K254 Nairobi News: July 2019

Monday, 29 July 2019

Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso has died of cancer.!!!

She succumbed at the Nairobi Hospital aged 58 years, family sources confirm.

Governor Laboso was under medication two weeks after arriving from India from London where she had been hospitalised.

Earlier today, the hospital announced that she had been put under bed rest under the close attention of doctors.

On July 14, 2019, Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok urged the residents to stay calm and pray for her recovery.

The Governor’s ailment has remained undisclosed. Dr Barchok had urged the nation to respect her privacy.

On May 29, Governor Laboso left the country for Britain for treatment. She was admitted at the Royal Madden NHS Hospital where she underwent treatment for nearly a month.

She was then transferred to India for further treatment three weeks ago.

While in Britain, NASA leader Raila Odinga, Ambassador Manoah Espisu, Chief Justice David Maraga and Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwonyvisited her. Former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto also paid her a visit.

Joyce's death is yet another tragedy for the Laboso's. On June 10, 2008, her sister Lorna Laboso, who was an assistant minister, and Cabinet Minister Kipkalya Kones died in a plane crash.

Dr Laboso won the Sotik Parliamentary Seat on an ODM party ticket in 2008.

The former French lecturer at Egerton University had been pulled from the lecture hall to fill the gap left by her younger sister Lorna.

The ODM had insisted that Lorna's seat and that of Kones be retained within their respective families to honour their contribution to the party's campaign in the run-up to the 2007 General Election.

Joyce would later be elected as the National Assembly Deputy Speaker before being elected Bomet Governor during the 2018 General Elections when she floored the incumbent Isaac Ruto of Chama Cha Mashinani party.

Together with Charity Ngilu of Kitui and Anne Waiguru of Kirinyaga, they made history being elected the first female governors in Kenya.

This July, three public figures have died of cancer attracting attention to the prevalence of the disease. On July 1 Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore died of blood cancer. Four weeks later Kibra MP Ken Okoth succumbed to colorectal on Friday, July 26.

Political path

Dr Laboso joined politics after she won the Sotik Parliamentary Seat under the ODM party in 2008.

The former French lecturer at Egerton university had been called from the classroom to fill the gap left by her younger sister, the late Lorna Laboso, who with the then Roads Minister, Kipkalya Kones, died in a plane crash on June 10, 2008.

The Orange Democratic Movement party (ODM) had insisted that Lorna's seat and that of Kones be retained within their respective families to honour their contribution to the party's campaign in the run-up to the 2007 General Election.

Laboso would later be elected as the National Assembly Deputy Speaker before being elected Bomet Governor during the 2018 General Elections.

Dr Laboso's political performance had always been on an upward trend and she was described by many as 'a refined leader' and the 'iron lady' of Kalenjin politics.

She again wrote another history in 2017 Elections after being elected as one of the first female governors in the new constitutional dispensation.

Dr Laboso won the Bomet Gubernatorial seat beating an experienced political figure in Isaac Rutto, who ran under his Chama Cha Mashinani party.

Cannabis will be legalised in UK within five years, say MPs after cross-party 'research trip' to Canada

A group of MPs predicts cannabis will be legalised in the UK within the next five years after they went on a research trip to Canada.

Tory Jonathan Djanogly, Lib Dem Sir Norman Lamb and Labour's David Lammy travelled to Canada, which legalised the drug last year, on the trip organised by UK pro-legalisation group Volte Face.

Cannabis is illegal for recreational use in the UK, although it can be prescribed for medicinal purposes.

© Provided by Independent Digital News & Media Limited Jonathan Djanogly, Sir Norman Lamb and David Lammy (PA)But Mr Lammy and Sir Norman both said they believed the drug would be fully legalised in about five years.

Tottenham MP Mr Lammy shifted his stance on the drug, moving away from his party's official position to backing legalisation.

"I want to see the strength of the stuff reduced, labelled and properly organised in this country."

Related: 25 most dangerous drugs (24/7 Wall St)

Sir Norman had previously led the Lib Dems’ decision to back the legalisation of cannabis, and recently wrote in the Standard how "our current laws on cannabis are not working".

Mr Djanogly, meanwhile, told BBC's Newsbeat: "I think we have got a lot to learn before the legalisation of recreational cannabis, which I think will happen at some point.”

He added he thought legalisation would occur between 10 and 15 years in the future.

Related: Incredible facts about the booming US marijuana industry (BI)

The MPs’ trip was partly sponsored by cannabis company MPX.

Sir Norman and Mr Lammy funded their own flights and accommodation.

