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3 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

East Africa: Mumias to Get New CEO, Buy Nzoia Sugar Miller

Kenya's Mumias Sugar is on the hunt for a new chief executive as the incumbent Evans Kidero resigns to run for political office.

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7 hrs ago | The Guardian

Vladimir Zakian obituary

Vladimir Zakian was born in Egypt, went to school in Kenya, became a lecturer at Manchester University and enjoyed the suburban solace of his Cheshire home My father, Vladimir Zakian, who has died aged 75, lived his life in several countries.

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8 hrs ago | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

POA party officially launched

Tuju was joined by prominent politicians as he launched the party of Action and highlighted issues the party will address to ensure change in the country.

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10 hrs ago | Voice of America

Fight against Corruption Goes High Tech in Kenya

Anthony Ragui says his website I Paid a Bribe collects stories about bribes paid as well as those who refused to be bribed A handful of anti-corruption demonstrators hold a chain during a protest in downtown Nairobi, 17 Feb 2010 The founder of a new website aimed at fighting corruption has called on Kenyans to harness their collective energy ... (more)

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13 hrs ago | Columbia Spectator

Nairobi global center raises questions about discrimination

Columbia launched its global center in Nairobi , Kenya , last month, but some students and staff still have questions about discrimination in the region and about the center's continental research scope.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

Ghanamma.com

East Africa: Regional Delegates Meet Over Load Control Bill

EAC ministers and experts from a various sectors today commenced a four-day discussion on a crucial bill in Nairobi, Kenya, which, if enacted, will reduce incidences of overloading on the region's road network.

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In-depth Africa

Kenyan woman rented out her womb for $8,000

Kenya's first test-tube babies that were delivered in Nairobi in 2006. Surrogacy in the east African country, while still shrouded in secrecy, has been picking up with surrogates being paid as high as $18,000 . PHOTO Sometime in 2010, a young Kenyan woman received an invitation to meet a couple she had earlier encountered at a Christian convention ... (more)

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In-depth Africa

Kenyan-Sudanese Relations: heading for a collision - By Peter Howes

Kenya has, over the past few years, enjoyed cordial relations with Sudan: taking in countless refugees both from what is now South Sudan and from Darfur, including tens of thousands of Sudanese migrants in the vast Kakuma Refugee camp in its north west.

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AllAfrica.com

Africa: Nokia to Set Up Global Research Hub in Nairobi

Nokia plans to make Nairobi its global hub for research and investment for the India, Middle East and Africa region.

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Ghanamma.com

Kenya: Reclaim Your Love This Valentine's

Being a parent implies substantial changes for a couple. From the weeks prior to the newborn's arrival, to the years after that, a long list of obligations, plans and decisions emerges to satisfy the child .

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Rude Thika Driver Fined Sh12,000

A matatu driver who caused an obstruction and resisted arrest has been fined Sh12,000 by a Thika court after pleading guilty.

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Gulf Times

Kenya says attacks have weakened Somali rebels

The Kenyan military said yesterday that its operations in Somalia have weakened al Shabaab, the Islamist insurgent group, and cut off its key sources of funding.

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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

KDF kills top Al shaabab commanders

The Kenya Defense Forces KDF incursion into Somalia to flush out the Al shabaab militia group from the southern part of the war ton country went a notch higher this week with killing of several top commanders and destruction of key areas.

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Ghanamma.com

East Africa: EU Spells Out New Terms on AMISOM

VISITING European Union special representative for the horn of Africa yesterday spelled out terms on which the bloc will continue funding an expanded African Union Mission in Somalia, which will now include Kenya Defence Forces.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Saudi Envoy Warns People About Bogus Jobs Agents

Speaking yesterday at a media reception at his residence in Muthaiga, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Kenya Ghorm Malhan said some workers seeking employment in the Kingdom fall prey to brokers, making it difficult to trace them when they run into trouble at their working stations as well in apprehending their employers.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Two Killed, Four Injured on the Narok-Mai Mahiu Road Accident

Two people died and another four seriously injured after the matatu they were travelling was involved in an accident in Narok North district.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

Daily Kos

Innovation of the Week: Rewarding Farmers for Providing Ecosystem Services

The Sasumua dam supplies Nairobi, Kenya with 20 percent of its fresh water, but land use changes have started to contaminate this important source of water.

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Al Jazeera

Al-Shabab 'join ranks' with al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri says that Somali group has joined forces with his organisation in video posted online.

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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Government assures investors of favorable conditions

The government has taken elaborate measures to ensure the country remains one of the best investment destinations in the East African Region region, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said.

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AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Nurses Threaten Fresh Strike Over Allowances

Through the Kenya Health Professionals Society , they said they will paralyse operations in health facilities countrywide to press for their pay.

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