By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama’s march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday, pushing him ever closer to victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton — even as their primary marathon staggered on.
She added two superdelegates herself in what has become the last big contest [...]

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By John Cheruiyot
The aftermath of post election violence should help us re-engineer our nation afresh.The emergence of the Grand Coalition that brought together two terrific rivals in what many saw as a forced marriage is a new reality that must recreate Kenya afresh.
The truth is PNU cannot rule without ODM and vice versa. The resettlement [...]

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Raila: Let’s talk to Mungiki
By David Ohito
Prime Minister Raila Odinga insists the Government should speak to the outlawed Mungiki sect to understand their grievances.
Raila said the talks have been going on and assured the sect followers that the Government was keen to listen to them.
“When there is conflict, we can only reach people through [...]

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AMSTETTEN, Austria (AFP) - An Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years insisted Wednesday he was “no monster”, as over 500 residents of his town staged a rally in support of the victims.
The rally, in Amstetten’s town square, aimed to show solidarity with Elisabeth Fritzl and the children she [...]

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By Caren Bohan
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Down on his luck two weeks ago, an annoyed Barack Obama complained, “Why can’t I eat my waffle?” when a reporter tossed him a question over breakfast at a Pennsylvania diner on the eve of the state’s primary.
On Tuesday morning, when the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination [...]

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By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton narrowly won Indiana and loaned $6.4 million out of her own pocket to help keep her struggling campaign alive.
The outcome of Tuesday’s primaries helped Obama widen his [...]

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Grand Opposition motion approved
BY GEORGE MUNYORI
NAIROBI, May 7 – Parliament may soon have a Grand Opposition after members unanimously approved a motion to introduce a Bill that would create it.
Members Tuesday agreed to the tabling of The Official Opposition Bill, which aims to anchor, govern and regulate the Opposition in Parliament.
The motion, which was [...]

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By Shem Kosse
Tenants of the ultra-modern shopping malls of the Mega City and Mega plaza situated along Nairobi road and the prestigious Oginga Odinga street respectively, are up in arms against what they term exploitative rents.
Talking to this journalist on strict conditions of anonymity, they claimed that the management of the twin malls under [...]

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BY Shem Kosse
A Migori based international business magnate has urged all those who were internally displaced in the post poll upheavals to return to their respective homes.
Fred Otieno Rangili who contested the vast Migori parliamentary seat on a PNU ticket and lost due to the strong ODM euphoria in the region told the news conference [...]

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Story by KENNETH OGOSIA and JOHN NGIRACHU
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who returned from South Africa Tuesday, will host homecoming parties at his Kisumu and Bondo homes this weekend.
A tentative programme for the celebrations indicates that on Saturday, the PM will be at his Milimani residence in Kisumu, where the party will be held. [...]

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