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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kajwang Mourners led by Cord leader Raila Odinga</td></tr>
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said that doctors had treated Kajwang’ for high blood pressure as well as
cardiac arrest. He added that Kajwang’ had been in road accident in Oyugis
recently but said he had was fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Raila
called for calm from Cord supporters as they await the postmortem to be
conducted on Kajwang’ to ascertain the exact cause of death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Others
present are Bungoma senator and Cord co-principal Moses Wetang’ula, Kakamega
senator Boni Khalwale, Ruaraka MP Tom Kajwang’, Kisumu deputy governor Ruth
Odinga among other leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Members
of the public have formed queues to view the body of the late senator most
famous for his rallying song Mapambano in the run-up to the 2007 and 2013
general elections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No
address has yet been made by the Cord top-brass as the third principal and
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is yet to arrive at the funeral home.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt-5RJfe0doOy11G2CmuBUmoeJD6_3SQvBUjkg_YzHdSdyXtBpqzeQ9FPZjNXjqTsiI8o6iEtkd3KbCwlzTqYk4oIVDdfua_ZO6s71l1jhP-EiuSi7yDn71RiQpRpU5Gh0IAYXYhl6sg2/s1600/mourners+weeps+outside+the+Lee+Funeral+Home+where+the+body+of+the+late+Homa+Bay+senator+Otieno+Kaywang.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt-5RJfe0doOy11G2CmuBUmoeJD6_3SQvBUjkg_YzHdSdyXtBpqzeQ9FPZjNXjqTsiI8o6iEtkd3KbCwlzTqYk4oIVDdfua_ZO6s71l1jhP-EiuSi7yDn71RiQpRpU5Gh0IAYXYhl6sg2/s1600/mourners+weeps+outside+the+Lee+Funeral+Home+where+the+body+of+the+late+Homa+Bay+senator+Otieno+Kaywang.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kajwang’
died Tuesday night at Mater Hospital where he was rushed after complaining of
chest pains while at his South C home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Doctors
treating Kajwang’ for cardiac related complications later pronounced the former
Mbita MP dead at about 11PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kajwang’
served as the Minister for Immigration in the 2008-2013 coalition government
formed by former President Mwai Kibaki and then Prime Minister Raila Odinga.</span></div>
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received the kickbacks, they have said that in 2009 and 2010 alone, the Kenya
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coalition has called for the immediate resignation, arrest and trial of IEBC
chairman Isaac Hassan, Energy CS Davis Chirchir and others allegedly involved
in a Sh50 million electoral material scam.</span></div>
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leader Raila Odinga termed the allegations “very damaging and very shameful",
saying “accountability must begin at the top”, during a press conference on
Tuesday.</span></div>
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demand the immediate arrest of Mr Trevy James Oyombra who is reported to have
been the Kenyan making hefty payouts to Kenyan officials to influence the award
of printing contracts to the UK firm. He must be sought and held to
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further demanded the investigation and audit of all commissioners and principal
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KCB, to which money was allegedly transferred for Oyombra for onward
distribution, must help the investigations and disclose how much was
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“We
demand answers on what the government knows and when they knew it. We refuse to
be party to the conspiracy of silence. What is being adduced in court in London
points to a serous, baffling and shameful integrity and credibility gap on the
part of these present and former officers and an indictment of the Jubilee
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cannot be that Jubilee does not know what these officers did. We have an
intelligence service that is required to do background checks on people before
they are appointed to key public positions like that of Cabinet Secretary,”
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the accused who asked for “chicken” from the printing company took their
corrupt ways, integrity questions and credibility gaps into an election, saying
the case was similar to what happened just before independence</span></div>
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maintain that we cannot let the past and its ghosts rest. We reject the
doctrine of “accept and move on” while our nation suffers. We must take charge
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Chirchir,
Gladys Shollei and James Oswago are among five former IIEC officials named for
colluding with a British printing firm, Smith and Ouzman, to defraud the public
coffers of the money in an ongoing case before a British court. Chirchir was
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serving in the IIEC, that preceded the IEBC, asked for bribes to influence the
awarding of a printing tender for electoral documents to Smith and Ouzman,
prosecution lawyers working with forensic auditors from the UK’s Serious Fraud
Unit told the Southwark Crown Court.</span></div>
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others implicated in the case are suspended IEBC CEO James Oswago who served in
the same capacity at the IIEC, former chief registrar of the judiciary Gladys
Boss Shollei who was IIEC's Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, lawyer Kennedy
Nyaundi who was a commissioner and senior procurement officer and financial
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also mentioned as one of the beneficiaries of the kickbacks. Hassan is not
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Ouzman won tenders to print ballot papers used in the 2013 General Election and
Knec certificates.</span></div>
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printing firm paid kickbacks of up to Sh40 million to secure contracts for the
printing of Kenya's ballot papers and examination certificates, a UK court has
been told.</span></div>
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Crown Court heard that the company, Smith & Ouzman Ltd., targeted senior
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the company won a tender to print ballot papers used in the 2013 General
Election and Kenya National Examinations Council certificates.</span></div>
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also a suggestion to “increase costs in a reasonable manner” and emails
confirming “we will definitely give them the chicken”, jurors heard.</span></div>
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aware of the UK court case, but added that the commission does not know its
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said that the tendering process was done aboveboard and a company that
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are not aware of any person who has received a bribe over the tender. The
commission is also made up of nine commissioners, including myself, nine
directors, and over 40 managers. We are not aware that any of them have
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Joseph Kivilu maintained that he has only read about the allegations in the
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in court are Christopher Smith, 71, the chairman of Smith & Ouzman Ltd.,
and his son, sales and marketing director, Nicholas Smith, 42. They have been
accused of bribing senior government officials in Africa to secure the
lucrative tenders.</span></div>
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manager. Evidence also shows that 47-year-old Forrester and company agent
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Homa Bays
senator Otieno Kajwang died late Tuesday night following a heart attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The vocal
ODM loyalist best known for his rallying Mapambano song mostly sung during
election campaigns complained of chest pains while in his Nairobi home.</span></div>
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to ODM communications officer, Philip Etale, Kajwang died at Mater Hospital at
around 11:34PM where he had been rushed for treatment.</span></div>
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served as the Immigration Minister between 2008 and 2013.</span></div>
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brother and Ruaraka MP Tom Kajwang’ said his brother’s passing was untimely and
sad and expressed gratitude for for the condolences which he said were
streaming in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Senate
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senate. “We have lost a great debator, a great senator and lawyer,” Kindiki
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senator Kipchumba Murkomen also sent his condolences to the family of Kajwang’
saying the death was a shock to him.</span></div>
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shocked that my colleague and friend senator Kajwang’ has passed on. I will remember
him as passionate and eloquent debator. A man full of life and humor,” Murkomen
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Makueni
senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior also condoled with the family of Kajwang’
following his death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Rest in
peace my brother, learned friend and senator, Otieno Kajwang. Mapambano
mbinguni,” Kilonzo said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kajwang’
is the second senator to pass on while in office. On April 27, 2013 Mutula
Kilonzo died under unclear circumstances while in his home in Maanzoni lodge.
