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Please Help Us Jail Criminals Kimaiyo Pleads
Nairobi - Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo now says the force have been unable to get criminals jailed by the courts because the public has been reluctant to testify against them. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Kimaiyo indicated that the public needs to freely turn up and testify against suspects to bolster the charges against them. He revealed that many criminals have been released ...
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Kimemia Faces MPs Approval Hearing Friday
Nairobi - The nominee for Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, faces questioning on his suitability from Members of Parliament on Friday afternoon. Kimemia is expected to appear before the Administration and National Security Committee at Continental House from 2.30pm. The approval hearing is in line with the Public Appointments Act which provides 14 days for tabling of a report in the ...
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Western States Reject Kenyas Hague Bid At UN
Nairobi - The US and European nations have rejected Kenya's plea to the United Nations Security Council to end cases before the International Criminal Court. Envoys from the UN Security Council member-states and the US which supports the ICC, say it is only the court which can end the cases. The request tabled by Kenya's UN ambassador Macharia Kamau was however supported by Rwanda, ...
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South Sudan Kenya South Sudan Move to Fast-Track Lapsset Project
Juba - President Uhuru Kenyatta and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir have agreed to fast-track the implementation of the Lamu Port and Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) project. President Kenyatta and Kiir also said Kenya and South Sudan will jointly source funding for the upgrading of the road linking the two countries for the mutual benefit of their people. The ...
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Kenya Emobilis Helps JKUAT Students Develop Windows Phone APPs
10 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology students have released new applications targeted at Windows Phone users. The students underwent training by eMobilis, who offer training in mobile application development for various ecosystems. The applications were demonstrated over the weekend at the university's Juja campus in a mini-hackathon. eMobilis will later hold a ...
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East Africa East Africa to Set Uniform Standards for Edible Oil
The east African Community (EAC) will harmonise the standards of oil seeds and edible oil made within the region to improve the quality of foodstuffs in the trade bloc, officials have said. "We need to harmonise the processing of edible oil to ensure quality and improve the product's competitiveness," Athanasie Mukeshiyaremye, the director of standards unit at RBS, said in an ...
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Kenya rugby receives a boost of Ksh.4m
The 4 million will be used by Rugby players and Referees during the month long tournament which will kick off on the 4th of May with the finals being held on ...
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Africa backs Kenya call for Hague court to drop Kenyatta case
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have backed a request by Kenya for charges of crimes against humanity by its president to be referred back to the east African country, African Union documents ...
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Kenya hockey union in need of Ksh.40m
Kenya Hockey Union chairman Resham Bains says the federation requires 40 million shillings to host a successful Africa cup of nations slated for the 26th of September to 6th of October here in ...
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Rutos New Judge Is Independent
THE new judge in the deputy President William Ruto's ICC case is reputed for her independence. Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia from the Dominican Republic is described in the ICC website as "recognized for her high independence". She became a judge last year on March 11 and was assigned to the pre-trial division. She was nominated by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States ...
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Kiambu Reps Approve Kabogo Move to Thika
The Kiambu County Assembly has approved Governor William Kabogo's move to temporarily relocate to Thika town for 6 months. A motion brought to the floor of the House by Ngewa ward representative Karungo wa Thangwa opposing the move was shot down by a majority of the members. "The members did not discuss it," Thangwa said. Kiambu town was gazetted as the county headquarters. ...
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MP Demands End to Goldenberg Schemes
An MP wants the National Assembly to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the reappearance of Goldenberg related activities. In a motion to be tabled in the House, James Opiyo (Ugunja) wants the government to ensure that no further irregular payments are effected in regard to such schemes to avoid further loss of public money. The move comes after retired Ghanian Judge Edward Torgbor ...
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Governor Nkedianye Unveils Nine Kajiado Cabinet Nominees
KAJIADO governor David Nkedianye yesterday unveiled his cabinet nominees. Speaker Johnson Osoi is expected to forward the list to his committee on appointments and eventually to the assembly for vetting. Nkedianye also handed to the speaker another list of his nominees for the County Public Service board. The nominees are Ali Kisipan (education, gender, youth, culture and social services), ...
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Kenya Senate Has No Say in Revenue Bill Says Muturi
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi yesterday saidthe Senate has no role in scrutinising the Division of Revenue Bill as required by the standing orders and the Public Finance Management Act. The ruling came after Suba MP John Mbadi sought clarification on Tuesday on whether the Senate has the power to amend the Bill that had already been passed by the National Assembly. Mbadi's ...
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Kenya Insurance Firms Prices Not Reflecting Bullish Market
The Nairobi all share rallied 1.744% to close at a fresh all time record high. The all share is +35.916% in 2013. The all share has accelerated +8.075% higher over the last four weeks. The Nairobi NSE20 improved 4.89 points to close at 4983.54 and is within 1% of its 57-month closing high reached in early April. The NSE20 IS +20.5661% this year. The rally has been led by the big cap counters ...
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Kenya University student shot
The student is in a stable condition in hospital with a bullet lodged in the stomach. Police and witnesses say the student was walking to his hostel in the area when he met four men playing on the road. "The attackers had been doing press ups on the road and the student thought they were fellow students until he ...
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The Nairobian Who will cure Kenyans greed
greed y the society has become. Why did the victim empty her account which had Sh5 million to buy seeds worth Sh34,000 per kilo? She could have first tested the market with just that one kilo but she ...
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Kenya Major police operation underway in Daadab
operation that is jointly conducted by GSU, regular and Administration police officers is also meant to recover firearms used in the killings. Northeastern PPO Charlton Muriithi said the government was determined to apprehend suspects and end insecurity in the ...
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Kenya Kenya seeks AU help to drop ICC charges against Kenyatta
Court (ICC) to drop crimes-against-humanity charges against its new president and his deputy, according to an African Union document seen on ...
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Kenya KWS land grabbed
grabbed . Owiti said that the over 100 acres were feeding grounds for giraffes, zebras, gazelles and hippos from the nearby lake. "We are perturbed by the move to subdivide this ...
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Politics Jubilee plotting to kill devolution says Raila
devolution through the creation of the Devolution Ministry and allocating it a whopping Sh84 billion. The two, who chaired separate parliamentary group meetings for the different parties namely ODM and Wiper respectively, faulted creation of the ministry. They argued that the funds allocated to the ministry should have instead been channeled to the 47 counties to facilitate ODM warned ...
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World US Boy Scouts to allow gay members
The resolution repealing the 22-year-old ban "reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting," the Boy Scouts of America said in a ...
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World Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
The attacks suggested Malian groups, despite the French campaign, remained capable of complex strikes against high-profile targets in remote parts of the vast ...
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Lifestyle Cockroaches evolving to evade traps
American scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a "reorganised" sense of taste, making them perceive the glucose used to coat poisoned bait not as sweet but rather as ...
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Kenyan shilling firms as end-month dollar demand wanes
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A fuel attendant handles Kenyan shilling notes at a petrol station in the capital Nairobi March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Noor ...
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Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
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