Man marries his Sister in bizarre matrimonial union In Kakamega – VIDEO
Two siblings from a village in Kakamega county have evoked the wrath of their clansmen for their strange decision to get married and live as man and wife.
And in order to avert what elders of Mugai village in Malava have termed as generational curse, an elaborate traditional cleansing ceremony has been done on the two who are said to be in their early twenties.
The cleansing ceremony involved punishing the couple, Fred Makokha and Rebecca Makokha, with 10 strokes of the cane each, in full view of gathered villagers.
The clansmen said the event was meant to teach the two a lifetime lesson to avoid a repeat of the same and also to prevent a possible curse.
“If the two are left alone to live as man and wife, they will never be able to raise a family. All their children would keep dying,” one of the village elders said.
A bull was also slaughtered and the intestinal components smeared on the victims to wade off a potential curse, during the ceremony that was only attended by men.
The two offenders, who had their hands tied together, were not required to utter a single word throughout the entire proceeding. – Nairobi News
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Telkom Repositions Enterprise Solutions to Power Businesses
Firm to exploit intersection between infrastructure provision and ICT solutions to help businesses realise economic value Nairobi, Tuesday : June 12th 2018: Telkom has repositioned its Telkom Enterprise Division promising to enhance Kenya’s business growth. Coming exactly a year after the company rebranded, Telkom has invested KSh. 3B towards Fiber To The Building (FTTB) which will see buildings connected to high speed fibre Internet to power businesses.
“Today’s businesses are driven by the relationships between infrastructure, people and economic value. For Telkom Enterprise, our driver is to approach business not as an an infrastructure provider, but an ICT Solutions provider. It simply is no longer about connectivity but other forms of economic value with ICT as an enabler,” says Kris Senanu, Managing Director – Telkom Enterprise.The re-engineering and positioning of the Enterprise division at Telkom is resultant of lessons drawn from customer experiences, industry insights, economic factors and changing market needs, from a provider that offers more than just connectivity.
“Today’s Business ICT needs are changing from what ICT can do to what ICT can enable businesses do better, as well as what experiences customers take with them. Telkom Enterprise is therefore moving from simply developing architecture to building business strategy. In addition to the provision of business processes and capabilities, we are an enabler of business vision,” adds Senanu.Among the solutions on offer by Telkom Enterprise are seven packages tailored for different sectors: Enterprise Mobility, Broadband Internet, Enterprise Connectivity, Fixed Voice Services, Unified Communications, Managed Services and Cloud Solutions.
Mr. Senanu envisages that the opportunities for growth lie in collaborations with the SME segment and the Public Sector that is highly reliant on the Telco’s infrastructure for service delivery.“As the only far-reaching enterprise solutions provider with the widest coverage across the country both on voice and data channels, our revamped positioning aims to enhance delivery, effective productivity, continuity, connectivity and collaboration to Counties, Parastatals, Corporates, SME’s and Start-ups that rely on our services,” says Senanu.
Coupled with a refocused world class customer-centric approach by out-and-out customer care units for the various customer categories, Telkom is keen to improve its customer experience and claw back enterprise market share.“There is market confirmation that digitising business processes brings unquantifiable benefits; reaching more potential customers, reducing the cost to serve customers, making production processes more efficient, making it easier to monitor and report business performance,” says Senanu.
In addition to the Enterprise thrust, Telkom launched a Fibre-to-the-Building broadband service, offering ultrafast speeds of between 2mbps-1Gbps that is expected to increase business performance, enable and enhance service availability to 99.9% while halving current Internet charges on offer by 50 percent.This upgrade is part of Telkom’s modernisation programme, which has seen the Telco invest Ksh 5.Billion towards network modernisation, leading to the launch of its 4G network; currently available in 32 towns and urban centres across the country and doubling of capacity and coverage on its 3G network.
According to the latest Communications Authority Quarterly Statistics Report, expansion of mobile network infrastructure by service providers is one of the key highlights driving industry growth. #Ends… Revamped Telkom Enterprise Packages:
Enterprise mobility – Postpaid Mobile Solutions
Broadband Internet – Affordable, fully managed and secure high speed connection.
Enterprise connectivity – This solution enables entities and individuals to share and access information on an internal secure network.
