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Friday, May 30th, 2008 | ||
| • | Kiai Team for Selective Amnesty: A Government human rights watchdog has supported amnesty for perpetrators of minor post-election violence. | |
| • | Vatican Forum to Study Care of Refugees And Migrants: The Holy See has organised a pan-African conference on pastoral care of refugees and migrants, which will open here next week. | |
| • | Raila Urges Cooperatives to Solicit Regional Funds: Prime Minister Raila Odinga has challenged cooperative societies to mobilise offshore funds for domestic investments. | |
| • | Beijing Hopefuls Head to Kenya: Rwanda's athletes searching for Beijing minimum qualification standards have shifted their training camps to Kenya ahead of the Olympic Games set for August 8-24 in China. | |
| • | Kenya Free to Compete in Cecafa Tournaments: Fifa is not taking action against the KFF, for now Kenya is free to start qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and other tournaments, after Fifa took no action against the country's divided football federation. | |
| • | Poll Chaos - Saitoti Backs Police: Security minister, George Saitoti, has pledged to defend police officers who prosecute groups linked to post-election violence. | |
| • | Violence Victims Will Not Be Paid: Compensation for all post-election violence victims will be standard, Rift Valley provincial commissioner Hassan Noor Hassan said Thursday. | |
| • | In the City, Water is No Longer Life: Water taps in Nairobi are not boycotted because they are dry, but for very unhealthy reasons... they produce water a mixture of human waste. | |
| • | Kanyotu's Hand in Goldenberg Scandal: Not long after coming to power in 2003, President Kibaki appointed a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the Goldenberg scandal. | |
| • | Nairobi Upgrading to Start in Three Months: A draft of measures aimed at upgrading Nairobi into a metropolis will start being implemented in three months. | |
| • | Here's a Simple Way to End Violence - Nail the Culprits: AMID POLITICS AS USUAL, a small event played out Thursday with little fanfare or pomp. | |
| • | Stanbic Bank Profit Rises to Sh298m: Stanbic Bank, whose proposed takeover of CFC Bank has run into legal headwinds, has reported a 46 per cent rise in pre tax profit to Sh298 million for the first quarter of the year. | |
| • | Public to Check Council Funds: The annual accounts reports for the Local Authorities Transfer Fund will be made public to make councils more accountable. | |
| • | Volleyball - Prisons Gun Down Gsu in Battle of Forces: Defending men's champions, General Service Unit, started their title defence on a sour note, when they went down 3-2 to Kenya Prisons as the East and Central Africa volleyball club championships begun in Nairobi Thursday. | |
| • | Herdsmen Kill 18 Sudanese Cattle Raiders: Eighteen Sudanese raiders were killed when they attacked a village in Turkana District. | |
| • | Farmers Opt for Animal Ploughs to Cut Costs: The high cost of fuel is pushing large scale farmers in Laikipia East District into using animal operated ploughs to till their land. | |
| • | Votes Tally Altered - Ex-MP: Figures were altered in Form 16A for the Starehe constituency, an elections petition court was told Thursday. | |
| • | Court Clears Konzolo of Graft: Former National Social Security Fund boss, Josphert Konzolo is now a free man. | |
| • | Investors to Know Fate Today: Applicants' fate for a stake in the 10 billion Safaricom shares that were on offer will be known Friday. | |
| • | Assembly On New Law Ruled Out: Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday ruled out the setting up of a constituent assembly to come up with a new constitution for the country. | |
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