PNU membership drive yet to start
By OLIVER MATHENGE and OLIVER MUSEMBI
The Party of National Unity on Tuesday admitted that its recruitment drive had failed to take off as planned.
Led by Kwanza MP Noah Wekesa, PNU leaders told reporters at the party headquarters that they had not recruited any members by Tuesday [...]

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Raila leads President by 22pc in approval ratings
By Alex Ndegwa
A majority of Kenyans approve of the leadership demonstrated by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga in steering the coalition government, according to a new poll.
But the survey by US pollster, Gallup, shows the Prime Minister enjoys a 22-percentage point lead over the President [...]

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Githongo served with court papers
By NATION Correspondent
Lawyers of former Cabinet minister Chris Murungaru on Tuesday finally served Mr John Githongo with court summons.
The former Ethics and Governance permanent secretary personally received the summons at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre and signed the court papers.
He was attending a forum organised by the Institute [...]

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NAIROBI (AFP) - Olympic 800m champion Pamela Jelimo late on Tuesday caused a big media stampede on arrival back home as the clamour to grab a piece of Kenya’s athletics millionaire nearly turned ugly.
Local and foreign journalists pushed and shoved each other to get a shot of the teenage sensation but were fought back by [...]

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By Caren Bohan
GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to link John McCain to the turmoil sweeping Wall Street, saying he turned a blind eye to market recklessness that left U.S. economy in grave danger.
The biggest financial shake-up since the Great Depression has taken center stage on the campaign trail [...]

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By David Friend, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - The American economy has been battered and left bleeding from scuffles with the credit crunch and a bout with subprime mortgages but so far its Canadian cousin has walked away with only some scratches and bruises.
But Canada’s armour - the rich resource sector - might not be able [...]

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HARARE (AFP) - Talks to form Zimbabwe’s new government were postponed on Tuesday, amid caution from analysts that past hostilities were likely to haunt the country’s fragile political unity and shattered economy.
The talks were postponed until Wednesday after President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF held an urgent meeting of the party’s leadership and called for another gathering [...]

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‘No thanks’, Ruto tells firm after gift of sugar
Agriculture Minister William Ruto accompanied by Kanduyi MP Alfred Khangati (right) during an impromptu visit to farmers around Nzoia Sugar, after touring the factory.
By LUKE KAPCHANGAand BERNARD KWALIA
Agriculture minister William Ruto Monday shocked his hosts at Nzoia Sugar Company when he rejected [...]

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Yvonne Chaka Chaka rocks Kakamega
By Stephen Makabila
Eshisiru village in Kakamega came live on Monay when Deputy PM Musalia Mudavadi and South-African music icon Yvonne Chaka Chaka came calling.
Villagers flocked the Eshisiru DO’s camp from morning as word went round that the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador was around.
Chaka Chaka was in Eshisiru to witness the [...]

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Njonjo censures pro-opposition MPs
By Peter Atsiaya
Former Attorney-General Charles Njonjo has accused MPs agitating for a grand opposition of being used to sabotage the coalition Government.
Mr Njonjo said some external forces were using proponents of grand opposition to ensure the coalition fails so that Kenyans could blame President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
“I am [...]

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