The Nation (Kenya) articles from March 2006

The Nation (Kenya) archives from March 2006

19 Witnesses Appeared Before Team.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The report by the Public Accounts Committee on the Anglo Leasing scandal tabled in Parliament yesterday is a culmination of close to 50 days of investigations, during which 19...

Registers Issue Deferred Pending Court Ruling.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muriithi Muriuki A question in Parliament on the introduction of Electronic Tax Registers (ETR) will be answered next week after the courts give a ruling on the matter. Speaker Francis...

Ministers Evade Query On Armenian 'Brothers'.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A question on the presence of two foreigners at the centre of mercenary allegations was not answered because of confusion on which ministry is responsible. The question,...

Doubts Cast On KACC's Ability to Handle Cases.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Shimoli The Public Accounts Committee casts doubt on the ability of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Anglo Leasing-related cases. It also doubts whether there can...

States to Share Sh1.5bn Grant.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa The European Union has released Sh1.5 billion to help eradicate rinderpest in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources...

Prime Bank's Pre-Tax Profit Rises 22 Percent.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Prime Bank's pre-tax profit last year rose 22 per cent to Sh125 million up from Sh102.7 million in 2004. The bank's chief executive, Vasant Shetty, attributed the...

Awori And Ministers Named in Report Over Scandal.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Vice President Moody Awori and key ministers in the Kibaki Government were indeed involved in the Anglo Leasing scandal, Parliament's watchdog committee has found. Its damning...

House Roster to Counter ODM.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi A rotational attendance of Parliament by MPs allied to the Government has been agreed upon to counter the Orange Democratic Movement's onslaught in the House. The...

Top Amateurs to Feature in Windsor Classic Tourney.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala The rush for points in this year's Kenya Golf Union Golfer of the Year award resumes at Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, where top amateurs are drawn for Windsor Classic. ...

Kampala Stages Party for Inzikuru.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Ouma Ugandans held a street party in Kampala on Wednesday in honour of Commonwealth Games gold medallists Dorcas Inzikuru and Boneface Kiprop. Inzikuru, the 3,000 metres...

Payment Was Not Stopped, Says Committee.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Public Accounts Committee accuses Treasury of misleading it that all payments for 18 suspect security projects were stopped in August 2004. In its report, the...

Evaluators Should Not Be Civil Servants.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John K. Njiraini The introduction of performance contracts and their signing by permanent secretaries, heads of department, and now Cabinet ministers is a critical milestone in the drive to...

Githongo Talks of Democracy in Kenya Despite Graft.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kevin J. Kelley Democracy and political accountability appear to be taking root in Kenya despite the persistence of grand corruption, said former Governance and Ethics permanent secretary John...

Achieng And Reis Meet Awori.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Ongaro Conjestina Achieng and Yvonne Reis of the United States yesterday skipped their morning training session to make a courtesy call on the Vice-President Moody Awori ahead of their...

Businessmen Mentioned in Report.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Public Accounts Committee names seven businessmen as key people linked to companies involved. The report identifies them as "either agents, possible owners or possible...

Cocaine Burning Will Be Safe, Say Experts.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Mukinda The Sh6.4 billion cocaine haul will finally be reduced to harmless ash at intense temperature. And only harmless fumes of carbondioxide and nitrogen and not intoxicating...

Second Impression - 'I'm Ordered to Mop the Floor'.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Grace Kithaka The reigning Nokia Face of Africa, Kaone Kario, talked to GRACE KITHAKA Did you think you would win? No I didn't. As a matter of fact, I was among the shortest girls in...

Athletics Officials Reject the New-Look Nike Kit.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Kenyan officials here have rejected the new Nike kit meant for use in the competition. Their big complaint were the different colours. "Return it to them," David Miano...

Watchdog is Always Awake, Says Kaparo.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Public Accounts Committee's report on Anglo Leasing-type scandals has finally been accepted by Parliament. House Speaker Francis Kaparo yesterday declared that the...

New NSSF Boss Plans to Net 5m New Members.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwangi Ndirangu The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has launched a campaign aimed to enrol up to five million members countrywide. Newly appointed managing trustee, Ms Rachel Lumbasyo...

