The Nation (Kenya) articles from June 2006

The Nation (Kenya) archives from June 2006

State Destroys Squatters' Maize.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Simon Siele The Government yesterday started destroying maize plantations in the Likia Settlement Scheme in Nakuru. Police and forest guards moved into the 1,605 acres, supervised by...

Ask Uganda to Pay Printer's Debt, Says MP.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale An MP displayed a huge election poster in Parliament of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni smiling. Mr Peter Munya (Tigania East, Safina), then said that its Kenyan printer...

Kaparo Warns Against Empty Claims As Nakumatt Row Rages.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale Speaker Francis ole Kaparo told members not to make claims they cannot prove against one another and the public as debate raged on the Charterhouse Bank and Nakumatt...

Let's Not Allow Nepad to Die.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Barely five years after its formation, a key architect of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) has sounded its death-knell. There are those who might feel vindicated by Senegalese...

Kanu And LDP to Work Together in By-Elections.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Kanu and the Liberal Democratic Party will work together to win by-elections called in the wake of the deaths of five MPs in a plane crash in April. Kanu, the Official...

Councillors Blame MPs in New Water Firm Dispute.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Last weekend's aborted launch of a water company in Taita Taveta District continues to raise controversy among leaders in the area. A group of councillors yesterday...

Pyrethrum Farmers to Get Sh845 Million in Arrears.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter And Correspondent Pyrethrum farmers will be paid their Sh845 million arrears by next June. President Mwai Kibaki said the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya had since the beginning...

Beach Plot Wrangles Get Fishy.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya Fishermen yesterday held a demonstration against the allocation of a beach plot to an individual. But even as they did so, the controversy took a different turn when the...

Passports Mix-Up in Panic to Expel Arturs.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa And Mugumo Munene The Armenian Artur brothers were mistakenly given return air tickets in the panic to get them kicked out of Kenya, it was revealed yesterday. The tickets...

Sh4 Billion Raised From Rural Power Programme.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Government has collected Sh4 billion under the rural electrification programme for the past four years. Energy assistant minister Mwangi Kiunjuri told Mr Daniel Karaba...

Cereal Makers Battle in Court Over Trademark.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu A breakfast cereals maker wants a rival's products destroyed for allegedly infringing its trademark rights. Weetabix Limited has moved to court seeking orders to bar Healthy U...

Ex-Soldiers Suit Over Sacking Set to Continue.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jibril Adan A case filed two years ago by former soldiers seeking compensation for wrongful dismissal will go ahead after the State failed to reply. Mr Kamunya Karanja, who is representing...

Githongo Appointed Director of Rights Lobby.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Former Governance and Ethics permanent secretary John Githongo has joined the board of directors of the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). The anti-graft czar is based...

Step Up War Against Aids And Malaria.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Salim Lone* On Madaraka Day, President Kibaki announced one of the most important government initiatives since he took office. HIV/Aids patients at public hospitals, he said, would no longer...

Survey Shows Ethnicity Not an Issue in 2007 Presidential Poll.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi And Michael Mugwang'a A majority of Kenyans are likely to elect a president based on credentials rather than tribe, a new survey launched yesterday says. Some 82 per cent of...

House Team Begins Uchumi Probe.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Kago And David Mugonyi A parliamentary committee yesterday started investigating the Uchumi supermarkets collapse. The Finance Committee invited its first witness, former ICDC managing...

Bumper Harvest Ahead for Farmers.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent It may turn out to be a good year for farmers in parts of Nyanza Province. The Government's forecast is that 90 per cent of its crops grown will survive up to harvest....

Elite Runners Dominate At National Meet.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The National Athletics Championships started on a high note at the Moi International Sports Centre yesterday where a good number of elite women runners was noted while upcoming...

Law is Too Light On Counterfeiters.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Government yesterday echoed manufacturers' concerns that sentences handed down on makers of counterfeit products are too lenient to end the vice. Trade and Industry...

Chief Justice Defends Action Against Judges.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya The chief justice has said he was under no obligation to give the 23 judges implicated in unethical conduct a chance to defend themselves. Mr Justice Evan Gicheru yesterday...

Textiles Won't Save Exporters.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wachira Kang'aru Overdependence on textile exports is partly to blame for the woes now facing Kenya two years before a key trade treaty with the United States runs out. The African Growth...

