Somalia’s PM may resign, but scars will not stop bleeding
Listen By Faysal Mohamud* *Somalia’s prime minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is expected to resign after Somalia’s feuding leaders, President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Parliament Speaker, Sharif Hassan agreed to form a new government to end a political stalemate that saw an intervention from the United Nations and regional governments.* The political deadlock between the two [...]
AU snubs London talks on Libya crisis
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) -The African Union has pulled out of a London conference on Libya after member states failed to agree on participation. Other reports indicate that the AU snubbed an invitation to attend London talks on Libya because Western forces decided to use NATO military intervention against a state that falls under the [...]
ICC Ocampo rooting for ODM political side before 2012; Kenyans say
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – A majority of Kenyan’s especially in the rural areas have began to get massively convinced that ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo is probably receiving briefs from PM Raila Odinga’s ODM section. This has been confirmed through demands by Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo that Mr Francis Muthaura steps aside from office immediately. Yesterday Ocampo [...]
Kenya reshuffles 125 senior police officers
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Nairobi Divisional Criminal Investigation Officers are among 125 senior police officers moved in changes announced by police boss Mathew Iteere on Tuesday. The announcement follows recent high-level deliberations between Vigilance House and senior officials in the Ministry of Internal Security. The reshuffle is aimed at reorganising the force ahead of the 2012 [...]
Kenyan ODM party disowns govt decision to challenge ICC cases
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -One arm of Kenya’s Grand Coalition government on Thursday disowned an announcement that the Government will challenge the admissibility of the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The move by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party came a day after a statement signed by three members of Cabinet stated Kenya [...]
Uganda police battle a handful of opposition protesters
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) -Police Wednesday used teargas and live bullets to quell opposition supporters who staged a protest in Ugandan capital Kampala against the outcome of the February 18 presidential poll. The police said at least 10 people were arrested after the a gang of protestors started beating passersby dressed in yellow—the ruling party’s official [...]
Kenyans told to shun abusive party leaders
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) wants Kenyans to shun presidential aspirants who have no regard for the rule of law. The country has been treated to a barrage of abused sparked by PM Raila’s statements that cabinet colleagues and fellow party leaders were drunkards and thieves. NCIC Chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia [...]
Non ICC member America against Kenya’s bid over trials
Listen New York (Alshahid) -Kenya’s Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has apparently failed in his mission to the US. Soon after Mr Musyoka met in Washington on Wednesday with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, a State Department official told the Africa Review that “we do not support a UN Security Council resolution to defer the ICC [...]
Kenya Raila-Ruto war in ODM explodes as dictatorship grows
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Wrangles in ODM have now spilled outside the party with plans by about 40 MPs to lodge a dispute against the leadership with the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal. Leading the charge are two MPs, Adan Duale (Dujis) who is also the party’s vice chairman and Isaac Ruto (Chepalungu) whose membership the party [...]
Kenya Raila’s ODM expels two MPs over divergent views
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Two MPs could lose their seats after ODM announced it had expelled them for holding divergent views from those held by party leader and Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga. The party has written to the Registrar of Political Parties, saying Assistant Minister Aden Duale, and Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto have been expelled. ODM [...]