By Ghost Writer
Headline: Kenya’s pastoralists swapping livestock for camels to boost resilience (People Daily, May 12, p.14). Hello Mheshimiwa CS Kagwe, camels huwa livestock ama ni wildlife? Watu wa PD aki woiye mnatuangusha.
Upon landing in Kenya for the two-day conference on Sunday, Macron said France would no longer discriminate against countries based on language (Nation, May 12, p.4). In other words, France has all along discriminated against some African countries on the basis of language, si ndio? Sawa tu.
Ex-Stars midfielder Thigo’s wishes to be cremated inside 72 hours stirs debate (Nation, May 12, p.32). Those are not “wishes”; it is a wish, you get?
The midwife who refuses to let women bleed to death during childbirth (Health Nation, May 12, p.6). Read that again. Kwani letting expectant mothers to bleed to death in the delivery room is the order of business, ama namna gani? So, this particular midwife is the exception for refusing to let that happen? Maajabu.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said that over 3,000 illegal firearms are in the hands of criminals behind rising insecurity in northern and eastern parts of Kenya (Standard, May 12, p.3). Do you know kwa nini Pen Cop anacheka? How does gava manage to count 3,000 guns owned illegally without arresting the criminals holding the firearms?
Internal government correspondence and court documents have exposed a bid orchestrated from the highest levels of the Executive to legitimize a fraudulent land acquisition and transfer of a colossal public asset to private hands (Standard, May 12, p.4). How to say something without saying it. Or, as they say on social media, if you know you know.
[The] Kenya National Bureau of Statistics explained that the reason agricultural production fell was as a result of decreased wheat, tea and sugarcane production (People Daily, May 11, p.4). Huyu mwandishi kweli anaelewa maana ya “reason”? The question remains: What was the reason for decreased wheat, tea and sugarcane production? It is like saying the reason Nyakemincha performed well in KCSE was that the candidates scored highly in English, Maths, and Aviation. That’s no reason, buda?
Headline: Maseno School, springboard of country’s intellectuals, celebrates 120 years (MyGov, May 12, p.20). Intro: Pomp and colour as Maseno School, celebrated its 120 years of existence. Okay. Thank you very important.
A fake certificate fraud scandal has erupted at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret amid court revelations that a number of employees used forged academic documents to secure jobs, promotions, and millions of shillings in salaries at the country’s second largest referral hospital (Nation, May 13, p.19). It is either a fake certificates scandal or a certificates fraud scandal, not “a fake certificate fraud scandal.” Fake and fraud refer to the same thing here. Alafu “a number of” (three words) is “several” (one word).
The scandal has exposed what appears to have been a long-running failure in staff vetting and document verification within one of Kenya’s most critical public health institutions, raising questions about how fake documents slipped through the hiring checks. This is awful writing, wordy and repetitive. The second part of this sentence is unnecessary. The scandal raises questions about how fake certificates slipped through hiring checks, yet the first part of the sentence answers precisely this question: it was because of failure in staff vetting and document verification. Awitugeza?
