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  • Cheruiyot to miss World championships for pregnancy

    Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot will not be able to defend her 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres titles at this year's Moscow World championships as she is expecting her first child. The runner said in a statement Wednesday that she felt it was "the right time to start a family" at the age of 29, reports Xinhua. Cheruiyot plans to return for the 2014 season and compete in the 2015 World championships in ...

  • 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 Liberian President Sirleaf makes stop-over in Nairobi

    Nairobi and was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Ms. Ann Waiguru. Liberia's Honorory Consul in Kenya Mr. Kimani Benson Mathu was also in ...

  • Kenya Kenya cautioned over new Somalia crisis

    Jubaland and the Federal Government; which is reluctant to recognize an independent Juba state. The new conflict between the Somali Federal Government ...

  • Kenya Uhuru names last two Cabinet Secretaries

    Cabinet Secretaries earlier named are: Dr Fred Matiang'i (ICT), Henry Rotich (Treasury), Raychelle Omamo (Defense), Jacob Kaimenyi (Education), Davis Chirchir (Energy and Petroleum), Anne Waiguru (Devolution and Planning), Adan Mohamed (Industrialisation), Felix Kosgey (Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries), Judy Wakhungu (Environment, Water and Natural Resources) and Phyllis Kandie (East ...

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The Fifth Element

What an exhilarating, visual feast is Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element." And what a mess. Combining hokey science fiction, quasi-religious sentiments, and a garish French new wave fashion sensibility, "The Fifth Element" is a tumultuous cinematic experience to say the least. It veers from being passably interesting to insulting to exciting to downright stupid. Writer/director Besson ("La Femme Niki ... ...

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  • Kenya Terror suspects go missing

    In an affidavit sworn by Corporal James Kangogo of the ATPU police claimed that during the arrest, the suspects hurled a grenade at them with intent to harm the ...

  • Kenyans flock to vote on crucial referendum

    Kenyans came out in droves early Wednesday to vote in a referendum on a new constitution, part of the reform process aimed at avoiding a repeat of the violence that followed December 2007's ...

  • Kenya Cabinet Secretary meets Liberia President at Jomo Kenyatta Airport

    The President was received by Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. They held discussions at the Presidential Pavilion before the President and her entourage left the country for AddisAbaba the venue for the five-day AU meeting. The Liberia President was accompanied by Senior Officials in her Government including among others Hon. Lewis G. Brown, Liberian Information Minister ...

  • Kenya Kenya Turns to Mobile APP to Stop Motorbike Mayhem On the Roads

    Mobile phones, often cited as a major cause of road traffic accidents, are being used to try to stem Kenya's rising death toll from motorbike accidents. A campaign launched by the Kenyan NGO El-Friezo this month will trial an interactive phone app targeted at the growing number of motorbike users, particularly young men working as drivers of "borda-borda" taxis. The app has been ...

  • Business Kenya economy to grow by 6 percent in 2013

    economy is expected to grow by about 6 percent in 2013, up from a growth rate of 4.6 percent last year, driven by growth in sectors like agriculture, Devolution and Planning Cabinet ...

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