/-/1148/1148/-/xvvu7uz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Minister+tells+Saitoti+and+Iteere+to+resign+over+clashes+/-/1107872/1412282/-/is6k7n/-/index.html An assistant minister wants Internal Security minister George Saitoti and Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere to resign for failing to contain insecurity in Baringo County. 2012-05-23T19:32:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Akamba+shuts+regional+offices++/-/1056/1412076/-/13u1xc1z/-/index.html Transport business in East Africa has suffered a major blow after the Akamba Bus Company suspended its operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/It+pays+to+be+powerful+even+among+baboons+/-/1056/1412256/-/pqnh6l/-/index.html Top-ranking male baboons in the Amboseli National Park may very well understand the unfolding leadership competition as the country heads towards the General Election. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police+warn+public+over+mob+justice+/-/1056/1412254/-/157h1a3/-/index.html Police on Wednesday sounded the alarm over the rising cases of lynching suspected criminals in Mombasa. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Sh11+3bn+sought+to+save+free+learning++/-/1056/1412348/-/5n2plz/-/index.html The Education ministry has written to the Treasury seeking urgent allocation of Sh11.3 billion to save the twin free learning programmes this term. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+son+opposes+MPs+bid+to+strike+out+case+/-/1064/1412270/-/lo1m8wz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son has opposed a move by an MP seeking the dismissal of a defamation case he has filed against the lawmaker. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+says+Operation+Linda+Nchi+is++a+big+success+/-/1064/1412178/-/9v80u8z/-/index.html President Kibaki on Wednesday declared Operation Linda Nchi in Somalia a success despite the persistent threats posed by Al-Shabaab and other militant groups. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Dirty+fuel+not+on+sale+KPC+assures+public+/-/1056/1412272/-/xkgcmxz/-/index.html The Kenya Pipeline Company has assured the public that no contaminated fuel was being sold to the public. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyans+want+polls+in+December+House+told+/-/1064/1412344/-/eg0uj1/-/index.html Most Kenyans want the next General Election held in December this year, according to a parliamentary committee’s findings. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Magistrate+pulls+out+of+terror+case+over+security+/-/1056/1412140/-/79o9ip/-/index.html A magistrate disqualified herself from trying a terror case citing insecurity. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/President+top+earner+in+new+pay+proposal+/-/1064/1412146/-/6haf4xz/-/index.html The Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate, Deputy President as well as the Chief Justice will earn the same salary if new proposals by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission are adopted. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+freezes+account+in+Fourways+cash+row+/-/1056/1412150/-/rjj5pj/-/index.html A bank has been barred from releasing millions of shillings to a businesswoman who is accused of failing to pay her lawyer Sh61.2 million in legal fees. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Bid+to+stop+county+bosses+fails+/-/1064/1412198/-/41cba6z/-/index.html A group of seven civil society organisations have failed in their bid to have the appointment of 47 County Commissioners quashed. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Project+to+help+voters+record+hate+speech+starts+/-/1064/1412160/-/brfhcj/-/index.html An initiative to enable Kenyans to report any politicians spreading hate speech or inciting violence has started. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Poll+aspirants+face+tough+integrity+test+/-/1064/1412182/-/19jfayz/-/index.html Leaders who have been named in parliamentary investigations into unresolved scandals will not be allowed to vie for elective seats if MPs pass a Bill on integrity. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Stormy+kick+off+for+battle+over+new+electoral+zones+/-/1064/1412168/-/8m8qqw/-/index.html The battle over the new electoral units created by the electoral commission began in earnest on Wednesday before a five-judge bench in Nairobi. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Minister+warns+traders+over+UAE+meat+exports+/-/1064/1412066/-/cm21gs/-/index.html The government has put on notice unscrupulous businessmen exporting sub-standard meat products to the United Arab Emirates. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Parties+take+campaigns+to+Western+/-/1064/1412202/-/7gtjf0z/-/index.html ODM and the UDF are headed for another showdown this weekend when the two parties hold rallies in Western Province. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Fresh+warning+against++fishing+with+chemicals+/-/1056/1412124/-/2ixgbbz/-/index.html Chemicals used by unscrupulous fishermen could cause serious diseases and lead to death, government experts warned on Wednesday. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/NHIF+probe+targets+top+officials+/-/1056/1412266/-/12s86mfz/-/index.html A parliamentary committee is investigating the role of top ministry officials in the payment of Sh318 million to private health providers in the controversial civil servants medical scheme. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/House+team+approves+Sh2+8bn+for+navy+ship+/-/1107872/1412292/-/b3yaddz/-/index.html A Parliamentary committee has approved Sh2.8 billion as payment for a navy ship that was part of the 18 Anglo leasing-type deals stopped seven years ago over corruption. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Spy+cameras+to+be+installed+in+cities++/-/1064/1411950/-/13sadhp/-/index.html Spy cameras will be installed across the country to catch terrorists and other offenders in one of the biggest local surveillance operations the country has witnessed. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Food+crisis+alert+as+bug+hits+maize+crop+++/-/1056/1412222/-/1ybhynz/-/index.html A disease that is killing maize farming in parts of the country including South Rift has been identified. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Four+drown+as+raging+floods+wreak+havoc+/-/1107872/1412290/-/v4elrh/-/index.html Four people were killed after drowning in swollen rivers in Central Province. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Karua+asks+MRC+to+drop+secession+calls+/-/1064/1412262/-/rabkltz/-/index.html Narc Kenya presidential aspirant Martha Karua on Wednesday pleaded with the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) to drop its secession demand. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Squatters+block+road+in+eviction+wrangle+/-/1107872/1412284/-/sf54psz/-/index.html Transport was on Wednesday paralysed for close to seven hours after hundreds of squatters in Mpeketoni barricaded the Lamu-Witu road protesting against their eviction from a private ranch. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Hundreds+at+Githae+son+burial+/-/1056/1412188/-/5j4so4z/-/index.html Six presidential candidates were on Wednesday among hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral of Finance minister Njeru Githae’s son. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Counties/Coastal+towns+hit+by+sewage+system+crisis+/-/1107872/1412286/-/11pw4uc/-/index.html Mombasa Island and all coastal towns have no functional sewerage systems, say regional water and sanitation officials. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+give+army+Sh19+2bn+more+for+Somalia+war++/-/1064/1412276/-/ivq9pjz/-/index.html The military has received MPs’ backing for an additional allocation of Sh19.2 billion, the bulk of it — Sh14.7 billion — to bankroll its Somalia operation. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Polls+Bill+hit+by+quorum+hitch+/-/1064/1412050/-/iefgye/-/index.html Debate on a Bill seeking to regulate the publication of electoral opinion polls was again hit by a lack of quorum on Wednesday. 2012-05-23T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Banks+rival+under+public+glare/-/1006/1412170/-/yfq7l9z/-/index.html A decades-old rivalry between Family Bank and Equity Bank is playing out on the streets of Nairobi 2012-05-23T17:24:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Nestle+and+NMG+enter+into+health+partnership/-/1006/1412152/-/73jb38z/-/index.html Nestle is entering into a partnership with Nation Media Group to enhance sensitisation on poor dietary habits 2012-05-23T17:18:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Process+to+hire+new+CCK+boss+begins/-/1006/1412144/-/1hhuru/-/index.html The ministry of Information will start the process of hiring a new Communications Commission of Kenya 2012-05-23T17:15:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Lafarge+has+last+word+on+its+shares+Bamburi+says/-/1006/1412136/-/oi7i1qz/-/index.html The decision on whether to sell shares in East African Portland Cement or not lies with Lafarge 2012-05-23T17:09:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/forex/-/1010/1412130/-/3ej5lk/-/index.html Currency Mean Buy Sell Date US DOLLAR 85.1625 85.0611 85.2639 23.May.2012 STG POUND 134.1063 133.9330 134.2796 23.May.2012 2012-05-23T17:05:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Start+preparing+for+serious+food+shortage/-/440804/1412078/-/d27bxa/-/index.html Kenya could face a serious food shortage with the outbreak of a disease that has so far infected 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Act+now+to+end+teacher+shortage+in+the+country/-/440806/1412042/-/4aw5s4/-/index.html The government should act and end the shortage of teachers. Since nothing meaningful has been 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Uhuru+cartoon+portrays+the+youth+in+bad+light/-/440806/1412044/-/njwww6/-/index.html Cartoons are supposed to be funny but they can also influence people’s thinking and beliefs 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/-/440802/1412052/-/12o29du/-/index.html The Kenya Urban Roads Authority must do better than the small storm drains being constructed 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1412032/-/beo53b/-/index.html Five years have elapsed since the last General Election and we are once again approaching 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412068/-/lrmm64z/-/index.html Two events in the last few days have led us to peek