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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Opinion Kenyans hope Truth report does not end up in another shelf

    Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission usually invites one or two obvious responses. One is that the President receives it and immediately defuses its sting by pledging to study and adopt the findings; Two, is to manufacture some sort of crisis and fly away with public interest and ...

  • Pregnant Cheruiyot out of world championships

    NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's double world 5,000m and 10,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot is expecting her first child and will not be defending her titles in Moscow this summer, the runner said Wednesday."I am very happy to announce that I will take some time off from athletics this year as I am pregnant with my first child. I have been running for many years, and at 29, feel that now is the ...

  • Boom Town Baby African stock markets see big gains Ghana Kenya Nigeria up big

    NAIROBI, Kenya - The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu -- East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer -- cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY." Several African stock ...

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Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari) [DVD]

In Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari), the titular blind masseur/swordsman, one of the most famous recurring characters in all of Japanese cinema, once again finds himself caught in a series of battles not of his own making. Although essentially peaceful, Zatoichi tends to find himself constantly enmeshed in violence--trouble follows him everywhere ... ...

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  • Kenyan president accused of backing post-election violence that killed 1000

    Kenya 's president has received a long-awaited report that names him and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing the country's 2007-08 post-election violence, in which more than 1,000 people died.Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto already face trial at ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Kenya Gunmen kill two in Garissa escape on foot

    Shifta Camp near the local library by gunmen who escaped on foot at about 6.20 pm. Police said the attackers must have mistaken the two to be security agents before shooting them in the head at close range. "The place is usually frequented by security agents and we suspect they thought the victims were police or government officials. They have escaped," said North Eastern police boss ...

  • 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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