No Christmas for Hague suspects?
By Mutinda Mwanzia
The high profile personalities suspected to have planned and bankrolled post-election violence could be arrested by December. The revelations came as the Government prepares for arrival of International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday, next week. He will be in Nairobi to ask for President Kibaki [...]

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The stern message to Kenya on reform by US President Barack Obama has sharply divided leaders along the predictable fault-line of the Grand Coalition Government.
Whereas Cabinet ministers from the PNU wing threatened to retaliate if Washington made good its threat to slap travel restrictions on Government officials, Cabinet ministers from the ODM wing welcomed the [...]

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Museveni warns ministries not to frustrate RDCs
Wednesday, 28th October, 2009  
 
 
Museveni sandwitched by women RDCs as he posed for a photo with them at State House Entebbe on Tuesday
 
By Anne Mugisa
Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) have complained to President Yoweri Museveni that they are being frustrated by central and local government officials who conceal information about public [...]

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Kosgey accuses Ruto of undermining ODM
 
Cabinet minister Henry Kosgey has blamed a fellow minister from Rift Valley Province for financing some civic leaders in parts of the region to wreck ODM party and undermine Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Mr Kosgey said “several civic leaders among them civic bosses from the Rift Valley province have been holding [...]

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By LARA JAKES and HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writers
SEOUL, South Korea – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to maintain a nuclear deterrent in the region.
Gates and his South Korean counterpart, Kim Tae-young, said their two nations would never accept [...]

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Kenya says reform agenda on course
BY CATHERINE KARONG’O
President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday said that the reform agenda was on course.
In his national address during the 46th Kenyatta Day celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium, President Kibaki noted that the beginning of a new Kenya would be fully realised with the enactment of a new constitution [...]

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By James Vicini and Dan Whitcomb
 
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sharp policy shift, the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized.
A Justice Department official said the formal guidelines were issued on Monday to reflect President Barack Obama’s [...]

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Kenya urged to hand case to Ocampo
BY ANTHONY KAGIRI
A legal expert with the Human Rights Watch group has urged the government to use the scheduled meeting with International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to officially hand over the Kenyan case.
Elizabeth Evenson says with time running out for seeking justice the government should [...]

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By Rev Okoth Otura
More often Christians reactions to crisis vary’s from one degree to another, some turn away from God or just shift blame because of their circumstance, while some draw nearer and closer to God in the duration of their trials and difficulties.
It is however worth noting some unique characters in the Bible such [...]

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WEEKLY ADDRESS:President Obama Calls Hails Progress on Health Insurance Reform Despite Defenders of the Status Quo
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama praised the progress that has been made on health insurance reform, and spoke out against those who defend the status quo in order to score political points and protect their profits. [...]

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