Premier league is more competitive

Premier league is more competitive

There seems to be a very vital aspect of this season’s Tusker Premier League that is either evading notice of many or is not being given the attention it deserves. It is the difference in points between every two consecutive teams down the log.

With the exception of Kogallo’s six-point lead and the last two Karuturi and Kakamega who are trailing by a four-points gap, every other team in the standing order is only ranked a point or two better than the other, if not in terms of goal difference. In fact, I’m foreseeing a situation where a team may be placed above another merely for purposes of alphabetical order.

The scramble for points has become dramatic as no team is ready to accept the ‘punching bag’ tag. Some of the bottom placed teams have made statements by forcing draws against best performers or even beating them. All this unpredictability is the tip of the iceberg signifying how much is at stake in terms of winning or surviving the relegation axe.

{Luke Cole Oluoch, Eldoret}

Ngilu, Prof Ndung’u should speak up

They know that if they keep quiet the matter will die naturally. Their salaries will go to their bank accounts as usual. However, wananchi get happy when a public official takes it as duty to inform the country, without being prompted. The Cabinet Secretary for Lands and Housing Charity Ngilu did not comment when houses were recently demolished in Lang’ata; houses which were built on land whose title deeds the owners reportedly have.

CBK Governor Njuguna Ndung’u, an accomplished economist and a man who takes his work seriously, also did not address the country on the reported theft of billions of old notes. I guess he does not have to wait for summons by Parliament to explain the reported shenanigans.

                      {Githuku Mungai, Nairobi}

Motivate teachers for better results

I read The Standard’s editorial recently titled, “Performance of teachers in public Schools below par” with a lot of reservations.

The article laid full blame on teachers for the poor performance of children in public schools. One thing we need to all agree is that the presence of teachers in school and teaching cannot make a child excel in academics. There is need to motivate teachers.

          {Griffin Luke, via email}