Bunow Olat Ali who was a very dedicated police reservist combating crime in the refugee camps was killed at Ifo camp by gunmen who were caught and lynched by the people. The locals should identify the clans of this killers and issue an altimatum for the government to take action.......Full story
IEBC chair Ahmed Issack is haunted by what Kriegler commission indentified in its 2008 review of the 2007 polls....Full story
Warlord Hassan Sheikh of Somalia got his request of arms embargo lift and is ready to miliatise some groups over clans.....Full story
News 05 Mar 2013
Anti-corruption commission should move in to probe if the mulfunctioning electronic voting system acquired by the IEBC was money scheme to defraud Kenyans.....Full story
Grenade attack at Garissa AP camp happened just as the vote tallying exercise kicked off.....Full story
Former councillor for Mandera North Mohammed Aliow alleges that after government officials night meetings on sunday, 2000 pilot papers went missing.....Full story
News 04 Mar 2013
When the so called civilized in election, USA 2000 presidential was somehow chaotic over the “hanging chads” and the recent Ghanaian election rigging when they used electronic voting, Kenyans got every right to be worry of Kimemia actions in indulging in the voting systems.....Full story
Admitting voters verification challenges and the suspension of electionns in some counties to 11th March shows IEBC boldness to deliver seems flattering.....Full story
An attack suspected to be carried out by MRC is killed twelve people including six police officers...Full story
A government official has been killed and a nurse working Dadaab seriously injured by gunmen in Garissa Town...Full story
IEBC the law gives a provision of seven days to release the result, but we are working to improve our systems so that within 48 hours we will have a feel of who our leaders would be.....Full story
News 02 Mar 2013
Exam irregularities being the norm for the region, Garissa with 16 cases recorded the highest number of exam cheats among the 39 counties that were affected on the KCSE 2012 result.....Full story
Presidential candidate Mohammed Dida in Wajir said “We have for years elected presidents who have not delivered. The coming elections offer an opportunity to elect one of your own who is committed in transforming the country for the benefit of all,”.......Full story
News 01 Mar 2013
At least three people were killed and several others injured in Mandera following clashes between two rival clans.....Full story
A proposal to lift a U.N. arms embargo on Somalia (but leaves in place restrictions on weapons like surface-to-air missiles) has been floated among a deeply split 15-member U.N. Security Council.....Full story
News 28 Feb 2013
The ill-fated Mandera bound bus that killed 35 people has put spotlight on the transport system to and from North Eastern Province.....Full story
The Sh202.7 billion revenue allocated to the county governments, Mandera will get Sh249 million, Garissa Sh202 million while Wajir will be alloted Sh240 Million.....Full story
News 26 Feb 2013
Former ECK Chairman Samuel Kivuitu, 74, is dead. Kivuitu died last night at the MP Shah hospital in Nairobi.....Full story
Sheikh Abubakar Sharif alias Makaburi, an ally to the late controversial muslim cleric Aboud Rogo, has sought refuge at a Mombasa police station claiming his life is danger.....Full story
News 25 Feb 2013
Muslim leaders in Nyanza urged their faithful to reject leaders who campaigned against the new constitutionhave and so endorsed Cord leader Raila Odinga for the Presidency......Full story
Police in Garissa arrest a key suspect whom they believe is behind a series of grenade and bomb attacks in the restive town of Garissa.....Full story
News 23 Feb 2013
The warlord leading somalia as a president has achieved his first step to put back the country into anarchy.....Full story
Mudavadi told Garissa residents "because of insecurity your businesses have gone down but let me promise that if elected I will tackle the issue of insecurity once and for all".....Full story
News 21 Feb 2013
In Liboi of Lagdera, seven people who included five men and two women were murdered in their home at 5 30am as they were preparing to go to the mosque for the morning prayers.....Full story
Dr. Mohamed Abdi Sheikh, Northeastern Provincial Director of public health said HIV and AIDs infections are on the rise in North Eastern Province....Full story
News 18 Feb 2013
Ms Karua, who toured Garissa and Wajir, said she will restore a sense of belonging to the region’s residents by embarking on vigorous improvement of the poor infrastructure.....Full story
The national examinations agency has increased the registration fees for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam.....Full story
News 17 Feb 2013
A huge explosion has taken place in Garissa town near Locus hotel. According to the Garissa County Commissioner Maalim Mohammed, the explosive material was thrown from a moving vehicle.....Full story
