Kenyan President names four key opposition leaders to new Cabinet
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Kenya's Ruto names half-Cabinet amid continuing anti-govt protests
19 july 2024 - 17:58:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's embattled President William Ruto named a partial Cabinet on Friday, five weeks after anti-government protests [...] Full text...
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Kenya fronts opposition leader for top AU Commission post
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Kenyan opposition leads nationwide protests against cost of living
20 march 2023 - 12:30:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leaders were dispersed violently on Monday as they attempted to march to State House, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan electoral body clears four Presidential candidates
07 june 2022 - 00:25:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has completed the nomination of candidates for the 9 [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition veteran Odinga nominated presidential flag bearer
12 march 2022 - 17:06:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four-time presidential election challenger, Raila Odinga, was formally nominated to fly the presidential flag of more [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Odinga launches fifth bid for top job with president's backing
11 december 2021 - 09:54:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga Friday launched his fifth bid for Kenya's presidency, this time with [...] Full text...
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Kenya media faces backlash over anti-corruption reporting
12 september 2020 - 15:12:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan media is facing a backlash over its reporting on corruption from wealthy citizens and [...] Full text...
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Former Tanzanian President Mkapa to be buried at his home village 29 July
24 july 2020 - 17:13:29Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s former president, Benjamin William Mkapa (81), who died on Thursday night will be [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya loses first doctor as pandemic cases hit 9,448
10 july 2020 - 15:49:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A medical doctor has succumbed to coronavirus, bringing into sharp focus the safety of healthcare workers [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta hails Malawi's new President Chakwera
28 june 2020 - 14:53:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta Sunday joined other African leaders in congratulating Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera. Also hailing [...] Full text...
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Kenya-US trade deal won't undermine AfCFTA - Kenyatta tells US
08 february 2020 - 10:10:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has given the assurance that a new bilateral trade deal between Kenya and [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta, Odinga to attend US National Breakfast Meeting
03 february 2020 - 19:40:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader, Raila Odinga, have left for the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan MP who shot DJ remanded in prison custody
20 january 2020 - 11:54:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Babu Owino, a Kenyan legislator who shot a Nairobi club Disc Jockey in the neck in [...] Full text...
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Most Kenyans rooting for referendum - Poll
30 december 2019 - 15:22:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new survey released on Monday shows that majority of Kenyans prefer to take a vote [...] Full text...
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06 february 2018 - 11:40:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have intensified a crackdown against opposition leaders days after the "swearing-in" of opposition leader [...] Full text...
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Kenyan authorities accuse media of subversion
31 january 2018 - 18:05:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities shut down three privately-owned TV stations on Tuesday because they colluded with a criminal [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyans begin big push for August Presidential polls
10 may 2017 - 16:06:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Presidential candidates will formally present nomination papers on 28 and 29 May to mark the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Opposition leaders cry foul over flawed election preparations
03 march 2017 - 06:08:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leaders have voiced concern over the poor state of preparedness by the Electoral and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya's main opposition agree to field single presidential candidate
22 february 2017 - 16:14:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition politicians signed an agreement on Wednesday to form a coalition government but did not [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Opposition names team to 'craft winning formula'
31 january 2017 - 17:32:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a major step forward Kenya's opposition leaders on Tuesday put together an 11-member national co-ordinating [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Deputy President Ruto launches bid to end The Hague trial
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Kenyan election primaries: PM's kin fall
22 january 2013 - 18:50:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga's brother and sister are among the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) aspirants [...] Full text...
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Kenya finance minister falls in party primaries
19 january 2013 - 15:42:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Finance Minister Njeru Githae was the first political heavyweight to fall by the wayside as primaries [...] Full text...
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Kenyan minister, with doubtful qualification, back to gubernatorial race
18 january 2013 - 14:46:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Soita Shitanda, one of the two Kenyan cabinet ministers tossed out of the primaries on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Kenyan security agents on alert against violent party primaries
16 january 2013 - 21:09:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan political parties braced for their most competitive party primaries to select candidates on Thursday for [...] Full text...
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Kenya's electoral body assures on credible, fair polls
16 january 2013 - 17:58:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) on Wednesday assured Kenyans that it will conduct credible and [...] Full text...
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Kenyan PM consolidates opinion poll lead after merger with rival
14 december 2012 - 19:27:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's chances of winning the March 2013 Presidential election have been boosted [...] Full text...
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Kenyan PM Odinga clinches party presidential ticket
07 december 2012 - 17:47:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, flanked by his Zimbabwean counterpart Morgan Tsavangirai, received his Orange Democratic [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ICC suspects seal pre-poll deal
27 november 2012 - 15:03:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's International Criminal Court (ICC) indictees, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and a former Agriculture Minister [...] Full text...
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Kenyan police fire tear gas as protests soar
29 october 2012 - 21:01:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have shot dead four protestors in the western town of Kisumu as they protested the [...] Full text...
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Kenya's top Muslim cleric charged over pro-separatist remarks
18 october 2012 - 08:01:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top Muslim cleric and politician Sheikh Mohamed Dhor was charged Thursday with incitement after his [...] Full text...
