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East Africa Double Taxation Pinches East African Businesses With Regional Reach
Nairobi - Paul Ouma imports and sells second-hand Japanese cars and spare parts in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The 37-year-old Kenyan started his business ten years ago and expanded to the two other East African Community (EAC) member-states within the first five years of operation. But now he may close his branches in Tanzania and Uganda because of "unfriendly" taxation rules. ...
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Uhuru Nominates Njee As Solicitor General
Nairobi - President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated his long time aide Njee Muturi for position of Solicitor General. Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi made the announcement during Tuesday's House sitting and further ordered the House Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to carry out approval hearing for the candidate by next Wednesday. Njee Muturi was among 16 applicants who ...
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Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Intervenes in Police Row
Secretary of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government Joseph Ole Lenku Monday (June 17th) intervened in the ongoing dispute over Police Inspector General David Kimaiyo's appointment of county police officials against the wishes of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), Kenya's Daily Nation reported. Lenku said the dozens of county commanders that Kimaiyo appointed ...
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Get me out of here - Canary Islands KenyaTanzania San Diego
Set sail for a cruise of the Canary Islands on 1 July. The 12-night trip departs from Southampton aboard P&O's Ventura, costing 749pp for an inside cabin. Ports include Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and ...
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ICC trials for Kenyas new leaders may shift partly back home
Newly elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto were indicted by the ICC for 2007 election violence. Is Kenya ready to watch the hearings up ...
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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 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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