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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | ||
| • | Churchman Wants Faithful to Stop Prayers for the Dead: The head of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA), Rev. Dr David Githii, has called on Christians to stop prayer services for the dead at a time when it has emerged that Kenyans spend heavily on elaborate funerals. | |
| • | Catholic Church Calls for Help as Crisis Hits Millions: With over 5 million people starving due to drought and several million others struggling with rising inflation, the Catholic Church in Kenya has expressed concern over the plight of the poor. | |
| • | Disease Threatens Pastoralist Livelihoods: Wario Golicha was working as a long-distance truck driver until he retired in 2006 to keep livestock in the eastern district of Isiolo. | |
| • | IDPs Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives: he decision to close camps for Kenyans displaced by post-election violence was hasty and has left thousands in Rift Valley Province stranded at transit camps or yet to fully resettle on their farms, according to activists. | |
| • | 'Small Town USA And The First Debate': “Ole Miss.†| |
| • | Govt Signs Sh1 Billion Grant to Fight Aids: The Kenyan Government has signed a Sh1.1 billion support for the fight against HIV and Aids. | |
| • | Cockar to Rule On Finance PS: A ruling on whether Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, Joseph Kinyua will testify before Cockar Commission will be made on Friday. | |
| • | The Art of God: Even the most casual visitor to the new All Africa Conference of Churches office block in Nairobi will be accorded a generous welcome. Nearly half the ground floor is an expansive entrance cum reception area. | |
| • | Hide Your Small Arms - Police Have Finally Woken Up: If you had any doubts as to the dangers posed by small arms, consider this: police in Kenya had by the beginning of September this year recovered nearly 500 illegal firearms, including several sub-machineguns and high-powered rifles, and 3,022 rounds... | |
| • | Demolishing Mental Slavery: After driving the ruins of Mau Summit, the high Rift Valley town between Kericho and Nakuru that was destroyed back in January, you come down the escarpment into the Rift Valley proper and are stunned by the contradiction: | |
| • | Tanzania Move Laudable: The revival of the East African Cooperation in 1993 after a 16-year hiatus, and the subsequent change to East African Community six years later, ushered in a fresh hope for economic and social growth in the region. | |
| • | Country And France in Legal Battle Over Ferry Disaster: As many Senegalese have been doing for the past six years now, Mrs Mame Madior Boye who was the Prime Minister in 2002 vividly remembers a day in September that year, marked by some as the "darkest nightmare" in the nation's recent history. | |
| • | Kuppet Calls for Strike Imprudent: A teachers' union, Kuppet, has lately been in the news demanding better terms of service for its members and recognition of its mandate. | |
| • | 28 Seized in Botched Theft At Maize Store: Police have arrested 28 people suspected of stealing maize from a private miller's godown in Nyandarua. | |
| • | Let Gender Ministry Handle Fund, Say Women: Women want the money from Women Enterprise Fund to be channelled through the Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs to make it more accessible. | |
| • | AU And World Bank in Joint Anti-Poverty Campaign: The African Union and the World Bank have agreed to work together in fostering sustainable development and curbing poverty in the continent. | |
| • | Co-Op Bank to Push On With IPO: Cooperative Bank of Kenya management and its transaction advisers, on Monday moved to reassure the public that the initial public offering will proceed as planned next month. | |
| • | Board Warns Tea Uprooters: The Tea Board of Kenya has threatened to take action against tea farmers uprooting the crop. | |
| • | New Food Crisis: Rina Awinja, her 5-month-old baby, Stanley Lumumba, and her husband, George Oyange, are HIV-positive. | |
| • | Analysts Differ Over Cause of Slump At NSE: How far down will the Nairobi Stock Exchange slide before it regains its previously bullish outlook? | |
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