MIGHT THIS BE THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF THE TWO MINISTERS???

Members of Parliament on 28th Aug sensationally claimed that Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and his deputy, Mr Orwa Ojodeh, both of who died in a plane crash, were assassinated by drug barons.

They also accused the government of frustrating foreign investigators by refusing to facilitate their enquiries. Consequently, the MPs claimed, the experts returned to South Africa on Wednesday night because of the alleged frustrations, reportedly by the Ministry of Transport.

The MPs also questioned why the government decided to upgrade the investigation into a commission of inquiry even before investigations had come up with a preliminary report on the cause of the crash, which killed the two ministers and four senior policemen.

Transport Minister Amos Kimunya had a difficult time warding off the claims, but maintained that his ministry had facilitated the investigation and was always in touch with the families of the ministers who died.

He said the investigators planned to be in Kenya for three to four days and would return to join the commission after compiling their notes.

He got into trouble with the MPs and Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim when he cautioned them against “turning Parliament into a House of speculation”.

Prof Saitoti was buried at his Kitengela home on Saturday June 16, while Mr Ojodeh was buried at his Unga farm in Ndhiwa, a day later followed by their bodyguards and pilots the following week.

The assassination claims arose when Defence Minister Yusuf Haji, responding to a question by Kilome MP Harun Mwau, told the House that he did not have information to support allegations by former US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger that Eastleigh Moi Air force base was used as a processing and packing facility for heroin, which was then shipped out of the base using military vehicles and escorted by base personnel.

This appeared to anger a section of MPs who insisted that the government takes action by sending a protest note to the US Government or even severing relations with America over the issue.

Nominated MP Rachael Shebesh (ODM) then shot up to say she had a dossier linking the “traffickers in government” to the death of the two ministers.

“This is a very sensitive issue that touches on the death of our colleagues and Parliament is only used as a scapegoat when the actual traffickers are in government,” the member claimed.

She said she has drafted a motion for the formation of a parliamentary select committee to investigate the deaths.

“We want this information to come out only in the safety of a select committee, we have not even said a third of what we know about the deaths of our two colleagues, what we have can shut down this government,” she said.

Gichugu MP Martha Karua then asked the Speaker to give Ms Shebesh security and protection while the investigations are going on.

“The Government has been telling us who is not a drug dealer and does not tell us who the drug dealers are,” Ms Karua said.

Mr Mwau spoke of the possibility of a conspiracy in government and the barons in the deaths of Prof Saitoti and Mr Ojodeh.

He described the two as “serious investigators” in the drug issue who may have been “silenced” by the conspirators in the drugs syndicate.

“It is possible that now as we continue, the conspirators could go further and eliminate the honourable members who were adversely mentioned in the drug report through falsehoods in relation to drugs and claim the drug dealers are getting rid of each other,” Mr Mwau said. For more on this visithttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Drug+lords+killed+Saitoti+claim+MPs+/-/1064/1438620/-/11x3eee/-/index.html

Field Credit Officers

we have the following branches :
NACICO PLAZA- Head Office and branch
• Kibera-
• Kayole
• Mathare
• Kangemi
• Mombasa

Vacancies:
1. - 12 Field Credit Officers & Marketing Officers

THE NEW Micro finance org.with five branches in Nairobi seeks Feild Relationship Officers to take care of the asset business i.e.credit and Marketers for FOSA services to members. Requires both gents and ladies to be intelligent and willing to learn
Location: Nairobi , Mombasa
Salary: Retainer , plus comm.20


2. Marketing Executives

Description
Riverbank has entered into various partnerships in order to avail services to the clients/members. One of the landmark partnerships is with CIC insurance Company and Pioneer Assurance company both providing insurance cover for the low income for policy covers such as in-patient , out patient medical cover, loan insurance on death and disability and Fire& Burglary risks. The covers are of low denomination premium rates and the task of Marketing Executives is to cascade these Insurance products to the CAPTIVE MARKET
Location: Nairobi, Mombasa - Nationwide
Salary: Retainer +Commission 20


3-Unit ManagersKibera Branch, Kayole Branch, Mathare Branch and Korogocho
Preferred – Minimum O levels, persons of good personality who have proven track record of community mobilization age is not a factor – Could be as young as 20 years
Must have proved himself to be a good Field Credit Officer either with Riverbank or other Microfinance organizations
4. INTERNS & ATTACHMENTS
As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, Riverbank allows intern opportunities for all university and Colleges . Interns are awarded the following
a Waiver of registration fee of Kshs 200/- . Interns pay only 100/-
b Issuance of Certificate in Field Credit Officers Course – Designed under US curriculum
c Letter of recommendation
d Opportunity to convert internship/volunteer ship to full employment after period of three months
e Intensive Credit Training

Agency/Employer: Riverbank Credit SACCO Limited
Town or City: Nairobi & Mombasa (Nairobi Area)
Sector: Banking and Finance
Related Job Titles: Senior Credit Officer
Permanent/Contract: Contract, Full time
Experience: 0 years
Date: More than 60 days
Salary: Not specified
To apply visit http://ke.3wjobs.com/votfOf.html

ACCOUNTANT JOB

The Wema Centre is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Mombasa that runs various projects providing comprehensive care for street children and educational opportunities for orphans and vulnerable children in the Coast and Central regions in Kenya.
We provide shelter, clothing, food, healthcare, psychosocial support and education for over 100 former street children and run weekly street children outreach programs.
Our vision is a society where all street children and other vulnerable young people are transformed into fulfilled and responsible adults.

