The Nation (Kenya) articles from March 2007, page 6

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Three Killed in Trouble-Hit Zone.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Three people, two of them members of the same family, have been killed in trouble-hit Mt Elgon District. A man and his son were shot dead at the weekend by a relative in the area, which has been hit...

Farming Business in Big Growth.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The performance of the agricultural sector has improved in the last two years, leading to increased production of staple foods, including maize fish, milk and wheat, a...

Mathare Sides End On Wrong Side of KPL Encounters.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende Tusker, coached by Harambee Stars trainer Jacob Mulee, broke champions Sony Sugar's unbeaten record while the two Mathare Youth Sports Association teams lost their matches as...

Time for Us to Show Some Unbridled Patriotism.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende Speaking as a Kenyan, first, and a sports fan, second, I cannot wait for next weekend. It will be two days that wananchi will be held to the edges of their seats as they...

Maize Farmers' Cheques Ready.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tom Matoke The Government will from today start paying farmers the Sh400 million in arrears for maize produce, sold to the National Cereals Board (NCPD). Agriculture minister Kipruto arap...

Russia And New Zealand Teams Arrive in Mombasa.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Juma Namlola Cross country teams from Russia, New Zealand and Romania arrived in Mombasa yesterday ahead of the world championships yesterday, the Local Organising Committee assistant public...

Searching for Heat On Mt Kenya.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The problem of getting high temperature in high altitude has finally been resolved in Embu, the national cross country team's residential camp, thanks in part to the relentless...

Why Disrupting Championships is Not Such a Wise Idea.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Protest in the form of rallies, demonstrations, boycotts or civil disobedience are a legitimate strategy by aggrieved parties to push their agenda (usually) within free...

Lack of IDs Slows Down Voter Listing.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondents Lack of national identification cards is slowing down the pace of voter registration. Yesterday, Kiambu District Electoral Commission of Kenya coordinator, Mr David...

Omollo, the Kenyan Who Struck Gold in Asia, Now Sells Players to India.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odindo Ayieko Had Sammy Omollo not decided otherwise, today he would have been in the West Indies representing Kenya in the cricket World Cup. After playing several matches for Swamibapa,...

Slain Police Officers' Families Left Destitute.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Mukinda More than 11 police officers have been killed in the line of duty since the beginning of this year and their families have been left destitute because the risky job offers no...

Family's Life Shattered By Gang Bullets.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Ng'etich And Edward Koech The death of Corporal Julius Kaptuwai who was attached to Pangani-based Flying Squad was a big blow to his family. His wife Emily says he was the sole...

Misery As Family Waits for Dead Officer's Dues.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Juma Namlola Mrs Mwanamisi Mwinyi sat pensively on a coconut husk outside her house in Nganja, Msambweni, Kwale District. A pot of cowpeas, locally known as mbaazi, lay some metres from...

Persimon Way Takes Graham Trophy.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Grundy The Patsy Sercombe-trained Persimmon Way, ridden by Richard Kibet, stormed from the back a few furlongs out and went on to claim victory in the Graham Trophy race over 1,400m at Ngong...

Government Urged to Consider Markets in Far East.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Correspondent The Government should diversify its foreign markets for agricultural crops, by creating alternatives ones in the Far East. "The local market is important but with...

Coach Mulee Has to Deliver to the Fans.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gishinga Njoroge In the past half dozen years when the national team's record has been abject, all the essential elements of a traditional approach to international soccer qualifying campaigns...

Home Player Wins 'Nation' Event.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Home player Daniel Ochieng Ajulu won the Nation Classic Golf Series' Nyanza/Western regional qualifying round at the nine-hole Nyanza Sports Club in Kisumu. Thanks to a strong...

Three Cheers to Brave Politicians And Keen Voters.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Kimani These are truly exciting times. Hardly a day goes by without some earth-shaking announcement by our politicians. As a consequence, many Kenyans and I are spoilt for choice,...

Pending List as House Reopens.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Owino Opondo Parliament reopens tomorrow on a crest of sharp differences among leaders over constitutional review. President Kibaki is expected to officially open the sixth session of the...

Back Teams for Glory.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Today marks the beginning of a huge sporting week. Some of the teams that will compete in Saturday's World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa are already in the country. Teams from Romania, New...

Eight Foreign Terror Suspects Held.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Eight foreigners have been arrested by the Kenya Police anti-terrorism unit, the Nation learnt yesterday. The suspects, who do not have any papers to show their nationality,...

