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04^TH NOV 2013 MMU FM NEWS  @2:00 BY MICHAEL NDIRANGU 

MEDIA OWNERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY HAVE AGREED TO FORM A SPECIAL CONTACT GROUP THAT WILL FORMALLY THRASH OUT STICKING POINTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE ANTI-MEDIA BILL THAT SPARKED BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE. AMONG THE CONTACT GROUP WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA OWNERS ASSOCIATION, MEDIA COUNCIL, KENYA CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION, KENYA UNION OF JOURNALISTS, PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY AND LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA. THE DATE FOR THE FORMAL ENGAGEMENT IS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED.

THE CASE INVOLVING FORMER CHIEF REGISTRAR OF THE JUDICIARY, GLADYS SHOLLEI, AND THE J.S.C HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE INDUSTRIAL COURT. MRS SHOLLEI IS CONTESTING THE DECISION BY THE J.S.C TO SACK HER. IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE INDUSTRIAL COURT AS IT IS NOW A CASE BETWEEN AN EMPLOYER AND AN EMPLOYEE.

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, DAVID KIMAIYO, ON SATURDAY SAID THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE GIRL WHO WAS GANG RAPED IN BUSIA HAD NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AS NO EVIDENCE WAS PRESENT TO LINK THE YOUTHS TO THE CRIME. THE GIRL’S MOTHER, ADMINISTRATION POLICE AND DOCTORS WHO TREATED THE GIRL HAVE RESPONDED OTHERWISE, HE SAYS.

THE COUNTY FIRE BRIGADE HAS CONTAINED A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT AT LINDI AREA IN KIBERA SLUMS RAZING DOWN SOME STRUCTURES. ASSESSMENT IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY A DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM FROM THE KENYA RED CROSS .

TWO FRENCH JOURNALISTS IN NORTHERN MALI WERE ASSASSINATED IN WHAT THE FRANCE FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBES AS COLD AND CALCULATED ASSASSINATIONS. THE JOURNALISTS WERE KILLED ON A DESERT TRACK 12KM EAST OF KIDAL. ONE OF THEM WAS SHOT ONCE WHILE THE OTHER THREE TIMES.       

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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.