/-/1148/1148/-/xvvu7uz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Parties+in+rush+to+meet+tough+rules+/-/1064/1318846/-/11copqkz/-/index.html Political parties will not be given additional time if they fail to meet stringent requirements for registration after the expiry of the deadline in April. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyans+feel+marginalised+says+truth+commission+/-/1064/1318942/-/k5ehg7/-/index.html Most Kenyans feel they have been marginalised in one way or another, according to a Truth commissioner. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Mosque+sues+bank+over+terror+link+claim+/-/1056/1318814/-/nf5oirz/-/index.html A mosque in Nairobi has sued a bank for allegedly releasing confidential information to a United Nations monitoring group linking it to Al-Shabaab. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Court+bars+debate+over+whether+ICC+pair+will+run+for+presidency+/-/1064/1318842/-/bu2pgo/-/index.html The High Court has banned all public debate on whether Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto are eligible to contest the presidency. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Ocampo+can+collectively+address+appeal+quests+Judge+/-/1064/1318938/-/15naseiz/-/index.html ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has been given the green light to respond collectively to applications for leave to appeal filed by post-election violence suspects Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Francis Muthaura and Joshua Sang. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/128+magistrates+moved+in+major+shuffle+/-/1056/1318756/-/ul2x8j/-/index.html Six magistrates were moved to the registry in mass transfers made by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on Thursday. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Man+tells+court+of+ordeal+in+womens+cell+/-/1056/1318914/-/sj6o17z/-/index.html The cells at Nairobi’s Central Police Station have been turned into brothels with women and men sharing lockups and police supplying condoms for a fee. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Patients+demand+more+funds+for+Aids+drugs+/-/1056/1318892/-/1168fa8z/-/index.html People living with HIV/Aids and rights activists have protested against lack of funding and a government policy they say is intent on stripping the disease of its special status. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/School+heads+set+to+sign+contracts+/-/1056/1318822/-/yfo4ud/-/index.html Head teachers should be put on three-year renewable contracts, a task force on education reform has recommended. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/County+Bill+spells+out+strict+code+of+conduct+/-/1064/1318802/-/21urb7z/-/index.html Seeking sex from prostitutes, fighting in public, insulting people or engaging in corruption will see county representatives sent packing if a new Bill becomes law. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Students+in+technical+institutes+may+receive+Helb+loans+/-/1056/1318836/-/vdinm6/-/index.html Students in technical institutes may receive support from the Higher Education Loans Board should the government implement recommendations of a taskforce that aims to realign the education sector to the Constitution. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Team+set+up+to+decide+how+Kenyans+abroad+will+vote+/-/1064/1318808/-/u3panlz/-/index.html A team has been set up to determine how Kenyans living abroad will vote in the coming General Election. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+mum+on+call+to+back+Raila+for+top+seat+/-/1064/1318934/-/eng74iz/-/index.html President Kibaki on Thursday declined to bow to pressure from ODM members of Parliament to endorse Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the presidency. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Proposed+education+system+too+expensive+/-/1056/1318830/-/qhxfho/-/index.html Kenya could be burdened with an education system that is too expensive to maintain if the government implements proposals by a taskforce, a civil society group and the teachers’ union have said. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Former+AP+seized+over+militia+links++/-/1056/1318874/-/tx9i36z/-/index.html Police in Garissa have arrested a former administration police officer believed to have been coordinating Al-Shabaab attacks in the country. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Bandas+son+has+links+with+Kenya+elite+/-/1056/1318860/-/jhco39/-/index.html The son of Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda, who is wanted at home to answer to corruption charges, has strong links with a section of Kenya’s elite. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Guard+seeks+to+join+Baraza+case+/-/1056/1318818/-/u851y3z/-/index.html A security guard, who alleges she was assaulted by Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza wants the court to allow her join a case challenging a tribunal set to investigate Ms Baraza’s conduct. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Riots+in+Isiolo+over+killing+/-/1056/1318900/-/bl0hbfz/-/index.html Street riots engulfed Isiolo Town on Thursday following the killing of a 33-year-old man by police officers on patrol. 2012-02-02T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/EAC+region+one+of+fastest+growing++/-/1006/1318982/-/14uhfy4z/-/index.html Economies of the East African Community member states grew by more than five per cent last year, making the region one of the fastest growing in world. 