We seek a vibrant, creative, articulate, smart-working individual to work as our Accountant to be based at the Centre in Bamburi, Mombasa.

Reporting to The Finance and Administration Manager, the Accountant shall:
    help in managing Wema’s financial performance and the assets of the organization.
    be responsible for the smooth and efficient running and management of the accounting functions and has supervisory responsibilities over related functions such as stores and security
    Ensure posting of all proper entries leading to correct final accounting position and producing year-end accounts.
    Maintain all books of accounts and doing monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts.
    Assist in specific donor grants budget preparation, monitoring and reporting Daily cash management
    Prepare all necessary documents for payment purposes
    Assist in preparing overall budget reports, accounts analysis and budget monitoring.
    Manage Inventory and Fixed Assets and maintenance of relevant records.
    Ensure timely payment of all statutory deductions Assist in management of staff records and attending to relevant personnel matters including leave, pay-slips and SACCO issues.
    Provide regular reports to the management on accounts, bank position and other relevant activities;
    Prepare periodic annual, quarterly or monthly reports to management as required.
    General Administration Implement management financial and information systems for effective control over all programs
    ensure that professional administrative systems and procedures are followed and maintained.
    Supervise and develop efficient management of assets and stores and train relevant staff accordingly
    Supervise security personnel and ensure all Wema assets are maintained in good order and condition.

Interested persons should send their applications giving full details of their age, qualifications, experience, present and expected remuneration, full contact address including daytime telephone numbers, detailed C.V and contact details of three referees to

The Director, Wema Centre via Email on jobs@wemacentre.org on or before Close of Business on Friday 29th June 2012.

All applications should be titled "Wema Centre - Accountant".

Please do not attach Copies of certificates and Testimonials at this time.

ASSISTANT DATA ENTRY CLERK

Job Title: ASSISTANT DATA ENTRY CLERK (MOMBASA)

AD/6/253/12-(CHS)
Applicants should be holders of at least a KCSE C+ or its equivalent and be computer literate.
Those who experience working in a data entry , data cleaning and quality assurance procedures and
previous experience working in a research setting will have an added advantage.
The successful candidate will be expected to have attention to finer details, have excellent
interpersonal and communication skills and be required to handle a large volume of data entry and
cleaning.
Please note that the appointment is on a one year contract term renewable on mutual agreement.

To Apply:

www.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/default/files/JUNE PROJECT ADVERTISEMENT.pdf

NOTE:
1. Applicants for academic posts (AC) should forward ten (10) should forward ten (10)
copies of their application letters accompanied by similar number of certified copies of
certificates and C.Vs giving details of their qualifications, experience, research activities
and publications they appear in. Applicants for non-academic posts (AD) should submit
seven (7) of the above supporting documents and applications letter.
2. In both cases, applications and related documents should be forwarded through the
applicants’ heads of departments and applicants should state their current designations
and salaries and other benefits attached to those designations. They should quote post
reference codes as shown for each posts in the advertisement.
3. Applications should be addressed as per the codes below:-
CODES
CHS The Principal, College of Health Sciences, P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi.

Deadline: 29th June 2012

More jobs Coming

At least 140 senior officials are to be recruited in each of the 47 counties by October to prepare for the swearing in of governors and other elected officials after the General Election.

A government task force has proposed that public servants to work as clerks of county assemblies, deputy clerks and sergeant-at-arms be appointed six month before the elections.

The Public Service Ministry task force on devolved governments termed the recruitment the staff and creation of physical space for the operations of the assembly as urgent and called for immediate measures to have them in place.

“They need to be urgently identified to be in position at least six months before the county elections in order to familiarise themselves with parliamentary procedures,” the report, dated May, says.

Specifically, the officials will need to be trained on conducting swearing in ceremonies and effect parliamentary regulations including standing orders.

The Report on Devolved Functions, Structures and Staffing for County Governments recommends that the recruited staff be trained at the Centre for Parliamentary Studies of the National Assembly.

“In addition to establishing the legislative wing of the county assemblies, an executive wing comprising of technical officers to provide support services will also require to be established.”

According to the task force report, the period between now and the General Election provides a window through which the central government can build the capacities to start the operations of the county assemblies.

“This will afford the central government opportunity to allocate the requisite budgetary resources for the financing of operations of the county assemblies,” the report said.

The Public Service ministry and the Public Service Commission will develop laws to guide staffing of county offices.

The ministry will take care of developing specific policies that will govern the appointment of staff in county government, the report says.

