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Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | ||
| • | Media Leaders Roundtable on Open Data and the Future of News: AMI (Nairobi)-Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resolved this week to urgently establish a national task force to promote data-driven journalism. | |
| • | Finance Minister Quits Over ICC Charges: RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Kenya's Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta resigned Thursday after the International Criminal Court ruled this week he should stand trial for his alleged role in 2007-8 post-election violence, a statement said. | |
| • | Inequality Pushing Youths to Join Shabaab - Report: Nation (Nairobi)-An international lobby group wants the Kenyan government to find ways of distributing wealth equally as a solution to youths joining terrorist organisations. | |
| • | Uhuru, Muthaura Bow to Pressure, Step Aside: Nation (Nairobi)-Kenya's Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura have stepped aside from office following a decision by ICC pre-trial Judges to confirm charges of crimes against humanity... | |
| • | Victims Speak Out After Violence Charges Confirmed: RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Despite rumours and fears of violence, Kenyans observed peace even after charges against four senior figures were confirmed. | |
| • | Kenyan Judge Formally Issues Provisional Arrest Warrant for President Al-Bashir: Sudan Tribune (Paris)-A Kenyan judge on Monday formally issued a provisional arrest warrant for the Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir in line with a ruling he made late last year saying that Nairobi had an obligation to apprehend him. | |
| • | Detailed NSIS Reports Helped Ocampo's Case: Nation (Nairobi)-Reports filed by the national spy agency played a key role in convincing International Criminal Court judges that four suspects who now face trial in The Hague have a case to answer. | |
| • | High Cost of Living Cuts Back Billions Off Consumer Taxes: Business Daily (Nairobi)-Taxes collected from petroleum products, cigarettes, beer and mobile phone airtime declined in the first half of the fiscal year as rapid inflation, policy tweaks and price competition hit earnings from the key revenue items. | |
| • | Importers Given Five Weeks to Clear Container Backlog: Business Daily (Nairobi)-Importers with containers that have stayed for more than 100 days at the port of Mombasa have only five weeks to remove them before Kenya Ports Authority destroys them in an effort to ease congestion. | |
| • | Juba Fuels Sudan Oil Row With Kenya Pipeline Deal: Business Daily (Nairobi)-Kenya and South Sudan have signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline connecting the two countries as Juba looks for an alternative transport route for its top export in the face of a falling out with Khartoum over revenue... | |
| • | Tourism Gets Boost As SA Firm Unveils Coast Flights: Business Daily (Nairobi)-South African low-cost airline 1Time will begin flights between Johannesburg and Mombasa in March. | |
| • | UN Targets to Buy More Goods From Small Companies: Business Daily (Nairobi)-A new programme to train Kenyan entrepreneurs on doing business with the United Nations has been launched. | |
| • | Jailed Briton in Court Over Attack On Police Officers: Nation (Nairobi)-A Briton linked to the Al-Shabaab terror group and who is serving a three-year jail term was on Wednesday charged with raiding a police camp in Wajir County. | |
| • | Odinga Protests Govt Response to Hague Ruling: Nation (Nairobi)-The formation of a team to examine the verdict of the International Criminal Court has caused a fresh rift in the coalition government. | |
| • | EAC Trade Has Doubled, Says Kibaki: Nation (Nairobi)-Trade among East African countries has doubled in the last five years, President Mwai Kibaki told legislators on Wednesday. | |
| • | South Sudan and Kenya Sign Oil Pipeline Pact: Nation (Nairobi)-Kenya and South Sudan have signed an agreement that will allow for the building of an oil pipeline connecting the two countries. | |
| • | Emerging Markets Set Stage for Mobile Wallet Shopping: Business Daily (Nairobi)-Increased use of mobile money in Kenya has created a ripe environment for the use of near field communication (NFC) technology and other forms of mobile wallets which could be more widely accepted as payment systems compared... | |
| • | Suspended Baraza to Face Tribunal: Nation (Nairobi)-President Kibaki on Wednesday suspended Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza and appointed a seven-member tribunal to investigate her conduct. | |
| • | Danish Funding Helps Passion Fruit Farmers Turn Commercial: Business Daily (Nairobi)-Yellow passion fruit farmers in Kwale County are set to benefit from a Danish government-funded initiative that is seeking to commercialise fruit farming in the Coastal region. | |
| • | Volatile Shilling Lifts Forex Bureaus Back to Profit Zone: Business Daily (Nairobi)-High volatility of the shilling and cost cutting boosted foreign exchange bureaus' performance last year, lifting them from loss-making into profitability. | |
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