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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 Five girls married off in school compound
girls to their respective husbands was held in their school in the full glare of local administrators. World Vision Orwa Integrated Programme Area official Josiah Rotino disclosed that parents of the Standard ...
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Kenya Midiwo wants laptop money given to teachers
MP Jakayo Midiwo said he will move an amendment of budgetary allocation by National Treasury so that teachers salaries and allowances are paid once and for ...
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Kenya Widows of Slain Terror Suspects Arraigned in Court
Mombasa - The widows of two terror suspects who were shot dead by police in Mombasa on Monday have been charged with possession of firearms. Salim Mohammed's widow, Rehema was charged for being in possession of an AK-47 and 147 rounds of ammunitions before a Magistrate's Court in Shanzu on Tuesday but denied the accusations and was released on a Sh500,000 bond. Fatma Masoup, widow of ...
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Kenya MPs Committee Rejects Sh700 Million Kibaki Office Plan
Nairobi - The National Assembly's committee on Budget and Appropriations on Tuesday rejected proposals by the government to spend Sh700 million to purchase an office building for immediate former President Mwai Kibaki. The Committee has instead re-allocated part of the funds for the teachers' salary to end the looming strike occasioned by demands dating back to 1997. The Committee on ...
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Construction Work On the Kenya-Ethiopian Power Transmission Line to Begin in September
It has been announced that construction work on the 1,068km long Kenya-Ethiopia transmission line project will begin in September 2013. The cost of the project is estimated at a US$1.26bn, and funding will be coming from the African Development Bank ($338m), the World Bank ($684m), Kenya ($88m) and Ethiopia ($32m). The French Development Agency is also expected to provide $118m for the project. ...
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Fire Destroys Section of Garissa Market
A fire in Garissa's main market destroyed more than 100 stalls Monday night (June 17th). The fire started around 7pm, gutting the northern wing of the Mugdi Market, but no one was injured, market chairman Paul Chege told Sabahi. He said stall owners and the public extinguished the fire after two hours, but it had already destroyed goods worth millions of shillings. Chege said those ...
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Allied Forces Liberate Villages Around Beledweyne
Somali government forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Ethiopian troops seized several villages surrounding Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Sunday evening (June 16th), UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported. The troops captured villages including Luq-Jesow, Baar, El Ali and Bardhere, according to AMISOM commander in the Hiran region Colonel Osman Dubad. At least 11 al-Shabaab ...
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East Africa Double Taxation Pinches East African Businesses With Regional Reach
Nairobi - Paul Ouma imports and sells second-hand Japanese cars and spare parts in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The 37-year-old Kenyan started his business ten years ago and expanded to the two other East African Community (EAC) member-states within the first five years of operation. But now he may close his branches in Tanzania and Uganda because of "unfriendly" taxation rules. ...
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Uhuru Nominates Njee As Solicitor General
Nairobi - President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated his long time aide Njee Muturi for position of Solicitor General. Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi made the announcement during Tuesday's House sitting and further ordered the House Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to carry out approval hearing for the candidate by next Wednesday. Njee Muturi was among 16 applicants who ...
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Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Intervenes in Police Row
Secretary of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government Joseph Ole Lenku Monday (June 17th) intervened in the ongoing dispute over Police Inspector General David Kimaiyo's appointment of county police officials against the wishes of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), Kenya's Daily Nation reported. Lenku said the dozens of county commanders that Kimaiyo appointed ...
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Get me out of here - Canary Islands KenyaTanzania San Diego
Set sail for a cruise of the Canary Islands on 1 July. The 12-night trip departs from Southampton aboard P&O's Ventura, costing 749pp for an inside cabin. Ports include Madeira, La Palma, Tenerife, Lanzarote and ...
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ICC trials for Kenyas new leaders may shift partly back home
Newly elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto were indicted by the ICC for 2007 election violence. Is Kenya ready to watch the hearings up ...
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Kenya Auditor Generals office hit as staff eye better jobs
Auditor General Humphrey Wanyama told the Public Investment Committee (PIC) yesterday that his office had 180 employees but required a workforce of 350 to effectively handle more responsibilities. "We are required to post some officials to the counties and that is why we had requested more funds. With the situation as it is right now, we will not recruit more staff to post to the ...
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Kenya Commanders assume office amid uproar
National Police Service Commission (NPSC) said they would work on the issue among others. "We have taken over the regions for now and we hope all will be smooth," said one of the commanders. The 141 commanders- 47 each from regular, Administration Police and CID took over in most counties in Coast, Central and Eastern Provinces after holding briefs with the outgoing Provincial Police ...
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Constitution Commission Cautions on Transferring Functions to Counties
Nairobi - The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) has expressed concern over the manner in which national government functions are being transferred to County governments saying it is rushed and risks paralysing devolution. In an advisory posted on the Commission's website, CIC said the process of transferring functions to the County governments must be restructured ...
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ICC Says Kenyan President Can Skip Some Court Sessions
Nairobi - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has given Deputy President William Ruto the green light to skip some Court sessions when his trial begins in September, but made it mandatory for him to be present during the crucial sessions including the opening and closing statements. In a decision made public on Tuesday afternoon, Trial Chamber V rejected Ruto's request to be allowed to ...
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Kenya Kuppet Insists Teachers Strike On Even As Learning Went Uninterrupted
Nairobi - The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) insists that secondary school teachers are on strike even as learning went on uninterrupted in most schools. KUPPET National Chairman Omboka Milemba has told Capital News that all secondary school teachers are under instructions to stay away from class until they get further directives from the Union. "The teachers must ...
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Kenya Refugee Software Apps Selected as Finalists in Hackathon Event
Nairobi - Two projects developed by Kenyan-based software developers designed to connect refugees and victims of war have been selected as finalists in the two-day developer session "Hackathon" organized by Refugees United and Ericsson on June 15 and16 in Nairobi. The two winning projects will now be presented at Kakuma Refugee Camp on June 20 (Thursday) as part of the World Refugee ...
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Kenya Mechanics Traders Arrested During Protest
Nairobi - Dozens of traders and mechanics were arrested on Tuesday morning as they protested a move to evict them from their stalls at the Grogan area in down town Nairobi. Police used teargas to disperse the traders who found the area sealed off following a court order barring them from operating on the disputed private piece of land. There was a major stand-off as heavily armed police ...
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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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