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Friday, September 26th, 2008 | ||
| • | Former MP in Court Over Debt: A former MP who failed to repay a Sh1.8 million loan to the National Bank of Kenya was on Friday ordered to deposit Sh100,000 before he could propose to the court how he intends to settle the debt. | |
| • | Budget Passed to Avoid Penalty: Councillors from Nyamira county council, who have been wrangling for the past three days over the 2007/8 financial budget, passed it on Friday to avoid being fined Sh7 million. | |
| • | Schools Moved to Give Varsity Land for Campus: The Masinde Muliro University is set to open a campus in Emuhaya district. | |
| • | Cut Will Not Give HIV Immunity: Nyanza residents have been warned that male circumcision does not prevent HIV and Aids infection. | |
| • | Four Die in Tana: Four bodies have been recovered from the crocodile-infested river Tana in Garissa. | |
| • | ODM Clinches Sotik: Orange Democratic Movement politician Joyce Laboso has won the Sotik seat in Thursday's by-election. | |
| • | Kibaki Urges World Bank to Release Road Funds: President Kibaki has asked the World Bank to speed up the release of funds for construction of the Kericho-Kisumu-Busia highway. | |
| • | Country, US Sign Sh25 Billion Grant: The American Government has given Kenya a Sh25.6 billion grant to assist in development projects. | |
| • | Kibaki - Donor Support Crucial for MDGs: President Kibaki has urged the developed countries to honour their pledged donor support to hasten realisation of the Millennium Development Goals. | |
| • | Thousands Still Stuck in Refugee Camps: The Waki Commission on post-election violence was on Wednesday putting final touches to its report as it emerged that over 80,000 people who were affected were still languishing in camps around the country. | |
| • | CBK Probes Key Data Leakage: The Central Bank of Kenya has sought investigation into leakage of its classified information. | |
| • | More to Be Quizzed Over De La Rue: Two former Finance ministers have been summoned by a parliamentary committee over the controversial multi-billion- shilling De La Rue currency printing contract. | |
| • | Sheikh Claims Country 's Islamic Courts Have Collapsed: Sheikh Abdurahim Issa Addow, the spokesman of the Union of the Islamic Courts (UIC) has rejected a statement from a senior Islamist militia leader that UIC no longer exists in Somalia and has been replaced by more determined Islamist groups. | |
| • | Time for Justice to Suffering State Staff: Civil Service has always earned the dubious distinction of poor service delivery. Part of the reason for this is unfavourable terms and conditions of service. | |
| • | Residents Plan to Block Major Road in Protest: Community leaders in Taita District have threatened to mobilise residents to blockade the Mombasa-Nairobi highway in protest against poor service delivery by the Government. | |
| • | Opposition Tells of Attacks Despite Power-Sharing Accord: Zimbabwe's main opposition party says its supporters continue to be subjected to violence and harassment despite the signing of a power sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF. | |
| • | What's CBK Hiding?: The Central Bank of Kenya is asking the police to help stem leakage of its confidential correspondence and documents. | |
| • | 1,500 Visitors Jet in From UK And Italy: Kenya Tourism Week celebrations were a notch higher at Coast on Thursday with the arrival of nearly 1,500 foreign tourists at Moi International Airport. | |
| • | Ngirabatware's Transfer Soon - ICTR: An ex-cabinet minister wanted for war crimes will soon be extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), officials have said. | |
| • | Low Turnout in Bomet And Sotik By-Elections: Low turnout marked the start of voting in the Bomet constituency. It was the same situation in Sotik as voters woke up early to start casting their ballots. | |
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