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The president summoned the top 70 security chiefs to State House, Nairobi where he demanded to know what they were doing to end the security menace which has left dozens of Kenyans killed and many more wounded/PPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has read the riot act to security...
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Kenyan soldiers from AU peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk along the sandy beaches in Kismayu/XINHUA-FileNAIROBI, May 15 - Former Islamist warlord Ahmed Madobe has been elected "president" of Somalia’s volatile southern Jubaland region following weeks of tense negotiations between...
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A woman dressed up as a witch makes a fire during a Halloween party/AFP STOCKHOLM, May 15 - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday jailed a couple from the Democratic Republic of Congo for having performed exorcisms on their daughter whom they considered to be a witch. The couple were both found guilty...
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Foreign Secretary Amina Mohamed was the only one among those approved by Parliament who did not take her oath of office, as she is away handing over in New York/PPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 - Fifteen Cabinet Secretaries formally took over their dockets on Wednesday after they were sworn-in at State...
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Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa attends the opening of the Arab League summit in the Qatari capital Doha on March 26, 2013/AFPDUBAI, May 15 - A Bahraini court on Wednesday sentenced six tweeters charged with insulting King Hamad to one year in prison, the public prosecutor’s...
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The government stresses that all people including government officers accused of torturing people have not been spared by the law/FILEGENEVA, Switzerland, May 15 - The government of Kenya has defended itself against accusations of abetting torture. In its second report to the Committee Against...
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The poll conducted by research company Ipsos Synovate shows that 88 percent of Kenyans are behind the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) position to retain the legislators’ salaries at Sh532,000/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 - A new opinion poll released on Wednesday indicates that...
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Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi announced that he had received a letter dated May 9 confirming Kimemia’s nomination/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 15- Parliament will begin vetting the Secretary to the Cabinet nominee Francis Kimemia next Wednesday after President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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Kimaiyo said 10 firearms and 463 rounds of ammunition had been surrendered by the end of Tuesday, following a directive he gave on Sunday/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 - The Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo has extended the deadline for Mandera residents to surrender illegally held firearms...
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An unapologetic Boniface Mwangi told Capital FM News on Wednesday that the group’s pockets did not run deep enough to enable them purchase pigs equal to the number of Members of the National Assembly/MIKE KARIUKINAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 - Boniface Mwangi and other organisers Tuesday’s...
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Justice Rawal holds a Bachelor of Arts, as well as Bachelor and Master of Laws in constitutional and administrative law/FILENAIROBI, Kenya May 15 - The nominee for Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal is to be vetted by the Parliament next Wednesday, Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi has...
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Ruto’s lead lawyer Karim Khan defended his client’s application, saying the deputy president’s political career did not start in Kenya’s last election/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 - Judges presiding over Deputy President William Ruto’s case at The Hague have questioned...
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The move to resume relations comes less than a month after Britain opened a new embassy in Mogadishu/FILEOTTAWA, May 15 - Canada announced on Tuesday it is restoring diplomatic relations with Somalia, more than two decades after severing ties with the strife-torn African nation. Foreign Affairs...
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Members of the National Federation of Indian Women/AFP NEW DELHI, May 15 - A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in India last December is in a "very critical" condition after being attacked by fellow prisoners, his lawyer said Wednesday. Vinay Sharma was rushed to the...
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Gaza-bound flotilla/AFP THE HAGUE, May 15 - The International Criminal Court has opened a preliminary probe into Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010 in which nine Turkish activists died to see if war crimes or crimes against humanity had been committed, the prosecutor’...
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Michael Jackson performs during his first date in Great Britain at Wembley Stadium/AFP LOS ANGELES, May 14 - Michael Jackson seemed "loopy" and out of it at rehearsals for his doomed last tour, and was particularly groggy after visits to his dermatologist, a witness testified Tuesday. Travis Payne...
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Kenya neighbours countries where human rights abuses are likely to occur due to perennial attacks in some of the countries/MIKE KARIUKIGENEVA, Switzerland, May 15 - Kenya has been criticised for failing to give recommendations or make observations about other countries in regard to human rights....
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Mali forces/FILE BRUSSELS, May 15 - International donors opened a conference on Mali Wednesday aimed at raising some two billion euros ($2.6 billion), pledging to help all sides in the troubled country avoid the mistakes which led to war and political crisis. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius...
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during a nationwide live broadcast /AFP Nigeria, May 15 - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a "state of emergency" in three states menaced by Islamist group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures". The...
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino/AFP MANILA, May 15 - Philippine President Benigno Aquino signed a law Wednesday giving children three extra years of schooling, one of his key reforms aimed at lifting the country out of poverty. The law makes enrolment in kindergarten compulsory before children...
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A bulldozer clearing a site of collapsed building/FILE Rwanda, May 15 - Six people died and more than 30 people were injured after a building collapsed in northeastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as they called off rescue efforts a day after the accident. "Six people working on the site died as...
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The swearing in ceremony that will be witnessed by President Uhuru Kenyatta was scheduled to take place before midday/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 – Sixteen Cabinet Secretary nominees who were approved by the National Assembly will be sworn in on Wednesday morning at the State House Nairobi. The...
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File photo shows a collapsed building/CFMKIGALI, May 14 - Around 100 people are feared trapped after a four-storey building under construction collapsed in northeastern Rwanda, the government said on Tuesday. "So far, the tentative information we have indicates that debris fell on about 100 people...
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Ruto who faces charges of crimes against humanity said that he had similarly cooperated with the Office of the Prosecutor even before confirmation of charges, and will still submit himself to the jurisdiction of the court/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 14 - Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday...
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MPs from both the ruling Jubilee coalition and CORD accused the committee which was chaired by the Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi (who lacks voting rights) of deficient reasons to reject the nominee/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 14 - Parliament has approved President Uhuru Kenyatta’...