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Kenya’s Ambassador To Qatar Paddy Ahenda Dies In Hospital
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Kenya’s Ambassador To Qatar Paddy Ahenda Dies In Hospital

Kenya's Ambassador to Qatar Paddy Ahenda is dead.  His family says the former Kasipul Kabondo MP succumbed to a heart stroke.  Speaking from Doha, Qatar, the envoy's wife, Millie Ahenda, said that her late husband had been in the Intensive Care Unit for a week. Elected on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket, Ahenda served as Kasipul Kabondo MP between 2005 and 2007.
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Uganda Deports Leading Rwandan Opposition Figure
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Uganda Deports Leading Rwandan Opposition Figure

Uganda has deported a leading figure in a banned Rwandan opposition group, in a further sign of warming ties between Kampala and Kigali after years of tensions. The expulsion of Robert Mukombozi of the exiled Rwandan National Congress (RNC) follows a pledge by the powerful son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to crack down on what Kigali considers a terrorist outfit. The presence on Ugandan soil of rebels seeking to topple Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been a long-running sore in relations between the two neighbours. Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba said on Twitter that Mukombozi had been expelled, describing him as an "enemy of Rwanda and Uganda" and posting pictures of him heading towards a plane at Entebbe airport. Mukombozi, a Rwandan born in Uganda, worked a...
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20 Killed In Attack On Burkina Faso Gold Mine
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20 Killed In Attack On Burkina Faso Gold Mine

About 20 civilians were killed in a night attack on a gold mine in Burkina Faso's restive north. "Dozens of armed men travelling on motorcycles attacked the gold mine in Kougdiguin," on the night of Thursday to Friday in the Namentenga province, a local said. "Sadly we registered about 20 deaths and an equal number of people wounded," the source said. Another local source put the death toll at 22, adding that "women and children" figured among the victims. A hospital source said there were about 10 people admitted with injuries, adding that others could have been undergoing treatment in other health facilities. On March 12, 11 people were killed in an attack on an informal gold mine in northern Burkina Faso. This came two days after a similar attack on another gold mine...
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KPC Assures Kenyans of Enough Fuel Supply
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KPC Assures Kenyans of Enough Fuel Supply

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Macharia Irungu said, in a statement dated Saturday, April 2, that there are over 69 million litres of super petrol in its reserves. At the same time, there are more than 94 million litres of diesel, 13 million litres of kerosene and 23 million litres of jet fuel available, said the oil distributor Kenya Pipeline Company would like to confirm that there are ample stocks of petroleum products in our system throughout the country to meet demand,” Dr Irungu said in the statement. “Our global stock holding is adequate to serve the region, with more ships in Mombasa queued for discharge,” he added. The Kenya Pipeline Company, however, avoided explaining the cause of the fuel crisis that continues to affect many parts of the country. T...
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Senior Principal Magistrate Arrested With Underage Girl In A Lodging
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Senior Principal Magistrate Arrested With Underage Girl In A Lodging

A Senior Principal Magistrate at a court in Kisii County has been arrested after he was caught with a minor in a lodging. The Judicial officer whose name has been withheld was nabbed with the 17-year-old girl in a lodging at Kaplong Centre in Bomet. Bomet County Commandant Esther Senoney has confirmed the arrest. More to Follow............
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Israel Raids Refugee Camp , 2 Palestinians Killed In Gun Battle
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Israel Raids Refugee Camp , 2 Palestinians Killed In Gun Battle

Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. In a separate incident, a Palestinian stabbed a 28-year-old Israeli man on a bus in the West Bank before being killed by a bystander, the Israeli military said. The Magen David Adom emergency service said the stabbing victim was treated and taken to a hospital. Videos circulated online showed smoke rising from the center of the Jenin refugee camp as gunfire echoed in the background. Others appeared to show Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen moving through the narrow streets. The raid came two days after a Palestinian from a village near Jenin shot and killed five people in ...
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Three Suspected Thugs Arrested For Robbing Passengers In A Matatus Along Msa-Road
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Three Suspected Thugs Arrested For Robbing Passengers In A Matatus Along Msa-Road

Three suspected thugs were on Thursday nabbed for allegedly robbing passengers in a matatu of their mobile phones and other valuables in Nairobi. The trio; Vincent Obongo (38), Edward Kimani (22) and Mohamed Idi Ndote (27), is said to have been disguised as genuine matatu operators plying the Mombasa Road route around Nyayo stadium area. A report from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) revealed that the men were operating PSV vehicles when they were apprehended by officers on patrol along Mombasa road shortly after a robbery incident. The robbery suspects were arrested by a contingent of officers on patrol at the Nyayo stadium roundabout at 2 am this morning, after they robbed passengers in a matatu of their mobile phones and other valuables," read the stat...
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Raila Odinga Takes Azimio Campaigns To Rift Valley
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Raila Odinga Takes Azimio Campaigns To Rift Valley

Azimio la Umoja coalition presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga will over the weekend tour various areas in the vast Rift Valley region. Odinga will start his visit in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Friday where he is expected to attend the funeral of the late ‘men’s conference’ patron Jackson Kibor before addressing a rally at Iten. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party chief will, on Saturday, then proceed to West Pokot County where he will make stopovers at Ortum trading centre (10am), Alale trading centre (12:30pm) and Lomut trading centre (2:30pm). On Sunday, Odinga will take the Azimio la Umoja caravan to Turkana County where he will attend a church service in Lodwar.
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Qatar Opens Huge Sports Museum For World Cup Year
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Qatar Opens Huge Sports Museum For World Cup Year

Qatar on Wednesday opened one of the world's biggest sports museums with artefacts from some of the most famous Olympic heroes but also gives prominence to local athletes hoping to boost efforts to attract a new generation into sports. The 19,000 square metre 3-2-1 Museum Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, next to one of the stadiums to be used in this year's World Cup, has taken more than 15 years to get off the planning board and fill. After scouring private collections and negotiating with the International Olympic Committee and other federations, its 17,000 objects include a glove worn by late boxing giant Muhammed Ali, when he won a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, a Ferrari driven by Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and a shirt worn by Brazilian football legend P...
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Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal
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Supreme Court Judges Set To Deliver Ruling On BBI Appeal

The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its judgement on the fate of the BBI constitutional review process. The verdict by the seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome is likely to have a significant effect on the events in the political landscape. The judgement holds the key to wide-ranging constitutional changes including among other things an expanded executive structure. It will be a culmination of a protracted political and legal contest for the first amendment to the 2010 Constitution. The nation’s attention will be on the judges who in a masterstroke will either change the county's governance structure as we know or maintain the status quo. It is a litmus test for the CJ Koome-led bench. The Supreme Court has a momentous task of deciphering previous...
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