Posted on: September 16, 2017 Posted by: Comments: 0

Egerton signs agreement with us university to deepen agri-data use

Lack of proper agriculture data has been blamed for perennial food shortage in the country.Prof Tom Jayne from the Michigan University in the US said Kenya lacks good agricultural records, thus making planning difficult.Prof Jayne spoke during the signing of an MoU between Egerton and his university. “We don’t know the exact number of farmers we have in the country,” said his colleague, Dr Milu Muyanga of Michigan University.Egerton University’s vice-chancellor Prof…

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Treasury raids ministries, State agencies for poll cash

Ministries, State agencies, the Judiciary and Parliament face cuts in spending after the Treasury raided their budgets for cash to finance the October 17 repeat presidential election and extend the food subsidy programme. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said on Friday that independent commissions and the 47 counties would also be affected by the action that will help cover for the unforeseen expenditure that wasn’t factored in the Sh2.29 trillion…

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A history of persecution: Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims

BANGKOK Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled renewed violence in Myanmar, crossing the border in Bangladesh in waves following a military crackdown the UN says amounts to ethnic cleansing. It is the latest chapter in a long and tumultuous history of the Rohingya, the world’s largest stateless population. Before the most recent surge of violence, there were over one million Rohingyas in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state. IMMIGRANTSBut the questions of…

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EU ministers make push for Google, Facebook tax

TALLINN Google and Facebook may face higher tax bills in Europe as the EU rushed Saturday to change rules so that more of Silicon Valley’s mega profits fall into public coffers. Public anger against the billions of euros earned by online behemoths is growing louder in Europe and EU finance ministers meeting in Estonia pledged to make sure the companies pay a fairer tax. But divisions emerged on how to…

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Zanzibar arrests 20 for ‘homosexuality’

NAIROBI Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, a police official said Saturday, in the latest crackdown on the country’s gay community. “They are implicated in homosexuality. We arrested them and are busy interrogating them. “The police cannot turn a blind eye to this practice,” regional police commander Hassan Ali Nasri said on state television. HIV/AIDSHe said the 12 women and eight men were…

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Make that 11-0! Starlets thump Mauritius in Cosafa

Returning striker Neddy Atieno struck four times as Harambee Starlets humiliated Mauritius 11-0 in a lop-sided Cosafa Women’s Championship match at the 10,000-seater Luveve Stadium in Bulawayo. Atieno scored four goals in that match, while striker Mwanahalima Adam and Lucy Mukhwana scored a brace each. Dorcas Shikobe and Cherise Avilia weighed in with a goal each to complete the score that now guarantees them a position in the tournament’s next…

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Troops kill 18 Burundian refugees in DR Congo

Troops shot dead 18 Burundian refugees in clashes in Kamanyola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials in the eastern province of South Kivu said Saturday, giving what they said was a provisional toll. A Burundian refugee said that more than 30 had been killed and at least 100 wounded. Interior ministry official Josue Boji said troops had tried to disperse the refugees by “firing in the air but…

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Moi Girls’ fire victim buried as mourners lash out at ministry

One of the victims of the recent Moi Girls School dorm fire has been laid to rest as the Education ministry came under attack. Hawa Awuor Aziz, one of the nine students who perished in the September 2 disaster, was buried in Ng’oche village in Rachuonyo North, Homa Bay County on Saturday. One of the parents, Mr Philip Onyango accused the Ministry of Education of laxity in addressing such incidents.…

Posted on: September 15, 2017 Posted by: Comments: 0

Mandera Speaker Adan Khalif says he’ll make county shine

Mandera Speaker Adan Khalif says he’ll make county shine Newly elected Mandera County Speaker Mohamed Adan Khalif has promised to ensure that top in the assembly’s agenda is development and service delivery to locals. In an interview with Nation Mr Khalif, a career businessman, said Mandera performed poorly in the first five years of devolution due non-commitment by MCAs. “We had so many problems in the past five years mainly because devolution…

Posted on: September 15, 2017 Posted by: Comments: 0

Youth tell MP to withdraw petition against CJ Maraga

A youth political lobby group from Mount Kenya region has faulted Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu over his petition seeking the removal of Chief Justice David Maraga from office over the Supreme Court ruling that nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s August 8 victory. Mr Linford Mutembei, who is the chairman of a youth lobby group dubbed Mount Kenya Youth Caucus, said all Jubilee leaders should unanimously distance themselves from the MP’s…