The Nation (Kenya) articles from November 2006

The Nation (Kenya) archives from November 2006

Varsity Recalls Dons And Sets Reopening Date.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Watoro Kamau And Samuel Siringi Egerton University will reopen on Sunday. Its senate asked lecturers to report for duty on Monday. Chaired by vice-chancellor James Tuitoek, the senate...

Woman Charged With Ferrying Sh8.2m Cocaine.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A woman was yesterday charged with trafficking in cocaine worth more than Sh8.2 million. Ms Mary Waithira Irungu denied carrying the drugs at Jomo Kenyatta International...

Nigerians Spice Up Kenya Open Action.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Dennis Wairoma The problem of a low player turnout notwithstanding, the Kenya Open squash tournament got off to a bright start this week with the arrival of Nigerian players for the Safari...

Country Beats Malawi to Enter the Quarter-Finals.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Tanzania are the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup after winning their second match against fancied Malawi...

Sugar Import Rules Criticised.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Mayoyo The Government has been asked to introduce upfront payment of duty on imported sugar meant for transit to neighbouring countries to block diversion into the local market. ...

Ministers Defend Kibaki.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Angwenyi Gichana Three Cabinet ministers yesterday took President Kibaki's re-election campaign to Kisii where they dismissed Mr Raila Odinga's sentiments that the old guard should quit...

Court Told of Bid to Seize Land to Pave Way for Miners.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya The Government will forcibly take land belonging to farmers unwilling to give it out for the Sh9 billion Kwale titanium mining project, the High Court heard. The move is...

Indiza On Verge of Winning Ticket to the Johnnie Walker Classic.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Larry Ngala Kenya's longest hitter Dismas Indiza is almost assured of his second visit to the annual Asian/European Tour's Johnnie Walker Classic even with two qualifying rounds to go in the...

Justice Becoming Exorbitant.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The cost of going to court has almost doubled with the signing of the Advocates Remuneration (Amendment) Order. Going up are not just the numerous charges levied by courts when individuals or groups...

Uhuru Group Warns of 'Mass Action'.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team The Kanu officials ousted on Tuesday, yesterday stormed the offices of the Registrar of Societies in Nairobi to protest against their removal from the party's leadership. This...

Champion Conjestina Fires Odhiambo And Hires American Coach.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Kenya's women's boxing champion Conjestina Achieng' has sidelined her long time coach Julius Odhiambo and hired American Jackson Clifford. Achieng announced the changes...

New Plan to Boost Water Supply And Sanitation.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Musa The World Bank has given the Athi Water Services Board $320 million (about Sh24 billion) to make radical changes in water supply and streamline sewer disposal in Nairobi and five...

Refugees Bill Passed After It is Amended.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter Parliament passed a Bill seeking to recognise, protect and manage refugees. The move ended 15 years of dithering over the laws relating to refugees, and is at one with the...

State Asked to Explain Drying Up of Major Lakes.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale The Government was asked to explain why lakes Nakuru and Elmentaita were drying up. Mr Kariuki Mirugi (Nakuru Town, Narc Kenya) had sought to know what measures the...

House Passes Motion to Create a Free Port.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) MPs took the first step towards setting up a free port in Mombasa. They unanimously passed a motion, which now paves way for introduction of the Mombasa Free Port Authority Bill in the House. The...

Court Stops Kombo Ouster.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Wahome Thuku The High Court has today blocked a rival group from edging out Cabinet minister Musikari Kombo from the Ford-Kenya chairmanship. The court also allowed Mr Kombo, secretary...

For Moi, the 'Project' is Not Yet Done.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Opondi Just a few years ago, Mr Moi was criss-crossing the country trying to sell Mr Uhuru Kenyatta as his anointed heir. Plucked from obscurity to political stardom, the Young...

Bank Seeks New Orders Over KFA.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Sam Kiplagat Barclays Bank yesterday went to court seeking to overturn a High Court ruling which froze two accounts held by a farmers' association. The bank, through lawyer Eugene...

Plastic Shopping Bags to Cost More.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno Shoppers will pay more for plastic bags come next year. It is expected that the price of the bags will more than double, approximately from Sh1 to between Sh2.50 and Sh5. The...

Party Coups Quite Baffling.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Ford Kenya may have had its fair share of troubles, but it was not expected that they would culminate in a palace coup as witnessed yesterday. Minister Soita Shitanda's move to remove his Cabinet...

