OURVIEWS: Abdikadir the D.E.O WAJIR EAST to push for the closure of a popular secondary school BARAKA HIGH that offers quality and affordable education to wajir muslim youths. June 09 Read |
| |
OURVIEWS: Yasin and Dhadshoor blame NEP voters for electing MPs with their stomach and not their heads, others vote clansmen not ideology. June 04 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Nuru says where r the representatives of wajir and northeastern at large?.why not condemning this hit-and-run act of killing the pure citizen of dajabula. June 01 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Yasin says christian extremist judge should not get away with this, even when they have over stepped their mandate . May 25 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: MAOW SAYS I HATE THE JUDGE WHO GAVE EIGHT MONTHS SENTENCE TO THE WHITE SETTLER MR DELAMERE WHO KILLED FARMER BUT TODAY I HATE MOST THE THREE JUDGES WHO CLAIME KHADI COURT ILLEGAL . May 25 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: AYUB HUSSEIN says There is something we need to remember as notherners and that is,what is the biggest plan that we have after we vote yes to this constitutiony . May 04 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Moha says now referendum coming the youths should conduct awareness debate for the community . Apr 23 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Dadshoor says differences a side, lets go forward and tell fellow MPs to help the people and develop the provence . Apr 21 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Bilaay says the root cause of our problems is the community's lack of awareness and the culture of voting MPs due their family lineages . Apr 21 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: ABDULKADIR says vote yes because this draft attempts to radically overhaul the old inherited colonial legistations which some of it were directly and purposely used against innocent individuals among our families . Apr 15 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Ahmedsalin says anyone who read this draft carefully cannot oppose while Bilaay is not convinced to vote yes . Apr 12 Full Story |
| |
OURVIEWS: Bilaay says NEP will for sure fall apart,clans will affliate themselves
to their kin and kith in somalia and teritorial fight might errupt if the Draft is passed . Apr 12 Full Story |
| |
Dujis constituency had a population of 109,000 with an area of 6,000km squared while Gatundu South had a population of 119,000 with an area of 235km squared but Gatundu South has always been allocated more resources...Full Story |
| |
|
 |
| Some of the NFD returnees display their refugee papers they were given in Somalia after fleeing the Shifta war. (by Ali Abdi of standard)] |
 |
| Some of the Kenyan youths show their ID cards after their military training to fight for TFG in Somalia was discontinued |
|
| Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission in NEP |
 |
| Mr Mohamud Sirat, who vied for the Wajir South parliamentary seat |
 |
| SOFIA ABDI NOOR- KANU NOMINATED MP TABLED THIS MOTION IN PARLIAMENT ON RESETTLEMENT/ COMPENSATION OF IDPS IN GARISSA (Debated on 16th September, 2009) CLICK HERE TO READ |
 |
ABDIKADIR (MANDERA CENTRAL MP) CONTRIBUTING TO THE ADOPTION OF A REPORT ON REAPPOINTMENT OF KACC DIRECTOR/ASSISTANTS (Debated on 16th September, 2009) CLICK HERE TO READ |
 |
ADAN BARE SUPPORTING A MOTION TABLED BY HON AFFEY ON APPOINTMENT OF VENUES FOR PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS AT ROTATIONAL BASIS (DEBATED 10TH JUNE 09) CLICK HERE TO READ |
 |
| Mohamed Shidane Daban, once earned a living using his right hand as a journalist |
 |
| Mohamed Elmi the minister for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands said his ministry mandate was to bring prosperity to Northern Kenya and other arid areas so that the people could achieve their full potential and enjoy high quality . Full Story |
Mohamed Gabow (nick named Qarbad) of PNU unseats Garissa mayor Mohamed Yusuf Kunow of ODM, while his deputy Ahmed Bady is repalced by Ismail Qoriyow. |
|
|
 |
| Led by deputy House Speaker Farah Maalim, a group of legislators from Northern Kenya have accused the government |
 |
| Former Northerners nightmare GG Kariuki |
 |
| DR Abdisalan Noor, the nomad boy who became a research scientist |
|
| Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed |
| 
|
| Farah Maalim faulting the western superpower of wanting devide Kenya |
Alshabaab trying to destabilize NEP vowed to assault the country with hand grenades, automatic artilleries, kidnapping and if need be, suicide bombing.. Full Story |
|
|
Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim said the colonial policies deprived Muslims of educational opportunities and denied them opportunities to play a meaningful role in the social and economic development of the country.. Full Story |
|
|
When the country was plunged into an orgy of violence over disputed presidential election in 2007, NEP was a haven of peace by Boniface Ongeri. Full Story |
|
|
|
|
News update30th July 2010 |
Hardline Somali Islamist rebels promised to turn Mogadishu into a graveyard for the extra troops African Union sends to boost its force in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.... July 30 Full Story |
|
Families of Hussein Hassan Agade and Christopher Mangondu aka Idris who were arrested for kampala bombings, want Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere and ATPU boss Nicholas Kamwende to appear in court.... July 30 Full Story |
|
A special court set up at Shimo la Tewa Prison in Mombasa is set to speed up the trial of suspected pirates, ease the workload for jail staff and cut costs.... July 30 Full Story |
