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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Sh75 Million for Bursaries in Trans Nzoia

    TRANS NZOIA county government has allocated Sh75 million for bursaries. Speaker David Sifuna said the money will be used to assist students from humble background access education. Speaking in Saboti yesterday, Speaker David Sifuna said he comes from a humble background and understands the difficulties of lack of school fees as he was among those who fought for the allocation of the money. ...

  • Kenya Laikipia Wants Tourist Dollars

    Local leaders are demanding that the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Laikipia county government do thorough tax collection audit of the mushrooming conservancy hotels. The leaders said residents have been shortchanged by the owners of the hotels who do not pay revenue to the county government. Women's representative Jane Apollos said tourists staying at these hotels are never taxed. ...

  • Police Meet Governor Over Insecurity in Kisumu

    A security team in Kisumu yesterday met Governor Jack Ranguma and his deputy Ruth Odinga over escalating insecurity in the area. The two leaders are alarmed by widespread robberies, rape and killings in the area. Nyanza Police boss Joseph Ole Tito led the team of security officers in the meeting that lasted more than six hours in the afternoon at the Governor's office. Other officers in ...

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Armageddon

"Armageddon," Michael Bay's ear-splitting, mind-numbing space adventure about a group of average Joe's trying to save the world from a meteor, is two and a half hours of sensory overload. Too long, too loud, and featuring more camera movement and fast edits than ten other movies put together, "Armageddon" will be a powerful test of how far action directors can push the line before they wear audien ... ...

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  • Mandera Clan War Claims 20th Victim

    Another resident was gunned down in Batuul Village in Banisa district while herding his camels. The village is 20km from Banisa town. The 26-year-old herder from the Degodia community was ambushed by suspected Garre bandits who shot him several times on the head. Northeastern provincial police boss Charlton Mureithi said the attacks were occurring in the remote district villages because of ...

  • Chinas Citizens Are the Problem

    YESTERDAY members of the National Assembly condemned the Chinese government for not doing more to stop ivory poaching (see Page 3). The MPs pointed out that tourism is Kenya's biggest foreign exchange earner yet three elephants are being killed every day in Kenya. Most of this ivory goes to China, either directly or through Vietnam and Thailand. The Chinese government says that it cannot ...

  • Godfathers Will Not Save You Teso DC Tells Gangs

    THE new Teso South DC yesterday blamed the campaign period for the recent killings in Busia and Bungoma.Daniel Ole Nakuso said the youth led extravagant lifestyles in the run up to the March 4 general elections. "With fat pockets from politicians, the unemployed youth had 'king-like' breakfast, lunch and supper from their masters during campaign periods. After the elections the ...

  • Harsh Penalties for Wildlife Poaching Coming - Ruto

    Nairobi - Deputy President William Ruto has said that the government will fast-track the Wildlife Bill to make the killing of the Big Five to a capital offence. Speaking at a meeting of stakeholders in the tourism industry in his office on Thursday, Ruto said he was concerned that wanton poaching in the country was decimating elephants, lions, buffalos, rhinos and leopards at an alarming rate. ...

  • Kenya Speaker Defends Sh90 Million Busia Governors House

    BUSIA deputy Speaker yesterday came in defense of the Sh90m planned house for Busia governor Sospeter Ojaamong. Moses Ote said the design of governors' houses is uniform in all the 47 counties. Speaking to the press in Katakwa yesterday, Ote said no governor was being given the money to buy the house and wondered why Barasa was crying wolf instead of appreciating the kind gesture. Ote was ...

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