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(Corrected) Kenya govt vows to crack down on separatist groups amid escalating violence
08 october 2012 - 22:03:27Eds: Corrects bail bond in para 11 to US$24,000 Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The leader of the separatist Mombasa Republican Council [...] Full text...
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Kenya govt vows to crack down on separatist groups amid escalating violence
08 october 2012 - 20:11:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The leader of the separatist Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), who has been seeking the secession of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan interior minister replaced in minor cabinet shakeup
20 september 2012 - 17:38:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan principals Thursday appointed a substantive interior minister, weeks after coming under intensive pressure to deal [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Odinga's former aide sneaks out to Canada after controversial book launch
17 july 2012 - 15:18:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Prime Minister's former legal advisor, Miguna Miguna, Tuesday flew out to Canada two days after [...] Full text...
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ICC mulls starting Kenya's post-poll violence case after elections
11 june 2012 - 15:47:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering to start the case in which four Kenyans are [...] Full text...
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ICC names judges to try Kenyan election violence case
29 march 2012 - 21:47:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has named a bench of experienced judges, made up of Nigerian, Belgian [...] Full text...
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Kenyan electoral body announces March 2013 poll date
17 march 2012 - 10:22:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has set the country’s General Elections on 4 March 2013, because [...] Full text...
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Kenyans usher in New Year with hope for peaceful power transfer
01 january 2012 - 20:18:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans Sunday ushered in the New Year amid hopes of a peaceful power transfer in an [...] Full text...
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Kenyan leaders tussle over post-election violence
19 october 2011 - 17:42:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday engaged each other in a rare public [...] Full text...
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Kibaki aide begins defence at war crimes court
24 september 2011 - 10:36:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s top-ranking presidential aide and Cabinet Secretary, Francis Muthaura kicked off his defence at the International [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Finance Minister, two others appear before ICC
21 september 2011 - 21:19:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, President Mwai Kibaki’s top aide Francis Muthaura and former Police Chief [...] Full text...
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Kenyan MP risks ICC prosecution over alleged witness intimidation
10 september 2011 - 12:44:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned it may prosecute an ally of crimes against humanity [...] Full text...
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ICC judges probe witnesses over Kenyan poll violence plot
03 september 2011 - 17:41:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Saturday ordered former Kenyan minister William Ruto to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan suspects lose round one plea at ICC pre-trial hearings
01 september 2011 - 16:34:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A fierce legal battle kicked off Thursday when three Kenyan suspects appeared before the International Criminal [...] Full text...
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Anxious moment as Kenyans confront crimes against humanity charges
29 august 2011 - 12:31:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International attention is expected to shift to three prominent Kenyans facing possible trial for crimes against [...] Full text...
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Kenya scraps FIFA election age limit
15 april 2011 - 15:10:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Sports Minister Paul Otuoma, Friday scrapped the age limit set by FIFA on Kenyan football [...] Full text...
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Kenyan post-poll violence suspect claims innocence ahead of ICC appearance
05 april 2011 - 20:36:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - William Ruto, one of the six Kenyans suspected to bear the greatest responsibility for the 2008 [...] Full text...
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Kenya's post-poll violence suspects granted Dutch visas to travel to Hague
31 march 2011 - 19:01:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All the 40 Members of Parliament who want to go to The Hague, The Netherlands, in [...] Full text...
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Kenyan court revokes Kibaki's nomination of judiciary officials
03 february 2011 - 19:31:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya High Court has declared that President Mwai Kibaki breached the constitution when he nominated [...] Full text...
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Kenya gets AU's ministerial backing to delay ICC trials
29 january 2011 - 12:56:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has agreed to offer its total support to Kenya’s efforts to [...] Full text...
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ICC strikes heart of Kenya's grand coalition cabinet
16 december 2010 - 19:25:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment of six Kenyan suspects squarely targeted some senior members of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan govt. Chief Whip loses parliamentary seat
16 april 2010 - 14:53:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA)-- Kenyan Governmentâ?s Chief Whip in Parliament, George Th uo, a senior official in the ruling Party of [...] Full text...
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Kenya launches electronic register to curb poll fraud
12 april 2010 - 13:00:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Prime Minister Raila Odinga became the first Kenyan to r egister electronically as a voter following [...] Full text...
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Kenyaâ?s governing partner plots to undermine rival
02 march 2010 - 17:11:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- One of Kenyaâ?s governing coalition partners, the Party of National Unity (PNU), has waged a fierce [...] Full text...
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Kenya President, PM meet to end stalemate
23 february 2010 - 14:53:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday held closed doo r talks with enstranged Prime Minister Raila [...] Full text...
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Fresh row as Kenyaâ?s coalition partner backs out of cabinet meetings
16 february 2010 - 17:55:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaâ?s governing coalition traded accusations for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday, with the Orange Democratic Movement [...] Full text...
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Kenyan PM declares crisis in govt, seeks urgent AU mediation
15 february 2010 - 17:33:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga declared a crisis in government Monday, following a serious political fallout [...] Full text...
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Kenya President, PM clash over minsters' sanction
15 february 2010 - 10:50:00By David Jagongo- PANA Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Grand Coalition government appeared headed for t he rocks after [...] Full text...