Investigations findings into his death have never been made public.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kajwang’s
body will be moved Wednesday morning to Lee Funeral Home for public viewing.</span></div>
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Homa Bays senator Otieno Kajwang died late Tuesday night following a heart attack.<br />
The vocal ODM loyalist best known for his rallying Mapambano song
mostly sung during election campaigns complained of chest pains while in
his Nairobi home.<br />
According to ODM communications officer, Philip Etale, Kajwang died
at Mater Hospital at around 11:34PM where he had been rushed for
treatment.<br />
Kajwang’ served as the Immigration Minister between 2008 and 2013.<br />
Kajwang’s brother and Ruaraka MP Tom Kajwang’ said his brother’s
passing was untimely and sad and expressed gratitude for for the
condolences which he said were streaming in.<br />
Senate majority leader Kithure Kindiki said the loss of Kajwang’ was a
big blow to the senate. “We have lost a great debator, a great senator
and lawyer,” Kindiki said.<br />
Elgeyo-Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen also sent his condolences
to the family of Kajwang’ saying the death was a shock to him.<br />
“So shocked that my colleague and friend senator Kajwang’ has passed
on. I will remember him as passionate and eloquent debator. A man full
of life and humor,” Murkomen posted on his Twitter account.<br />
Makueni senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior also condoled with the family of Kajwang’ following his death.<br />
“Rest in peace my brother, learned friend and senator, Otieno Kajwang. Mapambano mbinguni,” Kilonzo said.<br />
Kajwang’ is the second senator to pass on while in office. On April
27, 2013 Mutula Kilonzo died under unclear circumstances while in his
home in Maanzoni lodge. Investigations findings into his death have
never been made public.<br />
Kajwang’s body will be moved Wednesday morning to Lee Funeral Home for public viewing.<br />
- See more at:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/charismatic-homa-bay-senator-otieno-kajwang-dies-cardiac-arrest-mater-hospital#sthash.JHBERciP.dpuf</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-51264342037721542732014-11-08T23:47:00.002-08:002014-11-08T23:52:49.983-08:00Make or break as Raila tackles fallout <div>
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The disciplinary Committee set up by ODM leader Raila Odinga to
investigate the the violent ejection of Executive Director Magerer
Lang’at from a meeting sits on Tuesday as the party enters a defining
moment that could determine its future.</div>
<div>
Mr Lang’at and
Nominated Senator Elizabeth Ongoro are among those summoned to appear
before the team which is chaired by lawyer Fred Athuok.</div>
<div>
“I
really want to allow the committee to do its work so please let me not
delve so much into this,” Ms Ongoro said when asked about her summon.</div>
<div>
The
many events happening in ODM set the stage for a National Governing
Council (NGC) planned for the end of the month. The NGC will lay ground
for the National Delegates Conference early next year where new party
officials will be elected.</div>
<div>
Mr Odinga’s spokesman Denis Onyango said there was pressure to streamline things in ODM.</div>
<div>
“Various
groups have called on Raila to steady the ODM ship as the symbol of the
reform movement in Kenya. They include opposition leaning church
leaders, civil society Organisations and remnants of the so called
second liberation group. Some are pushing for audience with him in the
week over concerns about the turbulence” he said.</div>
<div>
Mr
Odinga is said to be considering meeting two ODM MPs who met with
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua in Mombasa alongside Mr Lang’at and
posted a telling picture online on Thursday.</div>
<div>
Mr Odinga,
who also leads the Opposition Cord, is said to have asked Budalang’i MP
Ababu Namwamba and his Kilifi North counterpart Gideon Mung’aro for a
private meeting in Nairobi .</div>
<div>
<b>NOTHING SINISTER</b><br />
Mr
Odinga and his Cord co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka — leader of the Wiper
party — are said to have been unhappy on Thursday after Mr Mutua posted
the photo online.</div>
<div>
The two party leaders are said to
have made frantic phone calls immediately the photos were circulated
seeking to know the agenda of the meeting.</div>
<div>
Many in Cord believe the meeting was not by chance even though Mr Namwamba says there was nothing sinister .</div>
<div>
A
Senator allied to Mr Odinga, but who did not want to be quoted for fear
of reprisals, said the party leader was particularly keen to find out
from Mr Namwamba the motive of the meeting. </div>
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Mr Namwamba could neither confirm nor deny the said phone conversation with Mr Odinga.</div>
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“We
talk to Mr Odinga very often, perhaps it could be of help if you could
specify which day you are referring to. But then again, why would I
divulge the content of our conversation even if he called.<br />
That would
not be gentlemanly,” said Mr Namwamba.</div>
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Mr Odinga and Mr Musyoka are facing a revolt from within their parties.</div>
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<b>NAMWAMBA RESTLESS</b><br />
Governor
Mutua is perceived to be working closely the Jubilee government against
his party’s wishes while Mr Mung’aro has been leading rebel Cord MPs in
Coast and is perceived to be working against the party.</div>
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Mr
Namwamba is considered to be restless within the party, especially
after the botched February 28 elections in which he wanted to be
secretary-general.</div>
<div>
Critics have labelled him a mole
for his perceived closeness with Deputy President William Ruto, but he
has consistently rejected the claims.</div>
<div>
The Budalang’i MP downplayed the significance of the picture taken at the Coast.</div>
<div>
“There
is absolutely no reason for hysteria or paranoia when four brothers
from the same political divide congregate. All those are Cord birds and
they flock together in the Cord house,” he told Sunday Nation.</div>
<div>
Prof Morris Mbondenyi of Africa Nazarene University’s School of Law says there is more to the meeting than meets the eye.</div>
<div>
“When
four birds of the same feather flock together, then know there is
something cooking and it is just a matter of time before everything
bares itself,” he said.</div>
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<b>DISCPLINARY ACTION</b><br />
Mr
Mung’aro has publicly stated that he is no longer interested in the
affairs of ODM after he was accused of working with the Jubilee
government.</div>
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He has since been stripped of Minority Whip post in the National Assembly and replaced with Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu.</div>
<div>
“Having
lunch together is nothing to raise eyebrows and as brothers and
sisters, we will have more breakfasts and dinners in the coming days,”
Mr Mung’aro said.</div>
<div>
Mr Lang’at, who was violently ejected
from an ODM meeting on October 30 and is facing disciplinary
proceedings for allegedly criticising the party, said it was wrong to
use the mole label against some leaders.</div>
<div>
“I am not a
mole. In fact, if there is a mole in ODM, then it is Mr Odinga because
he talks to the President and his deputy,” said the embattled executive
director.</div>
<div>
Talk is rife in ODM that those who are not
happy with how the party is being run could be working an alternative
political vehicle.</div>
<div>
A youthful MP, who did not want to
be named for personal reasons, told the Sunday Nation that their
reasoning was that they were “not stuck with ODM”.</div>
<div>
On the planned exit, Mr Namwamba said he has never considered quitting the Orange party.</div>
<div>
“We could be having issues, but my continued stay in ODM is not in doubt. I have heavily invested here to quit,” he said.</div>
<div>
Mr
Musyoka is on record asking Wiper members who are not ready to toe the
party line to resign. Governor Mutua is among Wiper leaders opposed to
Cord’s Okoa Kenya referendum campaign.</div>
<div>
<b>MISLEADING ODINGA</b><br />
What
began as a trickle for Mr Odinga when a team of youthful ODM members—
including Mr Namwamba, Kisumu Central MP Ken Obura and Mombasa Governor
