The Nation (Kenya) articles from August 2006

The Nation (Kenya) archives from August 2006

AG in Deal to Bar Arrest of Kalonzo And Two Others.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Three ODM politicians and the attorney-general yesterday struck a deal that stops police from arresting them over a fracas involving assistant minister Kalembe Ndile. ...

New Tactics Needed to Fight Low-Tech Terror.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Naftali Okoth The safety measures introduced at major airports in the wake of abortive airline bombings in London three weeks ago must have left many wondering: Have terrorists finally pushed...

Conjestina Ready to Leave Camp.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Ongaro World champion Conjestina Achieng' said yesterday she will disband her training camp if her US challenger, Tiffany Carter, fails to arrive by noon today . A disappointed...

Kibaki Hands Over 8,000 Title Deeds to the Landless.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team President Kibaki yesterday issued some 8,000 title deeds to the landless in Kilifi. These are part of the more than 11,000 title deeds that remained uncollected despite having been...

Marathon 'Star' Attempts Fourth Nairobi Triumph.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent David Githinji, the crisps-munching, TV addict, couch potato-turned marathon "veteran" of four years is back, walking with a gait and viewing life from the rarefied air of...

It's Really the Philosophy; Not the Stickers.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephanie Gakuo The cynicism with which the Najivunia Kuwa Mkenya (I am Proud to be Kenyan) campaign has been turned into Navumilia Kuwa Mkenya (I just tolerate being a Kenyan) and gained...

Man Held Over Attack On Envoy.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Mukinda A key suspect is being held by police in connection with the knife attack on Russian ambassador Valeri Yegoshkin about two weeks ago. He is among 10 people rounded up in Thika...

Medic Wants Law to Cover the Poor's Health Care.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A leading heart specialist wants a law enacted to provide medical cover for the poor. Dr Betty Gikonyo said many people in rural areas and informal settlements...

Now Shitanda Wants Kombo Removed From Ford-K Chair.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A Ford Kenya Cabinet minister yesterday called for the removal of Mr Musikari Kombo as party chairman. Housing minister Soita Shitanda said the Local Government minister...

Wildlife Forum Given Sh18m Tourism Grant.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A conservation group has received Sh18 million from a tourism fund. Taita Taveta Wildlife Forum will use the money from the Tourism Trust Fund (TTF) to document areas...

Central Bank Ready to Float 15-Year Bond.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Geoffrey Irungu The success of its recently launched 12-year bond programme has spurred the Central Bank towards launching a longer term paper of 15-years. The 12-year bond attracted bids...

Experts Scour City Building for Fire Clues.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno Fire experts were yesterday trying to establish the cause of the blaze which broke out at a Nairobi building housing several foreign missions. The investigations focus on...

New Hope On Bid to Free the Nile.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa Kenya will be free to use Lake Victoria waters for irrigation projects once the 77-year-old Nile Treaty is repealed. There have been seven negotiation meetings and Egypt is ready...

Rangers to Be Employed for Border Safety.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa A new unit to police Kenya's borders and entry points is to be set up. The first batch of between 600 and 1,000 rangers to man the unit will be recruited and trained this...

Drivers Chase Vital Points in Mombasa.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) With a maximum of 240 points to score from the remaining three rounds of the KCB Kenya National Rally Championship, the title chase remains wide open as drivers prepare for Mombasa's KCB Visa Card Rally...

Fears Raised On Reforms Deal.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Emman Omari Fears that demands for minimum changes could lead to a power-sharing deal in favour of ODM-Kenya are threatening constitutional review talks, it emerged yesterday. Narc Kenya...

Over 400,000 Register As Voters in Fresh Drive.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Electoral Commission has enrolled 443,147 new voters since registration started two weeks ago, it was announced yesterday. Chairman Samuel Kivuitu said in a statement...

Chinese Firm Signs Sh2.6bn Contract to Expand Airport.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Kenya Airports Authority has signed a Sh2.6 billion contract with China Wu Yi company for expansion of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, whose capacity is overstretched....

Mvita LDP Leadership Row Persists.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Liberal Democratic Party leadership row in Mvita constituency is yet to be resolved even after a harmonisation committee ended its two-day sitting in Mombasa...

Man Denies Being Whistleblower.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya An alleged whistleblower in corruption allegations against a suspended judge yesterday denied being the source of the information. Former Kerugoya-Kutus mayor Evans Mbogo...

