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  • Kenya Uhuru says TJRC report will be taken seriously

    Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) final report at State House Nairobi, President Kenyatta said the Government will take the recommendations of the report seriously, while its contents would be made public. The President added that addressing the causes and effects of ...

  • Columns Juicy UK tale of $2b gemstone export from Kenya

    UK newspapers , the Guardian and the Financial Times a three-judge Bench Court of Appeal has invoked the doctrine of open justice and allowed the newspapers to report on the intriguing but contested allegations which are likely to vibrate in the diplomatic and business communities in ...

  • Kenya My Life Is in Danger - Kalembe

    THE Independent Party leaders Kalembe Ndile, yesterday morning narrowly escaped death 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 and his security men. Area police boss ...

  • Bungoma Cabinet Ready for Vetting

    Governor Kenneth Lusaka's county executive nominees will be vetted next week. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Bungoma County Assembly speaker John Makali said the 10 nominees will be vetted on May 27 and 28 by a five-man-team. "We expect to convene a special session of the County Assembly in early June, once the vetting report is ready, for perusal and action by members because we ...

  • Railas Security Request Rejected

    The Jubilee government has turned down Raila Odinga's request that he should get a security detail of up to 20 police officers. Deputy President William Ruto communicated the decision to the former Prime Minister last week when the two met privately at Ruto's Karen house. During the meeting, Raila reportedly reminded Ruto that Jubilee had promised that it would increase his personal ...

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Talk to Her (Hable con ella)

Talk to Her (Hable con ella)

For more than a decade, Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodvar has specialized in making the bizarre poignant, and in Talk to Her (Hable con ella), he has developed his most richly satisfying and deeply felt work without sacrificing the unique edge that makes it impossible not to talk about his films afterwards. Romance in the cinema is all too often routine, predictable; Almodvars ... ...

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  • Search Operation to Be Carried in Refugee Camps

    Police are set to carry out a search operation in five refugee camps in Dadaab where it's believed criminals linked to Al Shabaab are hiding weapons. An AK 47 rifle has so far been recovered at the Ifo II camp. Area DO Joseph ole Kipuri says the rifle was stolen from a slain police reservist a week ago. Diana Madegwa ...

  • East Africa Tanzania Could Boost Its Economy By Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank

    DAR ES SALAAM, May 21, 2013 - Tanzania and its East African neighbors could boost their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to US$1.8 billion and US$ 830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam, according to the latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank. So far, Tanzania and six neighboring countries have missed this ...

  • Kenya Revenues Behind Target By Close to Sh100 Billion

    THE country was behind its revenue collection target by close to Sh100 billion by end of March, government data shows. According to the Treasury's latest issue of the quartely economic and budgetary review, total cumulative revenue collection including appropriation in aid, was below the target by Sh98.2 billion. Ordinary revenue collection amounted to Sh 531.6 billion against a target of ...

  • Kenya West Pokot leaders seek to change cattle farming

    Leading a delegation of residents from Pokot to a dairy farm in Njoro to familiarise themselves with new dairy technology, Senator John Lonyangapuo and Governor Simon Kachapin agreed that cattle related problems and illiteracy were bringing down standards of living among the community and promised to correct that. For the last four years, the Senator said livestock breeders from Lelan highlands ...

  • Kenya Fire guts down Mombasas landmark building

    fire which is descending fast in a building that hosts most clearing and forwarding firms based in Mombasa. Reporters on the ground could hear, mostly, male victims trapped on burning floors calling for help amid thick smoke and flying debris. It is believed ...

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