Nairobi (Alshahid) -Coming on the heels of an earlier directive to government officers to procure office furniture and other office items from kenyan producers; the president Kibaki has yet again barred Cabinet Ministers and their assistants from travelling outside Kenya ostensibly to ensure they attend parliamentary debates on the draft Constitution.
This was in a Government [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – President Mwai Kibaki has banned Cabinet Ministers and their Assistants from travelling abroad to enable them participate in the Constitution Review Process debate in Parliament.
The Draft Constitution was tabled in Parliament last week by Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitution and review Process and MPs have 30 days to debate once it comes [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenya on Saturday extended humanitarian support to the landslide victims in Uganda.
Following President Mwai Kibaki’s directive, the Kenya Government made an initial contribution of 700 bags of maize, 600 bags of rice, 400 bags of beans and 556 cartons of vegetable oil. The total consignment of 123 metric tones is worth Sh13.5 [...]
Amsterdam (Alshahid) – International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has on Wednesday submitted more evidence to the pre-trial judges which includes 20 names of top officials from both major parties who were responsible for crimes against humanity following the disputed 2007 general election.
Ocampo said that both parties organized, financed or spurred the violence against [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – The Grand Coalition Government is unified and firmly focused on serving Kenyans and delivering harmonized pledges made by the coalition partners during the electioneering period, President Kibaki has stated.
Speaking at the Holy Family Basilica Sunday where he and Prime Minister Raila Odinga attended a church service to mark the second anniversary since [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s failed attempt to suspend two ministers linked to corruption investigations appears to be winning him favour with voters, a new opinion poll showed.
The poll by Nairobi-based Strategic Research Limited, published in newspapers on Friday, said 55 percent of Kenyans trust Odinga to lead the fight against graft, [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -In what seemed to be a stamp of authority, President Kibaki hit at the Prime Minister Raila Odinga for attempting to personalize the war against corruption.
Amid cheers and foot thumping from members of parliament, the President in a read speech, warned against disregarding the law and laid procedures in the fight against graft.
“The [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenya’s president and prime minister have met for the first time since a power struggle broke out a week ago which threatened the unity government. The Tuesday meeting precedes the State opening of the 4th session of the 10th parliament. The two men were locked in talks in the president’s office in Nairobi.
There [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -The first ever Muslim university is to be established in Kenya’s Kitengela area. Sources confirm that the university, to be known as Umma University, will cater for both Muslims and non-Muslims.
In an advertisement in the Kenyan Dailies, the management has called for interested contractors to place their tenders before end of March.
“It is [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – A senior Kenyan officer says police rescued a Canadian man kidnapped four days ago after shooting three of his suspected captors.
David Kerina says the man, who works for an aid organization, was rescued Saturday after undercover police tricked his captors trying to collect a $135,000 ransom they had demanded.
The Canadian citizen was [...]
