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Jamleck Kamau (Kigumo) was elected chairman of the Energy, Communications and Information Committee. Photo/ FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 - The Jubilee Coalition’s numerical strength in the National Assembly was at play again, as the ruling alliance seized control of all 16 committees whose...
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The cleric has been in and out of British prisons since 2002 as he fights successive government attempts to deport him to Jordan/FILELONDON, May 20 - Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Monday denied bail in his latest skirmish with British authorities, who have been trying to deport him for...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 - African countries have been urged to register child births, to guarantee the children a legal status and have access to the social services provided by their respective governments. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) argues that only 44 percent of the...
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Harun Mwau was the MP for Kilome in the 10th Parliament. Photo/ FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20- A university student has been charged for allegedly sending a Facebook message to business tycoon Harun Mwau linking him to the deaths of former Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and his assistant...
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Kenya’s Judiciary is currently undergoing reforms with the vetting of judges and magistrates. Photo/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 - High Court Judge David Majanja has urged civil society groups to help build confidence in the Judiciary after the landmark Supreme Court decision on the...
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Ruto’s tour took him to Brazaville, Libreville and Abuja. Photo/ DPPS NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 - Deputy President William Ruto’s office has released documents to support their assertion that a jet which took him on a tour of four African nations was a one-off hire at a cost of Sh18.5...
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Myanmar President Thein Sein (L) arrives at Yangon International Airport May 17, 2013 on his way to the US. Photo/ AFP WASHINGTON, May 20 - Myanmar’s President Thein Sein will Monday become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, as Washington offers...
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The couple was felled by police bullets in Githurai on Sunday. Photo/ MUTHONI NJUKI NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 - Only eight months into her life, it’s unlikely she’ll remember her parent’s used her as a human shield when they exchanged fire with the police in a 12-hour gun battle. It...
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A woman hostage is evacuated by Israeli security forces in Beersheva, on May 20/AFPBEERSHEVA, Israel, May 20 - Four people were killed and three others wounded in a botched bank heist in southern Israel which ended when a robber who had held a hostage shot himself dead, police said. "The woman...
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Police officers stand outside the Monitor offices in Kampala/COURTESY MONITOR-RACHEL MABALAKAMPALA, May 20 - Ugandan police raided two newspaper offices and two radio stations Monday, after reports of a falling out among army generals over whether the president’s son is to succeed him. "...
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Poultry sales have tumbled and prices plunged, Li said, causing major financial problems and job losses as a result/FILEBEIJING, May 20 - China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken,...
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The stampede was caused by an offer of free anointing water, police said/FILEACCRA, May 20 - Four people died and 30 others were injured on Sunday in a stampede in a popular church in Ghana, caused by an offer of free anointing water, police said. Thousands of worshippers hoping for water that they...
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A protester holds up a placard as he joins a demonstration for equal rights for gay couples in Trafalgar Square cental London on March 24, 2013/AFPLONDON, May 20 - British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay...
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The man and his wife were killed in a police raid that saw six police officers also injured during the operation when the suspects hurled four grenades at the police officers/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 - Two terror suspects were on Sunday morning shot and killed in Nairobi’s Githurai Kimbo estate....
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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket, carrying an Bion-M capsule is seen on the launch pad a Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome, April 18, 2013/AFPMOSCOW, May 19 - A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month’s mission in orbit on Sunday with data...
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The gunmen crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the early hours of Saturday morning and sprayed it with bullets, killing 23 people instantly, said Dak Tap Chuol, commissioner for the nearby town of Nasir/FILEJUBA, May 19 - At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South...
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Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 18, 2013/AFPMALMO, Sweden,May 19 - Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark Sunday after winning this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the...
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Mudavadi said there is nothing to be gained by any politician in brutal killings and leaders should stop the blame game to allow security agencies to get to the bottom of the attacks/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 - The UDF leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned against...
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Kimaiyo is also proposing the establishment of 13 new directorates/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 — The fate of Provincial Police chiefs hangs in the balance after Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo declared them non-existent. Kimaiyo says the PPO and PCIO’s positions and those of...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – Nairobi Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke has supported the County Ward Representatives’ (CWRs) demand that their gross pay be increased to Sh275, 000. Mueke argued that the current CWRs gross pay of Sh79,000 is not commensurate to the work they are expected to do and does not...
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Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on May 13, 2013/FILEDAMASCUS, May 19 - Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Bashar al-...
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The jet used by Ruto on his four African nation tour is seen in the background on his arrival in Gabon/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – The government has denied reports that it spent Sh100 million in hiring a private jet for Deputy President William Ruto to use on his four African nation tour. In a...
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Iranians surf the net at a cyber at a cafe in Tehran/AFP TEHRAN, May 19 - Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say....
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Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the Mossad," Israel’s intelligence agency, a statement said/FILETEHRAN, Iran, May 19 - Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found...
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WASHINGTON, May 18 - The outgoing head of the IRS told Congress that the US tax agency made "foolish mistakes" in targeting conservative groups, but insisted the action was not politically motivated. Lawmakers hammered Steven Miller, who resigned this week at the request of President Barack Obama,...