Nyagah: House seat is for ODM
BY EVELYN NJOROGE
Cabinet Minister Joe Nyaga has supported calls by his colleagues in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party that the position of the Leader of Government Business in Parliament should go to their Party Leader Raila Odinga.
Mr Nyaga argued on Saturday that the National Accord which was signed last [...]

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Kenya leaders vow action on gangs
BY SIMON NDONG’A and LABAN WANAMBISI
KARATINA,- Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday vowed that the government would take stern action against criminal gangs that demand illegal levies from members of the public.
Speaking at a public baraza held at the Gathaithi Primary School, the PM said the court systems should take [...]

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Slaughterof the innocents
By Standard Team
When daylight broke in Gathaithi-Kiangumara village in Nyeri East District on the foot of Mt Kenya yesterday, blood-soaked bodies lay on the roadside, their skulls split and throats slit.
Father and son lay side by side, the singular but fatal blows to their heads revealing the precision of their attackers.
A few metres [...]

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29 killed in Kenya violence
By PATRICK NZIOKA and JOHN NJAGI
In Summary
Suspected Mungiki were avenging killings of suspected sect members in Kirinyaga last week.
At least 29 people have been killed in Monday overnight clashes between Kirinyaga residents in central Kenya and suspected Mungiki members.
The sect members struck two villages on the border between Kirinyaga and Nyeri [...]

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Lobbying for Karua’s docket in top gear
By Patrick Mathangani and Boniface Gikandi
PNU legislators in Central Province are jostling to fill the gap left by Justice Minister Martha Karua in the Cabinet.
One MP from the region said the scramble for the powerful Justice and Constitutional Affairs docket was in bad taste, and confirmed a series of [...]

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Rubbish, Michuki says of Muite claims
BY CATHERINE KARONG’O
Cabinet Minister John Michuki has dismissed assassination claims by former Kabete Member of Parliament Paul Muite as a political gimmick.
Mr Michuki said on Thursday that the former legislator was just exaggerating to get political sympathy.
“To add value to what, what value?” the Minister posed.
“I get amazed with allegations [...]

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Muite asks ICC to investigate government officials
By David Ochami
Former Kabete MP Paul Kibugi Muite wants the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute senior government officials for extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances.
Top on Muite’s dispatch request is President Kibaki, who the lawyer says bears “criminal responsibility” for the State killings which he [...]

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MPs want majimbo after law review
By Paul Gitau
Seven MPs want the federal system of Government (majimbo) adopted after the constitutional review.
The MPs from Coast Province say Kenyans should reject the new constitution, if it fails to incorporate majimbo system.
Led by East Africa Co-operation Minister Jeffah Amason Kingi, the MPs said the system would resolve land [...]

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Kibaki children threaten to sue Muite
BY BERNARD MOMANYI
President Mwai Kibaki’s four children have threatened to sue former Kabete legislator Paul Muite unless he apologises and withdraws alleged defamatory remarks that he made against the first family.
Through Mohammed Muigai advocates, the President’s children Judith, James, David and Anthony said the former MP had defamed them by [...]

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BY EVELYN NJOROGE
KIAMBU, Kenya, - Kenya’s slain human rights campaigner Kamau King’ara was laid to rest on Saturday at the family home in Muchatha, Kiambu.
Legislators Bonny Khalwale and Stanley Githunguri joined friends and family of the late Oscar Foundation boss including Constitutional lawyer Paul Muite and Civil society officials calling for an independent probe into [...]

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