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  • UAE leaders hold talks with foreign officials

    Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have met senior officials of the US, the Czech Republic and Kenya and held talks on enhancing ties. Lt. Gen. Obaid Mohammed Al Ka'abi, undersecretary of the UAE ministry of defence, met US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics amp; Material Readiness) Alan F. Estevez. Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi met visiting First Deputy ...

  • Kenya Uhuru to attend AU summit in Ethiopia

    Sudan counterpart President Salva Kiir. The AU summit coincides with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the OAU-AU. During the AU Jubilee celebrations, member states will take stock of the past fifty years, acknowledge the contribution of the founding fathers of OAU towards ...

  • Kenya William Oduol cornered 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 ...

  • Tunai to Testify in Poll Case

    NAROK governor Samuel Kuntai Tunai will testify in an election petition filed against him . Parties in the petition agreed on ten contested issues to be determined by court during a pre-trial conference before Judge Roselyne Wendoh where each party also revealed its list of witnesses. Tunai's deputy Aruasa Evelyne will also testify in the matter while one of the petitioners Joseph ...

  • Presiding Judge Quits Ruto Trial At the Hague

    A new judge will now preside in the case against Deputy President William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua Sang after Judge Kuniko Ozaki asked to be excused. Ozaki will continue to be the presiding judge in the second case against President Uhuru Kenyatta. The two Kenyan cases have been handled by the same judges since their charges were confirmed in January 2012. Yesterday, the ICC presidency said ...

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The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

When I say that The Pursuit of Happyness is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, I mean it in the best sense--sturdy, warm, and rewarding. It doesnt do anything new or fancy or innovative, but it is solid and reassuring, and what it does it does extremely ... ...

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  • Kenya One More Killed in Mandera Clan War

    One more person was killed and another injured yesterday after armed militia attacked at Guba Village in Banisa constituency, Mandera county. Guba Village is about 15km from Banisa district headquarters. The attack has pushed the death toll to three and the injured to five after the renewed hostilities between the Degodia and Gareh clans began on Sunday, the local provincial administration has ...

  • Kenya Kalonzo British Soldiers Among TJRC Indictees

    Nairobi - Details of how former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and others evicted 2,000 Tharaka families from a huge parcel of land at Tholoni and awarded it to themselves before putting up the Mwingi cottages and disturbing details of how British soldiers raped and sodomised 30 Kenyan women are among the damning historical injustices captured in a voluminous report released by the Truth, ...

  • Optimism Amid Odds for Deaf Blind Four-Year Old Girl

    Nairobi - Grace's dad, like many other fathers out there, is trying to break the thumb sucking habit his four year old daughter. Unlike the majority of fathers however, when he receives Grace's report form at the end of the school term, he doesn't learn how well she did in Kiswahili or English or Math. He gets appraised on her vision, hearing, communication skills, self-help ...

  • Ntimama Daughter Says Down but Not Out

    Nairobi - Both father and daughter contested in the March 4 General Election and both father and daughter lost but in spite of the loss, the daughter still wants to walk in her father's footsteps. Lydia Masikonte ole Ntimama stood for the Narok Women's Representative seat and lost while her father, William ole Ntimama, unsuccessfully sought to defend his position as the Narok North ...

  • Swiss Tourists Bond of Sh1 Million Upheld

    THE High Court in Mombasa yesterday rejected an application by the state to cancel a Sh1 million bond for a Swiss national facing prostitution charges. Justice Martin Muya gave Christopher Clement Weissenrieder two sureties instead of the one surety handed by a magistrate's court. Muya also directed Weissenrieder to deposit his passport with the director of CID. On Friday assistant DPP ...

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