Tell All to the Probe Bodies.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Commission of Inquiry into the Artur brothers saga has hit the ground running. Already, in its first few days of public hearings, some startling revelations have come out. And this is despite the...

Exhibits Missing in Kibaki Niece's Murder Case.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Some crucial exhibits in a case in which a man is accused of killing President Kibaki's niece Stella Njeri are missing, a court heard yesterday. Among the things...

Mwiraria Opposes Plan On CBK Boss.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane A former Finance minister opposed a proposal to appoint an independent person to head the Central Bank of Kenya board of directors. The plan contained in this year's...

MPs Told to Reject Aids Drugs Bill.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent MPs have been asked to reject a Bill proposing a ban on imports of cheap Aids drugs. ActionAid national Aids coordinator Ludfine Anyango termed the Miscellaneous Bill...

Anarchy Reigns As Loved Ones Weep in Kisii Lynching Fields.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Angwenyi Gichana If you're a suspected witch, wizard or gangster, count yourself dead in the killing fields of Kisii. The killing of councillor Livingstone Omoke last Sunday was the...

Tough Rules Proposed to Control NGOs.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Tough new rules to reign in NGOs may soon be introduced. Among the proposals in a sessional paper tabled before Parliament by National Heritage minister Suleiman Shakombo...

President Comes Face to Face With His Peers At the African Summit.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Elly Wamari Leaders from 26 countries to evaluate Kenya's performance on key governance issues as part of a Nepad initiative to improve the quality of life for people on the continent It...

Concern Over Sh65 Million Research Kitty.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi At least Sh65 million allocated for research during the financial year ending today was not used, scholars said yesterday. They expressed fears the funds could be returned...

Somaliland: the Other Somalia With No War.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Suliman Baldo The lightning capture of Mogadishu by militia loyal to the Islamic courts movement at the beginning of June has sent shock waves throughout the Horn of Africa region and as far...

Nyanza Club to Host Prime Bank Tourney.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala The Prime Bank Festival of Golf enters its final leg with the Western Kenya regional qualifying round at Nyanza Sports Club in Kisumu this weekend. The tournament will be open...

Local CEOs Tip Students On Investment.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Good management, financial stability and concrete future plans are key things to look at before investing in stocks. This was said by Suntra Investment Bank managing...

Ranchers Ask State to Drive Livestock Out of Park.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Government has been asked to drive away livestock grazing illegally in Tsavo National Park and ranches in Voi Division of Taita-Taveta District. Addressing...

How Many More Arturs Do We Host?
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucy Oriang' It is official that the Artur brothers - for want of a better description - are not the generous investors that we have been led to believe all along. We have it on the...

Council Poll for Mayor to Await Taib's Appeal.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya And Edmund Kwena Mombasa will not hold elections for mayor next week as earlier scheduled. The orders stopping the poll were issued by appellate judges yesterday, following...

'We Listen to Our Inner Voices'.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Kariuki Musician David Amunga is used to people being cynical about him but he takes it in stride. When it is not about his songs, it is his ideas about the music industry. The latest, he...

Politics Blamed for Poor Results.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Julius Bosire And Dave Opiyo Declining education standards in Nyanza Province have been directly linked to political interference in the running of schools. Educationists and leaders...

Trends - Telling the Story.
June 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Margaretta Wa Gacheru With the added fizz, oral narratives will never be the same. Shamelessly playing the part of a monkey, a sungura, or even a man, Sigana storyteller Helen Alumbe Namai is...

Cars Found in Runda Home Are Identified.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Details of 18 vehicles suspected to have been stolen for use by the Artur brothers were released yesterday. However, only five have been fully identified but the others...

It Was the Biggest Ever Drug Haul.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: James Mugendi On December 14, 2004, 1.1 tonnes of pure cocaine worth close to Sh6.4 billion was netted by the police. Part of the consignment (837.5kg) was netted at Rocky Villa in the...

Artur Margaryan Was an Imposter, Says Minister.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene And Lucas Barasa The tall bearded Armenian Artur Margaryan was yesterday branded as a barefaced imposter. He travelled on the passport of an Armenian tax official which was...

New Tax Could Chill Kenya's Hot Property Market.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wachira Kang'aru Experts in the industry say the reintroduction of tax on capital gains on property suspended in 1985 is likely to make a bad situation worse by slowing development of new...

Squatters Give Demands to Leave Forest.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philemon Suter Most of the 6,000 squatters in Embobut forest, Marakwet District, are willing to leave if the Government gives them alternative land, they said yesterday. They told the new...

