Kenyans in Norway Pray for the Victims of Garissa Univerity Attack

KiN Reports
Kenyans in Norway and friends of Kenya held prayer meetings in solidarity and for the memory of the victims of the Garissa University terror attack. The solemn gathering was housed at the Methodist Church in Oslo this Saturday from 16:00 (CET) courtesy of the Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN) and the Kenya Students Associacion in Norway (KESAN).

The general message at the gathering was of peace, love and unity among Kenyans and their desire to live together with the country's neighbours.

After prayers and speeches by Dr. Stephen Karanja and Fred Makosir, names of the departed 147 students were read one after the other as the congregation lit candles for each departed soul.

 Read the Norwegian Press Report by Aftenposten here

PRAY FOR KENYA

LIGHT A CANDLE AND PRAY 

FOR KENYA AND THE VICTIMS OF GARISSA UNIVERSITY TERROR ATTACK

 

Garissa University attack: 147 people killed

KiN Reports
The early Thursday 2nd. April morning Garissa University siege lasted almost 16 hours and left at least 147 people dead and several others seriously injured. Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery announced that at least four terrorists were killed as security personell battled the terrorists holding students hostage in the hostels.

The attackers reportedly pounded on the campus at around 5:30am Thursday morning killing the two Police officers guarding the gate then proceeded to the students' hostels. They are said to have shot to kill and managed to hold many students hostage for several hours.
Kenya's security forces engaged the gunmenn for several hours and managed to free over 500 hostages as reported by the Interior CS.

A constituent of Moi University, Garissa Campus has for a long time has been a safe institution despite the several earlier terrorist attacks in Garissa.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed terrorists will be defeated.

The militant Al-Shabaab group has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack of the Campus.

We send our deepest condolences to all the victims of this terrible and meaningless attack!

PRAY FOR KENYA

President Barack Obama to visit Kenya

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN (26th. august 2006)

KiN Newsroom
President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Kenya this July to co-host a forum on entrepreneurship. The news from the White House is considered very viable noting that the President avoided stopping in Kenya during his earlier trips to Africa. while he visited several countries. The announcement comes at a very prime time after the ICC case against President Uhuru Kenyatta has been dropped and Kenya is on track with several development partners from the East including China. Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) was founded by President Obama six years ago and has noticed the progress Kenya has made in the last few years. This is the first time GES forum is being hosted in an African country and choosing Kenya is a great sign of acceptance and proves the fact that we have a country destined for greater innovation and entrepreneurship progress.

Needless to mention that Obama's father, the late Barack Obama Sr came from Kenya and so this is, for many Kenyans, a visit long overdue. However, President Obama has visited Kenya multiple times with the latest one recorded in August 2006 when he was still a senator. Before then, he had visited his fatherland in 1995 and was seen helping his grandmother and mingling with the locals.

We at KiN and Kenyans in the diaspora wish President Barack Obama a great visit to Kenya, one of the world's most beautiful countries.

 WELCOME HOME  -  KARIBU NYUMBANI - WARWAKI DALA

Ababu Namwamba's PAC Fiasco

AKIN AGM and ELECTIONS 2015

AGM NOTICE TO ALL AKIN Members

The Board of the Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN) invites you to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections to be held on  
14^th. March 2015.

VENUE: Pilestredet Park 7 (Stensberg gt.19)

TIME: 15.00

All positions are contestable and offer of interest should be posted on AKIN Facebook page or sent by e-mail to: akin.agm2015@yahoo.com 
latest 9^th. March 2015. 

The positions are as follows:

Chairperson

Deputy Chairperson

Secretary

Treasurer

4 Board Members. 

NB: Only paid up members are eligible to contest for positions.

New members are also welcome and can register online and pay NOK 250 to 
AKIN account: 1503.21.86537

Registration form is at: https://sites.google.com/site/akinnorway/

KARIBU   -  WELCOME  - VELKOMMEN

NTV Investigates: Certificates of Doom

Lifted report

AKIN Board Meets Kenya's Ambassador to the Nordic Countries

KiN Reports
Association of Kenyans in Norway (AKIN) Board members met the new Kenyan ambassador to the Nordic region, H.E. Dr. Joseph K. Sang and Second Secretary/ Legal Mr. William Hiribae Oddo.

The honourable meeting took place at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Oslo where the Kenyan leaders discussed various issues including how to engage the diaspora in further development of Kenya.

Earlier in the week, AKIN board had met and entertained Kisumu Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga at another highly profiled meeting.

ZILIZOPENDWA

We are Back

TO ALL OUR READERS
WE APOLOGISE FOR THE DOWNTIME
WHICH WAS DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.

WE HAVE SOLVED THEM AND ARE NOW BACK TO NORMAL SERVICE.

KESAN AGM this Saturday 18.10.2014 at 18:00

Uhuru Kenyatta Reception from ICC

President Uhuru Kenyatta: State of the Nation Address before departure to ICC

President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Deputy President William Ruto as acting Head of State for the days he will be out of the country to attend the ICC Status Conference slated for October 8, 2014. That way, Uhuru will be appearing at the court as a private entity and not a sitting President/Head of State at the time of the said conference.

NAMELESS LIVE CONCERT IN OSLO

SAFIA ABDI WINS NORWEGIAN KING'S AWARD

KiN Newsroom
Safia Adbi Haase has won the covetted Norwegian Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav award. The King's medal and the prize will be awarded to Safia at a red carpet ceremony in Oslo this Friday.

Safia won the prize for her many years' work geared towards improving the livelihood of women, the girl child and more primarily for her tireless fight against female genital mutilation.

KIN CONGRATULATES SAFIA. HONGERA!!!