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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | ||
| • | Team Set for Trip to Rio: The Kenya team to this year's World Half-Marathon flies out Thursday for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, venue of the championship on Saturday. | |
| • | Fears As Karura Forest Cleared: Environmentalists have raised the red flag over a project in Karura Forest. | |
| • | Teachers to Work Away From Home District: The system of hiring primary school teachers that confines them to their home districts will be abolished. | |
| • | Cockar Inquiry Team Starts Winding Up: Lawyers appearing for various parties at the Cockar Commission will file their written submissions on Thursday. | |
| • | Govt Cautions On Face-Off: American and Russian naval forces have been asked to deal with the mv Faina pirates firmly, but cautiously, to protect the crew being held hostage aboard the Ukrainian vessel. | |
| • | Go Beyond Reducing Power Charges: President Kibaki has responded to the cry of the people, and to big industry's spirited lobbying, when he announced a plan to reduce tax on electricity as a way of making it cheaper. | |
| • | Let the Experts Do It!: Kenyans, it would appear, never learn from past mistakes. For more than a decade, they have been running around in circles talking about the need for a comprehensive review of the constitution, and getting absolutely nowhere. | |
| • | Raila Renews Call for ECK's Departure: Many Kenyans will not vote in the 2012 General Election if the current Electoral Commission is not disbanded, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. | |
| • | Anti-Obama Author Kicked Out of Country: An American author who came to Kenya to discredit Barack Obama was deported on Tuesday night. | |
| • | Seafarers' Official Freed On Bail: A sailor's welfare association boss arraigned in court last week over remarks on a ship hijacked by Somali pirates was on Tuesday released on bail. | |
| • | Two New Energy Parastatals Set Up: Efforts to end the country's energy problems were stepped up on Tuesday following the establishment of two new parastatals in the sector. | |
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