ICC Ocampo rooting for ODM political side before 2012; Kenyans say
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – A majority of Kenyan’s especially in the rural areas have began to get massively convinced that ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo is probably receiving briefs from PM Raila Odinga’s ODM section. This has been confirmed through demands by Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo that Mr Francis Muthaura steps aside from office immediately. Yesterday Ocampo [...]
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 [...]
Non ICC member America against Kenya’s bid over trials
Listen New York (Alshahid) -Kenya’s Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has apparently failed in his mission to the US. Soon after Mr Musyoka met in Washington on Wednesday with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, a State Department official told the Africa Review that “we do not support a UN Security Council resolution to defer the ICC [...]
Kenya, Ethiopia may attack Somalia alshabaab rebels
Listen Isiolo, Kenya (Alshahid) – Kenyan and Ethiopian troops could attack Somali rebel group al Shabaab inside the Horn of Africa nation following the rebels’ latest threat to strike at Kenya, security sources said on Monday. The al Shabaab group, which claims ties to al Qaeda and has been waging a four-year insurgency against Somalia [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Regional security, landscape will change forever after Sudan poll
Listen By ASUMAN BISIIKA -On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum that will determine whether they become an independent state. Observers say that whichever way the vote goes, there will be far-reaching ramifications for the people of both North and Southern Sudan, as well as the entire region. The [...]
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 [...]