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Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

| May 19, 2013 | Comments
Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

How easily are you swayed by other people’s opinion? When you listen to other people talk about you, how much of their words do you take in to define who you are? Are you where you are because someone said something about you and you took it to become part of you? Did you even [...]

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Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

| May 18, 2013 | Comments
Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

Deputy President William Ruto’s office has hired a luxury jet for his travels across the continent in a deal which will cost taxpayers up to $300,000 (Sh25.14 million) every three months. Documents seen by the Sunday Nation show that the invoice for the first instalment of the “quarterly payment” for the Bombardier 850 Challenger plane was lodged [...]

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Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

| May 18, 2013 | Comments
Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

A murderer who admits killing up to 400 people – many in bloody machete attacks – is living in the UK after being granted asylum. John Thuo has been living in a taxpayer funded home since sneaking in illegally from Africa in 2003, and his neighbours are totally oblivious to his grisly past. For seven [...]

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Raila Odinga Still Waiting For Uhuru Job Offer

| May 17, 2013 | Comments
Raila Odinga Still Waiting For Uhuru Job Offer

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has not announced his next move because President Uhuru Kenyatta has kept him waiting over a State job. Officials close to the presidency told Saturday Nation the promise made by Mr Odinga two weeks ago was hinged on an appointment he had secured with President Kenyatta, which had not materialised. “There was [...]

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Caroline Mutoko fights back, reports bloggers to the police

| May 17, 2013 | Comments
Caroline Mutoko fights back, reports bloggers to the police

Radio personality Caroline Mutoko last week filed an official complaint asking police to investigate the anonymous bloggers who have linked her to the death of the late Senator Mutula Kilonzo. Mutoko filed the complaint with the Cyber Crime Unit of the CID asking for various Kenyan websites to be investigated and criminal prosecu- tions launched [...]

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Striking similarities between Kenyan President Uhuru & American President Obama

| May 16, 2013 | Comments
Striking similarities between Kenyan President Uhuru & American President Obama

Newly elected Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and US President Barack Obama: Two Kenyans with strikingly similar stories and strikingly similar connections to each other; 1. As mentioned, both men are Kenyans 2. Both men born in 1961, Uhuru on 26th October 1961, Barack on 4th August 1961 3. Both are left-handed 4. Barack is of [...]

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Ruto on a 4 African Nations visit to boost ties

| May 16, 2013 | Comments
Ruto on a 4 African Nations visit to boost ties

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 16 – Deputy President William Ruto left the country on Thursday on his first official tour in honour of invitations from the governments of Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Nigeria and Algeria.   His office said the invitations were extended to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who Ruto will be representing, during their April 9 inauguration [...]

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Ban Ki-moon picks Mukhisa Kituyi to lead UN’s trade and development body

| May 16, 2013 | Comments
Ban Ki-moon picks Mukhisa Kituyi to lead UN’s trade and development body

GENEVA, May 16 – UN chief Ban Ki-moon has nominated former Kenyan minister and Member of Parliament Mukhisa Kituyi to lead the UN’s trade and development body when the current chief steps down at the end of August. “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has nominated Mukhisa Kituyi of Kenya to serve as Secretary-General of UNCTAD [...]

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Video:Aden Duale to sue for being likened to a pig during protest

| May 15, 2013 | Comments
Video:Aden Duale to sue for being likened to a pig during protest

Duale angered by ‘Occupy Parliament’ protesters who branded one of the pigs with his name. Nairobi, Kenya: Leader of Majority Aden Duale is now planning to sue organizers of Tuesday’s anti-MPs protest who symbolically used pigs that feasted on blood at the gate of Parliament buildings. Duale is irked that the activists branded one of the pigs with his name and that of fellow [...]

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President Kenyatta jets back as Ruto jets out to the Hague

| May 14, 2013 | Comments
President Kenyatta jets back as Ruto jets out to the Hague

President Uhuru Kenyatta jetted back into the country from a four-day official visit to Cape Town, South Africa. During the visit, President Kenyatta attended the World Economic Forum on Africa whose theme was “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. The Forum agreed on the strengthening of the continent’s competitiveness, creating inclusive and sustainable growth, accelerating infrastructure development [...]

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