Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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| • | The High Graft Charge in Your Water Bill: Corruption in the water sector is costing Nairobi residents more than their counterparts in New York, London and Rome in utility bills.
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| • | Malaria Rises to Highland Areas: The end of June marks the start of the malaria season in East Africa. After the long rains, conditions in lowland swamps and coastal regions are more conducive for mosquito breeding. But in recent years malaria has also appeared in the highland areas...
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| • | Displaced Return Home in Uncertainty: ’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are finally returning home.
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| • | Solar Energy the Way to Go - Report: African electricity companies need to develop solar energy to meet growing demand for power, according to a report by audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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| • | Human Error Might Have Caused Plane Crash: The verdict over the plane crash in which Roads minister Kipkalya Kones and assistant minister Lorna Laboso died was delivered in Parliament on Wednesday.
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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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