The Constitution vests the responsibility of staffing county governments in the county public service boards.

But the task force expressed doubt over the ability of the boards to immediately execute their mandate upon establishment fearing they might not have the requisite capacities.

The True Spirit of Entrepreneurship...

When they were trained to make fireless jikos by Ministry of Agriculture officials three years ago, little did they know that their new skills would end up fuelling their daily source of income.

For Ms Veronica Wangui, Ms Margaret Nyawira, and Ms Alice Wamunyu, making jikos from waste blanket materials, clothing, and straw baskets was at first meant to decrease the wanton destruction of trees by a community in search of fire wood. But today, the trio from Othaya in Nyeri County has turned the skill into a rapidly growing business.

Ms Wangui — their leader — says that they are able to make on average Sh50,000 a month and when demand is high, they sell even more jikos.

The fireless jikos are made from waste blanket materials, polythene paper, black cloth materials, and straw baskets. It costs about Sh1,000 to make one jiko, which sells for Sh4,500 and more.

To reach a larger market, the women make cheaper jikos that sell for as low as Sh1,500. These are usually smaller but serve the same purpose.

“It’s a good business for us. We are able to sustain ourselves economically,” Ms Wangui said. The group gets orders from Nyeri, Muran’ga, Kiambu, and Nairobi counties. With soaring demand, they are seeking to market their products further afield.

A fireless jiko is an insulated basket that helps to retain heat for a long time, thereby completing the cooking process without the use of fire.

One cooks food on the normal fireplace for about 20 minutes, then places the covered cooking pot inside the fireless jiko. The pot is removed after between 20 minutes and one hour, depending on the type of food.

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Ms Wangui and her group demonstrated to Money how the fireless jiko is made and used. The process took less than five hours.

“It’s useful to every household. It will help you preserve fire wood, charcoal, or gas because you only cook food for a few minutes, then dip it into the fireless jiko.

“The jiko is designed in such a way that it ensures that the temperature in the cooking pot remains the same for over 18 hours,” she says.

Ms Wangui says there is no limit to the length of time the pot can stay inside the jiko. She adds that one can use it to keep food warm even for the next day.

The group buys waste blankets and clothing materials from shops for Sh50 a kilogramme and baskets from Meru.

To increase their income, the women also train groups to make the jikos. This has raised their profile and as a result, they are invited to village groups, conferences, and seminars an paid to train participants.

Ms Wamuyu says demand for the fireless jiko is high in the areas where people know about it. However, her group is facing a marketing challenge in new zones, especially in urban centres. She adds that the products are marketed by old clients.

“After buying the jikos, the clients tell their friends about us and the new customers make orders,” Ms Wamuyu said.

She laments the fact that young people have no interest in the fireless jiko even after being trained to make them, although they can earn money from making and selling them.

“They want an activity that will bring in huge income fast. I think that is where they go wrong because this is a good business which, with proper marketing, they can make a lot of money from,” she says.

Will a Nigerian Bring Change to Kenyan Football??

 The hunt is already on for Harambee Stars’ next coach with several well-known foreign figures already being mentioned as possible candidates.
Impeccable sources within Football Kenya Federation (FKF) indicated that two coaches, Nigerian Samson Siasia and Belgian Tom Saintfiet, were the front-runners to clinch the very hot seat that is coach of Harambee Stars.

“Both have sent their CVs and it will be up to the federation to make their decision based on what plans they have for the team,” the source said. The previous Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi was shown the door on Tuesday after a dismal show in the recent World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Kenya were bundled out of the African qualifiers while their World Cup march appears dead after managing just one point from two matches to sink to the bottom of Group Six.

Bizarrely, after his dismal show Kimanzi was given the post of FKF technical director that oversees many coaching functions including co-ordinating national team coaches.

Siasa, 44, a former international striker, who won the 1994 African Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles, also coached Nigeria in 2010-2011.

He has also had stints with the Nigeria Under-20 and Under-23 sides over the past decade. Saintfiet, 39, has had extensive experience in Africa having coached Ethiopia last year, Zimbabwe in 2010 and Namibia between 2008 and 2010.

He had such a successful stint with the Brave Warriors during this period that an infatuated Namibian press christened him “The Saint.” He was appointed Nigeria Football Association technical director in March this year only for his four-year contract to be terminated this month.

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African Champions

Current Rwanda coach Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic is also said to be in the sights of FKF.

The Serbian guided Rwanda to the final of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup last year. But he is best remembered for taking underdogs Al Hilal of Sudan to the semi-finals of the 2010 African Champions League.

The engaging 42-year–old Sredojevic, a regular figure at Cecafa tournaments, has been known to boost that he knows the psychology and condition of African players and can bring out the best from them. Also being considered is former Burundi coach Adel Amrouche.

The Algerian, 44, resigned as coach of Burundi in February ending a five-year rein. He has also coached Equatorial Guinea and African club sides DC Motema Pembe.

The name of former Nigeria captain, Christian Chukwu, who had a stint at Stars, has also been floated.

