Vulala: Kakamega governor seeks to reignite longstanding team sports tradition as it prepares to host East African school games

Vulala: Kakamega governor seeks to reignite longstanding team sports tradition as it prepares to host East African school games

Fierce competition is also expected in soccer boys, rugby boys and other disciplines. The schools will be vying for a slot in the national secondary school games and later to East Africa games – to be hosted by Kakamega County.

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Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Sign contracts that you understand and are based on Kenyan labour law, athletes counselled

Lawyer Samwel Momanyi said there were many clauses that the athletes may not understand without the help of a lawyer especially after it emerged that, since most of the managers were from foreign countries, the athletes signed contracts written in foreign languages and under foreign labour laws.

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Human organ harvesting and cannibalism rock pastoralist communities in north-western Kenya  

Human organ harvesting and cannibalism rock pastoralist communities in north-western Kenya  

In the wake of reports of rise in cannibalism and human organ harvesting security apparatus in the region are now on high alert. Police and administrators have launched a manhunt for perpetrators who are said to be targeting mainly juveniles.

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Colonial relics: Slum upgrade in central Kenya lifts 50,000 Nyeri Town residents out of squalor

Colonial relics: Slum upgrade in central Kenya lifts 50,000 Nyeri Town residents out of squalor

Besides access to amenities such as piped water, its beneficiaries like Ruth are enjoying murram roads network linking the villages to the main road. But the biggest upgrade yet is her promotion from being a squatter to a holder of the title deed for the 40×80 parcel of land she has been residing in for close to 20 years something she says.

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Koome tells police service commission to prioritise rights-based policing, balance rights to assembly and public order

Koome tells police service commission to prioritise rights-based policing, balance rights to assembly and public order

Chairperson of the Board of Council Linda Bukaya welcomed the guests and expressed appreciation to the Chief Justice and all participants and acknowledged the symbolic importance of the ceremony held at the National Museums Building.

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Catholics in Congo honour anti-graft martyr newly beatified by Vatican, his remains moved to Goma

Catholics in Congo honour anti-graft martyr newly beatified by Vatican, his remains moved to Goma

In the conflict-battered city of Goma, where years of war have increased both desperation and corruption, Kositi’s beatification has eased some of the pain caused by his death. UN experts say Rwanda supported rebels in Congo and smuggled minerals at ‘unprecedented levels’

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Number of people shot dead by Kenyan police during anti-government protests rises to 31

Number of people shot dead by Kenyan police during anti-government protests rises to 31

The death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody last month has given the protests fresh impetus, fuelling anger against the authorities and bringing hundreds onto the streets.

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Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched

Remanded Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s new party People’s Front for Freedom launched

Besigye, a physician who retired from Uganda’s military at the rank of colonel, is a former president of the Forum for Democratic Change party, for many years Uganda’s most formidable opposition group. He has long been a fierce critic of Museveni, for whom he once served as a military assistant and personal doctor.

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Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties the African nation

Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties the African nation

The Supreme Court majority wrote that their decision on June 23 completely halted Murphy’s ruling and also rendered his decision on the South Sudan flight “unenforceable.” The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.

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Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

The EACOP starts in Kabaale, Hoima District and traverses 296 kilometres in Uganda through 10 districts: Kikuube, Hoima, Kakumiro, Kyankwazi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai and Kyotera) affecting 25 sub-counties and 171 villages.by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) – a 1,443 kilometres pipeline to the port of Tanga in Tanzania to be processed and sold to the world markets.

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