Kenyatta University

Type: Organization

Name: Kenyatta University

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Authority must probe police shootings

THERE is a new constitution but the police are still trigger happy.Yesterday the Star reported that APs shot dead Dennis Simba who went for a walk with his girlfriend. He was shot getting into his car, without warning or explanation.Yesterday police shot ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Police, Baragoi, Kenyatta University, Thabo Mbeki

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

Kenya: Talk Time Is Over, Let's Now Engage Our Youth

A week ago the Standard on Saturday carried a very informative article, "The time bomb that is millions of jobless youth". The article indicated that about half of the Kenyan youth aged 18 to 34 years -- millions of them are currently jobless.The writer ... [Published AllAfrica.com - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Kenya, Enterprise Development Fund, Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Multimedia University

Sports Kenya Police back to the summit of table with win against Western Jaguars

Technical University of Kenya (TUK) teams also soared high hitting Kenyatta University 2-1 in the men's National League and edging Multimedia University 1-0 in the women National League to better their chances of grabbing the title this ... ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Multimedia University, Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya: Officers probed over student killing

Police are investigating an incident in which an 18-year-old medical student of a Thika college was shot dead in Thika.Denis Simba was with his girlfriend in his father’s car when officers from Muguga who were on patrol in a private farm allegedly shot ... [Published East African Standard - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Thika (Kenya), Kenya, Malindi (Kenya), Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

We Must Be Cautious In Nurturing Young Businesses

There is a fascinating trend that is taking place in the business circles these days. It is the increasing adoption of incubation centres. As the name suggests, these are centres which take a business from the conceptual stage, nurture it, before releasing ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Adoption, Habitat, Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 2 reports

Embrace people with disabilities – First Lady

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has lauded Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology for embracing people with disabilities. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the Gender and Disability Week at JKUAT in Juja yesterday, Margaret praised ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Disability, First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

The makers of Africa’s first viral video: Just a Band at TEDGlobal 2013

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Just a Band are … not at all just a band. During a key moment in their music video “Ha-He,” called by many Africa’s first viral video, a Blaxploitation-inspired superhero named Makmende is threatened by a man in a ... [Published TED Blog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: James Duncan Davidson, Kenyatta University

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

From segregation to free primary, the lessons have been difficult for

At independence, Kenya’s new government committed itself to tackling three challenges, namely poverty, disease and ignorance. This was based on the understanding that the nation’s social progress and economic prosperity were predicated on wealth creation, ... [Published Daily Nation - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Education, Kenya, Kenyatta University, University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Army joins fight against drug abuse

Chief of the Defence Forces General Julius Karangi has called on the Kenya Army to join the fight against alcohol and drug abuse.Speaking yesterday during the admission ceremony for new cadets at Kenyatta University, Karangi said drugs are a "menace" ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Drug Abuse, Kenyatta University, Military/Armed Forces, Conflict Resolution, Vice Chancellor

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Economists predict sluggish growth as debt burden rises

A rising debt burden risks derailing Kenya’s development and slow economic growth. The government faces increasing budget demand amid revenue collection shortfalls. The pressure for higher pay by civil servants has seen the government increase its borrowing ... [Published Daily Nation - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Encumbrance, Economic Growth, Kenyatta University, Central Bank of Kenya

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Marsabit cabinet nominees grilled by committee

Marsabit county cabinet nominees were yesterday grilled by the vetting committee.The committee, chaired by speaker Mathew Loltome, asked whether the nominees will discard their political and tribal realignments to serve the communities equally.Guracha ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Marsabit (Kenya), Livestock, Kenyatta University, Siba AB

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Low income communities in Kenya exhibiting online self-censorship

Those online in Mathare face a clampdown for posting negative information about the neighbourhood (image: Sustainable Sanitation Flickr feed)There’s little content from low income earning communities in Kenya on the Internet due to self censorship, rather ... [Published CIO East Africa - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Joomla, Kenyatta University, Content Management System, Computer Science

Quotes

Quote of the day: "When we say the people shall govern, we mean the people shall govern and what that means is we must register." - Former South African president Thabo Mbeki was born on June 18, 1942

Authority must probe police shootings [Published The Star (Kenya) - 12 hours ago]

One statement that may have passed unnoticed and which was attributed to a Kenyatta University professor was that "it takes the average college graduate five years to get a job" . Five years is the average, meaning that some may be taking as long as eight to ten years. They postpone their lives this long...

Kenya: Talk Time Is Over, Let's Now Engage Our Youth [Published AllAfrica.com - 18 hours ago]

"I can assure you that the matter will be investigated and if the policeman is found guilty action will be taken against him." He confirmed that no disciplinary action had been taken against the two policemen...

Romantic walk in the bush ends in tragedy [Published The Star (Kenya) - Jun 17 2013]

He added, "The whole country is turning digital... the matatu industry cannot afford to remain behind."

Kenya: 200 Matatus Go Digital With Free Wi-Fi [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 17 2013]

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