By Agwanda Jakorandoh,
President Mwai Kibaki has announced the elevation of Bondo Teachers Training College to be a constituent college of Maseno University .
Kibaki says the college will be upgraded into a campus and will enable Maseno University to grow and ensure that its academic programmes reach more people.
Speaking during the 8th graduation of [...]

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CTV.ca News Staff
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday that Canada will fall into deficit during the next fiscal year as recessionary economic forces continue to slowdown the world’s economy.
“2009 is going to be a difficult year for Canada and for Canadians,” Flaherty said in Saskatoon, where he is attending an economic summit with finance [...]

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Secret list: Now Kibaki and Raila sign pact
By DAVID MUGONYI
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday signed the agreement which starts the process of establishing a local tribunal to try post-election violence suspects.
The Cabinet committee chaired by President Kibaki and Mr Odinga will now draft a law to be taken to Parliament to [...]

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This week President-elect Obama gave an interview to Time magazine, answering some of the key philosophical questions facing the next Administration.  As David Von Drehle wrote in a story based on the interview, the circumstances the country faces are extraordinary: “Score that as follows: one imploding economy, one deteriorating war in an impossible region and [...]

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ZURICH, Switzerland - European champion Spain has finished the year in style - atop FIFA’s world soccer rankings.
 
But Canada dropped nine spots to No. 90, its lowest ranking since May 2007, in the list released Wednesday. A year ago, the Canadians ranked 55th.
Spain won all 16 of its matches in 2008 - including the penalty [...]

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MPs root for law to control the media 
MUNGATANA: … Mr Speaker, what is the ruling of this House where we have a media that deliberately distorts the information and the decisions of this Parliament, Mr Speaker, and seeks to minimise this decision and mix it, Mr Speaker, with the question of the taxation of members [...]

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