Kenyans are increasingly being urged to maintain peace during and after the elections.....Full story
News 15 Feb 2013
The so called democratically elected president of Somalia's request for the deployment of Sierra Leone forces in Kismayo, his current lobby at UN against Kenya's request for $10 million for its Naval forces, Somalia is at war with Kenya and the people of Kenya should wake up and elect a president who can clean Kibaki's mess and stand firm against this warlord who is about to get arms from US....Full story
Al Shabaab militants claim to have executed a captured Kenyan soldier and repeated threats to kill five other hostages.....Full story
Four Kenya Revenue Authority officials and four police officers got arrested after they strayed into Somalia.....Full story
Lifting arms embargo from Somalia would mean back to civil war. Rivals self-declared states like Somaliland, Puntland, Khatumo , Galmug and Jubbaland will all acquire arms to fight Alshabaab......Full story
UN said the current conditions in Somalia do not allow the establishment of a UN peacekeeping operation and recommended instead the establishment of a UN Assistance Mission.......Full story
News 14 Feb 2013
A Kenya police reservists who was returning home after a night patrol was killed by suspected al shabaab militia in Mandera.....Full story
Mutula hit out at Treasury terming the delayed release of the free education funds ‘unacceptable’ and asked the State to release all the money.....Full story
News 13 Feb 2013
Supporters of two gubernatorial candidates clashed in Moyale town over vandalism of campaign materials.....Full story
As Presidential candidates crisscross the country for votes, there are boys who are in the hands of Alshabaab waiting to be executed soon.....Full story
News 09 Feb 2013
Western world stand together against the election of Ruto and Uhuru and if they win Kenya will be isolated ......Full story
To buy their Minister Mohamed Elmi said the potential for Kenya’s economic growth is in the neglected 89 percent of Kenya’s ASAL total land mass that lies in the northern part of the country.......Full story
News 08 Feb 2013
Minister Mohamed Elmi said the potential for Kenya’s economic growth is in the neglected 89 percent of Kenya’s ASAL total land mass that lies in the northern part of the country.......Full story
In Garissa a Somali man nicknamed Weli Gaal, who spreads christianity was killed while his driver sustained serious injuries ......Full story
Kenya will reduce its troop presence in Somalia by about 20 per cent in the coming weeks, according to a report to the United Nations (UN) Security Council.......Full story
News 06 Feb 2013
World Health Organisation said Sh7.8 billion is urgently required for emergency health services in Somalia to help more than 200,000 children......Full story
Under the new Salary Remuneration, the taxable basic salary of an MP will increase from Sh 200,000 to Sh 555 696......Full story
IEBC has acted contrary to the Constitution and Political Parties Act by its failure to include the photos, name of political party and symbol of the running mates on the ballot paper......Full story
News 04 Feb 2013
The Maulid festival in Lamu which marks the birthday of Prophet Mohammed (scw) will bring together more than 50,000 Muslim and tourists from Kenya and the world......Full story
A special team of police officers has been set up to deal with cases of violence against women and children if chaos erupts after the March elections......Full story
News 03 Feb 2013
In Wajir a KDF soldier killed and three others which include 2 police officers injured after a grenade was hurled at them......Full story
Secondary school head teachers have warned of a looming crisis if the government does not release money for free education even as Form One selection ......Full story
When Kibaki took power, KBC, Safaricom and other parastatals were acquired or influenced the privatization by individuals alleged to be his comrade. Another looting under Kibaki, Royal Media grabed frequencies and broadcasted without paying licence fees.....Full story
News 01 Feb 2013
Mandera governor candidate Ali Roba said we are saddened by the poor performance of the county in both primary and secondary school examinations......Full story
The residents of Garissa, who mainly comprised women and children, accused the Garissa Water and Sewerage Company of doing nothing to address their problem.......Full story
News 31 Jan 2013
Mudavadi: Faults Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) of locking out many children aged between 13-15 and sends them to early child labour. He pledges if elected to down grade it to a test......Full story
Kenyans and Government institutions should brace themselves for a prolonged electoral process that could last until June, a regional development organisation warned......Full story
News 30 Jan 2013
Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) suspended services in Ifo 2 East and West Refugee camps after gunmen shot and injured its staf......Full story
I would like to be one of the women neurosurgeons from this area said Shamima Abas Mohamed the best KCPE student in Garissa County, with 407 marks......Full story
News 29 Jan 2013
With the exceptions of NEP pupils, students across the nation celebarate KCPE 2012 result. Our schools produced the worst performing nationaly......Full story
Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia escaping from African Union forces are causing security scare in Puntland and Somaliland, the autonomous regions of the country struggling to restore central government after more than two decades of civil war.......Full story
News 24 Jan 2013
The High Court has restrained the Government from rounding up all refugees in urban centres.......Full story
Tribal politics dominate Marsabit County gubernatorial race as three candidates lock horns......Full story
News 21 Jan 2013
His last bid for presidency Raila Odinga promises to go far than Kibaki and provide free education from nursery school to university ......Full story
Party nominations in Tana River County were peaceful despite the recent wave of insecurity......Full story
News 17 Jan 2013
At least five people have been shot dead and four others seriously wounded when gunmen attacked a hotel in Garissa ......Full story
There will be no party nominations in Isiolo and Marsabit counties, since the two major coalitions’ candidates will face each other in the March 4 elections.......Full story
News 15 Jan 2013
With the interest of a ministerial post Mandera central MP Abdikadir Mohammed has said he will not defend his seat and neither will he be vying for any elective position in the coming general elections......Full story
Community leaders from Tana Delta have pledged to support the disarmament exercise spearheaded by the government.....Full story
News 09 Jan 2013
The Parliament Report on Garissa inccident: The Committee Members were of the view that the KDF soldiers
had unwittingly exposed themselves to danger because they were changing a tyre in a place not
designated as a garage.....Full story
United Republican Party (URP) has received a major boost following the defection of councillors from Kilifi and Wajir counties....Full story
The battle for Northern Kenya votes intensified as current MPs, former MPs and aspirants for various seats dumped jubilee alliance to join rival Cord.....Full story
North Eastern PPO Philip Tuimur is among nine senior police officers who have been moved in new changes announced by the National Police Service Commission.....Full story
News 02 Jan 2013
Why are the current security bosses in North Eastern Province failing to maintain the legacy of Mohamud Ali Saleh the man made it possible for vehicles to travel with no escort through the Province up to Wajir and farther to Mandera ....Full story
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka accused Jubilee alliance leaders of being “diehard conservatives” who could not be trusted to transform the country....Full story
News 24 Dec 2012
Muslim preachers from all 47 counties threw their weight behind Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a day after he was endorsed as the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy presidential candidate....Full story
Civil society leaders have warned against a plan by Cabinet to withhold huge resources meant for county governments, saying it would challenge such a move in cour....Full story
News 22 Dec 2012
After months of travelling to Djibouti and Ethiopia, War Monger Hassan Mohamud failed to mobilise support against Kenya’s decision on Jubbaland....Full story
Enraged Orma villagers have blocked police officers from retrieving ten bodies of slain ethnic Pokomo militiamen believed killed in the Kipao massacre...Full story
Shouldn’t they not worry of what happened to Mudavadi, before former Mandera Central MP Billow
Kerrow and a host of other aspirants, mainly drawn from Mandera County flock to Jubilee alliance......Full story
News 21 Dec 2012
Three people were shot dead in two separate incidents by gunmen in Garissa town...Full story
UNHCR has expressed concern over a recent decision by the government’s to stop the registration of refugees and the order for them to go back to Daadab and Kakuma ...Full story
Kenya’s decision to place refugees and asylum seekers in camps away from urban centres is a discriminatory and unlawful restriction on freedom of movement...Full story
News 19 Dec 2012
Due to the recent attacks in Garissa and Eastleigh, its the Somalis who have removed the ladder that they used to climb the tree and as a result forced authorities to demand their return to where they should be...Full story
Mudavadi said "“He came to me and told me that if we are elected, the West will not give Kenya money; that our tea can’t be sold abroad" on the other hand Uhuru said that was to lure him into the alliance ...Full story
