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Several dead after bus explosion in Mandera

Eight people have been killed in a grenade attack on a bus in Mandera town, North-eastern Kenya by suspected al shabaab militia.

 

The militia are said to have sprayed the bus ferrying KCSE exam papers with bullets before lobbing a grenade that instantaneously exploded killing all on board. Those killed include Lafey secondary school headmaster, the district education officer, and two Kenya police reserve among others. The attack happened 100 kilometres from Mandera town.

This is the third grenade attack in the past five days bringing the death toll in suspected al shabaab related attacks to 9. 

"We have received a report of a banditry attack in Mandera District about 110 km from Mandera town involving a vehicle carrying government officials among others," police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said. 

Kiraithe said the District Police Commander and his security team were proceeding to the scene of the attack. Mandera is in Kenya's sparsely populated far northeast, close to the porous borders with Ethiopia and Somalia. Kenyan troops deployed into anarchic Somalia 12 days ago in an offensive against al-Shabaab militants blamed for a series of kidnappings on Kenyan soil and frequent cross-border incursions.

Al Shabaab had warned it would strike back.

Two separate grenade attacks in the capital Nairobi on October 24, killed one person and wounded more than 20. A Kenyan man pleaded guilty on October 26 to one of the attacks and being a member of al Shabaab, the Somali Islamist group.

Source. The Standard

Libyans celebrate at Martyrs square in Tripoli October 20, 2011 after hearing the news that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte. Gaddafi died in an attack by NTC fighters

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Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead

Sir Alex Ferguson saluted his Manchester United record-breakers after they defeated Norwich 2-0 to secure a 19th successive Premier League win at Old Trafford.

Terrorist we can't kick out: Released after half his sentence but still 'a risk to the public'... the suicide bomb fanatic who's free to stay - thanks to his human rights  

·       Eritrean-born Ali will not face deportation because judges rule he could face 'inhumane treatment'

·        The Home Office is appealing the decision and pledges to try to have him removed from the UK

By CHRIS GREENWOOD

Last updated at 11:41 PM on 25th September 2011

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A fanatical terrorist has escaped being thrown out of the UK because it would breach his human rights.

Hate-filled Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali, graded the highest possible risk to the public, was released after serving just half of his nine-year sentence for helping the July 21 bombers.

He now mingles freely among the Londoners his co-plotters tried to kill six years ago.

Threat: Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali has been using public transport

Government officials are desperate to deport the Islamic fundamentalist back to his native Eritrea but have been told they cannot because he could face ‘inhumane treatment or punishment’.

Ali was convicted of helping a gang of five Al Qaeda suicide bombers in their bid to repeat the carnage of the attacks of July 7, 2005, two weeks later.

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Graham Foulkes, whose 22-year-old son David was killed on July 7, said he was ‘filled with despair’.

He said: ‘These people were plotting to commit mass murder - what about the human rights of victims and families? 

‘These people had no consideration for the women and children they were trying to kill. How can they claim we should look after and support them?’ 

Accomplice: Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali knew about the terrorist plot and failed to tell the authorities

The case is the latest to highlight how human rights laws have left the authorities powerless to remove some terrorists and convicted criminals. 

Imposed human rights laws have left the authorities powerless to remove some terrorists and convicted criminals. Imposed by unaccountable European judges, they place the rights of the most dangerous wrongdoers above the risks faced by ordinary people.

The five would-be suicide bombers were jailed for life after trying to detonate bombs at Shepherd’s Bush, Warren Street and Oval Tube stations and on a bus in Shoreditch.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041629/21-7-terrorist-Siraj-Yassin-Abdullah-Ali-pictured-using-public-transport-London.html#ixzz1Z83ik0UC

DEREVA AJIFICHA CHINI YA BASI KUKWEPA FAINI YA POLISI

Teachers strike shuts down 

public schools 

 

Knut chairman Wilson Sossion (right) and Secretary General David Okuta addresses teachers at the union headquarters in Nairobi on September 6, 2011. They said the strike would continue until the Government releases money to employ more teachers.

Many schools across the country were on Tuesday shut down by a teachers’ strike called to pressure the government to recruit an additional 28,000 teachers. 

The strike does not affect private schools. In Nairobi, the Kenya National Union of Teachers said the strike would continue until their demands are met. 

Members of Parliament blamed Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta for the strike, with the House Committee on Education accusing the minister of failing to provide the money to employ teachers. 

