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  • 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 ...

  • Kenya Bureaucracy Delays Small Firms Listing

    Long approval processes at the Nairobi Securities Exchange are delaying the listing of small firms at the bourse despite the existence of the Growth Enterprise Market Segment (Gems). The segment which was regularised in January this year, is yet to list any firm owing to various levels of approvals. The first firms are expected in about four months. This is despite the fact that the segement ...

  • Nigeria and Kenya to Collaborate Against Terrorism

    President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has told Kenya's Deputy President and Special Envoy of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Mr. William Ruto, that Nigeria was concerned about the activities of terrorists in Somalia and other places in Africa, and the attendant negative effects on peace and development in the continent. ‘I have just declared a state of emergency in three states in our country, ...

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Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Because "The Exorcist" made $165 million at the box office and became a world-wide phenomenon in 1973, it was only a matter of time before the executives at Warner Brothers got together a crew to churn out a sequel. As one would expect, the sequel to one of the most influential horror films of all time could not possibly compete with its predecessor. Instead, director John Boorman ("Deliverance") ... ...

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  • Nyanza Top in Drug Abuse Nacada Says

    THE National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has raised an alarm over increasing rate of bhang abuse in Nyanza. Nacada Nyanza regional manager Esther Okenye said the region is second in bhang smoking in Kenya. Okenye was speaking during Kisumu county choir competition on alcohol and drug abuse held at Social hall and attended by more than 200 youth. She said alcohol and ...

  • DOs Chiefs Told to Stop Land Deals

    Lamu Governor Issa Timamy has ordered provincial administrators to stop illegal allocations of government land saying they will be prosecuted. He accused some district officers, chiefs and their assistance of being behind shoddy deals of brokering land to individuals at the expense of the locals. Timamy said all government lands in the county were now under his government as stipulated by the ...

  • Monson Appeals to Uhuru On Sons Death

    THE case over the controversial death of a British aristocrat who died in police cells took a new twist after his father wrote to President Uhuru Kenyatta demanding that those responsible for his death be brought to book. In the letter dated May 11, Lord Nicholas Monson said there has been no serious official attempt to get to the bottom of what happened to his son, Alexander Monson on May 19 ...

  • Kenya Bomet County Reps Reject Budget

    County representatives in Bomet have refused to approve the county supplementary budget for a second time over a stalemate on the county assembly allocation. The representatives on Thursday forced the Committee on budget and appropriation to withdraw a motion to debate and approve the budget saying their earlier calls to have the budget amended have not been factored. They said the budgetary ...

  • One in 7 Kenyans receive money from abroad

    A new survey reveals that over 14 percent of Kenyans receive substantial money transfers from abroad each year. For Africa as a whole, remittances currently reach up to US$ 30 billion ...

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