Raila Odinga says he wants to get to the bottom of the mystery
( File photos-Ngilu, Balala, Mudavadi and Orengo, briefing session)
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called a special cabinet meeting to investigate the sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel to Libyan investors.
Mr Odinga will probe claims that the Grand Regency Hotel was sold for [...]
Public to fund farming kitty
Story by LUCAS BARASA
Kenyans will soon be required to fund agricultural activities if a proposal by five ministries is adopted.
Agriculture minister William Ruto and his livestock counterpart, Mr Mohamed Kuti, said 4.5 per cent of the national Budget will be allocated to the Agricultural Development Fund if it is created.
The kitty [...]
Musalia speaks of plot to derail law reforms
Story by BENSON AMADALA
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi says there is a plot by top officials in the Grand Coalition Cabinet to derail the constitutional reforms process.
He warned that unless the search for a new constitution was given priority, the country’s leaders would pay for their laxity.
Speaking in [...]
Kimunya to give Grand details
BYGEORGE MUNYORI AND SIMON NDONG’A
NAIROBI, June 29 – Finance Minister Amos Kimunya will disclose details of the sale of Grand Regency Hotel in parliament this week.
Speaking at Miharati Secondary school in his Kipipiri constituency on Sunday, Kimunya defended the sale of the five star hotel saying it was legal and conducted [...]
By Boniface Ongeri
Four Members of Parliament from North Eastern Province have faulted of the Ministry of Development for Northern Kenya, saying it would not help the region.
Led by Livestock Assistant minister and Dujis MP Mr Aden Dualle, they said the ministry could not do much with the Sh400 million recently allocated in the Budget.
“Our fears [...]
Story by NATION Reporter
Even before Mumias Sugar can break ground on an ambitious Sh3 billion sugarcane growing venture on the Tana delta, environmental activists are threatening to rain on its parade.
A group of NGOs and civic bodies, mobilised under the banner of the Kenya Wetlands Forum, are calling on the Government to reverse [...]
By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - To many, Canada Day is a time for fireworks displays and contemplating the country’s many blessings, but a new report suggests Canadians may have less to celebrate than they think.
The annual Conference Board of Canada report card measuring quality of life among 17 advanced countries released Monday [...]
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, under draft rules which the European Commission will put forward this week.
As part of a wider “renewed Social Agenda”, patients would also be allowed easier access to information on cross-border healthcare.
The plans will also [...]
Thousands of euphoric Spanish fans have been celebrating in Madrid after their football team won Euro 2008, beating Germany 1-0 in the final.
Fernando Torres’ goal gave Spain their first major trophy in 44 years.
The capital was awash with the red and gold national colours as fans draped in flags danced and sang in [...]
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