Here is How KNEC is Planning to Deal With Cheating KCSE 2015 Candindates.

Cheating in KCSE examination cases has increasingly been reported since the examinations started. At least 100 suspects have been arrested. These people consists of teachers, students, university students, police officers and others.

KNEC officials termed these allegations as false and said that there is no cheating in KCSE 2015 examinations. However after evidence about cheating cases, the KNEC officials changed their sentiments and agreed that there is cheating. They blamed the police officers in charge for helping the students in cheating by opening the examinations before they are transferred to various centres.

Read also KCSE examinations leak

However the police officers distanced themselves from this issue and asked KNEC officials to provide evidence that they are actually involved in cheating.

“Exams are determinants of the quality of this country’s education standards. Any allegations have to be made on factuality”

Read also This is What Will Happen ToKCSE 2015 Candindate's Results.

KNEC have finally spoken on how they are going to deal with the cheating students. They said that the exams will be marked with alot of care and any centre that will be involved in cheating, all the results in that centre will be cancelled.
However if cheating cases won't be material in a centre only those who have cheated will not get the results.

“While reports of cheating have been all over, the marking will ensure the results are credible. Widespread irregularities in an examination centre will lead to the cancellation of all the results. But for majority of candidates not involved in cheating they need not worry, ”

This is What Will Happen To KCSE 2015 Candindate Results.

KCSE 2015 examinations have reported the highest level of cheating in examinations for the past 5 years. Reports say that its very easy to get an exam even two days before the exam . Its obvious that when people cheat in examinations the Same students are affected negatively when the results are out.

Many education stakeholders have been urging the examination body KNEC and the government to stop the KCSE examinations from continuing due to increase in cheating. However the government and the examination bodies have persisted that there is no cheating and the cheating allegations are not true.

Due to cheating, the examinations will strictly be marked and many candindates might not get their results. Those who will be Lucky to get the results and maybe they cheated and pass well, they will go to universities and due this country might face the problem of unqualified graduate and employees. Fake doctors will increase in the country there by risking people's lives.

The current education system will also be in doubt since it's the one which will have produced half baked graduate. The unemployment levels will also hike since employees will not be ready to employ non qualified graduate who will mess up the operations of the organization.

You may enjoy stealing in exams buy may be you are ruining your future. The problems is that even those who did not cheat are also affected. If there will be umdermarking they will also be affected. If the points to join universities will be increased, they will also be affected.

With this you can see how this cheating will affect the candindates and the entire country too.

There Is Increase In Boy Child Neglect In Our Society Today.

 

If you observe the societies we are living today, you will find out that the girl child is more favoured than the boy child. When he is unwell the parents think that he is pretending, when food is not enough the boy child is the one who will miss so that his sister can eat, he is the one who is dropped out of school if school fees is not enough. In short you can easily tell that the boy child is highly neglected in today's society.

The society has focused on the girl too much until the boy has been left behind. When we look at even the government, girls in schools are provided with sanitary towels but nothing is given to boys. The entry points to university and secondary schools are also lower than that that of boys. This has led to the boy child feeling neglected and not wanted by the society.

In parliament we are always advocating for gender balance but concentrating too much to female than male. Yes its true that the girl child was very much neglected before but we have done too much on one side and forgotten the boy child still exists and needs to be recognised too.

Read also: Child neglect and misuse on the rise in Tharaka Nithi County.

This has brought too much negative effect to the boy child. Due to neglect, they have dropped out of school, they have become drug addict, they have also become criminals and others have separated with their children. These children are the ones who are joining terrorists groups like Alshabaab and others. This is why I call upon everyone to join our hands together and bring back to life our boy child.

I have shared this video with you to hear from the horses mouth (a boy) on what the boy child is going through in his daily life.

Click here to Watch the viodeo. 

 

KCSE 2015 Examinations Leak.

There has been reported a very high level of KCSE leakage in the ongoing KCSE 2015 examinations.

KCSE examinations began in such a dull mood since most students were not prepared because of the teacher's strike. However its like the students are lucky because with only a thousand shillings, you can have a whole paper of the exam. Some reliable sources say that the papers are supplied to the students as early as two days before the paper is done.

Nation made investigations and interviewed a certain teacher and this is what he said;

“What is happening is disturbing I have personally talked to my students and they have admitted that it easy to get the examination questions in advance after paying KSh 1,000,”

The KNEC chief executive officer Mr. Joseph Kavilu termed the allegations as false and said that the papers which are being spread are fake. He also added that investigations are being carried out in collaboration with the police to find out if anyone is spreading the papers.

