Ukambani Counties Do
Well In KCSE
By Jonathan Mutiso
THREE counties of Machakos, Makueni and
Kitui, for the first time in over 10 years claimed
10 positions among the top 100 schools in
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in
the County Schools category.The 2012 results
marked a resounding comeback of Machakos in
particular in KCSE performance.
Precious Blood- Kilungu, with 97 candidates
maintained what seems to be unassailable lead
with a 10.4315 performance index. It held the
sixth slot nationally. Kitui’s St Charles Lwanga
presented 115 candidates was listed at position
27 nationally posted a performance index of
9.6132, followed by Makueni Boys that entered
217 students and scored 9.5561.It was listed at
position 30 nationally.
Muthale Girls, also in Kitui and listed position 41 nationally after entering 105 girls had
a performance index of 9.3130, with Mbooni
Girls from Makueni County listed at position
54 nationally. It entered 126 girls and attained a
performance index of 9.1262. Machakos School
followed at Position 58 with 211 candidates, attaining a 9.0855 performance index. Machakos
Gils was next at position 84, with 177 girls and
attaining a performance index of 8.8443. Matinyani Secondary was listed at position 86 with
143 students and attaining an index of 8.8280.
Mukaa Boys was listed at position 91 nationally
with 156 candidates and a scor of 8.8053, with
Kitondo Secondary listed at 99th slot with 210
candidates and a score of 8.7268.
Precious Blood Kilungu who topped the Makueni County attained a mean never attained in
the school’s history.
The school principal sister Mary Joyce said that
this was expected and promised better things
this year as she was carried shoulder- high by
the students as they celebrated
Kerrick Kalaa- being among the top 100 candidates countrywide.
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GOVERNANCE 3
A Kitui West parliamentary aspirant
Ben R.N.Mbai has criticized his political
rivals in the area for dragging politics in
the management of the Kitamwiki Mixed
Secondary School in the area.
Mbai is accused of inept leadership
at the school and failure to lead in the
construction of classes even after he had
been urged to lead the process.
The school has no classes and only
begun constructing them as Term One
opened and without the full involvement
of Mr Mbai. Parents say Mbai has skipped
four BOG meetings called last year and a
meeting called by parents in the school
had to pass a vote of no confidence in
his BOG.
The secondary school operates in
b o r row e d c l a s s ro oms o f K i t amwi k i
Primary School and a local dispensary to
serve its total of slightly over students.
Moreover, an education officer who
declined to be named told the The Anchor
tha t in one ins t anc e , the Ki tui We s t
District Education Board had to approve
minutes purpoted to originate from the
board to secure funding after Mr Mbai
failed to attend BOG meetings for routine
resolutions.
Mbai’s troubles with the school stretch
back to a harambee for the school he
failed to attend but send some Sh 10,000.
Parents are also protesting a demand that
the BOG made to be paid hefty allowances
that the school can ill afford. Former area
MP Francis Nyenze attended and donated
Sh 12,000 and he recently led the school
commi t te e to a Ki tui po l i t i c i an who
donated Sh 100,000 in a desperate move
to have them raise funds to construct the
classes.
However Mbai denied allegations that
his leadership as the learning institution’s
Board of Governors chairman was bad.
This is far from the truth as parents do not
want Mr Mbai at the helm anymore.
Mba i went on “Tha t a re ba s e l e s s
allegations by my political detractors
in the area whose aim is to tarnish my
popularity among the school community
and the constituents in general,” Mbai
complained. “We (the school board of
governors) will have already constructed
some enough classrooms and toilets in
the learning institution by the end of this
month,” he said.
Kitamwiki Mixed Secondary School
was started through the local Constituency
Development Fund (CDF) money in the
year 2009. Mbai alleged that Kitamwiki
Mixed Secondary School and the Kyondoni
Girls Secondary School are progressing
very well under his chairmanship and this
claim can not be verified independently in
respect of Kitamwiki where the situation
is unmistakably deplorable.
Mbai, who is the Managing Director
o f t h e N a i r o b i b a s e d E n t e r p r i s e
Development Network (EDN) Company
Limited, claim that he had assisted more
than 400 students from the entire Kitui
County to a cqui re hi ghe r educ a t ion.
But our investigations indicate non of
the beneficiaries come from Kitamwiki
where he is chairman and poverty dots
the entire school community.