|
News update 29th July 2010 |
Hundreds of security personnel have been moved to the Kenyan-Somalia border following intense fighting between al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam began.... July 29 Full Story |
|
The de facto leader of the ‘No’ camp, Mr William Ruto, has of late been attempting to convince Muslims to vote against the proposed constitution.... July 29 Full Story |
|
Somalia’s embattled government hailed the African Union’s decision to beef up its force in Mogadishu where fierce clashes with Islamist rebels.... July 29 Full Story |
|
News update 27th July 2010 |
US assistant secretary of state for Africa Johnnie Carson,hinted that Washington was keen on finding a lasting solution to instability in Somalia.... July 27 Full Story |
|
Over 30 imams and 82 Muslim youth from across the Rift Valley province in Kenya, attended a three-day training aimed at equipping the participants with skills and knowledge on how to deal with HIV/AIDS pandemic.... July 27 Full Story |
|
The imams, under the aegis of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) met OCSs in Mombasa and agreed to provide information leading to arrest of drug lords in the are.... July 27 Full Story |
|
News update 26th July 2010 |
The Minister for Education Prof. Sam Ongeri has said that he will seek an executive order from the president to establish a special education commission to oversee the improvement of education in North Eastern Province.... July 26 Full Story |
|
The African Union has agreed to change the mandate of its peacekeeping mission, Amisom, in Somalia into a peace enforcement in an effort to engage the Al Shabaab militia... July 26 Full Story |
|
The terror attacks in Kampala have highlighted the Obama administration’s uncertainty over how to respond to the Al Shabaab insurgency, a leading US Africa policy analyst says.... July 26 Full Story |
|
News update 25th July 2010 |
North Eastern and Nyanza provinces are the poorest in Kenya while Nairobi and Central are ranked the richest, according to a new study by a UN agency... July 25 Full Story |
|
The future of conflict and the future of Kenya’s defence establishment depends on its preparedness to face the new challenge of unconventional conflict... July 25 Full Story |
|
News update 24th July 2010 |
Guinea and Djibouti are planning to send troops to bolster an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force charged with protecting the transitional government in Somalia... July 24 Full Story |
|
Somali refugees are being harassed and rounded up in Kenya and the semi-autonomous enclave of Puntland in the wake of deadly bombings by al Shabaab Islamist rebels in Uganda.. July 24 Full Story |
|
A 20-year-old man accused of providing material support to al Shabaab militant group has been arrested in New York. He was arrested as he tried to board a plane to Uganda on July 10, a day before the suicide bombers struck in Kampala, killing 76 people. July 24 Full Story |
|
News update 23rd July 2010 |
A notorious warlord and arms dealer is training Islamist fighters in the remote mountains of northern Somalia and setting up what local officials fear could become a new Tora Bora.. July 23 Full Story |
|
IIBRC chairman Andrew Ligale also described as illegal the three new districts President Kibaki created saying, "We should be careful not to create new districts haphazardly.".. July 23 Full Story |
|
Transparency International ranked Kenya third in East Africa’s most corrupt country, with a slight drop in the prevalence of corruption at 31.9 per cent compared to last year’s 45 per cent.. July 23 Full Story |
|
News update 22st July 2010 |
Kibaki doled out out new districts in NEP but critics say the President appeared to ignore both the ongoing review of boundaries and the heavy financial burden of running the existing districts .. July 22 Full Story |
|
A key Somalia strategy meeting is underway in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with military chiefs from across Africa expected to hammer out a plan of action to confront the crisis in the war-torn country.... July 22 Full Story |
|
Surveillance against snipers has been intensified on the Somalia-Kenya border following the shooting of a GSU officer. The attack at Liboi border point was a departure from past attacks in which Somalia insurgents confronted Kenyan security officer... July 21 Full Story |
|
News update 21st July 2010 |
A General Service Unit officer was shot and injured at the Kenya-Somalia border in an attack blamed on Al-Shabaab militia.... July 21 Full Story |
|
Five Somali women were gang raped near Bangale in Tana River District. Narrating the ordeal, one of the victims said they were dropped few kilometres before the Bangale Police barrier by their smugglers ... July 21 Full Story |
|
The African Union summit in Kampala, initially set to discuss ways to improve maternal and infant health in Africa, has been overridden by the issue of Somalia.... July 21 Full Story |
|
News update 20th July 2010 |
Deputy Commissioner of Police Thomas Matano was charged alongside Abdi Adon with trying to ferry Abass Ahmed Adow, Abdullahi Issack Sheikh and Abdikarim Abukar Mudei whom they were said know or had reasonable cause to believe to be persons who had committed an offence under the Immigration Act. ... July 20 Full Story |
|
Contraband goods, weapons and illegal immigrants are being smuggled into Kenya because of corruption at the border with Somalia. ... July 20 Full Story |
|
United States stretagy against extremist armed Islamist groups in Somalia to divide them. Washington official said "We are trying to figure out the best way to exploit any divisions". . ... July 20 Full Story |