The new Stars coach, when he is appointed, will become Kenya’s seventh appointment in four years, eight if you include John “Bobby” Ogolla’s one-match assignment to Egypt in January 2009.

Kenya’s next World Cup qualifier is on March 22 when the face Group Six leaders Nigeria away in an encounter that could very likely seal their fate.

Before that will be a date with the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup scheduled for December in Kenya and in which Harambee Stars have had a dismal record in recent years.

NO WATER BUT YES TO SHOWER (DRY BATH)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - With inspiration from a friend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on the Internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane has won global recognition for an invention that takes the water out of bathing.
Marishane, a 22-year-old student at the University of Cape Town student invented a product called DryBath, a clear gel applied to skin that does the work of water and soap.
The invention, which won Marishane the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award, has wide applications in Africa and other parts of the developing world where basic hygiene is lacking and hundreds of millions of people do not have regular access to water.
The product differs from the anti-bacterial hand washes by eliminating the heavy alcohol smell. It creates an odourless, biodegradable cleansing film with moisturisers.
He came up with the idea as a teenager in his poor rural home in the winter when a friend of his said bathing was too much of a bother, made all the worse by a lack of hot water.
"He was lazy and he happened to say, 'why doesn't somebody invent something that you can just put on your skin and you don't have to bathe'," said Marishane.
It was his "eureka" moment.
He then used his web-enabled mobile phone to search through Google and Wikipedia in pursuit of a formula. Six months later, he came up with DryBath and a obtained a patent.
The product is now manufactured commercially with clients including major global airlines for use on long-haul flights and governments for its soldiers in the field.
Marishane also sees it helping conserve water in the poorest parts of the world.
"DryBath will go a long way in helping communities".

ACCOUNTANT 1 JOB

Job Title: Accountant I   

The Institute which has research Centres and Stations located at Mombasa Headquarters, Kisumu, Nairobi, Baringo, Turkana, Kegati, Naivasha, Sangoro, Sagana and Kabonyo seeks to fill the following vacant position.
Description:     Job Group RI.9 (4 Posts).

Major Duties and Responsibilities for this position are:-

    Collation of financial estimates;
    Determination of aggregate expenditure;
    Supervision of the revenue collection processes;
    Preparation of final accounts and statements.

Requirements:     Minimum Requirements for Appointment

    Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option/Finance) or Economics;
    Certified Public Accountant (CPA Ill) or its equivalent;
    A certificate in computerized accounting especially competency in the evolving accounting packages such as Pastel, Quick books etc.
    Satisfactorily served in the position of Accountant II for at least three (3) years in a public institution;

Remuneration:
Basic salary of KShs. (30,472 - 35,275) p.m. plus other attractive benefits.


How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications including a detailed curriculum vitae and copies of both academic and professional certificates, stating their current position.
All applications to reach the office of the Director KMFRI through the address below latest 29th June 2012 at 4.30 p.m.
KMFRI is an Equal opportunity Employer (No discrimination against gender nor disability).
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Director,
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute,
P.O. Box 81651 -80100,
Mombasa

Phone: 020-8021560, 020-8021561

Deadline: 29th June 2012

CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR

Job Title: Chief Internal Auditor   

Category:     Accountancy, Finance & Insurance     Location:     Mombasa, Kenya
Employment Type:     Full-Time
Summary:     Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), is a research body established in 1980 and mandated under the Science and Technology Act, Cap 250 of 1979 to “undertake research in marine and freshwater fisheries, aquaculture, environmental and ecological studies, and marine research including chemical and physical oceanography”.

The Institute which has research Centres and Stations located at Mombasa Headquarters, Kisumu, Nairobi, Baringo, Turkana, Kegati, Naivasha, Sangoro, Sagana and Kabonyo seeks to fill the following vacant position.
Description:     Job Group RI.12 (1 Post).

Reporting to the Director.
Major Duties and Responsibilities for this position are:-

    In charge of the overall operations and programme of Audit Unit in KMFRI;
    Verifying periodical financial returns that are required to be submitted from time to time;
    Ensuring that revenue appropriation in aid and other receipts due to KMFRI are collected promptly, banked immediately and accounted for;
    Reviewing internal control systems on financial and other operations of KM FR1;
    Preparing audit observations and reports as required;
    Collecting audit evidence on major issues;
    Preparing Audit Reports to Management and follow up on action taken;
    Executing audit programmes;
    Carrying out investigations on irregularities identified or reported in audit reports;
    Determining adequacy and effectiveness of internal control systems.

Requirements:     Requirements for Appointment

    Masters of Commerce/ Business Administration (Finance option) or Economics (Accounting Option) from a recognized University.
    Certified Public Accountant CPA (K) or its equivalent;
    Computer literate
    Satisfactorily served at the position of Principal Internal Auditor for minimum of three (3) years ¡n a public institution.
    Experience in financial management and high administrative capability

Remuneration:
Basic salary of KShs. (63,782 - 81,404) p.m. plus other attractive benefits.


