WANGARI MAATHAI IS DEAD

KiN Reports

Nobel peace laureate (2004) Prof Wangari Maathai (71) has died in Nairobi. The conservationist and founder of the Green Belt Movement was the first African woman to win the peace prize. She died at 10pm Sunday night after a long struggle with cancer.

A 39 year old Kenyan woman, Mauryn Masire, has been found murdered in her home in the United States of America. According to reports availed to her family in Mombasa, Maurine was allegedly stabbed by an assailant sixty three times.

Grenade found near PM's office

KiN Newsroom

Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Chief Justice Willy Mutunga were evacuated from the former's office when a grenade was found within the building.

Panic gripped staff at the PM’s office and those in the building as word spread regarding the discovery of the explosive. Staff were ordered to leave for security checks.

Raila and Mutunga were in a meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister along Harambee Avenue in the morning when security officers walked in and broke the news of the discovery of the explosive.

The building was then silently evacuated before police cordoned it for search with the aid of sniffer dogs for hours. Witnesses said the grenade did not have a safety pin when it was discovered near the entrance to the basement of the building.

Deputy police spokesman Charles Owino confirmed that a plumber discovered the grenade at the basement of the building while conducting routine repairs.
Owino said the plumber informed the police who alerted the Bomb Disposal Experts who carted the grenade away for analysis.

Owino spoke after touring the PM’s office with officers Rapid Response Unit and bomb experts. Senior officers led by deputy commissioner of police Francis Okonya, Director of CID Ndegwa Muhoro and director of police operations Julius Ndegwa also visited the scene soon after the PM and his guest had left.

Source: EA Standard

AKIN Registration open

KiN Newsroom
The Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN) reports that membership registration and payment of the annual subscription for 2011/2012 financial year is open. To register to AKIN, all you need is to fill the form here

Once you have filled the registration form, make sure you read the thank you message from AKIN where the account detail is also included. Pay your annual subscription fee of Norwegian kroner 250 to the account and become a formal member of the Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN).

We at KiN tested the registration form successfully and got a timely and clear response from AKIN.....Congratulations!!

NAIROBI: Fire kills an estimated 100 people

KiN Reports
The Kenyan Police has announced that at least 100 people have lost their lives following the Monday morning fire that threw Sinai slum in Nairobi's industrial area into a mayhem. The slum is close to a fuel depot off Lunga Lunga Road in Nairobi. Police sources say the number of the dead is likely to pass one hundred looking at the damage caused by the fire.

According to reports from the witnesses on site, the source of the fire can be linked to oil leakage from a pipeline feeding the depot belonging to Kenya Pipeline that neighbours Sinai slums. Residents of the slum detected the leakage and went in huge numbers to tap the fuel that later turned lethal after a reported huge blast.

Kenya's paramilitary General Service Unit (GSU) are on site and have cordoned the area around the slum. Many of the victims of the morning fire have been feried in ambulances to Mater Hospital (South B) and Kenyatta National Hospital.

KiN News

Association of Kenyans In Norway (AKIN) 2011-2012 Board members

Kin Reports

Kenyans in Norway have unanimously decided the following through an open and democratic election held on 9th. September 2011 at Willy's in Oslo. The following honourable members won the stated positions:

Chairman

Fredrick Makosir

Vice Chairman

Boni Tetu

Secretary

Simon Davies Wanyama

Treasurer

Mary Suyia Khayumbi

Board Members

Erick Onyango

Rosemary Gyldenås

GREAT NEWS!

The new board has set a tough goal to register as many members as practically possible. Fill the registration form here and be part of this emerging united Kenyan association in Norway. The annual subscription fee (registration fee) is 250 Norwegian kroner.

Brenda Mwikali laid to rest

KiN Reports
Jane Brenda Mwikali-Fossum was laid to rest on Wednesday 7th. September 2011. The family of the late send their heartfelt gratitude to all Kenyans in Norway and friends for all the help, contributions and attention offered to them during their most trying moment. Here are some photoes from the burial ceremony.

The Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN)

Invites you to the 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM), ELECTIONS and

GET TOGETHER

DATE: Friday, 9th. September 2011

TIME: 17:00 (Central European Time)

VENUE: Willy’s bar (http://www.willysbar.no/)

Theme:

KENYANS FOR KENYANS IN NORWAY

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Karibu, Welcome, Velkommen

Municipal and County Council Elections in Norway

KiN Reports

2011 is an election year in Norway. The election to municipal and county councils in Norway takes place on Sunday 11th and Monday 12th. September 2011.

WHO CAN VOTE?

Norwegian nationals who

•are 18 years of age by the end of the election year, and who

•are, or have at some time, been registered in the National Population Register as a resident of Norway, and who

•have not lost the right to vote pursuant to Article 53 of the Constitution.

Norwegian public servants who are employed in the diplomatic corps or the consular service and members of their household are entitled to vote even if they do not satisfy the residence criterion.

Non-Norwegian nationals who
•have been inscribed in the Norwegian Population Register as resident in Norway for the past three years prior to Election Day, or
•are nationals of another Nordic country and have been inscribed in the Norwegian National Population Register as resident in Norway no later than 30 June in the year of the election.

Foreign nationals who give notification of moving out of Norway before Election Day lose the right to vote.

To be able to cast a vote, you must be inscribed in the electoral register in a municipality.

Trial with right to vote for 16-year-olds
In 20 municipalities 16 - and 17-year-olds (born in 1995 or earlier) may vote in Municipal Government election if they meet the other requirements mentioned above. This applies to municipalities: Austevoll, Gjesdal, Grimstad, Hamar, Hammerfest, Kautokeino, Kåfjord, Luster, Lørenskog, Mandal, Marker, Namdalseid, Osen, Porsgrunn, Re, Sigdal, Stavanger, Tysfjord, Vågå and Ålesund.

Are you inscribed in the electoral register?

Voters resident in Norway:
All persons entitled to vote are automatically inscribed in the electoral register in the municipality where they were registered as resident on 30 June of election year.

If you have moved to another municipality after 30 June, you are still registered in the electoral register and have the right to vote in the municipality you moved from.

Voters resident abroad:
If you live abroad, but has been registered in the National Population Register as resident in Norway some time in the past 10 years, you are automatically inscribed in the electoral register in the municipality where you were registered as a resident when you moved from Norway.

If you have not been registered as resident in Norway for the last 10 years, you must apply for inclusion in the elctoral register. The application is to be sent to the municipality where you were last registered as resident. You apply by signing the cover envelope used for advance voting abroad. You may also apply by letter. The application for inclusion in the electoral register shall contain a declaration that you still are a Norwegian national. The application must be received by the electoral committee, in the municipality where you were last registered in the National Population Register as resident, 12 September at 21.00 hours to accepted.

Where can you cast your vote?
On Election Day, 12 September, you must vote in the municipality in which you are registered in the National Population Register as residing at 30 June.
 
If you wish to vote in advance, you can do so in any municipality in Norway. The deadline for advance voting in Norway is 9 September. If you vote in advance in a municipality other than your home municipality, your vote will automatically be sent to your home municipality.
 
The municipal councils decide which polling stations are to be used and what the opening hours are to be, both for voting in advance and on Election Day. So contact the municipal authority for further information about polling stations and polling hours

For more information click here.

REMEMBER TO VOTE!!

AKIN Announcement

The Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN), has the pleasure to invite you to its ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and ELECTIONS, slated for Friday, 9th. September 2011 and a get together dubbed- KENYANS FOR KENYANS IN NORWAY.

VENUE: Willy’s bar (http://www.willysbar.no/)
TIME: 17:00-Onwards (Till late)

ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE: : "Guest featuring" KaSimba amongst others. Stay tuned for other surprise guests.