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Albino Mum of Two in Fear of Rejection
A 23-year old mother of two, Teresiah Nekesa an albino, is living in fear of rejection from the public and family due to her condition. Speaking to the Star, Nekesa, who lives in Likoni said she has no means to fend for her two kids since her husband Emmanuel Gumbao has become insane from drug addiction. "I was married for four years but have since divorced my husband who is mentally ...
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Court Throws Out Mutula Land Petition
A bid by former Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo to block the City Council from trespassing on his land has been rejected by court. High Court judge Weldon Korir dismissed the case yesterday saying the orders sought cannot be granted. Mutula wanted the court to prohibit the City Council and the Director of Physical Planning from interfering with, trespassing onto, accessing or altering the ...
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Help Us Restore Peace Lusaka Tells Bungoma
BUNGOMA County Governor Kenneth Lusaka said efforts by security officers to enforce law and order in the county are being thwarted by lack of cooperation from residents. The governor said the government is appealing to the residents to share information that will help arrest the gangs that attacked the county recently. Speaking in Eldoret during a five-day conference convened by the Kenya ...
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Kenya Ping-Pong Over Rutos Controversial Jet Continues
Nairobi - The back-and-forth between the Office of Deputy President William Ruto and the Daily Nation over the jet hired for his four-nation Africa tour continued on Thursday, with further denials. The Permanent Secretary in his office Mohamed Isahakia released a statement rebutting fresh reports by the newspaper that they dealt with a firm known as VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH in hiring ...
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Kenya Meet Moses Muihia - the Man Who Beat President Uhuru in 1997
Moses Muihia has in various forms been described as the unknown political dwarf who miraculously defeated Uhuru Kenyatta when the latter first attempted his hand at national politics by contesting the Gatundu parliamentary seat in 1997. But many do not know that by the time he faced President Kenyatta in 1997, Muihia, who is a practising quantity surveyor, was an accomplished politician who ...
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Kenya Narok Girl Asks Rutos Wife for Help
A girl in Narok county with a heart condition has appealed to Deputy President William Ruto's wife Rachel to give her financial help. Sharon Chepkemoi, 17, a class seven pupil of Mogoiyuet Primary School said for her to survive, she has to undergo a surgery in December at the Mater Hospital. Speaking to the press at the school yesterday, Chepkemoi said she needs Sh500,000 for the operation ...
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Kenya Dont Buy Kenyas Ivory MPs Tell China
The National Assembly has urged the Chinese government to demonstrate its true friendship by not buying ivory from the country. This came after MPs passed a motion compelling the government to tighten measures to curb wildlife poaching.They include increasing the number of rangers in game parks and introducing more punitive measures to deter the illegal trade. The MPs asked the Chinese and Thai ...
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Kenya Women Reps Should Earn More Than MPs-Nangalo
Trans Nzoia women representative Janet Nangabo has said women representatives should be paid higher salaries than other members of Parliament. Speaking in Kitale on Monday, Nangabo said women representatives cover larger geographical areas while MPs concentrate on constituencies. "Women representatives incur a lot of expenses because they move around counties. Some counties have five to ...
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Kenya Kagame Got Me UN Job Says Kituyi
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the UN trade and development body. Kituyi was speaking during a funeral fund raising of Steve Wamalwa, Eugene Wamalwa's brother, at Railways Club in Nairobi. He said he was nominated by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to lead Unctad. ...
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Kambi Lenku Complete 18-Member Cabinet
Nairobi - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday filled the remaining two Cabinet slots with the nomination of former Kaloleni MP Kazungu Kambi and Utalii College's General Manager Joseph ole Lenku. Kazungu who is a former Assistant Minister Medical Services has been nominated to the Labour, Social Security Services Ministry. Lenku has been nominated to the powerful Interior and ...
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Kenya Urged to Permit Register Somali Refugees
Nairobi - The Kenyan government is being urged to resume the registration of Somali refugees at borders and in urban centres to assist those seeking shelter from conflict settle down. The government stopped the registration of the refugees in October 2011 at border points and in urban centres and ordered all those seeking asylum to do so at the Dadaab refugee camp. According to Amnesty ...
