Obama Promises To Visit Kenya Despite Terror Attacks

U.S President Barack Obama has assured Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta that he'll nonetheless go to Kenya in July regardless of a current devastating terrorist assault on a Kenyan University that claimed greater than a hundred and forty lives.

According to The Nation, Obama spoke on cellphone to President Kenyatta on Friday the place he expressed his condolences and people of American residents for the scholars and safety personnel who misplaced their lives throughout the Thursday terrorist assault on Garissa University College. He assured the Kenyan President of america’ for the federal government and folks of Kenya within the face in insurgency.

“We will stand hand-in-hand with the Kenyan authorities and folks in opposition to the scourge of terrorism and of their efforts to convey communities collectively,” Obama stated in a presidential assertion.

Obama additionally promised that he'll make good on his plan to go to Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) which can happen in Nairobi in July. He additionally reiterated that he seems to be ahead to assembly with President Kenyatta in July, in keeping with a White House abstract of the 2 leaders’ dialog.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives earlier than addressing the parliament on March 26, 2015 in Nairobi. President Kenyatta’s speech comes towards the backdrop of rising corruption and insecurity within the nation.

President Obama will co-host the GES as a part of his 4th presidential journey to Africa. The summit, which brings collectively enterprise homeowners, educators, policymakers and buyers to help the expansion of latest enterprises in growing areas, can be going down in Africa for the primary time. The summit goals to empower marginalised teams, significantly girls and youth, by way of entrepreneurship.

“Choosing Kenya because the vacation spot for F.W.R. underscores the truth that Africa, and Kenya specifically, has develop into a middle for innovation and entrepreneurship,” a White House press launch learn.

During the journey, Obama may even maintain bilateral talks with the goal of strengthening the financial ties between the 2 international locations.

This would be the fifth African nation Obama can be visiting since he turned President. During his tenure, he has visited Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. It will likely be his first presidential go to to Kenya, the place his father was born.

Mayweather-Pacquiao was a complete waste of time and money

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: the uber-bout that wasn’t. The so-known as combat of the century was pay-per-snooze, an entire waste of everybody’s money and time — besides in a boxing group now rolling in obscene quantities of money, certainly in disbelief they fooled us rubes once more.

The six years that had handed since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao ought to have initially fought might need constructed the anticipation for Saturday night time, but it surely truly robbed us the opportunity of a struggle which may reside as much as the hype. Pacquiao was an outdated 36, with a pedestrian A-P file in his final 5 bouts getting into the Mayweather combat. He confronted a dimension drawback that even good footwork couldn’t assist. Mayweather was the hype machine. The cash man. He’s the straw that stirs the drink, if you'll. The Las Vegas millionaire was the undefeated champion at forty seven-zero and seeking to break Rocky Marciano’s report of forty nine-zero. He was every little thing a boxing star must be, with all of the charisma and magnetism we count on from stars of the sweetest science. Floyd’s downside: He has not one of the likability.

But we ignored all this as a result of we needed the combat to be one thing larger than it was. We connected which means to it when this was clearly a payout battle, at finest. (Floyd even admitted as a lot.) Oh, they wished to win, however this hardly evoked the recollections of Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Sugar Ray, The Hitman and Hagler combating brawls that may land them in hospitals for belts that outlined them as athletes. This was simply glorified sparring.

The hype grew so huge that among the biggest minds in boxing satisfied themselves that issues can be totally different. That Manny’s attain would instantly grew longer. That Floyd wouldn’t throw love-faucets for many of the combat, content material to play protection and let one or two energy punches give him rounds. They thought that the “whoosh” made by Pacquiao’s missed punches and the gang noise that adopted would idiot us into pondering this was an actual bout, not theft with the press of a PPV button. They had been promoting a lie and we have been all too completely happy to purchase into it.

You can solely idiot individuals so lengthy. By the third spherical, it was clear Mayweather was going to achieve success in enjoying protection for 9 extra rounds. By the seventh, it was apparent Pacquiao wasn’t going to have the ability to get him down. The announcement that Mayweather was the victor was an inevitability. Pacquiao was the loser, however he had firm. All of us had been too. Most had watched the basic finish to the Spurs-Clippers Game S earlier than flipping over to the struggle. It had motion, unpredictability and “did you see that?!” moments. Basically it was the precise reverse of Mayweather-Pacquiao. Oh, and it didn’t value $ninety nine.ninety five.

When he disingenuously claimed he gained the battle within the put up-match scrum, Pacquiao mentioned the phrases like they have been a nasty line-studying from the Entourage film. If he didn’t imagine it, why would we? Because it continues the trick of creating everybody suppose boxing, within the type our fathers and grandfathers knew it, nonetheless exists. It doesn’t.

