the County and Members of Parliament.

The conference deliberated and agreed on a concrete action plan on the five developmental sectors of education; agriculture; health, water and sanitation; investment and industrialization; and leadership and governance.

The said people and leaders also agreed on the political future of Murang’a County, particularly the need to take a common and united approach to the crucial up-coming general elections in order to enhance peace, unity and stability at the county and national levels.

We, therefore, issue the “Murang’a Declaration on Development and Political Future” to guide our development programmes and political action in 2012 and beyond.

THE MURANG’A COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE DIALOGUE:

1. ACKNOWLEDGING the historic sacrifice by the past generations of the people and leaders of Murang’a County in the struggle for freedom against British colonialism; the “Second Liberation” for democracy against one-party dictatorship; and for the new Constitution and enduring democratic order in Kenya, particularly the role played by:-

a) Nationalist patriarchs/matriarchs such as Nyanjiru (of Weithaga) who organized the 1922 resistance together with Harry Thuku; Job Muchuchu, Jesse Kariuki (nicknamed ‘the Eye of the Nation’), Joseph Kang’ethe, James Beauttah (ceded his position to Jomo Kenyatta to travel to London to petition the Colonial Office on land in 1928) and Bildad Kaggia of the “Kapenguria Six”;

b) Mau Mau fighters such as Field Marshal Mbaria wa Kaniu, General Ihura wa Kareri, General Kago wa Mboko, General Kahara wa Hungi, General Muiruri wa Njuguna, Brigadier Hannah Njoki Gaichĩng’a and Njeri Kamau wa Gĩthirĩ;

c) Veterans of the “Second Liberation”, including Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia, Prof. Maina wa Kinyatti, David Mukaru Ng’ang’a and Maina Wanjigi of Muoroto issue;

d) Many heroes of the struggle for the new constitution.

2. RECOGNIZING the provisions of the New Constitution of Kenya adopted on 27 August 2010, particularly in regard to Leadership and Integrity, the Bill of Rights relating to Human Dignity, Environment and Economic Rights, and the relevant sections on the Executive, the Legislature and Devolved Government.

3. RECALLING the various consultative forums convened by the leaders of Murang’a on diverse aspects of development and public governance, including:-

a) The October 2011 round-table on Leadership and Governance relating to the Criteria for Electing Leaders to the various offices defined by the constitution;

b) The June 2011 meeting on the vision of Murang’a University, leading to the gazettement of the Murang’a College of Technology as a full fledged University;

c) The 27 January 2012 meeting of Stakeholders in the education sector convened by the MCI Education Committee relating to the action plan to improve the standards of education in the country;

d) The 12 December 2011 meeting of Murang’a leaders relating to the debt owed by Murang’a Coffee farmers, culminating in the waiver of Ksh1.2 billion by the government of Kenya;

e) The 18 February 2012 award of 32 scholarships to deserving bright students, including 16 girls and 16 boys, for four years presented during the February conference.

4. RECOGNIZING the need to respect the cultural and ethnic diversity of Kenya as the foundation of a stable and peaceful society;

5. REITERATING our commitment to the vision of a county where peace, justice and equality form the cornerstone of a prosperous society;

6. EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY with thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) still in temporary shelters, and urging the Government of Kenya, particularly the Ministries of Finance, Lands, Special Programmes, and other relevant state departments, to speed up the settlement of all displaced persons and to expediently and exhaustively deal with the problem of IDPs.

THEREFORE, WE, THE PEOPLE OF MURANG’A COUNTY:

7. RESOLVE to adopt the “Murang’a Declaration” to foster unity and guide our development and politics to ensure the rebirth of the county and its transformation into a “model county”.

To this end, the Consultative Meeting further decides to:

a) DECLARE that the people of Murang’a County will support the “PNU Alliance” as the vehicle through which we will pursue and achieve the development aspirations and political future of the county and to support all efforts to:

i. Ensure the continuity of the Grand Coalition of President Mwai Kibaki, to which the county leadership belongs, in order to secure the legacy of socio-economic transformation;

ii. Work with likeminded leaders and political parties to promote and strengthen the PNU Alliance to ensure democratic elections and formation of the next government;

b) PROMOTE a leadership with integrity committed to unity, national integration and reconciliation and opposed to the politics of ethnic divisions and hatred as the surest way of sustaining and perpetuating the legacy of economic development, peace, freedom and shared prosperity experienced in the last one decade.

c) COMMEND the unity of county leaders and urge for continued spirit of cooperation in the interest of the development of the county.

d) SUPPORT the on-going efforts to combat impunity especially relating to the post-election violence and to work to reclaim the dignity and sovereignty of the nation.