Hassan Joho— told the party leader early in the year to allow a breath
of fresh air into the leadership has now become a torrent. </div>
<div>
Ugunja
MP Opiyo Wandayi said the “rebels” would soon be held to account. “We
are putting party rebels on notice. We are taking the battle to their
door steps.”</div>
<div>
Sunday Nation has learnt that at least
seven MPs from Nyanza, Mr Odinga’s stronghold, could be in trouble for
what is understood to be lukewarm support for the party.</div>
<div>
Mr Obura who expressed interest in the secretary-general position in February before he dropped his bid could be one of them. </div>
<div>
Others are David Ochieng’, Agostino Neto, Ms Millie Odhiambo, Mr Silvance Osele and Mr George Oner.</div>
<div>
But
they appear undeterred. Mr Ochieng’ said instead, they intended to kick
out their colleagues they accuse of misleading Mr Odinga. </div>
<div>
<i>Source: Nation Media Additional report by Mwakera Mwajefa and Elisha Otieno.</i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-85835945182124861852014-11-08T23:43:00.002-08:002014-11-08T23:43:50.528-08:00Clergy demand clampdown on conmen preachers<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">
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Evangelical
churches yesterday urged the state to crack down on conmen preachers
who fake miracles to defraud their unsuspecting flocks.<br />
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The umbrella group Evangelical Alliance of Kenya called on law
enforcers to ensure those who misuse the word of God to swindle
believers are punished according to law.<br />
<br />
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has already ordered an
investigation of pastor Victor Kanyari of the Salvation Healing
Ministry for allegedly obtaining money by false presences. KTN recently
reported a miracle-faking spree by Kanyari who swindled the faithful.<br />
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In one of his "miracles," church assistants washed feet with water
mixed with potassium permanganate, which made the solution turn red and
and the feet appeared to be bleeding. It was not the first expose about
the pastor.<br />
<br />
Early this year, Kanyari was caught on tape advising a childless
woman to spend the night at his house so that her first child would be
“mbegu ya pastor" (pastor’s seed).<br />
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Kanyari's mother, so-called Prophetess Lucy Nduta, was jailed for two
years in 2006 for receiving money after promising to cure people of
HIV-Aids. Kanyari has said he never forced anyone to contribute but
admitted people had been coached to give testimonials to his powers.<br />
<br />
Other men of God have amassed fortunes and built palatial homes by
using tithes and offerings from their flock. “Those are wolves in
sheepskin whose conduct is that of charlatans and conmen, and they
should be dealt with in accordance with the law, just like other
criminals,” said Bishop Mark Kariuki at a press conference in Nairobi
yesterday.<br />
<br />
“The evangelical church believes in the word of God and we are
aware that there are false prophets who have existed since time
immemorial.” In a statement read on behalf of his fellow bishops,
Kariuki said there should not be a blanket condemnation of the church
because of one "rotten tomato".<br />
<br />
He urged security agents to intensify vigilance and carry out
thorough background checks before approving anyone who wants to register
a church.<br />
<br />
“The problem is with the National Intelligence Service. They are the
ones who give clearance,” he added. At the same time, the evangelical
alliance cautioned believers, saying pastors who perform fake miracles
and promise cures for a price do not belong to the evangelical
fraternity.<br />
<br />
“It is the hunger for money and the desire for miracles that is
making people vulnerable to con-preachers," the evangelicals said in a
statement.“Those who con believers are not our members and do not belong
to the mainstream church," alliance secretary general Conniti Kitavi
said.<br />
<br />
The alliance also condemned the murder of 21 police officers in
Kapedo in Turkana county o October 31. Kariuki said the government must
bring the perpetrators of the "heinous act" to book, as well as those
who bankroll criminal activities.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-49754616934532309152014-11-08T23:41:00.005-08:002014-11-08T23:41:56.609-08:00I AM IN CONTROL OF ODM - RAILA<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">
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CORD
leader Raila Odinga yesterday rebuffed critics questioning his grip of
ODM and maintained he is in full command, even as some politicians upped
calls for internal elections to fix what they called ruinous
mismanagement. <br />
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Polls do appear to be in the offing, perhaps early next year, as the
National Governing Council is to meet late this month to set a date.<br />
<br />
“May you rest assured that ODM is alive and will not disintegrate,”
Raila told thousands of supporters in Kisumu's Kondele grounds.<br />
<br />
“I call on you not to panic as I am in control of the party. Nothing
will go unresolved. The swelling of frogs cannot deter cows from
drinking water.” <br />
<br />
The Orange party leader downplayed mounting assertions that the
country's single largest political entity was headed for disintegration,
terming them wishful thinking by his opponents. But several MPs
speaking in Mombasa told Raila he needs to clean up the party "mess" and
schedule new internal elections.<br />
<br />
The last party polls were broken up on February 28 by hired "Men in
Black" as a younger generation of leaders appeared poised to take over
from the old guard. They have not been rescheduled. The outspoken MPs
includeAbabu Namwamba (Budalangi), Manson Nyamweya (South Mugirango),
Ken Obura (Kisumu Central) and Richard Onyonka (Kitutu Chache South).<br />
<br />
They spoke to the press after a meeting of the Parliamentary
Accounts Committee, which Namwamba heads. “ODM is like a beautiful
apartment block.<br />
<br />
Our duty is to ensure we clean up this house — we fix roof, fix the
floors and make sure that we keep the tenants within and attract even
more people,” Namwamba said. “It is symptomatic of systemic failure and
institutional collapse. We have a responsibility as a party to arrest
this malaise. <br />
That is why I am calling upon my party leader, whom we all support,
to take firm control and lead us on a path to clean up this mess," he
said. <br />
<br />
In Kisumu, Raila tried to reassure his ODM supporters at a time of
crisis following the physical assault and ejection of executive
director Magerer Lang'at from office last week and claims that party
rebels are plotting a breakaway party Raila was accompanied by Senators
Moses Wetang’ula (Bungoma) and Bonny Khalwale (Kakamega). Wetang'ula
had been discharged from hospital in Kisumu where he was treated after
collapsing. He said it was caused by fatigue. <br />
<br />
Raila addressed the crowd as it emerged he could have given the nod
for fresh polls, overruling hardliners supposedly opposed to leadership
change in ODM. In the clearest indication that repeat polls could be
held soon, the National Governing Council will met on November 28 to set
the date for elections. It brings together governors, senators, MPs,
women and youth leaders.<br />
<br />
"The National Executive Committee agreed that the governing council
be convened to plan elections, so these matters can be put behind us and
we can focus on strengthening the party," an NEC member told the Star
on the phone. <br />
<br />
Speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the
subject, he said elections are likely to be held early next year though
people surrounding Raila want them delayed to mid-2015. <br />
The Star has independently established that supporters of the status
quo were behind the hounding out of Magerer Lang'at to take control of
the delegates register because they fear elections. <br />
<br />
The position of chief executive officers is powerful because he is
the custodian of crucial party documents, including contentious lists of
delegates ad members. <br />
<br />
MP Obura (Kisumu Central) told the Star in an interview: "A small
clique of individuals who fear internal elections are hell-bent in
scuttling party polls as long as they are the ones in charge.” “Anybody
who opposes them is branded a mole. That is dangerous for the party.
