Somali PM starts salary pay for the disabled national army troops
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -A change in tactics by Somali pirates has alarmed international maritime firms and triggered a rise in the price of insuring shipping sailing off the East African coast. Large numbers of Somali pirates are now reported to be operating from captured merchant vessels far out in the Indian Ocean, making the task [...]
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 [...]
Six Kenya MPs and Minister named suspected drug barons
Listen Nairobi(Alshahid) – Internal Security Minister George Saitoti revealed to a charged House that MPs Gidion Mbuvi (Makadara), Hassan Joho (Kisauni), Assistant Minister Harun Mwau (Kilome) and William Kabogo (Juja) were under investigation by the police over the narcotics trade. He also said Mombasa businessman Ali Punjani was under the police spotlight. The Minister was [...]
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 [...]
Kenya Gave Names of Drug kings to the US
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) — Kenya provided the names of suspected drug king-pins banned from travelling to the US, the Nation has established. The US embassy on Wednesday said the four government officials and a businessman are well-known to Kenyan intelligence agents who have been investigating their links to the lucrative narcotics trade. The men will [...]
Plight of Somali Refugees in the Arabian Peninsula
Listen By Mohamed O. Eyow Unfortunate Somalis destined from bad to worse, it’s over two decades now when an armed violence erupted in the home country. The world gets bewildered to mend the unabated political morass. Entire multiple bids by regional and international actors to defuse the prevalent hybrid quandary are yet to deliver. The [...]
The Relationship between Aid and Security in Eastern Africa
Listen In Africa, the United States (US) military since 9/11 has been involved in the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. This trend is being consolidated in the new US Command for Africa – AFRICOM – that advances a role for the US military in Africa’s development. One of the models for the new command [...]
Kenya referendum: No camp reaches VP’s political stronghold
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -A group of televangelists took their no campaign to Machakos the heart of Kenya’s Vice president’s political base on Sunday saying victory was with those who opposed the proposed new constitution. The televangelists who were joined by retired president Daniel arap Moi and several politicians allied to no camp took issues with [...]
The Relationship between Aid and Security in Eastern Africa
Listen In Africa, the United States (US) military since 9/11 has been involved in the provision of humanitarian and development assistance. This trend is being consolidated in the new US Command for Africa – AFRICOM – that advances a role for the US military in Africa’s development. One of the models for the new command [...]
An Overview and Prospects of East African Integration
Listen (a) Historical Context of East African Community East African Cooperation dates back to 1900 when Uganda made her first formal customs arrangement with Kenya. Mombasa became the Customs collection centre. The building of Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) shifted trade rapidly from Tanganyika Port of Dar-es-Salaam to Mombasa. During this period, Uganda and Kenya were under [...]