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President Uhuru Kenya’s move to destroy ship threatens Sh1 billion drugs case

MOMBAS, KENYA: A Mombasa court has criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) for ordering unilateral destruction of a ship on which 370kg of heroin was found despite a court order. The court complained that the President’s action amounted to destruction of credible exhibits, which were to be used in court. Mombasa Chief Magistrate Maxwell Gacheru said there was a court order in place stopping the ship’s destruction adding that he is not sure if those who destroyed the ship complied with the law guiding such destruction. “The vessel’s destruction is a big blow to the rule of law in Kenya and it was wrong,” said Gacheru, who lamented that the court did not supervise the destruction. The magistrate and defence lawyers in the case that had been filed, complained that proper legal procedures were not followed in the operation. Tuesday, the prosecution and defence united in raising a complaint against the ship’s destruction which they said was a key exhibit. See also: It’s time firms exploited benefits of female leadership The defence described the destruction as theft of exhibits and demanded those responsible to be brought to the court but the magistrate said the case would proceed based on other exhibits. Meanwhile, the defence disclosed that it would seek acquittal of clients predicting the case could collapse for lack of a key exhibit and also because they would be unable to cross examine witnesses aboard the now non-existent ship. On Thursday, Gacheru ordered the immediate destruction of the drugs found on the unflagged MV Bushehr Amin Darya ship and said the vessel would be placed for auction or destruction if it was not claimed in 90 days. But addressing the Mombasa International Show, the same evening Uhuru declared that he would supervise the destruction of the drugs and sinking of the ship on Friday arguing that it was unnecessary to wait for the vessel’s owner to turn up but the declaration was seen by the courts as flouting a court order. Apparently conscious of the legal risk, Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko flew to Mombasa and rushed to High Court to review Gacheru’s orders and seek specific orders to destroy the ship - a prayer he was denied. Even as Tobiko was arguing at the High Court, the KDF and anti-narcotics police were dragging the ship and drugs out to sea for destruction.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000133578/president-uhuru-s-move-to-destroy-ship-threatens-sh1-billion-drugs-case?utm_source=elvis-gitau&utm_campaign=september&utm_medium=st

Town Of 600 Sexy Brazilian Women Desperately Seeks Men For Love, Marriage; But Don't Plan To Stick Around

It's like the set up to a bawdy joke or a pornographic movie.

The population of the small, southeastern Brazilian town of Noiva do Cordeiro is made up of some 600 women. Most of them between the ages of 20 and 35 and renowned in the region for their beauty.

And they are looking for more than just a few good men.

Just breath and keep it together, fellas, because there are a few caveats.

First off, men can’t actually live in Noiva do Cordeiro. The husbands of the townswomen who live in the idyllic town in the state of Minas Gerais, have to work far away and are only allowed to return for the weekend.

The only males who are allowed to live in the town, which sits in a remote valley 60 miles east of Belo Horizonte, are the women's sons, and they must move away when they turn 18.

The ladies-only rule in Noiva do Cordeiro dates back to the town's founding in the 1890s, when a woman accused of adultery was excommunicated by the Catholic Church and cast out of her home, relocated there. Other women in the region who were shunned followed, and, after multiple attempts over the decades by men to intervene, the women of Noiva do Cordeiro adopted the policy that literally made the town a “No Man’s Land.”

And while the women of the town – who run everything from the farms to the town’s policy planning to the churches – like their way of life, many see the sex stalemate they’ve created by not permitting men to live in a town renowned for gorgeous girls as a bit of a problem when it comes to dating.

"Here, the only men we single girls meet are either married or related to us. Everyone is a cousin. I haven't kissed a man for a long time,”23-year old Nelma Fernandes told the Daily Mirror. "We all dream of falling in love and getting married. But we like living here and don't want to have to leave the town to find a husband.”

That’s the problem all the single ladies in town face: they want to find true love, but don’t want to change their way of life. And after one bad experience, who could blame them?

In 1940, an evangelical pastor, Anisio Pereira, married a 16-year old girl from the town, founded a church and turned Noiva do Cordeiro into his own personal fiefdom, imposing strict rules, banning the women from drinking alcohol, listening to music, cutting their hair or using contraceptives.

After Pereira died in 1995, the women banned men from the town for good.

“There are lots of things that women do better than men,” 49-year old Rosalee Fernandes said. “Our town is prettier, more organized, and far more harmonious than if men were in charge.”

So for all you eligible guys out there, it looks the rules aren’t going to change anytime soon.

Lord's Prayer In Venezuela Invokes Chavez: 'Lead Us Not Into Temptation Of Capitalism'

In Venezuela honoring late President Hugo Chavez is nothing out of the ordinary, so it was not unusual for a congresswoman of Chavez’s political to pay homage to her former leader. 

It was what she said that is raising eyebrows.

At an event in Caracas Monday, Maria Estrella Uribe said the Lord's Prayer, changing the words to dedicate it to Chavez, because they could not “leave without this spiritual commitment,” according to La Patilla.

“Our Chavez, who art in Heaven, in earth, in the sea and in us the delegates,” Uribe started in Spanish. “Hallowed be Thy name, Thy legacy come to us to take to the people … gives us today your light to that it guides us all days and lead us not into the temptation of capitalism, deliver us from evil, oligarchy and the crime of smuggling, for centuries of centuries. Amen.”

She finished her prayer with the usual “Viva Chavez.”

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels on August 29.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels on August 29.

Video shows jihadists beheading 2nd U.S. journalist

A video that appeared online Tuesday shows the beheading by the Islamic State group of a U.S. journalist who disappeared last year while covering the civil war in Syria.

Safari Express plane bound for Magadi from Mwanza goes missing

raft with three passengers that had left Mwanza, Tanzania, for Magadi in Kenya has gone missing.

The aircraft, registration 5YSXP and operated by Safari Express Limited, had left Mwanza Airport on Sunday at around 4.26pm.

Upon reaching an altitude of 14,000 feet, it lost communication with the radar at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

The area control manager at JKIA's control tower, Mr Peter Clever Davor, said that the aircraft had not been traced.

Kenya Airports Police Unit (KAPU) commandant Joseph ole Tito on Monday morning confirmed that the aircraft was missing.

“The aircraft has not been located and the details we have are very scanty,” he said.

The Kenya Police Airwing dispatched an aircraft as the search-and-rescue mission began.

The missing plane, a Fokker F-27-500, manufactured by Fokker, is a cargo aircraft.

FLY THROUGH JKIA

The aircraft was to fly through JKIA before proceeding to its destination in Magadi.

Flights from neighbouring countries are supposed to fly through JKIA, Wilson or Wajir airports for reverse screening.

Plans are also under way to include the Kisumu airport as another entry point.