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Kenya Roads agency stands firm over weighbridge rules
Mariakani weighbridge on Tuesday. The truck drivers blocked Nairobi-Mombasa Road with their vehicles protesting enforcement of the new loading regulations. They were later allowed to pass without their vehicles being weighed. This was a reprieve to thousands of road users who had stuck at the station. The truck drivers had caused a huge traffic jam at the weighbridge protesting the move to ...
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Kenya Petitioner put in a corner over child out of wedlock
Siaya, Kenya : A petitioner challenging the election of Siaya Governor got more than he bargained for when his personal details were exposed at a Kisumu ...
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Kenya County sets the pace with Sh100m forensic lab
Collaborate with DPP He said he would work closely with the DPP in setting up the forensic unit and an investigations centre to boost security. He said his county government would strive to boost security to attract more investors. He urged the national Government to make Machakos a pilot county on security and prosecution matters. Poor and slow crime investigations have led to many prosecutions ...
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Kenya How victims recounted ordeals during commissions public hearings
In its report submitted to President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday, the commision details harrowing accounts of gross human rights violation, with women and children being the main targets of heinous crimes such as rape. The commission collected over 40,000 statements from Kenyans, each narrating their own ordeals. The commission documented that although some of the crimes suffered by the victims ...
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Kenya Mt Elgon leaders dismiss links to militia group
militia as it is claimed they were involved in financing, planning and instigation of the violence witnessed in the area. Serut said there was no way he could be linked to the SLDF group as he was the major victim of the acts of brutality by the group and he suffered the brunt of it all. "How do I come in? When in fact I was the victim? I lost over five close relatives, including my two ...
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Kenya Those adversely named got chance to reply says TJRC
Invitations were sent out to persons who had been mentioned requiring them to not only record their statements and submit memoranda, but also to respond to the allegations made against them. "Many of the adversely mentioned persons opted to respond to allegations of their involvements to violations as opposed to recording statements and submitting memorandum when the statement taking ...
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Kenya Commission petitions Uhuru over TSC
Commission on Administrative Justice has petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to move swiftly and avert a looming crisis at the Teacher's Service Commission ...
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Nigeria In Olive Branch To Boko Haram Frees Their Women Obama Skips Kenya On Africa Trip Museveni At Center Of Media Crisis African Union Locks Out Activist Groups
By Global Information Network (GIN) May 21 (GIN) – Fulfilling a demand by the insurgent Boko Haram rebel organization, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to release from jail some suspects and all women "held in connection with terrorist activity." The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, according to the defense ministry. Talk of an ...
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South Africa President Jacob Zuma implicated in Gupta wedding scandal
Johannesburg: A South African government report released on Wednesday implicated President Jacob Zuma in a scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a military base without proper permission.The presidency and Zuma's ruling African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding.But a ...
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Kenya Duale defends Rutos Sh18.5m trip in Chamber
Duale said the money paid only catered for travel expenses for the President and 14 delegates including four MPs from the Senate and the National Assembly noting that they were guests of the countries they had ...
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Opinion Obama is wise to skip Kenya in his Africa visit
Africa in June (of course in his luxury jet fuelled by US taxpayers). Instead, he will be visiting our neighbour Tanzania--never mind he has no blood brothers there. Phew, what a brother! But weep not Kenyans. Blame not Obama as choices have consequences. Who would want to visit ...
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Africa Competes by the Palme dOr in Cannes
Paris, May 22 (Prensa Latina) African cinematography enters today in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Festival through the filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun from the Republic of Chad, who projects his film "Grigris", in the French resort. Haroun tells the struggle of a young man for become reality his dream of being a dancer of a shows company, despite suffering from ...
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Libyan guns may be killing Central Africas elephants
TRIPOLI: Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations ...
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Striking Kenyan truckers block east Africas main trade route
Mombasa (Reuters) - Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to choke the main trade artery to east Africa unless officials reverted to the old way of weighing ...
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Venezuelas ties with Africa
At the third Summit Africa - South America (ASA)held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 63 countries participated, including Venezuela, which was represented by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Elas Jaua. He read a letter written by President Hugo Chvez to the ASA members in Malaba. The Venezuelan President highlighted the ties between both ...
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Polio cases found in Kenya and Somalia officials say
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia.WHO said Wednesday that a 4-year-old girl near the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and two of her contacts tested positive for polio, the first confirmed cases in Kenya since July 2011. A case in Somalia was confirmed earlier this month.In ...
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Fitch Sub-Saharan Africa Has Gradual Upgrade Potential
Wed May 22, 2013 2:17pm EDT Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Sub-Saharan African Sovereigns: Higher Ratings Depend on Continued ReformsLONDON, May 22 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that targeted reforms and policy initiatives could see Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) sub-investment grade ratings gradually upgraded, despite per capita income falling well short of ...
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Chinese vice premier calls for stability in Zimbabwe
HARARE (AFP) - Chinese vice premier Wang Yang on Wednesday urged Zimbabwe to ensure peace and political stability ahead of elections this year, to safeguard economic growth."A peaceful and stable political environment is the prerequisite for economic development," Wang told journalists after meeting Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare during a business visit to ...
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Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives
FILE -In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Congolese government troops patrol near Minova in eastern Congo. Fighting between M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday, May 21, 2013, near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. Peace talks reached a dead end in recent weeks, ...
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UN Secretary General Visits Africas Great Lakes Region
Kinshasa, May 22 (Presa Latina) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began a 48-hour visit today to ...
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Africa Outlines Strategy to Eradicate Hunger in 50 Years
Addis Ababa, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Africa must transform its agricultural sector through a combination of traditional and advanced methods if it is serious about eliminating hunger on the continent by 2063, an expert on the subject pointed out today. The alert was issued by the African Union (AU) commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Rhoda Tumusiime, as a guideline for the discussion ...
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Kenya - Kenyan courts interpretation of citizens limits access to information
ARTICLE 19 welcomes a High Court decision that citizens have the right to access the information held by public and state owned corporations, but is highly concerned by the court's continued narrow interpretation of "citizens" that would prevent NGOs, media organisations, and informal associations from making requests."This ruling is important for its recognition of ...
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Congo-Kinshasa UN Force Must Speedily Deploy in Eastern DR Congo - Ban
Maputo - The deployment of a rapid UN intervention force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be speeded up in view of this week's fresh unrest, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. "Considering what has happened I think we must expedite the deployment so they will be fully responsible as soon as possible," said Ban during a visit to Mozambique. Rebels from the M23 ...
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Kenya Dairy Sacco Eyes More Milk Markets
Githunguri Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society, makers of Fresha milk, has laid out plans to cater for the high production of milk. Speaking during an annual general meeting held in Githunguri Stadium at the weekend, chairman Charles Mukora said they are currently producing 200,000 litres of milk per day. He said the society has expanded its horizons to Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisumu, Garissa where ...
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Kenya ERC Rules Out Closure of Mombasa Oil Refinery
THE Energy Regulatory Commission has ruled possibilities of closing down the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited plant in Changamwe, Mombasa arguing that its role remains key in the petroleum sector. Speaking yesterday during a petrol regulatory awareness workshop in Mombasa, ERC director for petroleum Linus Gitonga termed any push to have the refinery closed as 'impossible'. "This ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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