Let Uhuru go: Why Uhuru defence lawyers want ICC case terminated immediately

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s defence lawyers have asked the trial chamber to terminate the proceedings against uhuru. In their response to prosecutor fatou bensouda’s request for further adjournment of the trial date, defecne lawyers stevn kay and gillian higgins have told the judges that since bensouda has no credible case and no evidence to support the charges against uhuru, it was time to put a stop to the case.

Familia ya Steenkamp yapinga uamuzi

Familia ya Reeva Steenkamp ambaye aliuawa kwa kupigwa risasi na mwanariadha wa Afrika kusini Oscar Pistorius imekasirishwa na uamuzi wa jaji wa kesi hiyo baada ya kumpata na hatia ya mauaji ya kutokusudia na kumuondoalea mashtaka ya mauaji.

June Steenkamp amesema kuwa mwanawe ambaye alikufa vibaya hakufanyiwa haki.

Amesema kuwa hakuamini kwamba jaji wa kesi hiyo alikubali ushahidi wa Oscar Pistorius kwamba alidhani bi Reeva Steenkamp alikuwa mtu ambaye alikuwa amevamia nyumba yao.

Hatahivyo mjombaake Pistorius alimshukuru jaji huyo kwa kumuondolea mashtaka ya mauaji mwanariadha huyo.

Oscar Pistorius ataendelea kuwa nje kwa dhamana hadi hukumu yake itakapotolewa mnamo mwezi ujao.

Meet DJ NAKUMATT: The Only DJ On Earth Who Mixes With his Mouth. He Does not Need Turntables.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCx5QWWwec

His Name is Dj Nakumatt. His Mix has been doing rounds on Social Media for a while now something that attracted the public attention thus being invited on Churchill Show.

Starting from his Name Dj Nakumatt it makes you laugh your ribs out, how the hell did he come up with such a name which in Kenya its associated with one of the largest Supermarkets. I guess with his kind of Mixing I can refer it to “NAKUMATT” simply because he can mix anything from Bongo, gospel, dancehall, reggae name them.

The Funniest Part of it is the Mix; Listen to it below;

Kenya is safe, Obama's sister tells America Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000134779/Kenya-kenya-is-safe-obama-s-sister-tells-america?utm_source=sarah-okuoro&utm_campaign=september&utm_medium=st

US President Barack Obama’s step sister Dr Auma Obama has advised the Kenya government to open a negotiation forum with foreign countries, which issued travel ban against the country over in security. Dr Obama, who is the Managing Trustee of Sauti Kuu, an organisation that trains youth on wealth creation within rural areas, told the world and Americans that Kenya is a safe place. “At first I felt threatened when I came for holiday in Mombasa from Germany but after staying here for six days I felt safe,” she said adding most of security incidents reported about Kenya are isolated and should not scare tourists. Dr Obama spoke yesterday at Severin Hotel after meeting Mombasa philanthropists to share with them experiences she had learnt in other parts of the World. “What one reads or hears outside is totally different from what is on the ground. As far as I am concerned, Kenya is still the best tourist destination in the world,” said Dr Obama. “As a Kenyan who lives abroad, I feel some of these incidents are overblown by international media because when I am here, I don’t see what I read while I am in Germany,” she said. She said after her own assessment after visiting various places in Coast, she is convinced that Kenya is not a dangerous country after all. She said there was enough security in Mombasa: “I have seen enough security personnel in the beaches I visited. I am surprised to see a different situation from media reports.” See also: How Uhuru plans to counter terror a year after deadly raid She said her organisation which operates in Western region was imparting knowledge to the youth to learn skills on how to create wealth. She said there was enough wealth in rural areas adding that people need to discard the old belief that one can only become rich by moving to urban areas: “Western parts of Kenya experiences good climate and has fertile soil which need to be tapped for better livelihoods.”
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000134779/Kenya-kenya-is-safe-obama-s-sister-tells-america?utm_source=sarah-okuoro&utm_campaign=september&utm_medium=st

Smart Answers to Stupid Interview Questions

 

A job interview is a weird experience. Sometimes you to go a job interview and meet wonderful, sparky people you could talk with for hours. Other times you show up and your first thought is "I wouldn't work in this toxic waste dump for ten million dollars."

The traditional interview format is a big part of the problem. Somebody came up with the standard, lame interview script sixty or seventy years ago and it's still going strong.

The standard interview script is brainless and insulting and it doesn't even do a good job of separating the best candidates from the worst ones. Still, people who are afraid to try new things don't dare deviate from it.

You know the script I'm talking about. It's the one with these three stupid interview questions in it:

• What's your greatest weakness?
• With all the talented candidates, why should we hire you?
• Where do you see yourself in five years?

It isn't the interviewer's fault that they ask such thoughtless and uncreative questions. Somebody told them to. I wouldn't count out an entire organization just because somebody uses some of these dog interview questions, but if everybody in the joint is stuck in the same sixty-year-old interview-script time warp, you may want to keep looking.

As a manager, you don't have to ask the standard, stupid job interview questions when you interview candidates. Here are ten smarter questions you can use instead.

As a job-seeker, you get to decide how to answer stupid job interview questions when they come up. You can go the good-little-sheepie route and give the standard answer, like this:

THEM: With all the talented candidates, why should we hire you?

YOU: Well, I'm hard-working and I've got a lot of experience, I'm loyal and thrifty and never come late to work, and besides that I walk old ladies across the street.