A Crucial Boost for Tourism.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Kenya Tourist Board has a reason to smile. Its appeal for more money to enable it to compete favourably with the emerging southern African tourism markets has been heeded. Some Sh970 million has been...

University Moves to Defend Its Trainees Over Board's Stand.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The University of Nairobi has moved to protect its graduates from being rendered jobless following a directive by a government board. It has called on potential...

Tanzania's Move Laudable.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Tanzania's decision to waive the fee on temporary work permits issued to Kenyans has re-ignited hopes that the East African countries are committed and determined to realise the regional cooperation goal....

Only 10 Ministers Have Returned State Vehicles.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Nzioka Only 10 Cabinet ministers out of 32 plus five assistant ministers have handed back their excess cars, two months after they were ordered to do so by Civil Service head Francis...

Stars Forced to Pave Way for 'Lions'.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odindo Ayieko Cameroon's Indomitable Lions were accorded first class treatment to train at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, as Kenya's Harambee Stars were forced to train on the...

State Rights Watchdog Probed Over Use of Funds.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is looking into a State-funded watchdog's books of account after queries were raised by the Controller and Auditor-General. KACC...

Tergat Leads Kenya's Bid to Conquer Nigeria's River State.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Paul Tergat is expected to lead the Kenyan team to the richest mountain climbing race in Africa, the Obudu Ranch Mountain race, in River State, Nigeria, on November 25. ...

Exposing Myths On Obama's Visit.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo Senator Barack Obama has come and gone. We know what the Kenyan media said about him. But how did the American media report the Illinois senator's visit to his ancestral...

ODM Dismisses Kiruki Findings As a Cover-Up.
August 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muriithi Muriuki ODM-Kenya has dismissed the Kiruki Report on the Artur brothers as a sham. The party said it was only the joint parliamentary committee investigating the Artur brothers,...

Night Fire At Key City Building.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A fierce blaze destroyed a section of International House in Nairobi last night. The fire, which started shortly after 8 pm, razed a large section of the second floor...

Narc-K Wants More to Join Reform Team.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane Narc Kenya yesterday demanded inclusion of the clergy and civil society in inter-party talks on reforms. It said the 15-member committee starting its work today, did not...

Judge Talks of Sh100m Bribe.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya A former Cabinet minister tried to bribe a judge with Sh100 million, it was claimed yesterday. Suspended Judge Daniel Aganyanya said he declined the bribe from the unnamed...

Major Boost for E. Africa Trade.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi Trade in East Africa received a major boost yesterday with the announcement that Tanzania had agreed to scrap the $100 (Sh7,000) "temporary work permit" fee for business people...

Artur Brothers Should Be Arrested If They Come Back, Says Report.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene If the bogus Armenian brothers return to the country, they should be arrested and prosecuted for causing a security breach at Kenya's main airport, the Kiruki inquiry report...

Drought Pulls Kakuzi Into Sh124 Million Loss.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The firm's pre tax losses rose by 39 per cent to Sh124 million in the the six months ending June 2006, compared to a Sh89 million loss over the same period last year. ...

Women Make a Killing From Weed That Chokes Pastures.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jane Gicharu The recent drought has left Ms Serah Sanirei and her neighbours with hardly any milk for sale. The little they get from what remains of their cattle is not enough for the...

Expose Bad Agents, Official Urges Athletics Kenya.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Mureithi Athletics Kenya should expose the agents exploiting budding athletes, a senior AK Koibatek branch official has said. At the same time, the branch official is wondering how...

Gymkhana Lad Called to Team.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Richard Mwangi Rakheb Patel, the 17 year-old Nairobi Gymkhana all-rounder, is the only new face in the national squad picked yesterday for the matches against Australia Academy starting...

Bid to Arrest Musila And Kalonzo Blocked.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bob Odalo, Kitavi Mutua and Eunice Machuhi Police were yesterday blocked from arresting three ODM politicians over Saturday's fracas involving assistant minister Kalembe Ndile. MPs David...

Board Halts Sh40 Million Water Meters Tender.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulsamad Ali A Sh40 million water meters tender awarded by Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company Limited has been suspended. The Public Procurement Complaints, Review and Appeals Board...

Former Ministers Dismiss Report on Armenian Artur Brothers As Cover-Up.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team The report into the scandal of the Armenian Artur brothers was yesterday dismissed as a cover up by two former Cabinet ministers - and as a waste of time and public resources by...