into the future. One was the launch of Mr Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412064/-/lrmm68z/-/index.html Recent progress on Tullow Oil’s Ngamia-1 exploration well in Turkana County moved Kenya 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Lock+out+civil+servants+from+election+jobs+to+achieve+fairness/-/440806/1412040/-/98wf7o/-/index.html The next General Election, no doubt, will be the toughest and most competitive in Kenya’s history 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Send+greedy+MPs+home/-/440804/1412084/-/p5kcq8z/-/index.html Kenyan legislators should learn a lesson from the new French government about personal and collective 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/-/1102/1412012/-/ydqllc/-/index.html Samuel Eto’o, the footballer with highest salary in the world – at about Sh250 million a month – landed in Laikipia on Tuesday evening and flew out on Wednesday. 2012-05-23T16:20:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/Drastic+changes+loom+in+7s+team+/-/1106/1412000/-/sv0agez/-/index.html Drastic changes are expected in Kenya’s sevens rugby team in a week following the lacklustre performance by the squad in the just ended International Rugby Board World Sevens Series. 2012-05-23T16:15:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Jerotich+to+headline+Kabarak+race+/-/1100/1411990/-/136fnaz/-/index.html Kenya’s first Commonwealth Games women’s marathon winner, Irene Jerotich, led elite marathoners during the launch of the inaugural Kabarak University Half Marathon race in Nakuru on Wednesday. 2012-05-23T16:04:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kipyego+steals+the+thunder+from+Kirui+at+AP+meet+/-/1100/1411984/-/np45ng/-/index.html The 2011 London Half Marathon champion Edwin Kipyego stunned national champion Peter Kirui to win men’s 10,000m title at the Administration Police Athletics Championships 2012-05-23T16:01:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/-/1102/1411962/-/ydq4gp/-/index.html Who will be counted on to score for Kenya in their June 2 World Cup qualifier against Malawi? 2012-05-23T15:42:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali+coup+leader+to+head+interim+government/-/1066/1411942/-/wvcjukz/-/index.html Supporters of Mali's coup leader deal a fresh blow to a return to democratic rule by saying they had chosen him 2012-05-23T15:18:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Somali+AU+troops+close+in+on+Islamist+stronghold+/-/1066/1411932/-/sk9gbwz/-/index.html African Union and Somali government troops make "strong progress" in a push towards Afgoye 2012-05-23T15:06:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Algerian+govt+calls+on+losing+parties+to+step+aside+/-/1066/1411930/-/4mcu94/-/index.html Fifteen Algerian political parties that claim to have been cheated of votes in May 10 elections should leave parliament 2012-05-23T15:04:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Congo+refugees+seek+help+in+Uganda/-/1066/1411928/-/102xgmo/-/index.html Thousands of refugees have registered at a transit centre in Uganda after fleeing fighting 2012-05-23T15:02:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Euro+and+stocks+sink+before+eurozone+meeting+/-/1068/1411910/-/u2dwnmz/-/index.html European shares dive and the euro hits a 22-month low before an informal EU summit 2012-05-23T14:52:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1411900/-/2tuorcz/-/index.html A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden is sentenced to 33 years in prison 2012-05-23T14:43:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Tech/Lawsuits+pile+up+over+Facebook+IPO+/-/1017288/1411924/-/91em62z/-/index.html Facebook and its underwriters comes under broad legal attack as lawyers and investors file lawsuits 2012-05-23T14:41:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Lawsuits+pile+up+over+Facebook+IPO+/-/1068/1411898/-/ow9bf1/-/index.html Facebook and its underwriters comes under broad legal attack as lawyers and investors file lawsuits 2012-05-23T14:41:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Romney+slams+US+visa+for+Castro+daughter+visit+/-/1068/1411896/-/l3m06a/-/index.html The Republican says he is "greatly disturbed" that Castro's daughter was granted a visitor's visa. 2012-05-23T14:35:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1411894/-/9c6d67/-/index.html MPs are divided over the payment of allowances to police officers who will be deployed during the next elections. 2012-05-23T14:30:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Sri+Lanka+seizes+ivory+originating+from+Kenya/-/1056/1411890/-/nnbb6dz/-/index.html Sri Lankan authorities have seized 1.5 tonnes of African ivory marked as plastic waste and addressed to a buyer in Dubai, a customs official in Colombo said Wednesday. 2012-05-23T14:25:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Mechanic+helps+farmers+warm+up+to+smart+incubators+/-/435440/1411864/-/gcbx01/-/index.html His first business was a small garage in Nyeri, which he established soon after completing a course 2012-05-23T14:02:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Insurance+packages+as+viable+investment+options+/-/435440/1411860/-/1wvos/-/index.html Q. A recent poll I took part in had a question on whether one thinks taking up insurance as an investment option is viable. 