Rare lunch date for Raila, Njonjo
By Peter Orengo
Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Attorney General Charles Njonjo had a rare lunch meeting in the city to discuss peace.
Njonjo and Mr Peter Kuguru, a businessman-cum-politician, invited Raila to the popular Ranalo Restaurant on Kimathi Street for the meeting.
Business at the restaurant, popularly known [...]
Sugar factories to be expanded
By Kepher Otieno
Sugar factories will be expanded to enable them crush between 10,000 and 15,000 tonnes of cane daily, Prime Minister Mr Raila Odinga has said.
Raila said the Government was committed to improving the plight of thousands of cane farmers who largely depend on the crop.
“I know cane [...]
By Andrew Cawthorne - Analysis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - In Kenya, they name babies after him and quaff “Senator” brand beer in his honor. Global TV networks camp outside his grandmother’s rural home.
In Uganda, a town has renamed a street “Obama Boulevard”.
And in Nigeria, militants even called a brief ceasefire in praise of the U.S. Democratic presidential [...]
MPs plea over pastoralists
By Patrick Beja
Twenty-two MPs from pastoralist communities have called for a national livestock policy.
Led by Deputy Speaker and Lagdera MP, Mr Farah Maalim, the legislators said the policy should promote livestock production and meat processing and marketing.
Under the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group (PPG) umbrella, the MPs addressed the Press at the Sarova [...]
By Titus Too
Standing tall on a cliff in the mountainous Rift Valley, Nandi Hills Town has a unique setting.
The enchanting canopies together with the quiet flowing rivers add to the town’s picturesque environment.
Against all odds, the town is evolving into a celebrated tourism destination.
Leaders and residents in Nandi Hills are thrilled about their [...]
A “campaign of violence” in Zimbabwe has extinguished any hope of free and fair run-off presidential elections, Human Rights Watch has warned.
In a new report, the New-York-based group says it has extensive evidence linking senior officials loyal to Robert Mugabe with violent incidents.
The report says torture camps have been run by President Mugabe’s [...]
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Hate-motivated incidents account for a relatively small proportion of crime in Canada, and those that occur are most commonly related to race or ethnicity, says a new study.
Police services covering 87 per cent of Canada’s population reported 892 hate-motivated crimes in 2006, of which six in 10 were motivated [...]
CONMEN NABBED BY KISUMU POLICE
BY JEFF OTIENO IN KISUMU
A group of conmen who have of late taken the Lake Side city of Kisumu by storm for the last 1 year were ultimately arrested over the weekend.
The cartel which has been targeting leading Hotels in the city were this time round unlucky when they met [...]
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