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The man who caned Cord leader Raila Odinga twice during a rally in Kinango on Monday has told police he did it because he is tired of the referendum calls.

Former boxing champion Conjestina Achieng’ is admitted at Avenue Hospital in Kisumu after taking ill again last Saturday. Her father, Clement Adalo, is also admitted in Kisumu but at a different facility. “The doctors said her earlier condition has recurred due to irregular check-ups. We want to ensure we have a medical scheme for her so that she does not default medication,” Kisumu nominated MCA Faridah Salim said.

‘The threat it poses to the region is real’ The East African Community this week issued an alert over Ebola viral disease (EVD) in West Africa as the death toll from the viral disease reached over 2,600. A high level ministerial meeting in Nairobi, Kenya  resolved that the region must maintain "a high level emergency preparedness and response" to ensure it was spared from the killer disease. "Countries should ensure their Ebola emergency and preparedness response plans meet the minimal WHO (World Health Organization) standards", the Secretariat said in a communique.

                             Local experts in paleontology are still silent on the recently discovered massive fossil of a giant, yet rare, dinosaur that once lived in Tanzania about 100 million years ago. Officials at the Natural History Museum in Arusha and the Olduvai Gorge Museum in Ngorongoro said although they were aware of the new find, they could not tell where the remains were or if they had been excavated.

As the government works to encourage nomadic pastoralists who hoard large herds of livestock to convert their animals into cash, local financial institutions have been advised to follow herders wherever they are to provide them with banking services.