|
News update19th July 2010 |
Junior officers arrested an Assistant Police Commissioner at the Tana River Bridge in Garissa on Saturday night while allegedly smuggling three Somali nationals into the country. ... July 19 Full Story |
|
Al Shabaab, the African Union and the United States ironically all seem to share the same thinking on one aspect of the Somalia. ... July 19 Full Story |
|
Kenyan companies are acting as the link between the pirates and representatives of hijacked ship owners, facilitating ransom negotiations and payment. ... July 19 Full Story |
|
Moi said it was reckless to talk about land injustices without specifying the parameters and I know the history of Rift Valley, and if pushed, I am prepared to spill all. ... July 19 Full Story |
|
News update18th July 2010 |
Deadly attacks in Kampala turned the battle for Mogadishu into a regional affair this week, with the Shebab warning the world to stay out and Uganda urging more support from its neighbours. ... July 18 Full Story |
|
Despite the U.S. Embassy to Kenya’s claim that the U.S. government is neutral in the Kenyan constitutional referendum, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) charged that the United States has given over $23 million to push the new legislationr. ... July 18 Full Story |
|
News update17th July 2010 |
Wajir South MP Abdirahman Hassan has lost his seat following a successful election petition. The judge ruled that the petitioner, Mohammed Sirat, proved beyond reasonable doubt that the elections were not free and fair. ... July 17 Full Story |
|
The Ugandan president said: “Our troops will pursue and crush al Shabaab right inside Somalia. We will commit up to 20,000 troops for the mission ... July 17 Full Story |
|
A suspected Ugandan military deserter has been arrested in Garissa on allegations he could be an al-Shabaab sympathiser.The suspect under interrogation by anti-terrorism police was arrested "walking in the market" at Alinjugur in Lagdera District ... July 17 Full Story |
|
News update16th July 2010 |
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission said tensions between Kenya’s Muslims and Christians are growing over the proposed constitution ... July 16 Full Story |
|
The African Union must concede that Somalia is a failed state. The only way to deal with failed states in this era of international terrorism is to marshal international occupation force and rule that country for at least 50 years as terrorist elements are eliminated one by one.,.. July 16 Full Story |
|
US ambassador to Uganda, Jerry Lanier, said we need to look at the situation in Somalia and to determine if this is now a trend that al-Shabaab is going to be on,.. July 16 Full Story |
|
News update15th July 2010 |
The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda has called on government to use the forthcoming African Union Summit to remind all African countries that peace keeping in Somalia cannot be left to Uganda and Burundi alone... July 15 Full Story |
|
Scores of refugees were injured and shacks razed following clashes between Somalis and Sudanis refugees in Hagadera. The clashes began with the discovery of a mutilated trunk of a Somali child, a short distance from where Sudan nationals are camped in Hagaldera... July 15 Full Story |
|
The ‘No’ camp has demanded the recall of US ambassador Michael Ranneberger, accusing him of breaching diplomatic protocol.,.. July 15 Full Story |
|
A major security operation targeting aliens was conducted in Nairobi to curb crime rates in the country and guard against terrorism-related incidents. .. July 15 Full Story |
|
President Museveni indicated that the al Shabaab were behind the terror attacks in Kampala and declared all-out war on the Somali militants,.. July 15 Full Story |
|
News update14th July 2010 |
Igad calls upon the international community to strengthen the economic and military support to the Transitional Federal Government to fight these terrorists in Somalia and the region... July 14 Full Story |
|
Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula and Internal Security minister George Saitoti took Parliament’s cue and declared that Kenya won’t be cowed by the threats from al Shabaab,.. July 14 Full Story |
|
Parliament passed the Animal Technicians Bill to curb the shortage of animal technicians to shield the Sh160 billion livestock industry from neglect,.. July 14 Full Story |
|
News update13th July 2010 |
Following twin blasts in Uganda, truckloads of military personnel and the police continued to patrol the 682-km border that stretches from Liboi at the Coast all the way to Mandera in the North, with strict checks on aliens and Kenyans traversing the two countries.. July 13 Full Story |
|
Conservative American Christians assisting the 'No' campaign are focusing at least as much on the kadhis courts issue as on the proposed constitution's provisions regarding abortion.. July 13 Full Story |
|
Investigators have also discovered an unexploded suicide-bomb belt at a third site and Ugandan authorities arrest militants for the double blast which killed 74 people... July 13 Full Story |
|
Al Shabaab confirmed it had carried out the two bomb blasts that killed at least 74 people in Kampala and threatened more attacks if the country kept its peacekeeping troops in Somalia... July 13 Full Story |
|
With the discovery of natural gas at Merti in Isiolo District, the pipeline is expected to boost the economic development of the hitherto pastoralists communities.... July 13 Full Story |
|
News update12th July 2010 |
Police in Garissa are holding nine children after they found them travelling without their parents or guardians. Two people who were ferrying the children were arrested and police are interrogating them over possible child trafficking.. July 12 Full Story |