Surrender Half Your Pay, MPs Told.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Lucas Barasa Civil society groups and religious leaders want MPs to surrender half of their Sh878,000 a month salary to the Constituency Development Fund. They also want...

The Pitfalls in Bid to Revoke a Gift of Land.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Esther Onchana Law Report A gift of registered land becomes effective upon execution and delivery of the transfer. It cannot be recalled thereafter, even though the person donating it has...

VP Promises More Prison Reforms.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Vpps The Government has set up a five-year strategic plan to implement reforms in the country's penal institutions, Vice-President Moody Awori said yesterday. Mr Awori said the Kenya...

Drunkenness a Partial Defence to Murder If One Lacks Malice Aforethought.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Law Report Drunkenness can be a defence to murder if it deprived the accused of the ability to form the specific intention to commit the offence, that is malice aforethought. Said Karisa Kimunzu...

In the Murky World of Patents, the Wealthy Win.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Rasna Warah In recent weeks, the words "trademark" and "patent" have been used interchangeably by the media to describe an imminent "takeover" of the production of Kenya's kikoi fabric by a...

Court Declines to Stop East African Treaty Changes.
March 19, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jillo Kadida Five political parties yesterday lost a bid to stop Attorney-General Amos Wako from amending the treaty establishing East African Community. This follows a decision by the...

Cross Country: Coach O'Connell Says Bekele is Beatable.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Macharia With proper planning, Ethiopia's defending World Cross Country Championships 12km title holder, Kenenisa Bekele can be beaten, a renowned athletics coach, Colm O'Connell said...

Cross Country: Kipchoge Back at Embu Camp.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba Former world 5,000m champion Eliud Kipchoge reported back to camp on Thursday evening to end alleged doubts about a possible rift in the national cross country team training at...

His Job is Your Nightmare.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Kiplagat For 32-year-old Tito Kiio, a day with death is just another day in the office. He has lived with it since childhood, as did his father, Mr Jackson Kiio Kithya, popularly known as...

Remembering Nkrumah as Ghana Marks 50 Years.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Atieno Odhiambo We spent all of last week in celebration of the attainment of independence in Ghana. However, whichever way one looks at it, this was a singular feat for Africa, for the Black...

Cross Country: Kenya's Coaches Spoilt for Choice Ahead of Show.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Such is the depth of talent in Kenyan athletics that selectors are unable to come up with the best junior women's team for Mombasa. Still, Kenya has the best line-up in the...

Just What is Education Good For?
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Ochieng What contribution has education made to Kenya's social malaise today? The answer, it seems to me, is that the classroom is fully responsible for the mental filth that chokes all...

Pomp at Raila Son's Pre-Wedding Fete.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa All key ODM-K presidential candidates except Kalonzo Musyoka came out to escort Raila Odinga as he led his son Fidel in a traditional pre-wedding ceremony. Mr Musyoka, who...

Crucial GNU Talks Tomorrow.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter President Kibaki is tomorrow expected to chair a crucial meeting of the Government of National Unity ahead of the last session of the current Parliament, set to begin on...

Judge Takes on Police Chiefs.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eunice Machuhi The High Court sitting in Mombasa has ordered that the Police Commissioner and the officer in charge of the anti-terrorism police unit file personal affidavits to explain their...

Alcohol: Life is Not an Endless Party.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Kenyans are hitting the bottle hard in the pursuit of fun, happiness and sometimes oblivion. The National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse is quoted in this newspaper expressing concern that...

Row Over Sh470m Tender Increases Portland's Woes.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Okwemba Succession, two key vacancies and a Sh470 million deal are at the centre of problems bedevilling East African Portland Cement Company. The firm is said to have lost business...

Cross Country: Chepchumba is Ready to Prove Her Potential to All.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba The senior women's eight kilometre team is upbeat that it will conquer their Ethiopian rivals and are happy to have an underdog status as they head to Mombasa for this year's...

Investors and the Politics of a General Election Year.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gitau Warigi Within a certain age-range (say late 30s to early 40s) it has become frightfully passe to yap socially about your new sports car, or the sauna club you frequent, or the stag...

Kenya Seeks to Buy Fighter Jets in Jordan.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Okwemba and Kevin Kelly A military team is in Jordan negotiating the purchase of F-5 jet fighters, the Sunday Nation has learnt. The cost and the number of jets the Department of...

Woman Arrested Over Spat With Lucy.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter An ODM activist was yesterday morning arrested for allegedly threatening First Lady Lucy Kibaki. Mary Mbandi, a Kitui-based ODM official and Maendeleo ya Wanawake...