Earlier this month, the Standard ran "The Cannabis Debate" series investigating whether selling the drug in a regulated way could encourage safe use.

Types of title deeds and how they are acquired

Certificate of Lease: This is a title under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300 (repealed) for leasehold land. Leasehold is a form of land tenure where a lessee (occupant) holds rights to land for a specific period and subject to conditions imposed on land rights by the lessor (landowner). The period can be 33, 50, 66 or 99 years for all urban plots.
Absolute Title: This is a title under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300 (repealed) for freehold land. This is a form of ownership in which the land owner has the maximum rights in terms of period of ownership and use of the land.
Sectional Title: This is a title for a unit within a building, for example a flat. It emanates from the Sectional Properties Act of 1987 and the title is deemed to be registered under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300. It is important to note that the Land Registration Act, 2012 in Section 26 consolidates the above several titles into the Certificate of Title. The aim is to rationalise and reduce confusion brought about by previous Land Acts, which resulted in various types of titles existing concurrently.

A title deed is a signed agreement that proves ownership of land and legal rights to it. There exists different types of title deeds as per the various types of Land Acts that have been in existence. They include;

Indenture Title: This was a title under the Government Lands Act Cap 280. It has since been repealed.
Grant Title: This was a government grant under the Registration of Titles Act Cap 281 and a county council grant under Trust Land Act Cap 288. Both have been repealed.
Certificate of Title: This is under Cap 281 issued due to subdivision without change of user. Change of user happens when one shifts from, for instance, agriculture to residential.
Certificate of Lease: This is a title under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300 (repealed) for leasehold land. Leasehold is a form of land tenure where a lessee (occupant) holds rights to land for a specific period and subject to conditions imposed on land rights by the lessor (landowner). The period can be 33, 50, 66 or 99 years for all urban plots.
Absolute Title: This is a title under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300 (repealed) for freehold land. This is a form of ownership in which the land owner has the maximum rights in terms of period of ownership and use of the land.
Sectional Title: This is a title for a unit within a building, for example a flat. It emanates from the Sectional Properties Act of 1987 and the title is deemed to be registered under the Registered Lands Act Cap 300. It is important to note that the Land Registration Act, 2012 in Section 26 consolidates the above several titles into the Certificate of Title. The aim is to rationalise and reduce confusion brought about by previous Land Acts, which resulted in various types of titles existing concurrently.

HOW TO GET A TITLE DEED

The Land Act, 2012 under Section 7 outlines seven ways one can use to acquire a title. They are as follows:

Allocation: This is where public land is transferred by the government to individuals usually for a specified time and for a specific use with stated conditions. Allocation can be through a public auction, tender, drawing of lots or balloting or by confining allocation to a disadvantaged group. For land to be allocated, it must first be planned, surveyed and serviced.
Land adjudication: This is when rights and interests to land are ascertained and recorded in areas of community land (formally known as the trust land areas).
Compulsory acquisition: This is the acquisition of land by the government for a public purpose but subject to fair and prompt compensation. Publication of the intention to acquire is done through the Kenya Gazette and County Gazette.
Prescription: This is also known as adverse possession and occurs when one gains title to real property through occupation of land without opposition for 12 years. It involves a court process and the adverse possessor must prove that she actually occupied the land continuously without interruption for the above specified time.
Settlement programmes: This is when the government provides access to land for squatters, persons displaced by natural courses like floods, development projects, conservation or internal conflicts by use of the Land Settlement Fund administered by the National Land Commission. Formerly it was known as Settlement Fund Trustees.
Transmissions: This is when ownership passes to another party whose powers over the land are restricted as in cases of death, bankruptcy and on liquidation of a company. In case of death, a personal representative will be registered as the proprietor of the land, for bankruptcy a trustee becomes the registered proprietor while a liquidator shall be registered as the proprietor in cases of liquidation of companies, all by order of the court.
Transfers: This is the transfer of rights to land through sale. A transfer is done after acquiring consent from the relevant County Land Management Boards in (all 47 counties). Stamp duty of 2 per cent of the value of the land is payable to the government in townships and rural areas while a duty of 4 per cent is charged on land in municipalities and cities. The transfer document with the original title are then booked for registration in favour of the buyer.

National Land Commission, Directorate of Research and Advocacy, info@nlc.or.ke

You want a Tesla Model X? They won’t sell you the car, to begin with

Tesla CEO Elon Musk demonstrates the falcon-wing doors on the Model X Crossover SUV. The company does not export its cars to right-hand drive markets. PHOTO| AFP

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You want a Tesla Model X? They won’t sell you the car, to begin with

Baraza JM

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Now, if non-domestic US sellers such as Mercedes-Benz and Range Rover can get really hot under the collar about such exports, what about a homegrown company like Tesla?

