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MAN TO FACE MUSALIA IN UDF CONTEST

YOUNG KENYAN WOMEN NEED A BOOST TO DEVELOP ICT SOLUTIONS

KBA LAUNCHES A MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN ON ATM SAFETY

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA CALLS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY

TWO CHILDREN ELECTROCUTED IN MOMBASA

YOUNG LAWYERS TO OPPOSE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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Back women for elective posts

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:55 BY ELIZABETH WERE

GENDER SENSITIVE: Uganda Speaker Rebecca Kadanga with Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim during the opening of a workshop on Commonwealth parliamentarians yesterday. Photo/Charles Kimani

DEPUTY House Speaker Farah Maalim has called for more support of women to ensure they win elective posts in the coming general election. Maalim said women who are interested in positions from ward to national level should be accorded the necessary support to ensure gender parity in the political hierarchy. He said this should be done through sustained civic education on the need to have more women in leadership positions. The Depu...

Runda police face water cut over arrears

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:50 BY ALBERT NYAKUNDI

The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company disconnected water to Runda police station and the adjacent Nairobi City Council's Cheleta primary school since March this year over arrears. An officer at the station who requested anonymity said that they are forced to buy water which is adding a heavy burden on them. "At times I come from work very tired and I have to start thinking where to get water from," a parent at Cheleta expressed fear of a poss...

Eco Bank bosses now ordered to appear in court

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:50 By SUSAN MUHINDI

WARRANTS of arrest issued against two directors of Eco-bank over allegations of forgery have been suspended. The court has now issued summons for them to personally appear in court on June 11. The two had applied for the warrants to be lifted after the banks legal officer Caroline Mbege said they were negotiating with the complainant in the case with a view to settling the matter. They had also lost an application seeking to stop...

Gumo accuses city council chief of laxity

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:50 BY STEPHENE SANGIRA

CONSULTATION: Local government minister Fred Gumo with Nairobi mayor George Aladwa at City Hall yesterday. Photo/Monicah Mwangi

Acting Local Government Minister Fred Gumo has accused chief officers at the City Council of laxity, which he says has led to the current financial crunch at the institution. The council is having a cash flow problem, which has led to the stalling of various development projects and also lack of morale among employees due to non-payment of salaries. City Hall has now proposed to the minister to allow them give land owners in ...

City Hall pushes for land rates review

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:50 BY STEPHENE SANGIRA

TIGHT BUDGET: Nairobi Town Clerk Roba Duba has admitted that the city council is cash-strapped. Photo/Monica Mwangi

Cash-strapped City Council of Nairobi is pushing for amendments of the law to enable it generate more money from the charges on land rates. The council is currently in an awkward liquidity crisis which has led to failure to pay employees their April salaries. Town Clerk Roba Duba admitted yesterday before acting Local Government minister Fred Gumo that the council was in a financial crisis. “Our asset base far outweighs our liabil...

South Sudan calls for help to implement CPA

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:50 BY RAMADHAN RAJAB and JANE GAKUNGA

APPEAL: Speaker Wani Igga in Nairobi. Photo/Monicah Mwangi

SOUTH Sudan is appealing to the international community and its neighbour countries to pressure for settlement of outstanding aspects of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Visiting Speaker of the South Sudan Parliament James Wani Igga said reluctance by their Northern Sudan counterpart to have the outstanding issues of the CPA implemented was the cause for increasing conflicts between the two nations.“The failure to demarcate the border ...

Judge Maraga on defence over bribe

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:49 BY SAM KIPLAGAT

I AM CLEAN: Appeal Judge David Maraga before the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board yesterdayPhoto/Charles Kimani

JUSTICE David Maraga yesterday reacted to allegations of bribery leveled against him by the Rift Valley Law Society. And to show how serious he took the issue, Justice Maraga, who is only the second judge to be vetted publicly, took the Bible and swore by it stating that he has never taken a bribe. “As an elder of SDA church in Nairobi, I know what it means to swear falsely. I want to declare before this board and before the nation watch...

Corridors of Power

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:49 BY POLITICAL DESK

Sam Okello

It seems that some people are trying to influence the report that a parliamentary committee probing the controversialbNHIF medical insurance scheme is preparing. Committee chairman was overheard on Tuesday telling the chairman of Public Accounts Committee and Ikolomani MP Bonny Khalwale that he was well aware that some powerful forces are out to ensure the committee writes its report in a certain way.===A minister's bodyguard was last week arr...

Israel celebrates 64th Independence Day

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:49 BY HENRY KIBIRA

CELEBRATION: Joe Nyaga, Justice Martha Koome, Martha Karua, Lawyer Daniel Maanzo, Eugene Wamalwa and Israeli ambassador Gill Haskel toast to the country’s 64th Independence Day. Photo/Chrispinus Wekesa

The Israeli embassy marked its country's 64th independence day at Ambassador Gil Haskel's Muthaiga residence in Nairobi on Tuesday. The well attended evening event brought together Israeli nationals, the Jewish community residing in Kenya, government officials and friends who paid glowing tribute to the cordial relations enjoyed by the two states. The Jewish state marks its rebirth amid recorded progress and technological advancements, s...

State to spend Sh1.4bn on new school milk plan

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY MATHEWS NDANYI

INNOCENT: Children, especially those from arid areas will benefit from the newly launched school feeding programme. Photo/Matthew Ndanyi

The government has set aside Sh1.4 billion to roll out the relaunched school milk feeding programme. The programme has already been initiated on a pilot basis in Uasin Gishu and Nakuru counties where 18 rural primary schools will be the first to benefit. It will then be rolled out to nine other counties before being expanded to primary schools countrywide.Minister for Livestock Muhammed Kuti said the school feeding programme will help the gove...