2012-05-23T13:58:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Gifted+artisan+who+breathes+life+into+polythene+waste++/-/435440/1411858/-/l6kj1dz/-/index.html When Faustine Lutta Odaba started collecting polythene bags, many people thought there was something wrong. 2012-05-23T13:57:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Season+of+plenty+for+marketers+printers+and+PR+agents+/-/435440/1411856/-/105ke7vz/-/index.html Kenya is gearing for the largest electioneering process in its 49-year history. 2012-05-23T13:56:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+urges+vigilance+over+security+threats+/-/1064/1411852/-/dq9r47/-/index.html President Kibaki has urged Kenyans to remain vigilant and support the country’s security forces by volunteering information on security threats. 2012-05-23T13:51:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Take+legal+action+on+Samsung+phone+dealer++/-/435440/1411846/-/g2l57az/-/index.html I took my Samsung phone for repair on 8 December, 2011. To date, there has not been any communication 2012-05-23T13:15:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/First+weigh+the+costs+and+risks+of+the+proposed+startup+venture+/-/435440/1411844/-/p0hcoyz/-/index.html I am a married woman working at a small firm. I earn a net salary of Sh30,000 a month, which hardly meets my expenses. 2012-05-23T13:15:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Improve+your+cash+flow+then+invest/-/435440/1411842/-/yjk98s/-/index.html I am a recently employed accounts clerk in a private company. I work from 8am to 5.30pm. 2012-05-23T13:15:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+to+reap+from+the+poll+campaigns/-/435440/1411840/-/1468jniz/-/index.html Election periods need not mean financial misery. Whether by printing T-shirts, banners, posters and hats, or enhancing digital brands, companies and experts can boost their revenues 2012-05-23T13:12:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Shaping+rooms+with+colour/-/957860/1411834/-/35r8q5/-/index.html More often than not, we find ourselves living in houses that we have very little control 2012-05-23T13:02:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+self+build+option/-/957860/1411828/-/gay7f3z/-/index.html According to industry experts, many of those who choose to build their own homes do so to avoid long-term loans as much as possible. 2012-05-23T12:50:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Another+major+housing+development+for+Eastlands/-/957860/1411824/-/7wtb13z/-/index.html Nairobi’s Eastlands area is set to get a Sh3 billion housing estate targeting the growing middle class population in the capital. 2012-05-23T12:44:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/We+will+be+careful+when+there+is+another+demolition+/-/957860/1411810/-/sm8qgmz/-/index.html Lawyers, surveyors and property agents say Kenyans learnt little from the Syokimau affair and still prefer short-cuts in property transactions, meaning that fraudsters are smiling all the way to the bank and that it is a matter of time before tears are shed again 2012-05-23T12:25:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+moves+to+woo+voters+in+Mudavadi+turf/-/1064/1411792/-/ghwotv/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga moves to consolidate his support in western Kenya this weekend with a series of rallies in Kakamega and Busia counties. 2012-05-23T11:44:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenya+risks+UAE+ban+over+meat+exports/-/1056/1411762/-/6dl0rg/-/index.html The government has put unscrupulous businessmen exporting sub-standard meat products to the United Arab Emirates on notice. 2012-05-23T11:15:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+support+Sh19bn+budget+for+Kenya+soldiers/-/1064/1411750/-/8ukrxy/-/index.html The military has received parliamentary backing for the Sh19.2 billion additional money, the bulk of it –Sh14.7 billion-- to bankroll the Kenyan troops operating in Somalia. 2012-05-23T10:51:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Debate+on+Opinion+Polls+Bill+cut+short+over+quorum/-/1064/1411738/-/5gxivs/-/index.html Parliament was forced to adjourn prematurely Wednesday morning due to lack of quorum, which affected debate on the Opinion Polls Bill that seeks to regulate publication of opinion polls. 2012-05-23T09:24:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Plans+afoot+to+hold+peaceful+elections/-/1064/1411714/-/v1igjrz/-/index.html Plans to prepare for peaceful elections are at an advanced stage following the recent alert by the country’s intelligence service of a likelihood of violence. 2012-05-23T08:42:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1411702/-/2tuqc7z/-/index.html Russia on Wednesday staged the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of breaching defence systems now being developed by NATO, a military spokesman said. 2012-05-23T08:23:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egyptians+vote+in+historic+presidential+election/-/1066/1411624/-/15rt7bq/-/index.html Egyptians take to the polls on Wednesday in a historic presidential election contested by Islamists and secularists promising radically different futures for the country. 2012-05-23T05:41:52Z