March 2009

Kenya

Kenya PM pledges fight against poverty

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 – Prime Minister Raila Odinga has reassured Kenyans that the Grand Coalition administration was determined to institute sound governance policies...

PMPSMarch 13, 2009

World

Petition for White House vegetable plot

WASHINGTON, Mar 12 – Nearly 85,000 people have signed an online petition calling for part of the White House lawn to be turned into...

March 12, 2009

World

Bush shoe thrower jailed for three years

BAGHDAD, Mar 12 – A court on Thursday sentenced the Iraqi journalist who became an Arab world hero after throwing his shoes at George...

March 12, 2009

World

Gunman kept offenders list

SAMSON, Mar 12 – The unemployed Alabama man who killed his mother and nine others on a vicious shooting rampage made a list of...

March 12, 2009

World

Climate change delay suicidal

WASHINGTON, March 12 – A leading US senator warned that deferring potentially costly actions to combat climate change because of the global economic slump...

March 12, 2009

World

UN warns of threat to water

PARIS Mar 12 – Surging population growth, climate change, reckless irrigation and chronic waste are placing the world’s water supplies at threat, according to...

March 12, 2009

Kenya

Kibaki raps media over govt ratings

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12 – President Mwai Kibaki has said the media is to blame for the low rating of his government by Kenyans....

CORRESPONDENTMarch 12, 2009

Kenya

Now govt cautions on cough syrups

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12 – The government has said cough syrups for children that had been withdrawn from public and some private hospitals would...

Capital FMMarch 12, 2009

Kenya

Kofi Annan leaves Kenya quietly

NAIROBI, Kenya, March, 12 – Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan quietly left the country on Thursday morning after a two day visit....

JUDIE KABERIAMarch 12, 2009

Kenya

Kenya IDP programme gets Sh500m

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 12 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Kenya has received Sh560 million from Japan for the implementation of various...

LAURA WALUBENGOMarch 12, 2009