|
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Attorney General Amos Wako, Ministers Moses Wetang’ula (Foreign Affairs), Mutula Kilonzo (Justice) and Yusuf Haji (Defence) together they worked through the idea leading to prosecute suspected pirates on Kenyan soil. July 12 Full Story |
|
American evangelical churches and other right wing groups are reportedly funding the Reds campaign to reject the proposed constitution. July 12 Full Story |
|
News update11th July 2010 |
North Eastern Province has the highest proportion of women in polygynous marriages - 36 in every 100. July 11 Full Story |
|
A man was shot dead and 300 bomb detonators recovered from him in a police operation in Ongata Rongai Township. July 11 Full Story |
|
News update10th July 2010 |
Minister William Ruto criticised US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger of trying to force a new constitution on Kenyans. July 10 Full Story |
|
In the next few days Kenya will come under pressure from the United Nations to complete the 2009 national census analysis and to publicise the data. July 10 Full Story |
|
News update 9th July 2010 |
Somalia smugglers find new ways to evade police detection by ferrying illegal immigrant as goods. July 09 Full Story |
|
The North Eastern Province faces multiple chronic challenges, with a history of economic marginalisation, social exclusion and lack of development. July 09 Full Story |
|
Al-Shabaab, the strongest radical Islamist group opposing the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia has invited Islamists everywhere to act against the diplomatic missions of Uganda and Burundi. July 09 Full Story |
|
Human rights activists held a peaceful demonstration to protest the proposed hefty pay increase for Members of Parliament. July 09 Full Story |
|
News update 8th July 2010 |
Al-shabaab organised hundreds of Somalis including veiled women and children armed with automatic rifles to protest against extra peacekeepers. July 08 Full Story |
|
Kenya police officers have been awarded a salary increase that will cost the Government Sh21 billion over the next three years in a move aimed at uplifting their morale and boosting the war on crime.. July 08 Full Story |
|
News update 7th July 2010 |
IIEC chairman Isaac Hassan said the August 4th referendum will be held as planned despite the current financial constraints. July 07 Full Story |
|
Gender, Children and Social Development minister issued cheques worth Sh102.8 million to schools, colleges and self-help groups of the disabled. July 07 Full Story |
|
News update 6th July 2010 |
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed pleaded for help today at a regional summit, as an Al Qaeda-inspired insurgency closed in on his Mogadishu palace. July 06 Full Story |
|
Seven suspected pirates told a Mombasa court they were businessmen who ferried Somalis fleeing the war torn country to seek refuge in other nations. July 06 Full Story |
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that over the next three to five years more than 805,000 refugees will need resettling in third countries . July 06 Full Story |
|
News update 5th July 2010 |
The recent elections in the breakaway region of Somaliland hold out the hope of progress toward resolving the nearly 20-year-long conflict in Somalia, some US analysts say. July 05 Full Story |
|
According to a report by the international environmental campaign group Greenpeace, EU, US dump toxic waste is at the Somali port of Eel Ma’aan, north of Mogadishu. . July 05 Full Story |
|
News update 4th July 2010 |
Ruto said the proposed set of laws demanded that local people must pay taxes for their houses and land, which he described as "draconian law" and cautioned Kenyans against voting for the referendum . July 04 Full Story |
|
Crippling internal wrangles, political jealousies, overconfidence, cash problems and lack of efficient propaganda machine are said to be the main factors pulling back the 'Yes' team campaigning for the adoption of the Proposed Constitution. July 04 Full Story |
|
News update 3rd July 2010 |
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Somalis to seek unity in their divided country, which marked its 50th independence anniversary nearly two decades into a brutal civil war. July 03 Full Story |
|
Michael Ranneberger said he will continue to push for the enactment of a new Constitution in Kenya because it is the only way the country will achieve its full potential. July 03 Full Story |
|
President Idi Amin threatened to attack after Kenya gave its airspace to Israeli planes. Official backing from Tanzania and Somalia, Amin amassed troops near the Kenya border and started persecuting Kenyans living in Uganda. July 03 Full Story |
|
News update 2nd July 2010 |
 |
MP Mohammed Affey has protested for president Kibaki failing to sign into law the Indemnity (Repeal) Bill three months after Parliament passed. July 02 Full Story |
|
Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia urged the IC to prop up the TFG, saying the chaos in Somalia is not only bad for Somalia but also danger to world security. July 02 Full Story |
|
Kenyan politicians were accused of plundering state coffers after awarding themselves a monthly pay rise of nearly 25%, making them some of the best-paid legislators in the world. July 02 Full Story |
|
News update 1st July 2010 |
 |
Somaliland the breakaway region of Somalia on Tuesday 29/06/2010, arrested Mohamed Adow who is a Kenyan journalist working for Aljazeera English. July 01 Full Story |
|