Qatar's Shami to Defend Kabarnet Race Title Next Month.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Peter Njenga Former World Half Marathon silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami of Qatar will defend his title for the third time running during the Safaricom Baringo Half Marathon scheduled for...

Debate Cut Short As MPs Fail to Show Up.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Bernard Naumnane Parliament adjourned the morning session one and a half hours early. Temporary deputy Speaker Samuel Poghisio made the ruling after the failure of three MPs to move private...

Insurance Firm Struck Off Register.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter An insurance firm linked to an MP has been suspended by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over questions concerning security bonds for transit goods running into millions of...

What Court Said On Members to EA Parliament.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The ruling given by five judges in the East African Court of Justice on November 27, 2006, granting an injunction barring nine MPs from being sworn in the East African Legislative Assembly. Reference No....

Now Kombo 'Ousted' in Another Party Coup.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki And Michael Mugwang'a Another major political party was yesterday plunged into crisis after Cabinet minister Soita Shitanda announced that he had "ousted" Mr Musikari Kombo from...

Maseno School Gear Up for the Dubai Sevens.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Odanga Maseno School will set the ball rolling in the under-19 category of the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens rugby tournament at Dubai Exiles ground. The students were due to arrive...

Why Meat is So Deadly for Women.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Onyango-Obbo In the Dark Ages - no, actually as late as last year - some African communities forbade women eating meat. Many progressive African men still get extremely embarrassed and...

Declare TB a National Disaster, Say Health Experts.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter About 300 Kenyans die everyday from tuberculosis, it has been revealed. And medical experts yesterday urged President Kibaki to declare the disease a national disaster....

Tea Producers Face Major Hurdles.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Odhiambo Kenya and other tea producing countries face major trade hiccups, even as players yesterday resolved to protect the global market from oversupply through minimum quality...

Political Evolution And the Future.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jackson Mwalulu The merger between pro-reformers and ultra-conservatives in post-Kanu's Kenya is a sign of the death of ideology. Like with the fall of communism, which brought to an end...

Talks to Go On Despite Row Over MPs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent The East African Heads of State summit will take place tomorrow with no activities related to the East African Legislative Assembly. East African Heads of State...

Somalia Team Arrives for the Anoca Games.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Chris Musumba The Somalia basketball team arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday from London for the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (Anoca) Zone Five under-20...

Sh25 Million Missing From CDF in Eldoret.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Barnabas Bii Police in Eldoret have unearthed the theft of a further Sh25 million from a constituency development fund. Police early this month smashed a racket involving the...

African Countries Urged to Boost Tax Collection.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muna Wahome Tax collectors in developing countries have been asked to be more efficient to rescue their nations from financial dependence. Strong tax collection could prevent developing...

Plans to Free Inmates With Aids Opposed.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Coast Muslim leaders want the Government to reconsider its plans to release prisoners suffering from HIV/Aids. They said if implemented, the decision would have...

Parliament Blocks Biwott Move.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter The Deputy Speaker has ruled that newly registered Kanu chairman, Mr Nicholas Biwott cannot take over leadership of the opposition in Parliament. Making a ruling on the...

Delamere Opposes Dossier On His Past.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mark Agutu Mr Thomas Cholmondeley, Lord Delamere's son, will this morning begin to battle a bid by the State to drag his past record into his murder trial. Trial judge Muga Apondi...

Yet Another Suit Filed On Claims of CDF Misuse.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Reporter A councillor has filed a suit challenging the manner in which a constituency development fund is used. Mr Abass Bullo Shurie, a councillor of Hulugho Ward in Fafi...

Two Drown, One Killed By Crocodile As Rains Persist.
November 30, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Team Three more people died yesterday as heavy rains continued to wreak havoc across the country. At the same time, the Government said it would not declare floods a national...

Kombo 'Thrown Out' in Ford Kenya Tussle.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mike Mwaniki And Michael Mugwan'ga Another political coup is in the making. A group of officials are now claiming to have ousted party chairman Musikari Kombo. Over 100 delegates...

Don't Turn House Into Debt Court, Musila Warns Members.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) For the second time in a month, MPs were yesterday asked to desist from using the floor of the August House to debate debts. Deputy Speaker David Musila said he would not allow Parliament to usurp the...

Sudan Open to Dialogue On Darfur, Says Bashir.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Suna And Agencies Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir has said that Sudan's rejection of UN forces in Darfur does not mean the country has refused to cooperate with the international community....

Saving Maasai Mara From Itself.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jeff Otieno Construction of new hotels, camps and lodges in the Maasai Mara - one of Kenya's tourism gem - has been outlawed. The move, the Government says, is aimed at saving the...

