KENYA: POLICE ARE PRAISED FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ALONG LUO-NANDI BORDERS

Reports Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City

The insecurity situation along the Luo – Nandi border that has been escalating in recent months is likely to improve following the gunning down of an armed thug by policemen in Nandi Hills town this week.

Jack Kispang who is suspected to have been […] Continue Reading…

Kenya: You’re invited to Nairobi StorySema (Dec 10, 2013)

From: Africa Live Art
Date: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Subject: You’re invited to Nairobi StorySema (Dec 10, 2013)
To: jaluo@jaluo.com

Hello,
You are invited to the following event:

Nairobi StorySema

Hello,
You are invited to the following event:

Nairobi StorySema

Event to be held at the following time, […] Continue Reading…

WHY KENYAN PRESS IS FOND OF DISTORTING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL HISTORY?

Commentary By Leo Odera Omolo

ANYONE reading through the columns of the Kenyan newspapers will not escape from reading malice and deliberate distortion and concoction of the the country’s political history, especially in regards to the role of those gallant freedom fighters of the past. I was so disgusted, perturbed […] Continue Reading…

YEAR OF FAITH CONCLUDES WITH NUMEROUS CHALLENGES IN KENYA

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Next Sunday November 24, 2013 is the Feast of Christ the King, established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man’s thinking and living and […] Continue Reading…

KENYANS NEEDS REPENTANCE

From: Nyambok, Thomas
Date: Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Subject: KENYANS.docx
To: “jaluo@jaluo.com”

KENYANS: THE SITTING PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA WILL NOT GO TO THE HAGUE EASILY COUNT IT ON ME AND KENYA WILL FACE THE WRATH THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN IN AFRICA. AU CANNOT SUSTAIN THE NEEDS OF […] Continue Reading…

Sen. Brown and Portman: Stop military rape

From: Nita and Shaunna, UltraViolet

The Senate is about to vote on a proposal to take military rape cases out of the chain of command and finally get justice for survivors. Can you call Sens. Brown and Portman and ask them to pass the Military Justice Improvement Act?
http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/1277?t=2&akid=687.6000.Q0PlqU

Sen. Brown – […] Continue Reading…

STATEMENT BY H.E. DR. JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA; Conference on Climate Change

From: Abdalah Hamis

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STATEMENT BY H.E. DR. JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA AND COORDINATOR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE INAUGURATION OF […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: HOW THE YEAR 2010 BROKE RECORD IN CORRUPTION

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Denis from Nairobi says I did not come out clear on the 2nd question asked by Adede Omondi because right from the onset we saw the parliamentarians ask for increased salaries even threatening to disband the Salaries Commission, […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: ATWOLI AND COTU HAVE FAILED KENYAN WORKERS

By our special correspondent

The sentiment expressed by a section of Western Kenyan leaders who have asked the Kenya Sugar Boards Chief Executive Rosemary Mkok to Resign has received the backing of sugar cane farmers in Nyanza.

A cross section of farmers in the sugar cane farming fraternity there is a […] Continue Reading…

South Africa: Acquisition by Harith General Partners Limited of Frontier Markets Fund Managers Limited

From: News Release – African Press Organization (APO)
PRESS RELEASE

Harith is an established and dedicated fund manager with a predominantly African focus and a wealth of experience in infrastructural investment

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, November 19, 2013/ — Harith (http://www.harith.co.za) has concluded the acquisition of the entire shareholding of the Company from the […] Continue Reading…

World Oil Outlook 2013

From: Yona Maro
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:38:38 +0300
Subject: World Oil Outlook 2013

OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2013 is part of the Organization’s commitment to market stability. The publication is a means to highlight and further the understanding of the many possible future challenges and opportunities that lie ahead […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: AWENDO RESIDENTS WANTS THE AUTHORITY TO STAMP OUT MOTORBIKE ACCIDENTS

Reports Leo Odera Omolo In Awendo TOWN

RESIDENTS of Awendo Town in Migori County have raised complaints against the increased number of Motorcyclists boda Boda operating in the area which have become the source of insecurity and many accidental deaths. They are demanding for the quick intervention of the Prov9ncial […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: WHY GOVERNMENT WON’T PUNISH CULPRITS OF GOLDENBERG SCANDALS

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Adede Omondi writes via email: “I read one of your blogs on corruption and I would wish you share your ideas with me on these questions: one-is parliament now immune from manipulations of transactions like Goldenberg International limited? […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: WHY AMINA’S PUSH TO SAVE UHURU FROM ICC IS DOOMED TO FAIL

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Fred from Molo would like to know whether Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed will this time succeed in her lobby mission to push for amendment of the Rome Statutes to provide for immunity from prosecution to sitting […] Continue Reading…

Known-Knowns and Unknowns about the Internet: Measuring the Economic, Social, and Governance Impact of the Web

From: Yona Maro

Policymakers and netizens alike make broad claims about the effects of the internet upon economic growth, business, democracy, governance, and human rights. In recent years, economists have made significant progress in estimating the impact of the internet on areas such as economic growth, trade, fiscal policy, and […] Continue Reading…

Measuring the Information Society 2013

From: Yona Maro

Over 250 million people came online over the last year, and almost 40 per cent of the world’s population will be using the Internet by end 2013. Mobile technology and services continue to be the key driver of the information society, and the number of mobilebroadband […] Continue Reading…