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Agriculture minister William Ruto signalled his determination to defend Mau settlers, describing the leaders behind the evictions as "heartless".
More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday.
Low bulk power purchase tariffs are blocking private investors from developing low cost sources of electricity such as geothermal and wind power.
The government has said that Kenya's post election violence witnesses have received threats.
So, where does Nelson Mandela reckon he'll end up when the moment we all dread comes and he leaves this life?
Women leaders have lauded the draft constitution saying it recognises women's rights.
General Farah Ahmed Omar alias General Farah Qare, the Commander of the Somali Coat Guard has expressed hopelessness against pirates.
The judiciary is uncomfortable about proposals in the draft constitution that will effectively suspend all High Court and Court of Appeal judges and re-admit only those cleared of corruption.
As the Mau controversy rages, the fate of 15,000 squatters recently evicted from Embobut Forest in the Cherangany water catchment remains uncertain.
Kenyans will no longer elect their members of Parliament and the president the same day if the proposed constitution is enacted next year.
It is refreshing to learn that some top leaders do not wish to comment on the draft constitution to avoid influencing the outcome of the debate before Kenyans have made up their own minds.
Cabinet minister Beth Mugo's confirmation that the nine deaths at Kamiti Maximum Prison were caused by cholera is significant in two ways.
A year ago, President Kibaki accented to the Anti Counterfeits Act as Kenya's manufacturing sector buckled under the weight of fake and cheaply priced goods, especially from Asia.
President Kibaki has asked the Bretton Woods institutions to increase their support to Kenya to help fight unemployment among other issues.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has continued his push for the conservation of water towers and asked politicians "to leave politics out of government activities."
Kenya is yet to recover from the negative effects of the financial crisis that affected most world economies this year.
The images of past and current Kenyan heads of state could soon fade from local currency if the newly unveiled draft constitution sails through.
The steady shift from equities to fixed debt instruments as the main form of raising capital by both public and private entities has exposed the lack of depth in the capital markets when it comes to competently handling bond transactions.
Kenya last Tuesday inched closer towards realising its 20-year old quest for a new constitutional order when the so-called Committee of Experts released the Harmonised Draft Constitution.
As Kenya embarks on overhauling its constitution, questions remain over how the new law will sit with the integration of the East African Community, the proposed Political Federation and how different it is from the constitutions of other member states.
An ambitious investment programme by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company could, in less than five years, end the East African powerhouse's reliance on expensive fossil-fuel based power from independent power producers.
The government on Sunday ordered Mau Forest squatters out of makeshift camps as it stepped up efforts to clear settlers out of the water catchment.
David Kipkosgei Mutai led a 1-2-3 sweep for Kenyans as he emerged winner of the MTN Kampala Marathon that started at Kololo Airstrip yesterday.
The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) senior challenge Cup kicks off in Nairobi and Mumias on Saturday.
Zambia coach Herve Renard has said Chipolopolo Boys are ready to take on Kenya's Harambee Stars in the CECAFA tournament opener match next Saturday.
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