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America's President Barack Obama has, for the first time, this week talked about Kenya's political leadership. In an interview whose content has been published elsewhere in this paper, President Obama was livid about the slow pace of political and economic reforms and reconciliation efforts.
One Saturday 40 years ago, Kenya's most promising leader, Tom Mboya, was gunned down in a busy Nairobi street.
THE anti-reform proponents in the inclusive government are now coming out of the woodwork and seem not to be embarrassed at all to flaunt their reactionary credentials.
The search is on, presumably in earnest, for a replacement for the post of Inspector-General of Police (IG). The position will become vacant on July 24, as the incumbent IG, Mike Okiro, will retire on that day.
THE 48-hour ultimatum given by the Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ) to Zain Zambia to resolve cellular phone network problems is welcome.
The current global financial crisis exposed governance crisis among financial institutions whose board rooms had been politicized to some extent that, board independence had been compromised.
Cde Isaac Mukusa (Sarudzai Chinamaropa) A veteran freedom fighter and hero of the Second Chimurenga War, Cde Isaac Mukusa, popularly known as Sarudzai Chinamaropa, died on November 10 and was buried at the National Heroes Acre on November 17, 1994.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar was right when he raised serious concerns recently over the growth of the menace of negative youthful exuberance, characteristic of miscreants generally referred to as Area Boys, in an otherwise peaceful state of Sokoto. The Sultan's alarm came while receiving in audience the new Police Commissioner posted to the state.
The arrest of two journalists on Wednesday for alleged extortion is a shameful act that members of the media fraternity must condemn out rightly.
Most controversies, corruption cases, probes and other scandals in the country dominate the headlines and airwaves only for a period, and notwithstanding the seriousness of the issues at stake, they are soon forgotten and those involved walk away without as much as a reprimand.
THE Confederations Cup is the traditional dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup. And as far as dress rehearsals go, the 2009 Confederations Cup recently held in South Africa was a splendid advert for this Rainbow nation.
THE legitimacy and credibility of the controversial constitutional process further waned this week after clashes between parliament administrators and the select parliamentary committee spearheading the task.
ALMOST every economy that has achieved major growth has, as an element of that growth, had a concentrated drive to establish small and micro enterprises (SMEs), inclusive of many coming into being as informal sector operations, but progressively facilitated and motivated to formalise their operations.
Not a single day, if not hour, passes by without a motor vehicle accident occurring in Namibia. The insurance industry is inundated with claims making that side of business rather unprofitable to say the least.
The risk of an anthrax outbreak in the flood stricken areas in the north motivated the Veterinary Association of Namibia to donate vaccines to the Directorate of Veterinary Services.
THE furore over President Robert Mugabe's "unilateral" decision to move a cabinet meeting forward from Tuesday to Monday this week would have, in itself, been a storm in a teacup were it not for the deeper issues that have enveloped the inclusive government and continue to paralyse it.
RECENTLY, we have heard and read interesting things about national healing. A substantial amount of information, mostly from political figures, has been disseminated about this special process in the media.
OUR thanks to Morgan Tsvangirai for firmly putting the kibosh on President Mugabe's off the wall scheme to revive the Zim dollar. With the exception of a coterie around the president, nobody wants to see a return of that painful symbol of national decline.
The journey on the 29th of June 2009 to the Brick House Port Harcourt by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, who was led by Prince Tonye Princewill, the leader and chairman, of Board of Trustees of the Forum of Organised Opposition Political Parties (FOOPP) in Rivers State, has not only left many people agape, but also proved the critics of the Eso-led reconciliatory panel wrong.
This is the story of South Eastern State, the story of old Cross River State, too. But more importantly, it is the story of the new Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. Two states, one people, one destiny, bonded by geography, history, heritage and blood. And also united so deeply by parentage, marriage, business and friendship.
"Instead of relying only on 30-60 second ads, programme sponsorships and inserts to generate revenues, broadcasters should promote and develop the concept of advertising-funded programming (AFP), which could be a good recipe in these difficult economic times," Kgaugelo Maphai, MD of Omnicom Consulting and former SABC radio national sales manager, told Bizcommunity.com this week.
ON Saturday [tomorrow], the Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) will observe Day of Remembrance in honour of those Namibians who either died or went missing in Swapo jails in exile during our war of national liberation.
Honourable Government Ministers from MDC-T who boycotted last Monday's Cabinet meeting must be told to uphold reasonable standards of behaviour or risk bringing themselves and the entire inclusive Government into disrepute.
Late, late last Thursday night as we were about to leave the newsroom, after "putting to bed" the next day's issue of The Herald, Deputy Chief Sub Editor Rungano Gwanzura, sitting next to me, jerked in his chair in a way that only something least unexpected had caught his attention.
TWO weeks ago (on Sunday June 14), Vanguard published an article in which I complained about the fact that the innocent Ogoni elders - Edward Kobani, Albert Badey, Sam Orage and Theophilus Orage - who were assassinated in l994 by supporters of the late writer/activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, had been forgotten...
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