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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | ||
| • | Catholic Church Speaks On National Economic Crisis: The full text of a statement issued by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of the Kenya Episcopal Conference on Thursday: | |
| • | Inside Obama's Florida Operation: Florida is an important election state; and Kenyans will understand why. It is the state that caused a 36 day delay before the announcement of presidential election results in 2000, as challenges were mounted against the election results. (Oh I wish... | |
| • | Sh12 Billion Power Plant Construction Underway: A power plant will be constructed at Rabai at the cost of Sh12 billion by an independent power producer and is set to be completed by December 2009. | |
| • | Economies to Escape Worst Shocks, Says IMF: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that the world is facing a major economic downturn in the face of the worst financial shock since the 1930s but African economies will not be hit very hard. | |
| • | Regulator Urges PCK to Adopt New Technology: Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) has been put on notice to either adopt technology or risk being run out of the market by more innovative competitors. | |
| • | Questions Raised Over UN's Nairobi Projects: Poor management and inadequate accountability are plaguing construction projects valued at nearly $30 million (about KSh2.1 billion) at the United Nations' Gigiri complex in Nairobi, according to a new report. | |
| • | British Aristocrat Says Police Destroyed Evidence: Lord Delamere's grandson Tom Cholmondeley on Thursday accused police of destroying crucial evidence which would have proved his guilt or innocence in a murder trial. | |
| • | Telkom Sold Within the Law, Says Minister: The Government is not involved in "mindless privatisation of strategic parastatals." | |
| • | Power Cost Set to Fall in Three Weeks: Kenyans will know by how much their power bills will come down in three weeks. | |
| • | Arms Ship - UN Okays Commando Attack: The United Nations has authorised force to free the hijacked Ukrainian ship. | |
| • | Reject GMOs Bill, Says Lobby: President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have been urged not to allow the adoption of the proposed law on biotechnology in its current form. | |
| • | Post-Poll Blockade Makes Case for New Trade Routes: A project to open up all four corridors linking Kenya and other countries in the East African region is in progress. | |
| • | Teachers Told to Drive Education Review: Teachers have been asked to play a leading role in the review of the country's education system. | |
| • | Two Million Women Targeted in Tetanus War: An anti-tetanus campaign targeting 1.9 million women for vaccination against the killer disease will be launched on Saturday. | |
| • | Juniors Storm Into Quarter Final: Kenya's two successive victories over Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo have pushed them to an impressive second position in group B behind defending champions Mali as the 10th Africa junior nations basketball championships for women enter... | |
| • | New Constituencies After Law Review: The Government will not alter the boundaries of the 210 constituencies until the Constitutional review is concluded next year. | |
| • | Man Tells of Attack Over 'Initiation': A middle-aged man on Wednesday told a court how he was attacked and his property destroyed for allegedly refusing to be initiated into the Njuri Ncheke council of elders. | |
| • | Kamangu Falls Ill And Dies in Hospital: Those were some of the last words Kiambu cobbler-turned media celebrity James Kamangu Ndimu told his wife hours before he died at the Kenyatta National Hospital on Wednesday morning. | |
| • | Govt Defends Deportation: Kenya is under no obligation to explain the deportation of the author of a book that discredits US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Foreign Affairs minister said On Wednesday. | |
| • | Two Weeks After Hijack, the Blame Game Continues: Thursday, October 9, 2008 is the 14th day since Somali pirates hijacked the Ukranian ship. | |
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