Nine Killed in Raging Floods.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Josiah Kago, Barnabas Bii and John Kisu Nine people have been killed in floods in separate incidents in the country. Five boys aged between five and eight years drowned in Makueni...

These Deals May Just Be Too Sweet.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jaindi Kisero These days, our policy-makers like touting "public-private partnerships" as the most viable way of mobilising capital for large infrastructure projects. What are...

The High Cost of Seeking Justice.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Francis Thoya The cost of going to court has doubled. The charges for filing cases and hiring advocates have gone up by more than 50 per cent. Election petitioners...

Airline Says No to Eldoret Route.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Jim Onyango Kenya Airways says it will not divert its suspended Kisumu passenger service to Eldoret International Airport because the route is not profitable. The national carrier...

Rugby - Sevens Squad Lands in Dubai.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Eric Odanga Kenya's national rugby team arrived in Dubai yesterday morning and wasted no time in shaking off the effects of the four hours and 20 minutes flight from Nairobi by doing a light...

My Wife Grabbed Pistol And Shot Herself, Claims German.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) A German tycoon's wife shot herself using a pistol she had snatched from him, he told the High Court in Mombasa yesterday. Mr Uwe Meixner said that Mrs Hanifa Meixner, crept behind him as he washed...

Elevation of Biwott in Coup Could Be a Blessing to Kibaki.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Emman Omari The Kanu coup which has finally put the party in the hands of Keiyo South MP Nicholas Kipyator Biwott is likely to change the political landscape ahead of 2007 elections. His...

Value Addition Way Forward.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) That agriculture is the backbone of this country's economy goes without saying. However, serious steps have been taken by the Government and private players lately that could transform the statement from...

Teachers' Cooperative Owes Creditors Sh186m.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) A teachers' savings and credit society owes several financial institutions Sh186 million. Ms Mary Kipkemboi, the chairperson of Nandi Teachers' Sacco said debts included Sh45 million owed to Oiko...

Where Concrete Jungle Might Edge Out Key Natural Forests.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Paul Wanjiru Uncontrolled mining of stones and other building materials is threatening two natural forests in Nyeri municipality. Only last week, the forest department moved in to save...

Tea Exports to Increase By 26 P.C.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Allan Odhiambo Kenya's stake in the world black tea export market will go up by 26 per cent in the next decade despite a projected slow production globally. A forecast by the Food and...

Best Firm to Be Unveiled On Saturday.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) East Africa's most respected company will be unveiled on Saturday. More than 300 chief executive officers have taken part in an annual survey sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and the Nation...

Kenya Closer to Ending Ban, FIFA Tell KFF.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Charles Nyende Kenya's return to international football took a step forward this week after Fifa expressed their desire to begin talks with the KFF to end the month-long ban on the country....

Biwott New Opposition Boss As His Team is Registered.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Bernard Namunane The coup in Kanu appeared complete yesterday when Keiyo South MP Nicholas Biwott was finally registered as the party chairman, replacing Mr Uhuru Kenyatta....

Uganda Floor Sudan in CECAFA Challenge Cup Clash.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Nation Correspondent Uganda came from a goal down to claim maximum points in a 2-1 win over rivals Sudan a Group C match of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup at the Addis Ababa National Stadium...

Stop Giving Free Condoms, Say Clerics.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Government should stop advertising and distribution of free condoms in public places, religious leaders said yesterday. The practice, they said, was encouraging promiscuity and fuelling the spread...

Town's Ancient Buildings to Be Brought Down.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Daniel Nyassy About 35 ancient buildings might be demolished in Mombasa's Old Town. Owners of 10 of the buildings were yesterday told to bring them down immediately because their poor...

Church Insistence On Abstinence Correct.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Okiya Omtatah Okoiti The Catholic Church's ongoing theological reflection on the complex issues posed by HIV/Aids is mainly because Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), Pope Paul VI's 1968...

Traffic Lights Plan to Cost Sh70 Million.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale, Bernard Namunane and Owino Opondo The Government will spend Sh70 million to install and repair traffic lights in all towns. Local Government assistant minister Isaak...

It's Pure Political Chicanery.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) By a stroke of the pen, the Registrar of Societies yesterday overthrew Mr Uhuru Kenyatta from the lofty position of Leader of Official Opposition in Parliament by registering the Nicholas Biwott camp as...