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Kenya Kenyan Economy Grew By 4.6 Percent in 2012
Nairobi - Kenya's economy grew by 4.6 percent in 2012 compared to 4.4 percent in 2011, according to this year's economic survey report released on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru who presided over the launch says the marginal improvement was driven by notable growth in agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, transport and communication. The ...
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Kenya Kenya to Host Open Governance Partnership Forum
Nairobi - The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology and the Kenya ICT Board, will host the regional Open Governance Partnership (OGP) Conference from May 29 to 30 in Mombasa. Permanent Secretary at the Ministry Bitange Ndemo said the conference is aimed at providing a platform to develop a framework to guide African countries' participation in the global OGP. It will also ...
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Kenya Opposition Demands Action Over TJRC Report
Nairobi - The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has demanded that the government fully implements recommendations in the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report released on Tuesday. Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo said the implementation of the report would help unite Kenyans and give a clear direction out of past injustices and human rights violations committed by ...
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Kenya Nairobi County Officials Warn Over Fake Building Approvals
Nairobi - Residents of Nairobi County are being urged to follow laid down procedures in obtaining approvals for building plans and occupational certificates. This follows the arrest of an impostor who was caught red handed as he conned a member of the public of Sh60,000 before issuing him with fake documents. The County Clerk in charge of Administration Daniel Masetu told reporters that such ...
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Kenya Equity Makes Visa Cash Transfers Easier
Nairobi - Equity Bank customers will now be able to transfer funds through their Visa cards without the recipients of the money being charged unlike in other money transfer services. Equity Bank launched the new money transfer service dubbed Visa Personal Payments in partnership with Visa Kenya. Equity bank Chief Operating Officer Julius Kipng'etich said it will help consumers send funds ...
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Kenya UNHCR Microsoft and HP to Boost Refugee Education in Dadaab
The UN Refugee Agency in partnership with Microsoft and HP, and with the support of the Innovation and Education units, has officially launched the Community Technology Access (CTA) project in Dadaab, a comprehensive initiative to harness the potential of ICT for the improvement of teaching and learning in the world's largest refugee settlement at the Kenya-Somalia border. Ensuring quality ...
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Kenya asks UN to terminate ICC crimes against humanity cases against president and VP
Kenya on Thursday got a chilly reception to its appeal to the U.N. Security Council to "terminate" International Criminal Court cases against the president and deputy president for planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto ...
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Kenya Crisis talks at Kitale Governors office as ghost of tribalism rears its ugly head
County Governors office with a ghost of tribalism and doubtful documents rocking the recruitment of officials. According to documents to weekly citizen,it is alleged that theTransitional Authority in charge of deployment Mr. Makori working under Kinuthia Wamwangi ...
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Kenya Executive Cabinet Nominees represent the face of Kisumu County says Elders
nomination have invariably reflected and represented the faces of the entire County. The Forum Chairman Walter Adel Kitoto said the nominated candidates have the academic qualifications and technical skills required to implement the county's development agenda. "The nominees have wide, long and solid working experiences and commitment in their respective dockets," said Kitoto. ...
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Kenya to Venture in Sports Tourism
By Thomas Ochieng API Kenya 21/5/2013 Kenya is in pursuit of harnessing sport tourism and the honor of underscoring this initiative has been bestowed on the Sotokoto Safari Marathon. The ...
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Kenya makes new plea to UN Council over ICC charges
Kenya made a new plea to the UN Security Council on Thursday to "terminate" International Criminal Court charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta and other leaders over political unrest in 2008. But western nations on the 15-member council told Kenyan diplomats at a private meeting that Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and one of their followers must face the court, diplomats ...
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Kenyan Cooperation with ICC Questioned
An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ...
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WTO to East Africa Improve Your Infrastructure
NAIROBI -- World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy said East African governments must improve roads, ports and trade procedures if the region is to meet its full economic potential. He said specifically that border administration must be improved and there has to be cross-border recognition of technical standards. The call of the WTO chief comes as trade partners across ...
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Kenya Relief as surgeons re-attach mans severed private organ
Surgeons at the hospital have successfully reattached his partially severed organ. However, experts at the hospital Thursday indicated it is not possible to determine if the victim will regain full sexual function of his ...
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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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