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Kenya's PM suspends two ministers implicated in fraud
14 february 2010 - 14:45:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- In an unexpected move in his fight against corruption an d impunity in government, Kenyaâ?s Prime [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Pressure mounts on celebrated African peace broker to resign
14 february 2010 - 13:29:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Renowned African peace broker, Bethwell Kiplagat, found himself on the receiving end here Sunday with calls [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Parliamentary Committee okays presidential system of government
21 january 2010 - 20:07:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) charged with fine -tuning Kenyaâ?s Harmonized Draft Constitution announced on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Parliamentary committee meets over constitution amid deep divisions
18 january 2010 - 12:46:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaâ?s Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on consti tutional review retreated on Monday to Naivasha town, 100 [...] Full text...
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Kenyan court nullifies election of top ruling party official
17 december 2009 - 12:16:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaâ?s assistant Minister for Trade Omingo Magara, wh o is a top leader of the ruling [...] Full text...
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Kenyan parties wrangle over powers of future presidents
16 december 2009 - 13:18:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyaâ?s main political groupings, the Party of Nationa l Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement [...] Full text...
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Zenawi pledges power handover if opposition wins 2010 poll
12 december 2009 - 15:11:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has pledged to hand over power to the opposition if [...] Full text...
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Minister makes hasty u-turn on Kenya PM censure motion
02 december 2009 - 13:30:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Cabinet Minister William Ruto, the man many believe is t he brain behind the planned no-confidence [...] Full text...
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No let up in Kenya water tower restoration, says Odinga
23 november 2009 - 17:34:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government's efforts to restore the Mau Complex and all other water towers in the [...] Full text...
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ICC appoints judges to probe Kenya poll-violence suspects
07 november 2009 - 12:39:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has appointed thr ee judges to establish whether to commence investigations [...] Full text...
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Nairobi Mayor retains seat
03 august 2009 - 20:27:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Orange Democratic Movementa?s (ODM) Geoffrey Majiwa Monday retained his seat as Nairobi Mayor, after beating [...] Full text...
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Poll violence: Kenya establishes truth commission
22 july 2009 - 19:21:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Renowned diplomat and peace maker, Ambassador Bethuel Ki plagat, has been selected to chair Kenya's Truth, [...] Full text...
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Chinese ruling party signs cooperation pact with Kenya's Orange Movement
06 may 2009 - 07:53:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have signed a pact [...] Full text...
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Kenyan leader reshuffles cabinet amid simmering coalition war
04 may 2009 - 13:11:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Monday appointed a new Just ice Minister,Mutula Kilonzo, to replace key ally [...] Full text...
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Kenya Speaker steps in to save Coalition Govt
28 april 2009 - 19:02:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly, Kenneth Mare nde Tuesday took up the chairmanship of [...] Full text...
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Kenya may use force against Uganda over disputed Island
22 april 2009 - 17:36:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan parliamentarian Wednesday signalled intentions to introduce a new law authorising President Mwai Kibaki to [...] Full text...
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Kenya’s Kibaki reopens parliament, downplays coalition wars
21 april 2009 - 14:57:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s parliament returned to session on Tuesday (21Apr il) amid heightened rifts within the ruling grand [...] Full text...
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Kibaki offers to mend cabinet rift, push reform agenda in Kenya
14 april 2009 - 18:20:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday broke his silence o n the war bedeviling his ruling Grand [...] Full text...
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Graft dragging us back, says Kenya PM
11 april 2009 - 18:17:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya President Raila Odinga said Kenya could have joine d the industrialised world had non-reformists and [...] Full text...
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Political tension rises in Kenya as coalition partner threatens to go
07 april 2009 - 15:27:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A principal partner in Kenya's grand coalition governmen t, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), warned President [...] Full text...
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Second Kenya minister resigns in two days (updating)
07 april 2009 - 12:30:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Assistant Minister for Medical Service, Mr. Dans on Mugatana, resigned here Tuesday in solidarity [...] Full text...
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Law Society urges Kenyan govt. to implement peace agreement
28 march 2009 - 13:13:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The East African Law Society (EALS) on Saturday urged th e Kenyan government to speed up [...] Full text...
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Kenya PM, govt spokesman differ on rights activists’ killing
06 march 2009 - 19:04:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government Friday distanced itself from the g unning down of two human rights activists [...] Full text...
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Poll violence: Kofi Annan 'summons' Kenyan leaders for talks
26 february 2009 - 14:58:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Disturbed by Kenya's failure to beat the deadline for the formation of a special tribunal to [...] Full text...
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Kibaki backpedals on Kenya’s controversial media law
07 january 2009 - 15:01:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, apparently yielding to pub lic outcry, Wednesday directed the Attorney General (AG), [...] Full text...
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Kenya govt defends controversial media law
06 january 2009 - 09:18:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Three days after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law the controversial Kenya Communications 2008 (Amendment) [...] Full text...
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Kenya's coalition govt. on bumpy stretch again
02 january 2009 - 13:00:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA): Kenya's loose grand coaliti-on government is once again headed for a major clash between the main parties, [...] Full text...
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