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  • Kenya President Uhuru promises action on Tana Delta killings

    Tana Delta and recommends prosecution of the perpetrators. The Judicial Commission appointed by the immediate former President Mwai Kibaki was mandated to investigate the ethnic violence that occurred ...

  • Kenyan farmers reap the benefits of technology

    John Mwangi stands in his wooden shed counting bags of maize neatly bundled in burlap. The 90kg bags sit on slats raised two feet off the earthen floor, protecting the maize from damp and rodents. A few hens scratch the earth, pecking at the grains that have fallen out. The 44-year-old farmer finishes counting at 149 and takes out his cellphone. He enters the number into a message and hits the ...

  • Kenya truth report shows assassinations land grabs corruption plagued its past governments

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report whose findings show that his father, the country's first president, presided over a government responsible for numerous human rights violations, including political assassinations and illegal allocation of land. The report released late Tuesday also finds that two ...

  • Police Patrols Intensified in Bungoma-Lusaka

    Security in Bungoma has improved following the deployment of additional police officers to deal with gangsters who killed six people and injured another 100 during attacks two weeks ago. Governor Ken Lusaka says security teams are patrolling all parts of the county and most suspects linked to the recent attacks had been ...

  • Six Mathari Patients Still At Large

    Six patients still remain at large of the 40 mental patients who escaped from the Mathari Mental Hospital in Nairobi on May 12. Police who have been looking for the patients say most of the patients had voluntarily returned while others were being brought back by their relatives and members of the public. Officials at the institution have said none of those who escaped are criminals or under ...

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The Master [Blu-Ray]

The Master [Blu-Ray]

There is no questionnone at all, in my mind at leastthat Paul Thomas Andersons The Master is a magnificently ambitious film. The first feature production to be shot in 65mm since Kenneth Branaghs Hamlet in 1996, it mixes exquisite period recreation of the post-World War II Eisenh ... ...

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  • Call for MP Governor Kabogo to Pay School Fee for Ruiru Orphans

    Ten children in Ruiru are missing classes for lack of school fees. The 10 live in 208 Ruiru Children Care Centre. They missed out on the the Education ministry funds released last month, which officials say has run out. The high school students have called on well-wishers to pay their fees. They are from Stunners boys, Ruiru girls and Githunguri Secondary School. Four of the students are KCSE ...

  • Taita Taveta Women Ignore County Jobs

    Taita Taveta deputy governor Mary Ndigha has urged women to apply for county jobs. "We have many qualified women but most of them are in the big towns," she said. Ndigha was addressing the press in Wundanyi after Governor John Mruttu unveiled his executive committee. However, Thomas Tole, Taita Taveta paralegal project coordinator said most women are shying away because the salaries ...

  • Ruto Demands Apology From NMG Over Hustler Airline Story

    The stage could be set for a confrontation between Deputy President William Ruto and the Nation Media Group over the private jet hired for Ruto's recent trip to four African countries. Ruto has demanded that the NMG retract their story in which the Daily Nation stated that the luxury jet hired for the trip cost Sh100 million. Ruto in his demand is also seeking an apology, and an admission ...

  • County to Pay for Drunk Teachers Rehabilitation

    Elgeyo Marakwet governor Alex Tolgos has said his government will fund the rehabilitation of primary and secondary school teachers addicted to alcohol. Tolgos said the move will save many teachers from losing their jobs. Tolgos said his government will take over the cost for rehabilitation at various centres before the teachers are terminated. "My government will take intervention measures ...

  • Kidero Suspends Five Drunk Workers

    Nairobi - Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has suspended five officials from the City Inspectorate Department for disorderly conduct and ordered a full audit of the unit. The officials were caught on camera allegedly extorting, battering and hurling insults at the public while under the influence of alcohol. "It is alleged that the officers were discharging their duties under the influence ...

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