Would not turn up 

At the same time, the Knut national executive committee asked parents not to send children to school as teachers would not turn up. 

“We are withdrawing labour from schools countrywide,” secretary-general David Okuta said after a meeting at the union’s offices in Nairobi. 

At Parliament Buildings, Education committee members claimed credit for proposing cuts in the Budget to raise Sh6.7 billion, part of which was to finance the recruitment. 


But the team blamed Mr Kenyatta for rejecting the proposal and instead allocating the money to the military. 

Committee chairman David Koech said the lawmakers had done their bit in pushing the government to address the teachers’ shortage in the country. 

The team was let down by the minister when he rejected the proposal as adopted by the House, Mr Koech said. 

“In the corrigenda (to the Budget estimates) that he tabled in the House, the Minister of Finance had the power to include Sh5 billion for the employment of teachers. He failed to do so,” he said, adding: “The onus was and still is with the Minister of Finance.” 

But the MPs did not mention that they cut a deal with the Executive in the presence of House Speaker Kenneth Marende to look the other way and postpone the recruitment of teachers until the next Budget. 

Cover back and future taxes 

The lawmakers did this after the Treasury agreed to allocate Sh2 billion from the Contingency Fund to cover their back and future taxes. 

On Tuesday, they ducked questions about what the priorities should be since they were so focused on getting their tax arrears paid, and did not raise a finger when Mr Kenyatta decided to allocate the money saved in the Budget to the military. 


SOURCE: jamii forum

PRESIDENT KAGAME OPENS EALA SITTING IN KIGALI

…calls for close co-operation between EAC organs and national institutions

EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, KIGALI, September 6, 2011:  President Paul Kagame today opened the first meeting of the fifth session of the second East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Parliament of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

In his speech, President Kagame hailed the strides made by EALA over the last ten years and the important contribution of the Assembly in the integration process. He however called for the strengthening of the collaboration and co-operation between the institutions of the EAC and those of the Partner States.

“In the case of EALA, I want to urge the regional Assembly and the National Assemblies to ensure linkages and co-operation. For instance, it may be useful to hold special joint sessions to debate Community agenda.  This way, the Community will be brought closer to the people for whom it is intended”, President Kagame said.

President Kagame reiterated the need for a single customs authority as a means towards eliminating the Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) which he lamented, continued to hamper the environment and costs of doing business as well as an impediment to the Customs Union and Common Market Protocols.
“This Assembly should follow-up on the expeditious set up of such an authority,” President Kagame said.

The President further called for the speedy implementation of Council decisions at the EAC and the implementation of the protocols and commitments agreed on by Partner States if the benefits of regional integration were to be felt.

“It is imperative, therefore, that this Assembly and the Council of Ministers collaborate more on mechanisms to initiate laws to enforce the expeditious implementation of the Customs Union and the Common Market Protocol so that East African citizens can reap benefits accruing from them” President Kagame said.

On the famine situation in the region, the President called for the instituting of mechanisms of environmental management so as to mitigate the effects of climate change.  He reiterated the need to develop agricultural policies and practices and land management systems that ensure food security is realized.

The President further called for all inclusiveness and citizen participation to foster their active participation in the regional integration process. “EAC issues should not be confined to legislative chambers but must extend to the public through the media, public discussions and other fora of consultation”, President Kagame said, adding that, in so doing, ordinary East Africans would have a voice and EAC organs their rightful relevance.

In his welcoming remarks, the Speaker of EALA, Hon. Abdirahin Abdi, hailed President Kagame and the citizens of the Republic of Rwanda for exuding the East African spirit and their steadfast contribution to the realization of the objectives of the Community.

“Your sterling effort to steer the republic of Rwanda  to join the EAC fraternity and your stewardship together with your other colleagues of the Summit was indeed brilliant and historical, giving EAC a wider market, geographical coverage and a stronger negotiating ability”, Hon Abdi said.

He urged the Summit of the Heads of State to continue offering wisdom and support towards realising the pillars of the integrative process, particularly the negotiations for the Monetary Union and the Political Federation, which were yet to be concluded, Rt. Hon Abdi added.

The EALA Speaker noted that the role of women in the integration process was vital and said Rwanda had remained a leading light maintaining a positive outlook towards women empowerment reflected in all structures of government and other institutions.

