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Families Urged to Move As Flood Death Toll Rises

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:54:09 +0000

People living close to river banks and flood-prone areas have been urged to move to safer grounds as the death toll from the ongoing rains reached 26.

This Decade is Crucial for Kenya’s Vision

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:26:28 +0000

Kenya has crossed over not just into a new year, in which so much is expected of us, but also into a new decade that is crucial in the remaking of our country. The expected promulgation of new Constitution and the completion of a wide range of institutional and legal reforms would not be an end in themselves.

Poll Cases Still Hang Over Ministers’ Necks

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:24:57 +0000

At least five ministers are still battling election petitions, two years after the cases were filed in court. Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere and assistant ministers Margaret Wanjiru, Dick Wathika and Abdirahman Hassan are among a host of MPs still fighting of attempts to have their elections cancelled.

New Study Tracks Calling Habits, Remittances From Abroad

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:23:08 +0000

Kenyans in the US call their friends and relatives more on Sundays than on any other day, according to a new study.

Locals Remain Split On State System

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:20:01 +0000

Kenyans are still strongly divided over the kind of executive government they want, views presented to a team working on new constitution indicate.

State Settles Displaced Families in Eco-Villages

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:24:32 +0000

The government fulfilled its pledge to more than 40,000 internal refugees by allocating them alternative land following last year’s post-election violence. The displaced would live in new settlements known as Eco-villages where each family would get two acres for agriculture and a quarter-acre residential plot.

Resuscitating Uchumi

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:06:08 +0000

Three and a half years ago, Uchumi Supermarkets collapsed after a stint of incompetent steerage by its board and managers. As a result, the supermarket chain, once the pride of the post-Independence Africanisation process, hogged the limelight for the wrong reason.

Anti-Money Laundering Bill Passes, But Does Govt Mean Business?

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:13:07 +0000

Kenya’s Parliament finally passed the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill in December. But while the passing of the bill is viewed as a highlight of the Tenth Parliament, many fear it may just be a gimmick by the government to appease international partners.

Yes, Silence the Music

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:20:02 +0000

Most people forced by circumstances to commute using passenger service vehicles can only applaud the effort being made by the National Environment Management Authority to make life a little more bearable for them.

Number of Carbon Projects Set to Increase

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:20:03 +0000

All indications are that the number of climate change investment projects in Kenya will multiply in 2010.