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Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | ||
| • | Pirates Withdraw Threat to Blow Up Ship: Pirates aboard the hijacked weapons carrying Ukrainian ship moored off the coast of Somalia have withdrawn their threat to blow up the ship if ransom is not paid. | |
| • | Centum CEO Quits: Centum Investments chief executive, Mr Peter Mwangi has resigned. | |
| • | Floods Displace Thousands in Northeast: More than 10,000 people have been displaced by flash floods following heavy rains that pounded Mandera in north-eastern Kenya and southern parts of Somalia this week, aid agencies said. | |
| • | Guiding Principles Violated in IDP Resettlement - Activists: Kenyan officials "violated with impunity" the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement during an operation to resettle people displaced by post-election violence early this year, human rights activists have said. | |
| • | Kanu Still Relevant in Eagles: Most Valuable Player in last Saturday's World Cup and Nations Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Sierra Leone, Chidi Odiah insists the time isn't right for Nwankwo Kanu to retire from international football as he is still very much relevant to the... | |
| • | Raila And Kalonzo Row Resurfaces: The power struggle between the Vice-President and Prime Minister came to the fore on Wednesday at an ODM Kenya recruitment drive in Nairobi. | |
| • | Sh800m Kitty to Wipe Away Flooding Tears: The yearly tears of Budalang'i flooding victims are set to be wiped away with an Sh800 million compensation kitty should a motion passed by Parliament be implemented. | |
| • | Use of Spy Agency Reports Could Have Averted Chaos: The deadliest of the election-related violence could have been avoided had the Government made use of its own intelligence reports, the Waki commissioners say. | |
| • | Three Dead As Floods Cut Off Town: Three people are feared dead after floods swept across Mandera Town on Tuesday night, leaving at least 10,000 people homeless. | |
| • | Court Bars New Licensing for Grain Handler: Grain Bulk Handlers Limited (GBHL) has moved to court and obtained an order suspending the implementation of a decision to license a second grain handler at port of Mombasa. | |
| • | Probe Targets Ten Politicians And Businessmen: A special international tribunal will be set up to prosecute people at the heart of the post-election violence that led to the murder of 1,133 people. | |
| • | We're Thieves Who Stole the World From Other Creatures: Two days ago, I was sure I was re-reading one of the most fascinating articles I have encountered on Zimbabwe opposition leader and almost-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in the August issue of the political journal, Prospect. | |
| • | Oil Chief Puts Off Kenya Trip: Differences between Kenya and Sudan over a hijacked Ukrainian ship deepened on Wednesday when the latter cancelled a visit by its energy minister to Nairobi to seal an oil deal. | |
| • | Idle Land to Be Reclaimed, Says Mudavadi: Idle land in the hands of private investors will be repossessed by local authorities, a Cabinet minister has warned. | |
| • | 40 Netted in Underage Drinking Crackdown: Forty secondary school students in Imenti North District were on Tuesday night arrested in a Meru town bar during a raid on entertainment spots selling alcohol to children. | |
| • | Waki Report Has Given Country a Lifeline: Kenya was on Wednesday offered a last chance to liberate itself from the slavery of politically-instigated barbarity when the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence chaired by Mr Justice Philip Waki presented its report to President Kibaki. | |
| • | Rot in Board Swallows Farmers' Sh2.3 Billion: The rot in the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya has resulted in the loss of Sh2.3 billion in the past six years subjecting farmers to untold suffering. | |
| • | Three Killed By Armed Robbers: Three people were killed on Wednesday in Transmara District by armed gangsters. | |
| • | Elder Says He Never Backed Cut: The chairman of the Luo Council of Elders, Ker Riaga Ogallo says that he was arm-twisted to endorse the male cut among the Luo community. | |
| • | Civic Groups Join Calls for Removal of CJ: The civil society has joined calls by lawyers to push for the removal of Chief Justice Evan Gicheru. | |
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