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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law a media Bill that journalists say will curtail press freedom. According to a BBC News report, the law gives the Kenyan authorities the power to raid media offices, tap phones and control broadcast content on grounds of national security. Kibaki said he had carefully considered the concerns but added that press freedom 'must go hand in hand with responsibility'. He said the Bill was crucial for Kenya's economic development. Kibaki added that regulating the electronic media would promote and 'safeguard our culture, moral values and nationhood'. The Standard reports that condemnation of...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Kenya will pave the way for increased cooperation between the two countries, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam said on Friday in Nairobi. In a meeting with Kenyan Vice President Stephene Kalonzo Musyoka, he stated that there has been substantial improvement in Tehran-Nairobi relations. Iranian companies are currently implementing road and power plant projects in Kenya and are interested in expanding their activities in the East African nation, Sheikholeslam said. He also expressed appreciation for the Kenyan president's invitation to Ahmadinejad. The Kenyan vice president stated that Nairobi is committed to supporting the Islamic Republic...

You might want to know a more about "Obama's dream". Let's begin in Kenya. Violence following their election December 27 included burning a church with 50 people inside while machete-armed mobs slaughtered 600 more people. Losing presidential candidate, Odinga, is behind this violence and heads up the Orange Democratic Movement. Odinga's father led the Communist opposition during the Cold War and Odinga was educated in Communist East Germany. In 1982 he was implicated in a failed coup against the Kenyan President. His eldest son is named after Fidel Castro. Odinga's electoral pact with the National Muslim Leaders' Forum (hardline Islamists)...

WorldNetDaily staff reporter and columnist Jerome Corsi's book "The Obama Nation" contributed to a decision by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga not to accept Sen. Barack Obama's invitation to attend the Democratic National Convention, according to a prominent Kenyan newspaper. "The cancellation of the trip by Mr. Odinga comes hot on the heels of the publication of a book that is being used to attack Mr. Obama in which the PM [Prime Minister] features," wrote Kenya's Daily Nation. "The book, The Obama Nation, by Jerome Corsi depicts Mr. Obama as a covert sympathizer of radical Islam and communism." "In the...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Officials say President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reached deal on a coalition Cabinet. The officials say Kibaki and Odinga agreed on a coalition Cabinet following seven hours of talks and will announce the new ministers Sunday afternoon. The officials, who requested not to be further identified, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. Isaiya Kabira, spokesman for Kibaki, told The Associated Press that there is a "good chance" a coalition Cabinet will be announced Sunday.

U.S. Urges Kenyan Leaders to Fulfill Power Sharing Commitment Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC April 8, 2008 On April 7 I spoke separately by telephone with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga to urge them to implement real power sharing by agreeing on the composition of their coalition cabinet. Both emphasized to me their strong commitment to do so. It is imperative that they form the cabinet without further delay and address the vitally important work of the nation. The United States and the entire international community stand ready to assist the coalition government and to...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's president and the top opposition leader have joined to appeal for US$400 million for an emergency humanitarian and reconstruction program. The call came on the day a global human rights watchdog accused politicians and police of helping orchestrate postelection violence in Kenya. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga presented representatives of 40 embassies - including Kenya's major creditors Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, Russia and the United States - with an outline of the emergency program Monday. "We want to restore peace; we want to resettle as well as reintegrate the displaced to...

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have signed an agreement to end the country's post-election crisis. At a ceremony in Nairobi, the two men put their signatures to a power-sharing deal brokered by ex-UN head Kofi Annan. --snip-- Speaking after the signing, Mr Kibaki said: "This process has reminded us that as a nation there are more issues that unite than that divide us... "We've been reminded we must do all in our power to safeguard the peace that is the foundation of our national unity... Kenya has room for all of us." Political violence has ignited...

