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4^TH NOV 2013 NEWS 11.00AM  CLARE AMINGA

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA WILL THIS MORNING TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA ON A THREE DAY OFFICIAL VISIT. HIS DEPUTY WILLIAM RUTO WILL RUN STATE AFFAIR IN HIS ABSENCE AFTER THE ICC GRANTED HIM AN OFF TO SKIP HIS TRIALS FOR A WEEK. MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED ON ALL POLITICIANS LEADERS TO UNITE FOR THE SAKE OF KENYANS.

THE 7^TH WITNESS IN  THE ICC CASE AGAINST DEPUTY PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO AND JOURNALIST JOSHUA SANG WILL TAKE TO THE STAND TODAY. HOWEVER RUTO’S DEFENSE WILL FIRST CONCLUDE CROSS EXAMINING THE 6^TH PROSECUTION WITNESS. THE TRIALS WILL BE ADJOURNED ON FRIDAY.

 

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO STUBBED TO DEATH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN A DOMESTIC QUARREL IN NAIROBI ‘S DONHOLM ESTATE LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS SEEN BY NEIGHBORS RUSHING THE WOMAN TO A NEARBY CLINIC BUT LATER DUMPED HER BODY ON THE ROAD AFTER REALIZING SHE HAD DIED. 

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA HAS ASSURED THAT HE WILL NOT ASCEND TO THE MEDIA  AMENDMENT BILL BEFORE HE CONSULTS WITH MAJOR  STAKEHOLDERS. HIS DEPUTY WILLIAM RUTO HAS ALSO RETALIATED THAT PRESS FREEDOM WILL BE APPEALED IN THE COUNTRY. HE HAS CALLED ON THE MEDIA TO PRACTICE RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM.

AT LEAST 1.3 MILLION NEW CASES OF BREAST CANCER AND MORE THAN 450THOUSAND DEATHS ARE REPORTED YEARLY. JOYCE NETTO WHO SAYS IN LUO AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES THE DISEASE IS ON THE RISE AS A RESULT OF URBANIZATION AND ADOPTION OF WESTERN LIFESTYLES. SHE SAYS THE TREND CAN BE REVERTED IF ADEQUATE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES ARE PUT IN PLACE.

CHIEF JUSTICE WILLY MUTUNGA HAS ASKED THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE TO TAKE UP THE GANG RAPE CASE OF A BUSIA PUPIL WHICH HAS ATTRACTED GLOBAL ATTENTION. THE GIRL WAS RAPED FROM THE 26^TH JUNE AND THROWN INTO A PIT LATRINE TO CONCEAL THE CRIME BUT NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST THE SUSPECTS. LAST WEEK WOMEN ACTIVISTS HELD A PROTEST IN TOWN OVER THE ISSUE.