Monday, October 6th, 2008 | ||
| • | Local Businessman Locks Horns with Kenya Port Authority: The first commercial case ever to be filed before the East African Court of Justice based in Arusha will be heard soon. | |
| • | eA Portland Cement in Ksh One Billion Energy Drive: The East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has embarked on energy savings initiatives. | |
| • | Eight Back From Ethiopia Want Police Charged: A group of Kenyans who were recently flown back into the country after being held in Ethiopia for several months as terrorist suspects now want to sue the state for kidnapping. | |
| • | Despatches - Kenyans Will Be Kenyans: Kenyans will be Kenyans ... especially away from home. | |
| • | Catholic University Urges States to Help Poor Youth: Kenyan and other African governments should consider providing loans that will fully cover essential needs of NEEDY students at universities, the chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) has said. | |
| • | No Respite for Champs Tusker And Gor Mahia: Tusker coach James Nandwa stumbled on his first match in charge when he lost 2-1 against a 10-man Agro Chemicals at Nyayo Stadium. | |
| • | Kenyan Refugees Want to Come Back: More than 4,000 Kenyan refugees in southern Ethiopia are demanding to be repatriated, saying they are tired of living in a foreign land. | |
| • | Bogus Reporters Talk to Suspects: People suspected to be intelligence agents but posing as journalists were the first to interview eight Kenyans released from Ethiopia shortly after they landed at Voi. | |
| • | Kalonzo Told to Forget About the Presidency: Water minister Charity Ngilu on Sunday told Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka to forget about the presidency in 2012. | |
| • | MPs Tell Raila to Order Backers Out of Houses: Three legislators allied to the Party of National Unity want Prime Minister Raila Odinga to order his supporters to vacate houses in Nairobi which they illegally occupied after the post-election violence. | |
| • | Militia Wants Part of Ship's Deadly Cargo: Islamist insurgents are demanding some of the weapons aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks but the pirates holding them have refused to part with them, a local official said on Sunday. | |
| • | Lack of Laws Condemns Job-Seekers to Slavery: File Number Traffic/27/2005 gathers dust at the offices of Fida Kenya. It hasn't been opened since 2005 after its subject went missing. | |
| • | Councillor in Rape Case Freed On Bail: A councillor in Bungoma District has been charged with defiling and assaulting a schoolgirl. | |
| • | Piracy Nightmare for Book Dealers: In a small market stall in Nairobi, university student Mildred Wairimu hovers over a photocopy machine. | |
| • | House Reopens With New Faces: Parliament reconvenes on Tuesday after a two-month break with a tight agenda that includes two constitutional Bills and plans by some members to move a motion to create an official opposition. | |
| • | VP Urges Church to Monitor Coalition: Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has asked the church to continue monitoring the Grand Coalition to ensure it delivers on promises. | |
| • | 43 Adults to Write Primary Exams: Forty three adult learners will sit this year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Naivasha District. | |
| • | Split in Hunt for CDF Boss: Sharp divisions have emerged in the CDF national board following claims of in-house interference in the ongoing exercise of recruiting a new chief executive officer. | |
| • | How Kenyans Are Sold Into Slavery: Thousands of Kenyans are being driven into modern slavery abroad in their desperate attempts to escape from worsening economic conditions at home. | |
| • | How Human Cargo is Trafficked: Immigration Police have identified routes used by human traffickers and smugglers to move their cargo in and out of Kenya. | |


