SABAOT BIBLE DEDICATION INVITE You are invited to the Sabaot Bible Dedication Ceremony Date: 10th June 2012 Venue: Kibuk Girls Secondary School, Kapsakwony, Mt. Elgon Time: 10:00am Depart on 9th June Come back on 11th June Cost: Kshs. 7,000 which includes:- Transport: Kshs 3,000 and Accommodation Kshs. 4,000 i.e. 2 nights half board exclusive of lunch. (9th June & 10th June) Those who would like to attend the dedication kindly contact Grace Njeru mwende@btlkenya.org of BTL by end of Tuesday 22nd May 2012 to enable us make bookings in good time Kind regards, Peris Kiriko Communications Officer Bible Translation and Literacy (E.A.) P.O. Box 44456-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0) 20 271 0920 / 271 0811 Cell Phone: +254 722 209606 / 735 333065 Skype:periskiriko www.btlkenya.org
Kenya: Mudslides Kill Two in Mt ElgonBy Nicholas Wamalwa, Posted 13 May 2012 Two people have been killed and property worth thousands of shillings destroyed by mudslides in three Mount Elgon villages caused by heavy rain. Councillors Job Kipnusu and Pius Muyei told reporters in Kitale yesterday that James Bwayo, a former bursar at ChweleSecondary School, died at Changeywa village, and Boaz Wanyonyi from Kutere village also lost his life.......................to read more click here.
Kenya: Sh1.8 Billion Water Project for Busia and Bungoma-Mt. Elgon. Posted 13 May, 2012. The Mt Elgon-Bungoma-Teso gravity water and sanitation project will increase water by 25 per cent by 2016. The project will provide water to communities in Cheptais, Bungoma West, Bumula, Teso North, Teso South and Nambale districts.......................to read more click here.
Kenya: Bomb Found On Farm in Kaptaywa Forest Scares Mt Elgon Residents BY HILTON OTENYO. Posted 13 May, 2012. A bomb was discovered on a farm in Mt Elgon on Wednesday evening by workers who were were clearing land at Kiptaywa forest. The workers reported the discovery to the assistant chief of Chemondi sub-location Ndiema Monno who informed the police who immediately sealed the area......................to read more click here.
Kenya: Salome Matakwei, 'Some People Still Hate Me' Posted 13 May, 2012. Mt Elgon — Between 2006 and 2008, a self-styled militia, the Sabot Land Defence Forces (SLDF), carried out an insurgency to correct what its leaders said were injustices committed during a land distribution exercise which began in 1972 in Chebyuk, in the western Kenyan district of Mount Elgon. In the process, however, SLDF engaged in rape, murder and the physical punishment of those in the region it saw as enemies, according to local human rights NGO the Independent Medico-Legal Unit. Hundreds of people were displaced...........to read more click here.
Kenya: Mt Elgon Residents Stop IEBC's Voter Education Posted 13 May 2012. A group of Mt Elgon residents yesterday stopped a voter education session called by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. IEBC officials were forced to cut short voter education in Mt Elgon following protests by the residents.........to read more click here.
Pre-Colonial History of the Kalenjin: Methodological Approaches. By Amb. B.E Kipkorir - Kenya. (Posted by Kipsisey Sobett).Posted May 10th, 2012. A proposed multi-disciplinary seminar to be convened by Benjamin E. Kipkorir[i] on Wednesday 30 May 2012 at the Eldoret Club, Eldoret....................to read more click here. 
[i]Amb. Dr Benjamin Edgar Kipkorir (Left Photo) has done extensive researches on Kalenjin history, spanning five decades. He studied at Makerere University (BA) and University of Cambridge (UK) for PhD, which he completed in 1969, being the first Kalenjin to have received such qualifications at the time. Thereafter, he taught at the Department of History, University of Nairobi, for thirteen years, being the director of the Institute of African Studies for seven years. He is the author of several books on the history and social anthropology of the Kalenjin: The Marakwet of Kenya (1973, revised 2008), Kerio Valley Past, Present and Future (1983), Descent from Cherang’any Hills (2009), etc......to read more click here.
Kenya: Former Chief set to join politics. By Daniel Psirmoi. Posted 10th May, 2012.  A former chief of Kinyoro Location, in Saboti constituency Henry Ndiema has announced that he will quit his current job and join politics. He will contest for the county representative seat of Kinyoro-Kisawai ward. He was the area chief from 1996-2002. Prior to joining the local administration he was an administration police officer based in Kitale. The former administrator who was redeployed back to his old job in 2002 and has risen through ranks in the Administration police to become a chief inspector, is currently the deputy chief security officer at the prime minister’s office. Henry who made history by becoming a chief at the age of 27.....................to read more click here. |