Monday, August 25th, 2008
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| • | State to Give Employers Incentives: Employers who provide housing for their staff will benefit from tax waivers, the government announced on Saturday.
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| • | Water Levels At Power Plant Not Low, Says Keter: Energy assistant minister Charles Keter has dismissed arguments by a section of politicians that the Sondu Miriu hydro-power project cannot be commissioned due to low water levels.
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| • | Doctors Seek More Funds: The government has been criticised for not providing enough funds for cancer research and awareness programmes in the country at the second annual cancer open day held at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi on Saturday.
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| • | Nation's New Station QFM Goes On Air: Nation Media Group's new Kiswahili radio station, QFM, will go on air Monday.
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| • | Proposed Abortion Law Criticised By Don: The proposed abortion law will deprive parents of their right, obligation and duty in their children's development, a university don said on Saturday.
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| • | Michuki - We Need Law On Money Laundering: The Government is committed to the enactment of an anti-money laundering law, acting Finance minister John Michuki has said.
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| • | Chaos As Ex-Lover Storms Wedding: A wedding turned chaotic on Sunday after an alleged ex-lover stormed the Deliverance Church, Kitengela to stop the ceremony.
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| • | Wives Have No Claim to Taxpayers' Money: The spouses of public servants have no justifiable entitlement to money from the public purse.
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| • | Waving, Smiling Wansiru Takes Marathon Gold in His Stride: DIMINUTIVE Samuel Wansiru of Kenya upset a few big names to win the Beijing Olympic marathon over a dead-flat street course yesterday.
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| • | Golden Boy's Mother Couldn't Pay School Fees: Newly crowned Olympic men marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, and his brother joined Standard One two years late because their mother could not raise the building funds demanded by the school.
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| • | More Bodies Found in Mt Elgon Graves: Ten more bodies of people believed to be victims of militiamen in Mount Elgon have been exhumed.
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| • | Consumers to Be Notified of Power Cuts Through SMS: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company will introduce a short message service to inform customers of impending planned electricity supply interruptions.
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| • | Country, Brazil Partner On Ethanol: Kenya stands to benefit from Brazilian expertise in sugar and ethanol production following bilateral agreements signed in Nairobi last week.
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| • | Lifeline for Cotton As Investors Rush to EA: Kenya has rolled out a new programme to boost cotton production from the current 45,000 bales per year in the wake of renewed investor interest in cotton farming in East Africa.
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| • | Big Growth for the Country's ICT Sector: The Kenyan ICT sector has registered substantial growth, thanks to competition introduced in most market segments by the industry regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).
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| • | Justice Should Be Delivered Efficiently: THE DEBATE ON WHETHER KENYA'S JUDGES AND magistrates should sign performance contracts is not merely about the principle of judicial independence.
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| • | Ex-State House Official Denies Kabuga Link: A former State House official in the Kibaki administration has laughed off attempts by the United Nations to link him to genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga.
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| • | Olympics Show African Brotherhood, Or Do: Unprecedented success by British athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - best medals total for a hundred years - has had sports-lovers glued to the telly into the wee hours of the morning. Along with the cheers could be heard much nationalist...
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| • | We Failed the Flock, Church Leaders Say: Church leaders have owned up to having failed to give the country direction ahead of the 2007 elections, resulting in bloodbath and suffering for Kenyans.
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| • | Let Politics Not Delay the Constitution: The Rev Mutava Musyimi used to chuckle as if to himself and then he would laugh. Then while handing me a cup of tea he would ask, "tell me, do you seriously believe we are writing a new Constitution?"
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