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  • Sports Cheruiyot not defending gold medals in Moscow

    In a statement released by her agent Ricky Simms on Wednesday, Cheruiyot said she would resume her career next year. She had first revealed her decision not to compete ...

  • Lifestyle Teen invents device that charges phone in 20 seconds

    device has been dubbed a supercapacitor by 18-year-old Esha Khare, of Saratoga - as she took home $50,000 from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which took place in Phoenix this ...

  • Kenya County ICT Infrastructure Tops Matiangi Agenda

    Nairobi - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology will work with county governments to develop key infrastructure in counties to enhance growth of ICT in the country. ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i said the ministry is willing to offer support to the county governments, to establish the required infrastructure in counties. "There is need to build ICT ...

  • Britain’s victims during Kenya’s Mau Mau uprising expect compensation

    Thousands of Kenyans are expecting to receive reparations for the abuses they suffered at the hands of British imperialism, during the suppression of the Mau Mau resistance movement.Negotiations with the British Foreign Office are reported to be near completion.Gitu wa Kahengeri, the spokesman for the Mau Mau War Veterans Association, explained, "They have offered to negotiate out of court. ...

  • Kenya Mutulas last words

    But besides the jewelry he bought her, she clings to one other monument of his affection; the house he built for her and her children in Gigiri. The mansion sitting on three acres has a six-car garage as well as a swimming pool and is valued at over Sh100 million by conservative realtor estimate. Mutula iced it by having a water fountain built next to the pool as well as a barbecue centre. He ...

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The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The Other Guys [Blu-Ray]

The buddy-cop action movie has been parodied, gently and otherwise, so many times at this point that it would be reasonable to think that there is very little left to do with it (and if you had the misfortune of sitting through Kevin Smiths obnoxiously unfunny Cop Out earlier thi ... ...

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  • Politics Law that could see MPs raise their salaries

    law . The Act which was published on the January 25 this year gives Parliament jurisdiction to review all legal notices from the August 27, 2010; the date of the promulgation of the new constitution. According to the Act, any rule, regulation, order, tariff, ...

  • Tourists in Mombasa stranded by striking truck drivers

    (eTN) - A massive traffic jam along the main highway to Mombasa was blocked yesterday for over 8 hours by striking truck drivers, with cars on both sides of the Mariakani weight bridge backed up for over 20 kilometers. As a result, safari vehicles were stranded for the duration, in the absence of any bypass or detour possible, leaving tourists infuriated by the delays getting them to the game ...

  • Kenya Khaemba to Get Top Team

    TRANS NZOIA The public service board in Trans Nzoia will be in place next month, governor Patrick Khaemba has said.Speaking in Kitale on Friday, Khaemba said the process of getting men and women who will constitute the board is at its final stage. Khaemba said once in place, the board will help in recruiting civil servants who will help to transform the county economically.He said the team will ...

  • Kenya Orange Kenya Wants Google to Share Content Revenue

    Orange Kenya CEO, Mickael Ghossein, has called on search giant Google to consider sharing revenues accrued from traffic which runs on other providers' networks in order to enhance partnerships and the development of the digital ecosystem. Speaking during a panel discussion on digital ecosystem evolution at the 9th East Africa Com conference held at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel, ...

  • Kenya National slum upgrading and prevention policy aims to improve livelihoods

    Vision 2030 which aspires for a slum free nation. Currently it is estimated that more than 34% of Kenyan's total population lives in urban areas with this number projected to hit 63% by 2030 in not well addressed. It s also estimated that 71% of the urban population lives in slums and are facing various challenges such as social, political and economic exclusion. Other vital problems ...

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