(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced Sen. Hillary Clinton as his pick for secretary of state, calling her an “American of tremendous stature who will have my complete confidence.”
“Hillary’s appointment is a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances,” Obama said [...]

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The Collapse of AMISOM: What Happens Next?
By Scott A Morgan
If Reports from East Africa are true then it appears that Ethiopia will not be the only Nation pulling its Forces out of Somalia. As a Matter of Fact the AU Mission in Somalia may be on the verge of collapse.
What could be the influence that [...]

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By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The Liberals and NDP have agreed to an immediate $30-billion economic stimulus package should they succeed in ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government next week, says a senior Liberal source.
And NDP elder statesman Ed Broadbent said the plan - supported by the Bloc Quebecois - would be [...]

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Minister, MPs in court over Sh20m fraud
BY KEVIN KEYA
A Cabinet Minister is among seven Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been sued over fake allowance claims worth more than Sh20 million.
Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) has sued Information and Communication Minister Samuel Poghisio, and MPs David Musila (Mwingi South), Ekwe Ethuro (Turkana Central) as well [...]

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Raila forms team on Eastleigh roads
BY ANTHONY KAGIRI
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has formed an inter-Ministerial committee to address the dilapidated state of infrastructure in the busy Eastleigh estate, Nairobi.
The taskforce will include officials from the ministries of Local Government, Nairobi Metropolitan Development and Roads. Others are officials from Nairobi City Council and members of [...]

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By  John Vorster
JAKISUMU
Beloved Patriotic Kenyans,
Early in the  morning before the national flag is hoisted, my parents who retired from civil service braves in a burning hope and indeed they wonder why their skeleton salaries were heavily taxed at the expense of nation building…..
Why did our dear government formulate an authority (KRA) that would ONLY target the [...]

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By Agwanda Jakorando
POLICE in Kisii Central District have launched a massive man haunt for a six man gang who yesterday robbed and killed a bar attendant in Kisii Town .
The six suspected gangsters reportedly struck at a local pub situated along Kisii Kisumu Highway at around 11:20 pm and ordered the customers together with bar [...]

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BY JUDY MIRIGA
USA
 
WHEN POVERTY, INSECURITY AND HUNGER LOOMS…… IMPUNITY & DISCONTENT PREVAILS. CITIZENRY GET SQUEEZED TO A STATE OF HELPLESSNESS AND HOPELESSNESS. CIVIL SOCIETY, FAITH BASED, INDEPENDENT, UNIONS AND NGOS HAVE NO VOICE. THE DRAGON HAS A FIELDS DAY, THEY FIND THEMSELVES A WINDOW, THEY SURVIVE IT, PLEADS SYMPATHY AND AMNESTY FOR FORGIVENESS, THEN THEY [...]

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