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Kimaiyo indicated that the public needs to freely turn up and testify against suspects to bolster the charges against them/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo now says the force have been unable to get criminals jailed by the courts because the public has been...
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A hearing will be held at a later date to determine damages. McAlpine has already received six-figure payouts from the BBC and Britain’s ITV network/FILELONDON, May 24 - A tweet by the wife of the British parliament’s speaker about a senior Conservative politician in the wake of reports...
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The resolution is expected to be decided upon by African leaders at the two-day summit of the 54-member bloc/FILEADDIS ABABA, May 24 - African foreign ministers said on Friday they have agreed a draft proposal to urge international crimes against humanity trials for Kenya’s leaders to be...
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High Court judge Jairus Ngaah ruled that the application by King’ara was premature since the matter was at the pre-trial stage/FILENYERI, Kenya, May 24 - The High Court in Nyeri has rejected an application by Othaya parliamentary loser Peter King’ara seeking an order for a scrutiny and...
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Rescue crews survey the scene of a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 on May 23, 2013 near Mt. Vernon, Washington/AFP LOS ANGELES, May 24 - A highway bridge over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below...
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The IEBC has given political parties until June 3, a little over a week from now, to conduct their party primaries/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - The Makueni Senate by-election will take place on July 22, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has declared. "The County Returning...
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Muigai said Fatou Bensouda’s claim of non-cooperation from Kenya was claptrap because the government had already assisted her in 35 of her 37 requests for assistance/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - Attorney General Githu Muigai has taken the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor head on...
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Members of the committee put her on the spot over key cases like that on Robert Ouko’s murder and investigations into Professor George Saitoti’s death/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - The nominee for Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal was on Friday put to task by Parliament’s Justice...
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Abubakar Shekau, the purported leader of Boko Haram/AFP ABUJA, May 24 - Nigerian authorities said Friday they had freed three women and six children abducted by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram as part of an ongoing military operation targeting the extremists. The group was abducted on May 7...
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"The lack of an emergency number hampers the ability of the police to fight crime," Omtatah had stated in his application/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has been directed to initiate dialogue with operators of telephone companies to facilitate an emergency...
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AU forces in Somalia/FILE ADDIS ABABA, May 24 - The African Union, celebrating this weekend 50 years since the launch of a continental bloc, regularly repeats the mantra: African solutions to African problems. But AU efforts to tackle those problems — especially the conflicts that plague the...
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Mokhtar Belmokhtar at an undisclosed location/AFP NOUAKCHOTT, May 24 - Algerian commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar "supervised" twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 people in Niger, the Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar reported. "It was Belmokhtar who himself supervised the operational plans of...
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Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf /AFP NEW DELHI, May 24 - Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month’s Champions Trophy in England amid media reports he is under Indian police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said Thursday. The announcement comes a week after police...
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Kimemia is expected to appear before the Administration and National Security Committee at Continental House from 2.30pm/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - The nominee for Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, faces questioning on his suitability from Members of Parliament on Friday afternoon....
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Kenyatta, Ruto and radio presenter Joshua arap Sang face crimes against humanity charges at The Hague/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 - The US and European nations have rejected Kenya’s plea to the United Nations Security Council to end cases before the International Criminal Court. Envoys from...
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The law prohibits the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10pm and 6am/FILEANKARA, May 24 - Turkey’s parliament on Friday passed a controversial law restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim country. The law prohibits alcoholic beverage companies from...
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The map of Africa/AFP DAR ES SALAAM, May 23 - Tanzanian police have made sweeping arrests after a day of protests in which one person was killed in a southeastern town over a gas pipeline project, the government said Thursday. "Several houses and a lot of property were badly damaged," home affairs...
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A logo of the Nissan company/FILE TOKYO, May 23 - Japan’s number two carmaker Nissan said Thursday it would recall some 841,000 compact cars worldwide due to a steering wheel problem. The recall will cover the Micra, known as the March in some markets, and Cube models produced in Japan and...
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Kiplagat, who spoke to journalists on Thursday barely hours after he handed over the report to President Uhuru Kenyatta admitted that some of the report’s findings and subsequent recommendations were not in sync/MIKE KARIUKINAIROBI, Kenya, May 23- The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation...
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a street in Quetta on May 2, 2013. A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, police said/AFP QUETTA, Pakistan, May 23 - A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore...
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Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo said the implementation of the report would help unite Kenyans and give a clear direction out of past injustices and human rights violations committed by individuals in past regimes/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 - The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has demanded...
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The commission’s Chief Executive Officer Alice Atieno, in an affidavit lodged in court argues that there was no reason to stop the process of appointing the PSs as demanded in court by Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK)/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 - The Public Service Commission (PSC) has...
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The Permanent Secretary in his office Mohamed Isahakia released a statement rebutting fresh reports by the newspaper that they dealt with a firm known as VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH in hiring the jet/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 - The back-and-forth between the Office of Deputy President...
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Ruto said this strategy will develop the country’s tourism industry to make it more competitive and help create more job opportunities for the youth/DPPSNAIROBI, Kenya, May 23 - Deputy President William Ruto has said that the government will fast-track the Wildlife Bill to make the killing of...
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US President Barack Obama speaks at the National Defense University in Washington, DC/AFP WASHINGTON, May 24 - President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be self-defeating. Obama...