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Kenya assists Ethiopia fight Oromia rebels
The Ethiopian government is hailing Kenya for its registration of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) as "an organised criminal body." Several OLF rebels have already been killed and arrested in ...
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E-payment for a cup of water in Kenya
In a rural district grossly neglected by Kenyan authorities, private actors have introduced groundbreaking technology to provide basic services. E-payment, microfinance and solar energy secure safe water for ...
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Kenyans in U.S. Stripped of Overseas Vote
On the heels of Pres. Barack Obama’s struggle to defend the voting rights of U.S. citizens, Kenyan officials announced this week that the hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere outside the country would not be allowed to vote.National elections are scheduled to take place in March 2013 for President, Senators, County Governors, Members of Parliament, among ...
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Kenya County government petitioned to introduce contraceptives among street children
In a petition letter served to the County Governor and the Speaker of the County Assembly, The Centre for Human Rights, Democracy and Mediation wants the county government to legislate laws that would provide for either mandatory or voluntary family planning measures for the young but sexually active street girls. "It is our observation that the street population has become endemic in the ...
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Kenya Suspected senior students force form one to take Ethanol
Salat Kipkoech,15,is said to have been cornered by two form four students at the dormitory on Monday evening and forced him to drink Ethanol,arousing alarm from those who witnessed and called the teachers who took him to hospital. Efforts by the press to get a comment from the victimized student were not successful as the student was still weak to talk. The parents of the student led by Joseph ...
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Kenya Kimaiyo names 130 new OCPDs
The commission has protested the moves and alleged it is being systematically frustrated, saying they have virtually been reduced to bystanders. Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Implementation of the Constitution only a day after Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku downplayed differences between Kimaiyo and the commission, Chairman Johnston Kavuludi maintained the ...
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Politics Governor faces impeachment over nominees
NAKURU, KENYA: A show down is looming between Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and Members of the County assembly following the swearing in of rejected nominees to the Executive ...
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Uganda says to build 30000 bpd refinery by 201617
barrels per day refinery by 2016/17 and double this capacity two years later in a move towards commercial output of the country's oil. Explorers struck oil in east Africa's third largest economy in 2006 and Uganda estimates its crude reserves at 3.5 billion barrels but wrangling over taxes and the viability of a ...
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Kenya MPs Cut Kibaki Kitty for Teachers Pay
THE Budget and Appropriations Committee has reduced the Sh700 million set aside for retired President Mwai Kibaki's office to pay teachers. Tourism and Industrialisation ministries will lose Sh4 billion to raise more than Sh21 billion for teachers and lecturers. Committee chairman Mutava Musyimi said the amount meant to acquire Kibaki's office is extravagant at a time when teachers ...
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Kenya Raila asks AU to champion reforms
Africa Union (AU) stop chest thumping like we recently witnessed during the celebration of Africa's 50th Anniversary and get back to serious reforms," he ...
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Lamu Oil and Gas awards 2D seismic contract
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Kenyan shilling pauses at 13-wk low seen easing further
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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Kenya Crackdown on illicit brews intensifies
illicit brew s netted in a major crack down on the menace. Police said the suspects were arrested in Mwatate and Taita districts regarded as major brewing points for the bootleg liquor that had been blamed for the rising cases of crime among other alcohol-related deaths in the region. "We have lost two people in Wundanyi division as a result of alcohol related deaths in the past one week. ...
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Tame Budget Deficit World Bank Tells Kenya
NAIROBI, June 19 (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) -- The World Bank has warned of a disruption in macro-economic stability in Kenya if the government fails to tame its rising budget deficit and public debt levels. The Banks latest Economic Update report Kenya launched here Tuesday says that Kenya's budget deficit has risen significantly to a projected 7.5 per cent in the 2013-2014 expenditure plan. ...
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Why President Obama Will By Pass Kenya in July
WHEN Kenya held its fourth general elections early this year, I was there in the country covering the voting process. In effect, the race was between the two front runners - Uhuru Kenyatta, today's president of the country and the then Kenya's Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga. Raila, who was billed to win the race by a good measure, clearly lost to Uhuru, who trailed him in the ...
