Monday, July 26th, 2010
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| • | Government and Religious Leaders should take Eviction Threats Very Seriously: Many Kenyans from different ethnic groups, who were evicted from their homes in the post election and ethnic violence that rocked the country in 2007-2008, two years later, are still living in camps and dehumanizing conditions.
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| • | Make the Right Decision on the Referendum, Cardinal Urges: As time kicks by, close to the August 4 referendum D-Day, Catholic Cardinal John Njue has urged Kenyans to ensure that they make the right decision on the issue.
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| • | Pastor Charged over Referendum Bomb Plot: A Kenyan pastor has pleaded not guilty to two charges over an alleged plot to bomb a campaign rally for next month's constitutional referendum.
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| • | DHL Upbeat After Defying Recession and Poll Violence Storm: After the world trade suffered its sharpest decline in more than 70 years last year, firms dealing in trade logistics and related services were thrown back to the drawing board to strategise on new ways of staying afloat in turbulent times.
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| • | Roads Agency Calls for Bids to Manage Weighbridges: The agency in charge of the country's highways will privatise more weighbridges as part of efforts to streamline cargo movement into and out of Mombasa port.
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| • | Firms Go Overdrive With Client Rewards to Boost Market Share: A visit to most leading supermarkets in the country, a cashier swipes a customer's 'smart card' and punches the keys to reward her with points for the goods she has purchased.
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| • | Kenya Wants Strong Action Against Somalia: The Foreign Affairs minister of Kenya wants the African Union to take strong action against militants in Somalia following the twin bombings in Kampala.
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| • | Civil Servants Shouldn't Campaign: With only 10 days left to the referendum over the Proposed Constitution of Kenya, campaigns have gone a notch higher, and both camps are presumably unleashing their secret weapons.
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| • | Why Moi is Fighting So Hard to Derail Draft: Few Kenyans have noticed the remarkable change that has occurred in the leadership of the 'No' camp in the last 10 days. The subtle change forced the real power behind the 'No' camp to take charge of its diminishing fortunes.
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| • | Githongo As the Villain of War On Corruption: In my original script of the epic drama of Kenya's war on corruption, I cast John Githongo in the star role of a brave warrior-prince fighting to defend the public granary against an invading army of rapacious elders.
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| • | Agriculture Still Our Best Option: Kenya's economic growth chart since independence has been rather predictable. In the initial two decades after the British left, the economy chalked up good growth thanks to the agrarian reforms of that period and before, mainly some redistribution of...
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| • | Whatever You Do, Don't Kill the Dream: In The Kalenjin Egypt Origin Legend Revisited, Kipkoeech arap Sambu informs us that Myoot is the real name of the various "Kalenjin" sub-communities. "Kalenjin" was imposed on them by the colonial Kenya Broadcasting Service.
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| • | Moi's Real Beef With Proposed Law is the Manner of Devolution: Daniel arap Moi is returning to his old obnoxious ways. Challenged to account for the various land acquisitions he made all over the country, he and his son Gideon resorted to whining about people they say "grabbed" land in the Rift Valley.
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| • | Kalonzo and Uhuru Shine in Absence of Prime Minister: The absence of Prime Minister Raila Odinga on the campaign trail has generated debate, with many seeing it is a blessing in disguise for the 'Yes' side.
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| • | Game of Numbers in Scramble for the Rift: As the day for deciding the fate of the proposed constitution draws near, attention is turning to Rift Valley Province which is home to three million registered voters.
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| • | Citizens Have a Date With Destiny: Kenyans go to the referendum ballot in the next 10 days knowing that how they vote will determine whether they close the long search for a new constitution or open yet another chapter.
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| • | Draft Edit Probe Shoddy - Mutula: A police report that singled out an official behind the illegal edit of the proposed constitution has been dismissed as useless by the Justice ministry.
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| • | Sweet-Talkers Now in Major Fraud Business: It begins with a beep on your cell phone, but you recognise neither the sender nor the sense of the message. But it appears to contain sensitive information. You ignore it, but soon the sender contacts you, thanking you for safeguarding the...
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| • | Teachers' Colleges May Increase Fees: Students training to become primary school teachers may soon pay Sh10,960 more if a proposal by heads of teacher training institutions is approved.
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| • | Nyanza and NEP Poorest Zones - UN Study: North Eastern and Nyanza provinces are the poorest in Kenya while Nairobi and Central are ranked the richest, according to a new study by a UN agency.
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