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DEPUTY president William Ruto yesterday clarified that he is on "an official bilateral trip" to four African countries, as the Senate saw heated debate on the issue. Ruto denied claims he is on a shuttle diplomacy to gain support against the International Criminal Court where he and President Uhuru Kenyatta, together with radio journalist Joshua arap Sang are standing trial
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Nairobi - Kenyan police fired teargas and water cannon outside parliament on Tuesday to disperse about 200 people demonstrating against lawmakers' demands for a salary 130 times the legal minimum wage. Civil rights groups organised the protest to express widespread anger that politicians are demanding a pay rise so soon after a broadly peaceful election on 4 March. Protesters fed
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Nairobi — The government plans recruit 10,000 additional police officers to bolster security in the country amidst rising cases of crimes. Deputy President William Ruto says that the government will also hire vehicles for the police service to ease the challenge of movement being faced by the law enforcers. "We have a serious challenge in the police force as pertains
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Nairobi — The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Modibo Toure has called on the government to scale up its efforts in stopping the attacks that have recently rocked Busia and Bungoma County. "Cognisant of the recent security incidents in Tana River County, I would like to urge the government to take appropriate action to promptly stem the insecurity
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Nairobi - Kenya has written to the UN Security Council pleading to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice president William Ruto, according to documents seen on Thursday. "What this delegation is asking for is not deferral," Kenya's ambassador to the UN, Macharia Kamau, wrote in a letter to the Council seen by
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Everyone is so relieved that the Kenyan election this year did not result in a repeat of ethnic violence after the 2007 election, that we seem to have forgotten that both President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto have been summoned to appear at the International Criminal Court in The Hague charged with crimes against humanity. This week Kenyatta
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, facing trial in The Hague for crimes against humanity, arrived in London on May 6 to take part in a conference on Somalia. Rights activists are planning to demonstrate against his visit. London was the first destination for President Uhuru Kenyatta outside Africa. He arrived at London's Heathrow Airport, where he was welcomed by British officials
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Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, is expected to visit London at Britain's invitation next week for a conference on Somalia. It will be his first trip to a Western capital since his election in March. Britain and other countries said before his victory it would only have
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Nairobi - A Kenyan court has found two Iranian nationals guilty of planning to attack Western targets in Kenya. Magistrate Kaire Waweru Kiare said on Thursday the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt all counts against the two. Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi were charged with preparing to commit acts intended to cause grievous harm after they were
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Nairobi - Kenya's chief justice on Monday denied accusations that he had received bribes to rule in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a petition challenging the outcome of last month's election, which was the biggest test yet of the newly reformed judiciary. Kenya's Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, upheld Kenyatta's victory, dismissing a petition by presidential
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Nairobi — Judge Christine van den Wyngaert on Saturday resigned from hearing the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after questioning the conduct of the prosecution in President Uhuru Kenyatta's case. In her opinion the prosecution failed to disclose to the Pre-Trial Chamber on the credibility of witness four and disclosing new evidence after confirmation stage. "There are
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Nairobi — The Kenya Medical Association is opposed to banker James Macharia heading the Health docket following Tuesday's nomination by President Uhuru Kenyatta. KMA National Chairman Elly Nyaim told journalists on Wednesday that the association did not want to bank on Macharia's leadership credentials because he had no technical experience in the medical field. Nyaim argued that President Uhuru Kenyatta
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CORD leader Raila Odinga yesterday asked Kenyans not to refer to him as Prime Minister. He was attending the burial of former KNUT secretary general David Okuta in Ahero, Kisumu county with President Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila said it was time to reconcile the country while the President reiterated that he was ready to work with everyone including the former PM.
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Nairobi - A Chinese tourist has been killed by a hippopotamus near Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Great Riff Valley, medics said on Monday. The woman, said to be in her 30s, was attacked by a hippo mother after trying to take photos of a baby hippo, the Standard newspaper reported. Wildlife officials shot the mother hippo dead after the incident
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Today as you read this story, 21 mothers will die during delivery. In fact, many more will die in North Eastern region.By the end of the year about 8,000 mothers will have died during labour, three times the number of those who die in road accidents annually which stands at 3,000. Maternal Mortality now stands at 530 deaths in every
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Nairobi - Kenyan presidential elections won by Uhuru Kenyatta were marred by problems but overall were acceptable, the country's highest court said on Tuesday, detailing its decision last month to uphold the results. "The evidence, in our opinion, does not disclose any profound irregularity in the management of the electoral process, nor does it gravely impeach the mode of participation
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PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has asked former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to become a special envoy for Kenya. The initial offer was made on Easter Monday at a private evening meeting at the home of a city businessman in Muthaiga. The meeting was also attended by Deputy President William Ruto. On Thursday morning Ruto called Raila to repeat the offer and
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If pessimists were to be believed, the 2013 presidential election in Kenya was supposed to give birth to Armageddon or at least lead to inter-tribal strife as did the previous one. The world therefore watched with bated breath as Kenyans conducted themselves peacefully and showed the world that Africans could competently run their own affairs. The vote tally was close
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Nairobi - Floods in Kenya have left 32 people dead and six missing since March 20, the local Red Cross said on Wednesday. The heavy rains across Kenya have displaced about 4 000 households, or more than 18 630 people, the emergency service provider said. Most of those displaced were in western Kenya. "The most common destruction in these areas
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Nairobi - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni congratulated Kenyans on Tuesday for voting in Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya's fourth president in defiance of his looming international trial for crimes against humanity. "I want to salute the Kenyan voters on...the rejection of the blackmail by the International Criminal Court [ICC] and those who seek to abuse this institution for their own agenda,"
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Nairobi — Once the Instruments of power are handed over to him during the inauguration ceremony, Uhuru Kenyatta who then takes over the reins as president, will be Kenya's youngest Head of State at 51. Uhuru was just a toddler when his father founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta took over power from the British 50 years ago and 41 when
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Nairobi — The government has stepped up anti-poaching operations with a view to stamping out the poaching menace noting that the country has already lost 74 elephants since the year begun. Through a statement sent to newsrooms, Government spokesman Muthui Kariuki said Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) would deploy 1000 more rangers to beef up wildlife security efforts. He added that
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A Kenyan journalist was found dead on Sunday in his house in the coastal city of Mombabsa, according to a report. A housemate found Bernard Wesonga, 27, with blood on his nose and mouth, said cpj.org. Local journalists said Wesonga had been with friends at a local pub in Mombasa the previous night. He had told them he recently received
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Nairobi - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he accepts the Supreme Court's verdict that upholds the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya's next president. Odinga, who challenged the validity of Kenyatta's win, told reporters after the court ruling on Saturday that he wished Kenyatta well and urged Kenyans to remain peaceful. He said it was unfortunate that some of
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Nairobi - Kenya's Supreme Court is on Saturday due to rule whether to confirm Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential election victory or order fresh polls in the country, still traumatised by the violence that erupted after the previous ballot five years ago. Kenyatta, facing international crimes against humanity charges over the unrest that followed the 2007 election, was proclaimed the winner of
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