Burglars break into 'No' secretariat
Unknown people on Sunday night broke into the ‘No’ secretariat and stole computers and other gadgets estimated at Sh2 million.The head of the secretariat Dr Tom Namwamba said valuable information of the ‘No’ team on the ongoing referendum campaigns were stolen in the 2 am incident.Read more
Illicit brew claims the lives of ten Kenyans
Consumption of illicit brews has yet again led to claimed Kenyan lives as ten people died Sunday night in Kibera's Soweto area in Nairobi following a drinking spree.More than ten others went blind after consuming a local brew suspected to contain methanol.Read more
I will not keep quiet, says Moi
Former President Daniel arap Moi has vowed to continue expressing his views on the proposed constitution and that he will campaign against it to the end. Moi said that though he had retired, he was still a Kenyan and was entitled to the right and freedom of expression just like any other Kenyan.
Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX – A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona's immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.
July 26 2010 KTN PRIME NEWS
KCFA Women Ministers Conference Brochure/Karibuni Houston
A Kenyan dies in North Carolina
Mr. Samuel Njenga Njuguna passed away suddenly in North Carolina on Tuesday July 20th after a long illness.
Referendum: Double registered voters to face law
A total of 50,837 Kenyans will be charged with double registration for the referendum on the proposed constitution.
Kenya sends 18K police to hotspot ahead of vote
Kenya is bracing for its first national vote since the 2007-08 political violence that left more than 1,000 people dead, dispatching 18,000 additional police officers to a potential hotspot ahead of the ballot on a new constitution.Read more
Mobiles offer jobs to Kenyan youths
A local company has launched an innovative programme aimed at creating job opportunities for young people using mobile phones.Read more
800 Kenyan girls procure abortion daily.
A new study reveals that up to 800 teenage girls procure unsafe abortions daily. The study titled teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion, conducted by Kenya Human Rights Commission reveals the extent and gravity of unsafe abortion.
Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky were officially married on Saturday night. Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released this statement:
Legislators who never speak in Parliament
SIXTEEN legislators did not speak at all on the floor of parliament in the year, 2008–2009, according to the Parliamentary Scorecard Report compiled by the African Leadership Institute released this week.Read more
Kenyan woman made Chief, Now Has Fled Her Home
The first female Somali district chief in Northeastern Kenya has fled her district in fear. Male elders outraged by the idea of a woman presuming to political leadership threw stones at her and made life unbearable. It's dangerous where she is now too.
Three Kenyans charged over Kampala bomb attacks
A Ugandan court on Friday charged three Kenyans over the Kampala bombings, the first such cases opened against suspects in the July 11 suicide attacks.
Kibaki declares Kenya referendum holiday
President Kibaki has declared a public holiday on August 4 to allow the full participation of Kenyans at the referendum on the proposed Constitution."Public Officers, who will need to travel upcountry to cast their vote, will be allowed to travel on the afternoon of August 3rd, 2010.
I will not keep quiet, says Moi
Former President Daniel arap Moi has vowed to continue expressing his views on the proposed constitution and that he will campaign against it to the end. Moi said that though he had retired, he was still a Kenyan and was entitled to the right and freedom of expression just like any other Kenyan.
2ND JAMHURIWOOD AWARDS & CLASS 2010 GRADUATION ELEGANT DINNER
The goal of the Jamhuriwood Awards is to honor the exceptional work that Kenyans and friends of Kenya are doing within the Diaspora and in Kenya but also to unite Kenyans.
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Moi: Quit hunger for power, embrace unity
Former President Daniel Moi says individuals’ quest for power should not be allowed to overshadow the unity of the nation.Moi said some people eying power in the next General Election were using the Proposed Constitution as an anchor.
