MMU FM SPORTS AT 3:30PM BY DORIS NYAGA

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

GOR MAHIA ARE THE 2013 KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AFTER THEY WERE AWARDED THE POINTS FROM THEIR ABANDONED MATCH AGAINST SONY SUGAR.

THE INDEPENDENT DISCIPLINARY AND APPEARS COMMITTEE AWARDED GOR THE ABANDONED MATCH WHICH HAS HALTED SIX MINUTES FROM TIME AS SONY PLAYERS PROTESTED THE AWARDING OF GOR EQUALIZER.

THE DECISION MEANS THAT GOR HAVE AN UNASSAILABLE LEAD OF 56 POINTS, 12 MORE THAN SECOND PLACED AFC LEOPARDS.

GOR STILL HAVE THREE GAMES TO PLAY AND WILL ON SUNDAY FACE WESTERN SIDE KAKAMEGA HOMEBOYZ IN NAIROBI, BEFORE FACING BANKERS KCB.

THEY WILL THEN TRAVEL TO NAKURU TO PLAY ARMY SIDE ULINZI STARS IN THEIR LAST GAME OF THE SEASON.

GOR ARE CURRENTLY TOPPING THE KENYA PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE WITH 56 POINTS, AFC ARE SECOND WITH 44 POINTS, SOFAPAKA COME THIRD WITH 43 POINTS, BANKERS KCB HAVE GUNNERED 40 POINTS TO TAKE FOURTH PLACE, TUSKER FC ARE FIFTH WITH 38 POINTS.

  

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

THE KENYA FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS SET NOVEMBER  15^TH AS THE FINAL DATE FOR THIS YEARS GOTV SHIELD TOURNAMENT.

DUBBED TO BE THE MASHEMEJI DERBY ROUND THREE, THE MATCH WILL BE PLAYED AT NYAYO STADIUM IN NAIROBI.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE TOURNAMENT HAS PRIZE MONEY WITH THE WINNER WALKING AWAY WITH A COOL 2 MILLION.

THIS WILL SERVE TO BE THE CLIMAX OF THE KENYA PREMIER LEAGUE AND ALREADY ASCETIC GOR MAHIA B FANS HAVE EXPRESSED OPTIMISM AND LOOK TO WIN THE SHIELD TO ADD TO THEIR TROPHY CABINET AFTER CLINCHING THIS YEAR’S LEAGUE CUP.

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

TOTTENHAM CLOSED IN ON A PLACE IN THE EUROPA LEAGUE KNOCKOUTS STAGES WITH A 2-0 WIN AWAY TO MOLDOVAN CHAMPIONS SHERIFF TIRASPOL ON THURSDAY.   

25^TH OCTOBER 2013   MMU FM     SPORT NEWS 3.30    DORIS NYAGA   

FORMER UNITED STRIKER MARK HUGHES BELIEVES HIS OLD CLUB ARE A LITTLE BIT VULNERABLE AS HE PREPARES HIS STOKE CITY SIDE FOR SATURDAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH AT OLD TRAFFORD.

NEW UNITED MANAGER DAVID MOYES HAS ENDURED A ROCKY START SINCE REPLACING ALEX FERGUSON IN THE CLOSE SEASON AND HIS SIDE HAVE ALREADY DROPPED 13 POINTS IN EIGHT MATCHES.

MMU FM BUSINESS NEWS AT 3:15PM BY MICHEAL NDIRANGU

PROPERTY WORTH THOUSANDS OF SHILLINGS IS SAID TO BE LOST AFTER THE LAIKIPIA FIRE, WHICH GATED A PUBLIC MARKET AT SIPII IN LAIKIPIA WEST COUNTY. ACCORDING TO OLMORAN WARD COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, MR. DUNCAN NDEGWA SAID THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM ONE STALL AND HENCE SPREAD TO OTHER STALLS. THE AREA OCPD FRANCIS NYAMATARA CONFIRMED THE INCIDENT, AND THOUGH NO PERSON WAS INJURED DURING THE FIRE INCIDENT.

