EAST AFRICA RADIO USA

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

Fourteen people have been killed and over 66 others injured in simultaneous attacks on two churches in Garissa Town.Sources said the balaclava-clad men shot dead two police officers at the African Inland Church (AIC) and used their guns to shoot the worshippers.They also hurled grenades into the churches. The twin attacks on the Our Lady of Consolata Catholic Church and the Garissa AIC took place around 10.20am.In the first instance, three men drove into the AIC compound, two alighted from the vehicle and walked towards the police officers who were seated about 20 metres from the church.They shot them dead with pistols at close range. They then took their firearms, two AK47 rifles loaded with 60 rounds of ammunition, and fired several shot in the air — forcing the congregation to rush towards the back door for safety.They then hurled two grenades into the church and opened fire indiscriminately, killing nine worshippers on the spot.They escaped in their car. The bodies of the victims lay in a heap at the back door of the church, an indication that they were trying to escape from the executioners. Most of them were shot in the head.One of the police officers was identified as Issa Mohammed Aden, who was recently transferred from the Diplomatic Police Unit in Nairobi.He was buried a few hours after the attack at the Technical Muslim Cemetery. The identity of the other officer was withheld until the next of kin are notified of his death. Around the same time, another group hurled two grenades at the Catholic Church but one did not explode. Mr Daniel Munyasia, a guard on duty, said the attackers escaped on foot into a waiting vehicle.This came as security forces scoured the porous border with war-torn Somalia in search of four aid workers kidnapped from Dadaab refugee camp on Friday.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

The high court has revoked the appointment of the 47 county commissioners by President Kibaki.High court Judge Mumbi Ngugi in her ruling said the president had erred in the appointment of the commissioners as he had over looked several articles in the constitution.Justice Ngugi said that the president had failed to observe the constitution which had clearly outlined that no one gender should occupy more than two thirds of any given government appointments.She said the appointments were don without consultation and concurrence with the Prime Minister  Raila Odinga.The judge said the appointments lacked a competitive and participatory selection process which involves public participation in the process of picking candidates.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

The COTU secretary general Mr Francis Atwoli has lauded the decision by the Foreign Affairs ministry to suspend recruiting agencies from recruiting domestic workers to the Middle East.Atwoli now wants the government to arrest the scrupulous agents who have over the years duped Kenyans by getting them into substandard enslaving contracts with employers who end up mistreating them.“Some of these agencies are paid upfront, and when someone goes to work there, they don’t get paid and are later informed the recruiting agency was paid all their dues upfront,” said Atwoli.Atwoli further called on the government to confiscate recruiting certificates from the agencies until new policies protecting domestic workers abroad are put in place.Referring to his closing address to the 101st International Labour Congress that was recently held at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Atwoli cited youth unemployment in the country as a ticking time bomb, a situation pushing many young Kenyans to work in demeaning and life threatening environments.Kenya joins a growing list of countries that have placed such bans, preventing their workers from working in the Middle East, following revelations of sexual harassment, mistreatment and even murder in the hands of employers.The ban will stay in place until all recruitment agencies are vetted, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs ministry on Friday.The ministry’s diplomatic secretary, Mr Patrick Wamoto, said the government was concerned that most Kenyans seeking jobs in the Arab countries returned home in tears.“The complaints received range from mistreatment, lack of payment of salaries, over-work, denial of food and lack of communication with their relatives in Kenya. In some cases, the Kenyans are lured by unscrupulous and unregistered agents who promise them non-existent lucrative jobs” Mr Wamoto said.

State House has rebuked an MP over claims that it is sponsoring several political parties to manipulate President Kibaki’s succession race. Mr Cyrus Jirongo, a statement from the Presidential Press Service said, “should be telling Kenyans what he will do to transform their lives, not yapping ‘State House, State House’ every time he opens his mouth”. It described the Lugari MP’s statements as careless and irresponsible, dismissing him as a “political activist whose political and business history is very well known to the Kenyan public”.The latter was in reference to the notoriety Mr Jirongo gained as a moneyed campaigner for President Moi through the Youth for Kanu ‘92 outfit ahead of the 1992 General Election.The President was responding to a series of public claims by Mr Jirongo that the United Democratic Forum (UDF) of Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi and the United Republican Party (URP) of Eldoret North MP William Ruto were among parties sponsored by State House.Mr Jirongo has also posted on his Twitter and YouTube pages videos of him making the allegations at a public function where Mr Mudavadi was present.“We are aware that the government is sponsoring six political parties to field presidential candidates to divide communities with large number of voters for their selfish gains,” he said at the weekend in Busia.He claimed that Mr Mudavadi and Mr Ruto would divide the vote so that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta can succeed President Kibaki.

