Kenya s social drinkers may actually be alcoholics
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Catherine Boyane Oloo Aringo opened her eyes one morning in 2013 to her daughter shaking her awake in a ditch in the sprawling Manyani slum in Nakuru.
Jaw bleeding from a previous night’s fight, it was in this wretched and unlikeliest of places that she set forth on a new journey. She knew she had to turn her back on the alcoholism that had plagued her life for 28 years.
Born in a dysfunctional family, and egged on by peer pressure, Catherine, who is now 52, started abusing drugs when she was only 13.
“Fighting between my mother and father sent me to seek love among my peers who introduced me to drinking,” she says.
Kenya Ports Authority overpays truant workers Sh227m
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KPA s Inland Container Depot Nairobi (ICDN) [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Employees of Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) might not be giving value to the company, with a new report indicating that they work shorter hours than the agreed time while being paid fully.
The Auditor-General says the authority overpaid employees by Sh227 million in the financial year to June 2019, which could amount to billions over the years. KPA has a time-based model of paying salaries.
A review of the hours worked by the Auditor General showed that employees would regularly report to work late and leave early for home or other non-work related errands.
“Pending completion of these strategies, staff anticipates additional SOEs support of Sh65 billion overall may be needed in financial year 2021/2022 (not included in the draft budget),” read the review in part.
The Washington-based institution noted that the money was being given on account of “overdue obligations, debt servicing costs and losses related to the economic fallout from the pandemic, and amounts due from the government.”
The corporations, together with others, are set for restructuring as part of an agreement that Kenya made with the IMF. The programme is aimed at helping Kenya reduce its debt vulnerability by mobilising more revenues and cutting wastage.