Video: Kenyan & Nigerian businessmen engage to address the unexploited potential of intra-African trade

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Tourism and import export trade formed the thrust of the discussions that Kenyan businessmen had with their Nigerian counterparts during the 3-day bilateral talks held from the beginning of the week. Equity Bank’s Chief Executive James Mwangi in an exclusive interview with NTV’s Business Reporter Alex Mwangi, said success in attracting just a small percentage of Nigerians as tourists would lead to huge revenues for the sector. Here is more of what transpired from that visit.

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‘Two or three Americans’ among the gunmen at Nairobi mall - Kenyan foreign minister

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With the standoff apparently drawing to a close, there was a growing focus on the identity of the militants and how they could pull off a sophisticated assault that killed at least 62 people and keep security forces at bay for three days.

Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed said “two or three Americans” and “one Brit” were among the militants who perpetrated the attack.

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Kenya Mall Horror: Famous Ghanaian poet, Kenyan president's nephew died in attack

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Ghanaian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor, (pictured left) was among the 59 killed during the attack on Westgate Mall in Kenya yesterday. He was in Nairobi as a participant in the Storymoja Hay Festival, a 4-day celebration of writing, thinking and storytelling. The Ghanaian govt confirmed his death early Sunday morning. He was 78 years old. His son was also shot, but was not killed.

Also the president's nephew, Mbugua and his fiance Wahito (both pictured right) were killed in the attack yesterday.

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Hoodlums visit Kenyan shopping mall, at least 22 people killed

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 Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya this afternoon Saturday September 21 killing at least 22 people in what could possibly be a terrorist attack. An eyewitness claimed the gunmen told Muslims to stand up and leave the mall and that only non-Muslims would be targeted. By the time they finished shooting indiscriminately, at least 22 were dead and at least 50 people injured.

One survivor said and that the attackers started from the Westage mall ground floor and made their way to the top. He said they had grenades and AK-47 rifles and he saw at least five of them. Local TV stations reported that the gunmen took hostages as soldiers and local policemen surrounded the mall. Another survivor said he was shot at by a man who looked like a Somali.

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Kenyan man Seen hanging on a tree in New Jersey, U.S.A, Dead! (Photo)

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Police in Jersey city, New Jersey, have launched investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of a Kenyan man whose body was found hanging on a tree in one of the city’s parks.

On Tuesday, the body of Jeffrey Kililibwa, 61, was discovered dangling from a tree by a passerby in Lafayette Park.

Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, Gene Rubino, told a media briefing that Jersey City Police received a call from a woman taking her morning walk near Lafayette Park who said she saw a man hanging from a tree.

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Nigeria Grounds Kenyan Aircraft In Lagos

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The Federal Government has grounded a Kenyan aircraft that brought in three Nigerian deportees to the Murtala Mohammad International airport, Lagos, for defying security procedures.Detention of the aircraft with registration number 5Y-SAX, owned by Cavoc airlines, was ordered by the Ministry of Foreign affairs, when the aircraft landed on 3 June, carrying one Anthony Chinedu, and two others, accused of drug dealing, who was accompanied by 15 crew members.

Kenya’s new President, Uhuru Kenyatta has publicly directed security agencies to deport drug suspects, a situation which has a lot of suspicion that Nigerians are being targeted for deportation by whatever means. Nigerian businessmen in Kenya said they are being harassed by the Kenyan government because they are believed to have supported former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during general elections in March, but the government has denied this.

Kenyan Machete Killer Butchered 400 People In Homeland Stay In UK On Benefits

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A murderer who killed up to 400 people in his homeland has been granted asylum in Britain.

John Thuo, 27, who butchered many of his victims in machete attacks in his native Kenya, has spent a decade living here in rent-free accommodation provided by the National Asylum Support Service.

He is believed to receive an allowance of up to £160 a month from the service, the Home Office unit responsible for asylum seekers’ housing.

Thuo, who was a member of the outlawed Mungiki sect in Kenya, admitted at an immigration tribunal that he killed "about 100 to 400 people".

[Photos] Young Kenyan Mother Names New-Born Twins Barack Obama & Mitt Romney

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A 20-year-old woman found a way for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to forever be connected. Hopefully, they will be able to get along.

According to reports, a day after U.S. 2012 Election, Millicent Owuor, gave birth to twins in south-west Kenya on Wednesday [Nov. 7]. She named one brother Barack Obama and the other Mitt Romney, Kenya's Standard newspaper reported.