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MINISTER WILLIAM RUTO and retired President Moi made important statements early this week to the effect that Kenyans must learn to seek homegrown solutions to local problems.
THIS COUNTRY IS THREATEN-ed. And it is not because we have an unbearable Constitution or electoral boundaries. It is rather because we are tribes or micro-nations whose political and economic needs and interests are not being protected by the current Constitution and electoral boundaries.
IN RECENT DAYS, SOME POLITI-cians have been trying to convince the world that Kenya is a sovereign nation that cannot be dictated to by foreign powers and individuals. They claim that the likes of Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Kofi Annan are foreigners meddling in Kenyan affairs.
Since my academic career was launched and nurtured in Uganda, and Uganda is the source of the Nile, I regard my professional life as a child of the Nile. I have had a special relationship with Uganda. What do I owe the country? I owe Uganda my loyalty and creative engagement. But I also owe Ugandans eternal frankness. I was after all a citizen as well as a scholar. I learnt things in Uganda which ...
A move hailed as one of the boldest yet in reforming the 8-4-4 education system is turning out to be a nightmare for secondary school teachers and students.
It will be another two years before Kenyans can dare dream of featuring in the Africa Cup of Nations. The country's campaign for the World Cup and Africa Nations Cup in 2010 was nipped in the bud largely because of poor management and wrangles off the pitch.
Ugandans, whose national football team, the Cranes, failed to qualify for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, are consoling themselves with the prestigious Fifa World Cup trophy as it arrives in Kampala enroute to South Africa.
The stage is set for Monday's East Africa AMU Championship, which will determine the overall winner in the region in motocross. Kenya have an edge over their rivals from Uganda and Tanzania, but must not let complacency creep in as they envisage victory.
World Cross Country Championships sensation Chemtai Rionotukei made a successful start in the cross country season as she won the seventh edition of Tecla Lorupe Kapenguria Peace Run women's elites on Saturday.
Seven countries, including Kenya, have so far confirmed participation in the Central Gauteng's International Teams Championship in South Africa, according to information obtained from the Central Gauteng Golf Union's website.
Yes we can! This was the clear message of hope by 6,285 fans who embraced the memorable moments with the Fifa World Cup trophy at Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) said over the weekend it was against the proposal in the draft constitution to have public school teachers be employed mainly by the devolved authorities.
An effort by Rift Valley members of Parliament to come up with a harmonised memorandum for the creation of the region's new administrative boundaries has failed to materialise.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Sunday asked the government and other agencies to urgently provide humanitarian aid to hundreds of families who have left South Western Mau.
In what way can our State House retaliate against the District of Columbia's White House?
Kenya's plan to transform itself into a newly industrialised middle-income economy by 2030 is under threat, a new study shows.
Kenyan software developers must adopt a development methodology that promote quality, thoroughness, predictability, reliability and consistency if they are to be competitive globally.
Recently, a major real estate brokerage house in Nairobi released an index that showed a decline in house prices in the city for the first and second quarters of 2009.
Graca Machel arrives in Kenya this weekend.
It was celebration galore from every nook and cranny of the country yesterday and great relief for players and Nigerians at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya when the Super Eagles survived a huge scare from the Harambee Stars to secure the sole Group B ticket to the next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.
Kenya could be sucked into the Somalia conflict unless the recruitment of youths to take part in the war stops, analysts have warned.
The lords of Malindi salt mines have been riding roughshod over area residents with impunity. Beneath the veneer of the successful mining firms are tales of hopelessness as many local residents are living under the fear of eviction, environmental-induced illnesses, human rights violations and general exploitation.
Kenya has come up with a new strategy for developing biodiesel industry as a clean source of energy. The move is aimed at reducing over dependence on fossil fuel imports. Biofuels have global significance as they attempt to address changing patterns in energy supply and demand as well as cut down emissions of green house gases articulated by the Kyoto Protocol.
The quest for a common market for the five member states of the East African Community comes to a reality on Friday. The heads of states will put pen to paper to the protocol giving life to a common market at a ceremony to be held in Arusha, Tanzania.
Resistance to a government scheme to upgrade housing in Nairobi's Kibera slum is enmeshed in economics, history and identity.
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