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SPEECH by His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, C.G.H., President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces DURING THE KIBABII UNIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY IN  BUNGOMA COUNTY DATE: 22ND NOVEMBER, 2019                     Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education and Other Cabinet Secretaries present, Principal Secretary, State Department for University Education and Research and Other Principal Secretaries present, Governors Present, The Kibabii University Council, Vice Chancellor, Kibabii University and Other Vice Chancellors present, Graduands, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to join you today to preside over the 4th Graduation Ceremony of Kibabii University. We are here to celebrate the academic achievement by these young men and women, who have dedicated themselves, their energies and their time, to transform their lives and their future....

    SOCIAL MEDIA TURNED INTO A DEN OF SCAMMERS Online International Companies agents in social media especially in Facebook have become rampant. In almost all Facebook groups, one won’t scroll for five posts without noticing a post announcing for an online business slot for a `few available people’. Whether the people behind these posts are genuine or not, it remains a matter to find out. County News correspondent came across a university lady who had an unpleasant memorable encounter with these online company agents. Pauline which is not her real name, explains how she came across a post in a Facebook group that read, ``Stop wasting data on Facebook but instead use it to earn up to Ksh 5000 in a day, if interested reply how’’.Eager to know how one could make such an amount of money by just using a phone, she got into a serious conversation on what’s app after being provided with an account to use. Pauline did not know that she was just engaging to a scammer in the skin of...

  SIR ELVIS TOPS IN TEXAS SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS 2019  Elvis Otieno popularly known as Sir Elvis has emerged the BEST MALE VOCALIST of the year 2019 in the recent Texas sound international country music awards.                                           Elvis Otieno in Texas after winning the awards. photo/courtesy Being the only nominee from the country, Sir Elvis was scheduled to compete with other 23 renowned and international country music performers. The announcement for his participation in the awards had been made public in Texas sounds website. Upon his nomination for the awards, friends and fans definitely exuded confidence that Sir Elvis would. For instance when Deejay Pierre Kinyua was speaking to standard digital said that Elvis would emerge victorious in the competition.

PLASTIC BAGS USAGE YET TO VANISH Months after the National Environmental Management Authority[NEMA]imposing a ban on usage of poly ethane plastics bags, the product is still being put into use by traders in most parts of the country. Mostly being small scale traders are using these bags to package the products they are selling on the town streets. For instance, in Mombasa sugarcanes dealers in the streets uses the small transparent bags to package the sliced canes that enables them hawk to passing vehicles conveniently. Food sector seems to be one utilizing this illegal product in a big way. Food dealers doing outside catering especially around Kongowea wholesale market are fond of wrapping the plates holding food with the stretched bags to prevent anticipated contamination. Whether the users of the bags are aware of the dire penalties they stand being applied to them or not, there is need for NEMA to deal deliberately with the rooted manufucturers,since continued appearance o...

  SCAMMERS ARE ALL OVER- POETRY  CORNER  Today the world is full of con men, scammers are all over, People want to harvest where they dint plant, People who never want when getting tired, They will wait until other have worked for them to rob. Unemployment having become rampant today, Youths are becoming the most targeted by scammers, Simply because they are desperate and thirsty for jobs, When an opportunity appears they will scramble for it. Varsity students must be extra careful with these scammers, Stop gambling with money given and meant for school fees, These people have no mercy and they will rob you everything, Be contented with what your parent can provide to you. Be on look out at people you partner with for investment, A lady is crying helplessly after being conned all her fees, She has been promised an online job by a person they met online, Only for her to be blocked after sending all her fees to the man.