Kenya's Top Professional Stars Fly in.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba Sweden based Robert Mambo and McDonald Mariga were missing yesterday as five other overseas based Kenyan soccer professionals led by captain Musa Otieno and striker Dennis Oliech...

Team Recommends No Action Against Suspended CID Director Kamau.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Muiruri The Kiruki commission's decision to clear suspended CID chief Joseph Kamau of wrongdoing in the Artur affair highlights the gap between the events which unfolded publicly and...

PSVs At War With Boda Boda Taxis.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Siele Rivalry for the lucrative public transport service has culminated in a series of violent confrontations between communter van-crews and bicycle taxis (boda boda). Four people...

Kenya Bag Silver And Bronze At 40th Edition of Children's Games.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Orido Kenya finished the 40th edition of the International Children's Games which ended over the weekend with a silver and bronze medal. The medals were won in the 1,500metres and 200m...

DC Sets Up Committee to Audit Jobs Project.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A team has been formed to verify the existence of development projects in Mombasa. The team would start work right away, district commissioner Mohamed Maalim said. The DC...

State's Raw Deal for Power Firm.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jaindi Kisero What the Government has done to KenGen shareholders is grossly unfair. If the decision on the bulk tariff KenGen charges the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is not...

Graft - Heed Obama Advice.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Senator Barack Obama wound up his tour of Kenya with a powerful address on Monday that touched at the core of fundamental issues that concern the citizens. Corruption, negative ethnicity, poor service...

Scangroup Shares Begin Trading.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome Nairobi Stock Exchange yesterday listed its first communication and advertising firm in the Main Investment Segment. Scangroup's debut came amid a sluggish day for trading, and...

Probe Failed to Establish the Owners of Guns And Cars.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The commission failed to establish the owners of the guns and 13 vehicles seized by police at the Arturs' Runda home in Nairobi. People who have read the report said it...

Airline Calls Off Flights As Plane Stalls.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport were briefly disrupted when an Air India plane developed a mechanical problem. Nobody was hurt in the Monday evening...

Stanbic's Half-Year Profits Grow By 146 Percent.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Keeping with the industrial trend, Stanbic bank has reported a 146 per cent increase in profit before tax for the first half of the financial year 2006. The bank...

Tame Serial Loan Defaulters.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Since bank rates were liberalised in the 1990s, the industry has suffered a crisis over escalating and volatile cost of money. It has been weighed down by huge non-performing loans that borrowers are...

Team's Proposals to Seal Security Loopholes.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki The Kiruki report proposed a wide range of recommendations for adoption by key organisations to seal security loopholes exposed by the Artur brothers' saga. Sources said the...

Six Professionals for Morogoro.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Six professionals are in the contingent of Kenyan golfers heading to Morogoro, Tanzania, today for the Morogoro Open. Professional Golfers of Kenya (PGK) chairman John Njunge...

KTB to Spend Sh970 Million On Marketing Tourism.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno A total of Sh970 million will be spent in marketing Kenya as a tourist destination this year. The increased budget is in a move to ward off stiff competition posed by southern...

Judges Put in the Dock Over Rulings.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Kimani They come in woollen hoods and flowing robes, and usually speak in a slow, measured manner to emphasize the meaning of their words. And when judges speak, people listen - for...

At This Rate, a Chief's Job is Quite Risky.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kennedy Buhere A recent news report highlighted a case of a district commissioner who sacked eight chiefs for going late to a meeting. While, indeed, poor time management should not be...

e-Learning an Idea Whose Time Has Come.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Andrew Limo When Information Communication Technology (ICT) is finally adopted in schools, not only will we see transformation in the way knowledge is imparted but also as a new way of...

Prime Bank Profits Increase to Sh86 Million.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Prime Bank's pre-tax profit for the first six months of the year rose 73 per cent to Sh86.4 million up from Sh49.7 million last year. The bank's profits were driven...

Arsonists Set Ablaze Acres of Sugarcane.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Arsonists set ablaze several acres of cane in Migori yesterday. Most of it had been due for harvesting, which has been delayed by more than two years because Sony...

Kibaki Holds Talks With Meles.
August 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter And PPS Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yesterday made a brief visit to the country during which the security situation in Somalia featured prominently in talks with...

