Provides the latest RSS feeds for Kenya News. 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 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:50:37 -0400 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:50:37 -0400 30 Former Juja MP George Thuo is among ten candidates summoned by the IIEC over claims of rigging during the September 20 by-election. Photo/FILE http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437684/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:06:43 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437684/ Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436919/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:06:39 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436919/ The Congolese government denied today that hundreds of people drowned in two boating disasters at the weekend but admitted it was unable to give the exact number of victims. Government spokesman Lambe... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437685/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:06:38 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437685/ NAIROBI (AFP) - Rwandans and the international community need to work together to end President Paul Kagame's rule and pave the way for a democratic transition, exiled leaders said in a report obtaine... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437683/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:53 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437683/ editorial Irregularities in government systems concerning pension are fast becoming point of concern among civil servants. In the UK, millions approaching retirement could be devastated by the worst... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437070/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:26 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437070/ Aloo Mariah, group general manager Capital Airtime Limited and Capital Realtime Limited, has had a turbulent few weeks. With more than 400 Safaricom dealers in the market, competition has always been... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437071/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437071/ It is the latest talk in town; the mobile phone wars. The recent case involves two main local mobile phone operators who have been locked in tariff wars that have seen Zain Kenya reduce its cost of c... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437072/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437072/ Funny lady. And so right. I finished the book. Bizarrely, it's still in print a decade later. But it took a kind of determination I hadn't had to have before that. It was so easy to let another month... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437678/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437678/ opinion Many analysts have in the recent times focused on interrogating whether Common Market is good or bad to farmers (or producers) in general. These analyses contain some facts, but in certain i... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437679/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437679/ KenolKobil's shares slid to a three-month low on Monday on fears over the impact a licensing dispute with the energy sector regulator would have on the company's business. The oil marketer's shares c... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437073/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437073/ Bank of India has made applications to regulators to be allowed to incorporate as an independent Kenyan bank to pave way for a buyout of a local rival as it races to increase its footprint in the regi... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437075/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437075/ Remittances from Kenyans working abroad in July dipped by 3.4 per cent, a move that could slow down the prospects of money transfer service companies that were banking on improved inflow to grow their... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437681/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437681/ Liberty Insurance, a major shareholder of CfC Insurance Holdings (CfCIH), plans to diversify into commercial property to increase its income streams. The new strategy is expected to provide stable an... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437680/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437680/ Kampala — Uganda and Kenya have agreed to form a joint partnership to build an oil refinery and a pipeline to exploit oil and gas in the Lake Albert basin. "President Yoweri Museveni has said th... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437682/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38437682/ Arusha — Preparations are underway for the first-ever EAC Lake Victoria Basin Investment Forum, planned for later this year. The Forum which is expected to bring together investors and potentia... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436669/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:56:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436669/ MOMBASA, Kenya, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Anti Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) have arrested a journalist working for an Islamic media house in the coastal city of Mombasa over the deadly bombing in Ka... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436707/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:30:33 -0400 SINA http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38436707/ The reports released Tuesday by The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) are aimed at lobbying countries worldwide to pay more attention to the welfare of children if they hope to attain the Millen... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434835/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:58:58 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434835/ The PM said the country needed more experienced foreign legal drafters to join the government team that is preparing 49 Bills required for the process. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434834/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:58:56 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434834/ SAMBURU, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the nearest health facility are missing out on the opportunity to prevent their ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434833/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:52:29 -0400 IRIN http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434833/ Conservationists are using information gathered from surveys of hundreds of people in a remote area of Kenya to find ways to help protect an endangered type of zebra, it was revealed. There are thoug... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434831/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:19:00 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434831/ BY BOB RAKOW, Correspondent Twenty-five minutes after Kenyan native Julius Kiptoo crossed the finish line to win Park Forest's annual Scenic 5 Mile Run, Nick Koplos finished the race. At 74 ye... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434832/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:18:53 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434832/ Nairobi — More than 400 families have been rendered homeless in South Rift and North Rift by floods. Some 6,000 people in the two regions are in urgent need of relief food after they were displ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434819/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:54:05 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434819/ As the third term begins, the focus will be on Standard Eight and Form Four national examinations, which come in October and November. The exams are critical in the lives of the candidates as they pr... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434821/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:54:03 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434821/ Nairobi — The bitter rivalry in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) played out before Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday as he moved to stem divisions threatening the party's performance in ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434822/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:54:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434822/ Kampala — The Cranes will regroup on September 27 for their next Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya's Harambee Stars. FUFA publicist Rogers Mulindwa said yesterday that arrangements ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434823/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434823/ Nairobi — The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has been urged to investigate the police for allegedly colluding with drug barons and peddlers. Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya secretary ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434824/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:58 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434824/ Nairobi — A company director has been charged with defrauding a bank and nine factories of cash and goods totalling more than Sh590 million. Mr Milan Jayendra Malde and a manager at Fina Bank, ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434825/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434825/ Nairobi — The Ministry of Education has announced that it will release Sh4 billion for the free primary education programme this month instead of December. Assistant minister Calestous Mwatela ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434829/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434829/ Nairobi — More than 30 passengers escaped death narrowly when the bus they were travelling in rolled on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway after its driver lost control. Twenty-eight passengers were i... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434828/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434828/ Nairobi — A case has been filed by a mother seeking Sh4 million in compensation from a hospital for alleged negligence on her six-year-old son. The court allowed Ms Phoeba Atieno's plea to lodg... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434827/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434827/ Nairobi — The name Boniface Muema Ndangili might not ring a bell to many Kenyans, but one of his trademarks does. Mention Kililimbi and Kamba Night comes to mind. But avoid the name. It exclusi... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434826/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434826/ Nairobi — Five people, including three members of one family, died on Monday when a private vehicle collided with a matatu at Moredat on the Naivasha-Nairobi highway. Naivasha police chief Erne... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434830/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:53:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38434830/ slideshow MARIETTA - Kenyan Ronald Kurui would love to join the list of world-class Kenyan runners such as Catherine Ndereba, Paul Tergat and John Ngugi. However, world-class runners also begin with... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432385/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:08:34 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432385/ Nairobi — US President Barack Obama hopes Kenya will embark on the process of implementing the new Constitution smoothly. His message was delivered by former US Senate Majority Leader Thomas Da... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432383/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:41:23 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432383/ Nairobi — Harambee Stars players left Bissau last night after their flight failed to take off earlier in the day due to bad weather as sources within the team talked of a players' revolt over de... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432384/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:41:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38432384/ Nairobi — The leadership crisis at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) deepened on Monday when commissioners stripped chairperson Florence Jaoko of all her powers. The move fo... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38429577/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:37:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38429577/ Nairobi — Poverty eradication remains the country's biggest challenge in meeting the millennium development goals by the 2015 deadline, the latest UN assessment report says. The United Nations ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38430058/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:36:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38430058/ Poverty eradication remains the country’s biggest challenge in meeting the millennium development goals by the 2015 deadline, the latest UN assessment report says. The United Nations Development Pro... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38428053/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:37:54 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38428053/ Seven men of Somali origin who were facing piracy charges were sentenced on Monday to five years in jail by a Mombasa court.The suspects breathed a sigh of relief when the judgment was delivered to th... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38427512/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:54:19 -0400 People's Daily http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38427512/ Though it is certain the implementation of the new laws will take away their current offices, the Provincial and District Commissioners, District Officers and even Chiefs are confused because of the m... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421863/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:38 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421863/ Mr Mudavadi, who prevailed upon Aladwa and Shikanda to support the former MP, said: "We must win Makadara seat since we truly have high chances there. We will only capture it if you people remain unit... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421866/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:37 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421866/ The security firms will be required to provide "appropriate training" for their guards and other employees. They will also have "strict and detailed guidelines on the use of minimal force in accordanc... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421865/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:36 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421865/ A statement delivered by the ACK Dean Stephen Njehia said Caren was jovial and welcomed the wife of the new Bishop of Nairobi Canon Joel Waweru in a service at St Stephens ACK Church, Jogoo Road. