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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kenya Star.com http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a262965e0c331d64/ en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:16:21 -0400 30 + ] By George Obulutsa DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Canada's Artumas Group Inc (AGI) <AGIC.OL> expects a 300 megawatts (MW) natural gas-powered project it is working on in southern Tanza... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399621/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:58:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399621/ + ] By Crispian Balmer EVIAN, France, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The global financial crisis will hit Kenya's economy badly, Prime Minister Raila Odinga told Reuters on Monday, rejecting previous assertion... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399622/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:58:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399622/ The leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) will return to the dock in a Durban High Court on 22 October to hear the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) appeal against an... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399575/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:28:51 -0400 afrol News http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399575/ Joburg Gay Pride 2008 was celebrated by an estimated ten thousand gays, lesbians, friends and families on Rosebank streets, JOhannesburg, on Saturday morning. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399576/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0400 afrol News http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399576/ In a bid to eradicate breast cancer among women worldwide, Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) along with Ghana Breast Cancer Alliance have detailed a course of action for low and middle-income cou... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399211/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0400 afrol News http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399211/ Another company known as Corps Worldwide is willing to put its money in the production of bio-fuel.It will also bring in at least 100 Kenyan business owners in the diaspora who will give their busines... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399623/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:21:34 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18399623/ Kenya's shilling weakened against the dollar on Monday due to high corporate demand for the greenback and muted inflows, and dealers said sentiment on the local currency remains bearish. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395010/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:52 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395010/ Kenya must beat DR Congo on Tuesday in their third preliminary round match if they hope to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 10th Africa Nations Basketball Championships for under-18 women going o... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395011/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:44 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395011/ A group of Kenyans who were recently flown back into the country after being held in Ethiopia for several months as terrorist suspects now want to sue the state for kidnapping. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18394357/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:40 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18394357/ The Leader in Face-to-Face Education for Senior Executives Offering regional and national programs, CIO (and CSO) events bring together some of the most respected names and thought leaders in inf... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18393804/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:01:34 -0400 CIO http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18393804/  President Kibaki said the move would be to make the council, which is a think-tank of experts, more representative and enable the Government achieve a desired goal of eight to 10 per cent economic g... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395737/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:41 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395737/ NAIROBI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki on Monday ordered the energy and finance ministries to lower electricity tariffs in response to high costs that have been passed on to consume... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18394626/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:59:27 -0400 Eview Week http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18394626/ + ] By Wangui Kanina NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eight Kenyans who were arrested as suspected Somali Islamist fighters and covertly flown to Ethiopia threatened to sue the government on Monday if the offic... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18393475/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:56:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18393475/ The two-year survey, conducted by the federal ministry of health between 2005 and 2007, also revealed that at 75% of such blindness is avoidable. Blindness afflicts male and female in all parts of ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395627/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:26:35 -0400 afrol News http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395627/ The company has invested in excess of Ksh1 billion in a coal milling facility to replace usage of fuel oil in the clinker manufacturing process due for completion in December 2009. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395742/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:18:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395742/ The court which started operations in 2001 will hear a suit of a Tanzanian businessman who is suing the Kenya Port Authority for loss amounting to USD 24million for imports he ordered from abroad thro... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395741/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:18:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395741/ We were told about the place by two Kenya students at Washington University in St Louis (the VP debate venue) Joyce Mugure and Raphael 'Rafohz' Njoroge, who had about a bar where Kenyans and other Afr... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395743/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:18:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395743/ The seizure of a ship bearing a consignment of military hardware from the Ukraine by the Somali pirates is proving to be a mystery wrapped in an enigma. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395744/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:18:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18395744/ East Africa could make windfall gains from the current global financial crisis as investors in developed markets look to shift some of their portfolios to safer regions. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18390476/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18390476/ : Fitch Ratings says in a recently published special report that the Kenyan banks are performing well, despite an increasingly challenging operating environment following the http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18389685/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:21:57 -0400 Morning Star http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18389685/ + ] BUJUMBURA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Burundi's tea export earnings grew 62 percent in the first nine months of the year, boosted by low supply of the crop, a tea board official said on Monday. The tin... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391103/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:40 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391103/ A management shake-up is underway at the East African Development Bank after the institution posted a shocking $8.9 million loss for 2007 on the back of three successive years of profitability. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18390475/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18390475/ + ] NAIROBI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki directed his government on Monday to lower electricity taxes in response to high bills that have been hurting consumers. The Kenya Asso... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391102/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:39 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391102/ Immigration Police say that from Moyale, human cargo is ferried to Garissa, Isiolo then Nanyuki and Voi from where it is taken to Tanzania through Taveta border town. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391107/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391107/ When Somali pirates hijacked the MV Faina, they probably didn't know about its deadly cargo of 33 T-72 tanks, rocket launchers, rifles and heavy weapons allegedly destined for Kenya's military. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391106/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391106/ , the semi narcotic herbs popularly chewed in Somalia. The order came when clergymen reopened the airport after being rehabilitated following the capture of Kismayu by the Islamists in mid August. She... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391100/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:25:45 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391100/ Emotions ran high as the men recounted their ordeal after being reunited yesterday with their families, relatives and friends. They were brought back to Kenya after police and immigration officials co... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391113/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:03 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391113/ Kenyan and other African governments should consider providing loans that will fully cover essential needs of NEEDY students at universities, the chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Afric... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391114/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:02 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391114/ Once Agro-Chemical settled down, it turned out to be a matter of time before they made a mark on the score sheet as they made several attempts on Tusker goal. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391116/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391116/ The grand scheme to introduce genetically modified foods into Kenya seemed to shift into top gear after the Ministry of Agriculture launched a campaign last month to make the country appreciate them. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391110/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:06 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391110/ Three legislators allied to the Party of National Unity want Prime Minister Raila Odinga to order his supporters to vacate houses in Nairobi which they illegally occupied after the post-election viole... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391117/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391117/ In the event, it is easy to understand the indignation across East Africa that local oil companies have not passed on the fall in global prices to their consumers. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18388900/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18388900/ Lucy (for legal reasons, we cannot use her real name without her consent), a Kenyan single mother of two, became hunted soon after she bolted from virtual slavery in Germany, where she had worked as a... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391118/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391118/ The night operation was calculated to ensure all the suspects would have been safely received by relatives by the time the news was broken in the media. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391108/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391108/ A draft Bill forwarded to the Attorney-General threatens to award human traffickers life in prison if it becomes law, after a multi-sectoral committee appointed to write a law against human traffickin... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391109/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391109/ - South African health authorities are on high alert after three people died in hospital from an unknown, infectious disease similar to hemorrhagic fever, health officials said. A fourth person, a cle... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391099/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:25:46 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391099/ "The smaller the volume, the more you can save... This is because bigger books cost more to copy," said an accounting student at Job Mark, a private college. "But sometimes, we do not do it because ce... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391120/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391120/ + ] (The following statement was released by the ratings agency) Oct 6 - Fitch Ratings says in a recently published special report that the Kenyan banks are performing well, despite an increasingl... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391101/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:39 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391101/ "Energy costs alone now constitute over 40 per cent of the total manufacturing costs, driving a 33 per cent increase in overall costs," said a statement by KAM chairman Vimal Shah. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391111/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:05 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391111/ Islamist insurgents are demanding some of the weapons aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks but the pirates holding them have refused to part with them, a local official said on Sunday. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391119/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:58 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391119/ With simple tools and no financial backing, he has risen to a challenge considered a serious headache by many local authorities in the country and has succeeded in managing the tonnes of garbage gener... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391112/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391112/ Justice, Constitutional and National Cohesion minister Martha Karua is expected to move the long-awaited Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill and the Kenya Review Bill to pave way for comprehensive re... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391121/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391121/ Sharp divisions have emerged in the CDF national board following claims of in-house interference in the ongoing exercise of recruiting a new chief executive officer. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391122/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391122/ Ideally, pleading guilty is an admission of wrongdoing. But criminals in Kenya have realised that it could be a lifeline, and they are handily using it to evade jail, investigations show. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391123/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391123/ Supporting the Southern Sudan government is in our long-term strategic interest and we should not shy from it. The truth of the matter is that as a Western ally, Kenya is an existential enemy of Arab ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391124/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:17:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18391124/ During the recent commodity boom, some of our countries have managed to accumulate reserves, and have strengthened the external sector and government balance sheets. Nevertheless, in the non-bank fina... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386859/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386859/ Kenyan Muslim leaders are calling on the government to return 19 other terror suspects who are still languishing in Ethiopian prisons over the extra-judicial renditions. The religious leaders are also... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386857/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:33:46 -0400 People's Daily http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386857/ Initiated by regional multimedia giant, Nation Media Group, and business advisory firm, KPMG, the winners of the Top 100 Survey were finally unveiled. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386861/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:23 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386861/ The government has given the Tea Board of Kenya, the industry regulator, sweeping powers in its quest to revive the once vibrant but now troubled industry. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386862/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386862/ Equity Bank has started recruiting key staff to spearhead its expansion to Southern Sudan, a month after it announced that it had secured the necessary approvals to start operating. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386233/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:03:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386233/ Homa Bay and Nyamira towns have been hit by an acute water shortage after the Kenya Power and Lighting Company switched off electricity at pumping plants. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386863/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386863/ But, the pick of the day pitted Quins, the Kenya Cup League champions and Nakuru RFC who won the Zain Enterprise Cup to determine the ultimate champions. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386864/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386864/ Hundreds of impounded trucks have been parked on the highway between Mariakani, Malaba and Busia border posts following a ban on heavy trucks effective from October 1. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386865/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386865/ Kenya Iron and Scrap Metal Association (Kisma) secretary general, Mr Irshad Sumra, said exportation of scrap copper generates a large amount of foreign exchange for the country adding that its ban wou... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386866/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:32:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18386866/ Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a US raid on a building in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among civilians inside, the US military said. A US military sp... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18380636/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:17:45 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18380636/ Acrimonious exchanges threaten to tear the African National Congress apart as rival factions escalate their no-holds-barred fight for the soul of the party. ANC president Jacob Zuma had to hurriedly c... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377219/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:31:01 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377219/ Obama raises record $66m in one month Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin accused Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday of “palling around with terrorists,” marking a shift to... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377218/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:31:02 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377218/ Flagging in the polls and becoming increasingly desperate, Senator John McCain was at a campaign stop in Colorado on Thursday when the inevitable question came up from a supporter: “When are you goi... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377220/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:30:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18377220/ The Kenyan government has promised that it will work with the seven-member regional mediation body, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to bring peace to war-torn Somalia. Speaking... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18376873/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:32:24 -0400 People's Daily http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18376873/ A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama shows him her t-shirt as he works the crowd in Glenside, Pennsylvania, at the weekend. Following a campaign rally in Abington, Penns... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369190/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:15 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369190/ Zambia’s liberation hero, Kenneth Kaunda, has endorsed acting president Rupiah Banda ahead of an election later this month, state media reported today. Former head of state Kaunda said Banda, and no... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18368707/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:14 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18368707/ Ag. Finance minister John Michuki is leading the Kenyan delegation to a Commonwealth finance meeting that will explore issues associated with managing economies in the face of higher food and fuel pri... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369189/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:13 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369189/ Former South Africa's President Mbeki stands with Zimbabwe's President Mugabe at Harare International Airport in file photo. Mr. Mbeki has agreed to return to Zimbabwe to dissolve the deadlo... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369188/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:12 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18369188/ Statistics from the World Health Organisation show that 3.5 billion people use traditional medicine while in Africa the figure stands at 80 per cent.In an Australian medical journal published two year... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18367471/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:05:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18367471/ Plagued by fears for the stability of the banking system, European leaders meet Saturday for a summit French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes will limit the damage caused by the worst financial crisis ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353496/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353496/ US Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin greets supporters during a rally in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September. Her aides now insists that she will be more open to media ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353497/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:57 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353497/ three weeks ago on apparent lapses by doctors during diagnosis and treatment, KMA chairman Dr Juma Suleh said no doctor in his right mind would knowingly endanger life of a patient. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352943/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:54 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352943/ A Nairobi vehicle dealer is engaged in an industrial dispute with employees over what they call illegal sacking but which the employer terms as “normal.” http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353503/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:50 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353503/ The high-level advisory body is charged with keeping Vision 2030 in focus. Mr Odinga called for quick action on development to pre-empt “new threats to our nationhood” from interfering with the gr... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353504/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:49 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353504/ “Law making process cannot be conducted as a narrow interest group process,” Clarion Director Morris Odhiambo said in a statement faxed to newsrooms. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353498/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:56 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353498/ Ag. Finance minister John Michuki will attend a Commonwealth finance meeting that will explore issues associated with managing economies in the face of higher food and fuel prices. Photo/FILE http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353501/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:52 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353501/ Transport minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere should be committed to jail for allegedly failing to honour a High Court order compelling him to stop the implementation of the three axle rule, transporters dem... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353500/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:51 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353500/ Electoral Commission of Kenya chairman Samuel Kivuitu. Some lawyers are questioning the wisdom of demanding the resignation of the Kivuitu team before a new electoral law is in place to ensure a more ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352969/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:47 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352969/ A Soviet tank on display. A report says Kenya has been importing tanks, submachine guns and automatic rifles without reporting to the UN, in defiance of international agreements. Photo/FILE http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353505/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:46 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353505/ Police officers arrest a demonstrator outside Parliament in this file photo. The Parliamentary Service Commission wants a special police unit for Parliament. Photo/FILE http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352958/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:45 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18352958/ President Kibaki (left) receives a copy of the Independent Review Commission report on the 2007 General Election from Commission's Chairman Johann Kriegler at Harambee House, Nairobi last month. ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353036/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:44 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353036/ The power struggle in ODM over who should deputise Prime Minister Raila Odinga is likely to be resolved through a deal proposed at a meeting in the PM’s Bondo home last week. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353506/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:43 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353506/ Former Finance minister Amos Kimunya. Mr Kimunya’s political future hangs in the balance as the 10th Parliament resumes on Tuesday. Photo/FILE http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353507/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:42 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353507/ PNU leaders including ministers John Michuki, Yusuf Haji, Noah Wekesa, Nominated MP George Nyamweya, Kiraitu Murungi and Beth Mugo at a past press conference at the party headquarters in Nairobi. Phot... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353508/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:41 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18353508/ Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has reiterated the government’s commitment to help Somalia find peace, saying the move would end piracy along the war-torn country’s coastline. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351105/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:07 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351105/ Mr Moi was alluding to the new trend in the Rift Valley where women were being elected as Members of Parliament and councillors to replace their male counterparts. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351429/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:06 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351429/ An MP wants the Judicial Service Commission allowed to handle issues concerning judges and magistrate in the wake of the row over taxation of the judicial officers’ pay. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351430/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:05 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351430/ The chairman of the National Nurses Association, Mr Luke K’Odambo, also blamed lack of policies and political commitment for the failure to invest in the facilities and retain specialised nurses. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351432/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:03 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351432/ Zimbabwe talks hit by lack of mediator Thabo Mbeki has agreed to stay on as mediator in Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks despite being ousted as South African president, his spokesman said on Friday. ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351434/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:01 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351434/ Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is set to meet opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai today to try to break a deadlock over cabinet posts which threatens a crucial power-sharing deal, a senior gover... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351433/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:02 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351433/ The White House race on Friday turned back to the ailing economy, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain praising the vote in Congress to pass a Wall Street bailout but pushing for furt... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351428/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:08 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351428/ SA calls Cabinet meeting after 10 ministers quit A former South African defence minister has accused the ruling ANC party of stifling dissent and flouting the rule of law, the sharpest attack yet on t... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351435/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:57:00 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351435/ Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in this file picture. Bashir has condemned rich countries of arm-twisting tactics in relations with poor countries.. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351436/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:56:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18351436/ But we all know where the rains first started beating us. Corruption, impunity, tribalism, misplaced policies and poor political leadership are to blame. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18350851/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:56:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18350851/ + ] KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Somali pirates who hijacked two Malaysian tankers in the Gulf of Aden threatened to kill their captives but let their Muslim hostages fast and pray to observe the... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18349549/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:47:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18349549/ Tourism Minister Najib Balala's Mvita constituency will get the lowest amount of the CDF money in the country as it has been ranked the wealthiest constituency. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18347530/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:37:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18347530/ In selling their produce, Kenyan farmers have suffered at the hands of middlemen who reap where they did not sow. State promises of shielding farmers from such practice have remained empty rhetoric. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18345444/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:02:53 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18345444/ To start with, vendors in and around the capital city will be strictly required to register with the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company in the next seven days to be able to offer the service. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18345445/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:02:51 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18345445/ The United States on Friday called on the Kenyan government to speed up the implementation of recommendations of the Kriegler report, particularly the reforms in the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18342248/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:01:21 -0400 Eview Week http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18342248/ A Busia court has nullified the election of the cA Busia court has nullified the election of the chairman, vice-chairman and committee members of Funyula Town Council.hairman, vice-chairman and commit... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18340836/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:58:27 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18340836/ Kenya has sent protest notes to the United States and European Union following pressure for Kenya's electoral commissioner to resign. The Foreign Minister says Samuel Kivuitu has been threatened with... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18340561/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:49:28 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18340561/ Assistant minister Mwangi Kiunjuri leaves the High Court in Nairobi on Friday after a defamation case he had filed against Nation was dismissed. The court, however, awarded him Sh5 million in a case a... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334949/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:47:27 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334949/ “But how it is done and who does it is something we leave to Government of Kenya to discuss. I believe all details will be discussed as we focus on a common ground as the Coalition Government is loo... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334950/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:47:25 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334950/ Armed Somali militiamen stand near displaced civilians gathering at a U.N. World Food Program distribution point in Elasha Biyaha settlement on the outskirts of Mogadishu January 3, 2008. Militia grou... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334951/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:47:24 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334951/ + ] By Jane Sutton MIAMI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A Pentagon official approved murder and terrorism charges on Friday against a Guantanamo captive suspected in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Tanzania ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334952/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:18:56 -0400 Reuters http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/18334952/