By Dikembe Disembe What constitutes iconic photographs? This year, together with other Kenyan students, I had an opportunity to visit, albeit for the shortest time, the United States of America. When the tour ended and I took the next plane back home, relived somehow, I sat in between an elderly couple. Soon we were in a heated conversation during which the woman told me she was in the same class with our own Hillary Ng’weno and the man informed me he had been in Liberia when our own Gen Opande was searching for an elusive peace in that war torn country. The man, a frenchman, as it turned out, was a retired former Assistant Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations. Between Dulles in Washington DC and Schipol, we pendulumed back and forth on so many international issues affecting Africa, Europe, USA and the little historical tidbits which make international politics such a confusing, contradictory and confounding affair. Of course the man knew we had an election in March where we

By Njonjo Mue Today is the closing day of the ICC Assembly of State Parties meeting here in The Hague. It has been a long and grueling two weeks. The Kenya government brought out a huge delegation led by Amb. Amina Mohammed and AG Githu Muigai and including the DPP, the Deputy Solicitor General, Kenya’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and myriad officials from Nairobi, The Hague, Brussels and other missions nearby. They were variously joined by MPs and supporters like David Matsanga and Moses Kuria and Spokesman in the presidency Manoah Esipisu. Their brief was simple, get as many concessions from the ICC for Kenyatta and Ruto as they could. Their strategy was straight forward: Aim for the sun and hope to reach the moon – demand the ridiculous and hope to get the unreasonable. … And so it began on the opening day with angry speeches made from the floor of the plenary. Then the debate on head of state immunity on Day 2 that went late into the night where Prof. Githu Muigai seemed to lose

1.Whenever I Find The Key To Success, Someone Changes The Lock. 2.The Road To Success Is Always Under Construction 3.In Order To Get A Loan,You First Need To Prove That You Don't Need It 4.All The Desireable Things In Life Are Either Illegal, Expensive Or Married 5.Once You Have Bought Something, You Will Find The Same Item Being Sold Somewhere Else At A Cheaper Rate Enjoy Life !

My name is me and you. My life has undergone so much changes in the past months. I had sojourned in a land so strange it makes me a decade older.. Others have passed through this land, i'm sure. Some survived and others were vanquished. The lurking hungry wolf consumed them. This beast has no respect for social caste. It honours no race. It has no respect for wealth. It is a heartless enemy. The enemy that devours without getting that sense of satisfaction. If it does, then it should be filled by now...Alas! it can't be. This enemy is none other than Depression. Yes, i found myself lost in depression. You might wonder what could be so terrible to get me depressed. well, its a case of disappointment. Hope let down. A faith murdered. The story is for another day, if there is. Depression made me helpless..Life lost taste to me. The things i enjoyed held no appeal for me. I wished i could die..And of course, suicidal thoughts came. Heard forceful voices within me urging me to get a

Lying on my bed, And waking up with a start.. A thought crept into my mind So creepy and powerful.. "Have you gone to the video worship centre..?" it says. Then i, mumbling about a forgotten programme, Walked down the aisle to the sitting room.. Standing before me, prominently displayed is...the great educator.. The TELEVISION. Oh! Television.. you centre around my world.. you teach me what to say, How to dress and how to eat I sit down daily before you, paying my obeisance to you. You show flashy role models.. All dressed with violence You are entangled with the ropes of sexual pervasion.. You engulf me with lyrics of songs that brings eternal damnation to my soul... You give me ideas of what i should look like.. You show me images of vulgarity. Infact, i am your mirror.. The perfect student of my Television.. Watching you everyday, I get the conclusion that violence, sexual gratification and juvenile delinquency are acceptable societal norms. This, of course brings conflict

Have you ever wished you didn't have the parent that you have now.. You look at your friends, and they all seem to have perfect parents..the ideal parent. They seem to be the luckiest people on Earth..loving mum and caring Dad...they have the world at their feet. sure, everyone would want this type of family. If it were possible to do "parent exchange" like we do foreign exchange, then..you can be sure i would be the first to grab that opportunity. sorry to disappoint you..that doesnt exist. I had pondered so much about this issue..i remember nights when i would cry my eyes out, wishing i could live with another family for a change. I wished my friend's family was mine. I wished i could be allowed to do what others were doing.. i wanted freedom. i wished for my dream family...the family i had beautifully imagined in my head. Did that happen..? you know the answer. I spoke to one of my highly esteemed teachers, and these, she said; I believe my life is a story, writte

Past is like shadow of your own shadow which doesn’t determine your quality of life rather it gives life shifting lesson for discovering your best present. Once you discover your best present then it can paves golden road for quality future. In fact you can learn, grow and shine personally and professionally once you dare to rise above stormy times. You deserve to live your life in the light of happiness, love, freedom, peace and compassion. So never live with your past and be like a rainbow which can pierce the darkest cloud to show its sparkling shine. As valid truth says, “Your best present can discover your best future and past gives just life shifting lessons.” ~

