- A WEAKER SHILLING: IS IT REALLY ALL ABOUT THE SHILLING? For sometime now the Kenya shilling has been on what those who speak and write good english have termed as a free falling trend.And as much as the shilling continues to weaken day in day out,all that we are told is that the shilling is under pressure from other world currencies.The question however would be why is the shilling underpressure?The east african currencies are also steadily gaining strength against the Kenya shilling despite the fact that Kenyan economy remains the strongest in the region,and that it has been on an upward trend since 2002 when the NARC government took over power from KANU. According to statisti…

- Stamina, immunity and sexual health have become a major headache to a greater population world over. With the present life style, poor eating habits and excessive use of supplements has gone along way to worsen the situation. One thing has however eluded our knowledge that the solution lies in our kitchen. I personally have tried my own home developed recipe which am using to date and can say that it is just working wonders .My immunity is high, my sexual health has never failed me in anyway and I can say without fear of contradiction that it helps with all the male sexual problems. must also mention that if you are looking to put on some muscles then it is a must use recipe. Try it: I…

- I havent read much of the bible but when I was young,one catechist took me and other kids through sunday school teachings telling us about the life history of one Man,the son of God by the name Jesus Christ.It was interesting to note that Jesus was miraculously born and He performed miracles too and also lived His entire life without onwnig a bank account, a car,house or any other property other than His robes that he hung around Himself to conceal His nakedness. This Man was not known for what kind of a car he drove,neither was he known for how fat his bank account was nor how big his estate or business empire was.But he was known for his work for the mankind,the number of followers he h…

- Every marriage has its ups and downs.However if the bad times take up majority of your married life,then there is some dysfunction and you need to address the issues that are affecting the relationship.Follow this recipe and you will live happily ever with your spouse. Try to talk about what you are mostly fighting about in a calm and civilised manner Be honest with each other, and express your concerns,feelings and thoughts in a constructive way without shouting,long periods of silence or displaying tantrums. Do not be one thing to your spouse and another at your work place or your social joint.Focus on behaving in a way you would not be ashamed of if your spouse was there wit…

- Kenya is one of the leading used car market importer and consumer world over.According to www.global-carmarket.com, over 80% of cars on the Kenyan roads being reconditioned vehicles from Japan,Kenya is the leading used car market for the Japanese vehicle exporters.This has seen an influx of used car dealers of asian origin and especially from Pakistan opening up several car showroms across the country. But things seem to be getting tough for both the dealers and consumers of such cars.The prices have been going up everyday.Many have attributed this to the weakening of the Kenyan shilling which has lost ground to major world currencies,while other have attributed this to the tsunami an…

- Africanews has always been ahead of other media houses in providing update and unfolding stories and news about Africa and its people.With the largest network of news reporters spread all over the continent,Africa news has grown to be a must visit site for online readers seeking to know what is happening around the continent. An african news reporter ,Jacob Mulaku,through his company Tryon Car Imports,has established an online car portal, www.global-carmarket.com, where car buyers and sellers around the globe can meet and and transact at the convenience of their seats. This is something that I have always wanted to establish and I am happy that I have achieved it..It is an easy to us…

The Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills is set to visit eastern African country of Kenya in July, according to local press. The 19-year-old's visit on July 8 has been confirmed by Natasha Metto, the reigning Miss World Kenya. - According to the mondayblues gossip column, the purpose of her visit is yet to be made public though one thing is certain that she will be crowning Metto with her Miss World Beauty With Purpose title. The Kenyan was awarded the title by the organizers of Miss World beauty contest in recognition of her volunteer work in the anti-jigger campaigns. Natasha said about the visit, “I am really excited to know that Alexandria is coming. It is the first time a …

- The Judicial Service Commission(JSC), has nominated Dr Willy Mutunga for the post of chief justice and madam Nancy Baraza for that of deputy chief justice.The names of the two nominees will be forwarded to president Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga who after consultation will forward them to parliament for approval. Dr Mutunga was chosen from 10 interviewees whose interview was public to maintain the element of transparency,while madam Nancy Baraza was chosen from among the 6 people interviewed for the post of the deputy chief justice. Earlier in the year the filling of the posts caused friction in the ruling coalition when president Mwai Kibaki nominated justice Alnashir…

