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  • Cheruiyot to miss World championships for pregnancy

    Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot will not be able to defend her 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres titles at this year's Moscow World championships as she is expecting her first child. The runner said in a statement Wednesday that she felt it was "the right time to start a family" at the age of 29, reports Xinhua. Cheruiyot plans to return for the 2014 season and compete in the 2015 World championships in ...

  • UAE leaders hold talks with foreign officials

    Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have met senior officials of the US, the Czech Republic and Kenya and held talks on enhancing ties. Lt. Gen. Obaid Mohammed Al Ka'abi, undersecretary of the UAE ministry of defence, met US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics amp; Material Readiness) Alan F. Estevez. Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi met visiting First Deputy ...

  • Kenya Cabinet Secretary meets Liberia President at Jomo Kenyatta Airport

    The President was received by Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. They held discussions at the Presidential Pavilion before the President and her entourage left the country for AddisAbaba the venue for the five-day AU meeting. The Liberia President was accompanied by Senior Officials in her Government including among others Hon. Lewis G. Brown, Liberian Information Minister ...

  • Kenya Kenya Turns to Mobile APP to Stop Motorbike Mayhem On the Roads

    Mobile phones, often cited as a major cause of road traffic accidents, are being used to try to stem Kenya's rising death toll from motorbike accidents. A campaign launched by the Kenyan NGO El-Friezo this month will trial an interactive phone app targeted at the growing number of motorbike users, particularly young men working as drivers of "borda-borda" taxis. The app has been ...

  • Kenya Uhuru names two more Cabinet Secretaries

    Joseph ole Lenku has been nominated to the Ministry of Interior & Coordination of National Government and Samwel Kazungu Kambi as Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and ...

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The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

The Pursuit of Happyness [DVD]

When I say that The Pursuit of Happyness is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, I mean it in the best sense--sturdy, warm, and rewarding. It doesnt do anything new or fancy or innovative, but it is solid and reassuring, and what it does it does extremely ... ...

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  • Business Kenya economy to grow by 6 percent in 2013

    economy is expected to grow by about 6 percent in 2013, up from a growth rate of 4.6 percent last year, driven by growth in sectors like agriculture, Devolution and Planning Cabinet ...

  • Business House Committee wants taxes raised

    NAIROBI, KENYA: The Parliamentary Budget and Appropriations Committee has expressed concerns that the Government might not be able to finance a deficit of Sh163 billion in the 2013-2014 ...

  • Rev. Dr. William Charles Fryda Missionary In Kenya Suspended After Challenging Cardinal Njue Nuns

    By Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) An American missionary priest who is entangled in a dispute with the country's top Catholic cleric and a group of nuns in Kenya over the ownership of two mission hospitals has been suspended from the priesthood by his order. The New York-based Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers suspended the Rev. Dr. William Charles Fryda after he ...

  • Witnesses Describe Kisumu Killings By Police - Used Live Ammunition Tried to Cover Up Evidence

    Nairobi - The Kenyan authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute those responsible for shootings by the police in Kisumu on March 30, 2013. Five people died and at least twenty-four were injured. The shootings occurred in the wake of demonstrations against the Kenyan Supreme Court ruling on March 30 upholding President Uhuru Kenyatta's election victory on March 4. Human Rights ...

  • I Was Also a Victim of the Robbery Incident - David Tett

    The son of former nominated MP Betty Tett who is facing robbery with violence charges yesterday pleaded innocence saying he is also a victim of the robbery incident. In his defense, William David Tett told the trial court he was taken hostage by three armed men who ordered him to take them to his parent's residential home. William told the court he was hijacked at gunpoint at Barma Market ...

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