Fixed Voice Services – Traditional fixed-line or a Voice over IP system (VoIP) buttressed by Telkom Enterprise’s superior network capability that is customizable.
Unified Communications – integrated communication for phone, video conferencing, instant messaging and email on a single platform.
Managed Services – Telkom Enterprise’s managed services allows businesses to offload IT operations for 24-hour monitoring, managing and/or problem resolution for the IT systems within your business.
Cloud Solutions – Helping businesses achieve high levels of communication, collaboration and security without heavy investment in hardware; servers, server rooms, IT expertise or maintenance
About Telkom
Telkom connects the people that keep Kenya on the move. It does this by providing integrated telecommunications solutions to individuals, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Government and large corporates in Kenya, drawing from a diverse solutions suite that includes voice, data, mobile money as well as network services. Powered by its vast fibre optic infrastructure, it is also a major provider of wholesale, carrier-to-carrier traffic within the country and the region.
Telkom is building on a strong, consumer-centric ethos that is committed to providing innovative, accessible and refreshingly simple communications solutions that suit customers’ everyday communication needs.
Established as a telecommunications operator in April 1999, Telkom is 60 per cent owned by Helios Investment Partners, with the remaining stake held by Kenyans through the Government of Kenya.
Telkom Kenya partners with Loon LLC to launch first Loon commercial service in Africa
Telkom Kenya partners with Loon LLC to launch first Loon commercial service in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya/Mountain View, California, United States: July 19, 2018:
Telecommunications operator, Telkom and Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, today announce the signing of a definitive agreement to pilot an innovative new 4G/LTE access network service in Kenya. This will be Loon’s first commercial service in Africa.
Telkom Kenya’s Board Chair, Mr. Eddy Njoroge, states:
“This partnership demonstrates the Board’s commitment to guide and oversee the transformation of Telkom into a business with a reputation for innovation, with respect to its product and service offering. This partnership with Loon is also true testament of our resolve to deploy pioneer technologies due to their potential impact to our customers.”
Telkom Kenya’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Aldo Mareuse, states:
“Telkom is focused on bringing innovative products and solutions to the Kenyan market. With this association with Loon, we will be partnering with a pioneer in the use of high altitude balloons to provide LTE coverage across larger areas in Kenya. We will work very hard with Loon, to deliver the first commercial mobile service, as quickly as possible, using Loon’s balloon-powered Internet in Africa,” says Mr. Mareuse, adding that this will further enhance Telkom’s network to its customers.
The Loon service is an innovative approach to providing extended 4G/LTE coverage to rural and suburban areas with lower population densities, using high altitude balloons operating 20 kilometres (60,000 feet) above sea level, well above air traffic, wildlife, and weather events. The balloons act as floating cell towers, transmitting a provider’s service – in this case Telkom’s service – directly to a subscriber’s existing 4G/LTE phone below. Loon’s equipment is powered by on-board solar panels.
This animation explains how Loon works.
Loon Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Alastair Westgarth, states:
“We are extremely excited to partner with Telkom for our first engagement in Africa. Their innovative approach to serving their customers makes this collaboration an excellent fit. Loon’s mission is to connect people everywhere by inventing and integrating audacious technologies. We couldn’t be more pleased to start in Kenya.”
Mr. Mareuse, the Telkom CEO, adds:
“This collaboration represents another important step towards Telkom’s continued quest to provide high-quality, reliable and affordable data offerings to our customers.”
The pilot will take place within the general area of central Kenya, some of which has been difficult to service, due to mountainous and inaccessible terrain. The exact coverage areas will be determined in the coming months, and subject to the requisite regulatory approvals.
Telkom and Loon will also work closely together over the coming months to prepare for the deployment of the service, which is expected in 2019.
Telkom connects the people that keep Kenya on the move. It does this by providing telecommunications solutions to individuals, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Government and large corporates in Kenya, drawing from a diverse solutions suite that includes voice, data, mobile money as well as network services. Powered by its vast fibre optic infrastructure, it is also a major provider of wholesale, carrier-to-carrier traffic within the country and the region.
Telkom is building on a strong, consumer-centric ethos that is committed to providing innovative, accessible and refreshingly simple communications solutions that suit customers’ everyday communication needs.
Established as a telecommunications operator in April 1999, Telkom is 60 percent owned by Helios Investment Partners, with the remaining stake held by Kenyans through the Government of Kenya.
