The Nation (Kenya) articles from December 2005, page 2

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Two More Held Over Girls' Murder.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Benson Amadala Two more suspects were yesterday picked up in connection with the murder of five little sisters in Butere/Mumias district. The suspects, a man and a woman, were being held...

Man Dies After Vessel Capsizes.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A Kenyan died after a container ship capsized near the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam yesterday, maritime officials have said. Mv First Carrier, which belonged to...

Politicians Told to Keep Off Recruitment in Civil Service.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Politicians have been told to keep off appointments to the civil service. Recruitment would not be based on political patronage but would be guided by merit,...

Farmers in Forest to Be Evicted.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Kwalia And Joseph Kimani People farming in government forests in Mt Elgon District have been given up to January to leave the land or be evicted. Some people in the area had...

Now 10 Experts to Spearhead Constitution Review.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Kago President Kibaki is considering appointing a panel of 10 eminent Kenyans to jump-start a new Constitution review. Sources close to the President said the experts will tour the...

Food Crisis Expected in a Month, Says State.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The gravity of the famine in various parts of the country was yesterday played down by the Government, which said there was enough food for the next month. Special...

Centre Makes Tablets From Herbs.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Isaiah Esipisu A local institute of technology has put up a Sh2 million facility for the processing and packaging of herbal drugs into tablets. Thika Institute of Technology, which among...

Minister And Bishops Call for Mediation in Coalition.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent An assistant minister and three Catholic bishops yesterday called for reconciliation between warring Narc parties. Those to be reconciled should go to the negotiation...

Kengen Makes Sh1.7bn Profit.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wachira Kang'aru| Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has reported an after tax profit of Sh1.7 billion for the financial year ending June 30, 2005. The figure represents an...

How Kenya Can Feed Herself.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Arthur Okwemba As Kenya goes begging for food again, a visiting Israeli scholar says this need never be the case as the country has enough potential for self-sufficiency. Coming from a...

Jubilee to Launch New Products.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Jubilee Insurance Company has embarked on an one-year drive to introduce new products. Board chairman Nizar Juma said the company would also modify existing products to...

Handsome Prizes in Place for Kabarak Cross-Country.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Nato Athletics Kenya will hold the fifth cross-country meeting on December 31 at Kabarak University, Nakuru. The meeting will see the successful campaigners rewarded handsomely....

Matatu Crews Protest Over Harassment.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwaura Kimani And Fred Mukinda Hundreds of matatu (commuter vehicles) workers paralysed transport services in Nairobi yesterday citing harassment by police and cartels. The protests by...

Kenya Chosen to Host East Africa Challenge.
December 22, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Kenya has been chosen to host the 2006 East Africa Challenge Cup championship at Limuru Country Club. According to the just released Kenya Golf Unionofficial calendar of events for...

Foul Murder of Children.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Sunday's murder was most foul - five siblings between three and 13 killed in yet another tragedy highlighting the growing violence and depravity all over our country. What happened in Mumias is a...

Aga Khan Signs Development Pact.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Portugal and the Ismaili Imamat have signed a Protocol of Cooperation signalling their intention to work towards improving the lives of disadvantaged people in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries...

Open Tendering the Only Way to Go.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jaindi Kisero The season for the sugar wars is here again. As I write, the Government is preparing a new system which will be used in regulating duty-free Comesa sugar imports for the new...

Baboons Fight Humans for Food.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Two children were yesterday seriously injured when a platoon of baboons clashed with hunger-stricken villagers during distribution of relief food in Garissa District. The...

Research Carried Out to Achieve Least Error.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene Provinces with a higher population size had a proportionately higher sample size in the survey. The method is known in polling as a randomised multi-stage design using...

Utalii Strives to Realise Dream.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi When it announced in 2002 that Nairobi's Kenya Utalii College would be upgraded to offer degree courses, the Government probably did not envisage the cost. Three years down...

New Phone Information Transfer Service Unveiled.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A telephony service that enables audio, video and radio data transmission has been launched by a new technology firm. Flashcom has been licensed as a local loop operator to...

Pilgrims Leave for Mecca On Friday.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Two thousand Muslims are set to leave the country on a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia beginning this Friday. The first group of 250 will leave Jomo Kenyatta...

