BY SARAH WAMBUI
The government has set up a task force to address the complaints raised by matatu operators on police extortion and harassment.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Thursday that the task force would take one week to investigate the allegations before presenting its report and recommendations.
Mr Odinga maintained that the government would not relent [...]

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Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga answers questions during an interview in Nairobi.
By Emeka-Mayaka Gekara, Citizen Correspondent, Nairobi
Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday declared he would surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo builds a strong case linking him to the post-election violence. “I will not wait to be arrested. I [...]

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Mungiki spokesman shot dead on Kenyan street
BY BERNARD MOMANYI
The spokesman of the outlawed Mungiki sect, Njuguna Gitau, has been shot dead.
Mr Gitau was shot in the head on Nairobi’s Luthuli Avenue, according to witnesses at the scene. They said he had been walking on the street with four men when an argument broke out.  Two [...]

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By John Oyuke
Kenya seems set for a significant expansion in the use of nuclear power to provide energy, feed the hungry and heal the sick.
This follows re-election of a Kenyan to join the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after an absence of 26 years.
Kenya has also given a formal notification to the [...]

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Raila: Kibera relocation plan will proceed
BY PMPS
Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday asked residents of Kibera to remain calm and support the relocation exercise scheduled to kick off on Wednesday.
The PM also assured the Nubi community in the slums that the government respects the agreement it entered with them that a section of land be [...]

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BY LABAN WANAMBISI
Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Friday that the Interim Coordinating Secretariat of the Mau Forest Complex is mandated with forming a work programme for line ministries that are involved in the reclamation of the water tower.
Speaking during its inauguration, the PM said the 12-man team’s specific terms of reference are; to coordinate [...]

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Kenya asked to follow Israel lead
BY JUDIE KABERIA
- Israeli Ambassador Jacob Keidar on Thursday said Kenya was capable of getting out of the food and water crises in future with positive political and public will.
He said the adoption of modern irrigation technologies to grow food and restoration of the country’s water catchment areas can completely [...]

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World oldest pupil Maruge dies
BY BERNARD MOMANYI
Kimani Maruge, the World’s oldest pupil died in Nairobi on Friday at the age of 90.
He died at Cheshire Home for the Aged, in Nairobi’s Kariobangi South estate where he has been staying, according to police and officials there.
“He passed away at 1.30pm; his body is still lying in [...]

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BY YUNIA AMUNGA and AGENCIES
-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected in the country on Tuesday evening for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum.
Mrs Clinton is on Wednesday scheduled to deliver a speech at the Ministerial Opening Ceremony for the AGOA Forum. She will also hold talks with Kenya’s senior leaders.
Also during [...]

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By Priscah Edith Awino
Reconciliation, wrote Prof.  John Paul Lederach, of the University of Notre Dame in his book, The Art and Soul of Building Peace “is the intersection of peace, justice, truth, and mercy”.
It is the ultimate goal of most peace building efforts, when both the structural and emotional damage of a conflict is “set [...]

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