The Nation (Kenya) articles from November 2005

The Nation (Kenya) archives from November 2005

Health Workers Are Human.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) This is callousness beyond compare - the kind of action that is making the Government lose popularity. Six months ago, the Government hired more than 1,000 health workers to replace nurses and...

Do Not Go to Court, Elders Urge Balala.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya Mombasa Muslim elders have asked a former minister not to sue an MP for assault. On Monday evening, they visited Mvita MP Najib Balala at his home to dissuade him from...

State Must Learn From Poll Debacle.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kinuthia Wamwangi In the past 15 years, Kenyans have witnessed events without precedent. Starting with the agitation for multiparty democracy, demand for a new constitutional order, the...

Big Entry Expected As Kisumu Prepares to Host Race.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Ochieng Focus shifts to Kisumu this weekend, where elite athletes assemble for the sixth edition of the Great Lakes National Marathon on Sunday. Top local and international...

Farmers in Schemes Owe Sh8 Million.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Farmers in settlement schemes in Kilifi District owe the Settlement Fund Trust more than Sh8 million, the Nation has established. The money was for survey work and...

Churches Ask President for Fresh Start.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugumo Munene The National Council of Churches of Kenya wants President Kibaki to appoint a 39-member team to start the constitutional review process afresh. They will seek to meet the...

Safaricom Range to Lower Its Charges.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Low charges for junior golfers, particularly members of the Junior Golf Foundation, will be introduced during the Christmas holidays at the Safaricom Golf Range at the Goan...

Squad Ready for Dubai Sevens Kick-Off.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Odanga The national seven-a-side rugby team wound up its training yesterday ahead of tomorrow's kick-off of the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens tournament, the first in the International...

Sh97m Fee Appeal Thrown Out.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jillo Kadida A law firm's appeal to have its legal fees raised from Sh3 million to Sh97 million has been rejected. Yesterday, the judge described the claim as having no merit and...

Don't Send Staff Abroad, Firms Told.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku Local companies have been urged to stop posting Kenyan nationals to other countries where they establish new enterprises. Kenya Airways chief executive officer Titus Naikuni...

Kibaki's Options in Forming New Cabinet.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Ngovi Kitau The just-concluded acrimonious referendum on the draft Constitution during which the Orange team scored 57 per cent of the vote against 43 per cent for the Banana proponents has...

Poll Agents Protest Over Delayed Pay.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent More than 200 election agents yesterday stormed the Mombasa Electoral Commission offices to demand pay for work they did during the November 21 referendum. District...

Mumias Sugar Biggest Mover.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Mumias Sugar was yesterday's biggest mover with 1.7 million shares changing hands at between Sh31.50 and Sh33.25. The Nairobi Stock Exchange turnover declined to Sh162...

Key Urban Challenges to Feature in Debate.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A unique global online debate on urban development challenges is set to start tomorrow. The exchange, to be known as the Habitat Jam, is sponsored by UN Habitat, the...

Leader Wants Rival Out of Elections.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo and Emmanuel Mulondo There are attempts by the government to persuade Forum for Democratic Change leaders to field another candidate other than Dr Kizza Besigye, his partner,...

Sh165m for Lake Victoria Commission.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The East African Community has approved a Sh165,188,350 budget for the new Lake Victoria Basin Commission, the Nation learnt yesterday. This makes Kisumu - its headquarters - one of the region's hubs...

Maathai Calls for Easing of Tensions.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Namunane And Michael Mugwang'a Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai yesterday called for truce between the Banana and the Orange camps. She asked them to initiate fresh talks to...

Sacked Health Workers Seek Kibaki's Help.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki The more than 1,000 sacked health workers yesterday appealed to President Kibaki to rescind the decision. The workers - employed six months ago to replace striking civil...

Top Drivers Gear Up for East Africa Classic Race.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga The field of 49 competitors were holed up in various garages in the coastal city of Mombasa yesterday, doing last minute preparations for the second edition of the East African...

Dialogue the Way Forward.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) One would have expected a return to peace and tranquillity after the referendum. But that is not quite how our politics works. As long as the vote was reduced to a political showdown, rather than an...

