Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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| • | Kibaki And Raila Ignored Kenyans, Says Maathai: Nobel peace laureate Prof Wangari Maathai Thursday criticised the swearing-in of the bloated Cabinet saying it did not reflect the wishes of majority of Kenyans.
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| • | We Have a Government, But Who's the Sheriff Around Here?: WITH THE SWEARING-IN ceremony out of the way, it is time for soul-searching. Never again should we find ourselves in the murderous situation that prevailed in the first few months of this year.
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| • | House to Run Without Official Opposition: Parliament will operate without an official Opposition until MPs amend the rules and the Constitution.
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| • | Probe Team Won't Reveal Poll Winner: Kenyans should not expect the commission set up to investigate last year's General Election to unravel the mystery of who won the presidential race, it emerged Thursday.
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| • | Ministers Begin New Journey in Elegant Fashion: The old and new politicians from different parties were Thursday bound together in one government during a colourful ceremony held at State House, Nairobi.
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| • | Country is Now On Course to Sustainable Peace And Unity: GROUND-BREAKING democratic elections were held in Kenya on December 27, when 10 million out of 14 million registered voters cast their ballots peacefully.
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| • | State Order On Mt Elgon: THE Government will not allow landowners back to the controversial Phase Three of the Chebyuk settlement scheme in Mt Elgon until the land dispute is resolved.
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| • | Kreigler Team Won't Declare Presidential Winner: THE Independent Review Commission (Irec) established to inquire into the causes of disputes in last year's General Election has no mandate to declare who actually won the Presidency.
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| • | Mungiki Calls for Ceasefire: The Mungiki leadership has called off the four-day violence, moments after Prime Minister, Mr Raila Odinga, pleaded with the sect to stop the killings and destruction.
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| • | Raila - Our Priority in Reforms is Institutions: The Kenyan people spoke in very large numbers in the December elections in support of the Orange Democratic Movement.
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| • | President's Message to Leaders: The following are excerpts from the President's speech during the swearing-in of the Grand Coalition Cabinet at State House, on Thursday.
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| • | U.S. Pledges Extra $25 Million: The United States pledged an additional $25 million for resettlement and reconstruction programmes.
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| • | Grand Coalition Cabinet Sworn in: The Grand Coalition Cabinet is now complete, after Orange Democratic Party ministers and their assistants were sworn in at State House, Nairobi, in a historic ceremony Thursday.
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| • | Resolve Long-Term Causes of Recent Unrest, Urges UN Chief: Kenyan leaders should remain committed to resolving the long-term cause of the recent unrest in the country, the United Nations secretary-general has said.
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| • | A Time to Heal: President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga Thursday pledged to work together to heal and re-unite the country.
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| • | U.S. Pledges More Funds for Refugees: The US government has pledged an additional Sh1.5 billion towards the resettlement of internal refugees and reconciliation efforts in the country.
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| • | Bloated Cabinet May Block Efforts to Get Donor Funds: The Western media have raised the red flag over spending on the bloated Cabinet sworn in Thursday.
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| • | Talk to Us, Raila Tells Mungiki: Prime Minister Raila Odinga Thursday called on Mungiki to come for talks with the Government.
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| • | Museveni Asks Leaders to Uphold Accord: President Yoweri Museveni Thursday urged Kenya's top politicians to uphold the National Accord that has restored peace in the country.
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| • | A New Cabinet is Just the Beginning: The swearing-in Thursday of the prime minister, the two deputy prime ministers and the rest of the new ministers and assistant ministers might be one of those great moments in Kenyan history.
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