Serena Williams of the US returns the ball to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia during a past match at Wimbledon. Serena will be in Kenya on Monday next week. Photo/REUTERS
By AYUMBA AYODI
American tennis sensation Serena Williams visits Kenya on Monday for the second time on another charity mission.
During her three-day tour, the world number one will [...]

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US envoy statement on Kenya
BY MICHAEL RANNEBERGER
The U.S. Government welcomes the decision to order certain officials to step aside while investigations into the maize and education scandals proceed.  This constitutes an essential first step needed to address corruption scandals. 
The Kenyan people and the international community are waiting to see whether the government’s actions taken so [...]

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Raila’s statement on Ruto, Ongeri
Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen, for being here not only on a Sunday but on Valentine’s Day.
In exercise of the authority vested in the Prime Minister in accordance with the
provisions of Section 15 (a) of the Constitution, and Section 4 (1) of the National Accord and Reconciliation Act, which confer on [...]

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Robert Ouko: Widow speaks out 20 years later
 
Christabel Ouko during the interview with Saturday Nation on February 4, 2010. Twenty years since the murder of Foreign Affairs minister Robert Ouko, his widow has broken her silence about the tragedy. Photo/Jennifer Muiruri
In Summary
•It’s exactly 20 years today since the mysterious death of Kenya’s most celebrated Foreign [...]

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Ruto denies part in Kenya maize scam
BY MICHAEL KARANJA
Agriculture Minister William Ruto said on Wednesday that he was ready to take blame if found culpable in a multi billion shillings maize scandal.
Fielding questions form journalists, Mr Ruto said he was yet to see an audit report that implicates his ministry to the scandal where over [...]

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You must go, Raila tells Ongeri
BY SARAH WAMBUI
The war of words over the free education scandal continues unabated after Prime Minister Raila Odinga made fresh calls to Education Minister Prof Sam Ongeri and his Permanent Secretary Mutahi Karega to resign.
Speaking during the launch of the Equity Group-Mastercard Foundation Scholarship on Monday, Mr Odinga maintained his [...]

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STATEMENT OF RT. HON. RAILA A. ODINGA, PRIME MINISTER OF REPUBLIC OF KENYA AT WORKSHOP OF PERMANENT SECRETARIES AT WORKSHOP OF PERMANENT SECRETARIES  ON STRATEGIES TO ELIMINATE CORRUPTION  IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Your Excellency the President,
Honorable Ministers,
Permanent Secretaries,
Chief Executives of State Corporations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You would agree that it is only appropriate to open this workshop with [...]

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir (left) at a meeting with Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Kenya is mobilising international support to avert political violence in Sudan through next year’s referendum on independence for the South. File
By WALTER MENYA
In Summary
•Kenya denies that it was assisting the government of Southern Sudan to re-arm
•Raila [...]

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By Hon. Mohamed Abdikadir, MP
CHAIRPERSON
We would like to bring to the attention of Kenyans that the Parliamentary Select Committee has been meeting to deliberate on the harmonized draft constitution with a view of developing consensus on issues therein.
 
We want to report that after nine days of deliberations-sometimes well into the night-we have reached major agreements on [...]

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US blocks funding to Kenya over graft
BY ANTHONY KAGIRI
The American government has suspended a Sh500 million funding to the Ministry of Education owing to the recent loss of money under the Free Primary Education (FPE) program.
American Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger announced on Tuesday that his government had put on hold the five-year capacity building [...]

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