2ND JAMHURIWOOD AWARDS & CLASS 2010 GRADUATION ELEGANT DINNER
The goal of the Jamhuriwood Awards is to honor the exceptional work that Kenyans and friends of Kenya are doing within the Diaspora and in Kenya but also to unite Kenyans.It is also a platform geared towards creating networking opportunities for students, professionals, and future Kenyan leaders. Read more
Moi: Quit hunger for power, embrace unity
Former President Daniel Moi says individuals’ quest for power should not be allowed to overshadow the unity of the nation.Moi said some people eying power in the next General Election were using the Proposed Constitution as an anchor. Read more
Wetang'ula urges strong Somalia action
The African Union should take strong action against Somalia following the bombings in Kampala, Uganda, Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula has said.Read more
July 22 KTN NEWSNIGHT
Burundi overtakes Kenya as the region’s most corrupt
Burundi is east Africa’s most corrupt nation according to an anti-graft watchdog, while Kenya, which usually tops Transparency International’s (TI) annual list of graft-prone countries in the region, was third.Read more
Rush to sell land in referendum panic
Anxiety over the impending referendum has set off panic among some big landowners, who are rushing to sell idle tracts in various parts of the country.They include a big landowner who recently put up for sale a 97,000-acre ranch in Samburu.Read more
Another tragedy in Uganda-Lake Victoria ferry capsizes:
Kampala — A ferry capsized on Lake Victoria off the Ugandan shore Wednesday, leaving several passengers feared dead as officials struggled to establish how many were missing.Read more
Black Couple gives birth to white blue-eyed blond girl
Doctors insist tiny Nmachi is not an albino and neither of the parents has any mixed-race family history.Nmachi, whose name means Beauty of God in the Nigerian homeland of parents Angela and Ben, was born at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Kent.Read more
Death Announcement
Kenya’s Famed ’Maasai’ Come Out Of Africa For Summer In Abu Dhabi
Visitors to Abu Dhabi Mall this week will go face-to-face with descendants of one of Africa’s most celebrated tribes thanks to international dance troupe, ‘Friends of Sironka’, who are performing as part of the Summer in Abu Dhabi family festival. Read more
Bull's-eye: OId friends are best friends
Another MP loses seat, Starehe judgment on July 30th
The High court has nullified the election of Wajir South MP Abdirahman Ali Hassan.Mr. Hassan becomes the sixth Member of Parliament in the 10th parliament to lose his seat in a string of election petitions filed against sitting MPs over election irregularities. Read more
Obama Under Fire and "Yes/No" Campaigns In Kenya Heat UP
Houses demolished to allow for bypasses
Several posh houses standing on the Eastern and Northern road bypasses in the city's Kitisuru estate have been flattened to pave way for road construction. Roads Minister Franklin Bett who supervised the demolitions vowed that no one will be allowed to encroach on road reserves.
Jilted Kenya Boyfriend Sets Ex-Lover Ablaze
A Kenyan national, shocked Bontleng residents when he invaded his former girlfriend, Carol Nyambura Tutu's residence with petrol and set her and her room ablaze at around 1 am recently. Both are recuperating at Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone.
Kenyan priest facing sex counts in VA
A Kenyan priest who taught at Wheeling Jesuit University and served as associate pastor of St. Paul’s Parish in Weirton is being held without bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center in Virginia, accused of sexual battery on a juvenile.Read more
Mwakwere recaptures Matuga seat
Former Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere has been re-elected as Matuga MP after winning Monday by-election. Mwakwere who was vying for the seat on a PNU ticket garnered 16,350 votes against his closest opponent Hassan Mohamed Mwanyoha's 10, 887 votes.Read more
Dr. Paul Mukundi's Book Launch Party
Dr Paul Mukundi invites you to celebrate with him as he launces his book "Preventing Things from Falling further Apart: on Saturday, July 31st at 4pm at 9206 Oswald Rd, Rosedale, MD 21237.
Marende defends MPs on salary rise.
Speaker Kenneth Marende has supported the MPs’ move to raise their pay, saying he envisioned a Kenya in which everyone was “properly” paid. Mr Marende insisted that MPs had not raised their pay yet, “but were in the process of doing so.Read more
Season of harvest for farmers – and prostitutes
After paying off his debts, he pocketed Sh500,000 and swaggered to a matatu heading to Narok town to slake his thirst with a few drinks.No sooner had he alighted in town than he met some charming and scantily dressed women who sweet-talked him as he walked to a pub. Read more
A Kenyan film star in Hollywood
Owiso Odera has acted in many acclaimed films with superstars like Samuel L Jackson, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Courtney Cox, Julia Roberts, Clint Eastwood, etc amongst others. View profile
No Fury Deal For Kenyan Soccer player
NORTH Queensland Fury won't be making Kenyan triallist Francis Ouma's stay in Townsville permanent after revealing he's been sent home. Ouma has been trialling with the Fury for the past month.
Fate transforms man into a 'walking Bible'
Mbusu is no ordinary man. His early life as an outcast drew him closer to God. A loner, his best friend was the Bible and it came as a shock to him to realise he could recall verses of the scriptures he had read.
“my unfinished business.”
Our grudges and rivalries persist when it would be better to forgive, heal, and move on.Read more
Spiritual Safari: The Gospel According to Kenyan Cabbies
On my recent visit to Kenya, I saw lions and leopards lazing in the Samburu National Reserve and hyenas chomping on flamingo bones at Lake Nakuru, but my spiritual safari was equally intriguing. Read more
Kenyans in protest march over MPs pay
Human rights activists held a peaceful demonstration in Nairobi on Thursday to protest the proposed hefty pay increase for Members of Parliament.
 Pay: MPs fury at bribe claims
Allegations that the recent increase of MPs salaries was an attempt by government to bribe those in No camp has attracted the wrath of legislators who demanded those culpable face punishment.
West Pokot early marriages
Some of them were married off as early as age 13.
