Kenya Manenos @kenyamanenos-blog - Tumblr Blog

South Africa's Jacob Zuma abandons rally after being booed

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma abandons rally after being booed

South Africa’s scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has abandoned a May Day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation.

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]cuffles broke out between Mr Zuma’s supporters and opponents, resulting in all speeches being cancelled.

The main labour federation, Cosatu, called on Mr Zuma to step down last month after he sacked his widely respected finance minister.

Mr…

View On WordPress

#Africa #Africa Continent #World

France election: Le Pen and Macron spar ahead of run-off

The two rivals in France’s presidential race have traded accusations at the start of the last week of campaigning.

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ar-right candidate Marine Le Pen lambasted pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron as a “candidate of continuity”.

Mr Macron said he would fight “until the last second” against Ms Le Pen’s ideas “of what constitutes democracy”.

Meanwhile, clashes broke out between…

View On WordPress

#Europe #World

Turbulence injures 27 on Aeroflot flight to Bangkok

At least 27 people were hurt when an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok hit a patch of severe turbulence.

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]o injuries were life-threatening, but several passengers suffered broken bones and three needed surgery, Russian officials said.

A passenger described being “hurled” up to the ceiling, trying to cling on amid shaking which “wouldn’t stop”.

The turbulence occurred in…

View On WordPress

#Asia #World #World Trending

Jubilee targets workers with 18 pc pay rise

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Uhuru Kenyatta went full-throttle in his campaign for re-election, asking Kenyan workers to vote for him in the August General Election as he increased their minimum wage by 18 per cent.

Saying he had worked hard for them in his first term in office, the President added that aside from increasing the minimum wage, which now stands at Sh10,955, the non-taxable…

View On WordPress

People across the world participate in demonstrations to mark the May 1 International Workers’ Day.

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]orkers and activists marked International Workers’ Day, or May Day, around the world with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions.

Let’s take a view from what happened across the globe.

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com

Millions hit the streets in worldwide May Day rallies People across the world participate in demonstrations to mark the May 1 International Workers' Day. Workers and activists marked International Workers' Day, or May Day, around the world with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions.

Al Shabaab executes two men accused of rape

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]l Shabaab militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a girl in central Somalia.

A senior militant spokesman said the group had picked up both men in the town of Beledweyne, where the rape occurred. Both had belonged to pro-government forces, he said, but the government denied that, saying they were…

View On WordPress

#Africa #Africa Continent #The Star #World

'Men in black' force ODM tribunal to suspend hearings

‘Men in black’ force ODM tribunal to suspend hearings

[dropcap]ODM[/dropcap] Appeals Tribunal was forced to suspend its Monday sittings after suspected goons stormed their meeting at Marsh Park hotel on Ngong road.

The men dressed in black stormed the premises when the tribunal was hearing a complaint lodged by aspirants from Nyakach constituency where Aduma Owuor won the primaries.

The men are said to have roughed up and assaulted some of the…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Wavinya crushes Kiala with 299,312 votes for Machakos governor ticket

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]iper governor nominee Wavinya Ndeti has extended an olive branch to her competitor Bernard Kiala in the just concluded party primaries.

Wavinya won the ticket for the Machakos governor seat with 299,312 votes against Kiala’s 4,663.

Kiala had obtained a court order barring Wiper from conducting the primaries since Wiper already had an agreement with Wavinya’s CCU to give her a…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Recruits die at hands of Shabaab over espionage claims

[dropcap]K[/dropcap]enyans who had been recruited into Al-Shabaab are being killed in a worrying manner, the government says.

Operation Linda Boni director James ole Seriani revealed that Kenyan recruits are no longer trusted by the militants in Somalia and are suspected to be government spies.

Addressing journalists at the Mwana Arafa Hotel in Lamu town today, Mr Seriani said a considerable…

View On WordPress

Two dead and six injured after gunman opens fire during pool party

Police have shot and killed a 49-year-old man suspected of shooting seven people at a birthday pool party in an apartment complex near the University of California, San Diego, authorities said.

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the victims, a woman, later died in hospital.

Officers received reports of a man shooting people by the swimming pool at around 6pm on Sunday, Chief Shelley Zimmerman said at a…

View On WordPress

#Americas #World #World Trending

Why Raila will never set foot as tenant in State House

[dropcap]THE[/dropcap] unveiling of Raila Odinga as the NASA presidential flag bearer and Kalonzo Musyoka as his running mate is no news at all.

It is something we in Jubilee expected. It has zero impact. It was just a confirmation of the obvious.

Raila has made several attempts to become the CEO of the Republic, starting his journey in 1997, 2007 and 2013, and on all these attempts performing…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Make me running mate, Wanjiru tells Sonko as Kenneth threatens to quit

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ishop Margaret Wanjiru wants Mike Sonko to name her running mate after losing to him in the Jubilee Nairobi primaries.

Sonko won the Jubilee ticket with 138,185 votes, while Wanjiru only managed 7,654 votes. Peter Kenneth a distant second with 62,504 votes.

Sonko will face off with ODM’s Evans Kidero in the August 8 polls.

Wanjiru said she has an MoU with Sonko to be his…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Ruto's allies split after fallout over Jubilee polls in Rift Valley

Ruto’s allies split after fallout over Jubilee polls in Rift Valley

[dropcap]A [/dropcap]further split has emerged among allies of Deputy President William Ruto with Governor Jackson Mandago leading a new political axis in the North Rift.

The group seeks to control politics and upstage the influence of Ruto’s aides.

Mandago, Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter, Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi and State House political advisor Joshua Kuttuny have agreed to work together to…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Passaris, Babu Owino secure ODM tickets for August polls

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]onu leader Babu Owino and businesswoman Esther Passaris have secured ODM tickets in the just concluded Nairobi primaries.

Owino garnered 6,093 votes for the Embakasi East MP ticket, while Passaris beat five opponents to get 65,104 votes for the Nairobi woman representative ticket.

Beatrice Kwamboka came second with 11,296 votes, while Jane Nyaboke came third with 4,677…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

Raila crafts new election strategy

[dropcap]BARELY[/dropcap] four days after the National Supper Alliance lineup was unveiled, its five principals have embarked on a mission to put their house in order and lay strategies to see them win on Election Day August 8.

On Thursday, Raila Odinga was announced the NASA torchbearer, Kalonzo Musyoka his running mate, Musalia Mudavadi the Premier Cabinet Secretary and Moses Wetang’ula and…

View On WordPress

#Elections 2017 #Local News #The Star

France election: Macron says EU must reform or face 'Frexit'

France election: Macron says EU must reform or face ‘Frexit’

The front-runner in the French presidential election has told the BBC that the EU must reform or face the prospect of “Frexit”

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]ro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen entered the last week of campaigning.

French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide between the pair.

Ms Le Pen has capitalised on anti-EU feeling, and…

View On WordPress

#Europe #World

Sex everywhere, except in marital beds

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]verywhere you turn, there is a sex scandal. From men of God cheating on their spouses with born-again church members; to married men and women who get busted by their spouses in lodging with their secret lovers.

Tales of husbands ‘hammering’ house girls and wives getting down and dirty with houseboys abound. Just the other day, the Daily Nation splashed a front-page story of…

View On WordPress

#Life and Love #Relationships

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Kenya Manenos