RIOTS BREAK OUT IN MACHAKOS AS GOONS BURN DOWN PROPERTY AND PROTEST AGAINST MUTUA'S PLAN

Chaos has erupted in the normally peaceful  Machackos City after goons and hooligans stormed the Town and started razing down houses, and Chanting anti-Governor Mutua chants ,
The Goons clearly sympathetic to the cause of Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama are wrecking havoc in the town presently. All the businesses are currently closed as the rowdy hired crowds march across Town protesting against  Governor Mutua's development advances.

Governor Alfred Mutua who was electeed on a WIPER ticket is celebrated across the Country for his ambitious development and Investor attractive plans.
It is said that the bitter spat between Sen. Muthama and Governor Mutua started when Mutua refused to Kneel before Muthama and acknowledge his supremacy.

These riots will be largely seen as Jelous retaliation from Muthama after the Launch of Macha City which was unveiled by President Uhuru Kenyatta who also is not in the best terms with Muthama

20 WITNESSES CONFIRM WITHDRAWAL FROM RUTO/SANG CASE

The Chamber had received information that 93 victims allegedly signed a letter, dated 5 June 2013, in which they indicated their wish to withdraw from ICC proceedings.

The Chamber found that of these 93 individuals, 47 are within the scope of the Ruto and Sang case. Of these 47 victims who allegedly signed the letter, 7 are now saying they still want to participate as a victims in the case, and 20 have confirmed their withdrawal
Regarding the 20 individuals who confirmed their wish to withdraw, their decision to withdraw could have been motivated by a range of factors, including security concerns. Therefore, their withdrawal shall only have a bearing on their procedural status. This means  that they will be removed from the database, but that they may be included again if they wish to participate in the future.
The Chamber indicated that victims may register, withdraw or re-register their participation in these proceedings as they freely decide. However, unless a victim individually and freely communicates his/her wish to withdraw from the proceedings, he/she should continue to be registered as a participating victim
Background
A victim is a person who has suffered harm as a result of the commission of a crime within the ICC’s jurisdiction. The Rome Statute ensures that a number of rights are accorded to victims, the most ground-breaking of which is the right to participate in proceedings independently of the Prosecution or Defence. Victims have the right to have their own legal representative in the Courtroom presenting their concerns and personal interests to the Court.

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA FIRES MUTUTHO AS NACADA BOSS

The appointment of former Naivasha MP John Mututho as the chairman of the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) has been revoked by President Uhuru Kenyatta via a Kenya Gazzette notice of October 24, 2013. There are no reasons given for the revocation, but Mr Mututho said he had resigned voluntarily in order to be vetted by Parliament.
This comes only a few weeks after his appointment , A short term which faced several challenges.
A section of MPs and the civil society had opposed Mr Mututho’s appointment, saying it was not done procedurally.
“I have submitted myself voluntarily to this process in order to remove any doubts about my suitability to hold this office,” said Mr Mututho.
The former MP referred us to Mr Mutea Iringo, the Interior Principal Secretary, for further comment. However, Mr Iringo was unavailable for comment

 Soon after coming into office, Mr Mututho waded straight into a debate on whether miraa should be banned or not. He surprised many when he said that miraa is not a drug as Nacada has long maintained, a statement which seems to have rubbed some at the Authority the wrong way.
“His statement meant undoing years of work that we have been doing towards fighting drug abuse,” said a senior source at Nacada who did not wish to be named. “We felt that his remarks about miraa were rash,” he said.

NEW JERSEY MALL SHOOTING UNFOLDING ALMOST LIKE THE WESTGATE ATTACK

A lone gunman opened fire at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., on Monday night, News 12 reported.
Witnesses on the scene said the shots were fired near the Nordstrom department store on the second level of the shopping mall just after 9 p.m.
Hundreds of police officers and SWAT team members responded to the incident, filling the mall's parking lot with cars, armored trucks and flashing lights. The mall was placed in lockdown for several hours as officers searched for the gunman and evacuated patrons and store employees.

 By 11 p.m., authorities told MYFoxNY that it was no longer an active shooter situation.
Authorities believe the shooter left the mall, but his location is unknown.
The New York Daily News reported that the gunman was wearing some sort of body armor. Mall workers told Patch that the gunman had on black leather pants and jacket, a backpack and a motorcycle helmet with the visor opened.
Clarice Forbes, who works at Talbot's, told Patch that she saw the gunman walk by her, shooting a rifle into the air.
“It was very, very terrifying. Very scary,” Forbes said.


Eddie Kahmann, who also works inside the mall, described a chaotic scene to CNN.
"There was just people running like crazy, so I quickly just closed my doors, ran to the back, turned off all the lights, music and everything, just to stay hidden," Kahmann said.
Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera told MYFoxNY that only one shell casing was found inside the building.
At the time of this writing, there have been no reports of casualties.

 Multiple shots were fired inside a northern New Jersey mall shortly before closing time Monday night, and there are no reports of fatalities or injuries, a county official said.
Bergen County spokeswoman Jeanne Baratta told The Associated Press that a call went out that shots were had been fired at the Garden State Plaza Mall shortly before the facility's 9:30 p.m. closing time. She said authorities found one bullet casing.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers converged on a mall, which was put on lockdown. New Jersey State Police landed a helicopter in the parking lot of the 2.2-million square foot facility, one of the state's largest and most popular shopping malls.
Baratta said SWAT teams and police with K-9 units were going through the mall and working to evacuate anyone who is still in there. As of 11:30 p.m., authorities believed there were still people in the mall, she said.
Jessica Stigliano, 21, of Richfield, told the AP that she was sitting in the mall's food court when she saw people running and yelling "shots were fired."
Stigliano said she also began running. She said at the time she was thinking, "Not many people run for their life, but that's what I'm doing right now."
She did not see a shooter. "It was scary to think that you could be that close to something like that," Stigliano said.

A manager at Chili's at Garden State Plaza told the AP they were on lockdown and could not leave. She said a manager at Nordstrom ran over to use the phone saying there had been a shooting. She did not say if the Nordstrom manager witnessed it.
Althea Brown, 26, of Paterson told NorthJersey.com she was in a clothing store when she saw a man walk by and then heard three shots followed by two more. She said he appeared to be wearing body armor and was wearing a helmet with the visor pulled up.
Several frightened customers sent tweets saying they were escorted from the mall by armed state troopers. One woman wrote that she ran from the mall "screaming."
The mall is located in Bergen County, about 17 miles northwest of Manhattan.