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  • Kenya Uhuru addresses 11th National prayer gathering

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I am indeed very delighted to join other Kenyans in praying for our country. Let me begin by thanking God for bringing us here this morning to pray together, at my first national prayer breakfast as President. It is said that prayer is to the soul what food is to the body. This is indeed true. On a personal level, I am convinced that there is nothing more valuable than ...

  • Lifestyle Govt agrees to hike striking nurses pay

    Nairobi-Kenya : The Government Thursday bowed to pressure from industrial action taken by nurses and unionisable staff which largely paralysed services at ...

  • Kenya Suspected thugs kill Chinese national

    Nairobi and police are grappling on how they can handle them. Elsewhere, three motorists were separately robbed of their motor vehicles in attacks in The first incident happened in Kasarani area, the second one in Starehe and the other one in Kilimani area. Police say they are yet to recover the stolen vehicles and that the gunmen escaped with them in the separate attacks. And a suspected thug ...

  • Kenya Nominee renounces claim of revoking railway agreement

    Nduva Muli has moved to clarify that he will review an agreement that handed over Uganda and Kenya Railways to a South African company if appointed Principal ...

  • Kenya Policemen attacked by robbers in Molo

    The officers from Ndoinet AP post in Kuresoi District had gone to arrest a man suspected of stealing a solar panel when they were attacked with a panga. The officers who were unarmed were rescued from the wrath of the 31 year old suspect by Kenya Forest Service rangers manning the nearby Ndoinet Forest. "The officers were surprised when the suspect emerged from his house with a panga and ...

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

As a Southern-fried tale of teary mother-daughter redemption, Callie Khouri's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood strikes a few resounding notes of truth. Unfortunately, those notes of truth, however moving, are otherwise submerged in a generally hackneyed comedic melodrama full of eccentric caricatures and forced plot devices that make you want to roll your eyes. ...

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  • Lifestyle KNH staff urged to call off strike

    allowances . They argued that the treasury had not released the funds. In a press release, Macharia that the Government will ensure full implementation of the Comprehensive Bargaining Agreement (CBA) from July 2013 "The National Treasury will provide resources to ensure full implementation of the CBA beginning July 2013," said Macharia. "I am therefore urging the union officials ...

  • Kenyan Olympics 800m Champion David Rudisha Out Of National Championships With Knee Injury

    NAIROBI, June 20 (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) -- Kenya's Olympic 800 metres champion and world record holder David Rudisha has pulled out of the national athletics championships to be held this weekend at the Moi International Sports Centre here because he is nursing a knee injury he sustained three weeks ago. His last competitive action was in the New York leg of the Diamond League Series where he ...

  • Wife Confesses to Hiring Hitmen to Kill Husband

    A woman has admitted that she hired hitmen from the police flying squad to kill her husband in Zimmerman. Faith Wairimu Maina told senior principal magistrate Peter Ndwiga that she conspired to murder her husband John Muthee Guama. Prosecutor D Thuku said Maina and Guama have been married for 16 and have two children. Thuku said the two have been having domestic fights and on Monday Maina asked ...

  • Governors to Have Diplomatic Passports

    Should governors have diplomatic passports and special number plates for their official vehicles? President Kenyatta says these are some of the steps being taken to facilitate governors in discharging their responsibilities. His deputy William Ruto says the national government is keen on working together with them to help in building the capacity of county ...

  • Kenya Cotu Denies Misusing Donor Funds

    The Central Organisation of Trade Unions has dismissed reports that its secretary general Francis Atwoli diverted donor funds to politics in the run-up to the March 4 general election. While admitting there were attempts to defraud the organisation out of undisclosed amounts of money, Cotu chairman Rajabu Mwondi exonerated Atwoli from blame. Mwondi said two former employees fraudulently opened ...

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