Only proper elections will salvage the party,” he said.<br />
<br />
MP Nyamweya said: “I urge the party leader to spend much more
time in ODM than dealing with Cord affairs, unless the coalition will be
transformed into a political party." MP Onyonka said it is high time
Raila took charge and called for elections to rebrand and reposition ODM
as a party for the future.<br />
<br />
Otherwise, the party is "doomed," he said. “We are aware that the
process of ousting Magerer in that uncouth manner is a precursor for the
elections to be rigged. The party is getting finished because some
people don't want to listen to divergent opinions,” he told the Star on
phone. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Magerer has told the Star he will probably not honour the
party summons to appear on Tuesday before tuesday before a disciplinary
committee looking into the troubles at Orange House, the ODM
headquarters. “I am not aware of the summons. I will make up my mind
after reading it, but from the way things are going, I might not honour
it."<br />
<br />
Source: the star <br />
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<br />
Anglo Leasing’ is a generic term which refers to 20 irregular national security
sector contracts awarded by the Kenyan Government for acquisition of ‘security
related’ goods and services. In 2006, the Auditor General told Parliament that
the total value of the scam was Ksh56 billion (USD 777 million).<br />
<br />
Initiated in 1997, the contracts were two-pronged: a contract for supply or
installation of security equipment or accessories; with a simultaneous
financing contract by which the Government ‘borrowed’ funds sourced by the
suppliers to pay for the goods being bought under the first contract. Because
the contracts involved external credit, parliamentary authority should have
been obtained, but this was circumvented on the grounds of national security
secrecy.<br />
<br />
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When the details of the contracts were made public by an opposition Member
of Parliament in 2004, it was quickly discovered that the various suppliers and
financiers were really inter-related parties traceable to Deepak Kamani and
Anura Perera, both businessmen with strong political links. The credit finance
agreements were found to be fraudulent by the Auditor General and two
Parliamentary investigations; in 2004 and 2006. No credit was received by Kenya
under any of the credit agreements, yet Kenya continues up to this day to repay
purported Anglo Leasing debts.<br />
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In May 2014, Kenya paid off two claims to the tune of Ksh 1.43 billion
(US$16.8 million) to First Mercantile Securities Corporation and Universal
Satspace Corporation which had managed to obtain judgement on the Anglo Leasing
promissory notes in London and Geneva. Within days another claimant Ciara
Systems was reported to have lodged its own demand. During the last years of
the Grand Coalition Government other out of court settlements paid outstanding
balances of contracts with the suppliers and financiers of a Navy ship and a
defence command centre.<br />
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All Anglo Leasing contracts shared certain features. All were awarded to
ghost companies, that could not be traced to where they claimed to be
incorporated via conventional searches; further the Government officials they
dealt with all denied knowledge of who the principals or agents of the
companies were. The preferred security procurement method (single-sourcing) was
exploited in all the contracts to circumvent procurement procedures and remove
competition, publicity of the tender and other legal requirements.<br />
The contracts were grossly overpriced., and the credit finance did not
materialise even though Kenya issued irrevocable promissory notes binding the
country to repay the fictitious debts in full. Each contract was given additional
consideration by a legal opinion from the Attorney General declaring that the
contracts were in conformity with all legal requirements and bound Kenya to
pay.<br />
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These legal opinions prejudiced Kenya’s defence of legal claims filed
against her by suppliers and contractors in foreign courts. Despite
overwhelming evidence that Kenya was defrauded, our collective legal interests
have been compromised by impunity. Significant individuals in Kenya’s political
elite under 3 Governments are too implicated either as beneficiaries of the
scandal or because they were involved in the cover-up. The Anti Corruption
Commission has been investigating this scandal since 2004 with no successful
prosecution of the main players who are actually well known. The Anti Corruption
Commission is hamstrung because there is no political will to unravel those
behind the scandal and even less appetite for the political sacrifices that
would have to be made to enforce culpability against those who committed Kenya
and those behind the companies that received Anglo Leasing payments.<br />
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Ten years after the Anglo Leasing scandal was first exposed no serious
domestic effort has been made to halt the contracts and payments, nor to defend
the country against lawsuits by creditors holding the Anglo Leasing debts;
neither to punish the Government officials who entered into the contracts.
Despite the domestic log-jam, there is a glimmer of hope that there may yet be
accountability for the Anglo Leasing fraud. Some foreign authorities have
approached the Kenyan Government seeking Mutual Legal Assistance (provided for
under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption) with a view to
obtaining evidence to support prosecutions against entities within their
jurisdiction connected to the Anglo Leasing scandal.<br />
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On 30 October 2014, in the case of Chamanlal Kamani, Deepak Kamani &
Rashmi Kamani v Attorney General, Justice Lenaola of the Constitutional Court
dismissed an attempt by 3 suspects facing prosecution in Switzerland who wanted
the court to block the Attorney General from supplying Swiss authorities with
information on the scandal ; which the Swiss want to use to mount prosecutions
against Swiss based persons and corporations. Until Kenyan footdragging ended
prospects of Mutual Legal Assistance in 2009, the UK Serious Fraud Office said
it was investigating several UK entities that received funds from the
Government of Kenya and were signatories to Anglo Leasing type contracts.<br />
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The Serious Fraud Office Director at the time said that he would consider
reopening the investigation if evidence was received from Kenya in the future.
Now that the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission and the Attorney General
have given Mutual Legal Assistance to the Swiss authorities and handed over
detailed evidence dockets, it is hoped the same would apply to the UK
investigation, which had already obtained evidence from France, Spain and
Switzerland.<br />
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In May 2014, President Kenyatta, in order to salvage Kenya’s US$2 billion
Sovereign Bond offering, ordered payment; he did say though that other avenues
for accountability were still to be pursued against the well known Anglo
Leasing suspects. This is what Kenyans want action on. Below is a table
indicating the details of the Anglo Leasing contracts and those involved:.<br />
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BENEFICIARY?:
Naivasha maximum securuty prison. The Kenya Prisons Security and
Telecommunications Project is on the long list of Anglo Leasing Security
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<a class="active" href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/anglo-leasing-real-story"><img alt="PRIME SUSPECT: Deepak Kamani. In the case of Chamanlal Kamani, Deepak Kamani & Rashmi Kamani v Attorney General, Justice Lenaola of the Constitutional Court dismissed an attempt by three suspects facing prosecution in Switzerland." src="http://www.the-star.co.ke/sites/default/files/styles/node_article/public/images/articles/2014/11/08/196374/5_6.png" title="PRIME SUSPECT: Deepak Kamani. In the case of Chamanlal Kamani, Deepak Kamani & Rashmi Kamani v Attorney General, Justice Lenaola of the Constitutional Court dismissed an attempt by three suspects facing prosecution in Switzerland." /></a><br />
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PRIME
SUSPECT: Deepak Kamani. In the case of Chamanlal Kamani, Deepak Kamani
& Rashmi Kamani v Attorney General, Justice Lenaola of the
Constitutional Court dismissed an attempt by three suspects facing
prosecution in Switzerland.</div>
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<a class="active" href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/anglo-leasing-real-story"><img alt="STORIED WHISTLE-BLOWER: John Githongo. For his role in exposing the Anglo-leasing scandal from right within the Kibaki political establishment, the former PS Ethics and Governance had to flee into exile in the UK to escape the threat of assasination." src="http://www.the-star.co.ke/sites/default/files/styles/node_article/public/images/articles/2014/11/08/196374/5_7.png" title="STORIED WHISTLE-BLOWER: John Githongo. For his role in exposing the Anglo-leasing scandal from right within the Kibaki political establishment, the former PS Ethics and Governance had to flee into exile in the UK to escape the threat of assasination." /></a><br />