2012-02-02T18:07:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Facebook+fever+as+firm+goes+public++/-/1006/1318972/-/bmcxm/-/index.html Investors came down with Facebook fever after the social networking titan filed to go public and seek to raise $5 billion 2012-02-02T18:04:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Transport+sector+in+western+to+get+facelift+/-/1006/1318968/-/qyd2giz/-/index.html President Mwai Kibaki and Prime minister Raila Odinga landed in Kisumu on Thursday, with a bag of goodies targeting the transport sector in the region. 2012-02-02T18:01:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/tennis/Nikita+out+to+exorcise+semi+final+demons+at+Nairobi+Club+/-/442212/1318908/-/lnccbhz/-/index.html The fast-rising Kenya’s Nikita Dawda reached three semi-finals of the ITF East African 18 and Under Junior Circuit in Burundi and Rwanda last December. 2012-02-02T17:32:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kuppet+disowns+medical+scheme+/-/1056/1318812/-/5231m4/-/index.html Post-primary education teachers union has disowned the medical insurance scheme signed between the National Hospital Insurance Fund and it rival, Kenya National Union of Teachers. 2012-02-02T17:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Is+it+healing+or+impunity/-/440804/1318878/-/4q5akz/-/index.html Leaders from Rift Valley and areas in Central Province bordering it have been agitating against pursuing the cases of people who committed mass murder, rape and arson during the post-election violence. 2012-02-02T17:10:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Interrogate+Bill+on+county+management+/-/440804/1318876/-/14xtifg/-/index.html The publication of a Bill on county management structure is a significant step in the Constitution’s implementation. 2012-02-02T17:08:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Gabon+upbeat+ahead+of+tie+/-/1090/1318904/-/mx4rbf/-/index.html Gabon tuned up for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final with a training session at the country’s national Omnisport stadium here on Thursday. 2012-02-02T17:01:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Gabon+upbeat+ahead+of+tie+/-/1102/1318856/-/slj19w/-/index.html Gabon tuned up for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final with a training session at the country’s national Omnisport stadium here on Thursday. 2012-02-02T17:01:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+cutting+edge+/-/440802/1318732/-/14vn6o4z/-/index.html Buses fitted with big, loud horns operating on Thika superhighway have become a nuisance to the residents of Kasarani, Zimmerman, Kahawa and Githurai in Nairobi, who are woken up daily at the ungodly hour of 3am, moans John Murithi. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why+is+there+no+passion+to+punish+all+who+killed/-/440808/1318726/-/6yawmiz/-/index.html I was surprised, and amused in equal measure, by the divergent reactions to confirmation of charges against the four top Kenyans by ICC judges some days ago. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/All+teachers+in+public+schools+should+be+bound/-/440808/1318728/-/clcf8bz/-/index.html The release of the KCPE examination results late last year witnessed high drama manifested in some parents attacking teachers perceived to be underperforming. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Flawed+vetting+caused+the+Baraza+fiasco+/-/440808/1318730/-/rlqv8dz/-/index.html As we debate the case of Mrs Rebecca Kerubo versus Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza, we must remember that without justice, there is no equality, freedom or love. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Tame+rogue+politicians+to+prevent+poll+chaos+/-/440806/1318718/-/ukfcl/-/index.html The way our politicians are handling the delicate ethnicity matter is of great concern. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Africa+shouldnt+blame+ICC/-/440806/1318720/-/jani6wz/-/index.html I read columnist Dann Mwangi’s article ‘ICC ruling amounted to politicising justice which will in the end destroy it’ in Thursday’s Daily Nation with astonishment. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Tribal+vitriol+in+social+networks/-/440806/1318722/-/5aihnh/-/index.html It seems the only good thing to have come out of Facebook is US President Barack Obama’s successful presidential campaign. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Proposed+education+reforms+will+reduce+gap/-/440806/1318716/-/il0603/-/index.html The proposed education reforms are long overdue. 2012-02-02T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Guinea+draw+gifts+Mali+quarters+/-/1090/1318902/-/nshbmh/-/index.html With five minutes of stoppage time playing out in the Ghana versus Guinea match in Franceville, Mali players had a nervous wait after their final whistle 2012-02-02T16:57:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Guinea+draw+gifts+Mali+quarters+/-/1102/1318840/-/15j2aqsz/-/index.html With five minutes of stoppage time playing out in the Ghana versus Guinea match in Franceville, Mali players had a nervous wait after their final whistle 2012-02-02T16:57:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Wanyama+a+huge+hit+with+leaders+Celtic+/-/1102/1318834/-/vl1uqe/-/index.html Kenyan international Victor Mugubi Wanyama is proving to be a key player in Scotland as the Premier League leaders Celtic bid for three trophies this season. 