Key Creditor Yet to Back Rescue Plan for Uchumi.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Hopes for Uchumi's reopening dwindled further yesterday after it emerged that the PTA Bank, a key creditor, Bank is yet to approve a rescue plan for the fallen retailer. At...

Michuki After Wrong Target.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Internal Security minister John Michuki has this week published a statement which amounts to another threat on freedom of the Press. He blames the media for the unfavourable publicity in recent days...

Keter Cleared of Scheme to Defraud Firm.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent An MP was yesterday cleared of conspiring to defraud Telkom Kenya of millions of shillings. Belgut MP Charles Keter was also acquitted of abuse of office while he was...

Airports Not Well Policed, Says Official As Minister is Quizzed On Passports.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa And Mugumo Munene It is easy for foreigners to enter Kenya illegally, the Kiruki Commission of Inquiry into the Artur brothers was told yesterday. Principal Immigration...

Union Seeks Ban On Imports of Used Cars.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Trade unionists yesterday said importation of used vehicles had dealt a death blow to local assemblers, and backed stringent measures against importers. Associated Vehicle...

People At the Grassroots Yet to Enjoy Tax Benefits: Muite.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale A member stunned his colleagues during his contribution to the Budget debate when he described the Government as kure rega rega, Sheng for a busy-body. Mr Paul Muite...

KPC Pays Sh661 Million Tax.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome The national oil transporter yesterday gave the Treasury a Sh661.5 million cheque and, with it, declared that it had cleared its income tax arrears. The cheque brought Kenya...

Master Plan Launched to Boost Nyanza Tourism.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Odhiambo And Carol Adero Spurred on by Kenya's booming tourism, seminars and studies are sprouting around the country, each targeting specific regions, communities and sector players....

Going It Alone - in Marriage Boom, Wedding Shop Blooms.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Waruguru Muchira Julie Kihara is as much at home creating a fresh or dry flower arrangement as she is arranging a wedding fare for any number of guests. "We can do any wedding budget," she...

Why Was Mullei's Letter Never Acted On?
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Robert Shaw* It was as dramatic as it was disturbing when, last Wednesday, legislator Billow Kerrow tabled documents in Parliament concerning Charterhouse Bank. The Interim Report by the...

Pension Returns Beat Inflation.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Alexander Forbes, one of the registered consulting actuaries, has released a survey that compares the performance of various retirement schemes in the country. The...

Man Jailed for 30 Years And Fined Sh20 Billon Over Drug Haul.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jillo Kadida One of the six people accused of trafficking in more than one tonne of cocaine valued at Sh6.4 billion was yesterday handed a 30-year jail term and fined a record Sh20 billion....

KBL Gives Sh7 Million for 4 Nations Tournament.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba Kenya Volleyball Federation yesterday received a Sh7 million sponsorship from East Africa Breweries Limited for next month's Four Nations championship. The championship -...

Speaker Kaparo Orders Joint Parliamentary Investigation on Arturs Scandal.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Speaker Francis Kaparo on Tuesday ruled that a joint parliamentary committee must investigate the Artur brothers scandal, overruling objections by Justice minister Martha Karua and Attorney-General Amos...

Mombasa Cross-Country Committee Books Clean, Says Kiplagat.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The 2007 Mombasa World Cross-country Championships' Local Organising Committee has been absolved from financial impropriety. Athletics Kenya chairman, Isaiah Kiplagat,...

Universities to Be Expanded to Admit More Students.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi And Tony Kago Local universities and colleges will be expanded to admit more students, President Kibaki promised yesterday. This will help save the country an estimated Sh20...

Union Divided Over Pay Package.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jibril Adan Cracks have emerged in the civil servants' union a day after the Government announced a Sh2.4 billion pay rise for middle level and junior workers. Officials of the Nairobi...

Five Questions to Dominic Kiarie.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Dominic Kiarie Dominic Kiarie is General Manager at British American Asset Managers 1. What are shares and how do I benefit by investing in them? A share represents a unit of...

Kenya Railways Team to Begin Work On August 1.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter New managers of Kenya Railways are scheduled to take office on August 1. Transport minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere also said yesterday that the Government was paving way for...

Moi Aide And Former Spy Chief 'Stashed Funds Abroad'.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane A former private secretary to retired President Daniel arap Moi and a former spy chief were named as some of the prominent people who stashed funds in foreign accounts. ...

