New Constitution is a Majimbo Constitution
Listen Fellow Kenyans, lend me your ears. Kenya has gone full circle to the majimbo constitution of 1963. Unnoticed, an ethnic scramble for Kenya has been going on and has now culminated in an agreement that we shall ratify in a referendum on 4th August, 2010. The agreement, not between people and leaders, but between [...]
US supports south Sudan’s independence
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – During his third day visit in Kenya the US vice president Joe Biden has said the United States will give technical and financial support for the referendum of an independent South Sudan. The US Vice President urged Southerners to immediately begin negotiations on post-referendum arrangements with Khartoum in tackling unresolved issues [...]
Kenya’s new law most important reform, says President Kibaki after meeting US VP
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid)- The Grand Coalition Government is confident that Kenyans will get a new constitution during the forthcoming referendum scheduled to be held in August this year, President Kibaki has said. In this regard, President Kibaki affirmed that a new constitution would herald the most important reform initiative for the Grand Coalition Government. The [...]
Uganda’s poll puts Army as the most trusted public institution
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – An opinion poll conducted countrywide between April 19 and May 6 by TNS/Research International, an independent global research company commissioned by Uganda’s Daily Monitor and the Deepening Democracy Programme shows that majority Ugandans say the UPDF is the best performing institution in the country over the past four years and it [...]
Somaliland: Sool elders to work with Al Shabab rebels
Listen Hargeisa (Alshahid) — Members of Dhulbahante’s religious order and elders from Sool region in Somaliland have held a series of meetings with the al-Qaeda linked insurgent Alshabab in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with a view of forming an alliance against government forces and the Ethiopian military. The supposedly secret meeting was organised by Banadir Islamic [...]
Kenya’s Proposed Constitution Support drops by seven percent
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – As the referendum date meant to decide the enactment of a new constitution in Kenya nears opinion poll survey results by Synovate on Friday indicate a marked drop in the Yes numbers by seven percent, which stood at 64% in the Synovate poll in April. At the moment it stands that [...]
Somaliland’s ruling party pledges full autonomy if it wins June 26 elections
Listen Hargeisa (Ashahid) – Somaliland’s ruling party UDUB today held a mammoth rally of supporters at Freedom Park in the city centre on Thursday. The fact that President Dahir Riyale and his vice Ahmed Yasin were the main speakers drew large crowds of all ages carrying the party flag. Riyale told supporters about the development [...]
Museveni tells donors to back off 2011 polls
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – President Museveni has assured parliament that the general elections will place as scheduled and at the same time told the donors to keep off Uganda’s politics and concentrate on areas such as developing infrastructure. In his state of the nation address in Parliament, he asked donors to concentrate on their objectives [...]
Sudan’s Bashir to be arrested by South Africa govt and handed to ICC
Listen Johannesburg – The President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has said he will arrest Sudan’s President Omar Bashir if he sets foot in the country and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) that has already issued arrest warrant for Bashir. Zuma told the National Assembly that as a signatory to the [...]
Southern Sudan army and rebels clash kills 9 people
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) – At least nine people were killed and several others were wounded on Wednesday in the fight between south Sudan government army forces and insurgents, a southern army official said accusing Khartoum of instigating the violence. The clashes occurred in the oil-producing Unity state between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and [...]