11 want Muchemi sent to jail

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 By STAR REPORTER

Eleven politicians among them a minister are asking the High Court to lock up solicitor general Wanjuki Muchemi for disobeying a court order. Medical services minister Prof Anyang Nyong’o together with his colleagues say the court should summon Muchemi to appear in person for him to explain why he has refused to honor an order requiring the state to pay a group of politicians more than Sh170 million they were awarded by East African Cour...

Kimunya given 14 days on KPA

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY SUSAN MUHINDI

TRANSPORT minister Amos Kimunya has until June 28 to file in his response in a case in which he has been sued over the contentious appointment of Kenya Ports Authority board. The court heard that Kimunya needed 14 more days to reply to the allegations cited against him. High court judge Cecilia Githua then directed that he does so by the said date. In the case, Kimunya was sued by Mailindi MP Gedion Mungaro over the said KPA board. He ...

Man charged over Nairobi Church terror blast

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY ALPHONCE MUNG'AHU AND DOLPHINE MARENDE

ACCUSED: Ibrahim Kibe Kagwa at the Milimani Law Courts yesterday. Photo/Philip Kamakya

A man police believe to be a member of the al Shabaab group was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with causing grievous harm to six people at God's House of Miracle Church in Ngara, Nairobi. Ibrahim Kibe Kagwa is also facing another charge of engaging in an organized criminal activity contrary to section 3 (a) as read with section 4 (1) of the prevention of organized crimes Act, 2010.He denied all the charges against him before chief ...

Activists sue over Kibaki 47 county commissioners

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY JILLO KADIDA

COUNSEL: Lawyer Antony Oluoch at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi yesterday. Photo/Philip Kamakya.

President Mwai Kibaki’s list of appointees for top county jobs has run into fresh hurdles after two activists moved to court seeking orders to bar them from taking office. Also sought by the activists is an order to suspend appointment of the 47 county commissioners. The decision by Kibaki which is being challenged is contained in gazette notice dated May 11.The two Patrick Njuguna and Charles Omanga enlisted a number of reasons as to wh...

Power users cautioned

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY KIBIWOTT KOROSS

KENYA Power has warned the public to be wary of con men masquerading as their employees. Corporate Communications manager Migwi Theuri said they had received various complaints from the public on the impostors. "There have been several cases of people claiming to be workers of Kenya Power yet in true sense they are con men," he said.He was reacting to claims from the public that the company's employees were demanding money from electricity con...

Mudavadi tells off ODM over the DPM position’s debate

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:48 BY MATHEWS NDANYI

TOUGH: ODM Deputy secretary general Joseph Nkaisserey and chairman Henry Kosgey at Orange House. Photo/Monicah Mwangi

Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has told off ODM over its push to strip him off the DPM's position. He said he has no time for the debate over his position as DPM, adding that he has more important matters to deal with than engage in personalised politics. "When I handed over at the Ministry of Local government I made it clear that I wanted to concentrate on issues and not personalised politics. I will not engage this debate over my pos...

CMA defends action on CMC board

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:47 BY SUSAN MUHINDI

THE Capital Markets Authority yesterday defended its move to reconstitute the interim CMC board. The CMA claimed ousted CMC chairman Peter Muthoka and Joseph Kivai were removed from the board after a consensus. CMA through lawyer Alibahi Zul said Muthoka was in agreement with the decision, but later changed his mind during a meeting held in March.He added that irrespective of the court order to maintain the status quo, the regulator has statut...

Funding hitch hampers HIV Tribunal operations

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:47 BY IBRAHIM ORUKO

The operations of the HIV/Aids Tribunal have been hampered by lack of funds, Parliament was told yesterday. Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi said the funds for the Tribunal were not factored in the budget because it was inaugurated after the 2011/12 financial year. “The Tribunal was inaugurated in July 2011 after the budget allocations had been prepared and approved and thus the tribunal had no funds to carry out its manda...

New Education Bill set to retain 8-4-4

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:47 BY HENRY WANYAMA

KEEN: Prime Minister Raila Odinga listens to Education minister Mutula Kilonzo in his office yesterday. Photo/PMPS

THE Ministry of Education is reluctant to effect changes to the education structure from the current 8-4-4 to the proposed 2-6-6-3 system. Education minister Mutula Kilonzo said instead of changing the structure a recent retreat of stakeholders decided to incorporate the many of the task force's recommendation in the education system in the Education Bill that is being processed.The Education Bill 2012 is derived from the Task Force report on ...

Social Assistance Bill tabled

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:47 BY IBRAHIM ORUKO

A bill seeking to establish a law that will mandate the government to identify and provide social assistance to persons in need was tabled in Parliament yesterday. The bill, prepared by Sotik MP Joyce Laboso, seeks to establish the National Social Assistance Authority who, other than identifying those in need, shall have the power to make grants to any organisation, group of citizens for the purpose providing assistance to persons in need or l...

NCCK faults Kibaki’s appointments

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:47 BY WESONGA OCHIENG

National Council Churches of Kenya has faulted the decision by President Kibaki to appoint the county commissioners without consulting Prime Minister Raila Odinga. NCCK secretary general canon Peter Karanja said that Kibaki ought to have consulted with his co-principal on the issue to reach a decision that holds the country together. “We are headed to elections and such single-handed decisions may tear apart this country as we head ...

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