- Attacks on Kenyan sovereignty seems far from over despite the assurance from the government that the Kenyan international boundaries were safe and would be respected by her neighbors.Two years ago Ugandan forces invaded an island in the lake Victoria belonging to Kenya prompting a heated debate in parliament weather Kenya should go to war with Uganda or not. In a statement that infuriated Kenyans, Ugandan president told that press that the island was in Kenya but the waters surrounding it were Uganda's.This was the case of Migingo island whose conflict was partial resolved. Uganda is yet again claiming ownership of another island in lake Victoria that belongs to Kenya.According to…

- Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni was today sworn in as president of Uganda for a fourth term in office.Mr Museveni has ruled Uganda for the last 25years after toppling then president Tito Okello in a 1986 coup. In attendance were several heads of states and government representatives.Mr Museveni introduced each head of state and government representatives,by asking them to" just stand and wave from where you are because I don't want to tire you by coming over here",he said.Among the heads of state in attendance were Kenya's Mwai Kibaki,Hon Kabila of DRC,Omar Bashir of Sudan,Salva Kirr or southern Sudan,Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe,among others. Though the swea…

- Almost over two months after Japan quakes and tsunami,the international community and Kenya in particular is paying for the price of the natural disaster that hit the Asian country.Japan is well known for its high technology in electronics and motor cars.It is the leading supplier of used cars to the international market and Kenya is arguably among the leading consumers of the used cars from Japan. When the news of the disaster in Japan reached Kenya,car dealers and consumers panicked and many made frantic efforts to reach their suppliers in Japan to make inquiry about their purchased stocks.Many cars were destroyed and others submerged in the salty water."Bei ya magari imepanda&q…

Threats of terrorist attack on Mama Sara Obama's resident in Kogelo in East African nation of Kenya has led to beefing up of security at the home. More police officers could be spotted at US president Barack Obama's granny's residence following the death of the godfather of terrorism Osama Bin Laden. - The Kenyan police announced they have received threats on the old lady over the past three days. The planned attack is linked with Al-Qaeda aficionados who want to retaliate the actions of US special forces in Pakistan that killed the most wanted person on US list. "We received reports of plans to attack the home of Mama Sara Obama three days ago and we immediately put i…

- Soccer madness is rive in Kenya and over a period of years now, lives have been lost following defeats of major soccer teams in the english premier league.Previously people have either hanged themselves, poisoned themselves or killed others following arguements after european soccer matches. Yesterday night a woman collapsed and died when Mancehester United scored its second goal against Chelsea in the quarter finals of the UEFA champions league.This hapenned in the outskirts of Nairobi city in a small town of Kiserian some 40 kilometeres west of Nairobi town.The woman is believed to be a staunch supporter of Chelsea FC and could not swallow the bitter fact that his team was being k…

- In what might appear as an admission of lack of capacity to arrest,investigate,and prosecute high profile suspects,who the police say enjoy protection of high ranking individuals in the government or are in the government themselves, the police have come out in the open and said that they are intimidated by this powerful people.The police spokesman Mr Eric Kiraithe disclosed that when the suspects or their accomplices failed to bribe the officers they resorted to threatening them with dire consquences. The people of Kenya are crying for justice and application of law across board."It is not justice to arrest and prosecute a petty offender while people dealing in drugs,amunition and…

- In what might appear as an admission of lack of capacity to arrest,investigate,and prosecute high profile suspects,who the police say enjoy protection of high ranking individuals in the government or are in the government themselves, the police have come out in the open and said that they are intimidated by this powerful people.The police spokesman Mr Eric Kiraithe disclosed that when the suspects or their accomplices failed to bribe the officers they resorted to threatening them with dire consquences. The people of Kenya are crying for justice and application of law across board."It is not justice to arrest and prosecute a petty offender while people dealing in drugs,amunition an…