T h e e n t re p re n e u r - c um- p o l i t i c i a n
claims gives education the first priority
in his development programmes and
assured the Kitamwiki Secondary School
community that he will remain serving
t h em a s t h e i r s c h o o l B o G c h a i rma n
effectively and efficiently for the good of
the education.
City trader comes under
pressure over school in
need of leadershipThe ANCHOR, February - March 2012
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The
Journalism of the Future
Muthama has not attended key
Wiper meetings in the last few
months. Instead, he has been
appearing in meetings with
Kiraitu Murungi to prop un the
PNU Alliance party of Kenya.
Once The Anchor asked him why
he was missing these meetings,
Muthama said he was finding
himself embarrassed that he
went with the VP to London to
open a PNU Alliance office and
now the VP was busy building
the Wiper brand “ I do not want
to be associated with a party that
can not sell outside Ukambani”,
Muthama said at the time. He
missed two meetings held at
Maanzoni Hotel and another in
Yatta, the VP’s new home away
from Mwingi.
Matters have not been helped
by the straight shooting Mutula
Kilonzo- the Wiper Party’s John
the Baptist who invented the
slogan “Wiper” that eventually
became the name of the party.
His clamour for no candidature
for Uhuru Kenyatta and William
Ruto due to the Hague debacle
now proves to be Kalonzo’s
undoing- and he will not stop,
the damage it is doing Kalonzo
notwithstanding.
The VP’s rivals- Uhuru and Ruto
now openly distrust him and
even as they appear together
in the so called prayer and
peace meetings, they, including
Ka lonzo rema in a t d a g g e r s
drawn in a tempo that seeks to
spill blood at the alter of political
expediency.
But the worst factor facing the
VP is the backyard mentality.
While other communities have
a tend ency to enc i rc l e and
empower their own and thrust
him to the national arena, it is
not the same with the Akamba.
For the VP is fighing tooth and
nail to salvage his past support
at home.
In terms of communal support,
f o r t u n e s f o r M r M u s y o k a
have debauched to levels of
desperation that if his arch
rival Mrs Charity Ngilu visits
Machakos today, the VP would
rather skip a national event and
be almost at the same spot the
next day. So bad is the situation
that the VP has been telling
those opposed to him that they
will carry curses across seven
generations “for opposing the
Akamba” (meaning him) and
even vowing to crush whoever
it is in the process.
T h e m o s t i n c a p a c i t a t i n g
factor for the VP is his suicidal
configuration- he is surrounded
by hack men whose agenda is
to make quick money- and he
disburses it hastily when they
concoct a threat so that they
can deal with it. Matters have
not been helped by the fact that
he believes in issues that can not
help his ambition to be President
of Kenya.
Observers are watching the
unfolding scenario with disbelief
as this, admittedly is Kalonzo’
best chance to be President
for he comes from the right
community, he holds the most
desirable position of VP has
the requisite experience and
exposure and is working among
a group that is Hague bound and
is First among equals in G7.
Why t h e s e f a c to r s a r e n o t
working for him may mean he
probably is the wrong character.
Is he?
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Delicate balance for VP:
Who wants him out?
From Page 1
From our people,
For our people 92.5 FM
Prof Mbithi edges close to sealing
a deal in raging family feud
From Page 2
Chancellor- Finance and Administration. This is likely
to be what scares him out of his skin.
Even as the drama unfolded, Prof Mbithi made
all efforts to ensure that the media does not cover
the cases. The first efforts were made by his sister in
law who is a former assistant minister. He has done
so successfully because none of the daily press, radio
and TV covers his family feuds. He has made several
efforts to secure a no coverage deal with Mbaitu FM
to no avail and has gone to the extend of threatening
to take the Kamba vernacular station so as to scare
it into silence.
As we went to press Kangundo MP Nduya
Muthama had waded into the fiasco by agreeing
to be the go between. He held a meeting with Prof
Mbithi and them went to meet his elder brother-Mr
Mulwa. Incidentally Mulwa says he paid for fees for
the Prof and was his best man during his wedding in
better days before the ruckus over the entreat on his
daughter escalated.
Muthama returned to meet Mr Mulwa on
February 27 with a proposal for a settlement which
Mr Mulwa agreed to on condition that it must be
executed before any matter in court is withdrawn.
