Monday, October 6th, 2008
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| • | Traders in Humans Risk Life Behind Jail Bars: A draft Bill forwarded to the Attorney-General threatens to award human traffickers life in prison if it becomes law, after a multi-sectoral committee appointed to write a law against human trafficking and smuggling finished its work.
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| • | Laws a Major Hurdle in War Against Illegal Trade: Pleading guilty in the Kenyan court could save you decades in jail.
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| • | Roads Have Become Deathtraps: It's a sad day when mayors invite the media to cover a clean-up exercise in their own towns and cities--as they are wont to do-- because that is exactly what mayors are supposed to do when they report for work between Monday and Friday: ensure that...
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| • | New KCC Renew Support for Athletics in 2009 Season: The New Kenya Co-operative Creameries will inject Sh10 million into the new athletics season, the firm's managing director Francis Mwangi has confirmed.
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| • | Govt Wants to Impose GMOs 'By Force': The grand scheme to introduce genetically modified foods into Kenya seemed to shift into top gear after the Ministry of Agriculture launched a campaign last month to make the country appreciate them.
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| • | Pirates to Face Heavy Military Reprisals: When Somali pirates hijacked the MV Faina, they probably didn't know about its deadly cargo of 33 T-72 tanks, rocket launchers, rifles and heavy weapons allegedly destined for Kenya's military.
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| • | High Energy Costs Killing Country's Industry - KAM: Kenyan goods are becoming increasingly uncompetitive due to rising energy costs, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has said.
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| • | The Hyphenated Man: Since he burst into the international limelight last year, US presidential hopeful Barrack Obama has become different things to different people.
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| • | Govt to Put $14.2 Million Into Troubled PanPaper: Industries of India, joint venture partners with the Kenya government in East Africa's largest paper manufacturer -- Pan African Paper Mills Ltd (Panpaper) -- are about to commit the government to a massive bailout plan involving the effective...
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| • | Think Locally, Act Globally: Dr Manu Chandaria has been lionised as East Africa's most respected chief executive officer of a company.
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| • | Michuki Leads Team to U.S. Meeting: Acting Finance Minister John Michuki left the country on Saturday night for a Commonwealth Finance meeting in Washington DC in the US.
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| • | Former Street Boy Wins Battle Against Garbage: With simple tools and no financial backing, he has risen to a challenge considered a serious headache by many local authorities in the country and has succeeded in managing the tonnes of garbage generated by residents every day.
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| • | Transporters Want Minister Sent to Jail Over Axle Rule: Transport minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere should be committed to jail for allegedly failing to honour a High Court order compelling him to stop the implementation of the three axle rule, transporters demanded on Saturday.
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| • | Medical Association Defends Doctors: The Kenya Medical Association has come out in defence of doctors over allegations of carelessness.
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| • | Raila Defends Growth Team: Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday defended the National Economic and Social Council against claims that it is irrelevant.
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| • | Lawyers Differ Over Fate of ECK: As pressure mounts on Electoral Commission of Kenya chairman Samuel Kivuitu and other commissioners to resign, legal experts are divided on the matter.
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| • | Special Police Unit to Guard Parliament: A special police unit is to be set up to cater for Parliament, the Parliamentary Service Commission decided on Saturday.
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| • | Workers Cry Foul Over Sackings: A Nairobi vehicle dealer is engaged in an industrial dispute with employees over what they call illegal sacking but which the employer terms as "normal."
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| • | Clarion Opposes Changes to Parties' Law: A lobby group has opposed the proposals by politicians to amend the newly-enacted Political Parties Act.
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| • | They Tortured Us in Ethiopian 'Guantanamo' - Freed Kenyans: A group of Kenyans have revealed how they were tortured when held as terrorist suspects in an Ethiopian jail.
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