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  • Kenya Bandits strike kill two in Mandera despite heavy security presence

    The attacks that renewed fears of inter-clan feuds in the county, sent hundreds of panic-stricken villagers fleeing from their homes for fear of more attacks. Banisa ward County representative Yakub Hassan said in the first incident, which occurred at Urille village in Lulis sub-location some three Kilometres from Banisa town, an elderly woman was killed and four others injured. He said those ...

  • Kenya Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary sworn in

    Abdalla was out of the country when other Secretaries were sworn in last week. to the and Head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia conducted the swearing in ceremony witnessed by ...

  • Kenya Uhuru Maintains No Salary Increase for MPs

    PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has today called upon the members of the national assembly who are pushing for the increment of their salaries to first deliver services. Kenyatta who was speaking at Nyeri Golf Club this evening when he started a three day visit in Nyeri county maintained that the MPs should deliver on the mandate they were given by Kenyans two months ago.He said their salaries will be ...

  • Uhuru Asks Kenyans to Shun Petty Differences

    Nairobi - President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyans to shun petty differences and unite in developing the country. Addressing residents in Nyeri County Kenyatta said that his government is working on uniting all Kenyans to build the nation and shun hatred. This comes as the insecurity in the country is increasing with an alarming rate in different parts of the country. "My government is ...

  • Kenya NSSF Discards Fingerprints System

    Nairobi - Social Security Provider National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has officially withdrawn the use of fingerprints based registration system following the integration of cutting edge information technology based systems. The obsolete manual fingerprints registration system synonymous with NSSF has now been retired in favour of modern registration systems with a capacity to save the fund ...

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Godzilla

More than forty years and some two-dozen movies after he first raised his huge reptilian head in the 1954 Japanese monster flick "Gojira," Godzilla is back, courtesy of the director / producer team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the sci-fi twosome that last blew theater speakers out with massive alien destruction in "Independence Day" (1996). Leaner, meaner, faster, and sleeker, this late 90' ... ...

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  • Terror - FG Kenya to Collaborate

    Nigeria and Kenya have resolved to collaborate in the fight against terrorism. President Goodluck Jonathan, who received Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Special Envoy of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Mr. William Ruto, at the State House in Abuja yesterday, said Nigeria was concerned about the activities of terrorists in Somalia and other places in Africa as well as their attendant negative effects ...

  • Kenyatta Urges Lawmakers to Be Patient On Salary Issue

    Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta urged lawmakers to put aside their demands for higher salaries for the time being and instead focus on the promises they made during their election campaigns. Kenyatta said he had faith in the parliamentarians elected in March and appealed to them to have similar faith in Kenya's potential and allow the economy to grow, Kenya's Daily Nation reported ...

  • Kenya Govt Says Rutos Jet Hired for Sh18.5 Million

    Nairobi - The government has denied reports that it spent Sh100 million in hiring a private jet for Deputy President William Ruto to use on his four African nation tour. In a statement read by the Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo, the government also stated that the jet was hired on a one-off basis and not for a year. "There is no contract of one-year lease between Kenya ...

  • Ward Representatives Demand for Sh275200 Salary

    Nairobi - County Assembly ward representatives are now demanding for a gross pay of about Sh275,200. The ward representatives who met at a Speaker's forum in Nairobi on Saturday said their pay should be pegged at 43 percent of what Governors were taking home per month. Led by the Chairperson of the County Assembly Speaker's forum Abdi Nuh, the County Assembly members stressed that ...

  • Asylum Seekers May Spell Disaster

    The conservative government of David Cameron, his party Members of Parliament, top British politicians and business executives are pushing to have Kenya host current and potential asylum seekers in Britain (Business Daily Posted April 17, 2013). I wish to request my fellow Kenyans to appreciate the weight of this political move by Britain, our colonial master. The West has always worked out ...

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