ODM Minister Ngilu accused of blatant corruption
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Water board chair claims minister forced her way into three meetings A minister is alleged to have stormed a board meeting to influence award of tenders. Water minister Charity Ngilu had compromised board members, the chairman of the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation, Mr Geoffrey Mang’uriu, told a House Committee. He [...]
Analysis: Key challenges for Southern Sudan after split
Listen Juba (Alshahid) – The release of referendum results for Southern Sudan’s historic independence showing that 98.83 percent voted for secession means formal independence is scheduled for 9 July 2011, but key challenges still remain to be negotiated. These issues, observers say, must now be hammered out by the two ruling parties – the north’s [...]
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 [...]
Emirates Airline completes stalled development projects in Kenya
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Emirates Airline Foundation and Engineers Without Borders Orange County have completed a project to build a footbridge across the Ewaso Ng’iro River in Nanyuki in Kenya at a cost of US37,000 (Ksh2.96 million). Emirates’ Regional Manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad said the reconstruction of the footbridge began in July [...]
Kenyan minister close to PM Raila steps aside over graft
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Cabinet Minister Henry Kosgey a close ally and party chairman of Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga’s ODM on Monday offered to step aside and said he was ready to face corruption charges, Daily Nation reports The move by the Industrialisation minister came only a day after the Attorney-General Amos Wako approved his arrest [...]
Realistic Plan to Save Somalia
Listen By Abdulrahman Idow: Congratulations on the recent approval of your new cabinet by the parliament. I am sure that with your impeccable credentials you and your cabinet team stand in a good position to lead the country on the road towards Somali to come back as nation. We Somali diaspora are proud of you. [...]
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 [...]
Kenya PM Raila denies shielding minister Ngilu over corruption
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Prime Minister Raila Odinga has refuted claims of playing partisan politics by defending the embattled water and irrigation minister charity Ngilu over corruption allegations. The premier said accused ministers should be allowed to defend themselves before they are indicted. The renewed vigor in the fight against corruption seems to be gaining momentum [...]
Tanzania-USA Bilateral Relations
Listen Tanzania and United States of America (USA) enjoy good cooperation and collaboration in various fields of development over the years. The administrations of the two countries through their respective foreign affairs ministries link very well and promote their common interests for the mutual benefit of their citizens. The USA president Barack Obama and his [...]
Rwanda’s Elections: Strong economic growth earned Kagame clear victory
Listen Kagame’s clear victory in the recent concluded Rwanda’s elections was due to improved and sustained economic growth after 1994 genocide in which more than 800, 000 were killed in a violence which lasted for about three months. Analysts argue that since 2001, Rwanda has registered 6.4 per cent growth and this economic achievement enabled [...]