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  • Kenya Guard killed in Kenya Red Cross robbery

    The guard was found dead at the humanitarian organisation's Pioneer Estate office, not far from where two students were killed a last month. Patrick Nyongesa, who serves as Assistant General Secretary of the KRC in charge of North and South Rift regions, said that the office had been robbed of Sh200,000 worth of goods. When contacted about the incident, local police ...

  • Kenya Student charged over Saitoti death Facebook post

    Stephen Muriuki Wainuku appeared before Nairobi Chief Magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie and denied committing the offence. He was charged that on May 12, he posted the message ...

  • Kenya One call that netted wanted Githurai terrorist

    A single call Otuko made to his friend in Oyugis Town arouse police to start tracking him after he went underground for almost two years. Otuko, a recent Kenyan Muslim convert, is said to be hailing from Migori County. His body lying at the City Mortuary is yet to be claimed by any relative. Officials aware of the operations that led to his killing said Otuko called a friend who also happens to ...

  • Magazines How Merali made Sh1.6b in one hour

    Nairobi,Kenya: Naushad Merali, an Asian-Kenyan tycoon, knows how to profit from deals. Since the days of KenCell, Airtel and now Kenya Data Networks and SwiftGlobal, Merali has been able to get his timing right and make ...

  • Kenyans New FM Sworn In

    NAIROBI, May 21 (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) -- Amina Mohamed has been sworn in as Kenya's new Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Foreign Affairs, four days after her colleagues took their oaths of office. Mohamed was away in New York winding up her duties at the United Nations when her 15 colleagues were sworn in last week. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted by the Secretary to the Cabinet, ...

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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]

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  • Kenyas CFC Stanbics pretax profit soars in first quarter

    shillings . Banks in east Africa's biggest economy have reported higher earnings for the first three months of this year, buoyed by the growth of lending on the back of ...

  • Safaricom Seeks Bright Ideas for Mobile APPs

    Nairobi - Kenya's largest telecommunications company is sponsoring another competition that aims to harness youths' technological innovation and help them develop their ideas into working -- and potentially moneymaking -- mobile phone applications. Following up on the success and missteps of the Safaricom AppStar Challenge last year, this year's AppWiz Incubation Challenge ...

  • Nairobi Conference On Investment in Somalia to Start Mid-June

    A conference to address oil and gas prospecting, investment, security, and infrastructure in Somalia will take place in Nairobi on June 17th, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Sunday (May 19th). Intergovernmental Authority on Development Executive Secretary Mahboub Maalim will open the conference, which will precede the East African Petroleum Conference slated for June 18th-20th. The ...

  • Public Gives Input On Devolved Funds to Senate

    Nairobi - A public session to discuss the Division of Revenue Bill 2013 on Monday saw the Senate being urged to simplify the proposed law. Those invited to give their views before the Senate Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs said some clauses in the Bill are too complex. The session at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) was led by Mandera Senator Billow ...

  • Gunmen Kill Two Injure Four in Mandera County

    Gunmen killed two people and injured four others in separate attacks on two villages in Banisa Constituency of Mandera County Sunday (May 19th), Kenya's The Standard reported. Banisa ward county representative Yakub Hassan said an elderly woman was killed and three others injured in Urille village. "Armed people estimated by the victims to be more than 15 descended on the village and ...

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