Loon’s mission is to connect people everywhere by inventing and integrating audacious technologies. By redesigning the essential components of a cell tower so they can be carried by balloon 20 kilometers above Earth, Loon is making it possible to extend internet access to the billions who currently lack it. Using a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, Loon works with mobile network operators to expand coverage to un-served and underserved communities, upgrade existing networks, and provide expedient coverage after natural disasters. To date, Loon’s balloons have traveled more than 30 million kilometers around the world. Loon is a subsidiary of Alphabet.
Safaricom Maisha Ni MPESA Tu Promotion: Safaricom has announced a 10 week M-PESA promotion dubbed Maisha ni M-PESA Tu that will award over 9 million customers across Kenya with prizes being given away worth over Sh260 million.
The campaign will run on a regional level with daily and weekly prizes to be won.
The prizes include:
7 houses
Over Sh110 million worth in daily and weekly cash prizes
Over Sh100 million worth of data, SMS and airtime prizes
Customers will be awarded 10 points for every Ksh100 M-PESA transaction they do above Ksh100 which includes:
Sending and receiving money via M-PESA
Bank to M-PESA transactions/ Bank to Sacco
Paybill transactions
Buy Goods transactions
International Money Transfer(IMT)
Points earned during the promotion will go towards the daily and weekly draws where customers stand the chance to win 7 houses and exciting daily and weekly cash prizes.
Customers will also be given weekly targets and rewarded with Data/SMS/Airtime based on the points they achieve against their target.
Customers can check their points, winnings and surprise rewards by dialing *444*0#
The promotion is open to all registered M-PESA customers and will run from 18th June to 26th August 2018.
How to Win Safaricom Maisha Ni MPESA Tu Promotion: Terms and Conditions
Here is what you need to know about Safaricom Maisha Ni MPESA Tu Promotion:
By default, all active Safaricom M-PESA customers are automatically enrolled in the promotion. The keyword here is active. This is because those whose M-PESA accounts have either been suspended or frozen are not eligible to take part in the promotion.
As such, one only needs to start transacting on M-PESA in order to get rewarded and, according to Safaricom, “increase their chances of being a winner”.
For every Kshs 100 that one transacts on M-PESA, they get 10 points in the Maisha Ni M-PESA Tupromotion.
The points are not transferrable.
Sending and receiving money via M-PESA, making mobile banking transactions (bank to M-PESA), making payments via M-PESA (Lipa na M-PESA – Paybill and Buy Goods) and even international money transfer all contribute towards earning one points in the promotion. However, things like buying airtime for yourself (and others) and sending money to non-Safaricom subscribers won’t earn one any points. The same is the case for loan and savings products like KCB M-PESA and M-Shwari.
The end goal is to win one of the 7 apartments on offer throughout the promotion even though, at this point, one of those already has an owner: Gikomba market metal artisan James Njagi Waweru who is the promotion’s first apartment winner.
One can only redeem the weekly target rewards once per week throughout the promotion’s remaining 6 weeks.
The promotion is not just limited to M-PESA customers. Even agents where we deposit and withdraw money from are in. For every Kshs 100 transacted through them, an M-PESA agent gets a point in the Maisha Ni M-PESA Tu promotion.
Whereas agents are not in the running to win the apartments on offer, they stand to win cash prizes of Kshs 1 million.
Those who are not interested in the promotion can as well opt out by dialing the promotion short code, *444*0#, and selecting the last option.
There are daily and weekly draws for which Kshs 110 million in daily and weekly cash prizes is up for grabs. Another Kshs 100 million can be won daily and weekly in the form of airtime, SMS and data.
Great Twitter Purge in Kenya : Xtian Dela, Cyprian Nyakundi, Uhuru kenyatta other influencers Lose followers on Twitter
Great Twitter Purge in Kenya has affected influencers, politicians and celebritirs in Kenya. Some of those infulencers stung by the biggest purge in social media history is Xtian Dela, Cyprian Nyakundi, Uhuru Kenyatta which saw theme lose followers on Twitter.
In efforts to clean up its platform and get rid of inactive and fake users, Twitter has come up with a major change aimed at cleaning up its spammy legacy. This move has seen many celebrities, politicians and so-called social media influencers lose thousands of Twitter followers.