Kenyans are outraged after members of parliament passed a report raising their salaries from Sh851, 000 a month ($10,411.82) to Sh1.1 million ($13,455.76) a month . . July 01 Full Story |
|
News update 30th June 2010 |
UN launches Security in Mobility (SIM) initiative to boost border security and has called on Kenya and other East African governments to facilitate safer movement of pastoralists across their borders . June 30 Full Story |
|
Members of Parliament are set to double their allowances and allocate themselves outrageous salary increases before they agree to pay tax. . June 30 Full Story |
|
The sight of a large group of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers jumping out of their vehicles in Garissa town sent a shiver of apprehension across the town. . June 30 Full Story |
|
News update 29th June 2010 |
The sight of a large group of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers jumping out of their vehicles in Garissa town sent a shiver of apprehension across the town. . June 29 Full Story |
|
A group of Nairobi Christian leaders who won a petition challenging the inclusion of the kadhi courts in the Constitution now want to be enjoined in a case filed by Muslims in Mombasa. . June 29 Full Story |
|
News update 28th June 2010 |
Higher Education minister William Ruto said that the proposed constitution would cause chaos in Kenya if it is passed in its current form. . June 28 Full Story |
|
Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta will face Parliament’s Constituency Development Fund Committee on Thursday over a Sh2 billion shortfall in the kitty.. . June 28 Full Story |
|
News update 27th June 2010 |
The decision by Kenya to agree to host a court to prosecute Somali pirates is Wetang'ula's project and is a suicidal for the country. The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Defence and Foreign Relations chaired by Wajir West MP Aden Keynan recommends Wetangula’s censure. . June 27 Full Story |
|
A Pakistani suspect wanted for the 2008 Mumbai attacks has been arrested in Zimbabwe as he tried to cross into World Cup host South Africa using a fake Kenyan passport. . June 27 Full Story |
|
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Mutula Kilonzo has openly stated that Kenya got a raw deal that exposes the country to high risk of revenge terrorism for accepting to host a court to try suspected Somali pirate.. . June 27 Full Story |
|
News update 25th June 2010 |
Nominated MP Muhamed Abdi Affey accused the Government of allowing Al Shabaab to "walk in, kill and leave" without fear of retaliation. . June 25 Full Story |
|
Kenya Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said Somalia's insecurity is a threat to Kenya’s stability and has appealed to the international community to help bring law and order back to Somalia. . June 25 Full Story |
|
The committee on Defence and Foreign Relations chaired by Wajir West MP Aden Keynan accuses the Moses Wetang'ula of disregarding legal and other advise against the agreements or in support of better deals.. . June 25 Full Story |
|
News update 24th June 2010 |
Wajir South MP Abdirahman Ali Hassan wants a petition challenging his election to be dismissed saying that the petitioner had failed to prove his case. . June 24 Full Story |
|
Parliament passed a bill that will empower the government to control the prices of maize, maize flour, sugar, rice, wheat, wheat flour, kerosene, diesel, petrol, and cooking fat. . June 24 Full Story |
|
Kenya fall 13th in "Failed State Index" ranking for the fourth consecutive year.. . June 24 Full Story |
The government is considering freezing registration of new schools as one way of tackling the biting teacher shortage.. . June 24 Full Story |
Free secondary education disproportionately benefit the wealthier students at the expense of the poorest students.. . June 24 Full Story |
News update 23rd June 2010 |
Despite his claims that one of the committee members asked for bribe, Moses Wetang’ula misled the committee on Defence and Foreign Relations of a building that Kenyans lost Sh1 billion.. . June 23 Full Story |
|
Police abstracts and P3 forms will be issued free as the force seeks to stamp out corruption in obtaining the documents.... June 23 Full Story |
|
THE Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) will leave Somalia once stability returns.. June 23 Full Story |
News update 22nd June 2010 |
House Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs headed by Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Mohamed decided to dissolve Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission.. June 22 Full Story |
|
Research by the Kenya National Examinations Council reveals that parents form NEP least support their children to do home work.. June 22 Full Story |
|
News update 21st June 2010 |
The National Security Intelligence Service may soon stop checking the background of those applying for Kenyan passports.. June 21 Full Story |
|
School heads want the ranking of the top 100 national and provincial candidates scrapped.. . June 21 Full Story |
|
MaterCare an organization of Catholic health professionals dedicated to the care of mothers and babies is to sep up a Sh40 million hospital in Isiolo.,. June 21 Full Story |
|
A Somali businessman was arrested after he was found smuggling rifles and ammunition to Nairobi.. . June 19 Full Story |
|
The proposed constituion does not require election to parliament as a prerequisite to the presidency. . June 19 Full Story |
|
Residents of Isiolo have asked the Government to account for Sh200 million given out by an oil exploration company for community projects. . June 18 Full Story |
|
A Dutch court sentenced five Somali pirates, the first to stand trial in Europe, to five years in prison for attacking a Dutch Antilles-flagged ship in 2009. . June 18 Full Story |
