Minister for Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula of Kenya

Wetangula was elected to the National Assembly in the December 2007 parliamentary election.

In the Cabinet appointed by President Mwai Kibaki on January 8, 2008, in the midst of a crisis regarding the results of the concurrent presidential election, Wetangula was named Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Minister Wetangula is to be congratulated for this – the Ministry has always been “bottom-heavy” - according to GOK records there were 742 employees for the financial year 2008/2009, of which only 264 were actually involved in diplomatic representation.

Moses Wetangula said the Sirius Star case would not change his government's policy on refusing to pay a ransom to release Faina, which had a cargo of tanks.

Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said he would travel to Washington along with Ministers and Members of Parliament for the party on January 19.

Israel should immediately halt its military offensive inside the Palestinian territory of Gaza, Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said on Monday.

But after meeting the Somali speaker of parliament, who also doubles as the acting president , Kenya's foreign minister Moses Wetangula said Nairobi is.

Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said he was aware of the diplomat's arrest, but had no details on the circumstances surrounding the.

Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula is calling for sanctions against Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, seen here in Nairobi, Kenya, in October.

Wetangula says he sees the Somali leader as an obstacle to peace.

Wetangula said the date for the start of the sanctions is yet to be determined.

Wetangula said Kenya took the action in line with a November decision by an eastern Africa regional group to impose sanctions against Somali leaders identified as an obstacle to peace.

Wetangula said that Kenya only recognized Hussein as prime minister, saying Yusuf did not have the power to fire him.

payments are what have emboldened the pirates.

Speaking in Nairobi yesterday after a meeting with the Somali president Abdulahi Yusuf who is in the country to attend the summit, Wetangula said IGAD member states were concerned that the transitional government in Somali has failed in its mandate to put in place proper constitutional structures to help it govern the country.

Wetangula said in five years, the transitional government in Somali has not managed to give the country a new constitution and do a population census as was expected of it.

Wetangula said the fund will help in undertaking Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of ex-combatants as a means of conflict resolution, “such peace can only last and be durable if there are attendant peace dividends in terms of development.

Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said regulating armed guards on board ships and establishing a common policy to discourage ransom payments, were two of the proposals suggested.

Wetangula is named the first respondent while the ECK and the returning officer, Mr James Kulubi Omwangwe, are second and third.

Kenya is determined to make a success of a power-sharing deal designed to end a bloody two-month political crisis that has claimed 1,500 lives, Wetangula said Friday.

Somali pirates have collected 150 million dollars over past yearKenyas Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula has clamed that Somali pirates have collected over 150 million dollars in ransoms over the past year, and appealed to ship owners not to pay when their vessels are hijacked.

Nairobi, Nov22 : Kenya's Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula has clamed that Somali pirates have collected over 150 million dollars in ransoms over the past year, and appealed to ship owners not to pay when their vessels are hijacked.

BERLIN (AFP) Kenya is determined to make a success of a power-sharing deal designed to end a bloody two-month political crisis that has claimed 1,500 lives, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said Friday.

Wetangula was part of a Kenyan delegation that attended the ITB tourism fair in Berlin in an effort to convince the industry that the east African nation is on its way back to political stability.

But Kenyan Minister Moses Wetangula said it means General Ordinance Supplies and Security which is a code for the department of defense.

Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula says Kenya's 22 electoral commissioners have been threatened with a visa ban after they refused to resign as recommended by a government commission.

Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf was an obstacle to peace.

Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said the UN peacekeepers in DR Congo (MONUC) should be allowed to use force to restore peace and stability in the country.

Wetangula said that the challenge of bringing peace to the war- torn country was enormous, adding that action was needed urgently.

to Zimbabwe to forcefully remove incumbent President Robert Mugabe and instal anew government.

ll only make the innocent Zimbabweans suffer.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula says nations within the Great Lakes region should donate cash for the reconstruction and development of war-fatigued countries.

Wetangula says the African Development Bank has already contributed $12.

It may be with this hindsight that Wetangula is asking Western donors and friends of Africa to make generous contributions towards the reconstruction rehabilitation of infrastructure and other systems so that nations that have been destroyed by the gun can get back to their feet.

Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula discussed issues of mutual interest with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday.

Wetangula said relations between Iran and Kenya is friendly and deep adding his country is ready to use Iran's experiences in the fields of energy, oil discovery and car manufacturing.

Wetangula said friends of Kenya should support the country but not press for any particular solution.

Wetangula said that the Kenyan government will only recognize Hussein as the Prime Minister adding that Kenya is unhappy with the decision by the Somali President to fire the cabinet.

Wetangula said that Kenya is taking the move as it suffers the brunt of the lawlessness in the neighbouring country.

But Foreign Minister Wetangula said the Kenyan constitution does not provide for power sharing.

Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula has called for a coordinated approach to fight the Indian Ocean piracy problem saying it was no longer an individual country issue.

Wetangula was speaking when he hosted a number of foreign envoys Friday 21 November in Nairobi to discuss the piracy issue, Kenyan NTV reports.

Kenya has joined African countries that have refused to recognize Robert Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, Wetangula said in remarks published in the local media on Monday.

Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said Kenya would not recognize Mugabe's government as legitimate.

Wetangula said the presidential election re-run in Zimbabwe was not free and fair.

Wetangula said Mugabe should opt for a coalition government to solve the political impasse.