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421864/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:34 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421864/ Kenya National Union of Teachers and other stakeholders from Kakamega, Mumias and Busia also said the Government should hasten posting of the new teachers. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421867/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:32 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421867/ East African governments have been criticised for failing to protect their agricultural workers from exploitation, and chided for leasing to foreigners land without the explicit consent of existing us... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421868/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:29 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421868/ Tomorrow, the friendly guard manning your neighbour's gate may legally carry a gun, and junior police officers will be able to reject unlawful orders from their superiors. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421869/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:11:25 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421869/ Acting Chief Kadhi Sheikh Moudhar Ahmed urged the government to gazette the day to give Kenyan Muslims a chance to enjoy the festival after successfully observing the holy month. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421854/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:34 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421854/ The long-running saga over the fate of the closed Charterhouse Bank has sucked in President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Ongoing hearings of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance heard tha... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421855/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:32 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421855/ Pray for Otunga’s sainthood, Catholics told “Every detail of his life matters,” His Eminence the Apostolic Nuncio Alain Paul Lebeaupin told the http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421856/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:30 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421856/ Five people, including three members of one family, died on Monday when a private vehicle collided with a matatu at Moredat on the Naivasha-Nairobi highway. Naivasha police chief Ernest Oponyo said th... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421857/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:28 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421857/ The name Boniface Muema Ndangili might not ring a bell to many Kenyans, but one of his trademarks does. Mention Kililimbi and Kamba Night comes to mind. But avoid the name. It exclusively belongs to M... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421858/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:26 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421858/ Laban Walloga | NATION Mrs Hawa Ibrahim, the wife of Mombasa based radio presenter Suleiman Habib, arrives at the provincial police headquarters in Mombasa for interrogation by the anti-terrorist pol... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421860/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:04:21 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38421860/ The fellows who did the national population census conned us. The census was rigged against my community, so it should be scrapped so that we all http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419813/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:09 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419813/ Abbas and Netanyahu relaunch peace talks Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said that he is concerned about “new dangers” in the Gulf, in an apparent allusion to Iran, whose nuclear ambitions co... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419727/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:04 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419727/ Spain united today in attacking a ceasefire by Basque fighters ETA as totally inadequate and demanding it renounce guns and bombs forever in its battle for an independent homeland. The government, opp... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419503/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:03 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419503/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned the accepted narrative of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, saying it was still not clear who was behind them. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419814/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:03 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419814/ Pakistani security officials gather at a suicide bomb attack site in Lakki Marwat on September 6, 2010. At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419588/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:06:01 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419588/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel set the stage today for perhaps the biggest fight of her time in office with proposals to postpone the date when Europe’s biggest economy abandons nuclear power. “T... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419260/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:59 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419260/ At a birth rate of two babies per minute, Kenya trails regional neighbours and the rest of Africa where at least 46 babies are born every 60 seconds. Not surprisingly, Kenya is also lagging behind whe... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419409/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:49 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419409/ Nairobi — The telecoms market has in the recent past seen call rates drop drastically in a fierce price war, in what has given users a sigh of relief. However, one of the world's most important... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419423/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:56:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38419423/ Nairobi — HIGHER Education Minister William Ruto and his allies are working on a masterplan to lock out Prime Minister Raila Odinga out of the top seat in the 2012 polls. Ruto's lieutenants say... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417747/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:27 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417747/ Nairobi — Hundreds of people have been displaced by floods in parts of the north Rift Valley region of Kenya even as the meteorological department forecasts drier conditions in the coming months... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417746/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417746/ Nairobi — The government yesterday signed the ICC agreement but introduced an amendment at the last minute. The government had until yesterday to sign the agreement that would see ICC staff not... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417745/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:55:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38417745/ Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Board has sacked Managing Director, David Waweru and the firm's secretary Hezekiel Oira over impropriety in contract to broadcast FIFA world cup matches. http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415644/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:10:23 -0400 The Standard http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415644/ The bitter rivalry in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) played out before Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday as he moved to stem divisions threatening the party’s performance in the coming Mak... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415643/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:02:52 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415643/ NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya on Friday allowed the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country, a development that comes after Kenya's commitment to the court came into question when... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415640/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:22:12 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415640/ KAMPALA, Sept 6 - Kenya and India's Essar Group are keen to combine forces with Uganda in building a refinery and pipeline for its newly-found oil, a statement said on Monday. British explorer Tu... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415641/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:22:09 -0400 General Sources http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415641/ Nairobi — Political parties are gearing up for titanic battles as by-elections for the Makadara and Starehe parliamentary seats scheduled for September 20 draw near. The campaigns, involving al... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415621/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415621/ Nairobi — The wife of Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Eliud Wabukala has died in Nairobi. Mama Caren Nakhumicha Wabukala collapsed in her house on Sunday at 8pm. She was rushed to Nairobi H... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415623/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:54:00 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415623/ Nairobi — In Africa you do not ask how far a place is, you ask how long will it take to get there. On the map of Kenya, the two national parks of Meru and Kora border each other. But in reality... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415627/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415627/ opinion Nairobi — To avert self-destructing, build a culture of talking to and with each other. When, after the electoral fiasco of 2007, Kenya caught fire and turned its ugliest face to itsel... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415626/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:57 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415626/ Nairobi — The investment climate in Kenya is set to improve drastically following a flotation of an infrastructure bond recently. The first of its kind, the bond is worth Ksh31.6 billion ($405 ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415625/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415625/ Nairobi — The explosive price wars in Kenya that have seen consumer prices of mobile phone talk-time tumbling by more than 40 per cent are grabbing the headlines. But the real issues causing unc... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415624/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415624/ According to the latest census figures, more than half of Kenya's 38.61 million population - actually 24.5 million - are aged below 25 years. The 16-year-olds, looking forward to becoming adults are 8... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415628/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415628/ But Nairobi is not the only African city in the make-up room. I read somewhere that Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa has hatched an ambitious plan to pimp up. Kigali has a whole bunch of guys from Sing... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415629/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415629/ Nairobi — The proposed new cane pricing system based on sucrose content as opposed to cane tonnage will only be implemented if a planned pilot project proves successful, the Kenya Sugar Board (K... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415630/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:47 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415630/ Nairobi — Approval by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for the issue and listing of a Sh10 billion bond by Housing Finance is poised to give the mortgage financier the impetus it seeks to ben... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415634/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:45 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415634/ Nairobi — Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has urged political leaders to develop a new culture under the new set of laws. Mr Musyoka said that for the new Constitution to signify change and rene... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415633/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:43 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415633/ Nairobi — PNU and ODM have been asked to avoid making divisive statements on the implementation of the new Constitution. The National Economic and Social Council (Nesc) also recommended that Ke... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415632/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:41 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415632/ Nairobi — Newly appointed CID director Ndegwa Muhoro has vowed to clear the backlog of pending crime investigations. Speaking to the Nation a week after taking office, he said crime would be re... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415631/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:38 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415631/ Nairobi — Parliament has been asked to recall MPs to set up the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution. Speaking in Nairobi on Sunday activists under the National Civil Society Congre... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415635/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:36 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415635/ Nairobi — As pupils and students start streaming back to school on Monday for the third term, 13 girls from Kikambala Primary School in Kilifi District will have to remain with their parents at ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415102/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415102/ Nairobi — Kenya will allocate more tax money to fund programmes that uplift the living standards of citizens and accelerate the attainment of Millennium Development Goals, President Kibaki said ... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415637/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:31 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415637/ The day, now an annual event, commemorates the life of Pearl, an American reporter with the Wall Street Journal who was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. The day is sp... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415638/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:29 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415638/ Nairobi — Heavily populated counties are likely to get the bulk of funding from the National Government if population becomes the key factor in determining sharing of revenue. The new Constitut... http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415120/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.kenyastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a262965e0c331d64/id/38415120/