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  • Kenya Civil society opposes restrictions on funding

    A new report by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association says arguments put forward by the States to restrict foreign funding do not meet the threshold for restricting activism in the interest of national security or public safety. The report released this week and authored by ...

  • Kenya Is Balalas Cabinet post a blessing or a poisoned lace

    Najib Balala takes his place as Mining Secretary in the Jubilee Cabinet analysts in Coast are divided over whether the plum job will end or spur his political influence in the ...

  • Kenya Uhuru and Ruto face insecurity nightmare

    Governors from affected areas have raised the alarm over escalating insecurity. They argue their hands are tied since security falls under national government. Responding to the national outcry on insecurity, President Kenyatta on Thursday assured Kenyans the Government would make every effort to curb runaway crime. He met top security chiefs and pledged to support the Police ...

  • Kenya As second in command will Ruto break the VP jinx

    It may interest newly elected Deputy President William Samoei Ruto to note that latest occupants of the Number Two slot have not been lucky enough to survive a second term in office. They have all fell by the wayside, the latest victim being ...

  • Lifestyle Kenya walks a tightrope in Somalia as Kismayo gets new leader

    Somalia 's clan elders have created a new mini-state and elected a Kenyan ally as its leader, a move likely to anger Mogadishu and sour ties between the two neighbouring ...

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Someone Like You

Someone Like You is about a decent woman who is burned by love, turns into a romantic cynic, then finds love again and ends the movie by disavowing her cynicism. ...

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  • Politics The Raila Supreme Court evidence

    It is now emerging Raila had sourced a management consultant from a firm based in Barcelona, Spain, to support his local team of professionals, among them lawyers, engineers, financial analysts and technology experts to argue his election case. The former PM had compiled a case largely grounded on the failure of technology, variation in number of votes as declared at the constituency and ...

  • Politics May we please have the entire KICC Senate now tells State

    Senate Jeremiah Nyengenye that The Standard on Sunday has seen, the Senators appreciated the seven floors they had been allocated but said they are not enough. The clerk asked that they occupy the 28-floor building that the Government repossessed from Kanu in 2003 after Narc came into power. The Senators have been holding their sittings in the VIP room ...

  • Business Taxpayers deserve better services from KRA

    Taxpayer 's Charter that has been in operation for many years. The charter sets out the rights and obligations of the taxpayers in addition to the service standards they should expect when dealing with the tax ...

  • Columns Focusing on MPs salaries may leave us a penny wise but pound foolish

    The recent attempt by the MPs to oust the commission was an over-reaction and disproportionate. The commission's response was swift; it issued a statement that it will not be intimidated, and that it will not budge over the matter. And the row between the employer and employee goes on. The 'M-Pigs' demonstration by civil society that likened the MPs to pigs was equally in very bad ...

  • County_Upper Eastern CORD backs Kethi to wear fathers shoes

    Now some leaders within the CORD fraternity and supporters in Makueni County want Kethi Diana Kilonzo to step into her father's shoes in the Senate. While this has been the quiet prayer and push of supporters of the late Mutula, the pressure on his daughter to replace him in the Senate has heightened. This follows the issuance of writs for the seat by Speaker Ekwe Ethuro on Thursday. As ...

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