The Twitter purge on locked accounts has caused a worldwide wave that has affected social media influencers, global celebrities and household names.
Kenya’s prominent users on the popular social media platform have not been spared as follower counts have been slashed in the millions.
President Uhuru Kenyatta for example lost over 16,000 followers, with Deputy President William Ruto had close to 7,000 less followers by Friday morning.
The biggest losers known so far seem to be social media influencers Cyprian Nyakundi and Christian Dela. Combined, the two have lost close to 1 million followers.
The worldwide Twitter purge has not spared any of our public figures and social media influencers.
Controversial bloggers Cyprian Nyakundi and Christian Dela are some of the most affected in Kenya.
Nyakundi’s followers have halved, from a whopping 1.2 million to 696,000 while Dela’s numbers now stand at 521,000 from an impressive one million.
The Chairperson of Kenya Film and Classification Board, Ezekiel Mutua, has also lost thousands of followers from 106,000 to 34,000.
With Popular personalities around the world losing over one million followers, Kenya’s most followed person, President Uhuru Kenyatta did not survive the axe. The Head of State lost 16,071 followers while his Deputy, William Ruto, lost 7,211.
On the flip side, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga gained followers from 1,923,245 to 1,923,428.
However, this move by Twitter has not affected corporates.
The Star newspaper however reported that in the midst of the Twitter purge, Raila Odinga has gained over 200 new followers.
Twitter’s latest change in removing locked accounts from being displayed as follower counts on user’s profiles, is a bid by the social networking service to build trust and encourage what it calls “healthy conversations” on its platform.
“Follower counts are a visible feature, and we want everyone to have confidence that the numbers are meaningful and accurate,” said Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead on Wednesday.
The action has caused Kenyans on Twitter to react under the hashtag #TwitterCleanupKE. Tweets have ranged from analysis and speculation as to whether the so called Twitter bigwigs have been fraudulently bumping up their followership to create a false perception of their actual popularity.
On Thursday, the New York Times reported that former President Barrack Obama, media proprietor Oprah Winfrey and sports star Shaquille O’neal were among the ones affected.
Former President Obama lost around 3 million followers in a day, the New York Times report indicated.
Apart from Oprah (1.4 million followers lost) and O’neal (1 million followers lost), the New York Times also said that Ellen Degeneres, Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and Katy Perry were also not spared, all losing on average around 2 to 3 million followers.
US President Donald Trump, who is known to be vocal, provocative and brash in equal measure with his tweets also lost 340,000 followers.
Twitter itself was not spared, as the New York Times reported that the social media company lost 12% of its followers with its CEO Jack Dorsey shedding off 230,000 followers.
TSC New Grading System for Teachers Job Groups:The three schemes of service for teachers in public service have been collapsed into one, with clear salary scales for each grade and clear career progression paths.
The new Common Establishment Grades (CEG) scheme, backdated to November 8, 2017, was arrived at following job evaluations by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
The scheme establishes 68 pay grades for teachers in primary, secondary, middle-level colleges and special schools following recommendations by SRC.
The new structures are contained in a circular prepared by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The circular was released on Monday.
Commission CEO Nancy Macharia said the new grading system replaces the three schemes of service for non-graduate, graduate and technical teachers/lecturers.
“Now we have eight grades for primary school teachers, 10 grades for secondary school teachers, six for teachers at Centre for Mathematics, Science Technology Education in Africa (Cemastea) and eight for teachers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions,” Ms Macharia said.
There are now seven grades for teachers in teacher training colleges (TTCs), eight for teachers in Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), five in Specials Needs Education (SNE) for primary schools, eight for SNE secondary schools and eight grades for teachers in SNE TVET institutions.
The circular No. 15/2018 details new policies and procedural changes by the commission aimed at professionalising the teaching service. It takes into account the job evaluation report done by SRC.
In addition, the recently introduced career progression guidelines provide all the basic requirements for professional growth, training and promotion of teachers.
Job evaluation
Ms Macharia revealed that the job evaluation would lead to a paradigm shift in career progression.
“Teachers will not be required to sit for interviews to move to the next grade. Promotion of teachers and lecturers will be subjected to the existence of funded vacancies,” she said. Other considerations for promotion include minimum qualification per grade, relevant experience and, most importantly, satisfactory performance in and outside the classroom.