People tell us all the time "I went to the interview and the words that came out of my own mouth horrified me. I felt like a brown-noser and a suckup. I don't talk that way in real life. I fell into the script and I couldn't climb out!"

We've all been there. You're likely to fall into the good-little-sheepie job seeker script by accident if you don't prepare yourself in advance. You can get off the script and stay human in a job interview, and you'll be happy if you do.

For starters, if you shake up the script and give your interviewer an answer s/he wasn't expecting, you'll force him or her to think. That's good. You'll be more memorable that way, and if the interviewer is horrified that you'd step out of the box, what does that tell you?

It tells you that you don't want that job anyway.

Here are our three stupid interview questions and a choice of two answers for each one. The first answer is the standard sheepie answer, and the second one is for use when your mojo is high and you feel like busting a frame and growing your muscles a little.

Stupid Interview Question: "What's your greatest weakness?"

SHEEPIE ANSWER: "I'm a hard worker, and I can be too hard on myself and other people when I think that either me or somebody else could give a little more to a project."

HIGH-MOJO ANSWER: "I used to obsess about my weaknesses. I used to think I had a million defects that needed correcting, and I read books and took classes to try to improve on them.

Gradually I learned that it makes no sense for me to work on things that I'm not great at, and it makes no sense for me to think of myself as having weaknesses. These days I focus on getting better at things I'm already good at -- graphic design, especially."

Stupid Interview Question: "With all the talented candidates, why should we hire you?"

SHEEPIE ANSWER: "I've been working in this arena for sixteen years and I've got a great track record."

HIGH-MOJO ANSWER: "That's what we're here to figure out, I guess! I can't say that you should hire me.

There might be somebody else who's perfect for the job - you've met the other candidates or will meet them, and of course you know more about the needs here than I do.

I can say this - if this match is meant to be, both of us will know it."

Stupid Interview Question: "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

SHEEPIE ANSWER: "Working hard here or in another Financial Analyst role, with luck moving up to Senior Financial Analyst and being more involved in strategic investments than I've been so far."

HIGH-MOJO ANSWER: "Exploring one of my passions, undoubtedly -- maybe in Finance, or my interest in ecommerce or in an international role. I have a lot of passions!"

You get to decide how far to turn the mojo dial in every interview. You already know how it feels to sit in the chair and play the Good Little Job Seeker. What would happen if you stepped out of the box on your next job interview, and played yourself?

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Palin family in Alaska brawl: 'Alcohol was believed to be a factor'

Police confirm ‘verbal and physical altercation’ took place outside house party in Anchorage, where former governor Sarah Palin was reported to have shouted: ‘Do you know who I am?’

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Sarah Palin. The Anchorage police department said: ‘We are reviewing the case to determine whether charges will be filed.’ Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

For once, there were no cameras rolling.

Since her ill-fated 2008 run for vice-president, Sarah Palin and her family have been a constant television presence, appearing in their own reality show and, more recently, on her very own Sarah Palin channel.

The most dramatic recent chapter in the Palin story appears, however, to be documented only by witness accounts – and an evolving police report. Alaska authorities are considering filing criminal charges related to a large fistfight said to involve multiple members of the family in the Overview neighbourhood of Anchorage last Saturday night.

Palin family members were present at a party where 20 people ended up in an alcohol-fuelled melee in the front yard, police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro told the Alaska Dispatch News.

Sarah Palin herself got in on the action, ABC News reported in an interview with a party attendee, who quoted the former governor as screaming at unknown combatants: “Do you know who I am?!”

Palin was the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee and currently is host of Amazing America with Sarah Palin on the Sportsman Channel. She and husband Todd are the parents of five children, at least two of whom were central protagonists in the weekend brawl, according to Alaska politics blogger Amanda Coyne, who wrote:

The owner of the house gets involved, and he probably wished he hadn’t. At this point, he’s up against nearly the whole Palin tribe: Palin women screaming. Palin men thumping their chests. Word is that [daughter] Bristol has a particularly strong right hook, which she employed repeatedly.

The Anchorage police department confirmed on Thursday that a “verbal and physical altercation” had taken place outside the residence, where a party was being held in part to celebrate Todd Palin’s 50th birthday.

“We are still reviewing the case, along with our municipal attorney’s office to determine whether any charges will be filed,” Castro, the police spokeswoman, told the Alaska paper in an email.

“A preliminary investigation by police revealed that a party had been taking place at a nearby residence and a fight had broken out between multiple subjects outside of the residence,” she added.

“None of the involved parties wanted to press charges at the time of the incident and no arrests were made at the scene. Alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the incident. Some of the Palin family members were in attendance at the party.”

In a Facebook message posted on Sunday wishing her husband a happy birthday, Sarah Palin said she had been “travelling” on Saturday.

In Coyne’s account, the fight began after Track Palin, Palin’s oldest son and an Iraq war vet, arrived at the party in a “stretch Hummer” and saw an ex-boyfriend of his sister Willow, 20, with whom he traded words.

The next day, in an unrelated incident, a 25-year-old man from Florida was arrested on felony stalking charges after he climbed on to a third-floor balcony of Bristol Palin, the family’s eldest daughter said to have a good right hook. The man had sent Bristol Palin “approximately 1,000 Facebook messages”, she told police.

Palin is unpopular in the state she formerly led. A Public Policy Polling survey last month found that only 36% of voters in the state have a favourable opinion of Palin, versus 55% who view her negatively.