Waki: Row over Ruto threat to quit ODM
By NATION Team
In Summary
Party leaders disagree with the agriculture minister over report on election violence
A group of ODM MPs have asked Agriculture minister William Ruto to stop criticising Prime Minister Raila Odinga after Mr Ruto said he would lead the party’s supporters in Rift Valley to decamp from [...]
Police tear gas displaced women
By CASPER WAITHAKA
In Summary
1) Protesters demand to see President or Prime Minister over broken promises
Hundreds of internal refugees, most of them women, were tear gassed by police as they staged a peaceful demonstration outside Parliament.
The refugees were demanding an audience with either President Kibaki or Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The women, most [...]
Barngetuny is still going strong
By Vincent Bartoo
He is at a political crossroads, just like the party to which he belongs, yet maintains a convincing faÁade of self-confidence.
He may not have wavered as an individual but his party, Kanu, which steered the country to independence, is unsure which way to go, on the face [...]
Leaders have completely forgotten us, IDPs say
By SAMUEL SIRINGI
Every day since January 1, Joseph Githuku has been visiting Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to seek confirmation that his wife actually died in the New Year’s Day fire that killed 35 women and children in an Eldoret church.
He hopes that one day the hospital [...]
Mara goes live on BBC
BY MICHAEL MUMO
Kenya’s rich diversity in the Maasai Mara will be showcased to millions of viewers in the United Kingdom from this Sunday when a weeklong live series gets underway on the British Broadcasting Corporation.The director general of BBC Mark Thompson says ‘Big Cat Live’ will provide new insights not [...]
Nakuru IDP camp home to criminal gangs
By Steve Mkawale
Criminals have infiltrated a Nakuru displaced peoples’ camp, two MPs have claimed.
Legislators Luka Kigen of Rongai and his Nakuru town counterpart Lee Kinyanjui separately asked the Government to speed up resettlement of the remaining 10,000 IDPs at the showground.The leaders said gangs operating in Nakuru and [...]
Orange day: Raila’s party awakens
By Standard on Sunday Reporter
After successfully defending Bomet and Sotik parliamentary seats, buoyant Orange Democratic Movement leaders electrified Western Province with a declaration 2012 is beckoning.
ODM chairman Henry Kosgei referred to Prime minister Raila Odinga as ‘Rais wetu’ (our president). The Orange’s 2012 strategy was unmasked, which is to [...]
ODM wins in Bomet and Sotik
By Standard Team
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidates won the Sotik and Bomet by-elections concluded on Thursday night.
Dr Joyce Cherono Laboso beat 11 other contestants after she garnered 23,880 to clinch Sotik parliamentary seat while Mrs Beatrice Cherono Kones, the widow of former Roads Minister, the late Kipkalya Kones got [...]
ODM sure it will clinch by elections
BY GEORGE MUNYORI
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidates in Sotik and Bomet have expressed confidence that they will clinch the parliamentary seats in Thursdays by-elections.
Bomet candidate Beatrice Kones on Wednesday said she had done aggressive campaigns to marshal votes ahead of the polls.
“We concluded our campaigns on Tuesday [...]
By Vitalis Kimutai
Three issues are close to Bureti MP Franklin Kipng’etich Bett’s heart — education, agriculture and infrastructure.
He says dwindling education standards need immediate and long-term solutions.
“I am concerned with performance in the education sector, which has for many years been dismal and shameful,” Bett says.
The MP has set aside 25 per cent of his [...]
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