The anchor has obtained some of the terms f the
proposed settlement which we run below.
Muthama’s Mission
“For the first time Johnson Muthama visited the
family of Joseph Mwanzia on 30th Jan 2012 to get
clear information of what has been happening. After
getting the information, he and Prof. Raphael Munavu
met Prof. Mbithi on 8th February 2012. Today the
27th February 2012 Hon. Muthama visited Joseph’s
family to bring the report from Prof. Mbithi.
Those Present in the Meeting;
1. Hon. Johnson Muthama (MpKangundo)
2. Mrs. Charity Chepkonga (DC Kangundo)
3. Mrs. HarriettaWanyama (OCPD Kangundo)
4. Mr. WanderiMwangi (DCIO Kangundo)
5. M r. Fr a n c i s Wa mb u a M b oya ( C o u n c i l l o r
Kangundo)
6. Mrs. Josephine K. Thomas (Chief Kanzalu
Location)
7. Michael Ndunda (Reporter Mbaitu FM)
8. Joseph Mwanzia Mbithi (Complainant)
9. Patricia M. Mwanzia (Joseph’s wife)
10. Pascaline M. Mwanzia (Joseph’s Daughter)
11. Fr. Josephat M. Mwanzia (Joseph’s Son)
It was as follows:
1. Prof. Mbithi accepted to remove the wall he had
built to block the access road leading to their mother’s
compound so that it remains as before.
2. Prof. Mbithi agreed to compensate all the damages
which he and his younger brother Charles have
caused to Joseph Mwanzia’s property i.e. a perimeter
wall, two houses, toilet and bathroom, a weakened
storey building and as well as the maliciously
damaged perimeter wall he caused on the 5th Dec
2009 (Ref Kangundo Police Ob No 23/7/12/2009).
3. Prof. Mbithi to compensate on behalf of his younger
brother Charles for all the medical expenses incurred
for the treatment of Joseph’s daughter Pascaline
Mueni who was shot by Charles with a catapult on
18th October 2011.
4. Prof. Mbithi to compensate for the court expenses
incurred by Teresia Ndunge the daughter of Joseph
Mwanzia in the cases no 1562/2009 and 410/2010
whereby Prof. Mbithi and Teresia signed a deed
of settlement on 23rd June 2011 to have the cases
withdrawn but Prof. refused to honor the agreement.
Futher to compensate for legal costs of criminal cases
no. 774/2011 and 04/2012 of his younger brother
Charles and his own case no. 05/2012 at Kangundo
Court.
5. Prof. Mbithi has accepted to remove all the iron
sheets he had put on Joseph’s perimeter wall.
6. Hon. Muthama Promised to meet the lawyers of
both parties on Wednesday 29th Feb 2012 to draft
the deed of settlement.
7. Proposal from Joseph’s Family is that; In order to
show that Prof. Mbithi is genuine and sincere, He
should go personally to Court on 02/03/2012 and
withdraw case no. 410/2010 where he accused
TeresiaNdungeMwanzia for sending offensive
messages before the judgment takes place.
8. In reply Joseph has accepted these proposals and
said they have to be met fully before he withdraws the
cases touching Prof. Mbithi and Charles Mbithi.”
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From Page 3
Mukaa boys a school that used to do good has now come back to the limelight after The school took new direction and changed morals for better
The Principal Mr Francis Mutunga said that the mean
grade achieved of 8.8 is worth celebrating though needs
more efforts since they have by all means to return to
the top where they belonged in the past.
The deputy mr Ndivo Muli said they would do better
this year to topple the Precious Blood who used to be
behind them in the past.
The giant of Machakos-Machakos School awoke from
slumber to top Machakos County with a mean score of
9.2 though they had a tough year of misconduct among
the boys to an extend of taking some of the exams from
behind the bars.
The unruly boys of last year shocked many even as they
made a remarkable come back, after scooping the top
position with a margin.
The principal Mr Masaku Muiya said the boys could
have scored a much higher mean score if they had conducted themselves in a better manner. Masaku added
that the class they have this year is one of the best so
they are expecting to do much better.
Machakos Girls Principal Mrs Florence Mulatya said
that they do not regret anything but only to praised God
for gaining a much higher mark than last year.
Mbooni girls is facing a tough competition from
mbooni boys after as they returned to the charts since
they scored a Y after exams were leaked.
