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Kenya State to use Sh50 billion for laptops
The funds will however only be used to purchase the needed basic hardware for all the estimated 1.5 million children expected to be enrolled in class one next year. Samsung Electronics estimates that each solar-powered laptop may cost some Sh35,000, translating to a whopping Sh50 billion. But the Government may negotiate lower prices considering the economies of scale. The Government has however ...
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Kenya Kiplagat report links most ethnic violence to land grievances
The commission headed by Bethuel Kiplagat noted land-related injustices were prominent factors that precipitated violence between and within ethnic tribes. The commission noted close to 50 per cent of statements and memorandum received from the public related to or touched on claims over land. The commission has recommended that the National Land Commission (NLC) expedite the recovering all ...
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Kenya Team proposes Reconciliation Day
The commission says during this day, the President and heads of the various security agencies will offer a public apology for violations and injustices committed during the period. The report also says the President shall, on that day, outline the nation's Reconciliation Agenda. This day shall be made a public holiday and representatives of victim groups from around the country shall be ...
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Kenya Couple sues State for Sh10m compensation
James Ocholla Odhiambo also known as Jordan, who was a student of United States International University, was shot dead on July 27, 1998 after being mistaken to be a car jacker. The couple, Prof Peter Odhiambo and Mrs Peninah Ochola filed a suit against the Government, which was heard and determined last year. Judgement was entered in their favour for Sh10 million plus costs and interest. But ...
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VIDEO Yoga poses in a Kenyan prison
Yoga classes in Langata Women's Prison in Nairobi, Kenya, are inspiring both inmates and teacher. The non-profit organization Africa Yoga Project has trained over 100 instructors who also offer free classes in community centres, slums and orphanages across the country. Salim Kikeke ...
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New Hope for Better Internet Access in Africa
WASHINGTON -- A non-profit technology company based in Kenya has created a wireless internet router that it says will help people living in places where electricity is spotty and internet service is unreliable. Founded in early 2008, Ushahidi is known primarily for its open-source software applications, but is now launching its first piece of hardware, called the BRCK. One of the BRCK's ...
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Kenya How MRC funds its activities
The separatist group has a network of over 30,000 registered members spread across 97 branches at the Coast. The 30,000 membership is based on signatures raised to support one of its court petitions. However, it is also understood that the members could be more and the group may have thousands of sympathisers. At the top is the 'president' or chairman, who runs a government of about 14 ...
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Kenya ICC changes judge in Rutos case
The court also changed the Presiding Judge who will oversee the trial of Deputy President William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang as the Kenyan suspects await the court's decision on the date of the crucial trial. The ICC Presidency appointed Judge Olga Herrera Carbucci as the new presiding judge on a temporary basis replacing Judge Kuniko Ozaki in the Ruto and Sang Case in ...
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Kenya MPs chide Senators over supremacy
MPs insisted they were superior to their Senate counterparts thanks to the Constitution. Debate started when Suba MP John Mbadi said taking the Division of Revenue Bill 2013 to the Senate was unconstitutional. He argued the Senate only has powers to handle revenue touching on county governments and not national revenue. House Speaker Justin Muturi thanked Mbadi for raising the matter and said he ...
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Kenya 50 years later political union evades East Africa
President Kenyatta said the prosperity of the continent lay in the economic integration of the 54 countries to mirror the European Union, and cited the current fragmentation of Africa as largely responsible for soaring poverty. African countries were competing amongst themselves rather than working together to enhance trade and investment, according to Mr Kenyatta, which compounded a problem ...
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Athletics-World champion Cheruiyot to miss Moscow championships
Cheruiyot , 30, told Reuters by telephone from her home town of Eldoret. She gave no further details. Cheruiyot, who won both races at the 2011 Daegu world championships, also took silver and bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres respectively at last year's London Olympics. Twice Olympic steeplechase ...
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Columns Juicy UK tale of $2b gemstone export from Kenya
UK newspapers , the Guardian and the Financial Times a three-judge Bench Court of Appeal has invoked the doctrine of open justice and allowed the newspapers to report on the intriguing but contested allegations which are likely to vibrate in the diplomatic and business communities in ...
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Kenya My Life Is in Danger - Kalembe
THE Independent Party leaders Kalembe Ndile, yesterday morning narrowly escaped death after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former assistant minister's house at 4am by Ndile and his security men. Area police boss ...
