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Kenya TJRC demands justice for Taveta residents
TJRC has recommended proceedings against a former PC and local District Officers in charge of the area at that time. This former PC, allegedly, presided over or ordered the mass arrest of these people, their illegal detention and confiscation of their property while a junior officer in charge of Bomeni Division. According to ...
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African Union Reject Kenya’s attempt to shield its leaders from accountability
The African Union must reject Kenya's attempts to shield its leaders from being held to account for the human rights violations that took place in Kenya in ...
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Kenya My passion healing snake bites is beyond making huge profits
Kitui County , 12 years ago. It was a hot afternoon and Augustus Mbila, 26, was walking home after a day's work on the farm. As he weaved his way through the dense shrubbery he felt what he thought was a thorn prick him just above his left ankle. But as Mbila bent to check his leg he saw a long, brown snake slither away. He was horrified to realise the 'prick' was the bite from ...
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Kenya Witness row with ICC over evidence withdrawal
witness despite having forwarded four sworn affidavits to the prosecutor's office withdrawing all the audio and written statements attributed to him. ...
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Kenya IEBC announces Makueni by-election date
Makueni senatorial by-election will be conducted on July 22, this is according to official communication from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ...
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Kenya Ugandan tycoon charged in Nairobi
Michael Ezra Mulyoowa has been accused of falsely obtaining credit and issuing a bad cheque worth over Sh 16,000 million to SMR Limited based at industrial area. The Ugandan represented by Eric Mutua is facing two charges and according to the charge sheet the first count states that on diverse dates between June 2009 and October 2009 at Industrial area in Nairobi he obtained credit of over Sh 6 ...
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Kenya asks UN to squash ICC case
New York - Kenya on Thursday got a chilly reception to its appeal to the United Nations Security Council to ';terminate'; International Criminal Court cases against the president and deputy president for planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 post-election violence in which more than 1 000 people died and 600 000 were evicted from their ...
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Kenyas KenolKobil says returned to profit in first quarter
business restructuring continues," the company said. It did not provide performance figures but said it expects its restructuring plan to be complete by the end of 2013. KenolKobil, which operates in several countries including Ethiopia, posted a 8.96 billion shilling loss in 2012. A takeover bid for the company by Switzerland-based Puma Energy, a subsidiary of Trafigura Beheer BV , ...
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Kenyan shilling firms KenolKobil lifts shares
Kenyan shilling firmed slightly on Friday, lifted by banks cutting dollar positions ahead of the weekend and by waning importer demand for the U.S. currency. The ...
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Advocacy group Kenyas mental hospital confines drugs patients
NAIROBI, Kenya - An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients. Edah Maina, who heads the Kenya Society For the Mentally Handicapped, said Friday that the mental hospital in Kenya's Mathari section is ...
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Kenya Airways Starts Marketing $2 Billion Loan With Afreximbank
Africa 's fifth-biggest carrier, started marketing a $2 billion loan that will be used to expand its fleet. The debt will fund the purchase of ...
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Kenya’s tourist arrivals drop in first 2 months
The number of tourists coming into Kenya in the first two months of this year dropped significantly as the country readied for polls, new data ...
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Politicizing the ICC Process Will Not Let ICC Suspects Off the Hook
At the World Economic Forum two weeks ago, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that Kenya will meet its obligations under the Rome Statute even as he seeks to clear his name at the ICC. But a recent not-so-confidential letter to the UN Security Council suggests otherwise. On May 2, Kenya's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Macharia Kamau, submitted a formal ...
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Nairobi’s traditional family portrait goes al fresco
The battered toolbox, its lid wide open, looks like a yawning hippo. I stop to look at the unattended box, which is placed next to a walkway leading to Uhuru Park's central lake. The gaping mouth offers a display of 10 neatly laid out photographs. Two young men seated on a red pedal boat smile at me from one of the photographs. I can hear the distinctive slapping sound of the boat -- or ...
