Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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| • | Civil Servants Flee From Rural Areas Amid Crisis: Civil servants working in Zimbabwe's rural Mashonaland Provinces have fled from their work places following reports of shooting to death of several teachers at various schools and battering of other professionals as fear grips villagers amid the...
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| • | Man Hauled Out of Kriegler Session: A witness was thrown out as differences between PNU and ODM over the validity of last year's presidential elections played out at the Kriegler commission of inquiry on Wednesday.
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| • | Electronic Refunds for Diaspora Investors: Diaspora investors in Safaricom Limited are likely to have their refund proceeds credited through Electronic Funds Transfer and foreign currency cheques.
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| • | Probe Into Dar Killings Launched: The Government has launched an investigation into claims that three Kenyans were lynched and buried in shallow graves in Tanzania two weeks ago.
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| • | Headteachers Should Abandon Blackmail: It is unfortunate that the demand by heads of public secondary schools for a 100 per cent pay rise has to be put as a condition for their signing performance contracts.
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| • | Juniors Race Against Time: Kenya Under-20 coach Leonard Saleh is racing against time to get his team match-fit for Sunday's tough African Youth Championships' first round qualifier against Sudan.
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| • | MP Fails to Stop Petition: An application by Ikolomani MP Bonny Khalwale to have a petition challenging his election struck out was on Wednesday dismissed with costs.
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| • | Kibaki to Address East African Investment Summit: President Kibaki will address the official opening of an investment conference in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday.
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| • | Tsvangirai Supported But He Quit Too Late to Stop Election: Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai received measured support from other opposition forces after formally withdrawing from Friday's presidential run-off election amid warnings from legal experts that the move was too...
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| • | Budget Debate Put Off Due to Quorum Hitch: Parliament suffered the mystery of the missing debater on Wednesday, and members adjourned for lunch more than two hours early.
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| • | UN to Probe Army Role in Mt Elgon: A UN organisation has asked for more information on the human rights violations allegedly committed by the Kenya Army in Mt Elgon District.
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| • | Sony Sugar Stun Gor As Mahakama Fall to KCB: There were few goals on Wednesday as the Kenya Premier League resumed after a one-month recess with both Gor Mahia and Mahakama ending up on the losing side against Sony Sugar and KCB with identical 1-0 scorelines.
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| • | Minister On the Spot Over Pay Raise for Envoys: The Foreign minister was ordered to consult with his permanent secretary before giving Parliament a comprehensive answer on why his ministry had failed to implement a directive to increase envoys' salaries.
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| • | 175 Councils to Read Their Budgets Today: Local authorities across the country are expected to unveil their budgets on Thursday.
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| • | House Divided Over Funds for Running State: Parliament was on Wednesday divided over how much money the Government should be given to run its operations pending the passage of the law on the national Budget.
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| • | VP Dismisses Human Rights Team Report: The Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Wednesday dismissed a recent report on the resettlement of internal refugees by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights .
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| • | Country Slips Five Places in Index of Failed States: Kenya has dropped five places in the annual "Failed State Index" released in Washington on Monday. The poor showing was attributed to the post-election violence earlier this year.
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| • | Hail Mugabe, Long Live Bob, You Are a True African Hero: Hearing it being told, Zimbabwe's Big Man Robert Mugabe is an insane old man who should be locked up in a mental asylum, not running a country.
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| • | Thinking About the City's Fine, But What of the Small Things?: Since he was appointed the minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Mr Mutula Kilonzo has exhibited tremendous energy.
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| • | New Ministry Has Tough Job in Arid Areas: The 21 girls from Merti Secondary School in Isiolo will be sitting their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination at the end of the year. But unlike thousands of their colleagues across the country, these girls have no plans of...
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