To: Jaluo Karjaluo <jaluo@jaluo.com>
By Dickens Wasonga.
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of science and Technology has signed and MOU with Jam ii Bora bank to construct 2000 student hostel to ease congestion currently facing the university.
The bank has set a side 2 billion shillings to finance the project that will be […] Continue Reading…
From: U.S. Department of State
Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
October 14, 2014
Just days after we saw the best of humanity when Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, we again confront the worst of inhumanity in ISIL. No one needed a reminder of ISIL’s depravity […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014
Rentia from Netherlands writes: “Joachim, just now I read on www.nation.co.ke in County Kisumu: People complain about high bill electricity”. Thank you Rentia for raising this issue- Yes, Kisumu is nightmare when it comes to irregularly hiking electricity bills. Obambo Primary School account […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
To contain spreading the Ebola, it is imperative we mobilize all resources and efforts. The upsurge in the response efforts by the private sector is welcome; but we must do more, and we must do it faster. For this reason we are turning also to private sector […] Continue Reading…
From: News Release – African Press Organization (APO)
Energy sector is key to powering prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa – Report
IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report finds that action in the energy sector could unleash an extra decade of growth
LONDON, United-Kingdom, October 13, 2014/ — Increasing access to modern forms of […] Continue Reading…
From: U.S. Department of State
Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
October 3, 2014
The United States government urges the Government of South Sudan to engage in an inclusive consultation process on draft legislation aimed at regulating Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) operations and the National Security Services (NSS).
We are deeply concerned that the current […] Continue Reading…
From NAI Forum which has published a new article:
‘Africans deserve good leaders too’
by Iina Soiri, Mo Ibrahim
Summary:
African developments have attracted curious attention all over the world in recent years. Steady economic growth, diminishing poverty and fewer violent conflicts have changed perceptions on Africa.
The only way this positive spiral can […] Continue Reading…
From: U.S. Department of StatePress Statement
Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
September 27, 2014
The United States commends Cote d’Ivoire for reinstating air travel to Ebola-affected countries, in line with WHO and IATA recommendations. President Ouattara’s decision greatly enhances the ability of the international community to facilitate and deliver the rapid and critical […] Continue Reading…
From: ‘frank patrick materu’
GEOENGINEERING (Global Weather Modification) is threatening all life on earth.
Geoengineers deny having deployed aerosol programs for years, yet they are currently proposing to spray 10-20 million tons of aluminum oxide other toxic chemicals into our sky annually as stated in numerous geoengineering documents. Lab tests have […] Continue Reading…
From: ‘frank patrick materu’
Escaped from Boko Haram
On Friday, September 26, 2014 11:41 AM, “ANS@ wrote:
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
One of 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls shares story of her dramatic escape
By […] Continue Reading…
from the NAI Forum which has published a new article:
‘Rebutting the ‘Africa Rising’ meme ‘
by Morten Jerven
Summary:
One of the most frequently repeated factoids supporting the Africa Rising meme was that “seven out of ten of the fastest growing economies are in Africa”, from a data exercise in 2011 by […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 14
Today is Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-g?n, Priest, and Paul Ch?ng Ha-sang, and Companions, the Korean Martyrs who were the victims of religious persecution against Catholic Christians during the 19th century in Korea. Andrew Kim Taegon was […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
Well-run water utilities play an important role in ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Consumers need reliable access to high quality and affordable water and sanitation services. To deliver these basic services efficiently and effectively requires high-performing utilities that are able to respond to urban growth, to […] Continue Reading…
From: Charles Banda
By John Kathumba
I read an Editorial two days ago here on Malawian Watchdog where the Editorial Team was calling for the firing of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) top spy Nicolas Dausi accusing him of incompetency. I criticized them and accused them of being jealousy of Dausi but […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Mama Stacy from Mombasa writes: “Fr Beste I have a daughter who is a member of PMC and liturgical dance. She told me they were told by Sister in charge of PMC that the two should not be […] Continue Reading…
Writes Leo Odera Omolo.
Sleuths from the Kenya Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission {KEACC} have been dispatched to Migori County government to investigate the alleged corruption. They have detected and queried various loopholes in procurement, unsupported claims estimated to be slightly in excess of colossal amount of taxpayers’ money to […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Denis from Nairobi has raised very important issue about all that happened in Migori. This was not about Kenyan youths it is about Kenyan leaders. Much as the youth are at times paid to cause chaos they are […] Continue Reading…
Reports Leo Odera Omolo
RESIDENTS of several villages within Nyatike constituency are still in big shock following a series of incidents in which lightning struck four places and killed two pupils within two days and within a radius of eight kilometers apart.
The residents say they have never experienced similar incidents […] Continue Reading…
From: Abdalah Hamis
Judge Augustino Ramadhani of Tanzania was elected on Monday as the new President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (AfCHPR).
http://www.african-court.org/
Ramadhani, former Tanzanian Chief Justice, win the votes of seven of the court’s 11 serving judges.
He replaced Sophia Akuffo of Ghana who led the Court […] Continue Reading…
Reports Leo Odera Omolo in Homa-Bay Town
Recently an ambitious power development project, in Homa-Bay County, estimated to cost Kshs 80 million, which was launched by governor Cyprian Otieno Awiti. Members of parliament representing all the eight constituencies have resolve to supplement the effort of the County government by ensuring […] Continue Reading…