Sprints Take Centre Stage At Kasarani.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Traditionally, the spotlight on the national athletics championships has always been on distance events. For the next three days, however, sprinters will be the centre of...

Hard Choices for Ailing Kenyans.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mercy Randa While the rich and mighty may have little trouble footing healthcare bills running into millions of shillings, the poor often pay the price either with their lives or by burning up...

Uchumi Told to Sell Its Stock.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu And Odhiambo Orlale Uchumi Supermarket was yesterday allowed to begin selling stock that had been locked up in its stores in the last one month. The High Court accepted a...

Call On African Heads to Back Press Freedom.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) A gathering of Africa's top media owners this week called on the continent's leaders to give priority to development of a professional and ethical media, and boost the role of the media in support of...

War Over UN Seats May Obscure Real Issues.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Roselyn Akombe* As the African Union's heads of state and government hold their seventh ordinary session in Banjul, The Gambia, this weekend, there will be a loaded agenda and many pressing...

US-Based Bawa Star Attraction At Matchplay.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala United States-based youngster Nick Bawa will be among the star attractions during the annual Kenya Amateur Matchplay Golf Championship whose 2006 edition gets underway at the...

Trade Firm in the Red, Says House Team.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno A state corporation under the Ministry of Trade is bankrupt and is hundreds of millions of shillings in debt, a parliamentary watchdog says. The Public Investment Committee...

Judge And MP Unfit for Public Office, Says PIC.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi A parliamentary committee wants a High Court judge and an MP barred from holding public office for their alleged role in irregular payments by the Kenya Ports Authority. The...

Name Creditors, Minister Told.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane The Government was accused of failing to disclose the names of contractors demanding Sh100 billion payment in pending bills. Finance assistant minister Peter Kenneth...

Call to Put MPs On Performance Contracts.
June 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale MPs should be put on performance contracts like other civil servants, proposed Public Service minister Moses Akaranga. The arrangement would help voters know how their MPs...

Sh10bn CDF Cake Shared Out.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Sh10 billion Constituency Development Fund cake was distributed countrywide yesterday with Bahari and Eldoret North constituencies topping the list of beneficiaries. ...

Pay Rise for Civil Servants.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Kago Middle level and junior civil servants were yesterday awarded a pay rise worth Sh2.4 billion a year. It will take effect next month. And in a major policy shift regarding civil...

Karume Taken to Task Over UK Soldiers' Exercises in Kenya.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team /Parliament A minister was hard pressed to explain what became of Sh300 million paid by the British government for a joint military programme in Kenya. Mr Njenga Karume, of...

Confusion As Uchumi Fails to Reopen Stores.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome, Geoffrey Irungu and Odhiambo Orlale Uchumi Supermarkets' promised reopening failed to take place yesterday as interviews for top managers continued. This let to speculation...

Kamanda Wants Number of Bodyguards Reduced.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Owino Opondo, Benard Namunane and Odhiambo Orlale A minister wants his colleagues' bodyguards reduced to help fight insecurity. Mr Maina Kamanda said it was untenable to provide heavy...

Only 17 Clubs for Premier League Next Season.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende The 2006/2007 top flight soccer season will involve 17 clubs and not the 18 originally anticipated, Kenya Premier League managing director Jack Oguda confirmed yesterday. ...

School Joins the Information Superhighway.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A primary school in Kilifi has become the first in Africa to be equipped with e-learning facilities. Kikambala Primary School has been provided with 20 computers, Vsat...

MP Ordered in Court Over LDP Elections Row.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eunice Machuhi Changamwe MP Ramadhan Seif Kajembe has been ordered to appear in court for the hearing of a case involving LDP grassroots elections. Also summoned is Mr Michael Tinga, the LDP...

AG Takes Over Nakumatt And Standards Case.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Attorney-General yesterday took over a case pitting Nakumatt against the Kenya Bureau of Standards over inspection of the supermarket's goods. Deputy solicitor-general...

UN Ranks Kenya Ninth in Beach Tourism Earnings.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno And Michael Mugwang'a Kenya ranks ninth in annual receipts from beach tourism, according to a book-length United Nations report. In Our Environment Our Wealth, the United...

Civil Servants Will Now Contribute to Their Pension.
June 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Nzioka Civil servants will now contribute to their pension, it has been announced. The Government yesterday unveiled a contributory scheme for all its workers. "The scheme covers...