“The council is aware that fraudsters are lurking around engaging in various fraudulent activities such as printing, circulating and selling fake examination papers fully branded with KNEC information purported to be genuine examination papers,” said Kavilu.

So far 5 teachers and several university students have been arrested in regards to spreading and selling the alleged KCSE papers. More so, 15 candindates from Mombasa have been caught with KCSE questions and over 31 mobile phones have been found with the candidates having KCSE questions in their whatsapp accounts.

Mr Joseph Kavilu has warned anyone who maybe operating this illegal business to stop before law catches up on them.

Here Are Reasons Why Kenyans Have Hothing to Smile About this Mashujaa Day celebration.

It's a day which comes once per calender year. A day that we celebrate people who have made our country proud and also Kenyans who saved our country from colonialist. Those who strived and used all their effort to see that Kenya is a free country. Yes, these are the people behind the peaceful and fresh environment that we are enjoying today. 20th October is the day we celebrate these heroes. However, today many Kenyans are not happy like other days when we celebrate this day.

This is the day when people unite together eat, share long gone but unforgettable stories and many other issues. This is not possible due to the high cost of living in our country. This has been brought about by high level of corruption and misuse of public money. Kenyans are very annoyed by this act. The people we elected are busy using our money to benefit themselves.

Teachers also are crying due to nonpayment of September salary. This has made some of them look for other ways to get income. Some have started bodaboda business and other have also committed suicide after life turned out to be too had to survive. The situation in our schools is worsening as days go. This is not the situation that our heroes expected their country to be in when they were struggling to fight for the freedom of Kenya.

If one of them ressurects today, he will die out of shock over what he/she will find in Kenya. A country where a wheelbarrow goes for more than sh100, 000, a bar of soap cost more than sh50, 000, Curtains cost millions of Kenya shillings, facebook account is opened for more than 100k andmany more unrealistic transactions. This is why I am telling you that we should have nothing to celebrate this Mashujaa day else we should wondering where our country is ending to.

"No Pay No Work," Unpaid Teachers Say.

It's a week now since teachers suspended their strike and decided to go back to their schools. Most of them had hopes that TSC will pay them September salary which was not paid due to their strike. This has not been the case up to today. TSC said that they cannot pay for services not given. This has made the teachers through their union to say that on Monday they will not go to schools if their September salary will not be paid.

The teachers union has been having conversations with TSC about the accrued teachers salary but no decision has been reached. Both parties are pulling on their side. This has made the teachers union to say that they will go back to court and report TSC for not honoring the court order.

The court had ordered that teachers be paid their September salary if they resume schools before a period of 90 days is over.

It is out of this that the union leaders have asked all the unpaid teachers not to go to school as from Monday if they will not be paid. It should be remembered that teachers said that they will never go for strike called by their leaders . This is because their union if teachers leaders called of their strike even before they were given their 50-60 salary increment. Now the decision lies on the teachers. Will they listen to their leaders and boycott classes or they will ignore them.

One of the Biggest Event Ever to Happen at Tharaka Nithi County Starts Today. Eastern & Central Counties Agribusiness Investment Summit

This is a quote from one from one of the county government. Facebook page.

"Finally the day we have all been waiting for is here. The 1st Eastern & Central Counties Agribusiness Investment Summit begins today with the official opening being done by our CS Water and Irrigation, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa who will also launch a County Government water project, Thuci Range at an initial cost of 70M.
We also expect HE the Deputy President William S. Ruto on Friday to close the event.
I joined on behalf of other County Government leaders take this opportunity to welcome our guests from all over Kenya and Beyond to Tharaka Nithi who will join us today for this important event.
This one-of-a-kind 3 Day summit will guarantee the presence of the region’s biggest buyers and leaders from the entire agribusiness sector, including among others; agriculture, livestock, poultry, fisheries, food processing machinery, manufacturing, packaging, agribusiness financing/ insurance and environmental resilience.
The theme of the event is: Transforming farmer organization through agribusiness as key economic drivers for county development.
The Summit covers thirteen counties in eastern and central Kenya which include:
Tharaka Nithi, Isiolo, Meru, Embu, Kitui, Machakos, Nyeri, Murang’a, Kiambu, Makueni Nyandarua, Kirinyaga and Laikipia.
READ ALSO See the list of items which will cost Babu Owino sh14.4m in his birthday party
There is an expected attendance of over 10,000 farmers and over 100 exhibitants from all the thirteen counties during the three-day event.
We hereby kindly extend our humble invitation to exhibit and be part of the Summit. Karibuni!"