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Mudavadi has finally grown a tail and spoken up for himself. He finally showed his true colours when he told off former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. In a hard-hitting unflinching statement, this is what Mudavadi said to Raila: “There is a polite though unwritten rule of civility in Kenyan politics that national leaders shall not engage in personalized and disparaging attacks on fellow leaders. This rule on decent politics has been observed religiously by most but inevitably and brazenly broken by Raila Odinga with character assassination and vitriol on other leaders. He has alleged that I and my colleagues in Amani Coalition are using the Bungoma by-election to gain favours from government. Raila is on record lobbying for an appointment as a mediator. Deceit and doublespeak is not attractive to me; Raila welcomes President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nyanza with open arms, but tells the people of Bungoma not to work with government. Is there a Kenyatta government for Raila and a Raila colony fo

Kenyatta case: ICC Trial Chamber V(b) reviews decision on presence of accused at trial Situation: The Republic of Kenya Case: The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta Today, 26 November 2013, Trial Chamber V(b) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reconsidered its previous decision excusing Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta from continuous presence at trial, in light of the legal clarifications provided by the Appeals Chamber in its recent judgment on the matter. Trial Chamber V(b) held that as a general rule, Mr Kenyatta must be present at trial. Any future requests to be excused from attending parts of the trial will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Chamber reasoned that the Appeals Judgment, delivered on 25 October 2013 in the case The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang, provided important new information which justified the reconsideration. The Appeals Chamber had concluded that a Trial Chamber enjoys discretion under article 63(1), which states that “[t]he a

The Cabinet held its 8th Meeting today 22nd November, 2013 under the chairmanship of H.E the President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta where the Supplementary Budget I for the Financial Year 2013/2014 was discussed and approved. The focus of the budget is the achievement of a stable macroeconomic environment, continuation of the Governments policy of containing non priority and unproductive recurrent expenditure and shifting resources to finance development expenditure to help attain and maintain a sustainable public debt level. Under the Supplementary Budget the Cabinet approved additional expenditures amounting to KShs.115.9billion to cater for the following: (i) Salary related expenditures – KShs.18billion (ii) Operations and Maintenance – KShs.8.2billion (iii) Ongoing/new projects – KShs.89.7billion · Projects – KShs.44.0billion · Outstanding G/Pay – KShs.29.1billion · Devolved Donor funds – KShs.16.6billion Funding to cater for the additional expenditure will be sourced from budgetary rationa

Nairobi's first ever Miraa Party is set to be hosted at the Tamasha, Lang’ata Road on November 30. The event aims to showcase the detail, intricacy and actual art of chewing miraa. Organised by Sakijo International, the event is an invite-only affair that seeks to bring together miraa chewers from various economic backgrounds. According to the release, the event will be attended by the who is who in miraa farming. Also it will seek to demystify myths associated with the art of miraa chewing there will also be "podium demonstrations by our leaders and boardroom findings and conclusions". Since ideas are exchanged during conversations while chewing miraa, the event will see the discussions and resolutions on the current happenings in the khat industry Yesterday at 11:23pm

Worth more than $300 million dollars, Kenya’s most flamboyant tycoon, Chris Kirubi got an early start buying up small, dilapidated residential and commercial real estate in Nairobi, then renovated the properties and flipped them for a profit. He now owns Nairobi’s landmark International House building, one of the city’s longest standing and most prestigious commercial properties, as well as several other commercial and residential buildings in Nairobi. Other assets include a 49% stake in Haco Tiger Industries, which manufactures consumer products; a controlling stake in Centum, a Nairobi Stock Exchange-listed private equity firm; UAP Insurance, one of Kenya’s largest insurance companies and Sandvik East Africa, a Kenyan construction firm. Also owns the DHL Franchise in Kenya, and Capital FM, Kenya’s most popular radio station. Today, he is well-known both in Kenya and internationally. Kirubi is the chairman and a shareholder of Haco Tiger Brands (a joint venture with Tiger Brands SA, l

“Never go to sleep angry, because you never know if the person you’re mad at will wake up the next morning. Always forgive someone. You never know if you’ll speak to them again. Get over it. It’s better than knowing you’ll never get to tell them you’re sorry, or that you still love them. It might be too late.”

