ONYANGO-OBBO: A man eateth where he worketh, so some eat from their flocks

>The world is falling behind in a desperate race to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak, Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response warned amid dire predictions that thousands of new infections are possible before year’s end.

>In August the Kenyan blog TheGatunduPrince published an interesting list of “East Africa 30 most watched videos on YouTube.”How shall we put this? Ugandans, according to TheGatunduPrince’s list, seem to be East African kings of music video.

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'Man-Eat-Nothing' Tanzania is Ahead of the Pack
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania has done it again. The fifth president of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli, takes office tomorrow to consolidate about 50 years of a stable political leadership. Meanwhile Kenya and Uganda, Tanzania's freedom age-mates, are wobbling. The two are ...
Borrowing spree, graft and Tanzanian election results dominate Kenyan mediaStarAfrica.com

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Flocks of cattle on rampage in Selous reserve
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Against the backdrop of perennial conflicts between farmers and pastoralists, a new scenario has emerged whereby herders with large numbers of cattle have reportedly invaded the Selous Game Reserve (SGR), threatening to eliminate native vegetation.

.James Onyango wa Kenya alimshinda Patrick Atuihairwe wa Uganda na kutwaa ubingwa wa Jumuiya ya Madola Afrika uzani wa welter katika pigano lililofanyika Ijumaa mjini Nairobi.

ISSA Joseph ‘Mzee Onyango’ amewashukia wasanii wa filamu kwa kuwaambia kitu kinachosababisha kuchuja mapema katika sanaa ya uigizaji tofauti na wasanii wakongwe kama yeye ambao wamedumu katika tasnia hadi leo, Mzee Onyango anasema wasanii wanavimba vichwa.

“Hawa wasanii wengi hawataki kushauri kwa lolote, akisifiwa kidogo tu, anavimba kichwa na kujiona hana haja ya kufuatilia ushauri kutoka kwa mtu mwingine anajiona anajua, hawabadiliki na hawezi kukaza buti,”anasema Mzee Onyango.

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>This week is the first anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. On September 21, 2013, gunmen linked to the Somalia terror group Al Shabaab attacked the mall, and by the time the siege ended on September 24, there were at least 67 dead, and over 175 people injured.

>A headline in Daily Nation said that “KDF troops set to join regional standby force”. The Kenya Defence Forces, it reports, is set to get approval to contribute troops to the East Africa Standby Force (EASF).

>So we are finally up to our necks in World Cup 2014, and what a tournament it has been. Full of surprises and upsets.