In other news seven Somali pirates have been handed to the Kenyan police by the German navy. The seven were handed over to the Kenyan Police at the port of Mombasa on board a German naval ship. They were arrested at sea, 645 Kilometres off Mogadishu, Somalia. Elsewhere in Nairobi police battled hawkers along the Kirinyaga road for close to half an hour.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."