The Nation (Kenya) articles from November 2005, page 8

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Ethnic Conflict Spills Over to Campaigns in the North.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muchemi Wachira And Gakuu Mathenge Religion and ethnicity are likely to influence significantly how the people of Upper North Eastern Kenya - Isiolo, Marsabit and Moyale districts - vote in...

Bribery And Tyranny Rife, Says Nyong'o.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent A Cabinet minister has accused President Kibaki of allowing his government to "degenerate into tyranny and bribery". "The President has lost ground and his rule...

No' Team Will Push for Bomas Draft.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lucas Barasa The Orange team yesterday took its campaigns to the historic Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi and vowed to push for the adoption of the Bomas Draft if No wins in the November 21...

Hail the Pork Barrel Republic.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mutuma Mathiu The slave-keeping plantations of the American South have bequeathed modern America with a long list of disgraceful legacies. Among them is the time-honoured, corrupt...

Coast Stars Held By Ulinzi.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Team Ulinzi Stars came from behind to hold Coast Stars 1-1 in a Premier League match at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium yesterday. Coast Stars dominated the opening session and...

Confusion As KPL Now Retract Cup Final Ruling.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent The Kenya Premier League Limited yesterday beat a hasty retreat over their initial decision to award Tusker FC the second leg of the President's Cup semi-final...

Jm Kariuki And Mboya's Pal Now Succumbs to Diabetes.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent A 74-year-old man who claimed to have seen the last moments of slain politician JM Kariuki is dead. Mr Jones Wambua Mukeka succumbed to diabetes after a long...

How the Noisy Rabble Ruins Raila's Chance.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Ochieng That the Luo have nominated Raila Odinga as their paramount chief is no big deal. What shames me is only the brainlessness with which so many have turned him into a godhead. Of...

Judges All Set to Make Landmark Ruling.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu Three High Court judges are burning the midnight oil ahead of a major ruling on the referendum. Constitutional Court judges Joseph Nyamu, Roselyne Wendoh and Mathew Anyara...

Agents Protest At New Customs Clearing Plan.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwangi Githahu A row between clearing and forwarding agents and the Kenya Revenue Authority is threatening to adversely affect the valuation of goods in Nairobi and the whole of state...

Variety On New Racecourse Menu.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Fox For many months I've been claiming that I don't have the time to play golf. Even at weekends. So I only hear that my boys are lengthening their drives and lowering their handicaps -...

Ties That Bind: Tattuu Girls Survive Negative Publicity.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Mwaniki A good name comes with a price, and none can attest to this better than the all-girl local music trio of Tattuu. They stormed the music scene in 2003 with the song Teso, which...

Another Twist in the Wildlife Gift Saga.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Mbaria Kenya's gift of 175 wild animals to Thailand has raised considerable storm within the country's conservation fraternity. The matter was raised to a crescendo this week when Thai...

Local Writers Return From Meeting of Creative Minds.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Ngunjiri Mr Kahora speaks to Lifestyle this week. Billy Kahora is very passionate when he talks about writing. More so, what he sees as his role as a writer in the contemporary...

Nightmare of Carers Driven to the Edge.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gerry Loughran Twice a week, Thursdays and Saturdays, I take a bus over to my mother's house and look after her for the day. She is very old (99 years) and very fragile, but she potters around...

Rivals Battle for 800,000 Votes in Meru And N. Eastern Areas.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Imanene Imathiu The Banana and Orange teams are fighting for 614,518 votes in nine constituencies in the larger Meru region which has four districts. The constituencies include the two...

Storms Blow Away Rival in the Play-Offs.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Caxton Apollo Sprite Storms qualified for their first ever women's basketball play-offs final when they locked out Kenya Railways 74-63 in the semi-final's Game Two tie at Nairobi's Nyayo...

Accusations Fly As Coast Rally Death Toll Rises.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Team The death toll in the Mombasa referendum campaign violence rose to four yesterday as the rival Yes and No teams traded accusations over who was responsible for the chaos....

Lessons Our Leaders Ought to Learn.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gitau Warigi This referendum business is causing a lot of people to lose their heads. In particular, the recent behaviour of two ministers has become a matter of some concern. I am talking of...

Ellen Johnson's Connections With Nairobi.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwangi Githahu As Mrs Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf savours the fact that she has become not just Liberia's, but Africa's, first elected woman President, she is bound to reflect on the long path she...

Don't Be Fooled By the Power 'Ranting' On Music Systems.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mungai Kihanya When a music system has a label that reads, say, 200W, is that the maximum power output of the amplifier or is it the power handling capacity of the speakers? If a hi-fi...

