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  • South Sudans President Says Never to ICC

    JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never acceptrdquo; the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to South Sudan since ...

  • Opinion Which way for the civil society in todays Kenya

    As such, civil society organisations have always had an anti-government streak, with an inherent predisposition "to speak truth to power." This was a strategy that worked well in fighting a widely unpopular government. But Kenya has changed. And in order for civil society organisations to remain relevant in the eyes of the public, they too must change. Recent political events have left ...

  • Lifestyle New technology could end Kenyas historic land woes

    Kilifi resident Pietro Cannabio knows too well the pain of owning land without having any access to it. He owns a seven-acre piece of land in Kilifi - plot L.R. No 17835 - that has since been transferred to another person who subdivided and sold ...

  • Kenya Africa supports President Uhuru on Hague

    NAIROBI, KENYA: African Union leaders will today rally behind Kenya's push to stop two cases at the International Criminal Court, just a day after Western nations opposed ...

  • Politics Huge pay day for MPs ahead in plot to send Serem home

    They intend to debate and pass a Motion next week declaring four Kenya Gazette notices published in February "unconstitutional" and "null and void". This will reverse changes limiting MPs' basic salary to Sh532,500 and allow the use of the contentious National Assembly Remuneration Act in setting their pay. Sources at the National Assembly say the MPs' first salary ...

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Poseidon

Poseidon

The disaster genre, specifically as formulated and perfected by producer/director Irwin Allen in the early 1970s, has to be one of the most masochistic of film genres. After all, its primary goal is to get the audience to sympathize with a group of ordinary people trying to survive extraordina ... ...

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  • Politics Looming storm as Sakaja is given days to exit TNA top seat

    Johnson Sakaja has been given an ultimatum to resign by June 9 or face "forceful eviction", we have established. This follows a stormy meeting of the party's National Oversight Board (NOB) held on Monday that gave Mr Sakaja 21 days within which to voluntarily relinquish the post. The meeting, which was held at the UK Centre, begun at 3pm on Monday and ran five hours. The board ...

  • Politics CIC to clear the air on House supremacy battle

    National Assembly is supreme, being the supreme legislative organ, senators insist that a quick check across the world shows that the Senate is always the Upper House of Parliament and "superior to ...

  • Kenya Kimenyes book that mocks certain societal behaviour

    Barbara Kimenye also addresses this trap of glamour and easy riches that often mesmerise the youth. While she is best known for her Moses series, Kimenye has two young adults book Pretty Boy Beware and Beauty Queen. Incidentally, both are Kimenye's last books, first published in 1997 by EAEP (and reprinted 2010). Pretty Boy Beware revolves around Mathew -- the pretty boy. The slum in which ...

  • Kenya Family demands return of terror suspect detained in Uganda

    NAIROBI, KENYA : Watching news clips of the shooting of terror suspect Felix Nyangaga Otuko and his expectant wife earlier this week, Ms Zainab Suleiman had every reason to be ...

  • Kenya Anti-graft agency says Kimemia not fit for public office

    EACC ) has written to the parliamentary vetting committee, informing the members that Kimemia is under investigation allegedly over questionable activities that could disqualify him from serving in any public or State office. Eight other individuals out of the 66 who have been shortlisted for the position of Principal Secretary are also under investigation by the anti-corruption agency. ...

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