Rt. Hon Abdi lauded Rwanda for opening its doors to the Assembly. “You may recall that the 2^nd Assembly was inaugurated on 5 June 2007 and will conclude its five year tenure on 4 June 2012. This is probably the last Session in Kigali as an Assembly”, Rt Hon Abdi said, while expressing gratitude to President Kagame for his government’s support to EALA over the years.

Over the next two weeks, a number of Bills are expected to be debated by EALA.  They include the introduction of four members private Bills namely:

• The East African Parliamentary Institute Bill (EAPI) 2011
• The East African Community Human and Peoples’ Right Bill 2011
• The East African Community Polythene Materials Control Bill 2011
• The East African Legislative Assembly Bill 2011
  

EALA shall during the period also deliberate on the following:

• The inter-university council of East Africa (Amendment) Bill – 2&3 reading
• EAC Transboundary Ecosystem Management Bill 2010 – 2^nd & 3^rd Reading

Various motions, reports as well as resolutions deepening and widening the integration agenda are also to be moved and adopted at the two week plenary.

EALA Member Hon. Mike Sebalu moved a vote of thanks applauding President Kagame and the Parliament of Rwanda for the continuous support to EALA.

source: 

Bobi Odiko, Senior Public Relations Officer

East African Legislative Assembly, Tel: +255-27-2508240 Fax: +255-27-2503103, Cell: +255787-870945, +254-733-718036
Email: BOdiko@eachq.org, Web: http://www.eala.org

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City chief Cook fighting for his job over email to Onuoha's cancer-stricken mother

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook was hanging on to his job by his fingertips after claims he sent an insulting email to the cancer-stricken mother of defender Nedum Onuoha. 

City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak is trying to establish the exact chain of events that led Cook to gravely insult Onuoha's mother during an email exchange dating back to last October.

Claims: A vile email was said to have been sent from Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook's account to Nedum Onuoha's mother

But it is understood that Cook, who is currently in America with his family, is facing an uphill fight to save his £1.8m-a-year post after an episode that has left the club's owners in Abu Dhabi deeply embarrassed.

'When I opened up my emails and saw the message, it was the worst day of my life, even worse than being diagnosed with cancer,' Mrs Onuoha told The Sun.

'I couldn't understand how anyone could behave like that. I'm critically ill.

'I cried and cried for hours."

Cook has endured a history of embarrassing moments during his three-and-a-half years at City but none so damaging as the revelation that he appeared to mock Mrs Onuoha's illness in an email apparently intended for the club's football administrator Brian Marwood.

It emerged yesterday that Dr Anthonia Onuoha entered into an email exchange with Cook and Marwood last year during a time when she was acting as her son's agent. 

In one message, she revealed that she was battling cancer and said she was 'ravaged' by the disease. Dr Onuoha was horrified to receive an email back from Cook, seemingly intended for Marwood, in which the former Nike executive appeared to make fun of her situation. 

Cook's email said: 'Brian . . . Ravaged with it! I don't know how you sleep at night. You used to be such a nice man when I worked with you at Nike.'

Dr Onuoha later received another message from Cook claiming his email account had been hacked while he was on holiday and stating that 'disciplinary action is currently underway regarding one of our employees'.

Out of favour: Onuoha spent last season on loan at Sunderland and has not featured for City so far this term

Yesterday, however, City could not confirm that a staff member had indeed been disciplined and it also emerged that Cook's original email contained the signature line 'sent from my iPad', something that would appear to suggest it had been sent from his own personal device. 

It is understood Dr Onuoha has written letters of complaint to the FA and the Premier League. Neither are expected to take action, believing the matter to be a personal one between the two parties. 

Nevertheless, the young player's mother is believed to have also written to City chairman Khaldoon asking for an explanation and an apology. 

It is the threat of the sack from his own club that was hanging heavily over Cook last night. Cook has impressed City's Arab bosses since they inherited him from previous owner Thaksin Shinawatra three years ago, despite the fact he has endured a difficult relationship with manager Roberto Mancini. 

However, reputation is everything to the Arabs and as City released a short statement indicating that a 'board-led review' was under way last night, it appeared that Cook was facing an increasingly desperate struggle to survive.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2034048/Garry-Cook-investigated-email-Nedum-Onuohas-mum.html#ixzz1XAhyVgmc

Draru sentenced to 14 years in jail

Draru cries after the verdict 

By ANTHONY WESAKA  (email the author) 

Posted  Friday, September 2  2011 at  00:00

The family of former army commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini has said the 14-year prison sentence handed  to Lydia Draru for killing him won’t bring back their beloved one.
Speaking hours after the jail sentence, family members of the late Kazini welcomed justice but said Kazini could not be brought back to life.

