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Kenya census : Population increase pose security challenges for police

By LUVEI TIMES Reporter | Nairobi, Kenya
THE population increase in Kenya poses more challenges for understaffed police officers who lack sufficient equipment to perform duties.
The national census results released on Tuesday in Nairobi indicate police to population ratio is still wide, against a backdrop of a temporary freeze of recruitment of officers. The [...]

Panasonic Introduces World’s First1 3D Consumer Camcorder

Osaka, Japan
Panasonic Corporation, an industry leader in Full HD 3D and HD TV technology, unveiled today the world’s first 3D camcorder for consumers. The HDC-SDT750 camcorder allows anyone to create powerful, true-to-life 3D images by simply attaching a 3D conversion lens that comes with the camcorder. Even without the 3D conversion lens, this innovative [...]

The Beetle that saved Lake Victoria

By Brad Collis
Lake Victoria, legendary source of the Nile and cradle of early human evolution was finally losing its capacity to support human life.
In 1998 several multi-million dollar harvesting machines were sent to the lake as a European answer to the crisis. Various chemical companies also set up office in Kampala, Uganda, hoping to secure [...]

Nairobi : Kenya security forces pursue Al Shabaab militia briefly into Somalia territory

By LUVEI TIMES Reporter | Nairobi, Kenya
KENYA security Forces made a brief incursion into Somalia following the attack on a policeman at Liboi border checkpoint by gunmen suspected to be members of Al Shabaab militia.
The penetration across was aimed at infiltrating the militia group, which has frequently raided Kenya in a bid to impose its [...]

Kenya: Junior police officer in a go-slow over 28% salary increase

By Luvei Times Reporter
POLICE operations in Nairobi were yesterday paralyzed after some disgruntled officers protesting against a meager salary increase, tampered with the communication system.
Senior officers were unable to issue instructions via pocket radios since some junior officers were responding through the same media by throwing tantrums back. The officers told their seniors [...]

Of our tribal suspicion and incitement, who stands to benefit in Kenya

By Luchiri Edmond | Western Kenya
Early in the year, there were chilling reports attributed to rights groups based in the north-rift region about communities arming in anticipation for conflict against enemies either real or perceived. A casual spot check in several parts of the country further reveals a prevailing worrying state of affairs in as [...]

Kenya leaders condemn NO Constitution change meeting bomb blast attack

By LUVEI TIMES REPORTER
A SPECIAL team has been formed to track down architects of the Uhuru park blasts that left six people dead and more 100 others hospitalized as the Government asked anyone with crucial information to pass it to security agencies.
Bomb and forensic experts have been ordered to complete investigations within the shortest [...]

Kenya: Record Cocaine haul seized, smuggler arrested

By Hudson Gumbihi | Nairobi, Kenya
A UGANDAN woman has been arrested in Nairobi in connection with Cocaine valued at Shs 85.6 million, the largets bust in the recent years.
Ann Birugi Bisaso was posing both as a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative and official of the Uganda foreign ministry when she was seized at Jomo Kenyatta [...]

FIFA World Cup Pre-view: Nigeria Vs Argentina

Luvei Times News
Lionel Messi believes anything can happen at the finals of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. World Player of the Year Messi says Greece won Euro2004, so why can’t it happen at the World Cup? Speaking ahead of Argentina’s opening Group B match against Nigeria at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, the Barcelona [...]

FIFA World Cup 2010 preview Grup E : Cameroon Vs Japan

Luvei Times News
Shunsuke Nakamura says his team is physically small so they must deal with the others by being better organised. The former Celtic play-maker and his Japanese team have been drawn in Group E alongside Denmark, the Netherlands and Cameroon.
It’s the Africans they play first in the city of Bloemfontein on June 14th. [...]