Cabinet Firing Delays NCPB Maize Buying.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Ng'etich The opening of a National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Eldoret Town hangs in the balance following the dissolution of the Cabinet last week. The centre was to open to...

Maternity Hospital Set for Rebirth After Boost.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Zeddy Sambu Nairobi's Pumwani Maternity Hospital is set for a rebirth - 80 years after it was built. Sister Millicent Ambetsa, Pumwani Maternity Hospital's matron, kisses a...

Pruning Aids Will Render Us Jobless, Say Tea Pickers.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The introduction of pruning and picking machines by multinational tea companies in Nyamira District may soon render thousands of pickers jobless. Local tea pickers...

Water to Flow Normally in City, Assures Company Boss.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A water company yesterday dispelled fears of shortages in the city following a strike threat by its workers. Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company managing director...

Ford Kenya Calls for Fresh Law Review Talks.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporters Ford Kenya yesterday called for fresh talks to give Kenyans a new constitution. But the party dismissed calls for early elections and urged politicians to allow President...

Bid to Save Forest Bears Fruit.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muchiri Gitonga A new milestone has been marked in efforts to save the black rhino from extinction. Participants in the Rhino Charge rally, which has been used to raise funds for the...

KNH Board Knew of Deal, Court Told.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu The Kenyatta National Hospital board was aware that Sh51 million belonging to the institution had been invested in Euro Bank, a court heard yesterday. The board of directors...

Teachers' Rules to Be Reviewed.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Samuel Siringi And Richard Chesos The Government will revise the controversial new rules barring headteachers from being active members of their union. Making the announcement yesterday,...

State Puts On Track Quality Public Service.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno A programme to fast-track service delivery targets in government ministries and parastatals was launched yesterday. Dubbed rapid results initiative (RRP), the programme is...

Team to Ratify Gift of Animals, Says Envoy.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Edmund Kwena The controversial donation of 175 wild animals to Thailand will be effected only after approval by an international convention. Thai ambassador to Kenya Akrasid Amatayakul...

Stars Blame Cecafa for Trouble.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende Kenya's head of delegation at the short-lived tour to Kigali for the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup has blamed the council's secretary general Nicholas Musonye for the team's...

New Push to Revive Constitutional Talks.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi The top leadership of the Orange Democratic Movement meets in Naivasha today to consider options for restarting the constitutional review. National Council of Churches...

Jetties Due for Repairs As Ministry Invites Bids.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Jetties in the Lamu shoreline will be repaired in January to increase public safety at the dock. The Government has advertised tenders for the rehabilitation of the...

Monthly Pay for Health Insurance.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi A health company yesterday launched a medical insurance scheme for a minimum premium of Sh682 per month, with an annual hospitalisation limit of Sh1.35 million. AAR Health...

Setback for Kanu in KICC Case.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu Kanu suffered a setback when the High Court yesterday rejected its plea to amend a statement in a legal tussle with the Government over the Kenyatta International Conference Centre....

Leaders Divided Over Kibaki-Moi Meeting.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muriithi Muriuki And David Mugonyi Leaders across the political divide yesterday reacted differently to the Monday meeting between President Kibaki and predecessor Daniel arap Moi. Most...

All Set for Annual Ceremony.
November 30, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Tsuma Sports organisations that show exceptional transparency and accountability in the management of their activities will be recognised during the 2005 Safaricom Sports Personality of...

High Cost of Transport Hits Exports to Europe.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi Kenya's second leading foreign exchange earner, horticulture, is facing increasing competition from emerging African producing nations, as well as Caribbean and South American...

Pirates Release Ukrainian Ship.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) A Ukrainian ship and its crew of 22 has been released by pirates off the Somali coast, raising hopes that a Kenyan ship in the hands of hijackers would soon be freed. The pirates released the mv...

Rights Groups Condemn Killing.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jibril Adan And Fred Mukinda Two human rights groups yesterday condemned the police shooting of a suspect whose family and workmates claim was innocent. The Independent Medico-legal Unit...

Water Shortage Looms in City.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nyabonyi Kazungu The city could face serious water shortage after talks stalled between a water company and its workers. Employees of the Nairobi City Water and Sewage Company threatened...

We Must Seek a Way Out.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) These days, every political statement by leaders of the victorious opponents of the Wako draft constitution, is being punctuated by calls for snap elections. Their argument runs this way: that the...