MMU FM BUSINESS NEWS  AT 3:15PM    BY  MICHEAL NDIRANGU

                            

MOBILE BANKING IS SAID TO MAKE FINANCIAL HANDLING CUSTOMER FRIENDLY, CHEAPER AND FASTER. REPORTS RELEASED BY COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF KENYA IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2012 – 2013 SHOWS THAT KENYANS’ MOBILE PENETRATION IS AT 77.2 PER CENT WITH MARKET SHARE OF 30.4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY LAST YEAR SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER 32 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION ACCESS INTERNET VIA MOBILE PHONES. SECURITY IS ALSO EMPHASIZED SO THAT FORGERS WILL NOT THE ADVANTAGE OF CHEQUES OR ATM’S THAT ARE NOT USED IN MOBILE BANKING PROCESSES

                                   

                            

                  

MMU FM NEWS AT 2 & 3PM BY CLARE AMINGA

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA

INTERIOR MINISTER JOSEPH OLELENKU HAS THIS MORNING COME UP WITH HIS CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THAT ENHANCING SECURITY.

OFFICIALS SAY THE CHANGES ARE OCCASIONED BY THE RECENT WESTGATE MALL TERROR ATTACK, FOR SOME IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF EITHER SLEEPING ON THE JOB OR BEING COMPROMISED TO ALLOW THE TERRORISTS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY.

THE MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO NAME THE TEAM THAT WILL SPHERE HEAD THE NYUMBA COMMUNICATIVE.

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN BOMET AFTER A QUARRY COLLAPSED AND BURIED THEM. THE BOMET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS POLLY NDOLA WHO WAS AT THE SCENE SAYS THE FIVE WERE MINING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY. SECURITY OFFICERS ARE AT THE SCENE TRYING TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES. 

 

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA

JUDICIARY OFFICIALS, JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES ARE TENDING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEANT TO DISCUSS THE EFFECTS OF JUDICIARY DECISIONS AMONG OTHER RACIAL.MEANWHILE AN ASSOCIATION OF ALL MAGISTRATES, JUDGES AS WELL AS KATHY’S WILL HOLD AN AGM TOMORROW.

  

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA

THE GOVERNMENT RISKS BEING SOOTHE BY CITIZENS WHO DON’T SMOKE AND ARE EXPOSED TO SMOKERS AS SHINNED IN THE CONSUMER’S PROTECTION ACT 2012.

NACADA’S JOHN MUTUTHO ALSO SAYS THE ACT REQUIRES REGULATIONS TO INVOLVE CONSUMERS WHEN MAKING MAJOR DECISIONS ABOUT SERVICES AND PRODUCTS.

 

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA 

KENYA’S MIDDLE CLASSES ARE BEING ADVISED TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER 5YEARS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY DOSE OF THE POLIO’S VACCINE. POLIO AMBASSADOR ALLOL KIPCHUMBA IS URGING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO COME OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS DURING THE POLIO IMMUNIZATION EXERCISE SET FOR NEXT MONTH.

25^TH OCTOBER 2013 MMU NEWS 2 AND 3PM       CLARE AMINGA

THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AGENCY (IFU) IS THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PROPER NUTRITION IN KENYA. THE EVENT AIMS TO PUSH NUTRITION AS AN ADVOCACY AGENDA IN THE COUNTY FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT A HIGH NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING FROM MALNUTRITION.

RAILA ODINGA MASK ON SALE AT AMAZON

AMAZON AN ONLINE SALES PLATFORM THE EQUIVALENT OF KENYA'S OLX HAS RUBBED KENYANS WRONG WAY AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RAILA ODINGA MASK WAS BEING ADVERTISED. THE PRESSING POINT IS IN THE DESCRIPTION, ITS GOING AT €14[APPROX SH2000] AND RECOMMENDED FOR SCARY PARTIES LIKE HALLOWEEN
 

TO MANY THIS IS DISRESPECTFUL TO A MAN VIEWED BY MANY AS AN ICON. HOWEVER LEADERS LIKE OBAMA HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR MASKS MADE AND EVEN LOCALLY XYZ HAS A SET OF MASKS ON NEARLY ALL THE LEADING POLITICIANS. THE AMAZON ADVERT EVEN IGNITED A DEBATE ON AL JAZEERA AND MANY IN THEIR VIEWS SAW IT AS A RACISM PUNCHLINE SINCE THE ORIGINATOR IS WHITE AND AT THE SAME DISRESPECTFUL TO USE HIS MASK AS A SCARY GARMENT.