Saturday, June 28th, 2008 | ||
| • | The Cutting Edge: Reacting to Isaiah Wamiti's complaint about the rampant towing of vehicles in Nairobi by city askaris, even when motorists are willing to drive themselves to council offices, Town Clerk John Gakuo says there's a good reason. | |
| • | 152 Firms to Take Part in Nairobi Fair: More than 152 companies have confirmed their participation in this year's Nairobi International Trade fair. Only 131 took part last year. | |
| • | Graft Rampant in Water Sector: Despite recent reforms in the country's water sector, corruption is still rampant, according to the latest Transparency International Global report. | |
| • | Teachers Win Battle Over Pay: Teachers' basic salaries will be harmonised with those of other civil servants, the Teachers Service Commission said on Thursday. | |
| • | More MPs Support Taxes on Their Allowances: The number of MPs supporting calls to have their allowances taxed rose substantially on Thursday. | |
| • | Heckling Mars Kriegler Hearing: Ugly scenes marred the Kriegler commission hearings in Nairobi on Thursday, ending the morning session prematurely. | |
| • | Clip Minister's Powers: Some nominated councillors will have to surrender their seats. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government Musalia Mudavadi, the anomalies that characterised the nominations after the General Election of December 2007 will... | |
| • | Sandalwood Ban Proves Hard to Enforce: Mystery and controversy surrounds the continued harvesting of the endangered sandalwood tree species in the country after seven tonnes of the variety were impounded on Wednesday at Salawa Division in Baringo District. | |
| • | Unknown Number of Children Missing in Ireland: The Government has said it is aware of a syndicate in which an unknown number of Kenyan children are missing months after they landed in the Republic of Ireland last July. | |
| • | Tea Agency Hurting Farmers: The Kenya Tea Development Agency is now a burden to farmers as it eats into their dwindling earnings, MPs have said. | |
| • | Protests as Power Bill Goes Up By 21 Per Cent: Companies and trade unions protested on Thursday after the Electricity Regulatory Commission announced a 21 per cent increase in the cost of power. The increase takes effect from July 1. | |
| • | 'We Will Force You to Vote' - Army General: Zimbabwe's one man presidential run-off election scheduled for Friday might turn out to be a referendum on President Robert Mugabe who has defied world opinion to hold a poll whose outcome might only be recognised by his beleaguered ruling Zanu PF. | |
| • | Africa Must Take Firm Action Against Mugabe: Zimbabweans were to go to the polls on Friday in a presidential election run-off. But it looks like it will be a walkover for President Mugabe. | |
| • | Vision 2030 Well Articulated, But Overcoming Hurdles is No Easy Task: After much waiting during which economic growth rate shot up and nose-dived in almost equal measure, Kenya released its long-term socio-economic blueprint in a ceremony coloured by pomp and graced by President Kibaki. | |
| • | Consult On Teachers' Performance Contract Plan: It is understandable and perhaps expected that a Government plan to introduce performance contracts for teachers should generate so much heat, obscuring the more pertinent issues in the education system. | |
| • | Country Needs External Help: The decision on Sunday by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to pull out of the presidential run-off election slated for today was unfortunate. | |
| • | Knowledge Must Make Poverty History: A debate is raging on the place of research in Africa. | |
| • | Taxes Should Hit Their Target: Taxation is an important means for the government to raise fund meant for poverty eradication programmes like education, healthcare, and infrastructure development. | |
| • | Planners And Architects Lined Up for State Jobs: Fifty seven town planners will be employed this year as the Local Government ministry moves to enhance its technical capacity. | |
| • | Crowded Shares Market Fails to Spur Business: Two weeks have elapsed since Kenya's largest IPO debuted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. And for many investors holding slices of the mobile telephony company Safaricom's shares, the hesitant rise in the firm's share price still holds a promise to... | |
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