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Publication: East African Standard

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 2 reports

World: Gay marriage legal in France

French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings.France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council ... [Published East African Standard - 4 mins ago]

Entities: Gay, France, Same-Sex Marriage, Capital Punishment, protest

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

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Kenya: MP distances self from pay rise demands

Embu, Kenya: Chuka-Igambang’ombe MP Muthomi Njuki has disassociated himself from demands by his fellow MPs for a salary increment.Njuki instead asked Kenyans to maintain the attitude they have held towards the MPs who want their perks raised.Speaking ... [Published East African Standard - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Kenya, Embu (Kenya), Src, Presbyterian, Rugby

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Are Kenyan voters like pigs?

Images of human beings, pigs and blood in the streets of Nairobi invite you to reflect on surrealism in art, and especially in literature.At its finest, surrealism fuses the gap between imagination and reality, the image and the referent. The mess on ... [Published East African Standard - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Nairobi, Diffusion, Religion

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Swiss national decries high bail terms in porn case

A Swiss national charged in a magistrate’s court in Mombasa with luring 11 Kenyan women into prostitution has moved to the High Court to challenge the Sh1 million bond slapped on him on Thursday.His lawyer Lumatete Muchai told Justice Martin Muya that ... [Published East African Standard - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Pornography, Bail, Prostitution, Mombasa, Justice Martin

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Police must step up intelligence on criminal activities

Weeks into the spate of violence rocking Bungoma and Busia counties, only a dozen suspects have been charged in court over the matter.Seven of them are held on one offence, a robbery against one Ms Rukia Naskanda in Bungoma’s Kware village. Another five ... [Published East African Standard - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Bungoma (Kenya), Crime, Mungiki, Busia (Kenya), Police

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

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APA Insurance now on mobile

You can now buy a Personal Accident (PA) cover from APA Insurance Company in the comfort of your work place or home, using your handset mobile phone.This follows the launch of a mobile-based service dubbed ‘ APA Kopa Bima’ by APA Insurance in conjunction ... [Published East African Standard - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Cellphone, Mobile Commerce, Bharti Airtel Ltd

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

TARDA employees protest reinstatement of former MD

Drama ensued at the TARDA offices after high court judge, Lady Justice Monica Mbaru directed the permanent secretary for regional developmenmt, Carey Orege to reinstate suspended managing director of Tana Athi Rivers Development Abdul Agonga. The offices ... [Published East African Standard - 18 hours ago]

Entities: protest, High Court Judge, Court Order

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Donkeys get pampered

Now that story on donkeys and their day off. You may not have noticed it by this has actually been the international donkey week. And as wilkister nyabwa now reports – believe it or not – it is all about casting aside their heavy burden to enjoy a time ... [Published East African Standard - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Donkey, Encumbrance

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 5 reports

Kenya: Counties to oversee roads network

KENYA: The Kenya Roads Board (KRB) will restructure its operations and devolve part of its mandate to county governments, board Chairman Joel Wanyoike has said.He said construction and maintenance of class D and E roads would now be the mandate of the ... [Published East African Standard - May 16 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Bomet (Kenya), Kenya Wildlife Service

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Kenya: No favours in Kenyan cases, says Bensouda

The International Criminal Court ( ICC) has once again sought Kenya’s assurance on cooperation, adding the two cases at the court would be treated like any other.ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, in an exclusive interview with The Standard in Geneva, ... [Published East African Standard - May 16 2013]

Entities: Fatou Bensouda, Kenya, International Criminal Court, Geneva

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Kenya: Former minister officially lands UN job

Kenya: Dr Mukhisa Kituyi ‘s appointment as United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary makes him only the second Kenyan after President Uhuru Kenyatta with the title, “His Excellency”.The official appointment yesterday by United ... [Published East African Standard - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mukhisa Kituyi, United Nations Conference on Trade and Developm..., United Nations, Kenya

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Kenya: Eight lynched over Bungoma killings

Bungoma, Kenya: After a month of horrifying attacks by bloodthirsty gangs, Bungoma County is flirting with the rule of the jungle after vigilantes lynched at least eight suspects in the past week.The reprisal attacks emerged as President Uhuru Kenyatta ... [Published East African Standard - May 16 2013]

Entities: Bungoma (Kenya), Lynching, Kenya

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"Twitter has become a big enough media outlet that they should provide better security for high-value accounts like the Associated Press, the FT and others" said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with security software maker F-Secure

World: Financial Times website, Twitter feed compromised [Published East African Standard - 22 hours ago]

...is the bible for all soldiers serving, specifically states that a soldier's uniform dress code does not allow the carrying of an umbrella and "no officer or official shall issue instructions which conflict with, alter, or amend any provision without the approval of the Commandant of the Marine Corps."

World: Obama makes U.S Marine break military rules [Published East African Standard - 23 hours ago]

FA chairman David Bernstein said: "The FA remains committed to this vital agenda and we will contribute upwards of £4m to this ongoing work."

Sports: FA introduces five-match bans for racial abuse [Published East African Standard - May 17 2013]

"Allegations were received by the EACC that qualified and competent applicants were not shortlisted for unknown reasons. The process was not carried out in a fair and transparent manner,” said Ms Keino."

Kenya: Anti-graft body to probe Principal Secretaries selection [Published East African Standard - May 16 2013]

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Uhuru set to receive TJRC report [Published East African Standard - May 17 2013]
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