The attacks in Naivasha were launched in an orderly and well-planned manner on the morning of 27 January 2008. Mungiki members in Nairobi who had been designated to carry out the attacks were mobilized through text messages requesting them to report to specific locations in Nairobi from where they were picked up by Citi Hoppa buses and transported through secret routes to the State House in Nairobi. Upon arrival at the State House, the Mungiki members were addressed by a Mungiki leader in the presence of senior government officials The Mungiki members were then transported from the State House to Naivasha in the backs of military trucks by men wearing Kenyan army uniforms. The trucks contained brand new machetes as well as wooden clubs which the Mungiki were instructed to use for the battle in Naivasha The Mungiki were broken up into groups of ten fighters each to be commanded by an experienced Mungiki member of the military wing. The strategy employed by the attacking Mungiki and pro-

Dear President Uhuru Kenyatta Forgive me son, this 50-year celebration costing us billions, forgive my ignorance, but what are we celebrating? Regression,despondency & backwardness? Some of these things need a reality check son,let me give you a brief–in your home town just a few miles from Nairobi, poverty & backwardness is not just a reality but a TOGA the people adorn.The face of poverty is women & children, walk over there. Instead of these celebrations–lets seek an introspection, instead of inviting presidents to celebrate with you in that false island of comfort, son, invite a serious war on jiggers in Kiambu, a serious war on drought in Turkana, a serious war on food security in Kiambu, a serious war on rape in Naivasha, a serious war on joblessness on the youth & finally a serious war on runaway food prices on Kenyans. That way we will celebrate in our hearts & history will be kind to you.Celebrating this so called 50 years will be a preserve of a few. For e

In fact quality people used to live their life holding great philosophies and in the light of right wisdom backed by great attitudes. Such people are great as such people are always eager to accept their mistakes and dares to forgive others as well as oneself for living life fullest. As valid truth says, “Accepting mistakes, forgiving yourself as well as to others and forgetting all past hurt and pains are true sign of greatness.” ~ Dhiraj Raj © Wisdom Quotes &

M-O-T – H – E – R . “M” is for the Million things she gave me, “O” means Only that she’s growing old, “T” is for the Tears she shed to save me, “H” is for her Heart of gold, “E” is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them, “R” means Right, and right she’ll always be. If You Agree, Hit LIKE & Write "I LOVE MY MOM"

The shootout between the police and three suspected robbers has ended in the death of the latter and two officers severely injured in the deadly shootout that started at around 1 pm. Initially,it was police handling the operation but the suspects holed themselves up inside a house in Lavington and Recce squad the elite class police were called in two hours later and within few minutes they stormed in and killed both the robbers and left after completing their work,bringing to an end the siege. source:Nairobi exposed

By Steve Mukula While other Nations of the world are busy overcoming their differences and coming together as trade blocks, African Nations are busy dismantling even the smallest of blocks which have taken many years to build; if the EAC cannot hold how will they convince the rest of Africa to unite and start exploiting their God given natural resources and trading among themselves? 53 natural wealth well endowed Nations are so busy fermenting childish quarrels, enhancing territorial differences and advancing threats of wars purely based on bloated egos of their tin god presidents as they keep their collective citizenry on perennial beggar status – What is even more painful to see,hear and witness is their citizens joining the fray to chest thump that they can do without their neighbours. The truth is Kenya needs Tanzania and Tanzania needs Kenya and so do South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi DRC etc, all the citizens of good will from these Countries should be telling their leaders to engage

Mr. Emmanuel Chirchir has confirmed that all the money that the KDF soldiers looted has been safely returned to the banks. He confirmed that:*”Over Sh300 million has so far been recovered and repatriated to Westgate Mall tenants.Mr Chirchir also noted that it would also be good to list shops that were vandalized. Out of the 80 shops, so far only the Bata shop has confirmed that its shop remained intact. Question is who exactly vandalized the stores and from whom was the Ksh. 300 million recovered? After citizens persisted in raising questions on the conduct of KDF troops and on the money looted, Mr. Chirchir has now confirmed that Kshs.300 million was returned to the following banks: 1. Barclays Bank – Ksh. 68 million 2. Diamond Trust Bank – Ksh.65 million 3. CFC Stanbic – Ksh.32 million 4. Kenya Commercial Bank – Ksh. 31 million), 5. ATMs – Ksh30 million 6. Millionaires Casino – Ksh. 50 million

Read this “Hate Letter”. It is so creative. This is a love letter from a boy to a girl…. However, the girl’s father does not like him and want them stop their relationship. …and so.. the boy wrote this letter to the girl..he knows that the girl’s father will definitely read this letter…… Read this letter and then the message after it : “The great love that I have for you is gone, and I find my dislike for you grows every day. When I see you, I do not even like your face; the one thing that I want to do is to look at other girls. I never wanted to marry you. Our last conversation was very boring and has not made me look forward to seeing you again. You think only of yourself. If we were married, I know that I would find life very difficult, and I would have no pleasure in living with you. I have a heart to give, but it is not something that I want to give to you. No one is more foolish and selfish than you, and you are not able to care for me and help me. I sincerely want you to underst

