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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. This is a healthy precaution. If the likes of Prime Minister...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Jomo Kenyatta, Orange Democratic Movement, Vice-Presidents of Kenya, Politics of Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi, Politics
We are about to see an advanced case of ''agreementism'' between world leaders at the Copenhagen climate change meeting. It is a painful and embarrassing disorder with familiar results...They reach earnest consensus that they need to solve a common problem.
Tags: Copenhagen, climate change, Singapore, European Union, Odinga, Diplomatic conferences, Action on climate change, Politics of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Individual and political action on climate change, Environment, Carbon dioxide, Carbon finance, Kyoto Protocol, Unilateralism, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Kenya needs $1,02-billion in the next three years to tap its geothermal power potential, seen as an answer to over-reliance on drought-hit hydroelectric power, Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi said on Monday. Drought has slashed capacity at Kenya's main...
Tags: Kenya, geothermal powered, powered rationing, Nairobi, Geothermal power, Kiraitu Murungi, Renewable energy, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Wind farm, Business Finance, Alternative energy, Wind power, Geothermal energy, Environment, Energy conversion, Sustainable energy, Raila Odinga, Solar energy, Energy economics
The Committee of Experts, which wrote the draft, only dispersed power from the presidency to other institutions, said the lobby groups. “The presidency still retains substantial powers in public appointments,” said Mr Morris Odhiambo, the president of...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Odinga, Politics of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Mwai Kibaki, Politics
In apparent reference to Prime Minister Raila Odinga who has been pushing for the rehabilitation of the Mau, Mr Ruto said leaders who failed to recognise the suffering of the settlers were unfit to hold public office. Speaking in Isiolo, Mr Ruto said...
Tags: Raila Odinga, Mr Ruto, Kenya, Isiolo, Odinga, William Ruto, Mau Forest, Politics of Kenya, Mau, Politics, Kiraitu Murungi, Kenyan presidential election, John Michuki, Environment, Kenyan crisis, Entertainment Culture
A rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of parliamentarians suffer from a brain disease called "corruptophaelia". Welcome to Kenya , as seen and portrayed by Africa's...
Tags: Gado, puppets satire, Mwai Kibaki, African, Uhuru Kenyatta, France, east Africa, South Africa, prime minister, spitting image, Russia, Moscow, Kukly, Raila Odinga, Les Guignols de l'info, Vice-Presidents of Kenya, Politics of Kenya
Boro West councillor Leonard Oriaro and self-proclaimed ODM official Okoth Rondo tore each other’s shirts as mourners watched. The drama unfolded during the burial of Mr Julius Ojoo when master of ceremony George Omondi invited Mr Oriaro to introduce...
Tags: Mr Rondo, Mr Oriaro, Kenya, Nairobi, Odinga, Siaya, Politics of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Siaya District, Politics
Bomet district commissioner Kimani Waweru said the government had given 300 bags of maize, 150 bags of beans, and 150 cartons of cooking fat for squatters from the south western part of the forest. He said the food would be given to the families once...
Tags: Stories Bomet, Kenya, Bomet, Raila Odinga, Squatting, Politics, Politics of Kenya, Vice-Presidents of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki
Kenya— A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections. The proposed...
Tags: Kenyans, draft constitution, Duncan Okello, ethnic group, Raila Odinga, Mwai Kibaki, prime ministers, Kenya, Nairobi
Several thousand people who had settled illegally in Kenya 's most important forest have left their homes at the beginning of an eviction plan designed to end rampant environmental degradation in the Rift valley.
Tags: Kenya, rift valley, Kericho, Mau, Raila Odinga, Okiek, Mau Mau Uprising, Kipsigis, Mau Forest, Environment