MRC spokesman Rashid Mraja declared those who have registered in the region as “traitors of Coast Province...Full story
News 17 Dec 2012
Nine people who include Yemeni nationals have been arrested in connection with Sunday night’s grenade attack Eastleigh that left two people injured...Full story
Tonight another blast at Al-Hidaya mosque seriously injuring one person...Full story
In two separate incidents, Two innocent men were shot dead by unknown gunmen and another stabbed to death in Ifo refugee camp ...Full story
News 13 Dec 2012
Was it that Ambassador Ali Ameeriko is the man who facilitated the release of those terror suspects from Shauri Moyo ...Full story
Al Shabaab is offering a bounty reward of up to Sh890,000 ($8,000) for any Kenyan security officer killed....Full story
News 11 Dec 2012
Prime Minister Raila Odinga says it is not enough to return Somali refugees associated with terror attacks to the Dadaab camp, as proposed by Internal Security Permanent Secretary....Full story
Security agencies at the Coast have been put on high alert following a midnight raid on a police post in Mombasa during which three of the attackers were killed.....Full story
News 10 Dec 2012
A man has been arrested and six G3 rifles with16 bullets recovered from him in Elwak, Mandera at the Kenya-Somalia border.....Full story
Police shot dead three members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) at Mbungoni area in Bombolulu after a confrontation following an attempt to raid Freretown Police Pos....Full story
Three people were killed by unkown assailant outside a shop in Garissa Ndogo....Read updates
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is raising concerns that most residents in the Tana Delta may not participate in the coming General Election ....Full Story
The Orma and other pastoralists had come together not to allow the Pokomo to take any elective position.....Full Story
As Somalia starts to emerge from instability and chaos, 20 years of relative peace and stability are starting to pay dividends for its close neighbour Somaliland.....Full Story
News 09 Dec 2012
Police arrested more than 300 suspects in a massive operation launched after the attack that left area MP Yusuf Hassan hospitalised with fractured legs ....Full Story
Internal Security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo said most Somali refugees were roaming in the country instead of being at the refugee camps where they were registered.....Full Story
News 08 Dec 2012
In Eastleigh scores killed and over 30 injured including Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan Abdi who is nursing leg injuries after a blast occured at Alhidaya Mosque where the MP was praying....Full Story
A taskforce, established by Prime Minister Raila Odinga, begins to delve into problems facing residents of the coastal region......Full Story
News 07 Dec 2012
45 MPs from pastoralist areas are united and working together to promote the welfare of their communities. ....Full Story
Accompanied by governor aspirant Mohammed Harun, Deputy speaker Farah Maalim officially launched his senator bid at Masalani. ....Full Story
News 04 Dec 2012
HIV/Aids control coordinator in the Ministry of Health Ahmed Sheikh Noor urged religious leaders in North Eastern not be quick to grant divorces when they are sought. ....Full Story
To rival the two alleged culprits of 2007 post election violence, ODM and WDM will sign a pre-election agreement....Full Story
News 29 Nov 2012
We are destitute,” a trader at Garissa Town’s only open-air market says as his toe digs into the debris after the market was razed down recently....Full Story
Over 3 innocent residents killed, businesses worth millions torched, 33 chiefs unfairly dismissed, alleged suspects arrested. When will be the consequences of killing 3 KDF soldiers stop?.....Full Story
News 28 Nov 2012
I am an innocent Kenyan from Ijara District and had never committed any crime against any government officer....Full Story
Farah Maalim, said that by sacking chiefs, the State was trying to sacrifice “small fish” to cover up the huge security failure in the region.....Full Story
News 27 Nov 2012
The Kenya Defence Forces troops have been sent to Bulahawo on the Kenya-Somali border to prevent the fighting in the area from spilling over to the country....Full Story
The electoral commission fell short of netting its targeted 3.7 million registered voters by close to one million potential voters, ....Full Story
News 26 Nov 2012
In Garissa, innocent chiefs who are the servants to disseminate information and organise public meetings on behalf of the PC’s office are sacked to cover up the failure of the security apparatus....Full Story
The level of abuse in garissa by Kenyan security agencies following the attack on three of its military officers is appalling and a complete contradiction of the government’s obligation to protect its citizens....Full Story
News 25 Nov 2012