|
National Cohesion and Integration Commission boss Mzalendo Kibunjia sent undated letter to Sheikh Mohammed Dor (nominated MP, ODM) warning him that he risked being prosecuted if he did not stop such remarks. . June 17 Full Story |
|
Kenya has urged the leadership of the Somali Transitional Federal Government to end infighting if it wants to succeed in its fight against insurgents. . June 17 Full Story |
|
Adan Wachu warns Kenyans of the repercussions that socially divisive remarks by both religious and political leaders could have on the country as campaigns for the referendum enter the home stretch. . June 16 Full Story |
|
Somalis have lived without a central government for about 20 years and they have been pain on kenya. June 16 Full Story |
|
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) has condemned Sunday’s grenade attack in Nairobi, terming it retrogressive and barbaric. June 15 Full Story |
|
International Police has described Garissa Town as the safest town in East and Central Africa. June 15 Full Story |
|
Al Shabaab have made six incursions across the Kenyan border into North Eastern Province.. June 14 Full Story |
|
Wajir West MP Adan Keynan question the whereabout of over Sh1.2 billion allocated for the tarmacking of three roads in North Eastern Province.. June 10 Full Story |
|
Mohammed Affey said for the goverment to eastablish and implement irrigation schemes in each constituency, the Treasury officials who allocate resources need to change their attitude and tacts .. June 10 Full Story |
|
The Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) says Nairobi recorded the highest number of voters, while Garissa/Ijara registered the least.. June 09 Full Story |
|
What most Somali refugees lack now is official documentation and formal recognition from the Government of Kenya .. June 09 Full Story |
|
Security has been beefed up in Tana River District following reports that Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels plan to raid the Hola prison to free a jailed colleague.. June 08 Full Story |
|
Livestock Development minister, Dr Mohammed Kuti, also said unmonitored movement during drought when pastoralists search for pasture and water and long porous border complicate the goal... June 08 Full Story |
|
Justice Mohamed Ibrahim poses the question: "Can the High Court purport to question and interpret the constitutionality of the Constitution itself?".. June 07 Full Story |
|
Ruto has to watch his language so that he does not incite conflict," chairman of the National Muslim Leaders Forum.. June 06 Full Story |
|
Education Minister William Ruto: Muslims must reject the Proposed Constitution to avoid conflict with Christians.. June 05 Full Story |
|
The swine flu pandemic last year was overrated and had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms.. June 05 Full Story |
|
A judge pulled out of the petition challenging the election of Kamukunji MP Simon Mbugua after receiving threatening messages. June 03 Full Story |
|
Nineteen people have been arrested after the government launched a forceful disarmament in Upper Eastern region-Isiolo. June 02 Full Story |
|
Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council national chairman Juma Ngao urged the Church leaders to abandon suits bent on challenging the retention of Kadhi Courts. June 02 Full Story |
|
Wajir has lately acquired the reputation as the hub of smugglers, thanks to its proximity to the Diif crossing point. May 30 Full Story |
|
With digital equipment like laptop computers, decoders, DVDs, amplifiers and monitors: welcome to Eastleigh ’s illegal pay television nerve centre. May 30 Full Story |
|
Al-shabaab attacked Dajibula before and killed two AP officers when there were no inter-faction clashes. The government must stop blaming its citizens and stand up to defend Kenyan territories. May 29 Full Story |
|
We must first understand that inclusion of the Kadhis’ courts in the Constitution has a history which dates back to independence," says lawyer Mutaha Kangu.Full Story |
|
Thanks to the former Provincial Commissioner Mohammoud Saleh for eradicating banditary in NEP.Full Story |
|
Eldoret Jamia Mosque Administrator Jibril Kimuta said institutions like the armed forces have Christian chaplains, yet we have not complained. Full Story |
|
To construct the truth of Wagalla massacre would require total Government commitment. Full Story |
|
ID card applicant from North Eastern Province and other frontiers will veted by National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS). Full Story |
|
Muslim dominated districts have been ranked among the worst performing areas in national education standards. Full Story |
|
Departments that were elevated to ministries but have not made much impact include Mohammed Elmi’s Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands. Full Story |
|
Raila: "How do Kadhis’ courts affect Christians? How can the pepper you’ve not eaten burn you?" he asked Church leaders opposing the courts.Full Story |
|
Parliament passed a Bill that seeks to revoke a law that grants blanket immunity to security forces and other government agencies that may have committed human rights violations in North Eastern.Full Story |
|
Khadis are recruited by the Judicial Service Commission, with no representation from the Muslim organisations.Full Story |
|
Al-Shabaab attacked Liboi in Garissa District injuring unknown number of officers. Its time that Kenya Government remove the threat of the insurgent.Full Story |
|
Nominated MP Sophia Abdi has questioned Mr Otieno Kajwang’s why only two people are issued with identity cards a day in North Eastern Province.,.. Full Story |