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Kenya benchmark coffee price falls at auction
NCE ) said. The east African nation is a small producer of the commodity but its specialty beans meet high demand from roasters who blend it with coffees from other nations. Some 23,353 bags were offered at auction on Tuesday and 10,368 bags were bought, NCE said, compared to 16,238 bags offered last week and 6,961 bags bought. The coffee sold this week had a total value of $1.7 million ...
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Kenya Kenyans Mobilise Against Taxing the Poor
On a side street in Nairobi's bustling neighbourhood of Shauri Moyo, Faisal Ngila shouts to street vendors, motorbike taxi drivers and pedestrians. "Do you know taxes are increasing in Kenya?" he asks, handing out flyers urging Kenyans to say "no to Unga (maize flour) tax" by dialling a phone number that will register their signature on a petition. Ngila is one of 17 ...
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Big Brother Africa Update Seven Housemates Have Been Nominated
, seven housemates are on the nomination list. Kenya’s Annabel, surviving eviction last week, changed her mind on Melvin and Bolt last minute. However, being nominated again, it seems that the Ethiopian beauty, Betty, and Sierra Leon’s Bolt, have become regulars on the weekly nomination list. Malawi’s Natasha has always found herself on the evictions list, actually for three ...
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Kenya Orange Customers Can Access Facebook Without Internet
Orange customers with handsets that do not have internet can now access Facebook, for 10, 50 or 100 shillings daily, weekly or monthly respectively. The mobile service provider has unveiled Facebook Bila Net, that can be accessed by dialing *32#. The mobile service provider hopes to tap into the growing internet usage as it grows its customer ...
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Uhuru Nominates Njee for Solicitor-General
PRESIDENT Uhuru yesterday nominated his long-serving aide Njee Muturi for the Solicitor-General position following recommendations by the Public Service Commission. The commission advertised the position two weeks ago after Wanjuki Muchemi's retirement. Speaker Justin Muturi yesterday said Muturi will be vetted by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee which will table its report by ...
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No Video Links for Ruto ICC Case
During key ICC trial sessions such as the opening and closing statements of all parties and when victims present their views and concerns, Deputy President William Ruto must be physically present. This is after the Trial Chamber rejected Ruto's request to be allowed to participate in most of the trials via video link due to government duties. His trial is due to start on the 10th of ...
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Pathologist Says Mercy Did Not Die Where She Was Found
Government chief pathologist Johansen Oduor yesterday told an inquest into the death of university student Mercy Keino that she sustained fatal injuries before her death. He added the body appeared to have sustained extra injuries after death. Oduor told court he could not say for a fact that Mercy's body was dumped on the road. He said he had a feeling that the student did not die on the ...
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Kenya Aviation Worker Union Wants KQ Loss Probed
THE Aviation and Allied Workers' Union wants a parliamentary report that recommended investigations into two companies allied to Kenya Airways be acted upon, claiming there is more than meets the eye over the airline's Sh10.8 billion pretax loss. AAWU chairperson Perpetua Mponjiwa yesterday claimed that the losses were "artificial" saying they could have been occasioned by ...
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Kenya Fertiliser Firm Considering Setting Up Port Terminal
Mea Fertilisers Ltd is considering the construction of a terminal at Kilindini Port to improve supply and storage, the company's logistic officerJoel Mugo has said. "Having a local fertiliser terminal similar to the grain and oil terminals will cost Sh400 million to set up, a cost that Mea and other fertiliser industry players are willing to foot and this investment will save the ...
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Kenya Work On JKIA Railway Line to Start This Year
Construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the city centre railway line is set to start before the end of this year, the Kenya Railways managing director Nduva Muli said yesterday. He said the corporation is finalising on the tender process for contactors. The line will be in two phases one from Embakasi Railway Station to the Syokimau Railway station and the other from ...
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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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