Uganda’s youngest award winning published author

Youngest awarded published author

At only 11 years of age, Bonita Treasure Murungi Arinaitwe has written two books approved by the National Curriculum Development Centre as readers for upper primary in Uganda.
Her books,   Friends (2014) and The Brave Prince Michael (2015) both fiction were published by Palm Publications in Kampala.
Murungi started writing at the age of four.
She aspires to start a writers club in her school to help other pupils write their own books.  She plans to launch a third book, The Life of the Forest later this year. The East African reports.

CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE IN CAMPUS

By Dennis Rugiri

Being a first year is always preceded by a variety of cultures and lifestyles. In Moi University what defines and redefines a 1st year is the dressing code and manner of articulation. Most of us always tend to run away from our normal way of life and on the process embrace and emulate what dressing code we have found in campus.
 
 Indeed it is said that if you go to Rome do what the Romans are doing. Yes, I don't oppose this but it is better to change with changes and this is an acceptable phenomena. However, majority of us tend to dig deep into the culture to a point where we find ourselves way out of the cultures and lifestyles in campus and in the process majority of students end up loosing their identity.

 

MZUNGU WHO STOLE SH 11 MILLION BEANS TO COOL PORRIDGE AT KAMITI FOR ONE YEAR.

By Dennis Rugiri 

An Irish man has been sentenced to one year in jail or pay a fine of Sh100,000 for fraudulently obtaining Sh11 million from a Nairobi businessman.

 Byrne Cathal aka James Elgin, 49, pleaded guilty to the charges which he committed in 2012.

 Elgin obtained 100 bags of maize and 800 bags of beans valued at Sh11,470,000 from Mohammed Hussein, but failed to pay for the goods.

 The court heard that Hussein was introduced to Elgin by a friend, a Mr Ayumba, who was then deputy secretary in the Ministry of Special Programmes.

Ayumba claimed to know people working for a company, whom together with others, asked the complainant to supply the goods on their behalf since they were unable to supply the large consignment.

Elgin who allegedly worked for Proque Company as a procurement officer received the goods.

The complainant, through his company, supplied the goods on May 18, 2012, but was never paid.

He would later learn that no such company existed, after the suspects started avoiding him.

 Police would later visit the godown where the goods were delivered and found that the goods had already been moved from the warehouse.

Elgin pleaded with the court for a lenient sentence, saying he was remorseful and accepted that he was on the wrong.

Source (Standard Digital)

Kenyan Olympic champion blames greed, ignorance for doping rise

By Mutai Ricky

ELDORET, -Former Olympic 800 metres champion Paul Ereng believes ignorance, greed and neglect by officials are to blame for the increase in doping incidents among his Kenyan compatriots.

"Doping is on the rise because athletes are gullible and would want to earn so much without working so hard, while foreign agents want to make a quick buck," Ereng, who won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics said.

The east African nation famed for middle and long distance athletics has come under increasing global scrutiny following failed doping cases involving its elite athletes, among them three-time Boston Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo.

Earlier this month, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said that Kenyan and Russian athletes wishing to compete at the Rio Olympics must be re-tested prior to the Aug. 5-21 Games.

Last week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) approved Kenya's new anti-doping legislation, earlier declared non-compliant because it was not in line with its code, which the country hopes will help its athletes avert an Olympic ban.

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Nandi-Kisumu border clashes at rest

The clashes, which broke out afresh on Saturday at Kibigori area at the Kisumu- Nandi border following a confrontation between two communities, which was by started by livestock theft.

One of the attacks resulted from killing the herdsman, an incident that ignited the violence leading to the killing of another man and burning of several homes in the remote Kopere trading centre on the border.

Police are now urged to be vigilant in maintain peace and order among the communities, as they were commanded to shoot any cattle rustler that tries to destabilize their peace among the residence.

“Both the communities in Nandi and Kisumu counties live in cosmopolitan settings and political leaders from both sides should not preach divisive politics, again” said of the resident.

Businesses had stopped after the residences flee the place, education being cut shot after the children and teachers seeks for their safety.

By yesterday the residences settling back after the police, politicians and elders from the two communities went to “kamukunji” looking for the solution in solving the problem. National integration and cohesion commission chairman Francis ole Kaparo addressed the residence of Kibigori in Kisumu County where at least ten people died and around 80 left their homes.

 

Francis ole Kaparo addressing the residence of Kibigori in Kisumu County [courtesy of Standard Digital]