By Dr.Paul Bundi Karau I arrived at Kanyakine High School on 18th February 1999 a small village boy. I had never been to a boarding school, and certainly this is the furthest from home I had ever gone. The boys who were assigned to escort me to Mungania dorm looked at my stunted height and loudly wondered how I would survive in Beast's school. "Who is Beast?" I asked in bewilderment. "You will know." Musyoki answered curtly. It didn't take me long to know who Beast was. The following day, as the 10 o'clock tea was being served, I heard a commotion, with boys leaving their tea and running helter-skelter towards the classrooms. I was a fresh mono, so I didn't know what was happening. I ran along the pavement, and came upon a mighty man, who appeared to be adjusting his trousers. He yanked his belt and thrust one whip towards me. I had encountered Beast himself. He was tall, imposing, burly and endowed with a thunderous voice that could re...
French Navy Frigate FS Provence has intercepted a huge weapons shipment in dhow sailing towards Somalia. The weapons’ smugglers were spotted by a French helicopter on routine surveillance in the Northern Indian Ocean. Several hundred machine guns, anti-tank weapons and AK-47 assault rifles were among the weapons seized from the dhow that wasn’t registered to any country. According to the commanding officer of the Provence, the weapons believed to have been destined for Somalia were seized under the UNSC mandated arms embargo that authorizes interdiction on the high seas of illicit weapons destined for Somalia. The seizure is a success towards stabilizing the region (that has been terrorized by al shabaab militants that are affiliated to al Qaeda) as well as the Combined Maritime Forces Operation to which French has rendered its invaluable contribution. The seizure comes barely a month since an Australian naval ship intercepted another cache of weapons that included 1989 AK-47 rifles and 100 rocket-propelled grenades. MERU TIMBER....We offer a wide range of wood products with a focus on timber, veneers, ply wood, block board and laminates.
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