- The unrest in the oil producing countries of North Africa and the middle east has impacted negatively on Kenya and other oil importing countries.In Kenya, fuel pump prices have gone up by 4.6 percent and5.8 per cent for super petrol and kerosene respectively.The Energy Regulatory commission reviewed pump prices effective 15 march 2011,with Mandera town being the hardest hit town.In Mandera Super petrol will cost ksh 113.98 per litre,diesel will cost ksh 106.07 per litre,regular petrol will cost ksh 112.44 per litre while kerosene will cost ksh 95.51 per litre. "During the month of February,the international oil prices of crude oil continued an upward trend that started July 2010&…

Stringent, tedious and rather illogical measures put in place by the Kenya Revenue Authority to curb the dumping of transit cargo into the local market, has seen Ugandan importers threatening to withdraw the use of the port of Mombasa and instead divert the business to the neighbouring port of Dar es salaam in Tanzania, which they say has fair and flowing system of cargo clearance. - Most affected are used car importers who have to put up with long delays and extra costs in the fitting of the introduced e-seal to help in the delivery of the vehicles to the border of Malaba or Busia. The seal under the name of Electronic Cargo Tracking System is to help in the monitoring of the car moveme…

- The internal security minister prof. George Saitoti yesterday in parliament named fellow parliamentarians as being suspected chief drug dealers in Kenya.Responding to heated debate on why the police had raided the office of the newly elected member of parliament for Makadara hon Mbuvi aka "sonko" Kenya's slang for a person of great means,Prof. Saitoti said he would use the opportunity to also respond to calls by parliament and Kenya public to name the suspected drug barons. In a dossier released by the US envoy to kenya,prof. Saitoti said, named hon Ali hassan Joho,Hon Harun Mwau,Hon Gidion Mbuvi and Hon Kabogo of Juja as being the main suspects. This however prompted H…

- WILILEAKS:GIVE KENYANS A BREAK I am rather puzzled that day in day out,all that we can see in the news is about the wiki leaks cable secrets.When I first read about wiki leaks,I was meant to understand that it was leakage of secret communication between the American Government and its missions abroad. I now dont understand why the Kenyan press and the entire elite populace of this country want Kenyans to believe that wiki leaks is a parallel investigative arm to the government or the American envoy is the chief investigator of the wiki leaks. Mr Ranneberger is entitled to his opinion about Kenya and the operation of the government since he has to report to his masters on the job h…

- The post election violence in Kenya that saw over 1200 people loose their lives and thousands misplaced was as a result of disputed presidential results. Today 2 pm Kenyan time,the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Lous Moreno Ocampo announced six names of high profile individuals among them sitting cabinet ministers as being the top suspects who in one way or the other instigated the violence. The six are the deputy prime minister and minister for finance Hon Uhuru Kenyatta,who is accused of being the vocal point between the outlawed Mungiki group and his party( Party of National Unity).Francis Muthaura who is the head of civil service and the secretary to the cabinet is ac…

- The newly elected member of parliament for Makadara constituency Hon Gidion Mbuvi alias"sonko,was arrested and arraigned in court for crimes believed to have been committed previously before he ventured into politics.The youthful Gidion who normally done expensive jewelery and rides in expensive cars, is believed to have evaded police and court arrest warrants dating back to 2002. He was arraigned in court where two charges were preferred against him.One of obtaining money by false pretense to sell a motor vehicle,and the other one of fraud,in which he sold out land that had no genuine ownership documents.Pleas by his lawyer Hon Paul Muite to have him released on bond as the charge…

After the adaption of the long awaited new constitution in Kenya, which formed part of the agenda four in the formation of a coalition government brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan, the heat of the new constitution is much felt within the corridors of high government offices. - In less than one month, in what is cited as provision by the newly adapted constitution, four senior government officials have been forced out of their offices in corruption related cases. They include higher education minister Hon William Ruto, Foreign affairs minister Hon Moses Wetangula, his Permanent secretary Mr Thuita, and the latest casualty His Worship the mayor of Nairobi Mr Majiwa. Unlike hon Ruto who w…

