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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | ||
| • | United Force to Quell Conflicts: Military commanders from Eastern Africa are in Nairobi to put final touches on the establishment of a united force to deal with conflicts on the continent. | |
| • | Mwakwere Sued Over Trucks Ban: Transporters have written to Chief Justice Evan Gicheru complaining against Transport minister Chirau Mwakwere's directive on the ban of four-axle trucks on roads. | |
| • | ECK in Drive to Clear Its Name Over Poll Chaos: The embattled Electoral Commission of Kenya has launched a major campaign to show it was not to blame for the 2007 poll debacle. | |
| • | Tundo's Clothes 'Burnt After Killing': Rally driver Carl Tundo burned the clothes he was wearing on the day stonemason Robert Njoya was shot dead on Lord Delamere's farm in Soysambu, a court heard on Wednesday. | |
| • | Kibaki Tells Military to Embrace Technology: President Kibaki has challenged the armed forces to embrace information communication technology to tackle new security challenges. | |
| • | Now Village Elders to Get Allowances: Village elders have every reason to smile, for they will soon start receiving an allowance for their contribution to national development. | |
| • | Education Unit Soon for Arid Lands: A special outfit to handle education in marginalised areas is in the pipeline. | |
| • | National Selection Body Needed: EVERY YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT allocates billions of shillings to institutions that offer further education and training to students who have completed basic education. | |
| • | Early Pregnancies And Child Abuse On the Rise: The Naivasha children's officer Peter Kabuagi has decried the rise in cases of child abuse in the area. | |
| • | Narrow Debate On ECK Blurs the Bigger Reforms Picture: KIVUITU MUST GO IS THE new chant in town. The Electoral Commission of Kenya is being accused of single-handedly bungling last year's election leading to a blood-bath. | |
| • | Dismantle Quota System: Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has come up with an interesting, though hardly original, idea: Primary school teachers will no longer be confined to their home districts, and will, in fact, be deployed anywhere in the country like other civil servants,... | |
| • | Geothermal Key to Local Power Needs: Kenya's huge potential in geothermal energy remains untapped even as the country grapples with high electricity costs. | |
| • | Report Ranks Economy As One of the Most Competitive: Kenya has improved its ranking among the most competitive economies in the world despite the post-election violence that rocked the country in January. | |
| • | Attacking the Pirates May Be Too Costly: The decision by the United Nations Security Council to sanction international navy vessels and military aircraft to use "all necessary means" to stamp out piracy off the coast of Somalia gives a seal of approval to those countries whose warships are... | |
| • | House Committee to Decide Presidential Age Limit: The powerful House Business Committee will decide the fate of a motion to set an upper limit for a presidential candidate for the 2012 General Elections. | |
| • | Odinga Accuses African Leaders of Resisting Change: Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga, yesterday accused African leaders of resisting change, adding that it is only through reform that electoral fraud, which has impeded democracy in Africa could be wiped out. | |
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