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Bungoma Cabinet Ready for Vetting
Governor Kenneth Lusaka's county executive nominees will be vetted next week. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Bungoma County Assembly speaker John Makali said the 10 nominees will be vetted on May 27 and 28 by a five-man-team. "We expect to convene a special session of the County Assembly in early June, once the vetting report is ready, for perusal and action by members because we ...
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Railas Security Request Rejected
The Jubilee government has turned down Raila Odinga's request that he should get a security detail of up to 20 police officers. Deputy President William Ruto communicated the decision to the former Prime Minister last week when the two met privately at Ruto's Karen house. During the meeting, Raila reportedly reminded Ruto that Jubilee had promised that it would increase his personal ...
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Search Operation to Be Carried in Refugee Camps
Police are set to carry out a search operation in five refugee camps in Dadaab where it's believed criminals linked to Al Shabaab are hiding weapons. An AK 47 rifle has so far been recovered at the Ifo II camp. Area DO Joseph ole Kipuri says the rifle was stolen from a slain police reservist a week ago. Diana Madegwa ...
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East Africa Tanzania Could Boost Its Economy By Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank
DAR ES SALAAM, May 21, 2013 - Tanzania and its East African neighbors could boost their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to US$1.8 billion and US$ 830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam, according to the latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank. So far, Tanzania and six neighboring countries have missed this ...
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Kenya Revenues Behind Target By Close to Sh100 Billion
THE country was behind its revenue collection target by close to Sh100 billion by end of March, government data shows. According to the Treasury's latest issue of the quartely economic and budgetary review, total cumulative revenue collection including appropriation in aid, was below the target by Sh98.2 billion. Ordinary revenue collection amounted to Sh 531.6 billion against a target of ...
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Kenya West Pokot leaders seek to change cattle farming
Leading a delegation of residents from Pokot to a dairy farm in Njoro to familiarise themselves with new dairy technology, Senator John Lonyangapuo and Governor Simon Kachapin agreed that cattle related problems and illiteracy were bringing down standards of living among the community and promised to correct that. For the last four years, the Senator said livestock breeders from Lelan highlands ...
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Kenya Fire guts down Mombasas landmark building
fire which is descending fast in a building that hosts most clearing and forwarding firms based in Mombasa. Reporters on the ground could hear, mostly, male victims trapped on burning floors calling for help amid thick smoke and flying debris. It is believed ...
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More credit data sharing seen lowering rates for Kenyan firms
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI | Tue May 21, 2013 1:05pm EDT NAIROBI May 21 (Reuters) - Banks in Kenya are making a long-awaited effort to share information about which borrowers are reliable, a move that should make it easier for sound businesses to get cheaper loans. The initiative will extend information shared by banks to include borrowers who repay on time rather than only data on ...
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Obamas Africa tour leaves ancestral homeland of Kenya as loser
Kenya .Not even a relatively peaceful election earlier this year is enough to tempt Obama back to his ancestral homeland. The big problem is the winner, Uhuru Kenyatta, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court (no matter that the US is yet to sign up to the ICC).At least the ...
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Kenya to decide next week on future of Mombasa refinery
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA | Tue May 21, 2013 12:53pm EDT MOMBASA May 21 (Reuters) - The future of east Africa's only oil refinery could be decided next week when a report is due on whether to upgrade the aging Kenyan plant or turn it into a storage facility, the country's energy regulator said on Tuesday. Fuel distributors have long complained about the poor quality products from ...
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Nyandarua County Roots for Equalisation Fund
Leaders want Nyandarua categorised as a marginalised county so it can benefit from the Equalisation fund given by the Commission on Revenue Allocation. Led by Governor Daniel Waithaka, the leaders claim there must have been an oversight in the process that left out their county, saying Nyandarua is poor because it is starting its business from scratch. A delegation from the CRA at the weekend ...
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MP Calls for All to Join Hands
RARIEDA constituents have been challenged to put their political differences aside and work together to develop the region. Netto Adhola who lost the race for MP seat in the March 2013 polls challenged politicians who lost the election to join hands with elected leaders to improve the area economically. He appealed to MP Eng Nicholas Gumbo to be accommodative and ready to ensure equitable ...
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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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