By Mark Oloo (Nairobi) – Mobile phone users in Kenya are a worried lot following rumours that receiving calls from certain callers causes brain haemorrhage. The rumours started yesterday in the capital Nairobi, throwing telephone communication in the East African country in a spin. The fears were heightened by a series of text messages widely circulated, alleging some 27 people had died between yesterday and today, after receiving calls from the said numbers. The text messages said the numbers appear red on the screen and have numerous digits of 6 and 8, with an unfamiliar prefix. But yesterday, the Communications... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 1st 2010 |
By Mark Oloo in Nairobi – Kenya’s population has soared by 10 million in the last 10 years, the government announced today. Releasing results of a national population census done last year, National Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya said the East African country now has 38,610,097 people since the last head count in 1989. Presenting the figures in Nairobi today, Oparanya said the rise in population figures had strained the country’s resources. The results, whose delay caused jitters within the Kenyan government, also showed a gender split of fifty- fifty. The minister said despite financial challenges, the outcome of the census was... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 1st 2010 |
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union Commission said it has noted with grave concern statements attributed to some members of the UN Security Council as well as the decisions ICC-02/05-01/09 of 27 August 2010 of the ICC Pre Trial Chamber informing the United Nations Security Council and the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome Statute about Omar Al-Bashir’s presence in the territories of the Republic of Chad and the Republic of Kenya. The said statements and the decisions assert that the two African Union Member States have “a clear obligation to cooperate with the Court in relation to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 30th 2010 |
By Mark Oloo (Nairobi) – Kenya today promulgated a new constitution at a colourful ceremony attended by controversial Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. But today’s visit to Nairobi by the Sudanese leader wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has raised questions over Kenya’s commitment to the Rome Statute, which established the Hague-based court. Under the statute, Kenya, having domesticated the Rome statute, is required to have arrested Bashir for handing over to the ICC over crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Sudan’s Darfur region. His conspicuous presence among other African leaders at the event elicited mixed reactions from the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 27th 2010 |
By Mark Oloo in Nairobi – Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki will tomorrow promulgate a new constitution at an exclusive ceremony attended by eight African heads of state and government. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan and a team of eminent African personalities will also attend the event at the capital, Nairobi. Security has been tightened in the capital, with police restricting civilian access to areas around parliament and Uhuru Park, where the historic signing will be held from 8.15am tomorrow. At a press briefing yesterday, Kenya’s secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura said the country’s military will stage numerous martial... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, August 26th 2010 |
