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Kenya Stray Buffaloes Raid IDP Camp
Buffaloes yesterday invaded an IDP camp in Gilgil destroying property and leaving families in fear. The wild animals have turned Kirathimo camp near Marura sanctuary a no-gone zone. One man is fighting for his life in Naivasha District Hospital after one of the buffaloes injured him. Grace Ngugi, an IDP, said one man is admitted in the hospital in serious condition after he was attacked by a ...
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Why Joint Admissions Board Is Illegal
The Joint Admission Board recently made public its selection for entrants to the public universities in the next academic year. In this respect, various issues arises, both legal and policy and it would be important for education and economic policies makers and the public at large to interrogate the role of JAB, both current and past. To begin with, the right to education in Kenya is ...
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World 27 year-old multimillionaire not bothered about luxuries
Box , Levie is too focused on work to be bothered about luxuries. He doesn't leave the office until the early hours of the morning at least six days a ...
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World China asks N Korea to free boat crew
Korea n captors were demanding a 600,000 yuan ($100,000, ?66,000) ransom. State-run Xinhua news agency said that diplomats in Pyongyang had been asked for help on 10 May and were working on the issue. "Upon receiving the call, the Chinese embassy promptly made representations to theDPRK ...
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World Briton held in France over deaths of two children
Both had reportedly been killed with a knife. Prosecutors in France say the man has confessed, AFP said. The Foreign Office said it understood a British national had been arrested. The children's mother had left them alone with their father, apparently for the first time since their divorce a couple of years ago, said BBC correspondent Hugh Schofield. According to witnesses, the mother had ...
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Lifestyle Sunshine vitamin may treat asthma
vitamin on a chemical in the body, interleukin-17. It is a vital part of the immune system and helps to fight off infections. However, it can cause problems when levels get too high and has been strongly implicated in In this study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical ...
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Kenya activist on ivory charges
A top official in a Kenyan conservation group has been charged with illegal possession of 19 kilograms of elephant ivory worth more than $A20,000.Susan Soila, 50, deputy director of the community development wing of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, a not-for-profit organisation conserving wildlife in one of Kenya's most famous national parks, was arrested on Sunday along with her son.Both ...
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KenyaTanzania to Launch Major Security Operation On Border
A major security operation is underway at the Kenya-Tanzania border to curb illegal firearms and criminal gangs. This follows recent's killing of five people in Naikarra after bandits believed to be from Sonjos community in Tanzania attacked them. They resolutions were reached on Wednesday by the leaders and the security team from both countries in a meeting held at Olderkesi area. Narok ...
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Embu Man Denies Defiling Niece Five
A man has denied charges of defiling his 5-year-old niece in an Embu court. Stephen Thigah was accused that on May 13 at Karurina Village he defiled his niece. Embu Chief Magistrate Margaret Wachira released him on Sh100,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount. The magistrate instructed prosecutor Frank Mnene to give the accused copies of witnesses' statements. Embu police boss Gasper ...
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Kenya to Be Honoured At Cannes Film Fest
Kenya will be among the countries honoured during this year's International Cannes Film Festival in France. The festival one of the world's most prestigious and publicised film events kicked off Wednesday and will run till May 26. For the first time in its more than six-decade long history, Kenya will host a national pavilion at the Cannes International film market. According to Kenya ...
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ICC Now Asked to Investigate Its Prosecutors
Nairobi - Ugandan peace resolution expert David Matsanga has now written to International Criminal Court urging it to consider investigating the prosecutors over what he terms a 'flawed investigation' in the Kenyan cases. In the letter to the president of the court, Matsanga insists that former prosecutor (Moreno Ocampo) his successor Fatou Bensouda did not properly investigate the ...
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Kenya Thuraya Announces Satellite Adaptor for Iphone
When we think about satellite phones we are used to the bulky and ruggedness of the Iridium, or Inmarsat satellite phones. Never before have we thought that a satellite phone could be as sleek and user friendly as our everyday mobile phone. Indigo telecom has changed that with the launch of Thuraya SatSleeve in Kenya. The new Thuraya SatSleeve is an adaptor for the iPhone that allows calls to ...
