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Kenya Former councillors ask for Uhurus help in send off package stalemate
They lamented that without the gratuity, they were unable to cope with the increasing cost of living, saying they were wallowing in poverty after losing in the March General Elections. Speaking to the press in Kisii town on Thursday, the civic leaders led by former Kisii Deputy Mayor Patrick Siro, they said MPs in the last parliament were each paid Sh3.7 million gratuity but councillors were ...
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Kenya Diaspora deny link with lobby group
Diaspora issues are concerned but how can there be a retreat at some hotel to discuss our future relationship with the government without our involvement?" Questioned Peter Kerre, a Kenyan social activist living in New York. It was reported in a section of the Kenyan media early in the week that a task force comprising officials from the ministries of foreign affairs, labour and national ...
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Flat Kenyan shilling vulnerable to end-month demand for dollars
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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Senate Deputy Speaker Halts Supremacy Debate
SENATE deputy Speaker Kembi-Gitura yesterday resisted attempts by members to draw the House into the supremacy battle war with the national assembly. The two House of parliament are at war over the Division of Revenue Bill which was triggered by the national assembly on Tuesday. Gitura restrained eager members from ventilating on the matter arguing that the Senate is the Upper House. He warned ...
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Kenya Lawmaker Seeks More Electricity Distributors
The monopoly enjoyed by electricity distributor Kenya Power may soon end if Parliament passes a motion compelling the government to liberalise the industry. Markwet East MP David Bowen said this will encourage competition in power distribution and reduce inefficiency. "The cost of power in the country scares investors. This House urges the government to find a way to reduce the baggage ...
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Kenya Equity Bank Kicked Out of Its City Hall Branch
THE county government of Nairobi has ordered Equity Bank to relocate its City Hall branch. In the letter, to the bank City Hall has given Equity six months to move out because it wants open up a restaurant for the County Assembly members. The Star has learnt that Equity Bank chief executive Mwangi has been trying to get an appointment with Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero. Interim County ...
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East Africa EAC Countries Can Learn From Kenyas Machakos
With devolution in high gear as the counties take root in Kenya, competition for business and investment just got fierce for Rwanda and other EAC member states. Take the investor conference recently hosted in Machakos County hosted, some mused, with a display of naked ambition by its new Governor, Dr Alfred Mutua, formerly spokesperson for the national Government. The conference aimed to ...
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World UN chief begins DR Congo visit
Congo , said the money would be used for health, education, cross-border trade and hydroelectricity projects. Government and M23 rebel forces have been involved in heavy fighting ...
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World Man dead in suspected UK terror attack
The footage shown on the ITV website shows a man, speaking to the camera, saying: "We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a ...
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World Japan man climbs Everest at 80
An 80-year old Japanese mountaineer has reached the summit of Mount Everest, making him the oldest man to scale the world's highest ...
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Lifestyle Twitter boosts security after hacks
security option turned on, it's still important for you to use a strong password and follow the rest of our advice for keeping your account ...
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Lifestyle Venezuela hit by toilet paper shortage
Venezuela n shops. The oil-rich nation relies on imports, but currency controls have restricted its ability to pay for foreign goods. President Nicolas Maduro, who won a narrow majority in April's presidential elections, maintains that the country's ...
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Kenyan lender IM looks to list shares by June
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan lender I&M plans to list shares on the stock market by next month after it completed a merger with small investment ...
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Kenya Probe Moi Biwott Over Ouko Death Says TJRC
TRUTH, Justice and Reconciliation Commission has recommended the questioning of former President Moi over the1990 murder of former Foreign Affairs minister Robert Ouko. In their final report handed to the President yesterday, TJRC said former minister Nicholas Biwott and TJRC chair Bethuel Kiplagat should also be questioned on the death. "In addition to Biwott, former President Daniel ...
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Outcry Over Cabinet Posts
FORMER Kenya National Union of Teachers national chairman Joseph Chirchir said the distribution of cabinet secretaries positions in Rift Valley was not fairly done. In a telephone interview with the Star, Chirchir said South Rift region was shortchanged in the distribution of cabinet secretaries position. He said the region deserved more than one cabinet secretary due to the huge support and ...
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Herder Killed in Mandera Clashes
A herder was today gunned down in the village of Batuul village, Banisa district in Madera County while herding his camels 20 km from Banisa town. The 26 years old Degodia herdsman was ambushed by suspected bandits from the Garreh community who shot him several times on the head. Another person from the Guba village was yesterday shot dead by armed militia raising the death toll to twenty in ...
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MPs Senators Battle Over Supremacy
Who is superior - the Senate or Parliament? This is the question that House Speaker Justin Muturi is expected to answer today following yesterday's acrimonious exchange between MPs and senators over who is superior to the other. The MPs accused the senators of "overstepping" their mandate and describing the members as comprising "political retirees" who should ...
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34 Charged Over Foiled Warehouse Burglary
POLICE have arrested 34 suspects after foiled robbery at a warehouse in Mikindani area, Changamwe district. Reports indicate the armed gangsters forcefully gained access and broke into four containers that stored more than 600 bags of rice and sugar worth more than Sh4 million on Monday. Changamwe police boss Joseph Muthee said police recovered part of the consignment already loaded into a ...
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Macharia Justifies His ICC Letter to UN
KENYA's ambassador to the UN has stuck to his criticism of the International Criminal Court describing it as a failing institution in an opinion published in the Nation yesterday. Macharia Kamau said nations of the world should "revisit its ICC fundamentals" in the article justifying his controversial letter requesting the UN Security Council to terminate the Kenyan ICC cases. ...
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Police Hunt for Gang Members
TESO Police have launched a manhunt for four 'dangerous' gang members believed to be behind the recent attacks in Busia and Bungoma. Police chief Elphas Korir said the four have been identified as key financiers of attacks in Akobwait that left two people dead and 19 injured. He said the four are residents of Kajei, Onyunyur and Katanyu in Teso North and Odioi in Teso South. "We ...
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Kenya Sh800 Million to Train Teachers On Computers
ABOUT 80 per cent of the primary school teachers in Kenya are computer illiterate. Knut national executive council member Karinga Munuhe has called for teachers to be trained before the free laptops promised by the Jubilee government are distributed next year. "Many of the teachers mostly from the rural areas have little knowledge on the use of computers," he said. Munuhe said more ...
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Reconciliation Commission Urges Kenyan Officials to Apologise for Past Abuses
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, security forces and the judiciary should publicly apologise for abuses going back 50 years, the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya (TJRC) said in a final report presented to Kenyatta Tuesday (May 21st). Set up after post-election violence in 2007-2008, TJRC compiled a four-volume report covering tens of thousands of testimonies gathered over ...
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Kenya Uhuru to attend AU summit in Ethiopia
Sudan counterpart President Salva Kiir. The AU summit coincides with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the OAU-AU. During the AU Jubilee celebrations, member states will take stock of the past fifty years, acknowledge the contribution of the founding fathers of OAU towards ...
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Kenya William Oduol cornered over child out of wedlock
Siaya, Kenya : A petitioner challenging the election of Siaya Governor got more than he bargained for when his personal details were exposed at a Kisumu ...
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Tunai to Testify in Poll Case
NAROK governor Samuel Kuntai Tunai will testify in an election petition filed against him . Parties in the petition agreed on ten contested issues to be determined by court during a pre-trial conference before Judge Roselyne Wendoh where each party also revealed its list of witnesses. Tunai's deputy Aruasa Evelyne will also testify in the matter while one of the petitioners Joseph ...
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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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