

Three other children, Mary Judy (right), Isaiah Lydia (back left) and Suzan Grace (back right), who were also abandoned by their mothers, were taken in by the children’s home yesterday. The mother has been charged with child neglect. Baby Malaika was mauled by dogs in a forest after she was dumped by her mother. Ms Suzan Kuria of Mombasa’s Mji wa Salama Children’s Home is all smiles holding two babies, one of them threemonth-old Baby Malaika (left) who was discharged from Coast General Hospital yesterday.

NEW HOME | Baby Malaika taken in by children’s home THOUSANDS SEEK FOOD AID AS FLOODS WREAK HAVOC Kenya Red Cross moves to help the victims as government agencies are urged to intervene. “We have a shortage of over 80,000 teachers for primary and secondary schools,” Mr Kilonzo said CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 The proposals, which could see an additional 100,000 teachers recruited, have been presented to the Parliamentary Budget Committee. Mr Kilonzo also proposed that a further 20,000 teachers be employed annually over the next three to five years. Ment since the government adopted a needs-based employment policy in the 1990s. If approved, this will be the biggest single recruit. Education minister Mutula Kilonzo has asked for Sh15.4 billion in the 2012/2013 budget to enable the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) deal with the teacher shortage in public secondary and primary schools.

He Education ministry wants the Treasury to set aside funds to recruit a record 40,000 teachers by June next year. WORLD’S BEST PAID SOCCER STAR IN KENYA FOR CHARITY Kilonzo wants 20,000 teachers employed annually for five years, to address the biting shortage in primary and secondary levelsĬameroon’s Samuel Eto’o jets in for tournament to promote peace and conservation of the environment. Push to hire 40,000 teachers by next year 17224ĮDUCATION | Union rejects the figure authorised by Cabinet and threatens to call strike Postmortem report casts doubt on cause of marathon champion Wanjiru’s death P. Teenage suicides: Red flags to look out for >
