Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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| • | Reform Cleric Slams Church in Constitution Row: With just five days to Kenya's landmark referendum on a new constitution, the country's most well-known reform cleric Reverend Timothy Njoya, attacks Christian Church leaders for campaigning against the draft constitution in the vote next Wednesday.
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| • | Supreme Court Will Be Set Up Within One Year: Considerable change will occur in the Judiciary under the proposed constitution.
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| • | 'No' Team Accuses Us of Meddling: The 'No' camp intensified its hunt for votes in Ukambani on Friday while accusing US leaders of manipulating the Kenyan reform process.
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| • | President Assures Rift Valley Residents on Land Issues in Constitution: President Kibaki on Friday pleaded with residents of Rift Valley to join other Kenyans in passing the proposed constitution, saying there was no clause that would legalise seizure of land by the government.
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| • | Joy as Paper Mills Roar Back to Life: President Kibaki reopened the Webuye-based Pan African Paper Mills after a one-and-a-half-year closure.
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| • | Railways Pensions Scheme on the Spot: The troubled Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme has been put on notice over poor management of pensioners' funds.
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| • | 12 Kenyan Women Experts Win Fellowships: A plant nematode specialist and a passion fruit pathologist are among 12 Kenyan women who were feted early this week by the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (Award).
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| • | Landmark Ruling on Death Penalty: Three judges of appeal on Friday declared the mandatory death sentence for murder unconstitutional.
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| • | Golden Day as Mateelong Leads 1-2: There is no better place to set history than home and that is what Africa champion in 3,000m steeplechase Richard Mateelong did to become the first man to successfully retain the race title in the 31-year-history of the Safaricom Senior Africa...
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| • | Untold Story - Night Meeting That Saved Moi Presidency: There is no doubt in Lt-Gen (retired) Humphrey Njoroge's mind that the coup attempt in which scores were killed and hundreds injured -- on top of huge losses to business -- was wholly avoidable.
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| • | Raila Rejoins Campaign: Prime Minister Raila Odinga is back on the campaign trail and will on Saturday day attend a 'Yes' rally in Kisumu alongside President Kibaki.
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| • | Why Kibaki Has Rolled Up Sleeves: Key strategists around the main opposition challenger Mwai Kibaki were a worried lot in the run-up to the 1997 elections.
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| • | NSE Rallies Ahead of Voting: The Nairobi Stock Exchange on Friday sustained a bullish run ahead of the August 4 vote on the proposed constitution.
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| • | Enact Law, Micro and Small Enterprises Urge: Small and medium enterprises are set to benefit from the devolved system of government in the proposed constitution, but only if the Micro, Small and Medium enterprises Bill, which has been pending for over 10 years is enacted, says Micro and Small...
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| • | Consumers Reassured Over Fuel Availability: Consumers have no cause to worry over continued supply of fuel due to the termination of KenolKobil's crude oil processing agreement by the Mombasa-based refinery, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has said.
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| • | State Extends Registration of Phone Sim Cards to August 31: Mobile phone subscribers who have not registered their SIM cards have up to August 31, 2010 to do so, the government announced on Friday.
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| • | Claim Disputed that Trade Measures 'Aid' Counterfeiters: A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit medicines to enter the market - a claim that health rights advocates refute.
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| • | Land Issues That Just Won't Go Away: With only days to the constitutional referendum in Kenya, the issue of land - ownership, quantity and usage - remains the most controversial, with proponents and opponents suggesting different interpretations of land rights detailed in the draft.
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| • | New Constitution Divides Nation: Less than three years after a closely fought presidential election plunged Kenya into widespread violence and displaced thousands, the country is bracing itself for another crucial and equally divisive ballot, this time on a new constitution.
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| • | Odinga Accused of Insulting Language: PRIME Minister Raila Odinga has been named among the politicians making "unsavoury, derogatory and insulting" remarks during the campaigns before referendum on the proposed constitution on August 4.
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