Yes Ministers Dare Rivals On Protest Threat.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Banana team yesterday dared their Orange rivals to make good their threat to stage protests after the November 21 poll. Cabinet ministers Chris Murungaru, Charity Ngilu, Njenga Karume and George...

Drugs Supply Reforms Give Hope to Hospitals.
November 13, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gakuu Mathenge Around this time of the year, Dr Joel Edalia, the medical chief of the sun-baked Isiolo district hospital, is a very worried man indeed. He has only one four-wheel-drive...

Tundo Throws Down the Gauntlet As Anwar Powers in.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Twincam All is set for the KCB Guru Nanak Rally starting at 7am tomorrow from the Simba Union Club on Nairobi's Forest Road. The event is set to provide a thrilling and exciting conclusion...

Lady S 'Following in Dad's Footsteps'.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Anthony Nyongesa When she released Ukimwona Mwambia Namtaka late last year, many dismissed it as a flash in the pan. But Lady S (Sharon Wangwe) has shocked friend and foe alike by releasing...

Ngilu Bounces Back in Door-to-Door Campaign.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Health minister Charity Ngilu yesterday went on a door-to-door campaign and described her long absence from referendum rallies as a "strategic move." "I had gone back to the...

Ministers Might Face Incitement Charges.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi Key figures in the Orange and Banana camps will be taken to court for using inciting language in their campaigns. At least five Cabinet ministers could find themselves in the...

Two Shot Dead At No Rally.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya And Patrick Mayoyo Mombasa police boss Wilfred Mbithi (centre) and his officers use chairs to shield themselves from stones after stopping a No campaign rally at Likoni, Two...

Sugar Firm to Close for Repair On Machines.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Chemelil Sugar Company has contracted an international firm to overhaul its factory boiler system during its annual maintenance. The company had sought the services of...

Bekele is Far From 'Done'.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende If you thought the plethora of world titles and records Kenenisa Bekele holds would satiate his hunger for more glory, think again. First, the 10,000m and 5,000m world...

A Woman of Substance.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bertha Kang'ong'oi BERTHA KANG'ONG'OI has a chat with Nyamko Sabuni, the soft-spoken Swedish Member of Parliament It's 2.30 Tuesday afternoon, at the Association of Media Women in Kenya's...

Good News On Trading At Nairobi Stock Market.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The number of days to settle a transaction at the Nairobi Stock Exchange will soon be reduced to three from the current five. This is expected in the next one year with the...

'Small' Clubs Deserve Credit.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sulubu Tuva It was bound to happen, one time or the other. The rich and well heeled can, and do, marshal resources to effectively ensure things work out in their best interests at the expense...

Misuse of Official Cars is Relative.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Mwaura Theft is theft, even if it's a piece of cake that has been stolen. But you would not want to spend your valuable time stalking a cake thief while somebody else is stealing your...

Orange Team Expected in Busia Today.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team The Orange team torch-bearers in Western Province take their campaigns to Busia District today. Kanu vice-chairman Chris Okemo, who is also the Nambale MP, has been in the...

Sh400m German Bank Aid for Firm.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Simbi Kusimba German bank KfW has released Sh400 million as part of Sh6 billion it has set aside for the rehabilitation and expansion of Nzoia Water Services Company (Nzowasco). The...

Shed Light On Fuel Directive.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Energy ministry has announced it will phase out leaded fuels by the end of this year, in line with the Dakar Declaration of 2002. Like many other African countries, Kenya ratified the treaty,...

Assets of Bus Company to Be Auctioned.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Tanzania's largest bus company sank deeper into financial trouble yesterday with an order to have more of its assets auctioned to recover billions of shillings in debts. A...

Court Halts Work At New Tea Factory.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kna The construction of a multi-million shilling tea factory has been suspended following a court order to pay injury compensation claims to workers. Kenya Tea Development Agency could...

Cross Country is Coming Home.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende And Odindo Ayieko Alice Timbilil (888) leads the Kenyan charge in the women's long course race at last year's World Cross Country Championships in Brussels. Top athletes in...

Let Us Think Beyond November 21, Please.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Maina Kiai There is no doubt now. This referendum is not about the Constitution at all. It is about power and ethnic politics. It is about unfinished political squabbles, reinvention of...

MPs Praised for Help to Children With Aids.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Tony Kago And Bob Gachingiri Kenyan MPs have won accolades from their African and European colleagues for championing the cause of orphans and children with Aids. At a Nairobi conference,...