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Three Reps Demand Sh5 Million Bribe From Nandi Nominees
Members of the Nandi county assembly have demanded Sh5 million as a token from the 10 nominees appointed by governor Cleophas Lagat. The demand states that each nominee will contribute Sh500,000 before their names are approved at the county assembly. The executive nominees said three members of the Nandi county assembly approached them and made the Sh5 million demand to approve the list. The ...
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MPs Extend Their Sessions to Debate Their Pay
Will MPs get the higher pay they are seeking? The legislators have decided to extend their session in parliament to discuss the delegated legislation committee's report that declares SRC's move to have their pay reduced as unconstitutional. The committee wants the commission's gazette notice on the new pay structure ...
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Intersex Child Five Sues State for Birth Certificate
A five-year-old intersex child has sued the state seeking legal recognition and protection. The child, referred to as Baby A, wants an order declaring that all surgery on intersex infants be undertaken only after court's approval. This is meant to ensure that child's best interest is taken into consideration. Also sought is an order directing the government to collate data or ...
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Kabogo to Unveil His Kiambu Cabinet Today
Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo is expected to announce his cabinet today. He is expected to name the cabinet of 10 after a long wait which has provoked anxiety in the county. "To my surprise, I have been in the interviews and am encouraged by the women that are being interviewed, the candidates are quite good. Women are above men in qualifications and the problem is now balancing ...
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I Didnt Get Support for UN Job Says Kituyi
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the UN trade and development body. Kituyi was speaking during a funeral fund raising of Steve Wamalwa, Eugene Wamalwa's brother, at Railways Club in Nairobi. He said he was nominated by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to lead Unctad. ...
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Kenyatta Unveils Final Two Cabinet Secretaries
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday (May 23rd) released the final two names of his 18-member cabinet, a month after the nomination process started. Utalii hotel manager Joseph Ole Lenku has been nominated for secretary of interior and coordination of national government, and former lawmaker Samuel Kazungu Kambi for secretary of labour, social security and services. "I have ...
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Sudan Sudan Regrets Juba Statements As Kiir Reaffirms His Top Priority to Kenyan Pipeline
Khartoum/Juba - Sudan's foreign ministry regretted statements issued by South Sudanese officials claiming that oil flow was deliberately blocked for political reasons, while in Juba president Salva Kiir reaffirmed that an alternative pipeline through Kenya remains his top priority. Khartoum and Juba agreed since last March to resume oil production and its exportation though a Sudanese ...
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Kenya SMS Service to Stop Coffee Theft Set Up
Coffee Management services has put a mobile alert that will ensure curbing of coffee theft. Coffee management services project manager Catherine Ng'ang'a said that the decision was reached at after a series of coffee theft in Central Kenya. She said that they have set up alarm system gadgets that will give an alert to the person incharge of the dispatch store,chairman of the society ...
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Kenya Grannys Quest for 29 Years Worth of Dues
An 89-year-old Kiambu woman has appealed to President Uhuru to help her get her dues. Magdalene Wangui said she worked for presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi at Harambee House and State House Nairobi for 29 years without pay. Wangui, who lives in Riabai village in abject poverty, was sacked after the Kibaki government took over power in 2002. "I have work documents and a State House ...
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Please Help Us Jail Criminals Kimaiyo Pleads
Nairobi - Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo now says the force have been unable to get criminals jailed by the courts because the public has been reluctant to testify against them. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Kimaiyo indicated that the public needs to freely turn up and testify against suspects to bolster the charges against them. He revealed that many criminals have been released ...
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Kimemia Faces MPs Approval Hearing Friday
Nairobi - The nominee for Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, faces questioning on his suitability from Members of Parliament on Friday afternoon. Kimemia is expected to appear before the Administration and National Security Committee at Continental House from 2.30pm. The approval hearing is in line with the Public Appointments Act which provides 14 days for tabling of a report in 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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