Prime Minister’s Kenyatta Day 2008 Speech
Speech by the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister, at the 2008 Kenyatta Day celebrations
Your Excellency the President, Hon. Mwai Kibaki,
Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
DistinFellow Kenyans –
I am pleased to join you for this year’s celebrations marking Kenyatta Day, the day dedicated to all our [...]

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TAMPA, Florida (AFP) - Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama on Monday accused his Republican foe John McCain of pursuing “small” and “ugly” politics in an eleventh hour bid to rescue his White House hopes.
Obama launched a blitz of crucial swing state Florida, which will see him hold a double-bill rally with former primary foe [...]

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The trial of an HIV-positive man charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two of his sexual partners began in Hamilton on Monday. Johnson Aziga, 52, is believed to be the first HIV-positive person in Canada to be charged with murder on allegations he had unprotected sex and passed on the deadly virus that [...]

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By Muchena Zigomo
MBABANE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has refused an offer from Swaziland’s king to fly him to a regional summit aimed at breaking an impasse in power-sharing talks, an opposition official said on Monday.
King Mswati III, who is hosting the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting, had offered to send a [...]

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By Cyrus Ombati
A High Court judge may find himself in the dock following the stabbing of a motorist after a minor road accident in the city.
Mr Justice GBM Kariuki is alleged to have punched a motorist, Mr Robert Kamau, and then stabbed him in the stomach on Ngecha Road in the city’s Lower Kabete area. [...]

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Karua defies Annan on 2012 election campaign
By Bernard Namunane
Cabinet minister Martha Karua will not end her push for the presidency in 2012 despite a caution by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.

Ms Karua was categorical that Mr Annan, who brokered the national accord that ended two months of political violence early this year, should not [...]

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