Banning Rallies Could Backfire.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Macharia Gaitho This Government has an infinite capacity to shoot itself in the foot without the slightest provocation. Take the ban on the Orange Movement victory rallies - disguised as...

Farmers Want Mango Juice Factory Set Up.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kna Mango farmers have asked the Government to set up a juice extraction plant for them to make full use of their produce. The farmers also want the External Trade department to seek new...

Walking Away From a Lifetime in Jail.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Cyrus Kinyungu For the five Kamiti Maximum Security Prison inmates serving life sentences for violent robbery, the unexpected happened: President Kibaki set them free at the weekend. ...

Don Opposes Yala Swamp Reclamation.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Barnabas Bii And Zeddy Sambu A new controversy has erupted over the implementation of the second phase of the Yala swamp reclamation scheme. Environmentalists yesterday said the programme...

'Nation' Web is Voted Best for Referendum Updates.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Nation website broke its own record as the premier online source of news on Kenya and as the region's leading website, achieving more than five million hits on the night of...

Now Kibaki Calls in Moi for Crisis Talks.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Owino Opondo President Kibaki yesterday held a meeting with former Head of State Daniel arap Moi as the crisis over the referendum results continued. Highly-placed...

Agro-Tourism Gains Prominence.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome It is a more than likely fact that nearly every tourist who visits Kenya drinks either tea or coffee. But who ever thought processing the two beverages could attract viewers loaded...

1,200 Health Workers Sacked.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki And Angwenyi Gichana Hundreds of health workers who were employed to replace striking civil servants six months ago have now been sacked. The services of the 1,200 workers,...

Tourism Now At Its Peak, Says Official.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Buluku Tourism at the Coast has reached its climax with most leading hotels recording more than 95 per cent bookings for the December holidays. A Kenyan delegation that returned to...

Situations That Call for Snap Polls.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku The law clearly spells out under what circumstances Parliament can end its term before the stipulated time, leading to a snap election. Dissolving Parliament is partly the...

New Plan to Give Women Loans.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku And Michael Mugwang'a The African Development Bank (ADB) and the International Labour Organisation, have launched a programme to support small-scale businesswomen in Kenya. ...

Unesco's Bid On Heritage Site Backed.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The controversy over a heritage site in Lamu deepened yesterday when some residents supported the move to have the area covered under a UN organisation. It was...

Referendum: Women Were Not the Losers.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mary Onyango Kenyans came out to reject the now infamous Wako Draft, and although many have claimed that the turnout was marred by voter apathy, I think we witnessed a fair voter turnout as...

Don Offers to Mediate in Fallout Over Vote.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent A Kenyan scholar who gained international fame by negotiating peace between rival groups in South Africa has offered his skills in reconciling the Banana and Orange...

Coop Bank Out of the Woods.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Geoffrey Irungu Cooperative Bank of Kenya seems to be finally coming out of the woods after years of wrestling with the aftermath of the 1998 terrorist bombing in Nairobi. In the nine...

Italy Gives Green Light for Sh300m Project.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Italy will use Sh300 million for community projects in Malindi. The assistance has been on hold for many years, raising fears that it had been scrapped. But...

Ex-MP Freed After Two Years of Murder Trial.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jillo Kadida A former Wajir West MP was yesterday set free after a two-year murder trial. Acquitting Mr Adan Keynan, High Court judge Kalpana Rawal said: "I do note with deep sorrow that...

Orange Group to Defy Rallies Ban.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi Orange group leaders yesterday declared they would defy a government ban and continue with their planned victory rallies countrywide. They described as "unconstitutional,...

Banana Camp MPs Dismiss Election Calls.
November 29, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Nineteen MPs allied to the Banana camp have dismissed calls for a snap General Election, saying Parliament should serve its full term. They also backed the Government ban on...

Obote Widow Elected As Party Boss.
November 28, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Emmanuel Mulondo And Wosita Samuel It is no longer an orphaned party. Ms Miria Kalule Obote was yesterday elected President of the Uganda People's Congress, replacing her late husband, Dr...

Tough Rules in Place for NGOs Over Aids Cash.
November 28, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: John Oywa And Philemon Suter Strict rules have been introduced to weed out briefcase NGOs that have pocketed millions of shillings meant for HIV/Aids campaigns. The new guidelines by the...