Retail Prices Shoot Up.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Olivia Owuor And Waikwa Maina Commodity prices at the Nakuru retail market have doubled ahead of the Christmas festivities. A Nation survey yesterday indicated that most of the prices were...

Council Divided Over Garbage Tender.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulsamad Ali Mombasa councillors are divided over a Sh2.5-billion garbage collection tender, the Nation learnt yesterday. Some members of a committee on Monday refused to appoint...

Reprieve for Candidates As Cut-Off Point is Lowered.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi Some 1,200 successful Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination candidates earlier locked out of public universities will now be admitted as the cut-off point was...

Aberdare Fence Gets Sh1m Boost.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Efforts to fence the Aberdare forest were boosted yesterday with a Sh1 million contribution from a conservation organisation. The donation from the African Fund for...

Ill-Equipped Institutions Put On Notice.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi The Government has put on notice tourism and hospitality training colleges with inadequate facilities. They have to register with the Catering and Tourism Development Levy...

Let's Rethink New Districts.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Since President Kibaki spelt out the intention to create 33 more districts a few weeks ago, there have been silent quiet rows on where the boundaries should pass and the be headquarters located. In...

Top Golfers to Receive Help From Tanzania.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Tanzania Golf Union vice-chairman Dioniz Malinzi has pledged financial support to top golfers in East African who turn professional. Malinzi said Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania had...

Call for More Cash to Save Heritage Sites.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya Preservation of heritage sites is threatened by lack of money. Yesterday, a media and heritage workshop was told that a National Museums of Kenya report reveals many are in...

AG Misled Muthaura, Judge Told.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Attorney-General's office interfered in a case and misadvised the head of public service, the High Court heard at Nakuru. Mr Francis Muthaura had been summoned to...

Most Kenyans Don't Want Snap Election, Says Poll.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi Most Kenyans are opposed to a snap election called by the Orange Democratic Movement, the opinion poll shows. Some 57 per cent of respondents said they were not ready for an...

Contract Saga in Mogere's Sacking.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugo Njeru Former National Social Security Fund managing trustee Naftali Mogere was sacked for refusing to sanction an illegal multi-billion shilling contract, a board member claimed...

No-Interest Account for Muslims Launched.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Barclays Bank yesterday launched a non-interest-earning current account for the followers of Islam, which outlaws interest-earning and usurious activities. La Riba account...

Yugoslav Financed Killing of Kamaldin, Judge Told.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eunice Machuhi A suspect in the murder of the son of drug baron Ibrahim Akasha financed the killing, the High Court was told yesterday. A former Mombasa investigations chief, Mr Iregi...

Besieged Sambu Handed Lifeline.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Nato Sports stakeholders have resolved to have Alfred Sambu re-admitted as the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) chairman. A stakeholders meeting yesterday said Sambu should write to...

Loans for Fighting Aids.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Ochieng A project that links the fight against Aids to loans for expanding small businesses has been started in Western Kenya. Funded by the National Aids Control Council, the project...

State Debt in Banks Drops.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wachira Kang'aru The Government's domestic borrowing last week went down by Sh1.8 billion from the previous week but recorded a Sh15.5 billion increase against the June 30 figure. "During...

Economic Growth Not an End in Itself.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Maina Kiai President Kibaki's last three speeches has focused on economic growth and development. On Jamhuri Day, in particular, the President elaborated on this idea, emphasising the economic...

Country Joins Leading Club of Scientists.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A renowned Kenyan scientist has been elected to the prestigious Third World Academy of Sciences. Prof Calestous Juma (pictured) was honoured for his outstanding...

Drama On Police Jobs Still Unfolding.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: OKoiti Omtatah Under normal circumstances I would have celebrated the news that following allegations of widespread corruption, Police Commissioner Hussein Ali had cancelled the results of the...

Support for Prime Minister's Post Dwindles.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku Kenyans are now more than ever before, divided on whether or not they should have a prime minister. Pollsters attribute this sharp division to the loss of the chance to have...

Union Rejects Retirement Plan At Port.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Abdulsamad Ali The Dockworkers Union Monday said it would not support the Kenya Ports Authority's plan to send more than 2,000 workers on early retirement. The KPA is reportedly planning...