Ikiara, Cheserem Retain Seats On KQ Board.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Transport ministry Permanent Secretary Gerrishon Ikiara, and former Central Bank governor Micah Cheserem, have retained their seats in Kenya Airways board of directors. ...

Leaders in Mourning As Official Dies.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Grief gripped Marakwet District at the weekend following the death of district commissioner Tingo Nyamatiko. He died on Saturday at Nairobi Hospital where he was...

Karanja Emerges Perpetual Trophy Champion.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Wilson Kamau Karanja beat over 150 players at Kenya Railway Golf Club, to claim the overall prize plus the 30 year-old Rosemary Perpetual Trophy during this year's tournament over...

Revealed - Kiruki Report Verdict.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Shimoli And Mugumo Munene Police and the civil service come in for scathing criticism for their handling of the Artur brothers' saga in an inquiry report presented to President Kibaki...

Villains Or Heroes?
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) In the shameful saga, who emerged as villain and who as hero? What were the findings of Kiruki's investigation? The 'Nation' seeks answers from people who have seen the report Mr Francis Muthaura,...

Kenyans Given 3 Top Tourneys.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Odanga Kenya have been given the green light by the Africa Hockey Federation to host three major tournaments. Seif Ahmed, the AHF president and executive member of the International...

ODM Leaders Summoned On Ndile Attack.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Nzioka Mwingi North MP Kalonzo Musyoka and a colleague were yesterday summoned by the police to record a statement on the ejection of an assistant minister from a cultural festival in...

Testing Times Ahead for Leaders.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Macharia Gaitho Exciting things are happening on the political scene. I return to the theme which might have sounded premature not too long ago. It's that our multi-party politics is evolving...

Ford-K Elections to Start On Nov 25.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Ford Kenya countrywide elections begin on November 25. They will culminate in elections for the party's chairman ahead of next year's General Election. Lugari MP MP...

'You Must Stand Up Against Corruption'.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) In a speech at the University of Nairobi yesterday, US Senator BARACK OBAMA identified corruption and ethnicity-based politics and patronage as among challenges Kenya must overcome. But he says the...

Power Firm Accused of Felling Trees.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A row is brewing between the Malindi Green Town Movement and the Kenya Power and Lighting Company. The environmental organisation accuses the electricity distributor...

Plan for Varsity Expansion.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Apparently, the Cabinet has approved a plan to upgrade the Western University College of Technology into a full-fledged university. Curiously though, the announcement was made by Agriculture minister...

Professional Players Expected This Morning.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba South Africa based Harambee Stars skipper Musa Otieno leads six other overseas based stars due in today in the build-up to Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against...

Kanbis Out-Fight Gymkhana.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Richard Mwangi The Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association super league defending champions, Kanbis, enhanced their chances of retaining the trophy when they beat Nairobi Gymkhana, who were at...

CJ Unlikely to Testify At Judge's Probe.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Chief Justice Evan Gicheru may not testify before a tribunal investigating suspended judge Daniel Aganyanya. Other top government officials unlikely to testify are Mr...

Women to Hold Third of Posts in Education.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A third of the management positions in public schools will be made up of women. The Education ministry made the policy to help women achieve leadership positions in...

Police Were Sloppy in Artur Brothers Probe.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Muiruri And Mugumo Munene Police chiefs have been accused of being indifferent and amateurish in the way they handled the Artur brothers' saga from the time they learnt the two were...

Widen Fight Against Aids.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) An unlikely gathering of herbalists and Western-trained doctors is taking place this week in Nairobi as the World Health Organisation (WHO) seeks ways to combat HIV/Aids on the continent. That...

ADC to Donate 900 Hectares to the Landless.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Daniel Nyassy Hundreds of squatters are to be settled on a parastatal farm. The 900-hectare Home Farm in Malindi District owned by the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) would be...

Act Over KFA, State Told.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Watoro Kamau Farmers want the Government to state its stand on their heavily-indebted organisation, whose assets are facing the auctioneer's hammer. The farmers, led by an official of the...

Zimbabwe to Export Iron to Kenya.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Zimbabwean government will resume its exports of iron and steel products to Kenya once rehabilitation of their industry is complete. There was a ready market in...

Nile Treaty Set to Be Repealed.
August 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa The 77-year-old Nile Treaty said to favour Egypt is set to be repealed. Kenya is among nine countries negotiating the formation of a commission to replace the controversial 1929...