Boxing is useless and Mayweather-Pacquiao killed it. Never once more will folks shell out $one hundred to look at two outdated males seize at one another for 36 minutes.

Unless there’s a rematch. Maybe that’s the one which’ll be completely different.

The BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards 2015 Winners

The BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards 2015:

1. Best Technology Blog - Techmoran.com
2. Best Photography Blog - Buoart.com
3. Best Creative Writing Blog - Bikozulu.co.ke 
4. Best Business Blog - Kenyabusinessideas.com
5. Best Food Blog - Pikachakula.com
6. Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog - Graduatefarmer.co.ke
7. Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog - Silvianjoki.com
8. Best Politics Blog - Info.mzalendo.com
9. Best New Blog - Pendotalk.co.ke
10. Best Corporate Blog -Storymojaafrica.wordpress.com
11. Best Topical Blog - Kenyaweddings.co.ke/blog
12. Best Sports Blog - Michezoafrika.com
13. Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog - Ghafla.co.ke
14. Best Education Blog - Cipitlawstrath.wordpress.com
15. Best Travel Blog- Travelstart.co.ke/blog
16. Best Health Blog - Janemukami.com
17. Best County Blog - Northriftpolitics.com
18. Kenyan Blog of the Year - Silvianjoki.com

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Leather male masturbator from the 18th Century is discovered by archaeologists at ancient Polish training arena for swordsmen

A 250-year-old male masturbator has been found by archaeologists in a dig associated with an ancient toilet in Poland.

The eight-inch leather dildo that has a wooden head was discovered during an excavation with an old school of swordsmanship inside coastal area of Gdansk.

A spokesman for that Regional Office for that Protection of Monuments in Gdansk, said: 'It was found inside latrine and starts back to the wife or husband of the eighteenth century.

'Whether which was by accident or deliberately is anyone's guess though.'

Archaeologists at the website earlier discovered old swords leading the crooks to suspect which the place once was a school of swordsmanship.

The artifact has now been removed for preservation work.

Dildos have been located in some form throughout history, with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts previously discovered being reportedly likely used by sexual pleasure.

For millenia, phallic objects have already been used symbolically as a technique to boost fertility and reduce the chances of evil spirits - however their use as sexual aids features a long history, too.

A 28,000-year-old phallus recently obtained in Germany is quoted because oldest known 'adult toy' ever found.

While phalluses produced from stone, wood, leather and in some cases camel dung have be found during excavations, or referenced throughout historical text and images. 

And an Austrian museum even contains the world's oldest condom on display along with four other condom fragments dated from around 1650.

These were present in a toilet at Dudley Castle in England.

General Karangi leaves Kenya Defence Forces , Uhuru re-organisation the Government April 2014

The statement from statehouse reads... 

As part of the continued alignment of functions in my administration, and in order to enhance service delivery, I have today made the following changes in Government:

Kenya Defence Forces

1. Reflecting democratic values, fidelity to our constitution in regard to the primacy of civilian oversight to the security sector, the Defence Council sat today and agreed on the succession of another set of general staff officer cadre to lead our Defence Forces.

General Dr. Julius Waweru Karangi will commence the handover process starting next week pending retirement as Chief of Defence Forces after more than four decades of distinguished service to our country, the region and humankind.

I take this opportunity to thank General Karangi for his dedicated service to Kenya that was marked by diligence, great commitment, humility and patriotism.

General Karangi leaves our Defence Forces in a much better place both professionally and operationally.

On the advice of the National Defence Council, I have today promoted Lieutenant-General Samson J. Mwathethe to General and appointed him Chief of Defence Forces-Designate.

Further, I have appointed Lieutenant-General Joseph K. Kasaon as the Vice Chief of Defence Forces-Designate. I have also promoted Major-General Leonard M. Ngondi to Lieutenant-General and appointed him Kenya Army Commander-Designate.

Re-organisation of Government

2. Cognisant of the need to focus attention on water as a driver of agricultural development, I have created a Ministry of Water and Irrigation Services. I have nominated the Hon. Eugene Wamalwa as the Cabinet Secretary.

3. In addition, I have nominated the following personalities to serve in Government.

a) Amb. Dr. Monica Juma, nominee for the position of Secretary to the Cabinet

b) Retired Major-General Gordon Kihalangwa, nominee for the position of Principal Secretary, Department of Interior, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government

4. I have also appointed Mr. Nzioka Waita as Secretary of Delivery in the Executive Office of the President.

I look forward to the National Assembly, in line with its mandate, to vet the nominees as soon as possible.