Call to Set Up Fund for Retired Stars.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Ashihundu Former AFC Leopards organising secretary Babetuu Amutavy has asked the Government to establish a special fund to cater for retired sports personalities. While mourning...

Report On Police Jobs Released.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Mukinda And Simbi Kusimba The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday released a report on the controversial police recruitment. It was received at the police headquarters,...

Kibaki to Attend Kikwete's Fete.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: PPS And Nation Reporter President Kibaki this morning travels to Dar es Salaam for the swearing-in of Mr Jakaya Kikwete as Tanzania's fourth head of state. President Kibaki, who yesterday...

Coast Stars Official Wants AGM Held.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A top Coast Stars FC official wants the club to hold an an annual general meeting. Senior vice-chairman Twaha Mbarak said the AGM should be held ahead of club...

Hunger Stalks Helpless Villagers.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bob Odalo As last month's referendum reached its climax, with supporters of the Yes and No camps using fruits as weapons, a young boy was slowly dying of hunger in Ukambani. Deep inside...

Minister Declines to Talk On US Diplomat.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwaura Kimani The Kenyan envoy to the United States is yet to be named three months after the then ambassador was recalled. The office fell vacant in September after Mr Leonard Ngaithe was...

Girls Might Have Been Killed in Bizarre Ritual, Say Police.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa And Benson Amadala The five little sisters who were brutally murdered and their bodies dumped in a car in Butere/Mumias District could be victims of a bizarre ritual killing. ...

Kalonzo Leads As First Choice for President.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene Sacked minister Kalonzo Musyoka is now Kenyans' first choice for President, nine points clear of the man who fired him, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. Mr...

Court Halts Animal Sale to Thailand.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jillo Kadida The High Court yesterday stopped the deal to export 175 wild animals to Thailand until a case by two wildlife conservation groups is heard. Granting the order, Judge Joseph...

Deadline Rule On New Districts.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Jeff Otieno Leaders have a month to decide on the names, boundaries and headquarters of new districts. Areas with no resolution by the end of the deadline will miss the...

Most Want New Laws Before the 2007 Poll.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muriithi Muriuki Most Kenyans - 74 per cent - would like the 2007 General Election to be held under a new constitution. However, the Kenyans polled were categorical that the initiative...

Firm Launches New Rice Brand.
December 21, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Odhiambo A new rice brand is selling at leading western Kenya supermarkets and shops. Launched by the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA), it is retailing under the name Lake...

Relief Food Offers Not Enough.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The international response to pleas for food aid for Kenya is inadequate, a UN agency said yesterday. World Food Programme (WFP) country director Tesema Negash said that only $25 million (Sh1.8...

A Third Force Our Only Salvation.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Macharia Gaitho One the reasons the Government got a big thumbs down at the referendum was simply that the people were fed up with a slew of characters intoxicated with power. I suppose...

Leave Civil Service Alone.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Ford Kenya chairman Musikari Kombo has been working overdrive for two weeks to exact maximum political profit from President Kibaki following the party's role in last month's national referendum. ...

Women Make Knitting a Way of Life.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi When in 1992 Sarah Johnstone and her music band came to Kenya to perform at the Carnivore Restaurant, she had no plans to extend her stay. After a week in the country, however,...

Resilient Tourism Rakes in Sh50bn.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki Aggressive marketing abroad has earned the country in excess of Sh50 billion from tourism this year. "This year more than 800,000 international visitors have flown into Kenya...

Council's Plan On Unemployment.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A council yesterday vowed to give tourism investors preferential treatment as part of its efforts to boost tourism and create employment for youths. Malindi County...

District Hit By Acute Shortage of Medical Staff.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent An acute shortage of personnel is hampering provision of efficient medical services in Mombasa District, it has been revealed. "Port Reitz District Hospital, for...

Leaders Scoff At Muite's Plot Claim.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Kago, Eric Shimoli and Bernard Namunane Two embassies and opposition leaders yesterday denied claims by an MP that they were plotting to overthrow President Kibaki's government. ...

