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  • South Sudans President Says Never to ICC

    JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never acceptrdquo; the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to South Sudan since ...

  • Nairobi’s traditional family portrait goes al fresco

    The battered toolbox, its lid wide open, looks like a yawning hippo. I stop to look at the unattended box, which is placed next to a walkway leading to Uhuru Park's central lake. The gaping mouth offers a display of 10 neatly laid out photographs. Two young men seated on a red pedal boat smile at me from one of the photographs. I can hear the distinctive slapping sound of the boat -- or ...

  • Three Reps Demand Sh5 Million Bribe From Nandi Nominees

    Members of the Nandi county assembly have demanded Sh5 million as a token from the 10 nominees appointed by governor Cleophas Lagat. The demand states that each nominee will contribute Sh500,000 before their names are approved at the county assembly. The executive nominees said three members of the Nandi county assembly approached them and made the Sh5 million demand to approve the list. The ...

  • MPs Extend Their Sessions to Debate Their Pay

    Will MPs get the higher pay they are seeking? The legislators have decided to extend their session in parliament to discuss the delegated legislation committee's report that declares SRC's move to have their pay reduced as unconstitutional. The committee wants the commission's gazette notice on the new pay structure ...

  • Intersex Child Five Sues State for Birth Certificate

    A five-year-old intersex child has sued the state seeking legal recognition and protection. The child, referred to as Baby A, wants an order declaring that all surgery on intersex infants be undertaken only after court's approval. This is meant to ensure that child's best interest is taken into consideration. Also sought is an order directing the government to collate data or ...

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End of Watch

David Ayers End of Watch is a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics. Ayer, who grew up in South Central and is best known as the screenwriter of The Fast and the Furious (2001) ... ...

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  • Kabogo to Unveil His Kiambu Cabinet Today

    Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo is expected to announce his cabinet today. He is expected to name the cabinet of 10 after a long wait which has provoked anxiety in the county. "To my surprise, I have been in the interviews and am encouraged by the women that are being interviewed, the candidates are quite good. Women are above men in qualifications and the problem is now balancing ...

  • I Didnt Get Support for UN Job Says Kituyi

    Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the UN trade and development body. Kituyi was speaking during a funeral fund raising of Steve Wamalwa, Eugene Wamalwa's brother, at Railways Club in Nairobi. He said he was nominated by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to lead Unctad. ...

  • Kenyatta Unveils Final Two Cabinet Secretaries

    Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday (May 23rd) released the final two names of his 18-member cabinet, a month after the nomination process started. Utalii hotel manager Joseph Ole Lenku has been nominated for secretary of interior and coordination of national government, and former lawmaker Samuel Kazungu Kambi for secretary of labour, social security and services. "I have ...

  • Sudan Sudan Regrets Juba Statements As Kiir Reaffirms His Top Priority to Kenyan Pipeline

    Khartoum/Juba - Sudan's foreign ministry regretted statements issued by South Sudanese officials claiming that oil flow was deliberately blocked for political reasons, while in Juba president Salva Kiir reaffirmed that an alternative pipeline through Kenya remains his top priority. Khartoum and Juba agreed since last March to resume oil production and its exportation though a Sudanese ...

  • Kenya SMS Service to Stop Coffee Theft Set Up

    Coffee Management services has put a mobile alert that will ensure curbing of coffee theft. Coffee management services project manager Catherine Ng'ang'a said that the decision was reached at after a series of coffee theft in Central Kenya. She said that they have set up alarm system gadgets that will give an alert to the person incharge of the dispatch store,chairman of the society ...

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