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 [...]
Kenya PM Raila under siege
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The political party that propelled him to within a heartbeat of the presidency is falling apart and his political allies-turned-rivals are helping to accelerate the fall. A tumultuous week culminated in a meeting on Saturday hosted by party deputy leader William Ruto in Mombasa which organisers said was meant to lay strategies [...]
Regional security, landscape will change forever after Sudan poll
Listen By ASUMAN BISIIKA -On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum that will determine whether they become an independent state. Observers say that whichever way the vote goes, there will be far-reaching ramifications for the people of both North and Southern Sudan, as well as the entire region. The [...]
Kenyan PM flies to Cote d’Ivoire for mission impossible
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is on the way to Abidjan for ‘last-chance’ diplomatic efforts to end an election crisis that left Cote d’Ivoire with “two presidents”. The announcement by the African Union came a day after Laurent Gbagbo rejected a deadline set by his rival for him to leave office, saying [...]
ICC Ocampo defends Kenya President and PM over election violence
Listen Nairobi (Alshaid) –The Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Mr Louis Moreno Ocampo has defended Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga over the post-election violence investigations. In a veiled defence of the two principals, Ocampo said his investigations “were not about elections or parties” “We shall forward for prosecution [...]
Kenya ex-minister Ruto blames the ‘false witnesses’ over ICC
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Mr William Ruto landed with guns blazing at what he called ‘false witnesses’ and the judicial commission led by Justice Phillip Waki that probed post-election violence. He claimed his tribulations with ICC were the work of ‘mercenaries’ hired by his political opponents and dishonest non-governmental organisations (NGOs) splashing money at lying ‘witnesses’. [...]
Tanzania-USA Bilateral Relations
Listen Tanzania and United States of America (USA) enjoy good cooperation and collaboration in various fields of development over the years. The administrations of the two countries through their respective foreign affairs ministries link very well and promote their common interests for the mutual benefit of their citizens. The USA president Barack Obama and his [...]
Rwanda’s Elections: Strong economic growth earned Kagame clear victory
Listen Kagame’s clear victory in the recent concluded Rwanda’s elections was due to improved and sustained economic growth after 1994 genocide in which more than 800, 000 were killed in a violence which lasted for about three months. Analysts argue that since 2001, Rwanda has registered 6.4 per cent growth and this economic achievement enabled [...]
Squabbles will derail the so much anticipated Kenya constitutional benefits
Listen I recall my article during the run-up to the referendum elections that we should not pursue the constitution as an end in itself and to some extend chest thumb for some; we now have the evident aftermath that is justified by the current political squabbles among the leaders. The emerging evidence is that the [...]
Kenya Higher Education Minister Ruto Fits the Job
Listen I have been keenly monitoring the performance of the vibrant and flamboyant politician Samoei William Ruto and have come to terms he is fit for the Higher Education portfolio and some other tasks the presidency not exceptional. In the last rankings of ministries, Agriculture was the best performing ministries which he was heading by [...]