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  • Kenya Police vetting to start in June

    officers know that this is a procedural exercise and it is not meant to punish or victimize anyone of them. It will be used to realise talent and other issues within the service and so be ready," he said. He said Inspector General of David Kimaiyo, his two deputies Samuel Arachi and Grace Kaindi and CID's Ndegwa Muhoro have been excluded from the exercise because they had been vetted ...

  • World Uganda police shut down Monitor Publications

    Police in Uganda have shut down The Monitor and its two radio stations; KFM and DembeFM in their attempt to carry out a search in the Publication's offices over alleged ...

  • Bishops in Rift Valley Want ICC Cases Terminated

    A section of Bishops in Rift Valley have supported suggestions to have the UNited Nations Security Council terminate ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. The clergymen led by Bishop Geoffrey Songok of the Reformed Church said the ICC cases were based on propaganda and should should not be used to disrupt government operations.Songok said the cases were also an ...

  • The Day Pigs Occupied Kenyas Parliament

    Kenya is like no other country in the world.Everything that happens in this country is uniquely Kenyan. What we do cannot be replicated anywhere else. It is only in Kenya where Parliament passes laws and disowns them a few months later. At best the law makers make laws for other Kenyans as long as such laws do not affect their lives. It is only in Kenya where the constitution sets up a ...

  • Kenyan Bourse to Start Online Stocks Trading by Fourth Quarter

    The Nairobi Securities Exchange, the world's third-best performing equities market this year, will begin online trading in the fourth quarter as it tries to enable more people to have access to the bourse. "The design work for online trading is complete" Donald Ouma, head of market and product development, said today in response to e-mailed questions. "Setup and testing ...

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Ordinary People [DVD]

Ordinary People [DVD]

Robert Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, is a solemn, studied portrait of a well-to-do American family coming apart from the inside after the tragic death of a son. Based the popular 1976 novel by Judith Guest, its central idea is that all families have inner crises that remain unspoken until something forces them out into the open, which is the true test of the family's streng ... ...

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  • Kenya Uhuru Wants ICC Trial Moved to January 2014

    President Uhuru Kenyatta now wants his case on alleged crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court to start in January next year. Through his lawyers, the president told the ICC judges, on Wednesday, that due to continued slow pace of disclosure, they have not been able to complete investigations on prosecution witnesses. "The Defence requires time to investigate the ...

  • Kenyan pupils find teachers in laptops

    Gladys Lokilamak is always cheery in the afternoons. This is the time that she and her colleagues at the remote Asilong Primary School in north-western Kenya normally find fun in education - through ...

  • Opinion Agriculture key to Kenyan prosperity

    Felix Kosgei , Kenya's newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, has already shared some ambitious plans for the ...

  • Politics House committees leaders elected

    TNA ) trounced Karachuonyo MP James Rege by 19 to 4 votes to become vice chairman. Former Standard journalist Ayub Savula (UDF) was elected chairman of the Agriculture Committee unopposed. Savula, the Lugari MP, will be deputized by Maara MP Kareke Mbiuki ...

  • Kenya Jubilee Takes Charge of 2 Committees

    THE Jubilee Coalition has taken charge of two departmental committees in the National Assembly. Just a day after the House approved membership of 24 out of the 28 committees, members of four departmental committees were called upon to elect their chairpersons yesterday. The four were the committees on Budget and Appropriations, Delegated Legislation, Administration and National Security and ...

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