Demand is Too Low for Capital Loans.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wachira Kang'aru A case for a secondary mortgages market has been advanced for quite a while with analysts arguing that it would provide cheap financing. Mr Kenneth Kinyua, director of...

Protect US From FGM, Girls Appeal.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Girls who went through an alternative rite of passage have asked the Government to protect them from circumcision when they return home. As they graduated from a...

Ford-P MPs Warned Over Public Rows On Cabinet.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Ford People yesterday asked its MPs critical of Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae to channel their misgivings through party structures. Secretary general Farah Maalim told...

Now Honoured NSSF Boss Fired.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Nzioka And Njeri Rugene NSSF managing trustee Naftali Mogere has been fired... just a week after being honoured by being made a Moran of the Burning Spear for turning around the State...

Tanzania a Shining Example in Africa.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Ngugi As Christmas and New Year gifts go, perhaps none can beat what our southern neighbours, Tanzanians, managed to get - a new leadership in an election devoid of the problems that...

Expedite Resettlement Plan.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Government must move with speed to resettle people displaced in the infamous ethnic clashes of 1990. This commitment, reaffirmed by Lands ministers Amos Kimunya last weekend, would go a long way to...

Financier Seeks Sh500m.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Geoffrey Irungu Shelter Afrique is seeking to raise Sh500 million to fund housing schemes in Kenya. The financing is to be raised through a corporate bond, a financing instrument that has...

The Movers And Shakers of 2005.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nick Wachira And Philip Mwaniki The Performers Gerald Mahinda, GMD, EABL These are happy days for East African Breweries Limited. It is now expected that the region's biggest brewer...

Muya Chases UK Honours.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Deja Vu Having technically "white-washed" opponents in the Uhuru Cup on December 18 with Dallago, Henry Waweru Muya, 21 has already pre-set his sights on becoming Champion jockey of Britain...

Leaders Warn State On Sacking Allegations.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) yesterday warned the Government against victimising public servants perceived to be close to its leadership. Reacting to a yesterday's...

Five People Killed in Accident.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Issa Hussein Five people yesterday died on the spot and 17 were critically injured when a Wajir-bound bus overturned at Modicar, 12 kilometres from Garissa town. With 26 passengers and...

Teachers Allege Irregularities in Schools.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Ochieng' Visually impaired teachers in schools for the disabled are up in arms over what they term mistreatment by school heads. They have also alleged gross irregularities in the way...

WTO Under Spotlight.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Oduor Ouma The Hong Kong summit was originally intended to deliver an outline of a binding treaty to address agriculture, manufacturing and services, and so conclude the Doha Round of trade...

De La Rue Wins Printing Tender.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A British firm De La Rue Currency yesterday won a lucrative three-year tender to print new-generation currency notes starting in 2007. Under the tender awarded by Central...

Fox Claws for Lion's Share of Cinema Pie.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Mwaniki Kenyan moviegoers are a picky lot. A few years back, urban dwellers with cash to spare would walk into any of the ubiquitous cinema halls and watch two or three Western movies...

Besigye Sent Back to Jail As Military Trial Halted.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Solomon Muyita Dr Kizza Besigye was yesterday returned to Luzira Prison after his trial failed to take off at the High Court in Kampala. And, a military court indefinitely suspended...

New Gas Plant Launched At Moi University.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent An energy saving gas manufacturing plant was launched at the Moi University yesterday. The Sh750,000 biogas plant was built by the German Technical Co-operation-GTZ...

Retired Staff to Be Paid Faster.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno The period for processing retirement benefits at the National Social Security Fund has been reduced from 61 to 21 days. And plans are under way to reduce the period by another...

Varsity Opens Vc's Post to Competition.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi Kenyatta yesterday became the fourth public university to open up the post of vice-chancellor for competitive recruitment. Inviting applications, it took the cue from...

KHU Fined for Missing Africa Cup of Nations.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Kenya Hockey Union has been fine 650 euros (Sh58,000) for failing to send a team to the Africa Cup of Nations held in South Africa in October. The KHU secretary,...

Poll Hopefuls Reject LDP's Election Team.
December 20, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday came under pressure to disband a panel it has appointed to vet candidates for an impending parliamentary by-election. Politicians...