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Police used teargas to disperse the traders who found the area sealed off following a court order barring them from operating on the disputed private piece of land/CFMNAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 18 - Dozens of traders and mechanics were arrested on Tuesday morning as they protested a move to evict them...
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KUPPET National Chairman Omboka Milemba has told Capital News that all secondary school teachers are under instructions to stay away from class until they get further directives from the Union/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 18 - The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) insists that...
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CIC said the process of transferring functions to the County governments must be restructured to comply with the laid down procedures/CFMNAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 18 - The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) has expressed concern over the manner in which national government...
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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/FILEMOMBASA, Kenya, Jun 18 - The widows of two terror suspects...
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Every time she leaves the house there are a number of things she cannot leave behind, one of which is her nine month old son, at least 10 diapers, a blood glucose meter, a notebook and insulin/FELIX MAGARANAIROBI, Kenya, June 18 – Jane has transformed one of her handbags into a diaper bag. The...
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Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi made the announcement during Tuesday’s House sitting and further ordered the House Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to carry out approval hearing for the candidate by next Wednesday/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jun 18 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has...
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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/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jun 18 - The National Assembly’s committee on Budget and Appropriations on Tuesday rejected proposals by the government to...
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A French sailor kidnapped from a tanker in Togo when attackers sought to use him as a shield has been freed in the oil-producing region of Nigeria/AFP YENAGOA, June 18 - A French sailor kidnapped from a tanker in Togo when attackers sought to use him as a shield said Tuesday he has been freed in...
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Venus (top) crossing the sun’s face during the transit of Venus June 5, 2012 as seen from the west side of Manhattan in New York/AFP PARIS, June 18 - Already travelling at super hurricane speeds, winds on Venus have accelerated by an astonishing one-third over the past six years, the European...
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98 year old top Nazi war crimes suspect/AFP BUDAPEST, June 18 - Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal alleged role in deporting some 12,000 Jews to death camps in World War II. Laszlo Lajos Csatari was "actively involved in and assisted...
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Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin struggled to hide their sharp differences on the conflict although they agreed they would push the fragile drive for a peace conference in Geneva/AFP ENNISKILLEN, June 18 - World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8...
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Screen shot of Monks in private jet wearing sunglasses, with Louis Vuitton bag (R) and expensive wireless head phones. BANGKOK, June 18 - The behaviour of Thailand’s Buddhist clergy has been thrust under the spotlight after footage emerged of three monks flying in a private jet, wearing...
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Auckland’s skyline and harbour, pictured in New Zealand, in 2011/AFPWELLINGTON, Jun 18 - A British man who miraculously survived a fall from a 15th-storey balcony in New Zealand while drunkenly trying to break into his apartment has labelled himself an "idiot". Tom Stilwell, 20, plummeted...
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Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege, camera operator Romuald Luyindula, producer Mohammed Abubakar and driver Rabiu Abdullahi were held in Zinder, southern Niger/AL JAZEERAZINDER, Niger, June 18- A team of journalists from Al Jazeera’s Television network who had been held captive in a Niger jail for...
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Unfinished houses in Spain/AFP BOLLULLOS PAR DEL CONDADO, June 18 - The washbasin in Juana Alonso’s bathroom is brand new, but no water comes out of the tap. No bulbs hang from the light fittings. The house is unfinished; no one was meant to be moving in but Juana couldn’t wait. Along...
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Ruto had wanted to attend most of the trials set to start on September 10 via video link. CFM.NAIROBI, Kenya June 18 - The International Criminal Court Trial Chamber has ruled that Deputy President William Ruto must be physically present during the key trial sessions. In a decision released on...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 17 - Deputy President William Ruto on Monday directed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to urgently convene a meeting with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) to avert a looming strike. Speaking when he met officials from the Ministry of Education, Ruto said the...
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Foreign Secretary Amina Mohammed. Photo/ FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 17 - Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said on Monday that plans are at an advanced stage for Kenya to start repatriating Somali refugees to their country. Mohammed said a major conference to agree on modalities of...
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Wilson Sossion with other KNUT top brass on Monday. Photo/ MIKE KARIUKI NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 17 - The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) appears to be blowing hot and cold on the latest strike threat over unmet pay demands. KNUT National Chairman Wilson Sossion on Monday asked their members to...
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For the first time in Obama’s presidency, half of Americans do not believe he is honest and trustworthy/AFP WASHINGTON, June 17 - Confidence in President Barack Obama has dropped below 50 percent to its lowest level in 19 months as Americans worry over broad government surveillance and other...
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Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula is among those championing a referendum. Photo/ FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 17 - Senators and County Governors have embarked on collecting one million signatures from Kenyans as they seek to push through a referendum on the fate of the Senate. Speaking to Capital FM...
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Robert Mugabe (L) signs into law Zimbabwe’s new constitution next to Morgan Tsvangirai (R) in Harare, on May 22, 2013/AFP HARARE, June 17 - Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday backed calls by regional grouping SADC for his archrival President Robert Mugabe to delay...
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Singapore urged Indonesia on Monday to take "urgent measures" to tackle its forest fires as severe air pollution blown from Sumatra island choked the densely populated city-state/AFP SINGAPORE, June 17 - Singapore urged Indonesia on Monday to take "urgent measures" to tackle its forest fires...
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James Macharia, the Health Secretary, standing with president Uhuru Kenyatta when he was named to the docket. Photo/ FILENAIROBI Kenya, Jun 17 - The government says it is committed to curb the rising cases of diabetes in the country with more than 1.6 million people affected as Central Kenya...
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Three people have died in Tanzania following a grenade attack on an opposition political rally over the weekend/AFP ARUSHA, June 17 - Three people have died in Tanzania following a grenade attack on an opposition political rally over the weekend, officials said Monday. Two people were killed...