New Measures of Dispensing Drugs Started.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Silas Nthiga New procedures of acquiring and distributing drugs and medical kits to public health institutions have been announced. Procurement and distribution of the drugs would...

Health Notes - Golf And Its Health Benefits.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: DR Monda Angawa Golf may be seen as the rich man's sport, but it has its beneficial side, writes DR MONDA ANGAWA Golf has always been viewed as a game of the rich because of its leisurely...

Police Need Emotional Support.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Ambrose Murunga Experienced officers had advised that we travel light, live off the land and learn to shoot first, and fast. To spice up the training, the terrain picked was one infested...

Travel - a Ranch Like No Other.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Rupi Mangat Visit Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, home of the black rhino and enjoy the sheer luxury of Kashoggi's former home An enormous wrinkled elephant rushes out of the bushes, to...

Kenya As Seen Through Hip-Hop.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Kariuki The music documentary Kenya HipHop Colony by US-based Kenyan director Michael Wanguhu and Russel Kenya, is among the films scheduled for screening at this year's Sithengi...

Kibaki Gifts Will Hurt the Economy, Cautions Envoy.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya A Western envoy yesterday warned against the new districts and pay rises the Government is promising everywhere, saying they would hurt the economy. "What the Government is...

Muslim Leaders Back Draft.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Coast Muslim leaders met President Kibaki at State House, Mombasa, and declared support for the proposed constitution saying it catered for the interests of Muslims. ...

Back to the Same Old Beats.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kamau Mutunga The last few years have seen the revival of old bands such as Vundumuna, Mangelepa, Maroon Commandos and Super Mazembe. But the old magic that gave birth to classic tracks such...

Thai Media Query PM On Animal Deal.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Thailand's media has questioned the deal to buy Kenya's wildlife. Bangkok Post, while commenting on the matter in an editorial, said their prime minister, Dr Thaksin...

Malaika' is a Must Watch.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene A powerful political satire. That's Malaika, the two-act musical running at the Kenya National Theatre. A riveting social commentary that aptly captures the landscape of...

When Issues of Gender Don't Count.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Hezekiah Wepukhulu Kenya's top woman soccer referee Pamela Ochieng was the victim of crowd violence during the final of the second African women's football championship between Nigeria and...

Court Rejects Lawyer Plea in Karume Poll Petition.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Reporter And Correspondent The High Court yesterday rejected an application to force a senior lawyer to step down from representing Special Programmes minister Njenga Karume in an election...

Leather Fair to Be Held in Nairobi Next Month.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, Sudan and South Africa are some of the countries that will take part at the international leather exhibition in Nairobi next month. The...

Be Warned, Police Tell Campaigners.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Police yesterday warned they would take stern action against any campaigner who made unsubstantiated allegations. Yes politicians have alleged that youths are being...

Form Marketing Groups, Farmers Told.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Farmers have been urged to form commodity associations to market their crops and articulate their aspirations. Such associations will enable them to set the prices for...

Do Not Dare Join Banana, Mwenje Told.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Embakasi MP David Mwenje would be "committing political suicide" if he joined the Banana camp, an Orange MP said yesterday. Liberal Democratic Party leader Joseph Kamotho...

Kenya Golf Now in the Throes of 'Sexist' Handicapping Rule.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Kamau /From the 19th Hole That controversial beast called the battle of sexes has shown its head once again in golfing circles. This time around it is about handicaps. The Kenya Golf...

Pleasing Tourists And Guarding Ecosystems.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wycliffe Muga After many years of seeing Kenyan drivers routinely breaking traffic regulations, earlier this year I had the experience of seeing the opposite: A local driver terrified of...

Judiciary to Start Regular Training Programme, Says CJ.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The Judiciary intends to start a permanent and regular training programmes for its staff, Chief Justice Evan Gicheru said yesterday. "This will be done through a...

Game 2 of Play-Offs At Nyayo Today.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Caxton Apollo Former champions Co-operative Bank of Kenya take on league leaders KCB Lions as this year's basketball play-offs semi-final matches enter the second week at Nairobi's Nyayo...

English Clubs Show Little Interest in African Soccer.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Guy Maughfling Five countries, four Premiership clubs, seven footballers. These are the bare statistics that underline a shameful situation in English football today. Let me explain. This...

Conference Maps Way Forward for Sport And the Environment.
November 12, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The sixth World Conference on Sport and Environment in Nairobi has acknowledged the direct link between peace, security and the protection and sustainable management of the...