On record Karua said go back to your country while addressing garissa residents, years later another minister from central kenya is on the neck of garissa residents....Full Story
Kenyans risk losing billions of shillings in a new a scheme hatched by disgraced tycoon Kamlesh Pattn....Full Story
So why did the government act so swiftly and violently in Garissa and so timidly in Samburu? The answer lies in the history of the Northern Frontier District (NFD)....Full Story
News 24 Nov 2012
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said the Government will compensate residents whose property was destroyed during the recent security operation in Garissa....Full Story
UN report: Moyale had the highest number of those displaced standing at 50,592 followed by Tana River (30,000) and Isiolo (9,575)........Full Story
County governments will be starved of cash for at least four months if Parliament does not pass laws to give them early access to public funds.......Full Story
News 23 Nov 2012
Farah Maalim asked for tabling of the report which indicated that the Intelligence and Security committee was in charge of the operation in Garissa.......Full Story
In Nairobi, Police are holding three Kenyans over the bombing of a minibus that claimed 10 lives in the business hub of Eastleigh.......Full Story
News 22 Nov 2012
Without mentioning the injured Chief, North Eastern PC Ernest Munyi suspends ID card issuing and chiefs in Garissa town claiming that they failed to collaborate with the security forces
Kenya army spin doctor Cyrus Oguna distorts the truth of what happened in Garissa and applies propaganda like that of Kismayo ....Full Story
Two parliamentary committees have been asked to investigate the operations carried out by security officers in Garissa and Samburu County and report back to the House in a week......Full Story
Defence Minister Yusuf Haj said Galole MP Dhadho Godhana was not involved in the planning and killing of 112 people, including police, in the Tana Delta.....Full Story
News 20 Nov 2012
MPs led by Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim condemned the violence in Garissa and Eastleigh and blamed it on what they described as failed Government security machinery.........Full Story
This morning one killed, many more injured including a county high student as confused Kenyan forces continue unleash their anger against Garissa residents.........Full Story
Audio clips from Garissa
News 17 Nov 2012
Killing two police officers in Garissa earlier on friday, in Mombasa the enemies of Kenyans threw a grenade that injured foour people seriously.....Full Story
As the chief of the armed forces, what will Kibaki say to the family of that inspector who survived Baragoi attacks but regrettably died two days after he called for help......Full Story
The Kenya National Muslims Advisory Council (Kemnac) came out in support of Environment minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere as the region’s point man........Full Story
News 15 Nov 2012
Police in Garissa are interrogating five terror suspects believed to be behind series of terror attacks in the area.......Full Story
NFD online still trying to establish the number of somali officers killed in Baragoi, survivor Abdillahi Nur recalls how he lived for three days on water and biscuits as he and his colleagues pursued the raiders who had stolen 450 heads of cattle........Full Story
Police are holding a suspected terrorist after an explosion he had planned to detonate inside a supermarket exploded and injured him in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area........Full Story
News 13 Nov 2012
A secondary school teacher in Wajir County is nursing serious head injuries after a student viciously attacked him.......Full Story
The Treasury has set aside Sh280 billion to set up administrative and governance structures that are vital in ensuring that the devolved functions of government starts without a hitch......Full Story
Mombasa Republican Council leader Omar Mwamnuadzi has been released after spending 25 days in Shimo la Tewa Prison.......Full Story
News 12 Nov 2012
President Hassan stayed put 21 years in one of the most hostile city on earth where Warlord Mohamed Aided and preacher Sheikh Boqoolsoon were not spared.......Full Story
Neighbours encroaching our territories, sects and thugs rampant at all corners of the country, the killings of 30 police officers yesterday shows that authority and peace has retired with Arab Moi the former president .......Full Story
News 09 Nov 2012
In Mandera County five people from the Garre and Degodia clans were hacked to death in a Tit for Tat killings between the two clans.......Full Story
Three KCSE candidates have been arrested in Garissa County and a high school teacher sent on compulsory leave for engaging in examination malpractice.......Full Story
News 08 Nov 2012
Raila Odinga acknowledges that all past presidents neglected North Eastern and promised to be different if elected the president.......Full Story