8. ADOPT specific measures to promote key strategic development sectors, including:

i. Improving the standards of education, ensuring access to all through bursaries; establish a Leadership Academy; and promote the Murang’a University into a centre of excellence.

ii. Promoting the productivity of the agricultural sector, including the coffee, tea, horticultural and dairy industries as the basis of wealth creation and employment;

iii. Attract investment and industry into the county;

iv. Support the improvement of health, water and sanitation;

v. Adopt urgent measures to ameliorate youth poverty, unemployment and disillusionment;

vi. Ensure the sound leadership and governance of the county, including the unity of leaders from all sectors of the county.

9. DECIDE to remain fully seized on the matter.

Dr. Moses Mwangi
Chairman
Murang’a County Initiative

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

MINISTRY OF LANDS

THE PHYSICAL PLANNING ACT (Cap. 286)

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PLAN

(KONZA LOCAL PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN)

Notice is hereby given that the Director of Physical Planning in conjunction with the Ministry of Information and Communications is in the process of preparing a Local Physical Development Plan (LPDP) for the proposed Konza Techno city at Malili.

The plan is being prepared pursuant to the Physical Planning Act (Cap 286) and the Local Government Act (Cap 265).

The plan will provide longterm development and regulatory framework covering a period of twenty (20) years and is subject to regular review.

The plan covers parts of Makueni County on a site measuring 2058 hectares (ha) approximately. The site is approximately 60km east of Nairobi on the Nairobi - Mombasa road. It is also located 4Km north of Konza Town.

The purpose of the plan will be to promote realization of Vision 2030 in development of a Techno city at Malili. The plan shall provide both broad and short term policy guidelines to guide development and use of land in an orderly, coordinated, harmonious and phased manner.

The broad framework will:

a) Classify the area into appropriate land uses for residential, commercial, industrial and other purposes

b) Provide for an integrated transport network

c) Designating public purpose and public utility areas

d) Identify environmental and ecologically sensitive areas

e) Divide the plan area into portions for phased implementation

The short term framework shall provide for detailed actionable plans for the first phase of the project.

These details include:

a) Assessment of immediate land requirement to accommodate specific population needs

b) Detailed allocation of land requirements to various land users

c) Determining type and density of development in particular localities

d) Setting appropriate standards and guidelines for development and use of land and buildings such as plot coverage, plot ratio, setbacks, facades and densities

e) Setting out measures for conservation, enhancement and restoration of the natural beauty of the area including rivers, water courses, hills

f) Providing routes for power lines, telecommunications, water drainage and sewerage

g) Making proposals on energy solutions including green energy such as solar, wind and biomass

h) Making proposals for safe pedestrian movement, easy access to buildings, efficient circulation of traffic with business, convenient and ample public car parks, efficient road links among others

i) Proposing mechanisms and measures for plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation

j) Proposing any other appropriate solutions necessary for sustainable development of the techno city

The approach to preparation of the plan will be participatory, multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral and will therefore require partnership among all actors from public, private, community organizations, and individuals.

The duration for preparation of the plan is six (6) months from 22nd Feb to August 22nd 2012.

Any interested persons who wish to make representations in connection with the preparation of this plan may do so in writing to the offices of Makueni County Council, the District Physical Planning office, Makueni and the office of the Director of Physical Planning, Nairobi during official working hours.

Dated 22nd Feb 2012

AUGUSTINE K. MASINDE, MBS

DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANNING

Kenya’s Environment Minister John Michuki died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 80. What a fellow! Michuki, a wealthy man, was not universally popular. His critics alleged he was an “ethnic entrepreneur” (read that as tribalist).

The Kenya nationalists contingent considered him a traitor who worked with the colonialists as an enforcer at a time when the people had risen against the British in the Mau Mau rebellion.

He was a perfect African product of his age, who had a thinly disguised contempt for the lowly, and did not particularly care for the fine points of democracy. He did not like us journalists; he
thought we were a pain in the backside.