Sh36m for Fukuoka Winners.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga A record Sh36 million prize money kitty has been offered by the IAAF in this weekend's World Cross Country Championships at the Umi-no-Nakamichi Park, Fukuoka, Japan. In the...

Githongo Tells of His Agony At Recording Conversations.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Shimoli Former Ethics and Governance permanent secretary John Githongo has told of his agony at having to record his conversations with senior government officials while serving as...

My Take - Wilfred Bungei.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Elly Wamari Kenya's 800 metres gold medallist at the recently-concluded 2006 World Indoor Championships. Bungei has several other medals to his credit. He won bronze in the 2003 World...

What a Tangled Web We Weave!
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucy Oriang' There's a new kid on the block. Congratulations are in order, I believe. Narc-Kenya, which some might be tempted to dismiss as a chip off a block that has been overtaken by...

Besigye Case Hearing Ends.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Solomon Muyita And Hussein Bogere Hearing of the election petition against the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni closed yesterday with Dr Kizza Besigye's lawyers asking the Supreme...

IFC to Give Microfinance Firm Sh72m Credit Security.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has agreed to issue a Sh72 million ($1 million) security to a Ugandan microfinancier. ...

Act Promptly On Report.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The report on the Anglo Leasing affair by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee was tabled in the House yesterday. It is a stinging indictment of what is now clearly a blatant case of "official...

Uphill Task for Tusker in Continental Return Clash.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende Tusker clash with Al Ahly of Egypt in an African Champions League second round, second leg tie in Cairo faced with a mission impossible, putting three past the hosts without...

CBK Queries On Pay Were Ignored, Says Report.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa Despite numerous letters from the Central Bank of Kenya querying the Anglo Leasing-type projects, the Government did not take any steps to stop paying billions of shillings to...

KPCU Wants Direct Sales of Coffee Blocked.
March 31, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Geoffrey Irungu Kenya Planters Cooperative Union wants the idea of a second window for coffee sales to remain just that: an idea. The union would be among the losers in the event of a...

Tug-of-War Ends As Mullei is Suspended.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Okwembah And Lucas Barasa Central Bank Governor Andrew Mullei has finally received his suspension letter, ending a week of confusion over his fate after he was charged with abuse of...

Lock Parliament Out of Review Talks, Team Told.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku Parliament and political parties should be kept out of the next phase of constitution-writing, a lawyer has said. The Electoral Commission of Kenya should be mandated to...

Businessmen Vow to Shut Down to Protest Over Registers.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondents Traders in Mombasa are set to join their counterparts countrywide in closing down their shops today to protest at the introduction of Electronic Tax Registers. They...

EABS Targets Low Income Group With New Account.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent East African Building Society Bank has launched a two-month window within which period an individual could open a new bank account without depositing money. Launching...

Ethiopian Jew Fails to Win Parliament Seat.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tim Wanyonyi Mr Avraham Neguise failed in his record breaking bid to be the first Ethiopian Jew to lead a political party in the Israeli Knesset. Mr Neguise's Atid Echad (One Future) party...

Sh7 Million Reward for Melbourne Medallists.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende The Kenya Commonwealth Games team was yesterday rewarded with Sh7.39 million by the Government. In one of the richest pay-outs handed to athletes by the State, each gold...

Keep English And Literature Apart.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Ratemo Omae Peterson I would like to add my voice to the debate on the integrated approach to teaching English in secondary schools. I should state from the onset that this approach, whether...

Museveni Lawyer Admits Election Bribery Incident.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Solomon Muyita And Hussein Bogere The lawyer leading President Yoweri Museveni's defence in the petition filed by opposition leader Kizza Besigye yesterday admitted that there were incidents...

Road Seen As Key to Opening Up S. Sudan.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa Rehabilitating the Nairobi-Kitale-Lodwar-Lokichogio road will boost trade between Kenya and Southern Sudan. Potential investors yesterday said that they were being forced to...

Minister Unveils Sh410bn Plan to Boost Health.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno A Sh410 billion plan has been unveiled as part of the Government's effort to turn around declining health services. Every year, Sh82 billion will be spent on preventing...

Youth Research Firm Launched.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Orido One of the world's leading youth research powerhouses Youth Dynamix has formally entered the Kenyan market under a franchise arrangement. A local marketing and communications...