How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications including a detailed curriculum vitae and copies of both academic and professional certificates, stating their current position.
All applications to reach the office of the Director KMFRI through the address below latest 29th June 2012 at 4.30 p.m.
KMFRI is an Equal opportunity Employer (No discrimination against gender nor disability).
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


The Director,
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute,
P.O. Box 81651 -80100,
Mombasa

Phone: 020-8021560, 020-8021561

Deadline: 29th June 2012

Internal Auditor Required

SMEP is a Christian based Deposit Taking Microfinance Institution. An Internal Auditor is urgently needed at SMEP Deposit taking Microfinance at the Mombasa Branch. Qualifications; Degree in Business related field, CPA III, some experience. Download application form on http://www.smep.co.ke/opportunities.htmland send application to recruitment@smep.co.ke

FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARDS...(FIRE)

Calling for Entries FiRe Award 2012
The FiRe Award is back with us again. We wish to invite entities for the 2012 Edition of the FiRe Award. The 2012 edition of the FiRe Award will the award’s eleventh anniversary. The FiRe Award is promoted by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. (ICPAK) The FiRe Award seeks to showcase and reward participating entities for adoption of best practices in the financial reporting, corporate governance and corporate social investment.
Interested entities are requested to submit six (06) copies of their audited annual report for the 2011 financial year. The annual report in question must be for periods ending not later than 31^st March 2012. In addition to this, entries must be submitted before 30^th June 2012 to allow adequate time for evaluation. Please note that the entry is free of any charge and an individual evaluation report will be provided to each participant after the evaluation, the feedback highlights the major observable areas of noncompliance with ISAs and IFRSs/IFRS for SMEs.
Interested entities are requested to drop the six (06) copies of their audited financial statements at the following pick up points with the communication addressed to The FiRe Awards Technical Committee.
1.ICPAK’s Secretariat’s Dropping Zone at the Revlon Professional Plaza, Drop in Box No. 164 OR
2.The Nairobi Stock Exchange Offices at the Nation Centre, 1^st Floor along Kimathi Street: Alternatively, entities can send a soft copy of their Annual Reports and Financial Statements to the email below.
For more information please contact: John Mwangi of ICPAK on 020 – 2304226/7; 8068570/1 or via email fireawards@icpak.com

For more information about this http://icpak.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238:calling-for-entries-fire-award-2012&catid=38:icpak-news&Itemid=154

Senior Accountant
Category: Accountancy, Finance & Insurance Location: Mombasa, Kenya Employment Type: Full-Time
Summary:
Description:
Requirements:	Preparation of finacial statements,payroll,leading a team of 4,financial advice to the management.auditing of company assets,finances,budget,expenses,training and sucession planning. CPA K, C+ and above,experience with sage Pastel Evolution,3 years experince and above, mature ready to work and live in Coast. Send application indicating current and expected salary.

Job ID:	52557
Date Posted:	06 June 2012
Closing Date:	06 July 2012 Want to know when similar jobs are posted?
Contact Info:	Oceanview Pharmaceutical Ltd  To apply click the link below http://brightermonday.com/jobs/jobdetails.asp?jobid=52557&part=bm

THE US JOINS KENYA ON AL - SHABAAB

US places Sh3bn bounty on leaders of Al-Shabaab

A KDF convoy leaves Beliis Quuqani area for Afmad

A price of Sh2.9 billion has been put on the heads of the leaders of Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab by the United States government.

The money will be paid to any person who provides information which leads to the capture of the leaders. Read (Police arrest Al-Shabaab militant in border ambush)

This is the first time that the US is putting a bounty on the leaders of the group, which declared that it was merging with Al-Qaida earlier in the year.

According to BBC, a price of Sh616 m ($7m)is being offered for information on al-Shabaab founder and commander Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamud Godane, Sh440 million ($5m) on information relating to co-founder Ibrahim Haji Jama, Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, also known as Shongole, who is the terror group’s financier, Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud and military commander Mukhtar Robow, also known as Abu Mansur. Robow doubles up as the terror group’s spokesman and propagandist.

A reward of Sh264 million ($3m) has also been put on the head of Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, intelligence chief, and Abdullahi “Yare”, a senior figure in the terror group.

America appears to have shifted its focus to Al Shabaab after dealing a major blow to Al Qaeda operations in Afghanstan and Pakistan following the killing Osama bin Laden and and his repesentative in East Africa, Fazul Abdalla last year.

Robert Hartung, an assistant director at the US state department’s bureau of diplomatic security, said: “Every time we add someone to the Rewards for Justice site, that is a signal that the US government takes the fight against terrorism very seriously.”

Al-Shabaab leaders are reported to be fleeing Kismayu, heading back to Puntland or leaving the country for Yemen.

Kenyan and Somali government forces are advancing on the port city after capturing Afmadow in Southern Somalia last week.

But there have also been reports that Al Shabaab has acquired or is seeking to acquire anti-aircraft missiles from illicit arms traffickers and jihad networks in the Middle East.