According to the circular, Primary Teacher II will be the lowest grade in the teaching profession.
“Teachers entering the public service at this grade will earn Sh19,224, rising to a maximum of Sh27,195,” Macharia said.
She added that Primary Teacher I will be a promotional grade for primary school teachers and to attain it, one must have served as Primary Teacher II for a minimum of three years.
One must also have successfully undertaken relevant Teacher Professional Development (TPD) modules. This cadre of teachers will earn a minimum of Sh25,929, rising to a maximum of Sh33,994. Senior Teacher II will also be a promotional grade and an entry into the administrative cadre.
“Promotion to this grade will be competitive and subject to availability of vacancies. One must have served as Primary Teacher I for a minimum of three years to be considered for this grade,” Macharia said.
Teachers in this group will pocket Sh27,325 at minimum and Sh34,955 at maximum.
Senior Teacher I is another promotional grade for primary school administrators. A teacher in this group will be in charge of other teachers in the absence of the head teacher and deputy.
Teachers in this category will earn a minimum of Sh39,532 and a maximum of 53,943 per month and must have served as Senior Teacher II for three years and undertaken relevant TPD modules.
“Deputy Head Teacher II, another promotional grade, will be answerable to the head teacher on development, implementation of curriculum, education policies and programmes.”
In the absence of the head teacher, the deputy will be in charge and will also have to go through TPD to earn a promotion.
Deputy head
Deputy Head Teacher II will earn Sh26,610 at minimum and Sh52,308 maximum per month. Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher I will earn between Sh29,427 and Sh62,272 per month.
The senior head teacher will pocket Sh55,231 at minimum level, rising to a maximum of Sh85,269 per month.
Secondary School Teacher III will be the entry grade for secondary school teachers who have a diploma in education. They will earn between Sh25,929 and Sh33,994 per month.
The circular also shows that Secondary Teacher II is now the entry point for secondary school teachers who have a bachelor’s degree in education or its equivalent.
This grade is a promotional one for diploma holders and will earn a minimum of Sh32,988 and a maximum of Sh43,694 per month.
Secondary Teacher I will be a promotional grade and teachers in this cadre will take home a minimum of Sh37,721, rising to a maximum of Sh53,943 per month. – STANDARD
A secondary school teacher I and senior teacher I who currently earn a salary of between Sh35,910 and Sh45,880 will now get between Sh43,154 and Sh53,943.
Primary school teachers, most of them in job groups G,H and J,earn a salary of less than secondary school teachers, the lowest paid teacher in Kenya earns Ksh 17,000 per month.
Circular on TSC Salary Remuneration July 2018 includes full rate of allowances payable to teachers will be achieved upon completion of implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in four years, the Teachers Service Commission has said.
You can download Circular on TSC Salary Remuneration July 2018 below this article.
The Commission said the figures the teachers who had protested pay discrepancies were referring to were those they would earn when the fourth phase of the negotiated salary and allowances is implemented.
In a statement issued yesterday, TSC advised teachers that the CBA was being implemented in four phases running from July 1, last year to July 1, 2020.
Final phase
“The full rate of the allowances due as per the new grades will be achieved when the final phase of the CBA is implemented on July 1, 2020,” read the statement issued by Catherine Lenairoshi from the corporate communications office.
But Zablon Awange, Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Kisumu branch chairman, accused TSC of misleading teachers about the CBA.
“How does TSC explain cases where a teacher is paid an allowance in one month then it stops. Or he gets less for what he is entitled to after the first installment,” said Mr Awange.
He said failure to conform to the regulations of the CBA had far-reaching consequences for teachers. “The CBA is clear on how much each teacher will be paid within two years or four years. The breakdown is 50:50 and 25:25:25:25 ratio,” Awange said.
Salaries and allowances
He said some teachers were retiring without being paid their salaries and allowances, adding that it would affect their pension.
“The details of the implementation of the CBA are in public domain, having been shared through circulars,” Ms Lenairoshi said.
The commission was reacting to a story published in The Standard on Wednesday titled ‘Mystery of deductions in teachers’ salaries.
The article was attributed to some teachers who alleged that they were not being paid allowances as agreed in the CBA (2017-2020) now under implementation.