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KEY PLAYERS IN THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL DRAMA:Swiss ambassador Jacques Pitteloud</div>
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KEY PLAYERS IN THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL DRAMA:Cabinet Secretary for the Treasury Henry Rotich</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-21118941509071246812014-11-08T23:30:00.001-08:002014-11-08T23:30:24.068-08:00Manual hijack of accounts leads to severe financial loss: Google <div class="article-dateline">
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Incidents of manual hijacking — where
professional attackers spend considerable time exploiting a single
victim’s account —— are still rare at about nine incidents per million
users per day, but the impact can be severely damaging, Google said in a
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more severe and distressing to users and can result in significant
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appear to originate from five main countries: China, Ivory Coast,
Malaysia, Nigeria, and South Africa,” it said.</div>
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accounts within 30 minutes of attack. Once logged in, manual hijackers
profile the victim’s account and spend an average of three minutes to
assess the value of the account before exploiting it or abandoning the
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through the victim’s email history for banking details or messages that
the victim had previously flagged as important. We also see attackers
scanning through email contacts which are then either solicited for
funds or targeted with a salvo of targeted phishing emails.” </div>
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the best way to curb hijacking long term,” it added.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-2031311539870119352014-11-08T23:27:00.001-08:002014-11-08T23:27:24.423-08:0025 years after fall of Berlin Wall, Gorbachev fears 'Cold War may have begun'<div class="social-icon-box">
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has exuded fears of a fresh Cold War waiting in the wings, referring to
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Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev also
accused the West (especially the US) of succumbing to “triumphalism”
after the collapse of the USSR over two decades ago and urged for
restoration of trust via dialogue.<br />
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“The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying
that it's already begun," Gorbachev said at an event near Brandenburg
Gate in Berlin which symbolises the fall of the Berlin Wall.<br />
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Gorbachev also urged the US to lift sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of Moscow's support to separatists there.<br />
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Ukraine has been on the boil since January this year as fighting
between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces have claimed more
than 4000 lives. The war has further added to the strain in US-Russia
ties. The US accuses Russia of supporting and arming separatists while
Moscow denies any such thing.<br />
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Conditions turned only little better after a ceasefire was struck in
September however after separatist leaders claimed victory in recently
held elections in East Ukraine, fears of fresh violence have been
stoked.<br />
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Gorbachev also mentioned the bloodshed going on in Europe and the
Middle East and expressed concern about “a breakdown in dialogue between
the major powers”.<br />
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The 83-year old was speaking at one of the events held to mark the
25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which allowed
people from East Germany to experience what West looked like.<br />
The wall separating East Germany and West was erected in 1961 to
prohibit people from fleeing the communist East. However after 28 years,
on November 9, 1989, the wall was razed leading to German
reunification.<br />
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To mark silver jubilee of German reunification, many celebrations
including rock concerts and fireworks would be held at the Brandenburg
Gate.<br />
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The city of Berlin was on Saturday sparkling with the shine of 8000
luminous white balloons that will be released on Sunday, marking the end
of a bitter 28-year-old division era. Under a spectacular project named
'Lichtgrenze 2014' (meaning 'lightborder 2014'), an array of luminous
white balloons follows the border that separated the East Germany from
the West until over two decades ago.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-20888854869804093362014-11-08T23:25:00.000-08:002014-11-08T23:25:00.144-08:00U.S. airstrikes in Iraq target Islamic State leaders<div class="Normal">
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the Islamic State jihadist group in northwestern Iraq on Saturday, and
Iraqi officials said they believed that a number of top militants had
been killed.</span> <br /><br /> An Iraqi security official and a military
commander said that at least one strike had targeted a meeting near the
town of Qaim, in Anbar province, across the border from the Syrian town
of Bukamal. The area is in the desert heartland of the territory the
group has seized for its self-declared caliphate. <br /><br /> Both
officials said the strikes had killed many militants from the Islamic
State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, including two of its regional
governors. Rumors also swirled that the group's leader, Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, had been either wounded or killed. The officials said there
had been no confirmation that al-Baghdadi was at the meeting. <br /><br /> A
U.S. Defense Department official confirmed that coalition aircraft had
carried out an air attack "against what was assessed to be a gathering
of ISIL leaders," adding that it had destroyed a convoy of 10 trucks.
But the official said the strike had been near Mosul, which is 180 miles
from <span> Qaim. The discrepancy in the reported locations could not be immediately explained.</span> <br /><br />
The United States and its allies have been carrying out airstrikes
against the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria to try to loosen the
group's grip on territory in both countries. President Barack Obama has
authorized the deployment of 1,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq, roughly
doubling the number of U.S. service members there to train and advise
Iraqi and Kurdish forces. <br /><br /> While the air campaign has limited
the movements of Islamic State fighters, analysts say the only way to
push the group out of territory is with capable ground troops, which are
lacking in both Iraq and Syria. <br /><br /> The Iraqi officials said they
believed the dead included the Islamic State ruler, or wali, of Anbar
province, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Muhannad al-Sweidawi, and
the ruler of Deir el-Zour province in Syria, Abu Zahra al-Mahamdi. <br /><br />
Hisham al-Hashimi, an Iraqi researcher and an expert on the group, said
that he, too, had heard that both men were dead, and that their
killings would constitute a new threat to the group. <br /><br /> Al-Hashimi
said that al-Sweidawi, like many of the group's leaders, had served in
the Iraqi army under Saddam Hussein and joined al-Qaida after Saddam's
fall. Like al-Baghdadi, he had been detained by U.S. forces, but
released, al-Hashimi said. <br /><br /> The Islamic State did not immediately issue any statement on the strikes. </div>
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my articles often have an undertone of pity. It's not that I think
Microsoft can’t accomplish anything, but it’s clear that over the past
few years, when it comes to Microsoft’s position in the mobile world,
it’s not nearly as overwhelmingly well-received as Android or iOS has
been. For that, I have sympathy on the company and the struggling mobile
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While Windows Phone may be struggling to catch
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believe Microsoft can rise above the rest in the mobile world is with
its latest wearable: the Microsoft Band.
Although I’ve been leery of smartwatches and fitness bands as of
lately, I am actually rather intrigued by Microsoft’s addition to the
wearables market.</div>
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To put it simply, Microsoft has managed to make a
smartwatch/fitness tracker hybrid that does just enough of each to make
it worth checking out.</div>
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The other day I asked whether you guys thought <a href="http://www.phonedog.com/2014/11/06/fitness-trackers-are-they-worth-the-money/">whether fitness trackers were worth the money or not</a>,
and many of you came up with some compelling answers. Between my lack
of proper enthusiasm for fitness and health and my cheapskate
tendencies, I currently haven’t found much of a desire to purchase a
fitness tracker of my own. I’ve also talked about smartwatches and how
only one of them seem worth the money for me in the end. However, after
doing some more research on the Microsoft Band, I think that this
wearable gives users the best of both worlds for a few reasons.</div>
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First and foremost, the fitness aspect of the Microsoft Band is <em>just packin’</em>.
