Monday, May 19th, 2008
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| • | Rugby Team's Midair Night Scare: A flight hitch delayed the departure of the national seven-a-side rugby team.
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| • | 22 Cleared of Murder Charges: Twenty two murder suspects were Monday set free due to poor prosecution and violation of human rights.
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| • | Ruto Vows to Shield Local Sugar: The Government is going to streamline importation of sugar in order to protect local millers from unfair competition from cheap imports.
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| • | EU Agency Extends Grant to Arid Area: The European Commission has donated Sh32 million for drought management programmes in Moyale to boost pastoral livelihoods and improve animal husbandry in the region.
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| • | Salary Deduction Order Withdrawn: A directive that part of civil servants' salaries be deducted to meet the cost of resettling internal refugees has been withdrawn.
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| • | Witness Tells Court How MP Was Shot: A witness Monday recounted in the High Court how a traffic policeman shot dead former Ainamoi MP David Kimutai Too and a policewoman before he sped off on a motorcycle.
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| • | Sh325 Million Boost for Local Farmers: An international agency will spend Sh325 million to improve the production capacity of local farmers in the face of rising global food prices.
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| • | Give Grand Opposition a Chance: BEFORE WE IMPUTE IMPROPER motives on the part of those MPs who wish to institute a structured mechanism through which backbenchers can formally engage the Government to keep it on the straight and narrow, it is advisable that we don't proceed on the...
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| • | Kenyans Asked to Be Cautious After Attacks: The Kenya High Commissioner to South Africa Monday night held a high level meeting with the host government in an attempt to come up with a strategy to protect Kenyans living there.
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| • | Score Card - the Best And Worst Ministries: Kenya's best and worst performing ministries were named in an official report released on Monday.
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| • | Why this Country Has to Sell Itself Abroad: Kenya seems to have gained a useful friend in billionaire entrepreneur and adventurer, Sir Richard Branson. He wants the country's tourism industry resuscitated in a hurry, and has decided to do more than mouth platitudes - he is willing to invest to...
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| • | Emuhaya's Legacy of Crowded Field: Emuhaya constituency has gained notoriety for having a crowded field of candidates since independence.
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| • | Rice Farms Lie Fallow As Hunger Threat Looms Large in Country: It is mid-morning and at Wang'aya village in Nyando District farmers are tending their crops.
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| • | Felled SLDF Boss a Mere Pawn in Elgon Problem: The Army may be popping champagne at the killing of Wycliffe Kirui Komon Matwakei last Friday. But if the security personnel were well informed, they would first hold their horses because the Mt Elgon offensive is far from over.
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| • | Stop These Campaigns: We have in the last couple of days heard a group of Cabinet ministers campaigning for one of their own to succeed President Kibaki. And from the same side, we have heard others express disquiet about such a move.
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| • | Investors Face Harsh Reality of Securing Hefty IPO Loans: Investors who borrowed bank loans to buy shares during the Safaricom Initial Public Offering (IPO) are considering having to re-pay loans on much lower share allocations than they had applied for, following news that the offer has been highly...
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| • | Hiring Plan Laudable: Reports that the government is set to hire more teachers to address shortages in schools is laudable.
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| • | Act On Evaluation Report: Public agencies performance evaluation results for the financial year 2006/07 are officially out and the Government must now prove its commitment to ensuring efficient service delivery.
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| • | Rising Inflation Influences Rental Pricing Patterns: Tenants in urban areas are bearing the brunt of rising inflation, with the average month-to-month rental charges going up in the month of March compared to February.
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| • | Country Needs to Set Up Sovereign Wealth Fund to Invest Its Reserves: In September 2007, as Kenya was busy preparing for a date with destiny, the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC) was set up to salvage the country's foreign reserves from the dollar meltdown.
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