Uhuru, Muthaura bow to pressure, step aside

By admin on January 26, 2012 in Breaking News, National, News

By Admin Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (2ndL), and Cabinet secretary Francis Muthaura (2ndR) attend a hearing, at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. PHOTO / FILE Kenya’s Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura have stepped aside from office following [...]

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Raila to mediate Sudan oil row

By admin on January 26, 2012 in Africa, News

By Admin Prime Minister Raila Odinga is in Juba, South Sudan, to mediate over oil row with Khartoum. The problem started last Friday when South Sudan shut down its oil pipeline that runs through Sudan to the export terminal along the Red Sea coast, worsening tensions between the two countries. “I’ll meet President Salva Kiir [...]

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Kibaki suspends Baraza, names probe tribunal

By admin on January 25, 2012 in National, News

By Admin Kibaki suspends Baraza, names probe tribunal/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25 – President Mwai Kibaki suspended Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza on Wednesday and formed a tribunal to investigate her conduct, following allegations that she pinched a security guard’s nose and threatened to shoot at her. The action by the Head of State followed [...]

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US urges Kenya not to send back Somali refugees

By admin on January 25, 2012 in International, News, US

By Admin Photo/FILE The Dadaab refugee camp, which was built for 90,000 has over 380,000 Somali refugees. Kenya has been urged to continue providing refuge to Somalis fleeing violence and hunger in their homeland, a US State Department official said on Tuesday. “We continue to rely on and advocate strongly for the protection of Somalis [...]

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Resettle IDPs, urges Annan

By admin on January 25, 2012 in National, News

By Admin Former UN boss Kofi Annan/ FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25 – Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has called on the government to resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and compensate them. Annan who mediated talks following disputed elections of 2007 leading to a power-sharing agreement, said it was important for the country [...]

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Fresh attack on police in Nigerian city of Kano

By admin on January 25, 2012 in Africa, News

By Admin Demonstrations in Nigeria/FILE KANO, Jan 25 – Around 30 gunmen rained bombs and gunfire on a police station in Kano, killing a woman in the latest attack blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s second city, residents said. The northern city has lived in fear amid continued chaos since a coordinated wave [...]

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Ali breaks silence, describes delight at acquittal

By admin on January 25, 2012 in National, News

By Admin Hussein Ali reacts to ICC ruling/MIKE KARIUKI NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25 – Former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali has broken his studious silence and announced his delight after the International Criminal Court (ICC) declined to confirm his charges of crimes against humanity. Ali told a news conference in the Nairobi that although he [...]

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ICC appeals must be lodged by Monday

By admin on January 24, 2012 in National, News

By Admin ICC appeals must be lodged by Monday/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – The four Kenyans accused of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have up to Monday to notify the court of their intention to appeal against the ruling that confirmed their charges. ICC Outreach Coordinator in Kenya Maria Kamara [...]

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ODM wants a say in handling ICC verdict

By admin on January 24, 2012 in National, News

By Admin ODM legislator Ababu Namwamba/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – A section of legislators from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) are expressing concern over way the government is handling the ICC verdict, saying it could split the country. Led by Budalangi’ MP Ababu Namwamba, they said that an agreement signed between President Mwai Kibaki [...]

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Egypt to lift emergency rule on Wednesday

By admin on January 24, 2012 in Africa, News

By Admin The controversial law has been in place since 1981/FILE CAIRO, Jan 24 – Egypt’s military ruler said that the country’s decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the uprising that brought down president Hosni Mubarak. “I have taken a decision to end the state of emergency, in [...]

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