Kenya Police stop generation change rally over US envoy link
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) –A public prayer rally organized by Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa and former Mungiki sect leader Maina Njenga in Nairobi’s Kamkunji was violently dispersed by police who claimed “orders from above”. The charismatic and eloquent Eugene Wamalwa is fast becoming a preferred candidate for the now politically active massive voting block of youths [...]
Somalia’s alshabab leader traveled to UAE twice through Kenya
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia’s al-Qaeda sponsored alshabab’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Mukhtar Abdurahman Abu Zubeyr (AKA Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed Godane) has traveled twice, via Kenya to the UAE to visit his wife and family in Sharjah, Sunatimes reported. The reclusive leader made unreported trips to United Arab Emirate to visit his wife and children [...]
Kenya President and PM to send away US envoy
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenya will ask America to recall its Ambassador Michael Ranneberger, whose top-secret communiques to the US Department of State have provoked a furore in Government. This is only the second time since Independence for Kenya to demand the recall of an envoy. The first was during the old Kanu regime of former [...]
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 [...]
Kenyan Police most corrupt, President kibaki efforts praised; TI Report
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Most Kenyans perceive their police force is the most corrupt institution in the nation, a poll by a global anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday, but many also have faith in government efforts to fight the vice. Another study published in October by TI-Kenya indicated that 97 percent of Kenyans viewed corruption [...]
Kenya: Experts welcome counter-human trafficking law
Listen Mombasa-Nairobi (Alshahid) – Counter-trafficking specialists say a law recently passed in Kenya which, for the first time, legally defines and recognizes trafficking in persons as a crime, will help protect the vulnerable and assist survivors, while serving as a deterrent to perpetrators. “This legislation represents a significant new tool for Kenya in counter-trafficking law [...]
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 [...]
Kenya accused of turning back Somali refugees fleeing from war
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Approximately 130 Somali refugees including women and children, who crossed the Libooya border in Northeastern Kenya were turned back by Kenyan authority. According to Hiiraan on Line, these Somali refugees were refused entry and were encamped at an open area in the border. Three women among refugees gave birth while being [...]
Kenyan MPs use tribalism to put country into a Constitutional crisis
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Thursday night parliamentary debates plunged the country into a constitutional crisis after Parliament rejected a list of nominees to two key commissions on the implementation of the new constitution that saw the Government miss Friday’s deadline for gazetting the names. MPs said the list for the implementation committee lacked regional balance and [...]
Disappointed and starved of justice, Kenyans eagerly await judicial reforms
Listen When we struggled against one-party dictatorship, we suffered more disappointments from the Judiciary than from any other arm of government. The Judiciary disappointed so greatly because, unlike Parliament and the Executive, it was expected to be the final refuge for the persecuted. But it was in the court-rooms that the hopes of those who [...]