Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | ||
| • | Infomal Sector Dwellers Find Living Elsewhere a Challenge: A multi-million-shilling project meant to eradicate slums and provide decent housing to squatters and low income earners in Embu Town is being frustrated by the prospective beneficiaries themselves. | |
| • | Powersharing Document Prepared: A new structure of the government that spells out the powers and responsibilities of the President and the Prime Minister has been prepared. | |
| • | Don't Deny Claims of Torture in Mt Elgon: It is imperative that when faced with threats from armed criminal gangs, bandits, ethnic militias or rebels, the Government moves with haste and spares no effort in neutralising the problem. | |
| • | Standard to Pay Sh7 Million for Defaming Retired Judge: A media house has been ordered to pay retired Court of Appeal judge Mr Justice A. B. Shah Sh7 million for defamation. | |
| • | Country Can Still Reclaim Spot As Leading Producer of Pyrethrum: Pyrethrum farmers are trying to find out when and where the rain started beating them after the country lost its position as the world's leading producer of the flower. | |
| • | Food Situation Bleak: A severe food crisis that has hit various parts of the world is fast spreading to our region. However, there are no indications that anything is being done to avert the crisis or mitigate its impact. | |
| • | Now LSK Says Kivuitu Team Fit to Hold Polls: The Law Society of Kenya on Wednesday distanced itself from those calling for the disbandment of the Electoral Commission of Kenya ahead of the June 11 by-elections. | |
| • | State Seeks Sh34 Billion for Nairobi's Transport System: The Government plans to raise Sh34 billion in the next two to three years to finance the establishment of a rapid mass transport system in the proposed Nairobi Metropolitan. | |
| • | House Should Clearly Spell Out Powers of VP, Prime Minister: For the last one week, a debate has been shaping in our political arena on who between Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and Prime Minister Raila Odinga is number two in terms of protocol. | |
| • | Reserve System in the Spotlight As Dollar Slides: As the dollar continues to slide, questions are being raised over what may have caused this and what can be done to deal with it. | |
| • | Coffee Millers Cry Foul As Farmers Switch Loyalties: The dark side of liberalisation in coffee marketing has started to emerge, with millers and marketers saying they are now saddled with millions in debt after farmers switched loyalties without observing due process. | |
| • | Tea Production Climbs Against Harsh Weather: Kenyan producers defied bad weather to raise the national tea output to a record 369 million kilogrammes last year, a senior industry official said. | |
| • | Capital Market to Reap From Telkom's Borrowing: Players in the capital market and banking industry are bracing for a windfall as national telecom operator, Telkom Kenya, prepares to borrow in excess of Sh7 billion from the local market. | |
| • | Boon for Forex Dealers in Shilling Swings: Foreign exchange dealers manning treasury departments of leading banks are taking home hefty bonuses following an unusually active first quarter for currency traders. | |
| • | Treasury Faces Sh120 Billion Puzzle Over Safaricom: Millions of Kenyans who applied for Safaricom shares are likely to get between 30 and 35 per cent of what they hoped for in the recently concluded initial public offering. | |
| • | Labour Market in Frantic Need of Wage Policy: The Kenyan labour market is staring at more turbulent times over the next few years, as pressure to devise a basic-wage policy continues to mount while more workers drift into poverty due to increased cost of living, experts are warning. | |
| • | Kalonzo Unveils House Watchdog Committees: Excesses of the Grand Coalition Government will now be checked by Parliament following the formation of several watchdog committees. | |
| • | Pyramid Scheme Losers Won't Be Paid: The Government will not compensate depositors who lost billions of shillings in collapsed investment schemes. | |
| • | Minister's Word On Pattni Suits: Court cases concerning the Grand Regency Hotel collapsed after businessman Kamlesh Pattni surrendered it to Central Bank of Kenya, Finance minister Amos Kimunya told MPs. | |
| • | Insurance Arbiter Timely: The official inauguration of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), which takes place Wednesday, should have happened years ago. | |
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