WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will express support for Barack Obama’s White House bid and Democratic Party unity in the race against Republican John McCain at an event on Friday, her campaign said in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement did not say if Clinton would formally end her campaign or suspend activities. Obama clinched the [...]
By Standard Team
Kenyans have welcomed Senator Barack Obama’s nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for the November US presidential elections.
Congratulatory messages continued to pour to The Standard newsroom from Kisumu, Nairobi, Mombasa, Garissa and even Moyale, with Kenyans wishing the Illinois senator the ultimate victory in the November election.
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga [...]
Harmony at power plant as residents begin to reap fruits
Story by COSMAS BUTUNYI
For three years, it seemed as if the fate of the Sondu Miriu power project had been sealed, and its epitaph written.
Now complete and fully operational, the power plant, which cost Sh15.8 billion, is not only appreciated for injecting 60 [...]
Kibaki lures diaspora investors
President Kibaki has called for increased private investment to accelerate the country’s economic development.
Addressing the eighth Leon H. Sullivan Summit in Arusha, Tanzania Wednesday, President Kibaki encouraged African-Americans and other Africans in the diaspora to exploit the various investment opportunities available in Kenya and the East African region as a [...]
By Standard Team
Twelve diplomatic missions joined the amnesty debate and called for the punishment of the election officials who bungled last year’s elections.
They also criticised calls for blanket amnesty for suspects of capital offences.
The diplomats, however, called for the release of youths arrested during the violence for petty offences, such as demonstrating.
Canadian High Commissioner, [...]
Envoys call for peaceful poll
BY GEORGE MUNYORI and BERNARD MOMANYI
NAIROBI, – A cluster of foreign envoys accredited to Kenya have petitioned the government to avert violence in the forthcoming by-elections for parliamentary and civic seats, to be held next week Wednesday.
“We would like to take this opportunity to urge political leaders to publicly denounce [...]
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama focused on unifying a fractured party for the five-month battle for the White House on Wednesday and announced a high-profile three-person team to head the search for a running mate.
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John Kennedy, will vet prospective running mates along with [...]
SphereBy Emily Kaiser - Analysis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street is putting its money behind Democrat Barack Obama for president, despite worries that his administration would raise taxes and take a tougher line on trade and regulation.
The signs Wall Street reads point to Democrats prevailing in the November presidential and general election as voters punish the [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush offered his congratulations to Sen. Barack Obama for securing the Democratic presidential nomination, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Wednesday.
“President Bush congratulates Sen. Obama for clinching the Democratic party’s 2008 nomination for president,” Perino told reporters. “He knows from personal experience that the presidential nominating process is [...]
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change said on Wednesday its leader Morgan Tsvangirai had been detained by police at a roadblock while campaigning in a run-off presidential vote.
“We are currently held up. They are saying there’s a commanding officer whom we should wait for. They are not saying why they are holding [...]
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