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Friday, June 20th, 2008 | ||
| • | Uproar Over Six Permanent Secretaries Past Retirement Age: A Cabinet minister caused uproar in Parliament yesterday when he said that President Kibaki had appointed six permanent secretaries who are above the mandatory retirement age of 55 years. | |
| • | Teachers Move to Improve Science Performance in Schools: For a long time, good grades in Mathematics and Science subjects have generally remained a preserve of male students in many schools. | |
| • | Help for 18,000 Flood Victims: Relief supplies are on the way to 18,000 people affected by floods in the Tana Delta, Special Programmes permanent secretary Ali Mohamed said in Mombasa on Thursday. | |
| • | Do the Honourable Thing, Dear MPs, And Pay All Your Tax: Life is bloody unfair, if the standard issue Kenyan MP is to be believed. It is the traditional story of poor little rich kid. Their pay packet reads like the average woman's idea of heaven on earth. | |
| • | Celtel Parent Firm Starts in-Flight Call Services: The global parent company of Celtel Kenya, Zain Group has launched in-flight roaming services that allow customers to use their phones. Clients will now be able to send and receive e-mails, text messages as well as make and receive phone calls while... | |
| • | Open Account Before Seeking Safaricom Refund, Central Bank Warns: The Central Bank and the Capital Markets Authority have criticised stockbrokers who compel investors to open accounts with certain banks before they can be issued with Safaricom IPO refund cheques. | |
| • | Attempt to Avoid Paying Tax a Crime: Our Members of Parliament expose themselves for what they are by coming out so vociferously against proposals that they pay taxes like everybody else. All the reasons they cite against the proposal simply do not hold water. | |
| • | Mugabe Trying to Block Free Polls - Kenya: The Government has accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe of putting roadblocks to a free and fair presidential re-run election. | |
| • | Food Crisis Could Get Worse, Says President: The current world food crisis is bound to worsen if African governments fail to address rapid population growth and urbanisation, President Kibaki has warned. | |
| • | Soccer - Blow As Mariga Out of Zims' Tie: Macdonald Mariga has been excluded from the 18-man Harambee Stars' squad named on Thursday by coach Francis Kimanzi to face Zimbabwe in a World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Harare on Sunday. | |
| • | Yet to Meet AU Target On Agriculture: Kenya is one of the African countries that have failed to honour their commitment to increase investments in agriculture. | |
| • | Citizens Face One of World's Worst Humanitarian Crises, UN Refugee Chief Warns: The United Nations refugee chief has spotlighted the plight of hundreds of thousands of displaced Somalis and Kenyans on the eve of World Refugee Day, calling on the international community to accelerate its efforts to help people in both countries... | |
| • | Fury Over Safaricom IPO Refunds: Kenyans who have spent days queuing for refunds after the Safaricom IPO expressed outrage on Thursday over delays in refunding their money. | |
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