All of those things that cost a pretty penny in a lot of designated
fitness trackers are all included in the Microsoft Band, including
pedometer, GPS, heart-rate monitor, UV sensors, calorie burn, and sleep
tracking. We’re off to a pretty good start here, and that’s just
covering the fitness aspect of this new wearable. Combined with the
Microsoft Health app, you’ve got yourself a pretty nice set of fitness
features.</div>
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Then you have the smartwatch aspect of the
Microsoft Band. A lot of smartwatches, I feel, are trying too hard to be
complete smartphones without actually being able to work independently
without a smartphone. The Microsoft Band has a few nice features that
work with your smartphone, but I don’t feel like it’s trying too
terribly hard. You basically have, well, the basics: text message,
e-mail, and social media previews; visual incoming call and voicemail
notifications; and finally you have calendar alerts as well. You also
have the added bonus of being able to use Cortana, which can benefit you
more if you use a Windows Phone. She still works if you use other
platforms as well, though.</div>
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Which is another great bonus about the Microsoft
Band: you can use it whether you’re an Android, iOS, or (of course)
Windows Phone user. (Although, unfortunately this still leaves
BlackBerry users in the dust once again - sorry, guys). Still, three out
of four isn’t bad considering most only work for Android and iOS - but
we could have assumed that Microsoft wouldn’t leave out its own mobile
OS for its smartwatch. Either way, it’s still a decent investment if
you’re looking for a smartwatch because you know that your Band will
still be compatible with other platforms should you switch sometime in
the future (again, unless it's BlackBerry). That’s pretty neat.</div>
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Finally, the last thing I like about the
Microsoft Band is the design. Not everybody will agree with me here, but
I’m attracted to the slimmer screen of the Band (also the same design
seen in the Samsung Galaxy Fit). I’m hearing that the actual weight of
the Band is pretty bulky, though, so maybe in future generations
Microsoft can focus on making it a little more lightweight - but when it
comes to the screen and the way it looks, I prefer it over the square
face that a lot of smartwatches (such as the Galaxy Gear or the Pebble)
have been going with. This probably has something to do with the fact
that my hands are usually on a keyboard or in front of my face somewhere
and it’s convenient for me to glance at it and see what it’s saying
without turning my head.</div>
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One thing I don’t think Microsoft did well was,
of course, battery life. I can’t really give them a pass on it, either,
because other smartwatches have been able to extend battery life to at
least three or four days; Microsoft claims that the Band is only able to
get 48 hours on a single charge. Pretty abysmal, comparitively
speaking. Battery life is an extremely important component (in my opinion) on any electronic, and I feel that Microsoft dropped the ball here.</div>
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Otherwise, though, I think Microsoft is on the
right track for being one of the top contenders of having a great
wearable. I’m thinking that within the next two generations of the Band,
should Microsoft continue with this endeavor, we could potentially
start to see some real progress with it. It certainly seems to be
starting off on stronger footing than Windows Phone did in the
smartphone world. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-29725255072258034942014-11-08T11:08:00.002-08:002014-11-08T11:08:20.540-08:00Facebook Will Make it Easier to Unfollow Boring Friends<div class="article-sub-headline">
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Users will be able to more easily hide people from their News Feed</h2>
Facebook is continuing CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of turning the
social networking site into “the perfect, personalized newspaper for
everyone in the world” by giving users <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/11/news-feed-fyi-more-ways-to-control-what-you-see-in-your-news-feed/" target="_blank">more control over their News Feed</a>.<br />
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The company is adding a new News Feed settings page that will show
users which people and pages they interact with most frequently and
those they’ve recently unfollowed, Facebook announced Friday. The change
will allow users to more easily add and delete people and pages from
the News Feed based on user interest. The feature is available on the
mobile and desktop versions of the site, and will come to the Facebook
app <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/facebook-makes-its-news-feed-a-little-less-frustrating/?_r=0" target="_blank">within the coming weeks</a>.<br />
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Users can also use the gray arrows that appear in the top right
corners of posts to hide stories they’re not interested in reading.
Then, they can select whether they’d like to see less from that person
or unfollow them altogether.<br />
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Earlier this year, Facebook announced it would start <a href="http://time.com/3176284/facebook-news-feed-clickbait-links/" target="_blank">cracking down on clickbait and hyperbolic headlines in News Feed</a> links by evaluating how much time users spent reading a link and whether they were liking and sharing it.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-20010425407863236122014-11-08T11:06:00.002-08:002014-11-08T11:06:49.338-08:00Twitter’s new online tool will ensure women’s online safety and security<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Twitter has collaborated with non-profit organization Women, Action
and Media (WAM) to roll out a new tool that will let women report abuse
and harassment issues on Twitter and get them resolved within 24 hours
time.<br />
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Using the online tool, a complainant can report details about the
harassment including when it started, what form the harassment took,
whether they fear for their personal safety, and how many times they’ve
reported the issue to Twitter. <br />
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Online harassment can take place in various forms including user
impersonation, violent threats, hate speech (sexist, racist, or
homophobic), releasing someone else’s private information, encouraging
people to harass someone offline, and revenge porn.<br />
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Under the pilot program, WAM will monitor incoming harassment reports
and forward them to Twitter, as well as track the social network’s
response to different types of gendered harassment to help the company
improve its harassment related policies.<br />
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WAM’s executive director Jaclyn Friedman, “The disproportionate
targeting of women online results in them removing their voices from the
public conversation. We’re so glad that Twitter recognizes that the
best way to ensure equally free speech for all users on their platform
is to ensure that all users are equally free to speak without being
targeted by harassment, abuse and threats.”<br />
<br />
The announcement follows a recent Pew survey which found that 25
percent of young women have admitted been sexually harassed online with
26 percent of them claiming they were stalked.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-78918677283784543782014-11-08T11:05:00.001-08:002014-11-08T11:05:14.980-08:00Sick Woman Granted Final Wish To Say Goodbye To Beloved Horse Hours Before Her DeathThis woman's final wish was fulfilled when she was given one last chance to see an old friend.<br />
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<a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dying-patients-final-wish-comes-8069477" target="_hplink">Sheila Marsh, 77, from Wigan, Lancashire</a>
in England, was a lifelong horse lover who had been battling cancer,
and was hospitalized without much time to live, the Manchester Evening
News reported. Before she died, she asked to see her beloved horse
Bronwen, one last time. Bronwen was brought to the Wigan Royal
Infirmary's parking lot, and Marsh was wheeled out to the pet in her
hospital bed for the pair's final moment together. Marsh died just hours
after the emotional goodbye.<br />
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"She
had a really special relationship with Bronwen," Marsh's daughter,
Tina, told Wigan Today. "She had her for about 18 or 19 years from
Bronwen being 7. It was so touching for us all, <a href="http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dying-pensioner-reunited-with-horse-for-final-time-1-6940828" target="_hplink">it meant a lot to us</a>."<br />
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Though she was weak, Marsh mustered up the strength to speak to her treasured pet. <br />
"It took a lot for mum to talk on her last day but clearly called Bronwen’s name and <a href="http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dying-pensioner-reunited-with-horse-for-final-time-1-6940828" target="_hplink">asked for a kiss</a>," Tina told Wigan Today.<br />
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The horse also acknowledged its owner, as the two shared a moving farewell.<br />
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"<a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dying-patients-final-wish-comes-8069477" target="_hplink">The horse bent down tenderly</a> and kissed her on the cheek as they said their last goodbyes," nurse Gail Taylor told the Manchester Evening News.<br />
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The 77-year-old, an owner of many pets, had made her wish known to the hospital's staff <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-29951094" target="_hplink">after she saw her dogs for the last time the weekend before</a>,
BBC News reported. The staff organized the interaction with the help of
the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. After seeing
the deep connection Marsh had with her horse, the hospital staff said
they were honored to have arranged such a meeting.<br />
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"<a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dying-patients-final-wish-comes-8069477" target="_hplink">I am really pleased</a>
to have been able to facilitate the visit from Mrs Marsh’s horse,"
Pauline Law, director of nursing told the Evening News. "This was
obviously extremely important to her and her family and we feel
privileged to have been able to provide this support at this crucial
stage of her care."<br />
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While the moment was a beautiful one for Marsh
and those around her, her daughter says that the pet lover wasn't the
only one who found comfort from seeing her animals for the last time. <br />
"The dog and the horse were really pining for her so it’s closure for them as well -- when they both came home they were a bit perkier," Tina told Wigan Today.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-71097444904444140092014-11-08T11:02:00.003-08:002014-11-08T11:02:47.116-08:00Tambuwal: Only God Can Control My Fate<strong>The troubled speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwal, has today, November 8, revealed that his fate as the Speaker
of the House is now in the hands of the God.</strong><br />
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He also declared that his compatriots, who have elected him as the
Speaker, should choose if he should continue leading them or not.<br />
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Since moving from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on October 28, the PDP and
security officials have been trying to get him out of his honorable
position as ‘number 4 person in the country’.<br />
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The PDP have allegedly tried to reconvene the House from its current
adjournment without Mr. Tambuwal’s consent, while the police had taken
away his security officials, saying that since he deflected to APC he
should also cease to be Speaker.<br />
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<em>My fate in the National Assembly is in the hands of God and my members of the House of Representative insha Allah,” </em>the speaker told reporters shortly after the North-West zonal meeting of the APC on Saturday in Kaduna.<br />
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He also declined answering further questions, when asked if knows
his chances against other aspirants in the APC vying for the position of
the governor in his native Sokoto State.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-82675767996021735722014-11-08T11:01:00.000-08:002014-11-08T11:01:01.276-08:00Even at funeral, PF in media circus – Only 10 local journalists to cover Sata’s burial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Only 8 local journalists shall be allowed to enter state house for
the state funeral while ten will be allowed to cover President Sata’s
burial at Embassy Park on Tuesday.<br />
<br />
Information and broadcasting permanent secretary Bert Mushala, made
the announcement and added that only one journalist from each foreign
media organization will be allowed, whatever that statement meant. On
the other hand only 2,200 people shall be allowed into Embassy Park.<br />
<br />
Digesting Mushala’s statement, it means that only three and five
slots are kept for local journalists at state house and Embassy Park
respectively because the state alone controls five media institutions,
ZNBC radio and ZANBC TV, ZANIS, Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail.