A new report circulating within the diplomatic and intelligence community claims Al-Shabaab has received a number of SA-18 long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), which pose a greater danger to low-flying commercial jetliners and helicopters than fighter jets.

These reports are not new: Four months ago there were fears that the group had procured close to 30 SAM-7 missiles from the black market. The missiles were said to have been part of a Libyan arsenal looted last year.

KDF does not think Al-Shabaab has such capability, with its spokesman, Colonel Cyrus Oguna, dismissing the reports of new arms acquisition as “misleading”.

He argued that Al Shabaab would not have fled Afmadow if they had the arms alleged to be in their possession.

“This is unlikely given reports indicating that Al Shabaab is appealing to Kismayu residents, especially the youth, to defend the city from an allied attack and by also indicating they would now be relying on the Quran as a weapon.

“As far as we are concerned, Al-Shabaab is now destroyed and that is why the generals are even fleeing from Kismayu. Which soldier will be ready to fight without a general?” he posed.

The African peacekeeping Mission in Somalia, Amisom, is yet to officially comment on the reports.

A source familiar with Amisom’s thinking downplayed the new claims, suggesting they were exaggerated.

Al-Shabaab’s attempt to gain tactical air defence capabilities is understandable and come against the backdrop of major military setbacks and the looming battle for the strategic southern port city of Kismayu.

However, even if the group has mastered the skill and proficiency to deploy these weapons that alone is unlikely to tilt the military balance or improve its overall prospects.

The most they can do is to slow down the African armies advancing on multiple fronts, which, perhaps, may use airpower in the initial stages of the assault on Kismayu.

Security at the Mogadishu airport is now tighter than at any time in the last 20 years.

A US-based private logistics company, SKA, has been contracted to manage the airport.

New security scanners have been installed; the perimeter fence strengthened and plans are said to under way to install anti-missile decoy systems, among them infra-red beacons and other electronic devices.

A joint-covert operation is said to be under way to track down the weapons, step up vigilance at airports and improve intelligence gathering in a bid to foil any attempt by Al-Shabaab to carry out attacks on civilian aircraft.

Is it The End Of the World?

This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken The World

• This Is the Way the World Ends? …

Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid that could be heading our way. The end may come from right beneath your feet.

Super-volcanoes have probably caused more extinctions than asteroids. But until now it has been thought that these giant volcanoes took thousands of years to form -- and would remain trapped beneath the earth's crust for thousands more years -- before having much effect on the planet.

But new research indicates these catastrophic eruptions, possibly thousands of times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, may happen only a few hundred years after the volcanoes form. In other words, they may have a very "short fuse," according to researchers at Vanderbilt University.

Such an event could make thermonuclear war or global warming seem trivial, spewing untold tons of ash into the atmosphere to block sunlight. The result would be many years of frigid temperatures, wiping out millions of species. A super-volcano that erupted 250 million years ago is now believed to have created the greatest mass extinction the world has ever seen, wiping out up to 95 percent of all plant and animal species. Some renegade scientists believe it was a volcano, not an asteroid, that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

But is global suicide lurking right below our feet? Is a super-volcano about to blow its top? Not as far as scientists can tell. Such a volcano results from the accumulation of a giant pool of lava just a few miles below the ground, and there is no known formation anywhere on the planet that is expected to erupt in the immediate future.
Scientists, who could be wrong about that, have thought for decades that once that pool forms, it stays there for thousands of years before erupting. But the new study by geophysicists from Vanderbilt, along with colleagues at the University of Chicago and elsewhere, documents several lines of research showing that the trigger could be pulled quickly, possibly within a few hundred years.

"Our study suggests that when these exceptionally large magma pools form they are ephemeral and cannot exist very long without erupting," Vanderbilt's Guilherme Gualda said in releasing the study, published in the journal Public Library of Science ONE.

That research, as well as earlier research that led to a very different conclusion, was based on the formation of crystals in the molten magma that decay at known rates and thus provide a geological clock, dating various events in the history of the volcano.

According to Gualda, previous researchers looked at the decay of zircons, which are common in volcanic rocks, and concluded that the giant magma pools could exist for 100,000 years. But his team looked at the crystallization of quartz, the most abundant mineral in volcanic deposits, and concluded that such a pool would have to erupt in one-tenth of that time, and possibly in only about 500 years.

That makes the threat of super-volcanoes a bit more serious, but there's no reason to panic.
Gualda's team studied deposits in the Long Valley Caldera in northeastern California, where a violent eruption blew 150 cubic miles of molten rock into the atmosphere, blanketing much of North America with hot ash and dropping the earth's surface more than a mile as it sank into the area once occupied by the magma. That was about 760,000 years ago, but all these years later the region still keeps a lot of scientists on the edge of their seats.

The Long Valley geology began misbehaving again in 1978 when a 5.4 earthquake struck six miles southeast of the caldera, suggesting that the volcano might be reasserting itself. In subsequent years that was followed by swarms of small quakes, which are closely associated with pending volcanic eruptions.