|
A Meru school has expelled six students for performing the prayer (Salah). One of the students at the Kinoru Girl's High School was assaulted by the school's Catholic priest after they were found performing the Muslim prayer ritual.,.. Full Story |
|
The proposed constituion North Eastern will be split into 3 regions, represented by six senators and will get 20 per cent of the national revenues collected to be disbursed to the regions while 10 per cent should be granted to constituencies. Currently, under CDF, constituencies get 2.5 per cent of the total revenues.,.. Full Story |
|
The Indemnity Act does not apply beyond he period 12 December 1963 and 12 December 1967 , therefore the suggestion that the Indemnity Act covers tragic events such Wagalla Massacre (1984) and the tragic killings in Kisumu (1969) is inaccurate. Full Story |
|
Billow Kerrow : Wagalla massacre was a crime against humanity As we remember this horrific history, we seldom reflect on the legality of the security operation and the culpability of the senior people who ordered this act of genocide... Full Story |
|
Hon Olow: Northern Kenya pastrolist bears the brunt of persistent neglect. For instance, in the 2009/10 development estimates, North Eastern Province is allocated Sh62.1 million shillings compared to Sh84.1 million for Central Province....Full Story |
|
Mosques have been advised to ignore a recent directive by the National Environment Management Authority on noise pollution and continue making calls for prayers..Full Story |
|
Defence Minister Yusuf Haji has said the Government would not take chances against threats by the Al Shabaab militia to attack and appealed to communities living on the border to help with information on suspicious characters..Full Story |
|
Displaced by the Shifta war in 1960s, thousands returnees do not have Kenyan identity cards and they are yet to recover from the turmoil that disrupted their lives. ,.. Full Story |
|
LAWYER AHMEDNASIR ABDULLAHI: The greatest national security threat facing Kenya today is not posed by the outlawed Mungiki sect or other organised criminals. Neither is it is from al-Shabaab of Somalia. Full Story |
|
Defence Minister Yusuf Haji has said the military will retaliate in the event that the Al-Shabab militia group carry out their threat to attack the country. Full Story |
|
Kenya Assembly of Ulamaa and Imams (Kauli) Secretary General Sheikh Khamis Badru said "the calls for prayers is part of worship," The new rules to control noise pollution could undermine freedom of worship enshrined in the Constitution. .. Full Story |
|
When some Christian faiths are fighting against Khadi courts inclusion in the constitution, National Environmental Management Authority should not violating Muslims constitution rights by imposing a total ban on adhan. .Full Story |
|
ABEDIRAHMAN A. HASSAN: Before and after independence, Northern Kenya has has had nothing to celebrate about besides insecurity, neglect and unspeakable hardships. Full Story |
|
The residents of Northern Kenya have always been looked at with suspicion by Kenyans from “down country”, or “Kenya 1”, as our brothers in the north refers to them. Full Story |
|
North Eastern Province PC James ole Seriani has suspended issuance of national identity cards and instructed all District Commissioners in the region to enforce the directive.. Full Story |
|
Coast and North-Eastern politicians together stand up against MPs from the vote-rich Central region who are grouping to influence the efforts of reviewing the boundaries to create more constituencies.. Full Story |
|
Hon Aden Bare Duale (ODM Dujis) while addressing a confrence conducted by IIBRC, said Lagdera is 13000 sq kms with one MP, while Central is 13200 sq kms with 70 MPS.. Full Story |
|
Ali Mohammed Yussuf, a Eastleaight resident said "If you identify yourself as a Kenyan and produce an identity card, they (police) will hurl blows and kicks at you before warning that citizenship is not a licence to ‘loiter’ at odd hours,".e Full Story |
|
Billow Kerrow: The action early this year by the US to arm the TFG side was not driven by a desire to restore governance and stability but by its war on terror that has shaped its policy on Somalia in the past decade Full Story |
|
Hansard 1962: A debate of United Kigndom's parliament on Northern Frontier Districts (NFD), where the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr Hugh Fraser was questioned. .e Full Story |
|
Friday, March 22, 1963: As it happens, Kenya's northeast has long been a favorite squatting ground for nomadic Somali tribesmen, who herd their camels and goats back and forth across the Horn of Africa without heed to national borders.'.e Full Story |
|
The enemies of Kenya have created confusion over Khadi Courts. Kadhi courts have been in the Constitution since independence, Article 66 (8) of the Constitution states: “There shall be a Chief Kadhi, Article 66 (12) clarifies that “ The jurisdiction of a Kadhis court shall extend to the determination of questions of Muslim law . Full Story |
|
Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya secretary-general Sheikh Mohammed Khalifah said Kenyans had lost faith in the regular police. Full Story |
|
Justice and Constitutionial Affairs minister Mutula Kilonzo said the Kadhi courts were not part of the contentious issues raised by the committee of experts that is leading the search for a new constitution . Full Story |
|
Famine has hit Wajir North constituency and more than 125,000 people face starvation. Full Story |
|
Khat, Poverty Break Kenya Muslim Families, Mrs. Qamar Issa, 37, holds her baby girl on her chest outside her mundane home in the town of Mandera near Kenya’s porous border with war-torn Somalia. Full Story |