Several years ago, after taking a particularly menacing anti-media freedom stance, he was cornered about it. He was unapologetic, saying, “when you rattle a snake, you must expect to be bitten by it.” And, confronted with runaway crime, he gave shoot-to-kill orders, bringing the whole human rights world down on his head.

Yet, you have the ultimate irony. Michuki’s weaknesses and failings made him easily the most effective of President Kibaki’s ministers.

African politicians and public servants are notoriously incompetent. They talk, talk, and talk, and do little or nothing. Michuki seemed to believe that he had rather be blamed for doing the wrong thing than doing nothing.

Outside of Rwanda, one of the few African countries that was able to crack down on the road madness that kills thousands of people every year, and the insanity of the matatu or daladala
industry, was Kenya. And then, only between 2004 and 2006, the period when he was still Transport minister and decided to deal with the problem.

The matatu industry is the most difficult to tame in Africa because there are too many vested interests. Often ministers own matatus, traffic police officers, who are supposed to enforce road rules are matatu owners, small and big and ruling officials are into matatus. So, it becomes impossible to manage.

Michuki, though, had utter contempt for things matatu — the people who drive them, the people who own them, and probably the people who travel in them. When the matatu strike to protest the “Michuki Rules” was on, you could see him talking about it on TV, looking like he was resisting a swell to throw up on his shoes.

So accidents dropped drastically and some hospital intensive care units in Nairobi all but stopped
working at night. When Michuki left and matatu appeasing and coddling Transport ministers came, mayhem and slaughter returned to Kenya’s roads.

But it is really what Michuki told us about the independence generation of African leaders that we should perhaps take away from his life. From Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, Milton Obote in Uganda, Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia, to Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, they were nation builders,
but lousy multiparty politicians. All of them imposed one party rule. Yet, they have generally been judged kindly by history because they gave something back.

Coming to power as the colonialists left, they built a record number of schools, hospitals, opened up the economy to indigenous Africans, and extended scholarships to thousands, even millions. Why did they succeed more than the politicians who came after them? Because they had something to prove. Having battled with colonialism, which was partly based on the notion
that the colonised were somehow inferior, they were under pressure to prove the opposite.

They took power in societies that were in triple transition — from traditional to modern, from colonial to independent, from nations with small populations to those witnessing booms from the advances of modern medicine and the benefits of vaccination.

They had to move from the comfort and familiarity of their ethnic groups to deal with new national groups whose hearts throbbed to a different beat.

Some like Nyerere and Obote managed to transition into being “tribeless” and nationalist. Others like Michuki did not do as well. They were the majority. In common, though, they were
all patriots — which is why Michuki used to be so irritated by what he considered heckling from Western ambassadors.

If Michuki were a 45-yearold politician, he would be more politically correct. But he might also have been a hopeless Transport minister, too weak to take on the matatu crowd.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) invites bids from eligible local and international vendors for the supply and delivery of a Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Solution.

TENDER NO: IEBC 08/2011-2012

DESCRIPTION TENDER: Supply and Delivery of 9,750 Biometric Voter Registration Solution Kits and Matching Solution

CLOSING DATE: Friday 16th March 2012 at 12.00. noon (East African Time)

Tender documents detailing the requirements may be obtained from the Procurement Manager, on the 5th Floor, Anniversary Towers, University Way, Nairobi during normal working hours starting from Wednesday15th February, 2012 between 8.15 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. and 4.45 p.m. upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kenya Shillings Five Thousands (KES 5,000). Payment shall be made in cash or by banker’s cheque at the IEBC offices on the 5th floor, Anniversary Towers, University Way, Nairobi, Kenya.

Prospective bidders may also download the tender document from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s website at www.iebc.or.ke. Tenderers who will obtain the tender documents from the website must enclose a copy of the receipt or bank paying-in slip of the
non-refundable fee of KES 5,000 together with their bid documents.

Such payments should be made to:-

Bank Name: Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi
Account Name: Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
Account Number: 0010103061

Completed tender documents (Technical and financial in separate envelopes) marked Technical and Financial, are to be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes and clearly marked with the tender number and tender description must be deposited in the Tender Box located on 5th floor, Anniversary Towers, University Way, Nairobi, or sent by post.

The envelopes should be addressed to:

The Chief Electoral Officer/Commission Secretary,
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
Anniversary Towers, University Way
P. O. Box 45371 – 00100
TEL: +254-20-2796000
www.iebc.or.ke
email:info@iebc.or.ke
NAIROBI, KENYA

So as to be received on or before 16th March, 2012 at 12.00 noon East African time.