A couple of decades ago, trees began dying on nearby Mammoth Mountain from large amounts of carbon dioxide seeping from the magma, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Today, the caldera seems to be quieting down, despite several recent bursts of seismic events, but it is probably the most closely watched volcano on the planet. Scientists with the USGS are keeping a close eye on it, monitoring every little belch, and they insist there is no reason for the folks who live in California to be concerned. At least not yet.

Meanwhile, Scientists at Oregon State University have been focusing their attention on Yellowstone National Park, where an eruption a couple of million years ago is believed to have been 2,000 times larger than Mount St. Helens. That region also shows constant signs of seismic unrest, and there have been eruptions there several times in the past, according to the Oregon researchers.  For more visit

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AL - SHABAAB MOVES TO KENYA

Al-Shabaab Terrorists Moving Secretly to Kenya, Terror Threat in Kenya High

Kenya is likely to be hit by a major terrorist attack after intelligence findings by Strategic Intelligence confirms a common pattern of movement by Al-Shabaab agents into Kenya.
Al-Shabab militants have warned they will carry out a large scale attack in Nairobi
Recent arrests of terrorist associates and terror alerts by the government further credits this possibility.
The arrest of Ali Bakaar a close associate of slain Al-Qaeda operative Saleh Ali Saleh Nabnah in a Kenya bound bus at Hosingow adds up to a list of both international terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab.
Ali Bakaar, a 35-year foreign al-Shabaab fighter was traveling to Kenya from the port of Kismayu, a stronghold of the Al-Shabaab
Currently a manhunt by Kenya anti-terror unit for a German terror suspect, Ahmed Khaled Mueller is on course.
Earlier in the year terror police arrested Jermaine Grant a British national who along his girlfriend Samantha Lewthwaite planned to bomb resorts in Mombasa Kenya.
Analysis
Strategic Intelligence analysis has assembled these events into a cohesive, logical framework and a credible terror attack plan reference point.
There are too many Al-Shabaab agents moving into Kenya after the terror groups warning.
This could mean they all had a common plan and specific objectives with a time-line.
Intelligence reports and anti-terror findings show that the German, Ahmed Khaled Mueller, has critical intelligence on Al-Shabaab massive terror attack plans on Nairobi.
Al-Shabaab might have deployed other low profile agents who are not known to authorities.
Local operatives maybe already facilitating the attack by providing intelligence leads on security situation in Kenya and specifically the target.
Public areas, exhibitions, eating places, and transport facilities besides rallies have proved effective in the recent past and Al-Shabaab might find either of these targets a suitable for the attack.
The terror attack may target a political rally by member of the government (The attack in Mombasa targeted a Christian rally while another hit a transport terminal in the busy Capital Nairobi).
The threat matrix takes shape of a puzzle with the end result very obscure but surreal with grenades and other types of explosive devices as choice weapons.
With Yemen as a key source of arms and explosives, Al-Shabaab may launch a multi-pronged terror attack using explosives acquired from Yemen.
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AL - SHABAAB PLANS ON KENYA

Al-Shabaab Will Bomb Kenya Skycrappers in 2-Weeks, Intelligence

Al-Shabaab has hinted it will bomb Kenyan buildings in less than two weeks, intelligence gathered by Strategic Intelligence confirms.
Messages posted on Arabic online resources and deciphered by open source intelligence firms including IntelCenter (www.intelcenter.com) collaborate this intelligence.
After the success of the terrorist in the last week of May 2012 in Nairobi where they bombed a business premise holding stalls, Al-Shabaab may have created an easier to conceal but a deadly bomb which can self detonate or can be remote controlled.
The terror attack will be significantly massive with the militant-terrorists asserting that they will bomb a sky crapper.
According to the deciphered threat Al-Shabaab threatens that ‘something big is coming, within the next two weeks and that Kenyans shall watch their towers coming down.
Al-Shabaab issued this terror threat on Wednesday
Strategic Intelligence gathers intelligence from available sources of information and analyses the information to identify pattersn of intelligence matrixes besides identifying threats and reporting them free.