|
Muslims have revived a demand to entrench Muslim personal and commercial law in the new Constitution. Full Story |
|
Livestock in North Eastern Province was once a lucrative enterprise for dozens of farmers but business came crashing with the collapse of the Kenya Meat Commission. . Full Story |
|
Everywhere in Kenya land price has appreciated despite global downturn and Garissa is one of the major towns expanding to the grazing fields . Full Story |
|
Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands Development Minister Mohamed Elmi said “we will soon table in the House a motion to prohibit miraa chewing for people under the age of 18,”.. . Full Story |
|
The election of Lagdera MP Farah Maalim as Deputy Speaker is an added boost to the numbers and influence o northern Kenya community muslims in Parliament. Full Story |
|
Sh400 million set aside for construction of the Garissa-Hola Road is one the key projects in last year’s Budget yet to be initiated. Full Story |
|
Youths from Fafi Constituency have threatened to join the Al-Shabaab militia in protest against a UN decision to sideline them in the construction of a refugee camp in Fafi District. Full Story |
|
Major transport project to open up northern Kenya. Under the plan, the vast and remote region will have railway lines, highways, oil pipelines, airports and resort cities. Full Story |
|
The recent activities of al-shabaab in NEP, kidnapping their criticts from Kenya's terrotories should justify the intention of Kenya intervening in Somalia to help crush the al-Shabaab militia group. Full Story
|
|
Al-Shabaab militia harbours territorial ambitions against Kenya. Dahir Aweys has been quoted saying “we will leave no stone unturned to integrate our Somali brothers in Kenya and Ethiopia to restore their freedom to live with their ancestors in Somalia”. Full Story |
|
A 60 years old cleric who had criticised the activities of Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents in a series of sermons at a mosque in the camp was kidnaped while sleeping outside his makeshift shelter at Ifo camp. Full Story |
|
Politicians have handpicked their cronies to sit in the Constituency Bursary Committees and dish out Sh800 million secondary school bursary fund to undeserving students . Full Story |
|
Hon Farah Maalim: Northern Kenya remains the most underdeveloped region of the country that has always received very little attention from the successive governments since independence. Full Story |
|
Diplomats who dipped into risky waters interfering in Kenya’s internal affairs. Particularly singled out for such criticism of late has been the US Ambassador. Full Story |
|
GG Kariuki is a name many Wagalla orphans remember. , Today he is not standing trial for Wagalla atrocities but he is alleged to have said, that he would mobilise and bring together Mungiki sect youths, Kaya Bombo, Bagdad group, Kalenjin warriors, Sabaot Land Defence Force, Chinkororo and Jeshi la Mzee to overthrow the governmen. Full Story |
|
MPs from NFD, rubbished the Sh400m budget allotment to The Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya. Reality surfacing, the Ministry is a political gimmick to appease ODM. Full Story |
|
From a sandy-floored school lacking proper walls or windows, Dr Abdisalan Noor sits in his laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), surrounded by computers and other high-tech equipment he uses in his work as a research scientist.. Full Story |
|
Seven journalists based in North Eastern Province were summoned by police in Garissa to record statements over a story on Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Islamist militia... Full Story |
|
The dream of an insane individual is like that of Al-Shabaab who want Somali – Kenyans (NFD) to be part of a clan based system in Somalia (so called greater Somalia).... Full Story
|
|
The claim by Mr Ranneberger’s office refusing a visa for the Deputy speaker to travel to America is a bullying tactic to silence the leader not to question the US military presence in Lagdera constituency.. Full Story |
|
Collecting evidence for interventions to reduce HIV/STI risk in Garissa, North Eastern Province, and Eastleigh, Nairobi. Full Story |
|
Seven-year-old daughter bled to death after she underwent infibulation, the worst form of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) common in North Eastern Province. Full Story |
|
Somali businessmen from North Eastern Kenya who escaped drought find it difficult to engage business ventures in the cities. Full Story |
|
At 12 years old, all Kenyans will be issued with identification cards, Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’ has said.. Full Story |
|
Garissa high school has benefited from a project overseen and implemented by US-Africa Command Force. Full Story
|
|
The MPs from Coast Province say Kenyans should reject the new constitution, if it fails to incorporate majimbo system. Full Story |
|
North Eastern Province will this time round send 25 students to public universities, a significant increase compared to previous years. Full Story |
|
Money from Kenyans living abroad and war profiteering in the region has flooded into the Kenyan property market, leading to a doubling of prices for land and houses and steep increases in rents. Full Story |
|
Oil, a lucretive business mainly ventured by Somalis is under threat as the government promised to rein in oil marketers who have been manipulating imports to create an artificial shortage . Full Story |
|
The North Eastern region is not getting its rightful share of government resources because the government does not know the real population of the region. Full Story |
|
|