2012-02-02T16:54:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Gor+vow+to+bottle+up+Tusker+/-/1102/1318824/-/im0atdz/-/index.html Football Kenya Federation Cup champions Gor Mahia stepped up their psychological assault on Tusker ahead of their Dstv/SuperSport Cup clash on Sunday 2012-02-02T16:48:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Dispute+between+oil+refinery+and+KRA+headed+to+the+courts+/-/1006/1318776/-/67u6yn/-/index.html A dispute between the taxman and the oil refinery over payment of Sh1.6 billion in customs duty and penalties appears to be headed for the long haul 2012-02-02T16:04:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sudan+dam+protest+at+presidents+doorstep+/-/1066/1318766/-/o0jufb/-/index.html Supporters of residents displaced by a dam north of Khartoum took their long-running protest to the doorstep of Sudan's president on Thursday. 2012-02-02T15:35:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Deported+Rwandan+charged+with+planning+genocide+/-/1066/1318764/-/7rreduz/-/index.html A Rwandan sought by authorities in Kigali over the 1994 genocide and deported by Canada after a long legal battle, was Thursday charged with genocide planning 2012-02-02T15:29:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Algeria+to+hold+parliamentary+poll+by+mid+May+PM/-/1066/1318762/-/q5rcg3z/-/index.html Algeria will hold a parliamentary election in the first half of May, the first in the north African country since a wave of popular uprisings in the region 2012-02-02T15:22:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Senegals+Wade+dismisses+protests+foreign+pressure+mounts+/-/1066/1318760/-/8lw6gd/-/index.html Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade mocked protests against his bid for a third term as a "light breeze" as the opposition mulled its next move 2012-02-02T15:21:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1318750/-/yx0pxyz/-/index.html President Kibaki on Thursday opened the expanded Kisumu International Airport which previously only handled domestic flights. 2012-02-02T14:51:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Hague+to+visit+Kenya+in+horn+of+Africa+tour/-/1066/1318712/-/hnnk6o/-/index.html British Foreign Secretary William Hague is expected to visit Kenya on Friday after a tour of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday. 2012-02-02T13:10:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1318650/-/13lj7gx/-/index.html The economies of East African Community member states grew by more than five percent last year making the region one of fastest growing in world. 2012-02-02T11:31:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Romney+stumbles+as+Gingrich+eyes+Trump+boost/-/1068/1318632/-/oouvhi/-/index.html Republican White House frontrunner Mitt Romney stumbled a day after his Florida triumph with a gaffe about poor Americans, while rival Newt Gingrich eyed a boost Thursday from Donald Trump. 2012-02-02T10:49:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Syria+opposition+commemorates+Hama+massacre/-/1068/1318630/-/uuklhpz/-/index.html Syria's opposition called protests Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Hama massacre, as Arab and Western countries moved closer to agreement on action to halt a regime crackdown on dissent. 2012-02-02T10:47:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/NATO+discusses+US+plans+to+end+Afghan+combat+mission/-/1068/1318628/-/91idas/-/index.html NATO allies discuss Thursday US plans to end combat operations in Afghanistan in 2013 and shift to a training mission, as the alliance seeks to wind down a war that has dragged on for a decade. 2012-02-02T10:46:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hundreds+stranded+overnight+on+trains+in+icy+Italy/-/1068/1318626/-/9cpnupz/-/index.html Hundreds of people were trapped overnight on trains 2012-02-02T10:44:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1318612/-/yx0qtwz/-/index.html Kenyans in diaspora now want the government to confirm the use of electrical voting in the next general election . 2012-02-02T10:00:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1318584/-/awrpek/-/index.html Because in our country, and on our continent, HIV has pervaded the most intimate moments in peoples’ relationships, it has burrowed itself deep into the very soul of our most unmentionable of taboos — sex. 2012-02-02T09:26:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Court+gags+debate+on+Uhuru+Ruto+bid+for+top+seat/-/1064/1318564/-/61bw90/-/index.html Constitutional Court bars public discussion on the eligibility of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to run in the next presidential elections 2012-02-02T08:39:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Tech/Facebook+Zuckerberg+to+keep+iron+grip+after+IPO/-/1017288/1318590/-/14qb4r8z/-/index.html Facebook unveils plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, but makes it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company 2012-02-02T07:15:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Scores+killed+in+Egypt+football+disaster/-/1102/1318536/-/x6hb4c/-/index.html At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured when rival fans clashed after a football match in Port Said, Egypt. 