Facelift of Nairobi's Jeevanjee Gardens Angers Lobby.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Ngunjiri Over the past few days, the internet has been the venue of a quiet local war, which is slowly assuming a global dimension. At the centre of the controversy is the proposed...

Cross Country: Mayaka is Pushing for Japanese Success.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Stephen Mayaka has two missions in Mombasa - to steer the Japanese team to respectable results and produce a medallist, possibly gold, through his charge Gideon Ngatuny. ...

Cricket: Here's Help for Those Mystified By Cricket.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Tsuma During the World Cricket League in Nairobi last month, a reader who is very keen to grasp the basics of cricket called to let me know that my match report on Kenya's win over...

This Licence to Kill Our Animals is a Disgrace.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Is it possible for Kenya to manage its wild animals without shooting them? Every new wildlife management initiative seems to have an element which permits the slaughter of animals, either for meat, skins,...

Games: Champions Floored in Coast Show in Kwale.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Onyango All the defending champions cruised into the semi finals of this year"s Coast secondary schools term one games whose finals will be played today at Barani Secondary school. ...

Horse Racing: Poor Entries Result in a Six-Race Card at Ngong Today.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Grundy Insufficient entries have reduced today's card at the Ngong Racecourse to six races. The meeting features the Graham Trophy, an open handicap race for three-year-olds and over to...

To End Crime, Take Away MPs' Guns and Guards.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mutuma Mathiu Forgive me while I indulge in one of my regular fixations. The older one gets, the more fixated one becomes about a select number of things. One of my favourite places is the...

Athletics: Rotich is the New Rift Valley Race Champ.
March 18, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Macharia Lucas Rotich of Keiyo's Kimuron Secondary School became the new Rift Valley secondary schools boys' eight-kilometre cross-country champion yesterday after breaking off from the...

Stigma Jolts the War On Scourge.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mildred Ngesa Social stigma and poverty are the biggest challenges facing the war against HIV and Aids. Almost two decades since the campaign against the pandemic kicked off and with more...

Shakombo to Fight Rising ODM Wave.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Mayoyo If there is one constituency in Mombasa District whose voting pattern has been predictable since the introduction of multi-party democracy in the country, then that is Likoni....

Cricket: is Winning Ugly the New Norm?
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Tsuma Milwall FC is one of the oldest football teams in England. The team was also very unpopular because of the thuggish behaviour of their ultra-hard core fans. These faithful, aware...

Want More Doctors? Then Donate Bodies for Training.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gatonye Gathura Kenyans want more doctors - but they are not helping make their training easy. If they were, more people would be donating their bodies for training medical personnel. In...

Why Judges Want Proof Beyond Doubt.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu It's better to let 100 guilty men go free than to convict one innocent man, so goes the legal adage. And that is what fuels the zeal by courts to avoid at all costs, wrongful...

Top Civil Servants Get Pay Raise.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Nzioka The Government has quietly increased salaries of permanent secretaries and other officers in that category. The increases range between Sh61,580 and Sh120,300 in addition to...

Scientists Bank On Abandoned Bodies for Study.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter In the absence of body donors, medical research institutions are entitled to unclaimed bodies from public health facilities. But does this mean they get poor quality bodies...

Songwriters - the Unsung Heroes Behind Musicians.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Koigi They are the unsung heroes of group and individual musicians' success. Like instrumentalists, they do no take the front-line on the podium but rather operate from the sidelines,...

Cross Country: Confident Ugandans to Drive Down.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Saturday Nation Correspondent With all focus having been placed on perennial rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea, Uganda who have been tagged as the dark horses are set to drive to Mombasa with only...

London Flop Key Test for ODM's Survival.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tom Mshindi Three key issues represent the immediate fallout from the controversial trip of the Orange Democratic Party leaders to London. One, the party is bruised but has survived its...

Reliance Loses SNO Licence.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Communications Commission of Kenya has cancelled a tender for the second national operator (SNO) licence that it had awarded Reliance Communications, after the...

Trackside: Team Selection Methods Must Always Be Above Board.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Martin Keino With the World cross-country Championships next Saturday, arrangements are understandably in high gear. The preparations of the national team this year have taken on greater...

'Rebranded Odume Now Playing Different Ball Game.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Nato As Kenya's cricket team battles it out with other cricket greats on the sun-drenched Jamaica, former team captain Maurice Odumbe is seeking fame and fortune in a totally different...

