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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 ...

  • Kenya Airways Starts Marketing $2 Billion Loan With Afreximbank

    Africa 's fifth-biggest carrier, started marketing a $2 billion loan that will be used to expand its fleet. The debt will fund the purchase of ...

  • Kenya’s tourist arrivals drop in first 2 months

    The number of tourists coming into Kenya in the first two months of this year dropped significantly as the country readied for polls, new data ...

  • Kenyas mental hospital drugs confines patients

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male ...

  • Politicizing the ICC Process Will Not Let ICC Suspects Off the Hook

    At the World Economic Forum two weeks ago, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that Kenya will meet its obligations under the Rome Statute even as he seeks to clear his name at the ICC. But a recent not-so-confidential letter to the UN Security Council suggests otherwise. On May 2, Kenya's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Macharia Kamau, submitted a formal ...

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End of Watch

David Ayers End of Watch is a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics. Ayer, who grew up in South Central and is best known as the screenwriter of The Fast and the Furious (2001) ... ...

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  • Nairobi’s traditional family portrait goes al fresco

    The battered toolbox, its lid wide open, looks like a yawning hippo. I stop to look at the unattended box, which is placed next to a walkway leading to Uhuru Park's central lake. The gaping mouth offers a display of 10 neatly laid out photographs. Two young men seated on a red pedal boat smile at me from one of the photographs. I can hear the distinctive slapping sound of the boat -- or ...

  • Three Reps Demand Sh5 Million Bribe From Nandi Nominees

    Members of the Nandi county assembly have demanded Sh5 million as a token from the 10 nominees appointed by governor Cleophas Lagat. The demand states that each nominee will contribute Sh500,000 before their names are approved at the county assembly. The executive nominees said three members of the Nandi county assembly approached them and made the Sh5 million demand to approve the list. The ...

  • MPs Extend Their Sessions to Debate Their Pay

    Will MPs get the higher pay they are seeking? The legislators have decided to extend their session in parliament to discuss the delegated legislation committee's report that declares SRC's move to have their pay reduced as unconstitutional. The committee wants the commission's gazette notice on the new pay structure ...

  • Intersex Child Five Sues State for Birth Certificate

    A five-year-old intersex child has sued the state seeking legal recognition and protection. The child, referred to as Baby A, wants an order declaring that all surgery on intersex infants be undertaken only after court's approval. This is meant to ensure that child's best interest is taken into consideration. Also sought is an order directing the government to collate data or ...

  • Kabogo to Unveil His Kiambu Cabinet Today

    Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo is expected to announce his cabinet today. He is expected to name the cabinet of 10 after a long wait which has provoked anxiety in the county. "To my surprise, I have been in the interviews and am encouraged by the women that are being interviewed, the candidates are quite good. Women are above men in qualifications and the problem is now balancing ...

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