- Waqo said he expected the suspects to be arraigned in court upon clearance by the Director of Prosecutions (People Daily, June 20 p.6). To arraign is to bring someone before a court to face a criminal charge. So, the suspects will be arraigned.
- The suspects will however wait for a few days before they walk to freedom until processing of documents is complete (Star, June 20 p.9). This awkward sentence needs re-writing. Something like: The suspects will however wait for a few days for clearance before they walk to freedom.
- Relations between China and Africa have advanced significantly, in particular in recent years, in various fields, with bilateral cooperation expanding to broader frontiers, which are witnessed, campaigned and backed by their leaders and peoples (Report by Xinhua news agency appearing in the Nation, June 20 p. 24) Reads like a speech by a fat bureaucrat who should undergo a lifestyle audit, not a news intro!
- This comes amidst renewed efforts to bring warring factions pitting President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar together (KBC, June 19). Better: This comes amidst renewed efforts to bring together warring factions pitting President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar.
- Numerous court orders are hindering the war on gaming machines in Naivasha subcounty, the provincial administration said yesterday (People Daily, June 19 p.5) Kenya has no provincial administration anymore. That colonial anachronism went out with the old constitution in 2010. But, of course, the Uhuru Kenyatta government decided to keep those officials known for their shapeless khaki suits and funny hats.
- The officer identified as Patrick Mwangi Macharia attached to Soweto police station died after hanging himself in his house and left a note besides his bed (The Standard, June 21). So, this unfortunate cop hanged himself and then placed a note beside his bed?
- 7. The Kenya Bureau of Standards and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations is recommending the prosecution of three directors of Diamond Wholesalers in Eastleigh Nairobi after sugar confiscated from the outlet was found to have failed certain standards for consumable sugar. (KBC, June 21) Those are two institutions, KEBS and DCI, so they are recommending prosecution. The sentence is ugly as well. The sugar was found to have failed certain standards for consumable sugar. Agh! Was found to be unfit for consumption.
- Even after spending more than two weeks in remand cells, the five – Ann Wambere Wanjiku Ngirita, her mother Lucy Wambui, her sister Njeri Ngirita, brother Jeremiah Gichini and his wife Catherine Mwai – appeared not in a hurry to seize the opportunity for freedom. (People Daily, June 21). How did the suspects “appear” to the reporter to warrant this conclusion? They should have bolted out of the courtroom?
- DCI boss George Kinoti said they were talking to at least ten officials from KEBS after investigations showed a bad trend of circulation of bad sugar. (The Standard, June 22) What is “a bad trend of circulation of bad sugar”?
- The petition is informed by a press release by an advisory by KICD in April indicating that the indigenous languages be taught in Suba primary schools from next year will be Dholuo. (People Daily, June 22, p. 14). What does this mean?