Kenya bets on Diaspora to rally tourist arrivals
MPs’ pay: Kibaki calls crisis talks
The controversial pay rise for MPs is expected to dominate the agenda of a special Cabinet meeting called for Tuesday.Read more
The Government is now riding on Kenyans in the Diaspora to sell the country’s image and cultural heritage. Brand Kenya Board says it has planned a series of meetings with Kenyans living abroad in a bid to sensitise them about marketing Kenya as a tourist and investment destination.Read more
Just a day after awarding themselves hefty pay increases, Members of Parliament are already up in arms against each other over the amount of sitting allowances.
BREAKING NEWS-Kenyan MPs raise their salaries.Read more
A report to review Kenya MPs salaries has been tabled in Parliament and recommends a pay increase for the legislators. According to the report, the Prime Minister will earn Sh2.9m, the Vice President will take home Sh2.19m, while the Speaker is set to get Sh2.1m.
Popular Kenyan musician Queen Jane is dead.
The queen of Kikuyu inspirational music passed on late Tuesday. Queen Jane whose real name is Jane Nyambura, used her songs to campaign against social ills like piracy and rape, themes many musicians would shun.
Raila in hospital
Prime minister Raila Odinga will be spending his second night in hospital, after what doctors say is minor surgery on his head. Doctors say the prime minister, who is now in stable condition, underwent the procedure to relieve pressure building outside the brain.
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru's tenure as Starehe MP will be known on 30th of next month when the High Court will give its final verdict.
KUALA LUMPUR – Kenyan long-distance runner Nelson Kirwa Rotich won the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2010 today, clocking a new record of two hours 16 minutes and 44 seconds in a wet race around the national capital.
A Kenyan caught in scheme to steal from nursing-home patients sentenced in Jackson County jail
A Kenyan immigrant caught in a scheme to steal from nursing-home patients with dementia was sentenced Thursday to a year in Jackson County Jail.
Kenyan jailed for life for 2007 murder in Massachusetts
A Lawrence Superior Court jury found Patrick Waweru, 31, guilty by means of premeditated murder with atrocity and cruelty after deliberating for about three and a half hours Tuesday.
Nebraska passed a much-debated immigration law
Voters in Fremont, Nebraska passed a much-debated immigration measure Monday that would prohibit businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to illegal immigrants. Read more“PALLBEARERS OF CHARACTER”
“If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.”Read more
The clergy are letting us down
From Kenya to Kutztown, Kutztown University student shares his culture
Although 32-year-old Lepesta Lenayapa left his home in Kenya to get an American education at Kutztown University, he thinks a lot of Americans can learn from the Kenyan culture, too.
Kenyan Wins East Timor Marathon
Philemon Rotich pounded through ramshackle villages, along a city beachfront and past a lighthouse under the blazing sun on Sunday to win East Timor’s first marathon.
Kenyan gets 6-year sentence in $600,000 benefits scheme
A Kenyan national who used to live in Worcester was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 81 months in prison for being part of a scheme to secure more than $600,000 in unemployment benefits.
The Kenyan American Dream.The reality of life in America
A CLEAN HEART, A STEADFAST SPIRIT
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. The heart is like the clothes we wear: they are going to end up back in the washing machine and some of them under the iron.
England’s Smartest Family is African
Peter and Paula Imafidon, 9-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in northeast London, are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education.
Wife Kills Husband over Soccer Game
Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
Kenyan pleads guilty to pistol possession
A Kenyan man pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court, Downtown, to illegally possessing a pistol.Read more
A Kenyan man has passed away in North Carolina. Mr Jimmy Musyimi Somba passed away on Monday the 14th of June 2010.Read more
Another Kenyan seeks to replace Oprah.This one does it in stlye.
Bomb scare in Nairobi
Police have allayed fears that an explosive device had been planted under a bridge near General Motors on Mombasa Road.Investigations revealed that it was only a scare after police dug up the area only to discover power cables.Read more
Kenyan woman held in connection with Ruth Munene’s murder in Alabama
A suspect in the heinous stabbing death of a Southside woman was taken into custody Monday night in Colbert County. Nancy Kinuthia, 40, was captured by police and U.S.Read more
Busia burial abandoned over Ghana game with Serbia.
THERE was chaos in Busia on Sunday when mourners abandoned a burial to watch the World Cup football match between Ghana and Serbia.Mourners, including the dead man’s brother, Bwire Ojusi, blamed Pastor Moses Barasa of the Calvary Church for prolonging the sermon yet the match was about to kick off.Read more
Uhuru Park blast-Voices Of The Dead
Kenya blast suspects still at large
Police have commenced investigations into Sunday Uhuru Park grenade attack on a prayer meeting organised by the "No" campaign that left six people dead and 104 injured.Read more
Raw footage of the Sunday evening blast at Uhuru Park.
