July 2009

Kenya

MPs summon Nairobi Town Clerk

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – A meeting between the Nairobi City Council and Parliamentary Committee on Local Authorities aborted after the MPs demanded to...

LABAN WANAMBISIJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Envoys told to rebuild Kenya image abroad

MOMBASA, Kenya, Jul 27 – President Mwai Kibaki on Monday enlisted the support of Kenyan envoys in marketing the country as an attractive and...

CAPITAL REPORTERJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Wekesa tells politicians to keep off Mau issue

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – Forestry and Wildlife Minister Noah Wekesa on Monday told off politicians engaged in the Mau complex debate saying they...

ANTHONY KAGIRIJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Mau evictions part of solution, say experts

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – Water experts cautioned on Monday that evicting people from the Mau complex was not a quick fix solution to...

JUDIE KABERIAJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Man charged with faking Kenya fire claim

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – A man who allegedly lied that he had lost a child in the Nakumatt fire tragedy and even got...

Bernard Momanyi, Editorial DirectorJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Kenya PM decries brain drain

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on locally trained professionals to commit some time to serving the country after...

ANTHONY KAGIRIJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Death beckons in Kenyan town

LAIKIPIA, Kenya, Jul 27 – For the past decade, Laikipia region has been known for the numerous cases of insecurity. Such cases are no...

CORRESPONDENTJuly 27, 2009

Kenya

Kenya ups pension payout

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 27 – The government has effected a pension increase for all its 195,000 retirees and their dependants starting July 1 as...

ANTHONY KAGIRIJuly 27, 2009

World

French President Sarkozy hospitalised

PARIS, July 26 – France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital on Sunday after falling ill while exercising, his office told AFP. The...

July 26, 2009

World

Pakistani jets kill 13 militants

PESHAWAR, Jul 26 – Pakistani fighter jets pounded militant positions, killing at least 13 rebels and destroying their hideouts in the restive northwest, security...

July 26, 2009