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How Maasais Benefited From Their Liaison With the British

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Peter Mwaura Nairobi Champions of Maasai rights say the community was forcibly ejected from their land by the British. The Maasai liaison with the British at a time when the community was at its...

Kenya: Health Sector to Get Funding

Posted to the web 30 September 2008 John Ngirachu Nairobi Patients are set to benefit from improved health care in public hospitals following an agreement between Kenyan and Dutch governments for funding to the tune of...

Murugi Proposes Life Term for FGM Culprits

Posted to the web 9 September 2008 Fred Mukinda Nairobi People who practise female circumcision should be jailed for life, a Cabinet minister has proposed. The practice, according to Gender and Children Affairs minister...

Kenya: Teacher Hiring Marred By Tribalism

Posted to the web 13 August 2008 Silas Nthiga Nairobi Tribalism and nepotism have marred the ongoing primary school teacher recruitment in some districts of Eastern Province with applicants being rejected on ethnic grounds....

Firm That Lost 21 Workers

Posted to the web 12 August 2008 John Ngirachu Nairobi Friday August 8, 1998, started like any other day for the 21 employees of Consolidated Insurance Brokers in Nairobi. Andrew Gitau Muriithi was at work at his office on the...

Kenyan bishops at Lambeth?

The Nation reports on Kenyan bishops in England by Kenneth Ogosia: About 10 Anglican Church of Kenya bishops are in England, raising fears that they will attend the Lambeth Conference that kicks off today, the Nation can...

Prison Officers 'Threat to National Security'

Kenya: Prison Officers 'Threat to National Security' Posted to the web 16 July 2008 Jeff Otieno And David Mugonyi Nairobi A 14-member committee appointed to investigate the prison crisis came face to face with the rot in nearly...

Kenya: Rallying - Onyoni And Himanshu Make Comeback in Weekend Race

Former two-wheel-drive rally contender Richard Onyoni and Himanshu Shah will make a comeback when the KCB Simba Savings Rally goes to Embu on Saturday and Sunday. ... Shah returns to rallying two years since taking part in the KCB Personal Loan Rally in Nakuru with...

Five Passengers Die As Matatu Overturns

Five people died and nine others were seriously injured when a matatu overturned along the Embu-Makutano road in Kirinyaga District. ... The vehicle with 14 passengers, was travelling to Nairobi from Embu when the accident occurred. Four passengers died on the spot while...

Coffee Miller to Pay Farmers Sh84m

A court has ordered a coffee miller to pay farmers in Embu over Sh84.5 million as compensation for coffee they delivered the factory nearly 10 years ago. ... Embu resident judge Joyce Khaminwa ordered Thika Coffee Mills Company to pay the money to farmers affiliated to...

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