Besides the revenue loss, there is the real fear that the vehicle might end up in a market that does not respect intellectual property rights and the car might be reverse engineered. With this in mind, who, exactly, is going to sell a Tesla to a Kenyan?

Hello Baraza,

I’ve been a loyal reader of your column and admire the advice you give. My question regards electric cars. The likes of Tesla Motors’ Model X. I’ve been reading a lot about this car in foreign tech blogs and so far it seems people are very impressed with it .My question is, do you think there is potential for this car in Kenya? If somehow I were able to import it, what kind of challenges do you think I would face, apart from the charging issue? Would you advise me to buy it?

Kirtan Patel

Hello Patel,

I seriously doubt that there is potential for this car in Kenya. Get me right - I did not say this type of car, but this particular one and here is why:

1. Left-Hand Drive and the American (USDM) export rules: First, Tesla is an American car company that does not export to right-hand drive markets, which means that all the vehicles they make are exclusively left-hand drive. Besides the sometimes-here-sometimes-not embargo by the Kenya government on the importation of left-hand drive vehicles, there is the fact that these cars will be quite tricky to drive on our keep-left traffic setup, more so on a two-lane single carriageway. For instance, how would you overtake?

The United States is a strange place. To buy a high-end vehicle such as a Mercedes-Benz or a Range Rover, one has to undergo a background check and vetting to ensure one will not export it to the Middle East in general, and to the Taliban and/or the Islamic State in particular. China, too, seems to be blacklisted and there is an actual database of motor vehicle dealers expressly banned from exporting vehicles. The exportation seems to be a real problem, especially given that limited inventory and high tariffs in the affected areas mean that wealthy customers are willing to pay up to three times the advertised price for a black market car.

The illegality of this under-the-table export is not fully understood, but manufacturers want to squash it for two reasons: loss of sales and loss of money in future. Loss of sales stems from the fact that the insane import taxes levied on top-tier cars means that a company like Land Rover will sell their Range Rover luxury SUV for close to half a million dollars in China, but through the black market they get nothing. This leads to the second problem: paid-for after-sales service. From the initial lost sale also comes lost revenue in post-sale maintenance and repairs not covered by warranty.

Now, if non-domestic US sellers such as Mercedes-Benz and Range Rover can get really hot under the collar about such exports, what about a homegrown company like Tesla? Besides the revenue loss, there is the real fear that the vehicle might end up in a market that does not respect intellectual property rights and the car might be reverse engineered. With this in mind, who, exactly, is going to sell a Tesla to a Kenyan?

To make matters worse, your name betrays your race and the anecdotal evidence that pointed me towards this little bit of information in the first place arose from an incident in which a New Jersey Mercedes-Benz dealership got sued for discrimination on racial grounds by a man of Indian descent who went to buy a GL Class SUV and was told he could not have one because he might sell it to the Taliban, simply because of his name and skin colour; never mind that the Taliban have nothing to do with India or vice versa. This was overlooking the fact that the man is a US citizen and had bought Benzes for the past 30 years without incident. Now, look at the man who has just been voted in as president of the US and tell me racial discrimination will not go away. Can you?

2. Supercharging: Elon Musk chose a strange word to describe the ultra-quick battery charging technique for his electric cars. Supercharging typically means forced induction for an internal combustion engine; but in Tesla’s case, it means charging an electric car really fast.

There is a dedicated Supercharger Network set up all over the United States exclusively for use by Tesla owners and it has been free of charge (pun intended) for unlimited use. Incidentally, Tesla just announced that from January 2017, the charging will also be free, but only up to 400 kWh, after which owners have to pay for the electricity. Apart from that, Tesla still recommends normal charging with electricity that comes out of the wall at home and at work when the vehicle is not in use.

Even if you do manage to import a Tesla, what will be the pecuniary sense behind spending astronomical sums (Teslas are damn expensive) buying one if you are not going to enjoy the associated benefits?

3. Maintenance and Recalls: Lately, the motor vehicle manufacturing industry has been inundated with a flurry of recalls surrounding issues as insignificant as technical service bulletins (TSBs) for minor electrical glitches (General Motors’ ignition switch fiasco) to those as grave and expensive as the multimillion dollar settlements following the deaths of end users (the Takata airbags saga).

