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Kenyan member of parliament censured for wearing Palestine scarf

Kenyan member of parliament censured for wearing Palestine scarf

Kenyan member of parliament Farah Maalim was ordered to remove the traditional Palestinian headscarf he wore during parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday. The PM said he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas. He said Palestine “needs support of everybody in …

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Kenya plans advance Haiti visits before deployment

Kenya plans advance Haiti visits before deployment

Kenya’s interior minister has said that the country will send assessment delegations to Haiti before deploying police officers to address gang violence there. “There will be other pre-mission visits to Haiti by different players before our officers set foot there,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told a parliamentary committee on Thursday. …

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