“A loss always remains a loss, though justice has been done, you cannot bring him back,” said Mr Azaria Kashaija, a cousin of the late Maj. Gen. Kazini.

Ms Phoebe Kazini, the widow of the deceased who did not attend court proceedings, declined to comment on the verdict imposed on her late husband’s mistress. She said her remarks ended when she buried her husband in 2009.

Kampala High Court convicted Draru of manslaughter, a lighter offence of causing death unintentionally after she confessed before the police and the trial court. Justice Monica Mugenyi, however, acquitted her of murder charges saying the state failed to adduce evidence against the convict.

“I depart from the unanimous opinion of the court assessors and I find that the ingredient of malice aforethought has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt by prosecution,” held Justice Mugenyi.

Pardon me
Draru asked for forgiveness from the deceased’s family saying she did not intend to kill him.
Prosecution told court that on November 10, 2009, Gen. Kazini was found dead at Ms Draru’s home after she hit him on the head repeatedly with an iron bar.

Court heard that on November 10, 2009, Gen. Kazini was found dead in her house in Wabigalo-Namuwongo, a Kampala suburb. Draru pleaded guilty to killing the deceased in self-defence and denied murder, a heavy offence which attracts death as a maximum sentence on conviction.

Justice Mugenyi agreed with Draru that her life was in danger after being threatened by the deceased who had promised to return with a gun to ‘finish’ her off hence she defended herself the way she did.“I agree, I killed him (Kazini) but I did not intend it,” Draru told court at plea-taking last week. However, a postmortem report carried out by Dr Thaddeus Barungi indicated that Gen. Kazini died of extensive skull and brain injuries as a result of trauma.

“Draru was very much aware that Gen. Kazini was armed. When he stood to leave saying that he was going to fetch his gun and kill her, she did not have the reason to doubt,” said the judge.

Kikwete declares all-out war against drug abuse in Tanzania

Young Tanzanian men smoke marijuana using pipes. President Kikwete is pulling out all the stops in the fight against drug abuse and drug trafficking in the country, which has seen even clerics being arrested over the vice. Photo by Kiwi Explorer 

Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete said yesterday the government would do all in its power to ensure that the war on drug trafficking and abuse is won. “ Drug abuse and trafficking is a big problem that calls for the support of all, including religious leaders,” he told the Idd-ul-Fitr Baraza in Dodoma.

He said religious leaders and organisations should not blame the government following recent revelations that some clerics had been arrested in connection with drug trafficking. “The task ahead is very challenging and calls for the participation of all, including religious leaders,” the President said.

He said the National Task Force Against Drug Trafficking that he formed in 2006 was doing a commendable job in arresting people behind the vice. President Kikwete said the taskforce drew its members from the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (TISS), Police Force, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and Drugs Control Commission operating under the Prime Minister’s Office.

“The taskforce has arrested clerics. We have arrested Sheikhs. We have arrested clerics’ children,” he said in response to the message by the National Muslim Council (Bakwata). Reading out the message, Bakwata spokesman Suleiman Lolila said the council was troubled by government reports that some Bakwata leaders had been arrested in connection with drug trafficking. Mr Lolila called on the government to make public the names of Islamic religious leaders who had been implicated in drug trafficking.

“If one wants the names of the clerics, one should go to courts of law where they have been charged. There is no secrecy in courts, and their names can be obtained there. “In making sure that we win the war on drugs, let’s not start pointing accusing fingers at one another,” President Kikwete said, adding that the time would come when even churches and mosques would be subjected to searches. He said traffickers were now using unsuspecting religious leaders to ferry drugs across borders.

“I will be the last person to wrongly accuse religious leaders. Clerics should be more vigilant than ever before as the crusade against drug trafficking is gaining momentum,” he said.
He recalled the recent seminar for MPs in Dodoma, organised by the National Task Force Against Drug Trafficking, saying the lawmakers were shocked when the magnitude of the problem dawned on them.

“Some MPs suggested the death penalty for drug traffickers. This shows how serious the problem is…there is no going back this time.”

By Monitor Team  (email the author) 

Posted  Friday, September 2  2011 at  00:27