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  • Kenya Space strained Kisii court gets facelift

    KISII, KENYA: A shortage of courtrooms at the busy Kisii Law Courts is set to be alleviated in the next 20 months after the government allocated Sh10 million towards constructing a new ...

  • Kenya Ministry to reduce directors in new structure

    NAIROBI, KENYA: At least seven previously stand-alone dockets in the former Coalition Government could be merged under the newly established Ministry of Devolution and Planning in ...

  • World Is Pope Francis an exorcist

    Francis ' obsession with the devil, a frequent subject of his homilies. Vatican downplayed the incident. Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the 'did not intend to perform ...

  • Kenya misses out as Obamas Africa tour plays catch-up

    As the US president gets ready for diplomatic missions around Africa next month, Obama's Africa tour will leave his ancestral homeland of Kenya as the biggest loser. Meanwhile, the winners are: Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Each will be rewarded for its democratic virtues when Obama embarks on his first major presidential tour of Africa. Not even a relatively peaceful election ...

  • Kenya leaders named in truth report

    Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy have been named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses in the country. The report gave no recommendation for action to be taken against Mr Kenyatta and Vice-President William Ruto. The report's chairman told the BBC this was because they already face charges at the ...

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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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  • Kenyan shilling weakens to six-week low versus dollar

    commercial banks quoted the shilling down 0.4 percent at 84.45/65 per dollar, off an intraday low of 84.50/70 that was its lowest since April 10. "As we approach end-month, demand (for dollars) from corporates has increased, with no significant inflows to counter it," ...

  • Kenyan Protestors Charged With Cruelty to Animals

    Seventeen Kenyans have been charged with breaching the peace, rioting and cruelty to animals over their use of pigs in last week's protests against lawmakers' requests for salary increases, Kenya's Capital FM reported Monday (May 20th). The demonstrators refused to take a plea and were released on 20,000 shillings ($237) cash bail or 10,000 shillings ($119) in surety. Activists ...

  • DNA From Mombasa Restaurant Attack Implicates Arrested Suspect

    A DNA sample extracted from a toothbrush in a bag containing ammunition found at the scene of a shootout and grenade attack at Mombasa's Bella Vista restaurant a year ago is a match for the arrested suspect, a Kenyan court heard Monday (May 20th). One day after the attack on March 16, 2012, Kenyan police found the bag carrying several rounds of ammunition and AK-47 magazines on a bus that ...

  • Kenya to Begin Vetting Potential Police Commanders

    The Kenyan police force will begin comprehensively vetting officers next month, starting by interviewing candidates for the directorates at police headquarters and the county commanders, Chairman of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Johnstone Kavuludi said Monday (May 20th). He said the purpose of the exercise was to ensure capable police officers were in place and to give those who ...

  • Somali Lawmakers Abandon Motion Against Shirdon Cabinet

    Some Somali lawmakers have abandoned a motion asking the prime minister and his cabinet to seek a vote of confidence after facing criticism, Somalia's Hiiraan Online reported Tuesday (May 21st). "Parliament has the right to file a motion against the government, but that does not mean to dismantle the recovery process of the nation," said former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdi Yusuf, ...

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