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The US has urged the coalition government principals to aid faster resolution of any contentious issues in the draft constitution to ensure it is passed.
The draft constitution drastically reduces the powers of the President and shares them with the Prime Minister and Parliament. It proposes that the next President exercises his powers and functions on the advice of the Cabinet and the approval of Parliament.
The search for a new constitution has lasted almost as long as Kenya has been independent. The original body of laws agreed during the Lancaster conference in London did not enjoy unanimous support, contrary to popular perception.
The circus surrounding the Lamu county council elections does not seem to end and has resurfaced in the form of applications and counter applications being filed in court.
Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka says Malindi needs an international airport to open up northern Kenya economically and trap the unexploited tourism potential.
Weapons handed over to Kenyan authorities when 17 suspected Somali pirates were brought into the country were identified in court on Tuesday.
Kenya Ports Authority's women's basketball team lost 47-54 to Abidjan Basketball Club (ABC) of Cote d'Ivoire in their second Group B match of the 15th Fiba Africa Champions Cup for women in Benin on Monday.
Stand-in Harambee Stars coach Twahir Muhiddin on Tuesday said he was looking to make just five changes to the team for the up-coming Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Kenya.
Footbridges are badly needed on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, to ensure the safety of pedestrians, but covering them up with billboards and other adverts creates room for robbers and rapists who hide and pounce on users, says Wangui Munyua. "The additional panelling on the sides of the bridge to accommodate advertising contributes to insecurity as crooks hide behind them." She hopes the Kangemi Bridge on ...
Before the Committee of Experts released the Harmonised Draft Constitution on Tuesday, it had gradually been preparing the ground by steadily leaking the contents to the media with the intention of testing the waters. But all that has emerged is that the committee has fallen prey to the adage: "The greatest lesson we learn from history is that we don't learn from history".
The long-awaited harmonised Draft Constitution was released on Tuesday. This event is historic for two reasons: First, it is almost four years since the failed referendum; and secondly, this is the fourth draft being placed before Kenyans.
The war against the scourges of impunity and its equally noxious bedfellows, the imperial executive, lack of accountability and pervasive corruption has been an exhausting and often discouraging affair. But the offensive is gathering pace fast.
District security teams from Rongo and Trans Mara West met at the clash-torn border as more families fled from their homes.
The Women Enterprise Fund will be transformed into a bank to enable it to reach as many people as possible throughout the country.
A drugs agency is pushing for a law that allows rapid tests on students in schools to fight alcohol abuse.
Royal Nairobi Golf Club's Ken Abuto will take on Vet Lab's Ali Kimani in the first semi-final of the inaugural Musimba Investments Matchplay Championship at Royal Nairobi on Wednesday morning.
The third edition of the Safaricom Imenti South 10km road race has attracted top elites, including Hong Kong marathon champion Cyprian Kiogora, veteran Sally Barsosio, Emma Muthoni Kiruki and John Yego.
Government got the green light to spend Sh567.7 billion in the 2009/2010 financial Tuesday but not without a reprimand from the House to better manage its budget.
The debate over the restoration of the Mau Forest is set to find its way back to Parliament after Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto asked for a statement from Prime Minister Raila Odinga over the matter.
Kenya will next week host a green electricity conference to develop a mixed power generation plan to meet rising needs.
Kenyans will exchange their ordinary bulbs for energy conserving ones at no cost from January next year under a government energy saving project.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has ploughed in Sh296 million $4 million) in support of the Kenya government's facilitation of suspected Somali pirates trials.
Hopes for a new constitution in Kenya were high today November 17, as the country launched the harmonized draft that will be reviewed by the Kenyans in the next thirty days.
Four stockbrokers have lost a crucial income opportunity after the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) struck them off a list of service providers, denying them millions of shillings in brokerage fees.
The battle for a piece of Kenya's battery market is set to intensify with the entry of a new manufacturer to be based in Kisii town.
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