Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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| • | Why Federalism Can Work in Kenya But Fail Here: On 4th August 2010 Kenyans ratified a new constitution via a referendum, and they gave at least nominal support to devolution of political power in a way that isn't really federalism but will look a lot like it.
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| • | House Team Okays PM's Office Renovation: A parliamentary committee has toured the new Prime Minister's office and concluded that it was satisfied with the Sh329 million renovation approved by the House.
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| • | SDV Sets Up Sh683 Million Dry Port in Mombasa: The capacity to handle more cargo at the port of Mombasa is expected to increase from next month after the completion of a dry port constructed by SDV Transami, a leading logistics operator in Africa.
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| • | Cohesion Team Urged to Probe Moi Remarks: The Rift Valley Council of Elders has urged the National Cohesion and Integration Commission to probe utterances made by politician Gideon Moi.
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| • | Nation Considers Hiring PCs Over Counties: Kenya is considering hiring more Provincial Commissioners to take charge of various counties created under the new Constitution.
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| • | Govt - 2012 Politics Threat to Nation's New Law: The succession politics of 2012 and the high expectations among Kenyans may hinder the effective implementation of the new Constitution, the government has said.
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| • | Search for Truth, Justice Gains Ground: Kenya's journey to truth and justice is on course despite the commission set up to investigate historical injustices facing a crisis of leadership.
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| • | Kibaki And Raila Face ICC Probe: President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga are not immune from investigations by the International Criminal Court, the Star has established.
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| • | Rows in Rights Body Sending Wrong Signals: Leadership wrangles at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights are quite a shame. They undermine the organisation's credibility and bring to question its capacity to judiciously interrogate excesses in other institutions.
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| • | Stop Planned Sacrilege: The threat by the pastor of a small evangelical church to burn copies of the Qur'an publicly to mark the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in the United States which killed more than 3,000 people, could only have been conceptualised by a...
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| • | Priest's 'Love Affair' Lands Him in Court: A priest who allegedly attempted to pass off a ruined love affair as a robbery incident has been charged with giving false information.
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| • | Rapist Jailed for Life: A man who bought sodas and cakes for a group of young children before defiling a five-year-old girl has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| • | Noose Tightens On Kenolkobil as Regulator Renews Importation Ban: The saga surrounding KenolKobil took a new turn on Wednesday when the industry regulator insisted that the oil marketer's importation licence remained suspended, throwing a spanner in the works of a company fighting for its life.
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| • | Kirima's Son Drops Case in Property Row: A son of former Starehe MP Gerishon Kirima on Wednesday withdrew part of an application he has filed against his father.
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| • | Human Head 'Warning to Scare Off Recipient': Police are investigating a bizarre case in which a decomposed human head, neatly packed in a box, was sent by courier to a government official.
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| • | KRA Employee Denies Receiving Sh50,000 Bribe: A Kenya Revenue Authority employee was on Wednesday charged with three counts of receiving and soliciting a bribe from a trader.
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| • | IDPs Resettlement Plan in Doubt: The government's plan to resettle all the 2007 post-election chaos victims living in transitional camps by December is now in doubt.
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| • | Family Rescued From Roof of Flooded House: Mzee Joseph Malesi, 80, and his family are a happy lot after they were rescued from raging waters in Kwanza on Wednesday.
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| • | Appeal for Help to Bring Girl's Body From Lebanon: A Mombasa family has asked the government to help it recover the body of a relative who died in Lebanon.
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| • | Man Killed Over Pool Game: A man was killed on Wednesday after he was shortchanged in a game of pool.
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