El presidente de EEUU y su esposa recibieron a un grupo de visitantes el día que se reanudaron los tours guiados tras meses de inactividad por recortes. El mandatario saludó personalmente a todos.
Obama sorprendió a turistas en la Casa Blanca
El Manchester City venció 5 a 2 de local con dos tantos del delantero argentino.
Doblete del “Kun” en goleada del City frente al CSKA de Rusia
Se trata de Claudio Caneto, que se refirió a los pueblos originarios como “indios de mierda” el pasado 12 de octubre. El Ministerio de Educación provincial decidó hoy su apartamiento del cargo de vicedirector del colegio Alejandro Carbó.
Desplazan al vicedirector del Carbó por afirmaciones discriminatorias
La nueva conferencia de paz con vistas a realizarse en Ginebra aún no tiene fecha firme debido a la reticencia de las partes a dialogar. Los rebeldes condicionan su participación a la salida del presidente.
Las potencias no logran que la oposición siria y Al Asad negocien
La misión internacional encargada del desmantelamiento químico no dispone de dinero para terminar su misión a mitad de 2014.
Siria: los fondos para el desarme llegan hasta fin de año
El presidente Peña Nieto intenta lanzar un sistema de pensión universal para llegar al 47% de los mayores que no reciben ayuda.
Mexico busca estatizar los fondos jubilatorios de las AFJP
Los ministros del máximo tribunal de Justicia manifestaron su malestar por algunas versiones periodísticas, a las que calificaron como “barbaridades”. Además elebarobarron un documento explicando, una vez más, el funcionamiento interno de la Corte.
Corte Suprema: “Se inventaron historias para crear sospechas”
La tasa de desempleados en el país ibérico aumentó 1,84% respecto a septiembre. Son más de 4 millones 800 mil españoles los que padecen la falta de empleo bajo en gobierno del conservador Mariano Rajoy.
Subió el desempleo en España
Governor Alfred Mutua
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei Tuesday accused Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua of illegally encroaching on the land belonging to the department of veterinary services.
Koskei claimed the county government had seized 1,450 acres belonging to the ministry and built a road, governor’s house and sunk a borehole without consent.
“Land belonging to the ministry is under attack; already the Machakos governor has excised part of our land belonging to the State Department of Livestock,” he said.
No comment
The latest claim may jeopardise Friday’s launch that’s set to be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Tuesday, Governor Mutua declined to comment on the row. “No comment,” he told The Standard on phone. When pressed to comment on whether it was true his house was being constructed on part of the land, he replied: “I still don’t have any comment.”
The minster, who was speaking in his office when he presided over issuing of performance contracts to all parastatals that fall under him, accused the county government of chasing away officers from the ministry who had gone to erect beacons on the disputed land.
Koskei told journalists that he had toured the plot and met Dr Mutua to reinforce the ministry’s position that they are not ready to let any inch of that land go. “To avoid any conflicts, we agreed to put beacons on the land but unfortunately the county government decided to chase away our officers who had gone to erect them.”
The land totalling about 3,600 acres was set aside by the colonial government in 1922 for livestock holding ground for the Kenya Meat Commission, disease surveillance and for training in animal health.
Bone of contention
The bone of contention, however, is the construction of a road and governor’s house within the vet land. Dr Mutua has offered to compensate the department with an alternative land but the ministry has rejected.
“You cannot encroach on someone’s land and then seek to hold negotiations with that person. Our position is that this land is our and move out,” Koskei added.
The Agriculture secretary has since written to National Lands Commission seeking intervention to secure title for the land.
“Development is not only building malls, skyscrapers, hospitals or hotels but also research, disease surveillance and animal production. This does not mean we are opposed to counties developing new cities.”
Koskei directed all parastals chiefs and boards to move with speed and reclaim any land that has been grabbed.
By Geoffrey Mosoku, The Standard
Governor Alfred Mutua accused of ‘grabbing’ public land for Machakos City
Deputy President William Ruto
International Criminal Court (ICC) judges handling the case said the excusal granted on Friday last week constituted an “exceptional circumstance” under which an accused can be absent from trial.
“The Chamber is satisfied that the circumstances are exceptional,” the bench said as they gave reasons why they granted the request.
Ruto was allowed to return home to take charge of Government as Uhuru left for a two-day official visit to South Africa. During the visit, Uhuru was expected to attend the Joint Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Summit of Heads of State and Government.
Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji said the meetings were planned with the hope that the cases would have adjourned on November 1, as was initially scheduled.
“Postponement or cancellation of the meetings would not be easy for the countries involved,” he said.
By Felix Olick, The Standard
Judges defend William Ruto’s excusal from ICC
online News 