Kenya Raila’s ODM expels two MPs over divergent views
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Two MPs could lose their seats after ODM announced it had expelled them for holding divergent views from those held by party leader and Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga. The party has written to the Registrar of Political Parties, saying Assistant Minister Aden Duale, and Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto have been expelled. ODM [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Who Should Lead Us, Politicians Or Professionals?
Listen To actualize benefits of the new constitution, Kenyans must have good leaders. But what is a good leader? To develop counties, we are told to forget politicians and get professionals, our newest version of good leaders. But are politicians inherently bad and professionals good? In themselves, politics and professions are innocent, only men corrupt [...]
Burn a Quran Day and its relevance to what’s happening in Kenya.
Listen I was just watching what’s being said on the online forums and I realized that as Idd approaches another event is also approaching that has the more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world very upset. First off the date has been timed to coincide with 9/11 and this Terry Jones the pastor behind [...]
Resolving the Wagalla Massacre case; a cultural approach
Listen For a period of 26 years the survivors of Wagalla Massacre have been literally crying their hearts out for justice. The quest for justice for this perplexing case has been long and odious. It began immediately after the incident when the late Ahmed Khalif, former Minister for Labour, who in 1984 was the Member [...]
Uganda President declares 7 Days of Mourning as terror blast death toll hits 74
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – The Uganda Government has announced a week of mourning following Sunday bomb blasts that claimed the lives of 74 people, among them 14 foreigners, says Beatrice Wabudeya, the Minister for the Presidency. President Yoweri Museveni declared that all flags at public buildings countrywide will accordingly fly at half-mast, adding in a [...]
IGAD leaders chart way forward to support Somalia Government
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – The two day Summit of the 15th Extraordinary Session of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development(IGAD )Assembly of Heads of State and Government on Somalia ended on Monday with several concrete actions to chart the way forward in solving political and security crisis in the country including sending over 20,000 [...]
South Sudan: NBA and Humanitarian star Bol buried
Listen Juba (Alshahid) –Basketball star Manute Bol was buried in his family’s home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame. Sudan-born Bol, a great 10 NBA seasons thanks to his 7-foot, 7-inch (2.31-metre) frame [...]
Kenyan PM Raila undergoes head surgery
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has undergone surgery in Nairobi hospital to make a hole in his head to relieve pressure building on the outside of his brain, doctors say on Tuesday. According to the doctors they had to open a hole in Odinga’s skull to drain the fluid. Prime Minister Raila [...]