Omar Mutungu who is alleged to be behind the grenade attacks in Nairobi and Garissa has denied being a member of the proscribed Al-Shabaab terror group.......Full Story
News 02 Nov 2012
After tipped-off by worshippers, police in Hagadera have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a CID officerYussuf Yerrow ......Full Story
Kenya has been ranked among the countries with the highest defence budgets in Africa, thanks to two decades of a steady increase in military expenditur......Full Story
News 31 Oct 2012
In Garissa, gunmen attacked two police officers who were patroling, killing one on the spot and injuring the other......Full Story
Assembly for Muslim Imams and Scholars (AMIS) whose members are Islamic preachers and scholars has been launched in Mombasa to fight for the rights of the Muslim community......Full Story
News 29 Oct 2012
Tana Delta resident Mr Joel Ruhu, claimed that several people had suffered the wrath of the security personnel who were descending on homes and raping women after chasing away the men......Full Story
IEBC boss Issack Hassan said it was important to move the Constituency Electoral Coordinators as some had become “too cozy” with political players in their areas.......Full Story
News 28 Oct 2012
In Dadaab, the slaughtering of innocent men that traumatized the hosting community in 1994/5 is back again, this time mutilating the bodies of the victims. One of the grieving families said “even when there is a dispute, your tribe or clan will not kill you in such a manner, therefore we suspect the enemies of our tribe who are in the refugee camps to be behind this killings; they want to provoke us against them so that they seek resettlement to a third country in the name of insecurity”.......Full Story
An ogaden man working for the kenyan police force was shot dead as he read a Koran inside a mosque in the Hagadera refugee camp in the larger Dadaab area near the Kenya-Somalia border......Full Story
IEBC boss said we are prepared for the 4th March elections and the media should stop repeating the lies for those spreading rumours of rescheduling the date....Full Story
News 21 Oct 2012
The Murulle Clan Council of Elders picked former Mandera East MP Shaban Ali Issack over Mandera East MP Mohammed Hussein Qaras......Full Story
Despite its relatively lower number of voters compared to the rest of the country, the vast North Eastern Province (NEP) has suddenly become a hunting ground for top presidential contenders......Full Story
News 20 Oct 2012
Muslims have threatened to sue police officers and their commanders over recent murders, arrests, and disappearance of some faithful......Full Story
A major operation conducted in Tana Delta in a bid to recover eight guns and 580 bullets stolen from a police station......Full Story
News 17 Oct 2012
Two Police Constabless in custody in Dadaab as Police aunched a manhunt for a Somalia soldier who escaped from Police custody......Full Story
Nominated MP Sheikh Dor has been arrested over alleged links with Mombasa Republican Council (MRC)......Full Story
Two terror suspects and a police officer were killed in a grenade attack during a raid in Likoni area, Mombas......Full Story
Kenya paid over Sh4.3 Billion to UN's 2012-2013 budget when many kenyan civil servant are battling with poor salaries and the country's external debt is amplified......Full Story
News 15 Oct 2012
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims has urged its members to ignore a warning by the Government that they may be isolated when they return from their pilgrimage to Mecca......Full Story
Defence Minister Yusuf Haji and top military officers attended an event to celebrate the KDF Day and unveil a monument for soldiers who have fallen in the one-year old war in Somalia......Full Story
National exams begin on Monday under tough new laws against cheating and interference. Those who leak exams face 10 years in jail or Sh2 million fine.....Full Story
News 14 Oct 2012
Billow Kerrow: The ani-terrorism bill assented by Kibaki is unacceptable to Kenyans and it will undermine articles and provisions of the constitution which guarantee civic liberty and condemns acts such as torture and illegal arrests.....Full Story
Kenyan Muslims who travel for the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year could be quarantined on return.....Full Story
News 13 Oct 2012
Learning has not resumed in the troubled Tana Delta because teachers from the Pokomo community fear going back to schools in the Orma territory.....Full Story
Two blasts rocked Eastleigh estate injuring several people among them the officer in charge of the pangani police station.....Full Story
National Gender and Equality Commission chairperson Winfred Lichuma warned that the rule seeking to increase women’s representation in public offices may not be met and the Constitution may have to be amended before the elections.....Full Story
News 11 Oct 2012
To curb terror, chiefs have been directed to have registers of residents and visitors in their jurisdiction before October 15 in addition to holding regular public barazas to sensitise the public on security.....Full Story
