Alleged drug dealer nabbed at UON (University of Nairobi)

A University of Nairobi student has been arrested for allegedly peddling drugs.

Witnesses told Campus Vibe that his high school accomplice exposed the illicit activities of the third year student of statistics and programming.

No drug was, however, found in the suspect’s house.

-The Nairobian

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The most EXPENSIVE schools in Nairobi...

The rich know cheap is expensive in the long run, especially if ignorance is on the cards. Their schooling thus costs pretty penny. Take Brookhouse where pre-schoolers pay Sh24, 000 per day. It costs Sh450,000 per year for a two-year old child  while  boarding and tuition in senior years that is 12-13 is Sh700,000.

This excludes Sh18,000 per term for individual music lessons and hiring music instruments and Sh37,500 for transport.Caution money alone costs Sh200,000 payable one for boarders and Sh100,000 for day scholars. It costs about Sh9.1 million to complete primary and secondary education in this elite school in Karen, Nairobi.

The curriculam is not GHC and such, but goes beyond knowing where River Nyando is on the Kenyan map. Education here is based on six pillars:   internationalism, democracy, environment, adventure, leadership and service. 

There are only two schools in Africa that are members of Round Square International, a group of schools who teaching go beyond academia. The two schools are in Kenya: Starehe Boys’ Centre and Brookhouse! Expensive schools allow for exchange programs.

 In 2009, students from Kettes College – where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair studied – “exchanged notes” with their counterparts in Kenya’s Peponi, Banda and Pembroke House Schools .

-The Nairobian

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Minister suspends Umoja killer bus firm.....

A fleet of buses was on Friday stopped from carrying passengers until the vehicles were inspected and cleared, days after one of them was involved in an accident with a train killing 12 people. 

All the drivers of the Umoinner Sacco vehicles will have to be cleared by the Traffic Department before they are allowed back on the road, according to Transport Cabinet secretary Michael Kamau.

“I have given them Saturday and Sunday to comply. If they do not, they will be kept out of business for as long as it takes,” said Mr Kamau while on a tour of the accident scene at Mutindwa, Nairobi.

The Wednesday accident killed 12 people and injured scores of others.

The minister vowed to clean the department of motor vehicle inspectorate, saying some officers had turned it into a cash cow.

“Some of these officers are going to court to block the government from transferring them from the department. There must be something fishy that they are doing at the department and that is why they do not want to transferred,” he said.

Mr Kamau asked courts to allow the government to remove all illegal structures on road reserves saying that numerous court injunctions had made it hard for the ministry to do so.

Source: Nation.co.ke

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Deputy President William Ruto allowed to be away by ICC...

Deputy President William Ruto will be back in Kenya next week as his trials continue at the International Criminal Court.

A three-judge bench allowed Ruto to return to Kenya following a request by his Lead Counsel Karim Khan yesterday morning.

 “The Chamber has deliberated on the Ruto request. The Chamber unanimously grants the request, reasons to be given on Monday,” Judge Chile Eboe Osuji ruled.

 It’s not clear what matter Ruto will be attending to in Kenya as the deliberations were made in private session.

 On Friday last week, the deputy president was allowed t

o return to Kenya for three days to allow President Uhuru Kenyatta attend a regional summit in Rwanda.

 He returned to The Hague on Thursday.

 However, on the same day Radio Journalist Joshua Sang was denied a similar excusal to attend the graduation ceremony of his daughter.

 The three-judge bench ruled by majority of two to one that the request by Sang did not constitute ‘exceptional circumstances’ under which an accused can be permitted to skip hearings. Yesterday, it also emerged that Ruto and Sang could still have a date with The Hague judges after November 8 following the postponement of the trial against President Uhuru Kenyatta.

 The bench mooted that there could be more sittings in the Ruto case before the December recess.

 “Kenyatta case has been adjourned to February. We need to discuss the implication of that before we adjourn this session. Whether we can use the opportunity in the Ruto case,” Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji indicated yesterday morning.

 Prosecution Counsel Anton Stenberg said that they are ready to proceed with about two to three witnesses before the December recess.

Source: Standardmedia.co.ke

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Teachers and supervisors over exam cheating...

Kenya National Examinations Council has admitted to a prevalence of exam cheating in the ongoing Form Four examinations.

School heads, teachers, supervisors and invigilators are now being blamed for the malpractice.

KNEC chief executive Paul Wasanga claimed that teachers are opening packages containing the exam scripts before the exam begins and coaching candidates.

“We have noted with concern that most of the people perpetrating the cheating are teachers, supervisors and invigilators.

“It is a worrying situation where the custodians of the exam are the ones compromising the integrity of the exam,” said Mr Wasanga

QUESTION FOR SALE

According to him, a high number of university students are also in contact with exam supervisors who leak exams using mobile phones.

“The CID has recovered four mobile phones with extracts of questions similar to the ones in the genuine examination,” he said.

It was also alleged that some supervisors and teachers copy questions and use them to solicit for funds from the candidates.

The students then peddle them to Form Four candidates with one question retailing for as low as Sh50.

The proceeds would then be shared between supervisors and the university students.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARRESTED

Police have arrested a Kisii University student who was receiving examination materials from a teacher in Lwanda Secondary School, Homabay County.

“Students in JKUAT and Egerton University have also joined the cartel; we have an Egerton University student who is sending materials to teachers in Makueni County,” Mr Wasanga noted.

He said that out of the 19 people arrested country wide for exam cheating, four of them are from Kisii University.

“Those who have been caught are those who have managed to get the questions immediately the examination package has been opened,” said Mr Wasanga.

COACHING CANDIDATES

The council highlighted incidents in Marsabit and Kisii counties where some principals and teachers were reported to be assisting the candidates in cheating.

Mombasa, Nyanza, Western, Kisii and Eldoret were also cited in the report.

In Eldoret, the principal at St Clement Secondary School was arrested when he was found with examination material on his mobile phone.

Nyaganyo Secondary School head teacher was arrested after she was found coaching candidates in the examination room.

The candidates were sitting for the Mathematics Paper One.

Mr Wasanga said exam cheats also taken advantage of the time before the exam papers arrive at the school.

“The supervisors pick the exam from the police armouries at 6 am and the exams start at 8 am.

“Some of them open the sealed exams, copy one or two questions and reseal the package,” said Mr Wasanga.

-Nation.co.ke

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