One man has been killed and seven others injured after a grenade attack in Mishomoroni area near Mombasa Town.The 10pm incident occurred at a bar as patrons watched a football match.When Nation journalists arrived at the scene, rescue teams from the St John's Ambulance were rushing victims to Coast General Hospital in Mombasa.Witnesses said they saw two men and a woman arrive in a Rav 4 car, walk towards the bar and shortly afterwards the blasts occurred as the car sped off.Mr Emmanuel Omondi told the Nation that he was in the pub for a few minutes and left to escort a friend when he heard successive explosions.“At first I thought it was the transformer which had blown up because it has been having problems. But a few minutes later I heard a second blast and then a third one and realised these were explosions,” he said.He and other patrons who escaped unhurt helped carry some of the injured to matatus that rushed them to hospital before police and rescue teams arrived.Provincial Police boss Aggrey Adoli and teams from the Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Investigations departments cordoned off the area even as a large crowd began to gather outside the bar.Provincial Police boss Aggrey Adoli and teams from the Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Investigations departments cordoned off the area even as a large crowd began to gather outside the bar.

The MPs were reversing an earlier amendment by Bura MP Dr Abdi Nuh exempting serving MPs and councillors from the post-secondary training rule until 2017.If signed into law, the most notable casualties will be Mr Muthama, Maison Leshoomo, Clement Waibara, Gidion Mbuvi “Sonko,” Najib Balala, Sheikh Mohammed Dor, Masoud Mwahima, Joseph Kiuna, Gideon Mung’aro, Shakila Abdallah and Raphael Letimalo.Others are assistant ministers Beatrice Kones, Jebii Kilimo, Calist Mwatela, Wakoli Bifwoli, Ramadhan Kajembe and Gonzi Rai.And, according to the Parliament website Tourism minister Dan Mwazo, a holder of a diploma from Riverstate University and a certificate from Rafriver College.The Office of Public Communications indicates that Public Health minister Beth Mugo has numerous diplomas and certificates.Water minister Charity Ngilu and Medical Services assistant minister Kambi Kazungu are currently pursuing their bachelors degrees and expect to graduate before the end of the year.Eldoret North MP William Ruto, a presidential hopeful who is a doctoral student at the University of Nairobi, is among a few MPs pursuing higher education.Information on the website shows that ODM Nominated MP Rachel Shebesh trained as a fashion designer at a college in England. Mr Wakoli, a retired primary school teacher, once served as Knut executive secretary in Bungoma.

  Terry Kairu is a Regional Vice President and a Registered Principal in the Financial Industry.  She runs and operate a Brokerage Office in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with her family.  She grew up in Nairobi and attended School in Nairobi and Kianda College, Nairobi.   In Kenya she worked with the Kenya Railways, Kenya Power & Lighting, Kenya Ports Authority and lastly Bamburi Portland Cement, in Mombasa.   In 1986 became a full time entrepreneur and became an employer.  She was one of the Delegates who participated when Kenya and South Africa signed an Agreement to allow their Citizens to travel without VISAS.   She was also a delegate with the Ministry of External Trade a trip that took them to France.  Terry has been to Italy, Germany, UK, Hong Kong, India, Tunisia, Egypt, Spain, France, Luxemburg, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa before settling in the USA as a Financial Professional. She is a Board member of Kenya Community in Atlanta and Board member of other organizations e.g. Baraka Springs LLC, FEP Group of Companies and MGN LLC, African Association of Georgia.  She is also a Pioneer member of Kenya University Project in Kenya.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

MPs can now freely hop from one political party to another and still secure their parliamentary seats.MPs passed changes to the Political Parties Act to allow MPs and councillors to defect from their political parties and still retain their seats.But the House rejected proposals by Chepalungu  MP Isaac Ruto to allow presidential candidates and the deputy presidents to also contest in other elective positions even as they seek the top seat.Mr Ruto wanted changes to the Elections Act to provide that incase a presidential candidate and the deputy win in their bid for the top seat, they can forfeit the lesser position.However, the amendments were unanimously rejected by the House with MPs who sat late into the night to debate changes to the Statute law Miscellaneous Bill dismissing it as unconstitutional and unnecessary.The contentious amendments to allow defections were approved during an acrimonious debate pitting ODM MPs allied to Prime Minister Raila Odinga who vehemently opposed the changes, against the others who were the majority.Temporary Speaker Dr Joyce Laboso had a difficult time controlling the rowdy MPs which saw Nominated ODM MP Rachel Shebesh thrown out for misconduct.Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto (ODM) successfully proposed an amendment to section 22 of the Elections Act 2011 to provide that a presidential candidate and the deputy be eligible for nomination and also contest in any other elective seat in the next elections.Gachoka MP Mutava Musyimi's amendments seeking to have MPs defect to other parties without losing their parliamentary parties was approved by the House. Mr Musyimi, a PNU MP with presidential ambitions under the Democratic Party proposed to amend the Political Parties Act and suspend until after the next elections, requirements that any MP or councillor who defects to another party other than the one sponsoring the politician to Parliament or Local Authority resign and by extension, seek a fresh mandate.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

Will politicians live up to the promises of working together as did the late George Saitoti and the late Orwa Ojodeh? We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.

We are the leading radio for the African diaspora all over the globe..Join us live online http://www.eastafricaradiousa.com or on phone by dialing +1 712 432 2370 Ext 1 or call us for assistance on +1 202 361 5970..Thanks for being our listener.