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has promised aspirants for various seats under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) that the party would not form another coalition government.....Full Story
News 09 Oct 2012
Police thwarted a major terror plot in Garissa when they safely detonated a bomb weighing over 10 kilogrammes abandoned outside a restaurant.....Full Story
Governments in Africa have been accused of violating rights of asylum seekers despite relevant laws within their jurisdiction to uphold the group’s right.....Full Story
Somalia’s Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very few groups who were able to work in the war-ravaged region controlled by the Al-Qaeda linked fighters......Full Story
The World Bank has been criticised for sanctioning the buying of land in different parts of the world, including Kenya, by foreign investors at the expense of local communities.......Full Story
News 07 Oct 2012
Chief justice pressured to removal Judge Mohamed warsame due to the fearless judgment he made against SharadRao’s vetting board.....Full Story
Appointing Abdi Farah as the Prime Minister, Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh appears to have revisited the old scripts of disunity the Darod clan.....Full Story
Reacting to the killing of four people, including the bodyguard of Fisheries Minister, Coast MPs have asked the Government to deal with members of the Mombasa Republican Council.....Full Story
News 06 Oct 2012
Former Garissa OCPD Felix Munyambu and ten other junior police officers have been sacked for allowing the passage of terror suspects with explosives from Garissa to Nairobi.....Full Story
Internal Security minister Katoo ole Metito said they have intelligence that MRC plans to disrupt the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).....Full Story
Kismayu now liberated from alshabaab, rival clans tussle over who should have the upper hand to control this revenue potential city.....Full Story
Police are puzzled by the recovery of more than 300 bullets, a rocket propelled grenade and several other explosives buried at a cemetery in Wajir.....Full Story
News 05 Oct 2012
Dujis MP Aden Duale said my constituents are harbouring and aiding suspected Al Shabaab militants instead of co-operating with security officials to flush them out.....Full Story
As KDF started clearing explosive from buildings initially used by Al-shabaab, several businesses reopened and the residents’ daily routine is slowly returning to normal.....Full Story
Raila Odinga accused the international community of being reluctant to provide personnel to fight al Shabaab and left the burden to Kenya and several other East African countries......Full Story
News 03 Oct 2012
For deputy Speaker Farah Maalim to be indorsed for the senatorship, troubles sets in for those detractors who were mobilising the constituents to take up the Governorship which is a clan level politics.....Full Story
Police are yet to establish the cause of the fire which has destroyed crucial records and other valuables at the Garissa District Anti-Terror Police Unit, CID offices and that of the local OCPD........Full Story
Police have warned that Al-Shabaab militants have trained and deployed their female suicide bombers to be used in attacking strategic places in the country.......Full Story
News 02 Oct 2012
Attackers believed to be Al-shabaab members hurled a grenade into Iftin police post in the northern town of Garissa......Full Story
Two Chinese firms are set to put up a 50 megawatts solar power plant in Garissa, North Eastern Province, to be connected to the national grid.......Full Story
MSF raising a storm over plans by the Kenyan government to repatriate Somali refugees, saying the security conditions on the ground are not yet conducive for their well beingi......Full Story
News 01 Oct 2012
Two Administration police officers were on Sunday evening shot dead by unknown assailants in Garissa town.....Full Story
Police are holding the bus driver, conductor and a third man in connection with the seizure of two bombs in a bus headed to Nairobi......Full Story
Cabinet Minister Mohamed Elmi, MPs Aden Duale, Mohamed Hussein, Sophia Abdi, Adan Keynan, Amina Abdalla and Wajir Governor aspirant Dr Ali Mohamud and Adan Omar (Senator) further cautioned against turning terror attacks into religious war......Full Story
News 30 Sep 2012
Defence Minister Mohamed Yusuf Haji has for the first time indicated his intention to join The National Alliance party (TNA) of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta.....Full Story
Uncertainty is rising over whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will meet its set poll timetable and ensure a credible General Election......Full Story
The Kenyan Army should send a warning to the tribal minded General Dhagabadan and his comrade in Mogadishu and so continur matching to all corners of Jubbaland until the buffer zone is created.....Full Story
