Tag Archives : Kenya

KARACHI: Ayesha Siddiqui, the alleged wife of Shoaib Malik, Saturday said that she had never forced Shoaib to marry her and that it was Shoaib himself who first expressed the intention of getting married. Talking exclusively to Geo News, Ayesha Siddiqui clarified that she had never chatted with Shoaib over the Internet nor did their first meeting took place on the Internet. “We first met in Dubai in the year 2000 … I never even recognized in that meeting that he was a Pakistani cricketer,” she claimed. To a question, Ayesha said: “At first we were only good friends and it was Shoaib himself [...]

HANOI: Vietnamese police have seized about 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of ivory near the border with China, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Traffic police made the discovery after stopping a car early Friday morning, said Tuoi Tre newspaper, which did not say if any arrests were made. The police declined to comment when contacted by a French news agency. State-linked media reported last year that Vietnamese police had seized hundreds of kilograms of ivory. Much of it was tusks illegally imported from Kenya. There is a booming black market in African ivory linked to Asian crime syndicates, experts [...]

KABUL: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said Wednesday that the military would “certainly” try to capture Osama bin Laden alive and “bring him to justice” — contradicting remarks by a top Obama administration official. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that bin Laden would never go on trial in the United States because the chances of him being caught alive were “infinitesimal.” He predicted flatly that bin Laden would either be killed by U.S. forces or by al-Qaeda operatives determined to [...]

KAMPALA: A landslide triggered by torrential rain has buried entire villages and left more than 300 people missing in eastern Uganda, where at least 55 people have been killed. Rescue workers began pulling bodies from the mud after the landslide on Monday evening, while the Ugandan Red Cross reported widespread flooding and damage. Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Tarsis Kabwegyere told parliament that 55 bodies had been retrieved after the landslide that hit three villages in the eastern district of Bududa. The Red Cross gave a similar death toll, adding that 350 other people [...]

PORT OF SPAIN: Graeme Cremer captured three wickets for 11 runs as Zimbabwe”s spinners bowled the visitors to a stunning, 26-run victory over West Indies in a Twenty20 International on Sunday. Zimbabwe exploited West Indies” susceptibility to spin, as the home team, chasing a modest 106 for victory, was restricted to 79 for seven from their allocation of 20 overs to hand the visitors a win in the only T20I between the two sides in this series. The Zimbabwe spinners shared all seven wickets with off-spinner Greg Lamb taking two for 14 from his four overs, while their captain Prosper [...]

TJRC chairman Mr Bethuel Kiplagat and his deputy Ms Betty Murungi consult at a past hearing. Three members of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission will not sit for ten days until issues surrounding the chairman, are resolved. Photo/FILE By DAVID OKWEMBAHDAILY NATIONFebruary 20 2010 Three members of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission will not sit for ten days until issues surrounding the chairman, Mr Bethwel Kiplagat, are resolved. The commissioners, who include vice-chairperson Betty Murungi, want the chairman to respond to issues raised by the public and civil society [...]

THE STANDARDFebruary 19 2010 By Juma Kwayera and Lillian Aluanga After weeks of sustained pressure to step down, the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Chairman Bethwel Kiplagat appears set to quit, as a boycott, even mass resignations, by other commissioners loom. But Kiplagat has on various occasions vowed not to resign, saying he has the integrity to lead the organisation. An internal standoff that has been building up for weeks hit a crisis on Thursday, when the commissioners met Kiplagat to discuss his tenability in light of being adversely mentioned in various reports accusing him [...]

By JOHN NGIRACHU and JOHN MUCHIRIFRIDAY NATIONFebruary 19 2010 Former TV anchor Esther Arunga and her spiritual mentor, jazz musician-cum-preacher Joseph Hellon, on Thursday came out fighting in response to media reports that have put them and their church in the centre of a storm. At a packed press conference at Pizza Garden in Nairobi, the two strongly denied suggestions that they were involved in cult-like activities. Ms Arunga conceded she had quit her job with KTN, called off her planned wedding and was now living in the church mansion. She said there was nothing strange in that because she [...]

By Martin MutuaThe StandardNairobi, Kenya President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have agreed to meet and resolve disputes that have rocked the Grand Coalition Government. The planned meeting, The Standard learnt, follows intense pressure from President Barack Obama’s administration asking Kibaki and Raila to deal with grand corruption in Government. Chief Mediator Kofi Annan and Obama stepped in and appealed to the two principals to dialogue and stifle rising tension brought about by the maize and free primary education funds scandals. Although pressure from the international community [...]

MOGADISHU: Somalia”s sports minister has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, relatives and officials said on Saturday. Saleban Olad Roble passed away on Friday at a hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he and other victims of the Dec. 3 blast at the Shamo Hotel had been flown for treatment. Twenty-two people were killed, including three other government ministers — education, higher education and health — and 10 members of Benadir University”s faculty and students. “We [...]