- Nairobi mayor Godfrey Majiwa was arrested on Monday 25th and will appear in court Tuesday morning to face two corruption charges.Mr Majiwa was arrested in a dramatic early morning raid on his Akila estate home by detectives from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission.The mayor was fingerprinted and quizzed at the Integrity Centre on Valley Road. The spokesman of the antigraft watchdog mr Nicholas Simani said the mayor would be charged with conspiracy to commit an offence under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and with wilful neglect to perform official duty.This is in relation to the Sh283 million cemetery saga.Investigation established a well orchestrated fraud in w…

Kenya's efforts of qualifying for the 2012 Africa cup of Nations were yet again dealt a major blow over the weekend. They failed to register a win at home against Uganda. - In a closely contested match, Kenya international Macdonald Mariga hit the post twice while Uganda's Mengo shot wide with only the keeper to beat. Kenya's tactician Bobby Oyugi blamed the non-performance of his side on over reliance on the professional players who always have little time to adapt to the home game. However, what stole the day was the inability of Football Kenya Ltd to purchase the live coverage rights of the match which denied Kenyans the chance to watch the match live on television.

- He was the grand master of seduction. He dressed, laughed and even danced with a motive to attract women. So tough was Asentus Ogwella Akuku that at 22 he married 5 wives.At 35 he was marrying his 45th wife prompting his peers to nickname him "Danger"because of his magic with women and love for polygamy. Akuku, is said to have married 130 times, had divorced more than 80 of his wives and sired more than 200 children.At dawn on sunday 3/10/2010 Akuku took his last bow bringing down curtain on one of the most industrious men of Africa and a global case study in the troubled institution of marriage. He was 92. Polygamy occupied his heart so much so that it was no longe…

- Kenya's government chief whip in parliament lost his parliamentary seat in a by-election held yesterday.Mr George Thuo of PNU lost the seat to Mr William Kabogo of Narc Kenya by over a double margin garnering a paltry 19000 votes against Mr Kabogo's 45000 votes. This to many political analysts could go a long way in testing the popularity of PNU a key partner in the ruling coalition in whose camp the president is.Narc kenya is chaired by the immediate former justice and constitutional affairs minister Hon Marthar Karua who resigned after falling out of favor with the president and his core allies. It's also seen as a litmus test for the top contenders in the coming…

- Kenya national soccer team coach Twahir Muhidin, found himself in yet another travel hitch hours after arriving back from Guinea bissau yesterday morning 8/09/2010 where him and the national soccer team had spent almost three days stranded because of bad weather .Travelling on board a mombasa bound bus owned by Modern Coast company,the coach's journey and that of other passengers including the reporter was delayed for more than two hours on the way when the driver of the bus fell sick and could not continue with the journey.Another driver had to be sent from the Mombasa office to take over some 150kms away.The journey that began from Nairobi at 1 pm saw the coach and other passenger…

- The year 2007 to me sounds just like yesterday,and I am very sure kenyans havent forgetten the ugly scenes of that black year in our history.Many people were killed, scores injured and property of great value distroyed and hundreds of thousands displaced.Reason :"contested presidential results".For how long are we going to allow our power hungry politicians to use and dump us? For how long are innocent children & women who do not know about the government suffer because of its failure? For how long my brothers and sisters are we going to blindly rally behind our so called tribal chiefs to help them acquire cakes that we dont share in? Time is now! Let us all arise and fight…

Sara Obama, the 87-year-old grandmother of US president Barack Obama has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree in her home country Kenya. The acting chancellor of Great Lakes University of Kisumu Prof. Dan Kaseje conferred the honour on her for her devotion towards the rights of widows. - According to officials of the university, her passion for educating and feeding the less fortunate and involvement in charity attributed to the award. The granny was accompanied by friends and relatives. Prof. Kaseje said: “…and by my authority and that of the entire university, I give you the power to read and do all that pertain to this degree.” AfricaNews reporter said the…