Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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| • | Voters Want Referendum Blocked: A group of voters has moved to court seeking to halt the referendum until the proposed constitution is amended.
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| • | Camps Step Up Hunt for Votes in Run-Up to Poll: The 'Yes' and 'No' camps have intensified their campaigns in the run-up to the August 4 referendum.
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| • | Law Seeks Equity in Sharing of Resources: How will national wealth be shared under the proposed constitution?
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| • | Clever Plans or Luck? How Mwakwere Won Matuga: It was a foregone conclusion in Mombasa that former Transport minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere would be trounced in the Matuga by-election.
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| • | AG Cornered Over Maize Probe Report: Attorney General Amos Wako failed to smile away MPs' push to have the investigation report on the maize and free-learning scandals tabled in Parliament.
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| • | Raila-Ruto Rift Costs ODM Civic Seats in Polls: The fallout between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Higher Education minister William Ruto seems to have cost ODM a number of civic seats in its perceived strongholds during by-elections held on Monday.
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| • | Ngige Still the Lion That Roars in KCB Tour: Simon Ngige still leads the KCB East Africa Golf Tour's Order of Merit series despite finishing third in Uganda Open on Sunday with an impressive score of six under par 282 which earned him 19 points for a total of 93.5.
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| • | Supersport Sponsorship Deal Set to Double: The region will see its biggest sports sponsorship deal yet when the Kenyan Premier League and South African pay television channel SuperSport unveil details of their partnership extension next week.
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| • | Meet Dry Run Plans on Track: Kenya will stage a dry run on July 22 at Nyayo National Stadium to test the equipment for the Senior Africa Athletics Championship, Local Organising Committee (LOC) chief executive David Okeyo, announced.
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| • | Looted Assets Revert to Public: The handing over of public property worth Sh6 billion -- illegally acquired by prominent politicians and civil servants -- starts on Wednesday in Nairobi.
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| • | Scientists Seek HIV Clues: Scientists in Nairobi have reported success in identifying three Kenyans whose immune system could hold the key to finding an HIV vaccine.
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| • | NHC Secures Sh12 Billion in Financing From Private Partner: The National Housing Corporation is driving towards private partnership arrangements to boost its supply of housing units in the country.
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| • | Right Step in the War Against Corruption: The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday starts restoring to the rightful owners public property worth Sh6 billion recovered from looters in high places.
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| • | The Cutting Edge: Here is a rare accolade for Telkom Kenya, which has always come in for a roasting from numerous contributors to Watchie for the endemic telephone breakdowns. Henry, who works at Contilogic Forwarders Ltd of Nairobi, is grateful to Telkom for moving...
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| • | 'Nation' Set for New Look: Starting Thurday, your Daily Nation will be different.
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| • | Inter-Sex Convict Tells of Suffering: Denied education, rejected by a would-be marriage partner and subjected to inhuman treatment in prison.
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| • | Over 4,700 Kenyans Win 'Green Card': The US department of State has sent out letters to 4,689 Kenyans notifying them that they have won a chance to migrate to the US after being picked in the Diversity Visa 2011 (Green Card) lottery.
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| • | Dressed Up in 'Mboga', for the Love of Animals: A lone voice is getting louder by the day, shouting: "Go vegetarian and save planet earth." And soon, Kenyan lovers of nyama choma, tumbukiza or fry -- all variations of beef an mbuzi meat-- will start listening.
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| • | Advocates and Judges Form Team Over Row: Advocates and magistrates have formed a mediation team over the standoff in Meru, Kitale, and Eldoret High courts.
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| • | City Hall Staff Threaten to Strike: City council employees have threatened to go on strike in protest against a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which they say is faulty.
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