President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will head the top decision-making organ of the grand coalition, according to draft proposal on power-sharing.

Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Kenya's northwestern town of Lokichoggio on 7 May, in what the agency has described as the first killing of a WFP aid worker in the relief hub for Southern Sudan.

The Government yesterday described Pemba elders' demand for secession as treason, comparing it with what took place in the Comoros recently.

Tanzanian police in collaboration with the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) security have launched a manhunt for a controversial protected witness who mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday from a safe house in Arusha.

The prevalence of HIV/Aids among women and girls involved in commercial sex in Kampala is on the rise.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns today's arrest of Director of Somali Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Mowlid Haji Abdi by the police of Puntland Regional State in northeastern Somalia.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has spoken out against the murder of the head of its office in north-western Kenya who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, the second such killing of the agency's staff this week.

A section of senior church leaders from central Kenya wants the government to sit down for talks with Mungiki, a banned ultra-traditionalist tribal sect dreaded for bizarre murders, extortion and a campaign to impose circumcision and a strict dress code on women.

ENERY Minister Daudi Migereko has said that the current fuel shortage occasioned by the break-down of a supply ship early in the week will by Sunday be no more, as the major oil companies have all loaded fresh supplies at Mombasa destined for Kampala.

TRAFFIC Police officers extort money from motorists and conceal it in their berets, armpits and private parts, it emerged yesterday.

On Wednesday, the European Union gave Tanzania some 555 million euros (Sh950 billion) in budget support.

The Government yesterday said it will sue the Norwegian engineering consulting firm, Norconsult, following its abrupt decision to pull out of Tanzania following corruption allegations.

The building, construction and real estate industry in the country lags behind in attracting finances from the banking sector.

Some of the things happening in this country today defy explanations.

Quite humiliating for a sovereign country like ours is to see our nationals flock to diplomatic missions to seek help over domestic matters we can solve ourselves.

The fight against graft in the Uganda Police Force gained momentum on Wednesday when operatives of the Police Professional Standards Unit (PPSU) arrested 17 traffic officers on the spot for allegedly soliciting bribes from errant drivers.

Married couples have been asked to embrace the voluntary HIV testing services made available free of charge at their homes in Rukungiri.

The announcement by President Museveni that taxes on milk production related operations will be removed is a welcome move. It is the only way the person at the lowest end of the income ladder can benefit instead of expecting them to benefit from rising food prices yet they do not have what to sell.

President Yoweri Museveni has called for expertise in modern food processing and packaging. The President made the call yesterday at State House, during a meeting with a delegation of the UK-based Gatsby Charitable Foundation, led by Lord David Sainsbury.

Safaricom has so far attracted KSh191 billion from both local and foreign investors, surpassing the Treasury's target of Sh50 billion by nearly four times and making it Sub-Saharan Africa's biggest initial public offering.

A group of Christian religious leaders, including John Cardinal Njue, on Thursday told the government to hold talks with the outlawed Mungiki sect.

This week, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) released its most recent results, which among other things, showed a 90% leap in earnings compared to projections.

Johann Swinnen, Belgium Ambassador to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, deplored Thursday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) the lack of serious investigations into the attack against the plane of President Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6, 1994 which triggered the genocide.

THE body of renowned playwright and social commentator Ngugi wa Mirii was flown to Kenya yesterday for burial in his home town of Limuru next Wednesday.

Kenyans should start preparing to pay more for petroleum products before the end of the year.