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  • Kenyas Deputy Leader to Appear during ICC Trial

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, must attend key segments of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity scheduled to begin in September, according to a court spokesman. Ruto and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta face similar charges before the court in connection with their alleged role in the country's 2007-2008 post-election ...

  • India becomes Kenyas largest Asian trading partner

    India, which has a thriving diaspora in Kenya estimated at 100,000, became the East African nation's biggest trading partner in Asia in 2012, surpassing China, a government document says. India exported to Kenya goods worth $240 million, way ahead of Asia's biggest economy China, which exported goods valued at $148 million.The figure represents a growth of around 30 percent when compared to ...

  • Kenya Five girls married off in school compound

    girls to their respective husbands was held in their school in the full glare of local administrators. World Vision Orwa Integrated Programme Area official Josiah Rotino disclosed that parents of the Standard ...

  • Kenya Midiwo wants laptop money given to teachers

    MP Jakayo Midiwo said he will move an amendment of budgetary allocation by National Treasury so that teachers salaries and allowances are paid once and for ...

  • Kenya Widows of Slain Terror Suspects Arraigned in Court

    Mombasa - The widows of two terror suspects who were shot dead by police in Mombasa on Monday have been charged with possession of firearms. Salim Mohammed's widow, Rehema was charged for being in possession of an AK-47 and 147 rounds of ammunitions before a Magistrate's Court in Shanzu on Tuesday but denied the accusations and was released on a Sh500,000 bond. Fatma Masoup, widow of ...

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Piranha 3D [Blu-Ray]

Piranha 3D [Blu-Ray]

Alexandre Ajas Piranha 3D is a purposefully and unapologetically tacky monster movie that borrows all the camp and gore from the 1978 Roger Corman-produced Jaws knock-off Piranha, but without screenwriter John Sayless self-conscious wit and director Joe Dantes satirical ... ...

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  • Kenya MPs Committee Rejects Sh700 Million Kibaki Office Plan

    Nairobi - The National Assembly's committee on Budget and Appropriations on Tuesday rejected proposals by the government to spend Sh700 million to purchase an office building for immediate former President Mwai Kibaki. The Committee has instead re-allocated part of the funds for the teachers' salary to end the looming strike occasioned by demands dating back to 1997. The Committee on ...

  • Construction Work On the Kenya-Ethiopian Power Transmission Line to Begin in September

    It has been announced that construction work on the 1,068km long Kenya-Ethiopia transmission line project will begin in September 2013. The cost of the project is estimated at a US$1.26bn, and funding will be coming from the African Development Bank ($338m), the World Bank ($684m), Kenya ($88m) and Ethiopia ($32m). The French Development Agency is also expected to provide $118m for the project. ...

  • Fire Destroys Section of Garissa Market

    A fire in Garissa's main market destroyed more than 100 stalls Monday night (June 17th). The fire started around 7pm, gutting the northern wing of the Mugdi Market, but no one was injured, market chairman Paul Chege told Sabahi. He said stall owners and the public extinguished the fire after two hours, but it had already destroyed goods worth millions of shillings. Chege said those ...

  • Allied Forces Liberate Villages Around Beledweyne

    Somali government forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Ethiopian troops seized several villages surrounding Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Sunday evening (June 16th), UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported. The troops captured villages including Luq-Jesow, Baar, El Ali and Bardhere, according to AMISOM commander in the Hiran region Colonel Osman Dubad. At least 11 al-Shabaab ...

  • East Africa Double Taxation Pinches East African Businesses With Regional Reach

    Nairobi - Paul Ouma imports and sells second-hand Japanese cars and spare parts in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The 37-year-old Kenyan started his business ten years ago and expanded to the two other East African Community (EAC) member-states within the first five years of operation. But now he may close his branches in Tanzania and Uganda because of "unfriendly" taxation rules. ...

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