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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 ...

  • Politics House team wants Salary notice nullified

    salary structure and hence the notice is "null and void." Baringo North MP William Cheptumo tabled the report last evening. The committee only sat this week after the election of Cheptumo as chairperson and his deputy. Meanwhile, Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo is seeking a report from the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Biometric Voter Registration kits which failed to function in ...

  • Kenya AGOA’S unexploited opportunities

    http://www.africanpress.me/ A facilitator addressing the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in Kisumu this morning. (photo by Alal) This is the irony of people laying emphasis on value addition as the sure way to lift the business fraternity in Kenya ...

  • Kenya South Sudan and Uganda Pipeline poker

    IN MARCH last year the heads of state of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan met among mangroves in Lamu, a Kenyan town on the Indian Ocean, to launch the construction of a port and oil pipeline together costing $16 billion that would serve all their countries and vastly enrich them. Taxpayers were billed $350,000 for the celebratory meal, according to local officials, though it actually cost only ...

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Melancholia

Melancholia

Lars von Triers Melancholia is being praised by many as a genuine late-season masterwork, but it strikes me as little more than an overlong, self-indulgent mishmash of gorgeous imagery and nihilistic overload. Von Trier has forged the majority of his career wallowing in darkness a ... ...

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  • Kenyan police clear truckers blocking east Africas main trade route

    MOMBASA (Reuters) - Kenyan police cleared the only highway from the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Thursday, two days after striking truck drivers blocked it and threatened to choke the main trade artery in east ...

  • Kenya Nurses and midwives trained on safe abortion methods to curb high mortality rate

    Executive Director of KMET the training is to enhance the capacity of health providers to offer quality abortion related services within the confines of the law in Kenya. Monica said health providers need to understand provision of Comprehensive Abortion Care services such as the use ...

  • Kenya - Witnesses describe police killings of protesters bystanders in Kenya

    The Kenyan authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute those responsible for shootings by the police in Kisumu on March 30, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Five people died and at least twenty-four were injured.The shootings occurred in the wake of demonstrations against the Kenyan Supreme Court ruling on March 30 upholding President Uhuru Kenyatta's election victory on March ...

  • Kenya Interior and Coordination nominee ready to deliver

    . The nominee said he was informed by his staff at 1PM that he had been nominated to the most powerful position. He said he will issue a comprehensive statement once he is cleared by Parliament and sworn into office. A shy looking Ole Lenku's mobile phone kept ringing as he offered interview with the callers offering their congratulations. Mr Ole Lenku is a career hotelier, having served ...

  • Politics MP claims he was misquoted on resigning over pay slash

    MP s are not given a salary increment. The legislator said that he will remain in office for five years until the end of the current Parliament's term. "I took oath of office and swore to it. I will continue to serve in the same capacity until the next election and beyond," he added. He claimed that the said issues had brought a lot of anxiety to his family, friends and his ...

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