By PSCU  President Uhuru Kenyatta has Thursday written to each of the families of the victims of the Garissa University College terrorist attack. The President wrote to express words of comfort and sympathy to the families. “I write to you with great pain and sadness hoping to share a few words of comfort and sympathy over the untimely death of your daughter, by the hands of terrorists. Miriam (one of the victims) was a young, productive person of great promise. She had every right to live and realise her dream in life, and you had every right to expect much from the sacrifice, love and support invested in her growth and development,” said the President “I write to you in humility to express my regret at the loss of your dearly beloved child. We share your pain. Accept my condolences and that of the entire country. I promise that as a Nation, we shall never forget them, nor forgive those who took her life,” the President said. The President assured the bereaved...

Ase engaki entambe kegima abarai ao ao nigo babeire bagokwanera obomo bw'omogusii, inee eri n' ring'ana gose riraikerane gose nigo ere omogano bw'ogasusu na oganchogu?

Unless home is under a rock without an internet connection, it’s likely you’ve heard of Periscope. The new live-streaming app, launched at the end of March by Twitter as a competitor to killer of Meerkat, has caused a flurry of excitement. It’s not that live-streaming is new – Ustream and Justin.tv (RIP) have been around for years – but the availability of the medium on portable devices seems a game changer. I’ve been playing around with the app and have sussed out its user base. So, here are 10 other scopers you’re likely to encounter. 1. The journalist Journalists and news outlets have been quick to jump on Periscope in a way they didn’t do with Meerkat, despite the interest the latter app caused among tech-heads in the run-up to SXSW. Perhaps this is to do with Periscope’s ostensibly easier-to-use interface (UI), but is probably more to do with Twitter’s adeptness at sending out press releases. So far, The Verge, The Guardian, Sky News and the BBC have already broadcast...

Messages of condolences continue to be sent to the family of Professor George Eshiwani, the former Vice-Chancellor of Kenyatta University who died on Saturday afternoon at the Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu. Eshiwani is said to have been rushed to hospital by his wife from their Kakamega home after the Professor complained of not feeling well. He however collapsed while at the hospital with efforts by medical staff to resuscitate him not bearing any fruits. The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli was the first to break the news of the demise of the academician on his Facebook account. The Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga also sent a message of condolence to the family of the late professor eulogizing him as a good friend and accomplished academician. Raila added that his immense contribution to the growth of Kenyatta University will be remembered by many, especially those who went through the institution. Mount Kenya University founder...

Al-Shabaab promises more attacks as student Cynthia Cheroitich leaves college unharmed after being persuaded it was safe to leave her hiding place Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, a survivor of the attack on Garissa University College who was found on Saturday, two days after the attack. Photograph: Andrew Njuguna/AP A survivor of Thursday’s attack on a Kenyan university by the Somali-based Islamic extremists al-Shabaab has been found safe and well after hiding for two days in a cupboard. The attack at the Garissa University College left 148 people dead, with the death toll expected to rise. But student Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, escaped the massacre after finding refuge as gunmen strapped with explosives stalked classrooms and corridors. She told the Associated Press that as the attack by four heavily armed members of al-Shabaab began, she climbed into a clothing storage cupboard and covered herself in garments. She remained hidden there while other classmates came out from similar ...

The University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University and the United States International University - Kenya had all issued security memos days before the attack on Garissa University claimed by Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. The memos informed students and staff of new security measures while cautioning people within their campuses to be extra vigilant. Memo pinned on the Kenyatta University notice board warning about potential attack (Twitter) In a note dated 25 March, the University of Nairobi warned "intelligence reports indicate that the al-Shabaab terror group is planning retaliatory attacks on (...) a major university". The universities had informed students and staff of new security measures while cautioning people within their campuses to be extra vigilant. According to the university in the capital, "the information [was] already being processed by the relevant government agencies with an objective of putting necessary measures in place to fai...

Militants claim to be holding Christian hostages after dawn raid on hostels in which they opened fire on students and security guards, killing at least 15 people Masked gunmen from Somalia’s al-Shabaab movement claim to be holding an unknown number of Kenyan Christians hostage after a dawn raid on a university compound that left at least 15 people dead. The attackers stormed into the university shortly after 5am in the town of Garissa, about 90 miles from the volatile border with Somalia. Kenya’s national disaster operations centre said 280 of the university’s 815 students were accounted for but did not say how many it believed to be still inside. The gunmen were in one of four residential buildings, the interior ministry said. InteriorCNG Ministry          ✔   @InteriorKE Follow #GarissaAttack Update: Of the four hostels, 3 have been evacuated. The attackers have been cornered in one hostel & the operations continue. 3:05...