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| • | Kalonzo Urges Caution On ECK: Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said the country could face a constitutional crisis over calls for the disbandment of the Electoral Commission of Kenya. | |
| • | House Committee Set to Report On De La Rue: The parliamentary committee investigating the new currency contract between the Central Bank of Kenya and De La Rue Limited will present its report to Parliament next week. | |
| • | KCB's Bizflex Facilitates Cross Border Trader: Ugandans plying their trade in South Sudan now have an option of mitigating potential risks involved in moving with huge sum of money. | |
| • | Horsey Ready for King of Speed Master Sprint: Belgium-born Kenyan rally ace Peter Horsey is certain of victory in this Sunday's 'Kings of Speed Master Sprint' due at Botanical Gardens, Entebbe. Horsey has earned a reputation as a hard-stepper and returns after an expedition in the Pirelli-WRC... | |
| • | Account for Missing Rendition Victims: At least 10 victims of the 2007 Horn of Africa rendition program still languish in Ethiopian jails and the whereabouts of several others is unknown, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Several of the detained men were interrogated by... | |
| • | Team Asks CBK to Maintain Rate At Nine Per Cent: The Central Bank of Kenya has been advised to retain its benchmark rate at the current level as one way of insulating the country against the ongoing international credit crisis. | |
| • | Parties Must Rise to the Challenge: Changing goal posts has perennially been the trademark of our political leaders. | |
| • | Cutting Edge: With trillions of dollars blown in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan, thanks to US President George Bush's bungling leadership, his country is on the brink of an economic disaster, remarks Zoeb Tayebjee. He says it's now time Kenyans and... | |
| • | Several Sent to Addis Missing, Says Report: Some of the people arrested in Kenya last year and held in Ethiopian jails are missing, a global human rights watchdog has claimed. | |
| • | State Promises to Waive Taxes for Italian Investors: The government has promised to waive taxes for Italians wishing to invest in Kenya. | |
| • | Team to Probe Public Funds: A watchdog committee of Parliament wants to exorcise the ghost of weak controls that made government departments lose billions of shillings in one financial year. | |
| • | Saboti Leads in Misuse of CDF, Says Report: More than Sh123 million of the Constituency Development Fund given to six constituencies cannot be accounted for. | |
| • | Seed Oil Project Expected to Ease Burden of Costly Fuel: Kenyans may soon breath a sigh of relief when buying fuel, if a biodiesel project by a university goes commercial. | |
| • | Officer Admits 8,000-Vote Error: About 8,000 unaccounted for votes were discovered at the tallying centre in Nairobi after the announcement of Bomachoge constituency results, the High Court in Kisii was told. | |
| • | Contractors Flush Taxpayers' Sh200 Million Down the Tarmac: Taxpayers lost Sh200 million when the tarmac on the Nakuru -Kianjoya road started warping after the contractor had built 25 kilometres. | |
| • | Country Still in A Rut: When Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a power-sharing agreement about a fortnight ago, there was happiness and anxiety locally and internationally. The exuberant mood was understandable. The deal marked a... | |
| • | Months of Hell Over Hate SMS That Never Was: ïve as to think I sent out hate messages against the Kikuyu, through a Kikuyu, yet I'm even married to one?" | |
| • | KRA May Have Lost Sh Two Billion in Port: The Kenya Revenue Authority could have lost more than Sh2 billion in revenue as a result of a tax evasion racket at the Mombasa port, a report by the Controller and Auditor-General says. | |
| • | Post-Poll Chaos Report Complete: Kenyans will soon get to know more about the post-election violence following the completion of the Waki Commission report. | |
| • | Mount Elgon Leaders Row Over Redress for IDPs: Mt Elgon leaders are divided over the compensation of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the area. | |
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