AL - SHABAAB TARGET NAIROBI AGAIN

How Al-Shabaab Plans to Bomb Nairobi, The Bomb Strategy

An Improvised Explosive Device detonated at Assanads building in the busy Moi Avenue of Nairobi was identified as petrol-fertilizer bomb’, created by Al-Shabaab. After deploying such ruthless terror besides interviewing victims and survivors of the blast, Al-Shabaab has made a new terror threat on Nairobi, promising to bring down Kenya’s towering sky-crappers.
In their message, Al-s-Shabaab said, “something big is coming, within the next two weeks and Kenyans shall watch their towers coming down; Two weeks from now you will weep.” So far, the bombs and grenades deployed by Al-Shabaab have failed to cause significant destruction and deaths to manifest the kind of terror Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab hopes to inflict on Kenya.
However, the new ‘petrol-fertilizer’ bomb and its success in destroying the build and causing mayhem in the capital is indicative of the presence of an expert bomb maker operating in Nairobi, hence reinventing Al-Shabaab’s hope of inflicting a deadly blow to Kenya.
The warning issued by Al-Shabaab on 31st May reveals the bomb makers instructions, that he should continue to develop a more effective explosive device since his success in the previous one defines his proficiency further increases his chances of success.
Analysis
In 1998 embassy bombings, the bombing was a revenge for American for extradition and torture of four members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ). The looming Al-Shabaab attack is a revenge against Kenya’s military incursion in Somalia, which so far has renewed hope of rebuilding Somalia. Al-Qaeda used suicide bombers in trucks loaded with explosives parked outside the embassies.
Al-Shabaab has very effective communication and coordination capabilities. In Thursday 31^st May 2012, Al-Shabaab coordinated two relatively effective military attacks on AMISOM troops in Afgoye and Mogadishu. Al-Qaeda coordinated the 1998 Nairobi and Dar-le-salaam bombings simultaneously. September 11 2001 US bombing were simultaneous and very well coordinated.
The simultaneous and coordination aspect of terror is primary in their evolving strategy. We also identify the type of strategy and bomb used in each of the three incidents to identify correlation and possible re-use or redefining of either strategy in the looming attack.
The Nairobi 1998 bomb was made of 500 cylinders of TNT, aluminum nitrate, aluminum powder, and detonating cord. The Dar bomb was made of TNT attached to fifteen oxygen tanks and gas canisters, and was surrounded with four bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
The mode of deployment was trucks, cars, and a suicide unit to complete the deployment and detonation. The Nairobi bomb was effectively deployed and the results were deadly. But it is the Dar-Le-Salaam bomb structure that resembles the May 2012 bomb deployed in Moi Avenue in Nairobi.

Resources, Strategy, Scenarios, and Expertise
In Mogadishu, suicide bombers proving lethal and effective strategies to rain terror on Somali people have deployed car bombs. The suicide policy is a difficult one but the yields of its success are what make it an effective strategy. Since 1998, there has never been a successful suicide terror mission in Nairobi even in the recent past. Mogadishu-Kismayo proximity to Nairobi provides the right infrastructure leeway for a low profile suicide mission and this begs the question, could the Al-Shabaab terror threat be a car-suicide bomber strategy?
While we acknowledge the presence of the expert bomb maker, in Nairobi, it’s the availability of a suicide bomber that is nascent. He may be available indeed and already doing the last touches on the mission. The militant’s media friends broadcast previous Al-Shabaab attack threats before the actual time of attack. This further adds to the list of possibilities, that the resources to launch the attack are in place.
As such, Al-Shabaab’s threat to bring down a sky crapper in Nairobi is surreal. The resources to mobilize such an attack are available, and the bomb and the bomber have already been identified, besides, the operation is already on schedule (2-weeks). As such within this period, the target will be locked and destroyed.
Perspective and Strategic Intelligence Counter Intelligence Measures/Advisory
The perspective of terror intends to inflict psychological fear that outweighs the physical devastation.Al-Shabaab got a maximum gain after the May 2012 bombing of a building in a Nairobi after mobs milled the scene. Strategic Intelligence went through previous terror planning process to predict the event and the plans mentioned above.
A suicide bomber is likely to be used in the terror attack. The initial planning of the attack took place early in May and the smaller version of the bomb deployed on May 28^th 2012 to test the effectiveness of the weapon. As such, the terrorists will use an ammonium nitrate fertilizer bomb which might have a touch of TNT to improve magnitude of the effect.
The terrorists will target a famous sky-crapper. We have identified only a number of -sky-crappers in the Capital Nairobi (Times Tower [New Central Bank Complex], Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Social Security House, View Park Towers, Nyayo House, M Building/Tower&Lornho House, I).
We narrow target probability depending on security accorded to each. Times tower, Nyayo House, and KICC are well-guarded making them difficult targets based on security provided both on basement parking and on the entry points. The prime targets are Social Security House, View Park Towers, I&M Building, and Lornho House. The prime targets between these four are I&M Building and View Park Towers.
View Park is located next to the Central Park where Nairobi people and tourists in the capital take daytime rest and enjoy picnics. The parking lot is dark and at times congested. This makes this sky crapper a prime target. If a powerful bomb detonates and brings down the building, those inside and nearby would be buried under the rubble (demystifying the threat that ‘Two weeks from now you will weep”).
I&M Building is a prime target for its location at the heart of the Nairobi central business district. It houses a Safaricom outlet besides other important firms including I&M Bank itself.
The terrorists will adopt suicide bombers, TNT-Ammonium nitrate bombs or Aluminum-Nitrate-bombs with petrol to eradicate ammonia detection deployed on a salon vehicle to deter detection, or a vehicle will be parked inside a basement with a either a self detonating bomb or a remote controlled bomb.
This is an early warning analysis. We ask relevant security and intelligence service to deploy effective measures to ensure this threat is preempted successfully to save both lives and the integrity of the Republic of Kenya.