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 [...]
Emirates Airline completes stalled development projects in Kenya
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Emirates Airline Foundation and Engineers Without Borders Orange County have completed a project to build a footbridge across the Ewaso Ng’iro River in Nanyuki in Kenya at a cost of US37,000 (Ksh2.96 million). Emirates’ Regional Manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad said the reconstruction of the footbridge began in July [...]
Saracen scandal exposed TFG’s hypocrisy and incompetence
Listen For good governance, politicians accused of forgery, lies, corruption and incompetence should resign or be forced to leave office or thrown in jail if they are caught red-handed. President Sheikh Sharif, Prime Minister (PM) Mohamed Abdullahi Formajo, Minister Abdulkareem Jama of Posts, Telecommunication and Information (PTI) of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are accused [...]
Al Shabab Leadership crises and the prospect for peace in Somalia
Listen The peaceful amalgamation of the two Islamist factions Al Shabab and Hisbul Islam (HZ) is seen by some as a commendable act that will have significant postive ramification in the political landscape of Somalia. Others see it as the nightmare that they always dreaded to face; but at least over one million internally displaced [...]
Can Al Shabab digest the absorption of Hizbul Islam?
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) -The merger didn’t only strengthen the fire power of the new Al Shabab, but also brought with it an ideological baggage (Sh. Dahir Aweys) that is most likely to reinforce the position of the reformists. The reformist agenda is more of like a creeping revolution that encompass a thorough change of the [...]
Realistic Plan to Save Somalia
Listen By Abdulrahman Idow: Congratulations on the recent approval of your new cabinet by the parliament. I am sure that with your impeccable credentials you and your cabinet team stand in a good position to lead the country on the road towards Somali to come back as nation. We Somali diaspora are proud of you. [...]
US Envoy a loose talker; Kenya PM Raila hits out at US over WikiLeaks
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Despite advanced statements about Wikileaks not affecting Kenya-US relations, it has emerged that the opposite is happening with both the president and PM issuing statements to denounce assertions by US diplomat in Kenya that the two leaders are obstacles to reforms in Kenya. Speaking to BBC in an interview PM Raila [...]
Suspected Kenyan violence sponsors to be named next week
Listen New York (Alshahid) -The names of suspected Kenyan post-election violence sponsors will be known on next week. The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will on December 14 unveil the names as he presents his case to the Pre-Trial Chamber. The prosecutor told journalists in New York that he was ready with his [...]
Pirates’ Catch Exposed Kenya Route of Arms to volatile Sudan
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) — It was September 2008 and a band of Somali pirates made a startling discovery. The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the entire arsenal was headed for the regional government in southern Sudan. The Ukrainian and [...]
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 [...]