Should the car you buy be affected by a recall, replacement of parts and/or the vehicle itself will be out of your own pocket since you operate it in a place where they did not sell the car in the first place. And you will replace your car to avoid lawsuits; car companies go as far as hiring bounty hunters to track every single vehicle down and bully the owner into honoring the recall.

Meet Charles Mwangi, Director of Engineering at American Based Company Tesla

By MICHAEL MUSYOKA on 21 August 2018 - 7:35 pm

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Kenyan national Charles Mwangi is the Director of Engineering at American Company Tesla Incorporated that specializes in electric vehicles, energy storage, and solar panel manufacturing.

Mwangi has been a Director at the Elon Musk-owned company since November 2016 having worked at the firm for almost seven years.

He is an alumnus of Strathmore School where he studied from 1994-1997.

Thereafter, he pursued his a Bachelor of Science at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and later moved to the United States where he acquired a graduate degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the Tennessee State University.

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In 2010, Mwangi landed a job at Nissan Motor Corporation as a senior manufacturing engineer.

Two years later, he moved to Tesla Motors in the same capacity.

While working at the California based company, Mwangi steadily moved up ranks working as the Manager manufacturing engineering and later as the senior manager of the department.

In November 2016, he advanced to be the Director of Engineering, a position he holds to date.

In his online profile, Mwangi describes himself as an "engineering Leader with substantial expertise in results-oriented leadership in a fast-paced company, product development for manufacturability, manufacturing process development, and new product introduction. First-hand experience in recruiting and developing a first-class technical team while maintaining world-class high standards."

Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) was founded in 2003 and specializes in electric cars, lithium-ion battery energy storage, and residential photovoltaic panels (through the subsidiary company SolarCity).

The additional products Tesla sells include the Tesla Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels, and solar roof tiles.

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The importance of business networking for entrepreneurs

Networking is one of the most essential personal skills for business people, but it is extremely important for entrepreneurs. Communication and strong presence in the entrepreneurial ecosystem are productive approaches which will help you along your way to building strong relationships with other entrepreneurs from different age groups, nationality and fields of interest.

Business networking events organized around the world bring together extraordinary groups of highly-skilled and talented entrepreneurs who are united around the idea of communication, sharing, creating and developing ideas and last but not least meeting with potential investors. These events attract people from different experience levels and backgrounds. All these people are looking for connection, inspiration, advice, opportunities and mentors.

Networking is powerful in many different ways. Not only entrepreneurs will feel inspired and motivated after attending specific events or meet ups, but also many exceptional opportunities can occur if they impress potential investors or business partners. Do not forget to be yourself and present your company the way you want other people to see it in order to create honest fundamentals for one potential business relationship.

Approach the networking as any other part of your business. Create a plan with specific goals that you need to follow. Know when, where and why you are going to an event, what your goals are and what do you want to achieve with your attendance to this particular meet up. As an entrepreneur your time is very important and you must have clear vision of what you are going to spend it on. Cautiously select your options and choose the one that will bring the most advantages to your business. It is widely known that connections come as a result of other connections and as usual the hardest part of the whole network-building process is the start.

In order to impersonate your business and yourself it is not enough just to be present, you need to be active, memorable, to provide value to the others with your presence and to make them want to stay in touch with you. Be ready to impress, to be remembered and desirable for future business relations.

Once you meet the people you wanted to establish relationship with keep this connection going after the event. Stay in touch and manage to continue the actual communication which will be foundation for your strong relationship and network.

Do not underestimate the power of local networking and attend networking events and meet ups around you. Knowing the local community has great advantage and you never know where the next big chance or inspiration will come from.

In the era of communication, it is unnatural to limit yourself by staying solely local, even if your business is devoted to the local community. Attending international meetings and reaching out to people from around the world will expand your vision and improve your business approach. Meeting other entrepreneurs, angel investors, bloggers and all other business enthusiasts will inspire you to reach for your personal improvement.

It doesn’t matter which part of the world you come from, if you share the spirit of entrepreneurship you are most likely to be very welcome to attend different network events. Knowing your business and goals you have various opportunities to attend different events, by choosing from casual groups to highly professional associations. Never forget that successful, strong connections are built when your tools meet your right interlocutor. Pick your approaches according to the type of event you are attending. Choosing a casual behavior can be just fine for local network events, but joining and being part of specific association is difficult task and you need to put more effort to it.

Online networking for business is a great way to use the power of the internet. While you need to list your attendance to different events far ahead in the upcoming schedules, you have the opportunity to stay connected and build strong network online. Your business is unique, so be sure that you are able to present your uniqueness online as good as offline.

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