NAIROBI, Kenya - International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders Wednesday to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned alive as they sought refuge in a church. ADVERTISEMENT The killing of up to 50 ethnic Kikuyus as they sheltered in a church in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret fueled fears of deepening tribal conflict in what has been one of Africa's most stable democracies.The Kikuyu, Kenya's largest ethnic group, are accused of using their dominance of politics and business to the detriment of others. President Mwai Kibaki, who won a second term in the...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of Kenyans fleeing election violence on Tuesday, and at least 15 people burned to death, police and a witness said as the president came under increasing pressure over the disputed vote. The European Union and the United States have refused to congratulate President Mwai Kibaki. The EU and four top Kenyan elections officials have called for an independent inquiry in what had been east Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy. Violence in response to the closest presidential election in Kenya's history has flared from the shantytowns of Nairobi to resort...

"Kenya's government has suspended all live television broadcasts as violence engulfed Nairobi following the re-election of incumbent president Mwai Kibaki." "A senior official from the Kenyan Television Network said it had been ordered to stop live broadcasts as rioters went on the rampage." "'This country is going to turn into a war zone,' The Associated Press quoted Kibari resident Elisha Kayugira as saying."

Kenya outlaws opposition rallies Kenya's government has banned opposition rallies and dismissed calls for new elections, days after voters rejected a new constitution. Vice-President Moody Awori said demonstrations supporting calls for elections would be seen as a "threat to national security". His warning follows Saturday's rally in the capital Nairobi celebrating the victory of the referendum "No" vote. The opposition had said the draft gave too many powers to the president. Mr Awori said in a statement that opposition calls for nationwide protests were "inappropriate". He said the rejection of the constitutional reforms were not grounds for new elections. "The...

President goes to bed as Kenya declines By Adrian Blomfield in Nairobi (Filed: 16/02/2005) President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya is said to have taken to his bed in despair, finding solace, according to a cabinet colleague, "only in the works of P G Wodehouse". His choice of author is telling. Mr Kibaki's two wives, when not bickering with each other, dictate the president's schedule and often lock out those who might offer him wiser counsel. Their resemblance to many a Wodehouse aunt may strike a chord with the increasingly doddery septuagenarian leader. Facing the biggest political crisis of his two-year...

THE United States yesterday announced it was suspending its funding of Kenya’s anti- corruption measures, amid a mounting sleaze crisis in the country.The British government said it was also reviewing contributions, following the resignation of Kenya’s leading anti-corruption official. The announcement is the latest setback for the government of Mwai Kibaki as he attempts to roll back 24 years of rampant sleaze under the former regime of Daniel Arap Moi. His most senior corruption fighter, John Githongo, resigned on Monday amid mounting international criticism that Kenya was dragging its feet on reform. Yesterday, William Bellamy, the US ambassador to Kenya,...

Hapless president stuck in the middle as two wives go to war By Adrian Blomfield in Nairobi (Filed: 14/01/2004) Kenya has become transfixed by a bedroom farce engulfing President Mwai Kibaki's family. The septuagenarian president has been revealed as having two wives, and the two women have been engaged in a very public spat. A New Year's Eve party attended by many dignitaries broke up in chaos after the First Lady became engaged in a shouting match with the vice-president. A few days later she forced her husband to sack his right-hand man. President Kibaki with his First Lady, Lucy...

A senior Kenyan academic who called for dramatic cuts in the powers of President Mwai Kibaki was shot dead at the weekend. Odhiambo Mbai, a political scientist and official of Kenya's constitutional convention, was murdered by gunmen who stormed into his home in Nairobi. President Mwai Kibaki Dr Mbai told colleagues three days before he died that he had received death threats and was being followed. A political scientist, he was a senior official of a conference drafting Kenya's new constitution, He had been due to unveil proposals tomorrow to transfer powers from Mr Kibaki to the new post of...

President Mwai Kibaki yesterday announced the creation of the National Security Intelligence Machinery, which will co-ordinate security and intelligence activities. Two thousand more police officers and 100 district officers will be recruited to enhance security and administration. The President made the remarks during an assessment of his government's achievements in its first 100 days in power and promised an even better future for Kenyans. Re-organising the various security agencies, he said, had boosted peace and security for Kenyans. "Indeed, over the past three months, we have seen a substantial drop in the crime rate," he said. Mr Kibaki said Narc's...