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Monday, May 5^th, 2008

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Bank Gives Sh62 Billion for Food Aid: The African Development Bank (AfDB) will raise agricultural funding to Africa by Sh62 billion ($1 billion) to help address the food crisis in member countries.

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Universities In Kenya, Uganda To Receive Major Research Grants: Kenya and Uganda will receive the bulk of a $40 million grant by the Wellcome Trust for research and science training in Africa.

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Mungiki Talks - Let's Not Lose Our Heads: THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS TREADING ON dangerous ground by opting to negotiate with outlawed militias. It is understandable that Mungiki - which represents the ugly face of Kenyan politics - needs to be contained by all means, including negotiations....

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Conflict Resolution to the Rescue: African ethnic groups and clans have shared overlapping boundaries, spirituality, miseries and peace since the dawn of mankind.

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We Must Resist the Return of Torture: If nothing else, the post-elections violence illustrated the incapacities of our security sector as a whole. The National Security Intelligence Service has since come out fighting, insisting that it had the intelligence and, as it had passed it on,...

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Tourism Investors Pick Up Broken Pieces: Struggling tourism might attain reasonable recovery by early next year.

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Convicted Robbers Set Free, Thanks to Disorganised Court: Mr Edward Jawuo and Mr Davis Mumelo were at the time employees of Keetons Bakery Oswal in Ruiru. Jawuo was a salesman and Mumelo a driver.

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Teachers to Get Three Months Maternity Leave: Teachers will now enjoy three months paid maternity leave, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has said.

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Catholic Teachers Warn Many Children Could Miss Exams: An unknown number of school children affected by post-election violence might miss national examinations this year if the government does not act quickly to enroll them, a Catholic teachers' human rights network said.

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Coalition Partners Must Learn the Art of Co-Habitation: We all would love the so-called Grand Coalition to work. And I assume so do President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. This makes it imperative for the two to think hard and long about making this arrangement succeed.

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Cattle Raids at Tanzania Border Disturb Village: A five-member committee comprising Kenyan and Tanzanian security officers has been formed to investigate the recent raids at Kegonga Village in Tarime District.

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End Of Era Nears For Stockbroking Barons: The glory days of a few stockbroking barons who overshadowed the affairs at the Nairobi Stock Exchange for much of its 54-year existence are headed for an abrupt end.

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World Hope Fail to Catch the Leaders: World Hope failed to catch up with the KPL leading duo of Mathare United and Chemelil Sugar after drawing 0-0 at home with KCB.

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MPs Under Scrutiny Over House Team: The credibility of the respected Public Investments Committee (PIC) is in question after it emerged that its new members comprise MPs who have been censured by the same committee in the past.

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MPs' Fears As Internal Refugees Return Home: MPs Sunday expressed fears that deployment of security officers might not be a lasting solution to resettling clash victims as thousands of Kenyans displaced in post-election violence start returning to their homes Monday.

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

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