2012-02-02T07:06:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Trade+the+key+to+ending+clashes/-/1107872/1318046/-/pg137dz/-/index.html Clashes between the Marakwet and Pokot over cattle have cost the two communities dearly 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Flourspar+mining+set+to+be+the+real+big+earner/-/1107872/1318014/-/pql7s7/-/index.html Fluorspar mining could be one of the big earners for Elgeyo-Marakwet county 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Beauty+and+culture+for+the+tourist+trail/-/1107872/1318008/-/alokxs/-/index.html The landscape is breathtaking. Waterfalls cascade over the gigantic escarpment and provide beautiful scenery 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/-/1107872/1318004/-/n9cpnkz/-/index.html Elgeyo-Marakwet is the Mecca of world long distance runners. More than 5,000 athletes are on the roads 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Beating+the+cost+of+chronic+illnesses+/-/435440/1318100/-/y1g5m3z/-/index.html Healthcare costs have spiralled out of control. Over the last one year, medical institutions have increased their fees while insurance companies have raised their premiums. 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Making+waffles+has+cemented+his+future+/-/435440/1318116/-/g054uh/-/index.html He is young, outgoing, and confident; a go-getter who believes in achievement. At 31, Geoffrey Matanda is the brain behind Mpe Holding Company Limited 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Wealth+comes+through+faith+and+action++/-/435440/1318124/-/8q8gx4z/-/index.html IN “WEALTH IS THE PRODUCT of action”, we elaborated going beyond setting goals and differentiating between desire and wishes. 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Hope+for+fair+sharing+of+power+in+new+era/-/1107872/1318026/-/ij86mqz/-/index.html The Keiyo and Marakwet have a long history of rivalry. During the 24-year rule of former President Moi, the Marakwet 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/30000+squatters+fight+for+their+rights/-/1107872/1318050/-/8fba8yz/-/index.html The county has more than 30,000 landless people who have been forest squatters since 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Kenyas+first+underwater+museum/-/957860/1318070/-/op47ke/-/index.html Just before the Portuguese surrendered to the Arabs in 1697, there was an intense battle for 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Biwott+and+Seii+to+face+off+for+senate+seat/-/1107872/1318040/-/1041rwn/-/index.html Two former rivals during the Kanu era will be fighting it out for the post of senator 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/How+to+ensure+your+loan+application+goes+through/-/957860/1318078/-/e0vb0nz/-/index.html Now that the love month is here with us (hoping that the hard economic times haven’t made 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+glam+factor/-/957860/1318076/-/el1q9tz/-/index.html Glamour is one of those exciting qualities many of us wish we possessed, but as you slowly 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Creating+a+unique+living+room/-/957860/1318080/-/u8kbmq/-/index.html In the same way the colours we choose say a lot about us, the furniture we choose for our 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Meet+the+local+MPs/-/1107872/1318052/-/5e1f5m/-/index.html All four Elgeyo-Marakwet MPs will not be contesting any of the seats created under the new Constitution 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Elgeyo+Marakwet+county+at+a+glance/-/1107872/1318032/-/4jxc0kz/-/index.html Located in Rift Valley it borders the following Counties: West Pokot to the North, Baringo 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt+football+violence+kills+73/-/1066/1318482/-/bk72thz/-/index.html At least 73 people were killed Wednesday in fan violence after a football match in the city of Port Said 2012-02-01T20:59:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigeria+arrests+suspected+Boko+Haram+spokesman/-/1066/1318454/-/g68f4xz/-/index.html Nigerian authorities have arrested a man believed to be a spokesman for Islamist group 2012-02-01T20:10:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Ghanaian+to+lead+ICC+appeal+judges/-/1064/1317924/-/glf7s7z/-/index.html A Ghanaian judge will lead a bench that will decide whether cases against four Kenyans will continue to be 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Key+witness+refuses+to+testify+against+Majiwa/-/1064/1318202/-/tnu42x/-/index.html A former Nairobi City Council employee caused a stir in court on Wednesday when she refused 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenya+raid+on+Shabaab+wins+praise/-/1056/1318212/-/oie9buz/-/index.html Kenya’s military operation has helped erode Al-Shabaab’s control of southern Somalia, the chief 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/More+Kenyans+at+risk+of+cancer+chemical/-/1056/1318226/-/xkc23hz/-/index.html The number of Kenyans exposed to a banned cancer-causing farm chemical could be more 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Traders+high+hopes+as+elevated+Kisumu+airport+opens/-/1056/1318160/-/9hca0gz/-/index.html The much-awaited opening of the upgraded Kisumu airport has stirred the lakeside town, with the business community upbeat it marks the revival of trade in the region. 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Probe+starts+on+Kenyans+spying+for+Al+Shabaab/-/1056/1318270/-/139yrmrz/-/index.html Security agencies have launched investigations over reports that at least three Kenyan officers 2012-02-01T19:30:00Z