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Some months ago, a friend who resides in Cape Town called me a lesbian. She did not give me that honourable title because I do the things which lesbians do - which I do not know - but because I sleep late and wake up early and I do not buy pirated DVDs.
Agriculture minister William Ruto Friday moved to court seeking to expunge his name from a report linking him to post-election violence.
THE cat is finally out of the bag. The much awaited draft constitution for Kenya was finally unveiled this week by Kenya's top coalition leadership at a colourful ceremony in Nairobi, the capital city. Except for President Kibaki who was away in Addis Ababa for an AU Climate Summit, Kenya's Prime Minister, Vice President and top cabinet ministers were all there to witness history unfolding.
THE increased entry of foreign runners particularly from Kenya, looks set to cut chances of another Ugandan victory in the MTN Kampala International marathon on Sunday. Francis Musani wants to retain the title while Joseph Nsubuga will hope to repeat his feat of five years ago.
OBRADOVIC Tomislav will stand in for besieged Amavubi head coach Branko Tucak at this year's Orange Challenge Cup which kicks off next Saturday in Kenya.
Power in Kenya will be divided between a president and a prime minister under the new constitution. The draft, unlike the current law, is clear on the authority of the President and the PM.
The uninspiring granite exterior of the London Stock Exchange provided the quiet backdrop for a meeting that would almost have gone unnoticed, if it did not have such a strong bearing on Africa's growth prospects.
Houses left behind by Mau settlers were demolished on Thursday in a clear indication that the government would not allow the evicted squatters to return to the forest.
A wheat flour shortage looms as Somali pirates hit closer home -- our dinner tables.
When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help. Instead, she found herself so severely ostracized, she felt she had to move out.
The government plans to deploy more security officers in the Mau forest amid threats by local politicians to lead evicted settlers back into the forest.
African countries have been urged to support the International Criminal Court to promote justice and peace.
Treasury is emerging as the missing link in the quest for a better livelihood for a huge fraction of Kenyans and accelerated economic growth through bureaucratic red tape.
The Committee of Experts did a sterling job in publishing the draft of the proposed new constitution within a very short time frame.
Despite high-sounding pledges, Kenya's war against corruption is yet to record significant gains.
Merge or perish, is the message Mr Joseph Nyaga, Co-operatives Development and Marketing minister, has for savings and credit co-operative societies.
African states have been urged to support the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution that can be sued to further justice and peace.
The Italian government has expressed satisfaction in the usage of Sh 240 million being spent in various integrated projects in the Coast Province supervised and coordinated by the Coast Development Authority (CDA).
A sea of humanity jammed Mombasa's Moi International Airport on Wednesday evening as the largest group of 270 Muslims pilgrims left the country for the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah.
The Cabinet will determine whether needy Kenyans will receive food subsidies under a new programme.
Kenyans leaving the Mau Forest will begin receiving humanitarian assistance from the government.
The government is grappling with the question of the law under which Kenyans should endorse the harmonised draft Constitution at a national referendum.
A burial ceremony degenerated into fist fight when two politicians disagreed over a microphone.
Street preachers, touts and those who promote or sell anything by shouting are some of the people put on notice by a new environmental regulation set to come into force on Sunday.
A last-minute change to the draft constitution has allowed teachers to remain under one national employer.
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