Aringo Seeks to Clip Nyagah Power to Name Committees.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The sweeping powers of the chief whip to pick members of his choice to sit in any of 25 parliamentary committees is under threat. Speaker Francis ole Kaparo has given...

New KRA Clearing Procedure a Nightmare for Importers.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mirza Vellian Now that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is in the news, it should look at the recently introduced clearing changes which have proved a nightmare to importers. In theory,...

Villagers Pushed Between the Sea And a Rock.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Njuguna Mutonya As one approaches the small fishing hamlet of Ngomeni by sea at high tide, the buildings seem to be half-submerged in the water. One quickly dismisses it as a mirage as the...

Measles Alert Issued As 14 Children Die.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno And Michael Mugwang'a A measles outbreak alert has been issued following increased deaths countrywide. So far, 14 children have died from the disease, which was first detected...

Aids Patients At Risk Over Threat to Sh7bn.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki The lives of close to 2.5 million seriously ill patients are at risk because the Government has failed to account for millions of shillings given to curb the spread of three...

Battle Looms As Drought Bites.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kitavi Mutua As the current drought continues to bite, a major pastoral conflict now looms between pastoral communities. The conflict pits herders from North Eastern Province - who have...

Account for Aids Funds.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Cynics have always branded HIV/Aids an industry because of the large sums of money changing hands among those purporting to be fighting its spread. Several civil society organisations, many purely...

Paper Maker Sued By Residents Over Gases.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A giant paper maker has been sued for allegedly polluting the environment. One hundred and eighty residents of Webuye Division in Bungoma District want the PanPaper...

War Crimes Will Never Pay.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Finally, there is some good news from West Africa. The capture of one of Africa's worst criminals against humanity is welcome news indeed. Ex-warlord, ex-president, and now ex-fugitive Charles Taylor...

Three Drown As Cargo Ship Hits Boat in Lake Victoria.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Three fishermen drowned in Lake Victoria and another narrowly escaped after their fishing boat was hit by a cargo vessel. Nyanza police boss Jambeni Bakari said Mr...

Include ODM in Review, Kibaki Told.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Owino Opondo An assistant minister asked the Government to include the Orange Democratic Movement in the constitutional review. Mr Asman Kamama of Lands said the changing the country's...

Fears Over Plan to Drill for Oil.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya Fishermen and conservationists have expressed fear that drilling for oil off Lamu might harm the environment unless proper studies are done. They are now demanding an...

Politicians Accused of Fanning Clashes in Likia.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Politicians visiting Likia area are frustrating efforts to reconcile two communities whose members clashed recently in a dispute over land, religious leaders said...

Athletes Arrive in Fukuoka.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The heroes of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games arrived hear yesterday morning after a marathon journey through Sydney and Bangkok. They later went for a light jogging outside...

Kenya Famine Tops IMF List.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome The International Monetary Fund yesterday called on donors to rescue 3.5 million Kenyans facing biting food shortage, but avoided commenting on the controversy surrounding Central...

Gor Mahia Fight KPL Decision.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Nato Gor Mahia are up in arms against a recent decision to deduct three of their Premier League points due to violence by their fans. Gor Mahia executive officials have said the...

Claim Over Bleaching Agent Hits a Snag.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Ngare Kenya's claim for compensation from a US based company that commercialised a jeans bleaching enzyme collected locally has hit a snag. According to Dr Richard Bagine of the...

Kenyan Delegation to Host Luncheon At Games Venue.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga A luncheon for 400 visitors at the official championships hotel, JAL Resort Sea Hawk in Fukuoka, Japan tomorrow, sets into motion the road towards Mombasa 2007 World Cross Country...

You Want a Job, Don't Have Kids.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo / What Others Say We know quite a few things about one of women's leading nightmares - breast cancer. For example, family history, starting periods young, and being tall,...

NTV to Broadcast the Mombasa Championship.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The Nation Media Group will be part of the the consortium of broadcasters who will cover the 35th World Cross Country Championship in Mombasa on March 24, 2007. The NTV head...

Protest At KRA Order Spreads.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Protests against electronic tax registers yesterday mounted, with traders planning demonstrations today. The gadgets demanded by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) attracted...

Experts Complete Cocaine Tests.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Tests on the 6.4 billion cocaine haul were completed yesterday. The drugs, seized two years ago, were locked up under tight security until Friday when they will be...

