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Kenya High Court Halts Removal of Justice Angawa
The High Court has stopped the Judicial Service Commission from suspending Justice Mary Ang'awa pending a hearing on her petition to reverse her removal from the Judiciary. High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi said Ang'awa will not be removed from office and she will continue to receive her salary until the case is determined. Ang'awa's file has been forwarded to Chief Justice ...
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Kenya Mobile Umbrella GSMA Opens Nairobi Office
Nairobi, Kenya - The Global System for Mobile (GSM) Association, the umbrella organization for the world's mobile operators, opened its African headquarters in Nairobi last week. This is aimed at supporting the sub Saharan Africa's expanding telecoms market. GSMA Director General Anne Bouverot said the market vibrancy on the continent and Kenya's strategic location at the centre ...
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Kenya Bill to end Kenya Power monopoly
loss of property as a result of outages and surges. The MP, who gave a Notice of Motion at the National Assembly on Wednesday, further wants the Government to liberalise power distribution thereby breaking the monopoly ...
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Lifestyle An energy efficient stove for Kenya
The three stone fire is a commonly used in food preparation in Kenya, and many people can relate with the simple and accessible mode of cooking. For ...
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Cop in Court for Trying to Kill His Senior
A police officer who tried to shoot his senior was yesterday charged with attempted murder at a Murang'a court. Corporal Jonathan Kinyua denied the charges. He is accused of trying to shoot his senior inspector Sammy Mwangi at Gitige AP camp in Kahuro. A source said the two officers were caught up in a love triangle. He said Kinyua went out to drink on Saturday night despite being lined up ...
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Police Mum On Where Githurai Shootout Baby Is
Police will not disclose whereabouts of the eight-month-old baby rescued at Githurai Kimbo, Nairobii on Sunday after her parents were killed by police officers from the anti-terrorist unit. Kasarani police boss Augustine Nthumbi cited security reasons for keeping the girl's whereabouts a secret. Meanwhile, tenants have temporary moved out of the building, where the suspected terrorist had ...
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Politician Denies Links to Bungoma Busia Attacks
A politician who has been mentioned by sections of the media has denied being involved in the killings in Western. Speaking in his Mumias office yesterday, ODM youth league national chairman Rashid Mohammed distanced himself from the attacks in Western Kenya. "I am not the ring leader of the killings in Bungoma and Busia. Neither have I coordinated youth to engage in any criminal activity ...
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Gay Community Seeks Acceptance
On Friday, the world marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The day seeks to raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work. May 17 is also the day that homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organisation in 1990. While the debate on homosexuality in the Western ...
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Kenya Ruto Private Jet Hire Cost U.S. $221000
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday came out to defend the hiring of a luxury jet for his tour of African countries stating that it was competitively procured and cheapest on offer. Ruto's office released a statement saying it sought competitive quotations from three competent chartered aircraft service providers and picked the one that was charging the least to airlift the deputy ...
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Sh500 Million for Kakamengas Education Sector
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya's government has expressed concern over the region's dwindling academic performance. Oparanya said despite introduction of the free primary and secondary school education, the county is lagging behind in enrolment and performance. "This trend must change because it means that in the long run, our human capital is not going to sustain us," ...
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Ruto Beefs Up ICC Legal Team
DEPUTY President William Ruto has beefed up his defence team at the International Criminal Court ahead of his trial which is now likely to start in November Shyamala Alagendra, a Malaysian who once worked for the the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC, and her sister Venkateswari Alagendra have joined Ruto as associate counsels. Last week, the court's registry informed the trial judges ...
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Counties in North Rift Set to Vet Cabinets
Counties in the North Rift will this week vet names forwarded by governors to be members of the cabinets in the regions. However the vetting may fail to take place as members of the county assemblies insist that they will not resume work unless their pay is increased by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. In Uasin Gishu, governor Jackson Mandago was preparing to release the names for his ...
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Two More Thugs Arrested Over Mbeere APs Attack
Two more violent robbers who last Friday hacked an AP officer and six civilians with axes in Mbeere South district have been arrested. This brings the number of suspects arrested to five. Mbeere South police boss Bernstein Shari said the gang invaded Kianjiru village and robbed residents. Shari said the injured AP officer was responding to the residents' distress calls when the gangsters ...