Police Shooting Deplorable.
November 28, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Questions have emerged over the police shooting of seven suspected gangsters in Nairobi at the weekend, after it emerged that some could have been innocent. The family of one of the alleged suspects...

State Rules Out Snap Poll And Bans All Planned Orange Rallies.
November 28, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Lucas Barasa The Government yesterday ruled out early elections and banned all political rallies planned by the Orange Democratic Movement. "There is no intention...

Nyaruai Stuns Opposition.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga And Francis Mureithi The world junior silver medallist Veronica Nyaruai of Mfae Club showed what material she was made of when she won the 6 km junior women cross-country meeting...

Rally Hero Burns Passes On.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Richard Burns, the only Englishman to win the world rally championship, died from brain tumor complications. He was 34. Burns, the 2001 champion, died on Friday after going into a coma, seven months...

A Newcomer Who is a Little Different.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gavin Bennett/Motoring More than 50 motor manufacturers are now officially represented in Kenya, and more than half of them have only recently "arrived". So the addition of yet another...

Queries On Somali Security Deal.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kevin J. Kelley US news reports indicate that a United States-based company recently chosen to end the threat of piracy off Somalia's coast has a troubled financial history. Top Cat...

Using the Same Strategy to Win a Similar Battle.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Writer During the heated referendum campaigns, Raila Odinga liked to quip to colleagues that if former President Daniel arap Moi's 2002 presidential "project" got scuttled, doing...

President's Move: the Untold Story.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Team Some of President Kibaki's closest allies were kept in the dark about the decision to sack the entire Cabinet - despite having met him just shortly before the decision was...

Let Kibaki Do His Work, Orange Team Told.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondents The Orange team was yesterday criticised for giving the President conditions in the appointment of a new Cabinet. A cross-section of Kenyans, including church...

Dilemma of Creative Writers Seeking Options for Training.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Joseph Ngunjiri For a long time, writers and publishing houses have been at loggerheads regarding the standard benchmark for creative writing. While writers would complain that publishing...

Clinics Hit By Shortage of Drugs.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent Public health institutions in Meru Central district have been hit by a shortage of essential medicines for the last three months. Patients visiting the Meru...

No Fogeys in the New Cabinet, Please!
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwende Mwinzi The word "Safari," (journey) is synonymous with Kenya and, to millions worldwide, it represents an exotic and luxurious fulfillment of dreams. Yet to most Kenyans, the safari, as...

Councillors Reject World Heritage Plan.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent A request by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to have Lamu's world heritage site status extended to cover the entire...

Electoral Process Improving.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) After a most dramatic week on the political front, first with the referendum resoundingly won by the Orange team, followed by the President acknowledging the outcome, and then his stunning dismissal of...

Evicted Families Urge Kibaki to Honour Pledge.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent The more than 50,000 families evicted from the Mau forest in Narok South six months ago want the Government to resettle them. The evictees yesterday petitioned...

Project Moves to Next Phase.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muchiri Gitonga The 82-kilometre phase five of the electric fence around the Aberdare forest was commissioned on Friday. It was the toughest and longest section for the project to put up...

Medicines Board 'Has No Funds'.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent Lack of funds has paralysed the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board, rendering it unable to perform routine drug inspection or pay salaries. Part of the board's...

What If Kibaki Had Cracked the Whip Earlier?
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Gakuu Mathenge "Among the options available to the President is to wake up one morning and announce he was tired of the incessant makelele mingi (bickering) and, therefore, he was stepping...

Now Wildlife Export Deal Gets Backing.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondent An environmental lobby group and a key tourism association yesterday welcomed the Government's decision to export wildlife to Thailand. In a statement...

Egerton U to Start New Courses.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sunday Nation Correspondents Egerton University plans to introduce degree and diploma programmes in hospitality and eco-tourism management, the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Euticus Wathuta,...

Cecafa Lock the Door On Kenya Stars.
November 27, 2005... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Odanga The Cecafa General Assembly yesterday shut the door on Harambee Stars' participation in the Senior Challenge Cup which kicks off today at the Amahoro Stadium, Kigali. Nicholas...