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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 Former councillors ask for Uhurus help in send off package stalemate

    They lamented that without the gratuity, they were unable to cope with the increasing cost of living, saying they were wallowing in poverty after losing in the March General Elections. Speaking to the press in Kisii town on Thursday, the civic leaders led by former Kisii Deputy Mayor Patrick Siro, they said MPs in the last parliament were each paid Sh3.7 million gratuity but councillors were ...

  • Kenya Diaspora deny link with lobby group

    Diaspora issues are concerned but how can there be a retreat at some hotel to discuss our future relationship with the government without our involvement?" Questioned Peter Kerre, a Kenyan social activist living in New York. It was reported in a section of the Kenyan media early in the week that a task force comprising officials from the ministries of foreign affairs, labour and national ...

  • Business Kenya economy to grow by 6 pc 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 ...

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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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  • Flat Kenyan shilling vulnerable to end-month demand for dollars

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A fuel attendant handles Kenyan shilling notes at a petrol station in the capital Nairobi March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Noor ...

  • Senate Deputy Speaker Halts Supremacy Debate

    SENATE deputy Speaker Kembi-Gitura yesterday resisted attempts by members to draw the House into the supremacy battle war with the national assembly. The two House of parliament are at war over the Division of Revenue Bill which was triggered by the national assembly on Tuesday. Gitura restrained eager members from ventilating on the matter arguing that the Senate is the Upper House. He warned ...

  • Kenya Lawmaker Seeks More Electricity Distributors

    The monopoly enjoyed by electricity distributor Kenya Power may soon end if Parliament passes a motion compelling the government to liberalise the industry. Markwet East MP David Bowen said this will encourage competition in power distribution and reduce inefficiency. "The cost of power in the country scares investors. This House urges the government to find a way to reduce the baggage ...

  • Kenya Equity Bank Kicked Out of Its City Hall Branch

    THE county government of Nairobi has ordered Equity Bank to relocate its City Hall branch. In the letter, to the bank City Hall has given Equity six months to move out because it wants open up a restaurant for the County Assembly members. The Star has learnt that Equity Bank chief executive Mwangi has been trying to get an appointment with Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero. Interim County ...

  • East Africa EAC Countries Can Learn From Kenyas Machakos

    With devolution in high gear as the counties take root in Kenya, competition for business and investment just got fierce for Rwanda and other EAC member states. Take the investor conference recently hosted in Machakos County hosted, some mused, with a display of naked ambition by its new Governor, Dr Alfred Mutua, formerly spokesperson for the national Government. The conference aimed to ...

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