All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of 2% of the total bid price from a reputable financial institution or banker’s cheque payable to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and must be valid for 120 days after bid submission deadline.

Late bids will be rejected. Prices quoted should be inclusive of all taxes (except customs duty and VAT), port clearing charges and transport charges to the delivery location at the Commission’s warehouse situated in the Industrial Area, Likoni Road, Nairobi, Kenya and must remain valid for 120 days.

Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders or their representatives who may choose to attend at the Nairobi Safari Club, University Way, Nairobi There will be a pre-bidders conference on Tuesday 28th February, 2012 at 10.00 o’clock at the Nairobi Safari Club, University Way, Nairobi.

The Commission reserves the right to accept or reject any tender in part or in whole.

O.J.H OSWAGO
CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER/COMMISSION SECRETARY

Let me say at the outset that I do not think that prostitution is a healthy way to earn a living. Apart from being morally wrong and exploitative, prostitution is fraught with risks. Male and female prostitutes are under constant threat of being physically abused by their clients, of being beaten, arrested, and harassed by the police and of contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

Because prostitution is illegal, prostitutes are seen as criminals, and therefore have to operate under the cover of darkness — literally. But apart from the physical hazards associated with
the profession, there is the psychological trauma of having sex with multiple partners with whom one has no emotional relationship.

There is something deeply degrading and soul-destroying about being paid to perform sexual acts for strangers. Women, in particular, need intimacy and emotional connection during sex. Prostitutes have to shut down this emotional side in order to do their job.

Then there is the stigma associated with the profession.

Prostitutes are looked down upon — there are derogatory words in every language for
women who engage in prostitution. (Ironically, there are no such words for the clients of prostitutes.)

The dark — and often unrecognised — side of this profession is that many prostitutes are trafficked and sold. Many do not enter this area of work voluntarily — they are often threatened,
drugged, forced, and beaten into submission. They tell harrowing stories of being victims of rape or incest, of drug addiction induced by pimps (who then use the addiction to extract money
from them), and of being sold into prostitution by their own relatives.

Some voluntarily become prostitutes simply because they cannot find other types of work. When children have to be fed and schooled, the single mother with no job may turn to prostitution to
put food on the table. Having said that, it is also true that prostitution — often referred to as the
oldest profession in the world — will not go away simply by criminalising it.

Throughout the world, red light districts have formed an integral part of cities. Brothels, pimps, and high class “escort services” can be found everywhere, from London to New Delhi. Even in very conservative societies, where women’s sexuality is heavily guarded by social mores, prostitution is seen as a necessary evil that allows young men to gain sexual experience. In
fact, in these societies, men often have their first sexual experience with female (or male) prostitutes. (Women have to wait till they get married.)

During Mughal rule in India and in Japan’s geisha culture, for instance, prostitutes had a special,
elevated place in society. They were trained not only in the art of pleasing men physically, but cerebrally as well. Many undertook years of training in the arts, such as dancing, singing, and
poetry.

As long as there is a demand for paid sex, prostitution will exist. This does not mean it should be encouraged, but it does warrant some sort of regulation so that the so-called sex workers are not exploited and abused. Legalising prostitution will mean that prostitutes would be able to conduct their business without fear of harassment by the police. They would be able to sue clients and
pimps who physically abuse or exploit them. Because it would be recognised as a legal profession, prostitutes would be able to form unions and associations.

With labour rights, they could demand leave days and pensions from brothel owners. And because they would not have to lie about what they do, prostitutes would be counted in surveys
and targeted appropriately by social services, including HIV counselling.

Moreover, since they would be part of the formal economy, prostitutes and their clients would be subject to taxation, thereby contributing to the national economy.

It was perhaps these thoughts that crossed Nairobi mayor George Aladwa’s mind when he recently suggested that prostitution be legalised. Perhaps he should also extend this debate
to other towns as well, especially tourist resorts.

In Mombasa and Malindi, tourists openly pay for sex with girls and boys, while locals look on helplessly. Wrinkled octogenarian mzungus can be seen “dating” Kenyans young enough to be their grandchildren. The legalisation of prostitution could curb child prostitution as regulatory bodies would, ideally, play an oversight role.