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 Death beckons in Kenyan town
For the past decade, Laikipia region has been known for the numerous cases of insecurity and other incidents.
Such cases are no more; at least for the last one month. Things have now shifted from crime to hunger.... Read more Kenya ups pension payout
The government has effected a pension increase for all its 195,000 retirees and their dependants starting July 1 as provided for in this year’s budget.
A statement from the Pensions Department said on Monday that the monthly pension had been increased at the rate of three percent or Sh300, whichever is higher.... Read more Wildlife on Serengeti Migrate to Cleaner Water
Something in the water in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is spurring the world's most spectacular migration, according to a new study.
Each year a legion of nearly two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles circulate through the park, settling in the verdant grasslands to give birth while the rivers flow and new wet season grasses grow in endless abundance.... Read more Sarkozy, in Hospital after feeling ill
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was rushed to a hospital yesterday after falling ill while jogging near his weekend retreat on the grounds of the Chateau de Versailles, may head home today.
Sarkozy, 54, was taken by helicopter to the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris, where he stayed overnight after feeling faint following an “intense, 45-minute physical exercise,” his office said in a statement yesterday. He’s doing well, one of his ministers said.... Read more TSC boss defends teachers recruitment plan
The Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) has defended the government’s move to hire new teachers on contract saying it will ease the biting shortage of teaching staff across the country.
TSC Secretary Gabriel Lengoiboni on Saturday said the country was short of about 60,000 teachers and said the planned recruitment on contract of 13,000 was a welcome move, and challenged the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) to support the initiative.... Read more Uhuru wants Mau squatters compensated
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta insists that genuine settlers of the now controversial Mau forest must be compensated before they are moved out of the controversial land.
In a statement, Mr Kenyatta who is also Finance Minister says that “poor peasant farmers” in the Mau must be given alternative land for their resettlement before any action is taken to try and evict them.... Read more Expansion of Kisumu airport begins
President Mwai Kibaki on Sunday officially commissioned the expansion works to upgrade Kisumu Airport and assured wananchi that the Grand Coalition Government is fully committed to transforming Kisumu into a modern city with requisite facilities for a town of its status.
Speaking during the ground breaking ceremony at Kisumu Airport, President Kibaki noted that Kisumu City is an important and strategically located town within the East African Community and even the COMESA region. ... Read more
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