September 2010

World

Nigeria at turning point as it turns 50

LAGOS, Sep 28 – Nigeria marks 50 years of independence this week with the country facing a defining presidential vote that holds clues to...

September 28, 2010

World

Mayor murdered in Mexico

Mexico, Sep 28 – The mayor of the Mexican town of Tancitaro, in southern Michoacan state, has been murdered, making him the 11th municipal...

September 28, 2010

World

Landslide buries about 30 people in Colombia

BOGOTA, Sep 28 – A landslide buried about 30 people on a highway in northwestern Colombia, authorities said, adding it was unlikely there would...

September 28, 2010

Kenya

Kenya to cut tobacco use by 5pc

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 28 – With various research studies indicating that tobacco use in Africa would double over the next twelve years, the Kenyan...

Sarah WambuiSeptember 28, 2010

Kenya

City Hall mulls Sh100b bond

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28 – The City Council of Nairobi (CCN) is planning to float a Sh100 billion Infrastructure Bond to enable it improve...

SIMON NDONGASeptember 28, 2010

Kenya

NHIF wants new rates remitted this month

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28-The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has said that it expects employers to remit the increased contribution rates beginning this month...

CATHERINE KARONGOSeptember 28, 2010

Kenya

Kibaki censured over Uganda extraditions

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28 – President Mwai Kibaki on Monday came under a scathing attack from a High Court judge over the rendition of...

ROB JILLOSeptember 28, 2010

Kenya

Evans: a selfless Kenyan hero

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28 – Evans Wadongo has one in 10 chances to be CNN’s hero for 2010, after being shortlisted from a larger...

LAURA WALUBENGOSeptember 28, 2010

Kenya

Kenya refugees face education time bomb

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28 – With over 50 percent of refugees at the Kakuma camp in Northern Kenya being under 17, but with only...

September 28, 2010

Kenya

5yr old boy with disability dies in fire

NYAHURURU, Kenya, Sep 28 – A five-year-old boy living with disability was burnt beyond recognition on Monday night when a fierce fire gutted down...

CORRESPONDENTSeptember 28, 2010