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With suitable pomp and pageantry, the harmonised draft constitution of Kenya was finally unveiled in Nairobi on Tuesday. Kenyans have been given 30 days to peruse and debate the draft, and suggest to the Committee of Experts any areas they feel need to be changed or addressed to their satisfaction.
The draft constitution was released to the public last Tuesday at a ceremony marked by pomp and circumstance. The document was received with palpable relief by the majority of Kenyans.
Consumers beware. That loaf of bread that is never missing from your breakfast table may not be brown after all. More likely, the manufacturer simply coloured it to hoodwink you. And if that isn't enough, anti-counterfeiting agents now warn that the bread may have been baked using processes and ingredients harmful to your health.
I am not quite sure I like what I am reading about this constitution thing. I have not finished reading the document so I will either like it or reject it.
Claims of sabotage, weak systems and negligence are to blame for the loss of more than Sh110 million by G4S Security firm in the last two months, investigation by the Sunday Nation has established.
A Kenyan company has launched an electronic marketing service for co-operative movements, through which it hopes to see them redeem their once leading role in marketing goods.
Air passengers in East Africa will each be charged $0.7 to support the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (Cassoa), if the proposal is approved by the ministers of Finance of each country in the block.
Integration by the East African Community has made the region stronger by bringing significant economic reforms, liberalised markets and diversified trade," Mr Faustin Mbundu, chairman of the East African Business Council has said.
Following the recent unveiling of the draft constitution by the Committee of Experts, Kenya may well be on the right path towards the realisation of a new framework for governance and the management of national, regional and local affairs.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga last week made what looks like a bold move to tackle long-standing issues that have been contentious among public school teachers.
The European Union has spent Sh10 billion this year in supporting various development projects in Kenya.
The sharing of power between the president and the prime minister was one of the hottest issues of discussion as Kenyans debated the new constitution.
Secondary school head teachers have rejected two simpler subjects introduced by the government this year.
Coast leaders have welcomed the proposed construction of Lamu port provided that the affected people are compensated for their land.
Seven people died when their vehicles were involved in separate road accidents on Sunday.
NGOs have rejected the argument that the new constitution will render the presidency powerless.
The Nation Media Group took its tree-planting campaign to Kakamega Forest at the weekend.
Health workers from district hospitals in Western Province are to undergo training on how to tackle the high number of birth-related complications among pregnant women.
The eloquence and confidence are hard to match as David Malingi, 16, presents the children's agenda to politicians, ambassadors and presidents across the globe.
YOUR WRITER JOHN KAMAU'S series of articles tracing the history of land settlement in the period following Kenya's independence prompts a re-examination of that process in its historical context.
Cabinet ministers, assistant ministers and permanent secretaries are the biggest beneficiaries in the latest increase in allowances for local and foreign trips.
It was a scintillating exchange of leads as Nivea Kenya Harlequins snapped the scalp of Nakuru RFC, claiming a swift 31-17 victory to lift the Christie Sevens trophy.
As expected, world sprints sensation, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, was on Sunday night named the IAAF 2009 athlete of the year with American Sanya Richards voted the best female athlete.
Safaricom emerged the overall winner for the third year running during the 2009 CEO's Most Respected Company (East Africa) awards, which were dominated by mobile telephone service providers.
Gerard Marcy's Porsche 911 has the ball rolling by setting fastest stage time in the opening section of the 2009 East African Safari Classic Rally at Vipingo on Sunday afternoon.
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