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  • Kenya fine with Obama snub

    Kenya said Tuesday it was "fine" with US President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its leaders.Obama will leave on a first African tour in late June, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, where his father was born."America, just like ...

  • Tyranny of Numbers At Play Again in Parliament

    Nairobi - The Jubilee Coalition's numerical strength in the National Assembly was at play again, as the ruling alliance seized control of all 16 committees whose elections were conducted on Monday. CORD legislators were reduced to mere spectators as they lacked a strategy to beat their counterparts. Minority Leader Francis Nyenze said the coalition would have to play its role in the ...

  • Banks Seek Direction On Unclaimed Assets

    Nairobi - Local banks have called on the Unclaimed Assets Authority to move with speed and guide the institutions how to hand over the unclaimed assets they hold. Kenya Bankers Association CEO Habil Olaka says the authority should quickly form the management team that is supposed to directly oversee the process. After recently appointing Vincent Kimutai Kimosop as the board chairman, the ...

  • MP Wants Herders Out of Kora Park

    Security authorities in Tseikuru district of Kitui want all charcoal burners and herders flushed out of the Kora National Park and Mwingi North game reserve to forestal armed conflicts. The Tseikuru District Security Committee under deputy county commission Stephen Momanyi said the only way to find a lasting solution to clashes between the locals and herding communities was by making the ...

  • Award for Social Media

    A Coast lobby group has introduced an award to recognize responsible users of the social media. Human Rights Agenda has introduced the coast social media awards which shall be an annual event. Speaking at a Mombasa hotel during a luncheon to recognize this year's social media award winners on Thursday, Huria executive director Yusuf Lule pointed that irresponsible use of the social media ...

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Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires, Tre passi nel delirio) [DVD]

Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires, Tre passi nel delirio) [DVD]

"Every fiction should have a moral; and, what is more to the purpose, the critics have discovered that every fiction has." -- Edgar Allen Poe, "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" ...

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  • Amina Abdallah Sworn in

    President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto are expected to nominate the remaining two cabinet secretaries this week. Ambassador Amina Mohammed was yesterday sworn in as cabinet secretary of foreign affairs. She did not take part in the swearing in ceremony that took place last week as she was out of the ...

  • Bandits Attack Kalembe Ndiles Home

    The Independent Party Leaders Kalembe Ndile, narrowly escaped death this morning after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau Estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former Assistant Minister's house at 4am by Ndile's security men. Area OCPD Charles Kiriinya ...

  • DC Wants End to Child Labour

    Embu West acting district Daniel Obudo at the weekend ambushed parents who have been using their under aged children to work in the quarry at Karurina area. Obudo called the workers at the quarry into an impromptu public meeting and threatened them with prosecution if they don't stop using minors and further threatened to have the quarry closed if the practice continues. Obudo said any ...

  • Judiciary Cannot Work in Isolation - Judge

    Nairobi - High Court Judge David Majanja has urged civil society groups to help build confidence in the Judiciary after the landmark Supreme Court decision on the presidential petition filed by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Majanja says that the Judiciary cannot work in isolation as it represents the will of the people. Speaking during a forum by the Constitution and Reform Education ...

  • Investors to Pay 20 Per Cent Royalty to Counties - Senator

    A Senator wants all investors compelled to surrender 20 per cent of their turnover as royalties to the counties in which they operate. The motion is sponsored by nominated Senator Agnes Zani who gave notice of the motion on Thursday last week. Zani wants the department of Interior and Coordination of national government to ensure that investors who have won contracts to work in any of the 47 ...

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