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 [...]
Kenya PM Raila’s family involved in maize scandal; US cables
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Wikileaks claim Prime Minister Raila Odinga attempted to suspend former Agriculture Minister William Ruto to divert attention from his family’s involvement in the Sh2 billion maize scam. Secret cables sent by US Ambassador, Michael Ranneberger, to Washington and now released by WikiLeaks allege Raila wanted to create confusion when he said he [...]
Extension of TFP Term heralds catastrophe for Somalia
Listen Two days after IGAD’s public declaration, the Parliament approved three year term extension easily with 97 % yes (435 present). It’s interesting to witness the intense vilification of the International Community (IC) by Ethiopia and Members of the Djibouti Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP-D) after the IC objected the three-year- extension of TFP-D’s tenure from [...]
Somali President, Sheikh Sharif returns home
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid)-Somali president, Sheikh Sharif Sh. Ahmed and his delegates have arrived in the capital Mogadishu after they had paid visits of Djibouti and Egyptian countries, officials said. T.F.G cabinet ministers welcomed president Sharif and his delegation at Adam Adde international airport at noon on Friday. The President who left Mogadishu early this week [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Kenya MPs and Public defend graft chief over ODM attacks
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The MPs told the anti-graft agency’s director, Prof Patrick Lumumba, not to be intimidated by threats from corruption riddled political party ODM. Speaking at Parliament Buildings, the MPs told ODM not to interfere with the anti-graft agency. Raila Odinga the Prime Minister and leader of the graft ridden ODM party has also [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wrangles that never cease in the Somali government
Listen The scramble and political quagmire within the circus of the Transitional Federal government seems unending at every appointment of cabinet. Of the three Somalia governments from 2000 to date, none was able to ameliorate the abhorring situation in Somalia. It was in 2000 when Abdikasim Salat Hassan and his premier Ali khalif Galeyr could [...]