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Kenya Transfers sackings hit Mombasa court hard
Mombasa, Kenya: High Courtservices in Mombasa are steadily grinding to a halt because of a range of factors including transfer and sacking of ...
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Kenya Case backlog likely as courts hear poll petitions
election petitions filed in the High Court across the country is already being felt, with dozens of other cases being put aside to enable judges deal with the ...
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Kenya Revenue Bill enters second stage in Senate
Debate on the proposed law, which gives direction on how national revenue is to be divided between the national and county governments, will be the major task of ...
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Kenya Uhuru tells criminals to surrender
President Uhuru addresses the public after attending Mass at Our Lady of Consolata Catholic Cathedral Church in Nyeri town on Sunday. [Photo: Mose ...
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Kenya One year later killers of British heir roam free
Alexander Monson , who was heir to Monson baronetcy and an only son of his father Baron Nicholas Monson, was arrested on May 18 last year and died a day later from injuries his family believes were inflicted by police or fellow cell-mates at Diani Police Station. According to the deceased's mother Hillary Martin, Alexander, who lived with his father following a divorce, was in the process ...
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Kenya Githurai Kimbo Estate where crime is routine
Githurai Kimbo is an upcoming estate that is about 20km from Nairobi's central business district. Lack of sewerage system and piped water suggest an estate that is being constructed without proper planning and management. Roads in the area are poor and dusty, which makes policing difficult. Hardly a day passes before police report incidents of murder and robbery in the ...
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Proflight Zambia flies orphaned hippo to safety
Proflight Zambia welcomed an unusual passenger on board its aircraft last week in the form of Douglina, a 120 kg hippo calf. The four-month-old orphan, at 1.2 meters long, was flown by the airline in a specially-made crate from the Lower Zambezi to her new home in South Luangwa National Park. The animal was rescued by a team from wildlife charity Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ), who had ...
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CNN’s Inside Africa ventures to Seychelles this week
This week on CNN's Inside Africa they're venturing off the coast of Kenya and heading to smallest nation in Africa - the Seychelles. This once uninhabited island chain is much more than a tourist destination. It's home to rare and exotic plants and animals like the coco-de-mer and the black parrot. Join Inside Africa as the show delves into Seychellois food, music, and art - all ...
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Kenya How terror suspect battled to his death
Elgiva Bwire Oliacha , who was arrested in Kayole, were allegedly responsible for the killing of 11 people at Machakos Country bus station. They were also responsible for other deadly blasts which claimed several lives at OTC stage and Mwaura's bar also in 2011 and other explosions in the city. The elusive suspect had managed to evade the massive police hunt for about three years since ...
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Kenya Mauritius-based hospital seeks to hire Kenyan nurses
Mauritius , situated in the central plateau of the island is seeking dynamic and talented Kenyan healthcare nursing professionals to join its multicultural team. The hospital said the recruitment exercise which goes on until Friday 24, would help it grow and to pursue its vision to become the World's leading healthcare institution. Among the professionals required includes Paediatric Nurse, ...
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Kenya Cheaper power as geothermal plant nears completion
Nairobi,Kenya :The plant is expected to generate the first 70MW of power by end of this year at Sh5.80 per unit compared to the current price of ...
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Zimbabwes PM says his party will end years of police and military abuse
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties. Tsvangirai said if his party comes to power it will manage the police and military so that Zimbabweans ...
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Exclusive South Africas NUM seeks 15-60 percent wage rises from gold coal producers
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate. Africa's biggest economy is hoping to avoid the 2012 wildcat strike action at platinum and gold ...
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Da Silva wins Zambia Open
Adilson da Silva clinched a one-stroke victory at the Zambia Sugar Open on Sunday after battling his way around Lusaka Golf Club in 73. Photo by Luke ...
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DR Congo to build worlds largest dam
WORK on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after talks between DR Congo and international ...
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Britains Obama urges stronger economic ties with West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana - A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies. During a trade mission to West Africa last week that included a stop in his father's home country Nigeria, Umunna, a member of the British Parliament, ...
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Zambia Road Traffic Accidents - Drivers Share Blame
MUCH as road traffic accidents are bound to happen 'accidentally', the calibre of many drivers wheeling vehicles on Zambian roads can be questioned, with three accusing fingers return at them. Belsam Driving School and Transport Consultancy Ndola branch manager Jeffrey Samuhandu said if statistics showed that 90 per cent of road traffic accidents were caused by human error, then the ...
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Kenya MPs urged not focus on salary increment at the expense of service delivery
"We all made pledges to the people of Kenya and we should work together irrespective of party affiliation to deliver on those promises including growing our economy by double digits," the President ...
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S.Africa’s NUM seeks wage hikes
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Sunday it would seek pay hikes of up to 60 percent from the country's gold and coal producers in upcoming wage talks which are expected to be among the toughest ever.NUM said it was seeking an entry-level minimum monthly wage of 7,000 rand ($750) for surface workers and 8,000 rand for those underground in a submission to the ...
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Six dead in C.Africa attack military
Armed men raided several houses in a town in the northeastern Central African Republic, leaving six people dead, a military official told AFP Saturday. "The assailants arrived in several cars and fired shots as they entered the town, so residents fled," said the official of the attack in Bouca, 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of the capital Bangui, on Friday. "Then they headed ...
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South Africa Govt Issues the Gupta Wedding Investigation Report
South Africa: Press Statement of the JCPS Ministers On the Report of the Investigating Team Examining the Landing of a Chartered Commercial Aircraft At Air Force Base Waterkloof On 30 April ...
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Zimbabwe Bulawayos Water Woes Deepen
BULAWAYO residents have resorted to hoarding water to deal with the many days they go without supplies as the water situation in the city remains critical. The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) introduced water shedding last year, resulting in water supplies being cut off for 72 hours a week. The move however, is doing little to save water since residents are filling up many containers, whenever ...
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Namibia Inflation Slows Down to 61 Percent
ANNUAL inflation was estimated at 6,1 percent in April 2013, compared to 6,4 percent recorded during the same period last year, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said yesterday. The monthly inflation rate for April stood at 0,2 percent, compared to the March figure of 0,4 percent, a difference of 0,2 percentage points. The main driver of inflation for both March and April was housing, water, ...
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Zimbabwe Govt in Dilemma Over Illegal Chinese Mining Activities
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development says it is in a dilemma over how to deal with some Chinese nationals who are carrying out mining activities without licences and destroying the environment. Deputy mines minister, Gift Chimanikire said some Chinese nationals were illegally carrying out mining activities. He said the Chinese claimed they had been given the green light to do so by the ...
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Zimbabwe Tempers Flare in Mutare Over Diamond Looting
Mutare - Tempers flared at a mines and mineral policy workshop held in Mutare last week when participants expressed anger at the alleged looting of diamonds in Chiadzwa. Participants at the workshop who included Zanu PF youth groups and war veterans said the former ruling party would lose elections unless President Robert Mugabe intervened to stop the looting. Small-scale miners and ...
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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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