Blast: Kenyan President meets security chiefs
President Mwai Kibaki has instructed all relevant security and other government agencies to move with speed and establish the circumstances that led to Sunday's stampede at Uhuru Park and subsequent deaths and injuries.Read more
Kenyan woman found murdered in Birmingham, Alabama
"She just was a kind-hearted person."This woman, who asked ABC 33/40 not to identify her, is talking about her life-long friend, Ruth Munene, who was found dead in her apartment late Friday night.Read more
Obama delivers stern warning to ‘No’ leaders
The United States is keenly watching certain senior political leaders who have outrightly failed to strongly commit to the passage of the proposed constitution. Read more
Ford-P clinches S Mugirango seat
Ford People's Manson Nyamweya is the new Member of Parliament for South Mugirango. Nyamweya garnered 14,099 votes to clinch the hotly contested seat. Nyamweya beat former assistant minister Omingo Magara of People's Democratic Party (PDP) who managed 8,885.Read more
Two Cuban embassy workers in Kenya implicated in smuggling scheme
Two Cubans who worked at the Havana embassy in Kenya were identified as unindicted co-conspirators in the U.S. court records of a scheme to smuggle 268 Somalis to Cuba and on to the United States.
Kibaki travels to South Africa to attend World Cup opening ceremony
LETTER TO THE BOSS AS WORLD CUP KICK OFF GETS CLOSER
Dear Manager,Just so you know: the FIFA World Cup has begun. This is not just any other tournament, it's the World Cup! Please note that this tournament takes place every four years and takes a month to finish, i.e. from 11thJune to 11th July for this year. During this period take note of the following:
Kenya hails diaspora remittances
The government recognizes the contribution by close to 2.5million Kenyans in the Diaspora towards the country's economic growth through their remittance, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said.
US VP endorses proposed constitution
Elections in California today,Joe Mwangi Symmon need help.
"I sincerely request prayers and support from all African and especially Kenyan Diaspora to turn out and vote in support of Joe's candidacy. Those without votes, ask the American and diaspora voters to cast their ballots in favor of Joe Mwangi Symmon to be Governor of California for such a time like this"Says Joe Mwangi.
PRAISE FUSION COMING UP JUNE 19TH 2010-CALIFORNIA
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A Kenyan passed away in Virginia
Death Announcement
On behalf of Diaspora messenger friends and readers of mama C page, we wish to convey our condolences to Njoki Nyanjui (Mama C) for the loss of her mother in Kenya. Our hearts goes out to her and the Nyanjui family in this time of sorrow.
'Why I am helping Kenyan schoolgirls'
Nixon Otieno Odoyo, 16, was awarded the Sheila McKechnie Foundation's International Young Campaigner Award for his campaign, 'Keeping Girls in School', aimed at providing schoolgirls in Kenya with free sanitary towels.
Prayers for blast victims on Thursday
Church leaders declared on Tuesday that they had no faith in the government’s investigations into Sunday’s grenade attack at their Uhuru Park rally. They said their campaigns would go on undeterred, and vowed to return to the park on Thursday for a service for the six who died in the attack.
Woman Charged for gift Goat in the Trunk for Kenyans.
A Washington, D.C. woman is charged with animal cruelty after a DUI checkpoint in Bedford/Campbell County line.
When asked what was in the trunk, the driver Fiona Enderdy, 32, said she bought a goat from a farmer to give to the four passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg.
A Masai Student,An unlikely graduate
Where Esther Solonka comes from, houses are made from sticks glued by urine and mud, and acacia-thorn fences fend off lions that try to kill precious cattle.
Kenyan leaders condemn attack.
Kenyan leaders have strongly condemned Sunday twin explosions that rocked Uhuru Park 'No' rally organized by various churches. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka joined various political and religious leaders in calling for speedy investigations into the incident.
Tragedy at 'No' rally as Five die in a blast
Waka Waka - The Official 2010 FIFA Anthem by Shakira
Free-African American Healthy Marriage Initiative (AAHMI) Conference
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites you for the AAHMI Conference scheduled for June 22 -24, 2010 at the Hampton University, Virginia. The conference is free. Read more
1st Obama Interview with a Kenyan journalist
As Kenyans prepare for the crucial August Referendum vote, the US president has broken his silence and stopped short of making it clear on which side of the divide he stands.As NTV's BMJ Muriithi reports, President Obama strongly believes that constitutional reforms will bolster political and social-economic progress and propel the nation to prosperity.
A Kenyan in 6th position on Oprah next TV Star
Our very own David Nguah and Mukami Kinoti have entered video presentations to the Oprah's own talk show challenge in the US. David is currently in the 6th place country wide. If he get in the top five we get to watch him on the oprah show.Mukami needs 25,000 Views by tomorrow!!!.
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