Lusaka alone has over 20 media houses while there are over 73 radio
stations in the country.<br />
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This is the second major event that Zambian journalists have been
looked down at, in September all private media except the Post newspaper
were barred from covering the live opening of the National Assembly by
Sata, while state house remained a no go area during Sata’s reign.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-78733123601302158562014-11-08T10:59:00.001-08:002014-11-08T10:59:07.482-08:00Yemen's Ruling Party Removes President From Top Ranks <div class="contentImage floatNone" style="width: 640px;">
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Yemen's ruling political party has removed Yemeni President Abed
Rabbo Mansour Hadi from the party's top ranks, weakening his authority
at a time the country is in political turmoil.<br />
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The General People's Congress is split between supporters of Hadi and the country's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.<br />
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The party did not explain why it removed Hadi. The move came a day
after the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Saleh and two
Yemeni Shi'ite Muslim leaders for threatening Yemen's peace and
stability.<br />
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Also Saturday, al-Qaida's Yemen branch, al-Qaida in the Arabian
Peninsula, said it tried to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to Yemen,
Matthew Tueller.<br />
<br />
The group said on its Twitter account that it planted two bombs on
Thursday intended to killed the ambassador but that they were discovered
right before they were due to explode.<br />
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The claim could not be immediately verified.<br />
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The U.S.-sponsored sanctions include a worldwide travel ban and a freezing of foreign assets.<br />
The council agreed Mr. Saleh worked with the Shi'ite rebels, known as
Houthis, in undermining efforts by the new president Rabbo Mansour Hadi
to establish stability and democracy.<br />
<br />
Also Friday, Yemen announced the formation of a new Cabinet, a key
demand of the Houthis who threatened a revolution if no government was
named.<br />
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Yemen's political factions signed a deal last week asking President
Hadi and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah to put together a politically
neutral government committed to human rights.<br />
<br />
Houthi rebels had given Hadi an ultimatum to form a new government by
next week or face what they called "all revolutionary options."<br />
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Yemen has been in political upheaval since Saleh was forced to step
down in 2012 following mass street protests against his rule.<br />
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The Ugandan government could introduce new wide-reaching anti-gay
laws before the end of the year, which could see people jailed for up to
seven years for “promoting homosexuality”, activists warned on
Saturday.<br />
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The move comes nearly a year after Ugandan politicians passed
legislation that could have imposed life sentences on gays. The bill was
struck down by the constitutional court on a technicality.<br />
According to a leaked copy of the new draft law, MPs have instead
focused on outlawing the “promotion” of homosexuality – a potentially
far more repressive and wide-reaching measure.<br />
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Frank Mugisha, a gay-rights activist, said: “People don’t realise
that the ‘promotion’ part of it will affect everybody. If newspapers
report about homosexuality it could be seen as promotion. My <a href="https://twitter.com/frankmugisha" title="">Twitter account</a>
could be seen as promotion. All human rights groups that include LGBT
[lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] rights defence in their
activities could be accused of promotion.”<br />
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According to the draft, anyone convicted of “promoting” homosexuality
would be liable to seven years in prison. “We have confirmed that the
draft comes from the cabinet. Their plan is to present it to parliament
as soon as possible, before the end of the year,” Mugisha said.<br />
<br />
“They have just twisted the language but it is the same thing. It’s
actually worse because the ‘promotion’ part is harsher and it will
punish the funding of LGBT and human rights groups.”<br />
The new draft also outlaws “funding for purposes of promoting
unnatural sexual practices” and “exhibiting unnatural sexual practices”,
and deems consent invalid as a defence.<br />
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Mugisha said the legislation would result in violence against gay
people. He believed upcoming elections were the motivation for
politicians to make a renewed assault on homosexuality and that
activists would seek to have the draft law abandoned.<br />
<br />
The government has not commented on the draft, although Uganda’s
President Yoweri Museveni has been under pressure for several months
from his own party to ensure that anti-gay legislation is passed.<br />
<br />
Homophobia is rife in the socially conservative country, but
activists held a gay pride rally in August that was granted permission
by the police.<br />
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However, Museveni said last month that the country needed to consider
the impact on trade and economic growth that such a crackdown could
have.<br />
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Critics said the president signed the previous law to win support
ahead of a presidential election scheduled for 2016, which will mark his
30th year in power.<br />
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Although very popular domestically, the previous law was branded
draconian and “abominable” by rights groups and condemned by allies and
donors including the EU and the US.<br />
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Barack Obama had described the legislation as “a step backward for all Ugandans”.<br />
<br />
Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda under a 1950s penal code
that remains in force and prescribes jail for those found guilty of
homosexual acts.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-54669798629622332302014-11-08T10:55:00.003-08:002014-11-08T10:55:33.684-08:00Too early to tell if Cosatu made the right decision-SACP<div class="media">
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JOHANNESBURG – The South African Communist Party (SACP)
says it’s still too early to determine if Cosatu’s Central Executive
Committee made the right decision by expelling its largest affiliate
Numsa from the federation.<br />
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Numsa was expelled in the early hours of this morning after a marathon meeting that saw the union table a lengthy presentation on why it should remain in Cosatu.<br />
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In the end delegates expelled Numsa with a vote of 33 versus 24.<br />
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The SACP’s Alex Mashilo says the expulsion will be discussed at the party’s political bureau meeting on Monday.<br />
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“Whether or not it is the right decision to expel Numsa, those are
matters that we will, once we have been informed officially by Cosatu of
the position and how they arrived at it, make up our minds on it.”<br />
<strong>NUMSA EXCLUSION AN ‘ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE WORKING CLASS’</strong><br />
The Democratic Left Front (DLF) has described the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) as
an attempt to divide the organised working class in the midst of more
taxes and job cuts and says the repercussions will be terrible.<br />
<br />
Numsa was expelled from
Africa’s largest trade union federation in the early hours of the
morning by a vote of 33 to 24 after months of infighting and a widening
rift between the union and Cosatu bosses.<br />
<br />
Numsa was Cosatu’s largest affiliate with nearly three hundred and
fifty thousand members and was also backed by eight other unions in the
Cosatu Central Executive Committee.<br />
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The DLF’s Brian Ashley says, “What we’ve seen is the division of the
organised working class at a time when government’s just announced
bigger tax on workers. This is a time when you would want organised
workers to be united and to resist these attacks.”<br />
<br />
Ashley claims Numsa was chucked out of the federation because its
ally Zwelinzima Vavi refused to protect allegedly corrupt leaders.<br />
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“They’ve done it because they have been attacked by Zwelenzima Vavi
who hasn’t protected them from being investigated for corruption so we
have comrades with serious allegations of corruption levelled against
them.”<br />
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<strong>NUMSA TO CONSULT WITH OTHER COSATU AFFILIATES</strong><br />
Numsa’s Irvin Jim says the union will now consult with the eight
Cosatu affiliates that supported its call for a special national
congress.<br />
<br />
Numsa was expelled from the trade union federation by 33 votes to 24 in a special Cosatu Central Executive Committee meeting overnight.<br />
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A briefing by the metalworkers union officials is due to take place tomorrow.<br />
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Jim says while worker unity has been dealt a blow it should mark the start of a new revolution.<br />
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“It’s a dark day for the unity of workers but it should activate a revolution to move forward.”<br />
<br />
The meeting started at 10am yesterday but a decision was only taken shortly after 1am this morning.<br />
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Jim says despite a lengthy presentation based on logic and facts, the metalworkers union’s rival faction in Cosatu has succeeded in booting out Numsa.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988587764268461455.post-51301418860031394812014-11-08T10:53:00.001-08:002014-11-08T10:53:26.816-08:00Terror suspect shot dead in Mombasa<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_83175" style="width: 640px;">
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Police
said Hassan Guti was shot four times by assailants who escaped in
unmarked vehicle and was pronounced dead while undergoing treatment at
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<strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 8- A terror suspect has been shot dead by unknown people within Majengo area in Mombasa.</strong><br />
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<strong>Police said Hassan Guti was shot four times by
assailants who escaped in unmarked vehicle and was pronounced dead while
undergoing treatment at a private hospital. The wife sustained minor
bullet injury. </strong><br />
<br />
According to police report Guti is believed to be among youth linked
to terror cells in the coastal city of Mombasa where he is facing murder
charges in Mombasa Court.<br />
<br />
Detectives from the scene of crime collected four spent cartridges fired from an AK- 47 rifle.<br />
However, human rights group, Haki Africa CEO Hussein Khalid said the
killing of Guti, who was with his wife and a young lady during the
attack, should be termed as extra judiciary killing.<br />
<br />
<br />
“Mombasa has today witnessed another killing. We have seen a youth
today being shot dead in broad day light on the streets of Mombasa.
