October 2011

No Reprieve in Living Cost As Inflation Hits 18.91 Percent

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:09
THE cost of living continues to climb with Kenya's latest inflation figures now at 18.91 per cent from 17.32 per cent in September as food and fuel prices maintain an upward trend.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311685.html

Kiff's Naija Night At the Carnivore

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:08
The Kenya International Film Festival (KIFF) is on again for the sixth year running.This year's event boasted the presence of Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka as the festival guest to much appreciation from local film and theatre enthusiasts.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311683.html

Police Recover Two Guns in Laikipia Raid

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:08
Police in Laikipia west yesterday recovered two guns believed to have been used in a series of robbery incidents during a raid in one of the Manyattas in the area.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311682.html

U.S. Church Donates Food

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:08
An American church has donated food worth Sh2 million to famine-stricken residents of Turkana and Kyuso districts. Several families from the two areas benefited from the food rations that were distributed by youth and elders from the Lucky Summer Baptist Chapel of Nairobi through which the donation was channeled through.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311679.html

Sh180 Million Nyeri Airstrip Facelift Complete

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:07
THE Nyaribo Airstrip in Nyeri County has been rehabilitated at a cost of Sh 180 million turning it into an airport capable of handling larger cargo and passenger aircraft.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311678.html

Cop Accused of Aiding Suspects Escape Charged

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:07
A police officer yesterday appeared before an Embu court charged with assisting five robberies with violence suspects to escape. Constable Jackson Muoki appeared before the Embu Chief magistrate Margaret Wachira charged that on October 14 at the Embu law courts, he assisted Richard Mbogo Ndagara (alias Iblisi), Antony Kariuki Njiru, Teddy Kagito, James Muriuki Nyaga, and Justin Gitonga Igoki to escape from the lawful custody. He denied the offence.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311677.html

Munyi Warns Against Graft

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:06
Coast PC Ernest Munyi has identified corruption as a challenge in service delivery to the public and said it needs to be dealt with. Speaking during the provincial launch of the fourth wave of Rapid Result Initiative in Mombasa, Munyi warned corrupt public servants against the vice.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311666.html

Nation Already Starting to Get Bogged Down

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:03
The Kenyan military incursion in to Somalia launched on 16th October against the Alshabaab Islamists has not to date resulted in any variable terrestrial fighting. And yet it is already beginning to show signs of getting bogged down. Literally, because of the rain in the Juba valley and metaphorically, because of the reluctance expressed by certain leaders of the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) in Mogadishu.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311659.html

Balala Denies There Are Cancellations

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:02
Tourism minister Najib Balala has denied that there are cancellations of hotel bookings due to ongoing operation by the Kenyan government against the al-Shabaab in Somalia.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311656.html

Portland Narrows Loss

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 31/10/2011 - 15:02
Kenya's number two cement maker, East African Portland Cement , narrowed its loss for the year ended June and a tax credit pushed its earnings per share into positive territory.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110311655.html