Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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| • | HIV-positive Citizens Need Tribunal to Address Rights Violations: Nancy Njeri's life changed when she contracted HIV through a gang rape. Not only did the infection traumatise her, she was ostracised by close friends and neighbours whom she had known for almost a decade. She was fired from her job and when she...
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| • | Lands Boss Accused of Contempt: A group of squatters has cited the Lands Commissioner for contempt after he allegedly issued a cancelled title to a public institution.
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| • | Ban Varsity Councils Over Tribalism, Say Lecturers: Lecturers are pushing for the reconstitution of university councils, saying the move would help in fighting tribalism at public institutions.
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| • | Police on the Spot as Crime Soars: Law enforcers are spending sleepless nights racking their brains to come up with new strategies to deal with a vicious spate of crime reported in Kakamega in the last one month.
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| • | Fake Vehicle Logbook Used as Exhibit in Fraud Case: A police officer became tongue-tied in court when he realised that the documents he was relying on as exhibits in a fraud case against a secondary school teacher were forged.
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| • | 'Hands Tied' in Uganda Bombing Case: The three Kenyans linked to the Kampala bombings are beyond the jurisdiction of the Kenyan courts.
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| • | Kirima Reunited With His Family: Tears flowed freely on Tuesday as octogenarian Gerishon Kirima met his children, some of whom he had not seen in over two years.
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| • | Vote in Large Numbers, Says President: Some 12.5 million Kenyans are going to the polls on Wednesday to decide whether or not to adopt a new constitution.
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| • | Major Task Ahead in Uniting Country: The hard work for Kenyans is just beginning, irrespective of which side wins Wednesday's vote.
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| • | Battle Lines Drawn for 2012 Polls: The campaigns for a new constitution ahead of Wednesday's referendum were turned into supremacy wars by politicians ahead of the General Election in 2012.
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| • | Bomas Hosts National Tallying Centre: The concluding lines in the second verse of Kenya's National Anthem read: "And our homeland of Kenya/ Heritage of splendour/ Firm may we stand to defend."
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| • | The Cutting Edge: Switch them on: Several weeks ago, the residents of Park Road, Nairobi, were elated when City Council workers arrived in their neighbourhood and quickly erected streetlights, reports Faisal Suleiman.
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| • | Stand Up: Kenyans troop to polling stations across the country for a crucial vote that will determine whether they gain a new constitutional order or whether it will be back to the drawing board.
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| • | Shopping Takes a Rest as Citizens Go Out to Vote: Most businesses are closed Wednesday across the country as Kenyans decide on the fate of the proposed new constitution.
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| • | Slaying Hyenas of Tribalism and Intolerance: On Wednesday, three hyenas shall be slain, no matter what the outcome of the vote will be. The first to be put out of contention will be fear.
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| • | Eruption of Violence Can't Be Ruled Out If the Police Fail in Their Duties: Following concerns that communal and sectarian violence may erupt in some of parts of the country during and after the referendum vote, President Kibaki, Security minister George Saitoti and the Commissioner of Police Mathew Iteere, moved fast to...
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| • | Calls for Calm Ahead of Constitution Vote: As politicians and church and civil society leaders appeal for peace ahead of Wednesday's referendum in Kenya, some Rift Valley communities hit by the 2007-2008 post-election violence have fled to their ancestral homes, fearing a fresh flare-up.
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| • | BAT Shifts Focus to Export of Tobacco Leaves: British American Tobacco (Kenya) is diversifying into the export of semi-processed tobacco after investing Sh350 million in a processing plant to increase its revenue sources.
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| • | State Oil Dealer to Finance Its Quota of Imports: National Oil will finance importation of petroleum products from commercial sources.
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| • | Referendum - Kibaki, PM Urge Peaceful Vote: President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have urged Kenyans to peacefully vote at the referendum on the proposed constitution Wednesday.
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