‪‬UGANDA POLICE FORCEWe have received information of planned terror attack (suicide bombing) on Nakumatt/Garden City this weekend. As Police with its sister security agencies verify the information, we request members of the public to exercise vigilance, especially in public places such as places of entertainment/worship and public events. Events managers must work with Police to ensure total security at these venues.However, there should be no panic or fear.You should go about your business but exercise vigilance in ways, we always advise you.Gen. Kale KayihuraInspector General of Police8/11/20135 source: The new vision

Governor Alfred Mutua today launched a massive multi-billion investment programme attended by the President of the Republic of Kenya, his excellency Uhuru Kenyatta who was the chief guest.The Launch of the investment programme brings to the end a protracted political and legal intrigues which saw Senator Johnstone Muthama snub the whole event. However, the governor got a boost when former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Urban Development cabinet secretary for the national government Charity Ngilu and a host of other Machakos and Ukambani leaders joined in to witness the launch.Earlier in September, Governor Mutua led investors form Dubai’s Emaar Investment International led by the CEO Mr. Fred Durie and Senior Director for Project Development International Mr. Abubakar Sidahmed in a reconnaisance tour of the site of the new Machakos City.The Emaar group is famed for the construction of Dubai’s landmark Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.During today launch, prominent kamba busi

“When you feel you can’t take it anymore. Take it to God and give it to him. Nothing is too big or too small for God to handle.”You are examined with stormy adversities in the highway of life for learning, growing and shinning personally and professionally. As God wants you to be courageous fighter for driving your life towards destined quality of life because he loves you unconditionally. Sometime the stormy adversities may make you feel hopeless and down but you need to put God first and dare to rise above every storms as nothing and nobody can stand against God. So begin your miraculous progressive journey of dream accomplishment in the light of strong faith of God and experience huge difference in your life.

To the Transport and Safety Authority. If it is not innuendo. If it is not witch hunting. If the plight of the safety of the Kenyan commuter is what your heart values, you should know by now that Kenyans have died on the road carnage through human error and greed and enough has been enough.The withdrawal of the 100 buses from our public roads belonging to Ummoinner Sacco should not be compromised.Their presentation of 48 buses for inspection, instead of their full fleet of 100 buses is an insult to the Kenyan public and is treacherous.Their full fleet must undergo inspection to certify their road worthiness and all their drivers tested and verified too. Their touts must provide all their documentation without favor before banning the full fleet for a number of years as per the traffic laid down regulations and the directors taken to court and fined heavily.Police should not take bribes to release these vehicles through back door as a lesson to all other saccos and companies that disreg

Life is miraculous progressive journey of pain and pleasure where you have to rise above stormy adversities for quality living. You need to enjoy every circumstances either positive or negative in the highway of life being positive and grateful then you can attract quality circumstances and quality people in your life. Life may bombards you with stormy times to teach youlife shifting lessons which can help you to discover your quality life. Sonever give up in the highway of life and live your life in the light of strong faith of God, love, happiness, positive and grateful attitude. As valid truth says. “Encountering with stormy adversities is part of life and mastering over it is true life.

ByNetsanet Belay, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Netsanet Belay is Africa director at Amnesty International. The views expressed are the writer’s own.Like so many thousands of Kenyans, Pamela, David and Kanu are all still struggling to piece their lives together nearly six years after the violence that rocked parts of Kenya following the elections in December 2007.Finding work, feeding their children and recovering from physical and psychological trauma are just some of their everyday battles.“I suffered a lot because I have only one hand, but I have been completely forgotten,” Kanu recently told Amnesty International. His arm was hacked off with a machete after he tried to save a woman from being raped by 17 men amid the post-election violence.“I suffered a lot because I have only one hand, but I have been completely forgotten,” Kanu recently told Amnesty International. His arm was hacked off with a machete after he tried to save a woman from being raped by 17 men amid the post-electio

“All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.” Every stormy knocks, criticism and life with crisis helps to learn, grow, and shine personally, socially, spiritually and professionally. So always accept every knocks being positive and gather lion like courage to get up and fight for your victor tag as its your birth rights. As valid truth says, “Every setback is for great come back if you believe from within and hold strong faith on God.”

“Believe, when you speak from your heart and say the words your soul has only dared to whisper, that’s when miracles happen.”You cant achieve anything in life if you lack strong self believe, persistence, patience and faith of Lord. In fact you yourself is best architect of your destiny and nobody else gonna eat for you, dream for you, believe for you, breathe for as well as act for you. So if you believe in yourself from within that you can achieve your dream goal in the light of faith then nobody else gonna stop you, as you will be simply unstoppable in the arm of universe as it loves you and wants you to live quality life with purpose. If you doubt on yourself then the universe will doubt on you as believing is like sending an spiritual email to the universe for your dream manifestations. Once you get driven by your inner guidance system then it can help to rise above stormy adversities. The miracle creating truth of Universe says, “Believing is receiving in the light of persistence