Babu Owino Set to Hold A Birthday Party worth sh14.4million.

He is the most influential and the best leader Kenyan universities have so far. People know him by his powerful stands that he makes while helping university students. Meanwhile the SONU president Babu Owimo is set to throw a birthday party on 10th October worth sh14.4million.

What many of us are left asking is the venue of this party. He is proposing that the party be held at KICC grounds, carnivore, around the university or any other place where there will be a big place which will fit the expected turnout.

He has invited foreign guests including preachers and the best Djs and artists will also be there. In his budget he has spent a lot of money on whiskey and other vodka for more than half a million each. He has also hired more than 100 bouncers, more than 30 girls yo serve as ushers. He has also included non alcoholic drinks for those who don't take alcohol. For more information, look at the whole budget plan below.



He said that everyone student from the university of Nairobi and all other universities and the general public too are all invited.

Teachers: Strike Not Yet Over.

If you thought the game was over, you might be wrong. Wilson Sossion said that the end of the teachers is way much far from ending.

He said that their strike has just been suspended for 90 days as per the court's order. After this, if the government will not have given them 50-60% salary increment, they will continue with their strike.

Normal operations resumed in schools today 5th October 2015 after teachers called off their strike which took almost 5 weeks. This was after the labour court ordered them to resume their duties.

However some teachers felt betrayed by their leaders because their objectives were not met and still their leaders accepted to end the strike. Some teachers even swore that they will never engage in strike called by their unions anymore because their objectives are always not reached.

"Our Leader Have Failed Us," Says teachers.

Parents and Kenyans are very happy of the end of teacher's strike. Even though we have received these news in joy, some teachers have felt that this was not fair. They argue that their union leaders have failed and betrayed them.

READ ALSO Teacher's strike called of

This is because they were not involved in the decision to end the strike. They also said that their mission was to go back to classes with something in their pockets. Which is not the case.

They said that on Monday some teachers will not turn out for school.

Teachers Strike Called Off. Teachers to Resume Classes on Monday

Its my joy and to give these good news to you. The teachers union have finally called off their strike. This is as a result of the order given by the court that teachers should end their strike within a period of 90 days.

Speaking on media, CS Wilson Sossion said that they have ended their strike but not completely. Its just for 90 day and if they will not have come to an agreement with the government about their pay, they will continue with their strike. He also said that teachers respect the court and they will do as the court ordered. The also asked that all the teachers to be paid their September salary.

READ ASLO "Our leaders have betrayed us," the teachers say

It should be remembered that TSC had already announced recruitment of 70,000 teachers. Many applications had already been made. Many had hopes of being employed but their hopes have been cutoff by the end of teachers strike

Now children should prepare themselves to go back to school and continue with their education. Wilson sission has asked all the teachers to resume classes on Monday as they continue to discuss with the government about their pay.

Here is an Easy Way to Browse More for Less Data.

I know most of us have found ourselves in this frustrating situation. When you are busy browsing, your credit runs out and you go offline. After recharging thinking that you have solved your problems and ready to browse for the whole night, you are cutoff by the same same problem of running out of data or airtime. Are you this kind of person? Do you wonder how people manage to browse the whole day and still don't complain of the cost of browsing? Its not that these people are very rich, no, its just that they have learnt the secrets of saving data. Here are some ways you can use to minimize the use of data and browse more for less.

1.Subscribe for data bundles
I was amazed to find out that a certain friend of mine used to browse with airtime until the time I saved her. You will continue to find it difficult to browse if you don't subscribe for data bundles. Any network has it data subscription and its also very wise to choose the network that offer the best data rates. With this knowledge you will be in a better position to browse more.

2. Close all the apps that run in background.
This is where most users go wrong. Leaving applications running in background. Little do they know that these applications use data too. Applications like Maps, Google play, some games and many other apps. Its always wise to go to your settings and switch off all the apps running in background without your knowledge. Also avoid setting you phone to auto update applications even when using mobile data. This should be done only on WI-fi.

3. Turn off Mobile data when not using it.
As I said earlier, some apps run in background and some of then consume data. To avoid this, make sure that you turn off your data on the switcher when not using it.