Where is the security? Where is the government? We must speak together,”
Khalid lamented.<br />
<br />
He has called on the government to investigate and apprehend people behind the senseless killings.<br />
“No one is safe. We want to be guaranteed our security. People who
are doing this know that they can get away with murder like this,”
Khalid complained.<br />
<br />
On Tuesday this week, gunmen killed a prominent moderate imam in
Likoni, adding to the growing list of clerics who have been executed at
the Coast and whose murders remain unresolved.<br />
Police said Salim Bakari, the imam of Bilaal bin Rabaah Mosque in Likoni was shot three times in the stomach by unknown gunmen.<br />
<br />
The cleric was attacked as he stepped out of his house to attend evening prayers at the mosque by suspected radical youths.<br />
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<b>President Uhuru Kenyatta moved to congratulate celebrating Kenyan
Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia on one of his social media pages.</b><br />
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Uhuru’s post came hours after
the <i>Green Army</i> retained the title by
thumping a hapless Ushuru FC in the final round on Saturday 8 November evening.<br />
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<b>Kshs. 4 million </b><br />
Congratulations
Gor Mahia on winning the Kenya Premier League, read the post.<br />
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Uhuru's message is not a surprise as he has been doing the same to other sports celebrities.<br />
Gor too carried home a cheque
of Kshs. 4 million as award for the winning team.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Juan Mata's
sweet strike earned Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace
on Saturday but manager Louis van Gaal was left with plenty to ponder
after another unconvincing display.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Van
Gaal's fourth Premier League win lifted his team to sixth in the table
but they struggled to break down a stubborn Palace defence despite
dominating possession at Old Trafford.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Injuries
and suspensions forced Van Gaal to field a makeshift central defence of
Paddy McNair and Daley Blind and they enjoyed a relatively quiet
afternoon against a toothless Palace attack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"It was a fantastic goal but it was important also," Van Gaal told the BBC.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"It
is always difficult to attack against a defending team, who comes here
to defend and not attack. You have two rows of four and we created a lot
of possibilities.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"I am pleased because we have three points and there is an international break so it was important we closed with a victory."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mata
came on as a second-half substitute for Adnan Januzaj and made an
immediate impact before hitting the post late in the game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"Juan Mata has played a lot of matches," Van Gaal said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"I
have given him the chance, I give other players the chance and at the
end we shall see who plays more than the other. It is always like that
in football."</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">United were
without five first-choice defenders with Chris Smalling suspended and
Phil Jones, Rafael, Jonny Evans and Marcos Rojo injured.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Versatile
Dutchman Blind proved a competent partner for the 19-year-old McNair
and Michael Carrick started in midfield alongside Marouane Fellaini
following his recovery from injury.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"McNair and Blind didn't have to defend too much because we always had the ball," Van Gaal said.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">"They
only had to defend the long balls but that is difficult because
(Marouane) Chamakh and (Fraizer) Campbell are strong headers of the
ball."</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It was another
subdued performance from striker Robin van Persie, captain Wayne Rooney
struggled to make an impact and record signing Angel di Maria was
withdrawn in favour of young forward James Wilson 20 minutes from time.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Van
Gaal will hope to get some defenders back for the trip to Arsenal on
Nov. 22 but, after saying it might take three years to restore United to
former glories, he has plenty to think about during the two-week
international break. (Reporting by Ed Osmond, editing by Mark Meadows)</span><br />
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<strong>WASHINGTON –</strong> United States President Barack Obama
has authorised Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to deploy up to 1,500
additional troops to Iraq, nearly doubling the American forces there as
part of the strategy to fight Islamic State militants who control parts
of Iraq, as well as neighboring Syria.<br />
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<br />According to Pentagon, Navy press Secretary Rear Adm John Kirby the
American troops would serve in non-combat roles by joining the existing
advise-and-assist mission and initiating a comprehensive training effort
for Iraqi and Kurdish forces. The defense secretary recommended the
troop increase following a request by Iraqs government and an assessment
of Iraqi units by US Central Command, Kirby said.<br />
<br />
The decision also was based on an evaluation of the progress made by
Iraqi security forces in the field, and it comes in concert with the
development of a coalition campaign plan to defend key areas and go on
the offensive against Islamic State - also known as ISIL or IS.<br />
<br />
US Central Command will establish two expeditionary advise-and-assist
operations centers in locations outside of Baghdad and Irbil to provide
support for the Iraqis at the brigade headquarters level and above, he
said. The admiral said that about 630 of the newly authorised troops
will be assigned to the expanded advise-and-assist mission<br />
<br />
In addition, Centcom will establish several new training sites across
Iraq that will accommodate the training of 12 Iraqi brigades - nine
from the Iraqi army and three Kurdish peshmerga brigades, Kirby said.
The remainder of the troops, about 870, will be assigned to this mission
in various roles, including logistics and force protection, he said.<br />
<br />
Kirby also said that several hundred coalition troops will join US
personnel at these locations to help build Iraqi capacity and
capability. A number of coalition nations have agreed to contribute
personnel to the training effort, he said, noting that Hagel met today
with Danish Defense Minister Nicolai Wammen, and the Danes have agreed
to provide 120 trainers.<br />
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The training will be funded through a request for a $1.6 billion fund
that the administration will submit to the Congress, as well as from
the Iraqi government, the admiral said. It will take about two months to
prepare the training sites, he noted, while the training itself is
expected to be six to seven months in length.<br />
<br />
Ultimately, these Iraqi forces, when fully trained, will enable Iraq
to better defend its citizens, its borders, and its interests against
the threat of Islamic State, Kirby said, and it is perfectly in keeping
with the mission that we’ve been assigned there to assist the Iraqi
security forces and Peshmerga forces again as they improve their
capability against Islamic State.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com