29 Seafront Plots Are Grabbed.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Patrick Mayoyo More than 20 Kenya Ports Authority plots and houses are now in private hands, investigations by the Nation reveal. Most of the beneficiaries of the property, which include...

Team Lobbies MPs On Review.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Odhiambo Orlale A government-supported team has started lobbying MPs to enact a law to entrench the review process in the Constitution. The multi-sectoral review forum has written to all...

Pollution Threatens Fish Stocks.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Human activities on the highlands may soon wipe out fish in rivers, a researcher has warned. According to Dr Ojwang' Oweke, a researcher at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute,...

Students Held Over Drugs Are Freed On Bond.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Fred Mukinda Two Kenyan students who were being held by police in Malaysia, allegedly for trafficking drugs, were yesterday freed on bond. A daughter of former MP Joe Donde was freed on a...

State Releases Sh211 Million to Assist Victims of Floods.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) The Government has released Sh211 million to assist floods victims, an assistant minister said. But the Special programmes assistant minister, Mr Ali Wario, denied accusations that the Government was...

Boxing - More Boxers Jet in for Show.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Stephen Ongaro The number of foreign boxers who are in the country for world titles bouts rose to six when Keli Cofer from the United States and two Ugandans Mohamed Kizito and Phionah Tugume...

Same-Sex Law Makes South Africans Seeth.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kitsepile Nyathi Twelve years after emerging from apartheid, South Africa continues to be considered the torchbearer in the "African Renaissance" through its renowned respect for civil...

Another Comeback Underlines the Resilience of the "Total Man".
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Macharia Gaitho "I am a man, a man is a man, a total man." That famous harangue in Parliament towards the end of 1991 established the resilience of a wily politician with a knack for bouncing...

Anglo Leasing - Court Stops Probe On Two.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Francis Thoya The High Court yesterday permanently barred the national anti-corruption agency from investigating individuals behind a Sh2.7 billion Anglo Leasing security contract. Mr...

EA Pension Schemes to Build Centre.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mazera Ndurya Social security organisations in East Africa will set up a training centre to improve the management of their funds. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) managing...

Akaranga Threatens to Pull Out of Race.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Michael Mugwang'a Public Service minister Moses Akaranga has threatened to pull out of the race for Ford Kenya chairmanship over the Sh2 million levy. Mr Akaranga said yesterday he would...

Posta Taps Into Money Transfers.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Kaburu Mugambi The Postal Corporation has started an instant money transfer service. Information minister Mutahi Kagwe tries out the PostaPay service, which he launched in Nairobi...

Hosting Hotels Sign Deal With Race Officials.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Philip Onyango The 2007 IAAF World cross-country Championships' Local Organising Committee yesterday signed contracts with the official championship hotels in Mombasa. The signing of...

Bill to Increase Access to Loans Sails Through.
November 29, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) More low income earners may soon access loans if a Bill passed yesterday becomes law. MPs endorsed the Microfinance Bill 2006 with amendments, largely meant to streamline the operations of small...

Peddling Bicycle By-Laws.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Lydia Limbe Alarmed by the high number of boda boda accidents in Kisumu, the council has introduced strict by-laws to regulate the taxis. The town records several fatal crashes every day...

Uhuru Team Ratifies ODM Move.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: David Mugonyi And Bernard Namunane Kanu delegates yesterday formally endorsed a decision by its national officials to join ODM Kenya and field a joint presidential candidate in next year's...

Tourism Body is Handed Sh8.7m.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mwaniki Wahome Stakeholders in the tourism industry yesterday received Sh8.7 million from Tourism Trust Fund to set up a secretariat. The Kenya Tourism Federation KTF), which received the...

Swearing-in of Kenyan MPs Blocked.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Zephania Ubwani The inauguration of the second East African Parliament scheduled for tomorrow was thrown into disarray last evening following a court order that barred the nine Kenyan nominees...

New Law to Tame Oil Companies.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Mugo Njeru A legislation to ensure that oil exploration companies do not shortchange Kenyans is on the way, the ministry of Energy announced yesterday. It seeks to, among other things,...

Coffee - Show Me the Money.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Muchemi Wachira News on coffee has of late been peppered with stories on the so-called 'Second Window'. This is the introduction of direct sales to operate alongside the auction system that...

Motor Rally - Poor Weather Haunts Nakuru Rally.
November 28, 2006... (From The Nation (Kenya) - AAGM) Byline: Twincam Poor weather conditions continue to haunt competitors and organisers of the 2006 Kenya National Rally Championship as Nakuru prepares for the last round of the KCB-sponsored series....