By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will end her presidential bid and declare her support for Barack Obama, she said in a letter on Thursday, concluding a grueling 16-month nominating fight that split the Democratic Party.
Clinton told supporters in the letter she would publicly back Obama on Saturday and also pledge to [...]

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PM slams silence on Zimbabwe
BY AFP
SOUTH AFRICA, - Prime Minister Raila Odinga has slammed African leaders for blaming colonialism for lack of development and for remaining silent on the election crisis in Zimbabwe.
At a panel of prominent African presidents at the opening of the 18th World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, Odinga [...]

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Delay in publishing draft land policy explained
BY CATHERINE KARONG’O
NAIROBI, June 5 - Lands Minister James Orengo Thursday said the government would expedite the process of preparing a sessional paper for the draft land policy to be debated in Parliament.
Orengo said the process had taken longer than expected since land was a sensitive issue that [...]

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By Nelson Banya
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police detained U.S. and British diplomats on Thursday, slashing the tyres of their cars after they visited victims of political violence ahead of a presidential election run-off, the U.S. embassy said.
The U.S. ambassador blamed the attack on President Robert Mugabe’s government.
Former colonial power Britain and the United States [...]

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By Kamau Ngethe
It started with dismissal of Kalenjin sons and daughters from top civil service, parastatal and military jobs without any explanation, immediately Kibaki was sworn in as president in 2003. Many of them were taken to court with trumped up cases, which have never ended.
Remember Kibaki came to power on a zero tolerance [...]

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