Police have detained 60 people and seized bomb-making materials that were being transported in a bus from Garissa to Nairobi.....Full Story
News 30 July 2012
Eritrea’s role in Somalia has diminished considerably while Kenya is playing an increasingly significant part in the still-lawless country.....Full Story
Since he came to power in 1991, Zenawi has been involved several times in conflicts in Somalia, in the larger Sudan conflict and in border tussles with Kenya and Eritrea.....Full Story
Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) Coast branch described Mr Kimemia as an “anti reformist”, who cannot be relied on by Kenyans to implement the Constitution.....Full Story
News 29 July 2012
Political stakes are high in North Eastern Province, with seven new parliamentary seats setting the stage for realignments.....Full Story
The Ajuran clan in Wajir County has declared the senator seat their own, two weeks after the Degodia clan claimed positions of governor and women representative.....Full Story
News 28 July 2012
Pledging to push for changes in the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2012, Mudavadi asked the Muslim community to support his bid for the presidency.....Full Story
Coast MPs have welcomed the order lifting the ban on the Mombasa Republican Council but appealed to the group to drop its secession agenda.....Full Story
Clueless Treasury put 16% VAT on zero rate products like maize and wheat flour, milk, bread, while kerosene, mosquito nets, and electrical appliances become VAT exempted.....Full Story
News 26 July 2012
Confusion over the fate of 47 new county commissioners whose appointment was nullified by a court, the government wants to hire over 200 DOs.....Full Story
A court in Mombasa lift declaring that no evidence has been adduced to prove MRC’s connection to violent crimes....Full Story
News 25 July 2012
Top commanders of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) have been meeting in Nairobi to approve war plans for a massive air, land and sea assault on Kismayu....Full Story
Mojor Ali's move from the military to the police commissioner post was a cynical and kenyan's reformed judicial potrays him as a tool being used by state house when he sent home some police officers on early retirement....Full Story
The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board chaired by the Indian Mr Sharad Rao, faults Judge Mohammed Ibrahim because they say had invested heavily in securing the rights for minority groups, particularly the Somali, in Kenya ....Full Story
News 23 July 2012
Civil society and Muslim human rights groups have, over the years, led campaigns against Anti-Terrorism Bill....Full Story
A parliamentary committee has given the government two weeks to submit a report of its readiness to establish counties in preparation for the next election....Full Story
News 20 July 2012
Four people were injured after two grenades hurled at a restaurant and a shop in Wajir. There are fears of more similar ones and police keep asking Kenyans to be vigilan....Full Story
Two children died and six family members were injured when a pack of hyenas attacked their home in Wajir,....Full Story
Three people have been arrested and more than 50 bullets recovered in Lagdera near the Somalia border....Full Story
News 17 July 2012
Two Administration police officers killed while four others got injured in Damajale at around 5pm when they were attacked by armed men who shot at the vehicle....Full Story
County registration bureaus are yet to implement a directive by Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’ that the Sh300 fee charged for replacing lost identity cards be waived....Full Story
News 16 July 2012
Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’ has said the Government should arrest Miguna over allegations that he was withholding some evidence of post-election violence....Full Story
Leaders from Ijara District in Garissa County have protested the alleged harassment of pastoralists from the area by security officers in Lamu County....Full Story
News 14 July 2012
The thoughts of Dadaab youths to include Madarasa into their primary school have a chance of becoming reality as the government proposes a madrasa system working inside formal education structures....Full Story
While rubbishing Yusuf Haji's decision to appeal the High court rulling on commissioners, Raila said This is nonsense…the Constitution is very clear that the Provincial Administration must be restructured in line with the provisions of a devolved structure...Full Story
Running of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) kitty is set to go online before end-year once a new management information system is put in place.....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)]
Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission in NEP
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
