MPs to determine next elections date
Daily Nation
A voter casts her ballot. PM Raila Odinga elections are too important to be left to the two principals to decide. Photo/FILE The date for the next General Election will be determined by MPs on the floor of Parliament. This means that President Kibaki …
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Ford-K to mull over alliance with ODM
Daily Nation
Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula, addresses members of the public at a past Ford Kenya rally. PHOTO/ FILE By ERICK NGOBILO engobilo@ke.nationmedia.com Ford Kenya party leaders over the weekend announced their intent to withdraw from the PNU …
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Kibaki allies in new bid to block Raila and ODMThe Standard
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Cop shoots himself dead after night patrol
Capital FM Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 13 – A police officer killed himself at the Ngong Police Station early on Monday after returning from night duty. Constable Stanley Narangwi shot himself in the head at about 6am using an AK-47 rifle that was assigned to him on …
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How Ethiopian militia turned Moyale into battleground
SomalilandPress
NAIROBI — The battle started at a peace meeting convened to end the deadly feud between members of two communities divided by little else than the fact that they share the same district and their leaders have a poisonous hatred for one another.
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Elderly Kenyans threaten UK colonial abuse lawsuit
CBS News
(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of elderly Kenyans are preparing to sue the British government over abuses — including torture, illegal detentions and rape — its forces allegedly committed during its suppression of a 1950s anti-colonial rebellion, …

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How electoral team crafted 80 extra constituencies
The Standard
By ATHMAN AMRAN When delimiting boundaries, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had to get a detailed analysis of population, geographical features and urban centres. It had also to get details of the communities' interests, …
Heed advice on General Election dateDaily Nation
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Raila seeks to mend ODM rifts
Daily Nation
Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday sought to calm the rising tensions within ODM, stating his deputy Musalia Mudavadi was free to seek the party's presidential ticket. (Read: ODM legislators downplay Raila, Musalia rivalry) As Mr Odinga sought to …
Kibaki, Raila to reshuffle PSs ahead of transition to devolutionThe Standard
ODM lawmakers brush off talk of party splitCapital FM Kenya
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Census results for eight districts allowed to stand
The Standard
By Judy Ogutu A Government decision to cancel the last census results for eight districts has been quashed. High Court Judge, Justice Mohamed Warsame, ruled on Tuesday that to allow Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya to cancel the results would be …
No repeat census in NEP, court directsCapital FM Kenya

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State officers to hold overseas accounts after vetting
Capital FM Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 7 – State Officers will be allowed to continue operating overseas bank accounts but only after they get clearance from relevant commissions, under proposals contained in the draft Leadership and Integrity Bill, 2012.

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Obama's grandma injured after car accident
3News NZ
By Tom Odula President Barack Obama's 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was travelling in rolled over. The relative said Sarah Obama was travelling to her home in the village of Kogelo, in western Kenya, …
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