Raila: We will reach ‘Canaan’; Extends Olive Branch to Balala, Ruto

 Mombasa, KENYA.
It was billed as an event that will make or break Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s claim of being unshakeable in Kenya’s politics after a month that saw his most earnest foot soldiers, Mvita MP Najib Balala and Eldoret kingpin William Ruto desert him.
It was billed as an event that will exhalt or admonish Kisauni Mp [...]

Kenya and Iran seek to strengthen ties

Kenya’s Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula, met with Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at the 15th Foreign Ministerial Conference of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran and both stressed the need for strengthening ties between the two countries.Wetangula also said Kenya supports Iran’s peaceful nuclear initiatives.Press TV(IRAN)

Ugandan army kills 8 Sudanese weapons smugglers

The Chinese news agency, Xinhua, is reporting that the Uganda People’s Defense Force has killed 8 members of the Toposa ethnic group as they attempted to cross the border from Sudan into northeastern Uganda. They were part of a larger group of 30 who crossed into Uganda last week.The Ugandan army spokesman, Capt. Henry Obbo, told [...]

First Methodist female bishop elected in Africa

 
A UMNS ReportBy Linda Bloom*
 

Photo by Bill Kreamer and UMNS
The Rev. Joaquina Filipe Nhanala was elected July 23 as the first female United Methodist bishop in Africa.Nhanala, 51, the pastor of Matola United Methodist Church in Mozambique, was elected during the July 22-24 meeting of the denomination’s Africa Central Conference at Africa University in Mutare, [...]

“This is an unprecedented level of coverage for a U.S. presidential candidate”

That comment was made by Bernhard Mullmann, a TV executive at Germany’s public broadcaster, ZDF. All the major networks broke their regular programming to cover Obama both in German and English. He went on to say that this trip was comparable to John F. Kennedy’s visit in ‘63.Barack Obama has taken Germany by storm on [...]

"This is an unprecedented level of coverage for a U.S. presidential candidate"

That comment was made by Bernhard Mullmann, a TV executive at Germany’s public broadcaster, ZDF. All the major networks broke their regular programming to cover Obama both in German and English. He went on to say that this trip was comparable to John F. Kennedy’s visit in ‘63.
Barack Obama has taken Germany by storm on [...]

Finance Ministry: Kalonzo Musyoka wants Kibwezi MP Philip Kaloki for top post

Kenya’s Vice President, MP for Mwingi North and leader of the ODM-K party is lobbying to have Philip Kaloki, MP for Kibwezi appointed as the new Finance Minister. Kaloki is a former Dallas resident and is well-known to the Kenyan community here as a professor of economics at Dallas Baptist University and an entrepreneur.Nation story

Canadian missionary couple returning home

John and Eloise Bergen are returning back to Vernon, British Columbia after they are fully recovered and are strong enough to handle the long flight back to Canada.It seems like pressure from the couple’s family and friends has caused the turnaround from last week when Ms Bergen said from her hospital bed that they had [...]

Canadian couple severely hurt in attack in Mt Elgon area

The CBC is reporting that a Canadian couple in the Mt Elgon area have been attacked and are in critical condition in hospital.
John Bergen, of Vernon, B.C., and his 66-year-old wife, Eloise were in Kenya to set up a school were attacked when five men armed with machetes invaded their home.
Canadian officials have been in [...]

Richard Branson makes a lot of money, but he has not lost his conscience

Virgin Nigeria says it will not “do Home Office’s dirty work” by refusing to fly woman ordered to be deported back to Nigeria
Three months ago we witnessed a horrible incident in London in which fellow Africans were humiliated when they raised their voices to protest how a Nigerian immigrant was being handled as British police [...]

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