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Kenya Smoothtel Sponsors Kenya Hospitality Trade Fair
Smoothtel & Data Solutions Limited has sponsored the Kenya Hospitality Trade Fair (KHTF) as "Technology Partner" in the upcoming hospitality industry fair to be held from 25th -27th July, 2013. Under the theme "Re-defining the hospitality industry in East & Central Africa", the event is organized out of a growing need by hotel developers, owners, investors and ...
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Champagne Breakfast At SA High Commissioners Home
South African High Commissioner's wife Idah Moloi on Tuesday morning hosted a champagne breakfast for South African Women Association (Sawa) members and other invited guests at the High Commissioners residence in Runda, Nairobi. The event was meant to have Idah meet and socialise with Sawa members. "We have been here for about a very short time and I thought it was important to meet ...
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August 13 Makueni By-Election to Cost Sh400 Million
Nairobi - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says that it needs an estimated Sh400 million to conduct the Makueni Senate by-election slated for August 13. IEBC Chief Executive Officer James Oswago on Friday said although the date is tentative, the commission is ready to hold the mini-poll that was occasioned by the death of Mutula Kilonzo. Oswago said that the budget ...
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Kenya Outdated Mining Law to Be Abolished - Balala
Nairobi - Mining Secretary Najib Balala on Friday assumed office with a promise to repeal the current mining law. Speaking to reporters at his new office situated at the former Public Works headquarters in Community, Balala described the current Act as archaic saying it does not deal with many concerns in the mining sector. He stated that the focus of the new law will be to ensure that all ...
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Kenya Sauti Sol Prezzo Eric Wainaina Distributing Free Music
Popular music artistes Sauti Sol, Prezzo and Eric Wainaina will now be offering their music for free on the Mdundo.com platform. Making the announcement, Mdundo.com CEO Gustav Ericsson, said that with the three adding to the growing number of Kenyan superstars giving out their music for free, Mdundo is moving closer to become Kenya's number one online music site. "Anyone in the world ...
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East Africa Nokia Announces Lumia 520 Slim Lumia 720 Availability Pricing Across East Africa
Consumers across East Africa can now get their hands on Nokia's new Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. A blend of premium style and innovation for a socially active crowd, the Nokia Lumia 720 features a high end camera experience, while the Nokia Lumia 520 is the most affordable Nokia Lumia to date, bringing a fun and colourful experience to new consumers. Both devices offer ...
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Kenya APs lucky gun attack escape
The corporal, attached to Gitige AP camp in Kahuro District allegedly went berserk after drinking beer at a nearby bar. The suspect was reportedly given a loaded rifle during his patrol. But his colleagues claimed he kept the rifle in his house. They said he then collected it later and went to his senior's house. Witnesses say the AP knocked at his senior's door as he hid the gun on ...
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Kenya Weight row paralyses transport at Coast
Mariakani Weigh Bridge with drivers taking more than 11 hours for a journey that normally lasts 40 minutes. Traffic Police Commandant for Coast Joshua Omukata blamed the mayhem on a conflict between transporters and officials of ...
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Kenya First President farmers society of choice on deathbed
For farmers in Rift Valley, it marks the start of high milk production, increased expenditure on planting and school fees. In Eldama Ravine, this period reminds them of good old days when founding ...
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Kenya Judge orders case retrial over faulty charge sheet
rape her. He also allegedly strangled her as she tried to fight back. A man who was passing by reported seeing Mburu struggling with the girl. He called another woman who lived nearby and they went to the rescue of the girl. With the help of other members of the public they managed to arrest Mburu, just as he was trying to flee, and took him to the local elders who then handed him over to Kihote ...
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Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use
, which is Swahili for "Let's Go to the Loo," would allow you to use your phone to locate the nearest public restroom in Nairobi's business district, then give it a rating for cleanliness. Twendeloo is still only an idea in the mind of its developer, Andrew Moro, one of the young Kenyans competing in a "mobile apps garage showcase" this weekend in Nairobi for prizes ...
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Kenya Transfers sackings hit Mombasa court hard
Mombasa, Kenya: High Courtservices in Mombasa are steadily grinding to a halt because of a range of factors including transfer and sacking of ...
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Kenya Case backlog likely as courts hear poll petitions
election petitions filed in the High Court across the country is already being felt, with dozens of other cases being put aside to enable judges deal with the ...
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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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