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By Celestine Achieng
 
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A U.S.-flagged ship that was briefly seized by Somali pirates arrived safely in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on Saturday, as a Somali mediator headed to sea to try to secure the release of the ship’s American captain.
“The captain is a hero,” one crew member shouted from the 17,000-ton [...]

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Head to head: Toppling Idi Amin

The sons of Uganda’s former dictator Idi Amin and Tanzania’s ex-President Julius Nyerere have met for the first time, three decades after the two countries fought a war.
The BBC’s Swahili Service brought the two together to reflect on the five-month conflict, which left half a million people dead and [...]

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By James Ratemo
US President Barack Obama has raised the profile of calls on President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to resolve the political impasse.
Obama, whose father was Kenyan, also said he was concerned with the status of corruption and
wrangling in the Government.
“US has a strong interest in the political stability of Kenya…Kenya is too [...]

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By Beatrice Obwocha
His presence is overwhelming and prophecies scary although some have come to pass.
Dr David Owuor pulls huge crowds wherever he goes to preach.
Some of the worshippers spend nights at the crusade venue, praying before the
Prophet David Owuor
arrival of the “prophet”.
Thousands flocked his recent meeting at the Nakuru Showground and held prayers for 36 [...]

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By KEN OPALA
Sugar and other commodities are smuggled in from Somalia through a number of well-known points between Ras Kamboni down in Lamu and Mandera in the north. 
In Summary

Truckloads of sugar smuggled in daily from Somalia are enriching warlords who control the lawless country.
So rampant is the illegal trade that a kilo of sugar retails at [...]

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