Woman Arrested Over Murder of Kenyan Driver in U.S.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter And Agencies A woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Kenyan in the United States of America, eight years ago. Ms Julie Weeks, 43, was arrested in...

Mathaai Honoured With Milele Lifetime Award.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has been honoured with the Milele Lifetime Achievement Award by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. It was conferred to her at...

New Rescue Service Targets Tourists.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Tourists injured while on holiday will now benefit from emergency evacuation. Launching the tailor-made rescue service yesterday, Kenya Tourism Federation chairman Major...

Traders to Hold Street Protest Demos Over Tax Wrangle.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Mugo Njeru The controversy over tax registers goes to the streets today with traders vowing to hold protest marches to KRA offices countrywide. The announcement came as...

Tie Our Pay to Quality, Says Mwiria.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane Sitting allowances should be based on attendance of Parliament and the quality of contributions, Education assistant minister Kilemi Mwiria suggested. He was supported...

Varsity Misleading Public On Courses.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Masio Opondo The University of Nairobi recently misinformed the public by stating that the minimum entry requirements for self-sponsored students in the faculty of medicine is a C+ and...

Anglo Leasing Report Decision Due Today.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane The Parliamentary Accounts Committee's report on the Anglo Leasing scandal could be made public today. Speaker Francis ole Kaparo yesterday said he would make a ruling on...

Banks to Lend Safaricom Sh12bn.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome Safaricom has signed an historic Sh12 billion loan agreement with a consortium of local banks. Part of the syndicated loan, the largest such facility in the history of Kenya...

Speaker Accepts Anglo Leasing Probe Findings.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Churchill Otieno Speaker Francis ole Kaparo has allowed the tabling of a Parliamentary watchdog team's report into the Anglo Leasing scandal. Findings of the Parliamentary Public Accounts...

25 Former Street Boys to Visit Norway.
March 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Shem Suchia Former street boys in Kisumu Town have been invited to take part in Norway's national day celebrations on May 17. The State invitation was made through a Kisumu-based Norwegian...

Kenya Airways Lifts Market.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The sale of over half a million Kenya Airways shares pushed the stock market's turnover to Sh161 million, on a volume of 2.8 million shares, up from Sh135 million on...

Safaricom Unveils Mobile E-Mail Service.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Mobile telephony firm Safaricom has unveiled a handset e-mail service enabling subscribers to access email and personal information instantly. The Pocket Office is an...

'Pirates' And Jkuat Claim Varsity Honours.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Caxton Apollo Kenyatta University Pirates and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology men's and women's teams are the new 2006 Universities and colleges basketball league...

Shilling Gains On Dollar in Slow Trading.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Kenya shilling appreciated marginally on Tuesday on some dollar sales by players afraid that end-month demand for greenbacks would not materialise, dealers said. Leading commercial banks posted...

U.S. Wants Firmer Action On Graft.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno The US government is not satisfied with the efforts made in fighting corruption. Commenting on the recent action taken against corruption cases, the US ambassador to Kenya, Mr...

Ensure Imported Poultry is Safe, Veterinary Boss Tells Officers.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Poultry brought into the country through the Busia border should first be tested for avian flu virus, the Government said yesterday. "The veterinary department is...

Fisheries Get Sh847m to Raise Quality.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa Kenya's fisheries sub-sector has received a Sh847 million boost from the European Union to improve quality, research, pollution and aquaculture development. The money is part of...

Tension High As Coast Ball Action Nears.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Onyango Tension is high ahead of the Coast Provincial Secondary Schools Term One games which start tomorrow at Shimo La Tewa grounds. The games to be used to select the Coast teams...

UK Acts Tough On Shady Firms.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Redfern A powerful all-party UK parliamentary group wants London to act immediately against British companies involved with corruption in Africa. The more than 170-member group's...

Output Must Be Only Gauge.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) With Cabinet ministers now slated to sign performance contracts, the Government's drive to entrench private-sector systems in its operations is reaching the top. So far, permanent secretaries,...

MPs Block Report On Anglo Leasing Scandal.
March 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Ben Namunane An attempt to table the eagerly-awaited Public Accounts Committee report on the Anglo Leasing scandal failed yesterday after MPs disagreed on its legitimacy. It was a case of...