Root Out the Cheats.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Kenya has become a leading destination for foreign universities and other institutions hunting for students thirsty for higher education. This is a consequence of the increased demand local institutions...

Project to Feed Aids Patients Spreads Out.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Ng'etich She was among the first to enrol in an Aids prevention programme, where free medicine and food are part of the package. Indeed, the Eldoret-based Academic Model for the...

Cross Country: Preparations Finally Hit the Home Stretch.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Preparations for the 35th IAAF World cross-country Championships have hit the home stretch. The country waits to see how the organisers will host an estimated 6,000 visitors for...

Should Women Get 50 Per Cent of Matrimonial Property?
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) In many parts of the world there is a presumption that matrimonial property should be split 50-50 in the event of a divorce. Kenyan courts had been moving in that direction until February 2, this year,...

Athletics: IAAF's Diack Heads for Mombasa On Monday.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba International Association of Athletics Federation president Lamine Diack jets into the country on Monday night and heads straight to Mombasa for this year's World cross country...

Tribunal Backs BOC Takeover of Carbacid.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The takeover of Carbacid by BOC Gases Limited will now take place, after a tribunal rescinded an earlier decision by the market regulator blocking the deal. Both...

Another Chance to Watch Hilarious Timeless Classic.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kamau Mutunga Picture an engagement party for your daughter to a gentleman from a wealthy family as yours. Your wife and son are there, wine is flowing in line with the engaging repartee. Life...

Soccer: Fifa Says KFF Will Have 18 League Clubs.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odindo Ayieko World soccer governing body, Fifa, yesterday ruled that the Kenya Premier League will have 18 clubs this season, sounding a death knell for AFC Leopards and Shabana FC. ...

New Laws Needed to Tackle Challenges of E-Business.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Andrew Limo The fast growth in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a tool of doing business in what has come to be known as electronic transaction or e-transaction...

Cross Country: Teams Pitch Training Camps in Eldoret.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Macharia Athletes from several African countries have been training in Eldoret in preparation for the World cross-country Championships in Mombasa. Athletes from Zambia, Zimbabwe,...

Coast Schools On the Rise.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Njuguna Mutonya The residents of Dedan Kimathi Street in Mombasa are learning to live with expressions of mass hysteria which have been on the rise in the last one month. It all started...

As I See It - Build-Up to Swaziland Match Rather Worrying.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sulubu Tuva Even the greatest optimists in our midst must be chewing their nails out in anxiety. Kenya's task next week, an African Nations Cup qualifier against what should be the...

Sport Hunting Has Its Gains, Too.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Karol Boudreaux Kenyans are debating whether the Government should lift its 30-year ban on trophy hunting. While the talk continues, the elephant population in Kenya continues to drop. ...

Rights Chief Against Police Shoot Order.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondents The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights yesterday described the shoot-to-kill order by the Government as "illegal and barbaric". Although the order had been...

Shoot-to-Kill Order is Illegal And Dangerous.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) One problem with a leadership that panders to populist demands or the public bloodlust is that it often leads to decisions that can result in terrible consequences. The "shoot-to-kill" policy being so...

MP's Uphill Task to Break One-Term Jinx.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugo Njeru Nyeri Town MP Peter Gichohi Mureithi is burning midnight oil to try and break the jinx in the constituency which has been shedding off successive MPs after only one term. And...

Politics of 'Vijana Tugutuke' Campaign.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tim Kamuzu Banda When it first came to prominence early last year, it was the talk of every political forum. Everybody thought that Vijana Tugutuke was the political movement that would...

From a Herdsman to Super Model.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Kamau As a young man learning to survive in the harsh terrain of Magadi, 28-year-old Keseme ole Parsapayet has grown up in an environment where people look out for their own. If he...

Genuine Praise Can Bring Out the Best in Us.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Beatrice Ofwona I was impressed by the cleanliness of the ladies' washrooms at a college enough to compliment the otherwise unnoticed cleaner, who, surprised but delighted, gave me a beaming...

Cross Country: Bekele's Presence Good for Organisers.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The presence of multiple champion Kenenisa Bekele is good for the World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa. He is always a big draw, a joy to watch on the track and in cross...

Kamba Factor to Dominate in Elections.
March 17, 2007... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Mayoyo When he ousted Mr Kennedy Kiliku as MP for Changamwe in 1997, Mr Ramadhan Seif Kajembe broke the trend where the cosmopolitan constituency in Mombasa District had for a long...