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KWS to Put Up New Fence At Shimba Hills
The Kenya Wildlife Service will revive the construction of a Sh120 million electric fence at Shimba Hills National Game Reserve to end human-wildlife conflicts in Kwale. The construction, which started with a 2.5 kilometre pilot project in 2011, stalled after the government placed a ban on red cider which was used for fencing. According to warden Philemon Chebet, red cider posts are the best to ...
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Kenya A Country Held for Ransom
Gangs in Kenya Have Realised That Every Family, No Matter How Poor, Will Give Everything It Can to Stay Whole, Sparking a Rising Trend of Kidnappings for Ransom. the Crime, and the Public’s Reaction to It, Have Left Police At Something of a Loss, and Kenyans Scrambling to Stay ...
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Campaign to Fight Drug Abuse Launched in Bomet
A programme to tackle drug and substance abuse among youth in Bomet has been launched. A group of US missionaries from Grace Covenant church in Texas will run the programme with the region's county government. Joe Towett, a missionary and a project head with Taitta Towett Foundation said drug and alcohol abuse across the country has reached an alarming level especially among the youth. He ...
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Kitui Woman Arrested for Selling Girls for Sex
A 35-year-old woman was yesterday held at the Kabati police station in Kitui after a chief arrested her in connection with offering young girls for sex in return for money. The woman who runs a business at Tulia trading centre in Mutongoni division was arrested by the Kakeani chief Musila Ndoo after she allegedly sold a 13-year-old girl to a boda boda man for sexual exploits. The Kitui county ...
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Kenya Sh500 Million Boost for Coffee Farmers
Coffee farmers in Mt Elgon constituency got a major boost after the World Bank gave them a grant of Sh5 million. The funds, which have been channeled through Western Kenya Community Driven Development and Flood Mitigation Program under the Ministry of Special Programmes will be used for the construction of Kitaban Coffee Factory in Kapsokwony division. Addressing coffee farmers during an AGM at ...
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Kenya Strathmore Picked As ICT Conference Partner
Strathmore Business School has been chosen as the analyst and content partner for the four day 2013 Connected Kenya Summit which opens in Mombasa on Monday. Connected Kenya Summit brings together industry leaders in the ICT sector and has become a key ICT event in the region. The summit provides a platform for ICT players to come up with strategies that will deliberate and drive ICT innovations ...
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State Urged to Enforce Tobacco Act
Players in the Tobacco Industry have asked government to ensure there are proper smoking zones in the country saying the current ones do not meet specified requirements. Speaking at Safari Park Hotel during a 'No To Tobacco's takeholders meeting yesterday, Vincent Kimosop from International Institute for Legislative Affairs said the government has done little to enforce the Tobacco ...
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Kenya Chinua Achebe Remembrance in Nairobi
Nigerian literary icon Chinua Achebe was a highly acclaimed novelist, poet and professor and critic. Best known for his debut novel Things Fall Apart, Achebe played a pivotal and instrumental role in the development of African Literature. He died in March while in Boston, USA and to celebrate him, the East African educational publishers held a function over the weekend at the Professional ...
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Labs to Get New Quality Standard
The International Organisation for Standardisation has revised the accreditation standard for medical laboratories which now supersedes the current one. The older version (ISO 15189:2007) will nonetheless still be valid until 2015. Medical labs will now use the newly reissued standard (ISO 15189:2012) in developing their quality management systems and assessing their competences, according to ...
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Kenya Omar Unimpressed By Johos Cleanup
Mombasa senator Hassan Omar at the weekend faulted Saturday's cleanup led by Governor Hassan Joho. The exercise began at Kongowea market, Mackinon and Majengo markets then Airport Road in Changamwe and wound up at Mama Ngina Drive. Students, companies, local artists, Mombasa politicians and the US navy took part in the cleanup sponsored by the private sector. Changamwe MP Omar Mwingi, ...
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Tetts Nephew to Face Robbery Charges
FORMER nominated MP Betty Tett's nephew who is accused of robbery with violence has a case to answer. William David Tett is charged with violently robbing Betty's husband of Sh1,000, a wallet containing several ATM cards and two phones all valued at Sh157,000. Nairobi chief magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie yesterday said the prosecution has proved its case against him. David had ...
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Kenya Kisumu Hotels Reaping From Seminars Tourists
KISUMU hotels are enjoying booming business since the March 4 elections. Kisumu Hotels Managers Group chairman Robinson Anyal says the influx in guests is due to activities the hotels are engaged in that were postponed during the electioneering period. Anyal told the Star that the first two weeks after the elections and especially during the Cord petition, business was very bad due to fears of ...
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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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