Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned by the growing tension between the parties to the Western Sahara negotiations, which have increased following the recent detention of several groups of Saharawi activists.
The eviction of squatters from the Mau Forest was top on the agenda of the weekly meeting between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Tuesday.
CABINET Minister William Ruto has invited Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to be the guests of honour at a fundraising in aid of the Mau forest evictees.
Several ruling party lawmakers yesterday moved to defy odds and throw their weight behind the opposition's crusade against the government's land law reform proposals as contained in the Land (Amendment) Bill 2008.
South Rift MPs yesterday snubbed a function in Chepalungu by Prime Minister Raila Odinga in protest over the Mau evictions.
Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately wants to return to his village, Mestarei, from which he was forced to leave in 2003, but cannot because others have occupied his land.
Agriculture minister William Ruto signalled his determination to defend Mau settlers, describing the leaders behind the evictions as "heartless".
Relief food sent to Bomet and Bureti districts for Mau Forest evictees has been re-directed to Kuresoi.
Ghost companies hold titles to some Government land in Nairobi, frustrating housing projects in the city.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga yesterday came under fire from two Pentagon members and MPs from Rift Valley who are unhappy with his handling of the Mau Forest and the ODM party.
Parliament met on Wednesday, November 18 at 2:00pm to continue debating the Land Amendment Bill. The Speaker, Edward Ssekandi, chaired the session. Below are the proceedings.
Libyan President Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has called for an end to the buying and selling of African farmland by rich nations during UN hunger summit the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy.
Parliament has urged the government to allocate more money to agrarian reform, saying SA cannot afford to postpone this any longer and the lack of sufficient funding would compromise its development agenda.
The awareness of the proposed Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 by Ugandans has declined since last year by 11 percent, a new poll has revealed.
THE Land Claims Commission cannot afford to honour at least R10bn in outstanding commitments to land owners and claimants, Business Day has established.
