From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015
Rose from Kericho writes: “Fr Beste I was so happy when I saw Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisumu in an exclusive interview with Waumini Communications Limited at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) General Secretariat, saying Catholic […] Continue Reading…
From: Abdalah Hamis
By Dr David Ndii
So far, the raging debate on the proposed standard gauge railway is focusing on dodgy procurement.
There are also questions about the cost although, on the whole, it is not evident that it is grossly overpriced. Many people seem to be under the impression that […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
FRIDAY, 14, 2014
Belinda writes via Facebook: “Omolo Beste I read on your Facebook timeline your valentine best wishes. I also read online that valentine was a catholic priest, who was martyred for his faith in Jesus Christ and for that reason […] Continue Reading…
From: South Sudan Press
By Abraham Deng Lueth
A citizen Letter to the South Sudan’s Youth Organization for Social Development (YOFSD) and the SPLM Youth League (SYL): The South Sudanese Youth and their Roles in Mitigating the Current Conflict
Dear fellow citizens,
The current crisis
February 13, 2014 (SSNA) — No doubt that the […] Continue Reading…
Reports Leo Odera Omolo in Sondu market.
It was as if the hell broke loose on Tuesday night when a band of 80 Kipsigis youth descended on 14 villages with crude weapons during the wee hours of the night and started spearing, slashing and hitting everybody on sight before […] Continue Reading…
From: News Release – African Press Organization (APO)
PRESS RELEASE
The inaugural BUILD Africa Forum was a remarkable success
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, February 13, 2014/ — The inaugural BUILD Africa Forum (http://www.buildafricaforum.com) was a remarkable success, gathering over two days:
– 849 participants representing […] Continue Reading…
From: Abdalah Hamis
At an urgent summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Kampala in late September 2012, Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete spoke passionately of how Tanzania was eager to end the conflict in DR Congo. President Kikwete informed other leaders that Tanzania was ready […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Yuvnalis from Kisii writes: “Hallo, Fr. Beste, on the issue of the Catholic Bishops not commenting on the social ills. Most of the Media consumed by the public is based on what the editors’ think makes good reading […] Continue Reading…
News Analysis By a special correspondent
This announcement made this week by the chairman of the troubled Luo Council of Elders, Mzee Meshack Riaga Ogalo, that plans are underway of launching a new political party, whose name is still being kept secret, appeared to have hit Raila Odinga […] Continue Reading…
From: South Sudan Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has on Monday said that foreign troops participating in South Sudan’s conflict must withdraw from South Sudan.
Desalegn’s comment is the first direct hit from a regional player against Uganda’s military intervention and comes in time when South Sudanese opposing factions trade […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
World Report 2014 is Human Rights Watch’s 24th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events through November 2013.
Reflecting on the “Rights Struggles of 2013,” Executive Director Kenneth Roth […] Continue Reading…
From: maina ndiritu
Tuesday February 11, 2014 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) will terminate cases facing President Uhuru Kenyatta before the end of this month, a senior official of the ICC has exclusively said According to the official, the judges at the ICC held a brainstorming meeting on Saturday […] Continue Reading…
from: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014
Susan from Kibwezi, Machakos Diocese writes: “Dear Fr Omolo I read your homily on fifth Sunday in ordinary time with keen interest. I was particularly moved by the way you analyzed the first reading from Isaiah 58: 7-10 […] Continue Reading…
From: Senator Sherrod Brown
At the 2012 Summer Olympic opening ceremony, Team USA took the stage wearing foreign-made red, white, and blue uniforms. At a time when so many good jobs had disappeared overseas, the news that our Olympic team was being forced to wear uniforms made overseas was […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014
Vivian from Nairobi writes: “Fr Beste what do you say about the members of the Jubilee Coalition who are drafting a motion for the National Assembly seeking to summon Justice Philip Waki to disclose the full contents of […] Continue Reading…
Sugar industry feature By Leo Oder5a Omolo in Kisumu City
Sugar millers in West Kenyan have huge stockpile of unsold produce in their warehouses.
The millers have reported that they are unable to sell the commodities as the local market is currently flooded with cheap sugar imported from Brazil and […] Continue Reading…
From: Abdalah Hamis
The United Republic of Tanzania is preparing a new constitution which will be approved (or not) by a referendum. On the 30th of December 2013 the Commission ‘Tume ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba’ presented the second draft of a new constitution to the President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar […] Continue Reading…
From: The White House
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Sat. February 8, 2014
The President spoke. Now:
When President Obama took the stage to deliver this year’s State of the Union, he told the American people that he intends for 2014 to be a year of action. He said:
“…What I offer […] Continue Reading…
From: Cheekless 2011
CSPDN Press Release
Ahead of the forthcoming National Dialogue, over one hundred Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria converged in Abuja on Wednesday 5 February 2014, and declared support for the initiative, even as they drew an agenda for consideration.
The participants drawn from all parts of the country under […] Continue Reading…
From: LEO ODERA
Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:07 AM
KISUMU POLICE IN THREE DAYS BATTLES WITH THE YOUTH OVER STATUE
Reports leo Odera Omolo
The police in Kisumu city fought a running battle with hundreds of rowdy ODM youths who had staged near violence demonstration in Kisumu city central […] Continue Reading…