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Kenya Auditor Generals office hit as staff eye better jobs
Auditor General Humphrey Wanyama told the Public Investment Committee (PIC) yesterday that his office had 180 employees but required a workforce of 350 to effectively handle more responsibilities. "We are required to post some officials to the counties and that is why we had requested more funds. With the situation as it is right now, we will not recruit more staff to post to the ...
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Kenya Commanders assume office amid uproar
National Police Service Commission (NPSC) said they would work on the issue among others. "We have taken over the regions for now and we hope all will be smooth," said one of the commanders. The 141 commanders- 47 each from regular, Administration Police and CID took over in most counties in Coast, Central and Eastern Provinces after holding briefs with the outgoing Provincial Police ...
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Constitution Commission Cautions on Transferring Functions to Counties
Nairobi - The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) has expressed concern over the manner in which national government functions are being transferred to County governments saying it is rushed and risks paralysing devolution. In an advisory posted on the Commission's website, CIC said the process of transferring functions to the County governments must be restructured ...
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ICC Says Kenyan President Can Skip Some Court Sessions
Nairobi - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has given Deputy President William Ruto the green light to skip some Court sessions when his trial begins in September, but made it mandatory for him to be present during the crucial sessions including the opening and closing statements. In a decision made public on Tuesday afternoon, Trial Chamber V rejected Ruto's request to be allowed to ...
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Kenya Kuppet Insists Teachers Strike On Even As Learning Went Uninterrupted
Nairobi - The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) insists that secondary school teachers are on strike even as learning went on uninterrupted in most schools. KUPPET National Chairman Omboka Milemba has told Capital News that all secondary school teachers are under instructions to stay away from class until they get further directives from the Union. "The teachers must ...
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Kenya Refugee Software Apps Selected as Finalists in Hackathon Event
Nairobi - Two projects developed by Kenyan-based software developers designed to connect refugees and victims of war have been selected as finalists in the two-day developer session "Hackathon" organized by Refugees United and Ericsson on June 15 and16 in Nairobi. The two winning projects will now be presented at Kakuma Refugee Camp on June 20 (Thursday) as part of the World Refugee ...
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Kenya Mechanics Traders Arrested During Protest
Nairobi - Dozens of traders and mechanics were arrested on Tuesday morning as they protested a move to evict them from their stalls at the Grogan area in down town Nairobi. Police used teargas to disperse the traders who found the area sealed off following a court order barring them from operating on the disputed private piece of land. There was a major stand-off as heavily armed police ...
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Kenya Farmers want State officers in Sh500m NCPB saga probed
This follows revelations to the Public Investment Committee yesterday that powerful people in Government were behind the Sh500 million award against the grain supplier. ...
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Kenya Kibakis office cash diverted to teachers
NAIROBI, KENYA: Public school teachers agitating for pay won a first round victory on Tuesday when Parliament secured more than Sh4 billion for their ...
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Kenya Farmers block project in pay dispute
The farmers alleged that the water provision body constructed sewerage pipes in their farms and despite a valuation that was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture last January, they are yet to be compensated. The farmers, through their spokesman, Mr Wambugu Nyamu, said the board duped farmers that they will be compensated for the crops destroyed. "They also claimed that the Government ...
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Kenya Kaimenyi calls for more time makes it clear teachers demands will be met but not now
MOMBASA, KENYA: Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has asked the teachers unions to allow time for dialogue instead of asking teachers to boycott ...
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Kenya Children who can only see in the dark
children , shows squinted and fast-blinking eyes during the day but at dusk, the eyes return to normal. Ms Litei, who lives with her family at Kapchebogel village at the edge of Kasisit escarpment in Baringo North District, Baringo County says her ...
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Kenya Ruto wins ICC plea not to attend court
ICC trial due to start on September 10, a three-judge bench ruled that Ruto would be required to attend court during key parts of the trial, such as the opening and closing statements, but not throughout as is customary. Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta, elected on a joint ticket in March, face charges of orchestrating violence after the previous election five years ago, in which 1,200 people ...
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Kenya Official faults Keino accident theory
However, Mr Oduor explained that failure by pathologists to visit the scene of the accident posed challenges in establishing the real cause of death but noted some evidence casts doubt on the accident ...
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Lifestyle Parents association opposes computer project terms it white elephant in the offing
The project is intended to benefit about 1.4 million pupils set to join Standard One next year. Kenya National Association of Parents secretary general Musau Ndunda said the project is not a priority and expressed fear that it will turn out to be another white elephant. He noted that there is a lot of wastage in the education sector because the Government does not carry out assessment of ...
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Piracy Victims Endure Harsher Treatment in East Africa
International Maritime Bureau (IMB), however, Somali pirates tend to mete out harsher treatment to their hostages. The report focuses on the human impact of piracy. According to the International Maritime Bureau’s data, the total number of seafarers attacked by pirates decreased significantly in 2012. But it says although the number of attacks decreased, there was a sharp rise in ...
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Kenya Industrial action splits giant union bosses
He said the union has given Government time to consult and dialogue with them even as they ready for a strike. "There cannot be a successful strike if it is not called by Knut," said Sossion. As he spoke, Kuppet national vice-chairperson Julius Korir said the strike has kicked off well and that teachers have absconded ...
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Kenya Students expose more rot at troubled varsity
NAIROBI, KENYA: Fresh revelations of the rot at Presbyterian University of East Africa surfaced yesterday after it emerged that the church-sponsored institution has been mixing students doing the same course but in different years of study in one lecture ...
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Kenya Hard questions for Ntiba at House vetting
Principal Secretary nominee Prof Japhet Ntiba Micheni is this morning scheduled to face the Parliamentary vetting committee where he is expected to respond to at least three sets of ...
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MaterCare International Begins Services at Kenya Hospital
Canada-Based Non-Profit Reaching Area Plagued by High Maternal Mortality RateTORONTO, June 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On Friday, MaterCare International will begin offering services at its maternity hospital in Isiolo, Kenya, a region facing a high rate of maternal deaths.In 2005, the Canadian based non-profit group, MaterCare International (MCI) developed a Rural Essential Maternity Care project to ...
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Kenya giving laptops to all first graders amid controversy
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, delivers his speech, during the 50th Madaraka Day celebrations, at the Nyayo National Stadium, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 1. Kenyatta plans to decrease Kenya's digital divide with the rest of the world by giving, with Microsoft's help, laptops to all first ...
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World G8 leaders agree deal on tax evasion
The measures are designed to combat illegal evasion of taxes, as well as legal tax avoidance by large corporations that make use of loopholes and tax ...
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Give IG Full Control Over Police Service
The decision by the constitution experts to have the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) wield more powers than the Inspector General of Police (IG) in running the police force is ill-advised. Parliament should as a matter of urgency move and amend the law to give Mr. David Kimaiyo's office executive powers over the NPSC in recruitment, promotion and transfer of police officers up to ...
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Authority Must Probe Police Shootings
THERE is a new constitution but the police are still trigger happy. Yesterday the Star reported that APs shot dead Dennis Simba who went for a walk with his girlfriend. He was shot getting into his car, without warning or explanation. Yesterday police shot at a matatu in Limuru that refused to stop, wounding the tout in the leg (Page 15). Two weeks ago, the Star reported that a Kenyatta ...
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Leaders Split Over the Name of Eldoret VC
UASIN Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago and elected leaders yesterday met members of Eldoret University's council to discuss the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor at the institue. Mandago met Senator Isaac Melly, Moiben MP Sila Tiren, Women's Representative Eusila Ngenyi and four members of the university council in his office. "The council members had asked to meet the governor ...
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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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