4. Choose browsers wisely.
Some browsing application use a lot of data while others are very cheap. This is because browsers are designed for different users. There are those that use WI-fi all through, others have unlimited data plan so they don't mind using any browser. Browsers like opera mini or Uc browser, use very little data and these are the best applications to use when you want to save on data and browse more. They compress data and make browsing faster and cheap too. So leave alone that browser that consumes all your airtime in seconds and start using Opera mini or Uc browser

5. Avoid watching videos online.
Its very expensive to stream videos on mobile data. Unless you are on WI-fi or unlimited data plan, please avoid watching online.

6. Avoid downloading large contents on mobile data.
There is no way you can download a movie using 10mb data bundle. This video will never be downloaded completely and you will end up wasting your 10mbs and nothing will be downloaded.

If you practice these 6 points, your browsing experience will never be the same again. You will browse for long hours with your 10mbs without being frustrated by the annoying disconnections of internet. You will have more time to visit tncmashinani and read more on what happening in the world. With these remarks you can now buy some airtime, subscribe for data bundles, prepare a cup of tea, grab some popcorn, open your browser and browse with no limits while sipping your coffee . Happy browsing moments.

Teachers Who did Not Attend School On September Did not Receive Salary.

Some teachers were shocked to find out that the September salary was not piad to them. This is due to the strike that is now entering the second month.

Only 43, 000 teachers received their September salary. These are those who reported back to school even during the strike. TSC had issued a notice that no teacher willbe paid if he/She does not go back to schools.

Meanwhile, TSC has announced recruitment of 70,000 teachers to replace the striking teachers for the time that they will be away from schools. This has attracted a lot of application, mostly from youth. Most of them have great hope that they might get employed and have said that they are okay with the little salary that the government will offer to pay. Some also said they have been longing to work for public schools and this is a chance they cannot ignore.

The labour court also today asked the teachers to respect the ruling made by the court on Friday and call of their strike and go back to school. TSC also said that if the teachers fail to report even for the month of October, no payment will be made to them.

"Resume Classes Immediately," Lobour Court Tell Teachers.

Teachers went back to court after a ruling was made that they should end the strike within a period of 90 days and their strike was not within the law. They went to back to labour court terming their strike as one which is within law.

Files were opened for the case but the labour court declined to reject the ruling that was made earlier and said that teachers strike is not within law.

In response, the labour court asked teachers to call off their strike immediately and resume classes.

This is the Controversial speech that Johnson Muthama Made During the Cord Rally at Uhuru Park

Hon Johnson Muthama made a speech at Uhuru park that left many Kenyans talking and others threatening to sue him. This rally was held by cord to show solidarity with the striking teachers.

During the rally , Cord leaders made speeches. Many of them condemned the president for disobeying the court order. The speech that left people talking is that of senator Muthama.

He termed Uhuru as a person who should not hold any public office and therefore he should step down or else they impeach him. He also condemned Madam Ann Waiguru for not stepping aside for investigations of corruption issues ih her office. Some women organisations condemned Muthama for disrespecting Anne waiguru and asked Muthama to apologize to the public.

Anne waiguru also asked the senator to apologize or else she goes to court. Jubilee leaders also said that Muthama showed disrespect to the president and he should apologize. Watch Muthama's full speech on the video below.
https://youtu.be/NLgygvZ4IGo

TSC Announces Recruitment of 70,000 Teachers To Fill the Position for the Striking Teachers.

On Wed1.10.2015 TSC invited all qualified teachers willing to apply for job as teachers to do so. They announced 70,000 positions to fill the positions of the striking teachers for the three months they will be on strike.

This has happened after the court gave the striking teachers a period of 90 days to call off their strike and go back to schools as their leaders discuss with TSC about their pay. Even after the court ruling the teachers continued with their strike saying that even the government ignored the court ruling made before.

As all this drama continues the children are still at home except for the candidates who are preparing for their final examinations. K.C.S.E practicals have already commenced.

After hearing the TSC decision, KNUT has termed the decision to recruit 70,000 teachers as desperate and not within the law. However it has urged the teachers not to worry about that and their jobs are very secure. Wilson sossion has also asked all the teachers not to invigilate the coming national exams even if the government forces them to do so.

"Let all our branches across the country guide
teachers, heads and principals to ensure that
no Teacher supervises the National
examinations until they get instructions from
KNUT HQS. TEACHERS keep away from schools
or examination centers," said Wilson sossion the KNUT Secretary General.