/News/-/1056/1056/-/f06mdq/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Shabaab+Qaeda+link+a+weakness+says+KDF+/-/1056/1325038/-/13j52ibz/-/index.html The move by al-Shabaab to join ranks with al-Qaeda will attract more international support 2012-02-11T19:30:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Fresh+battle+looms+in+House+over+report+on+boundaries++/-/1064/1325002/-/15d62g8/-/index.html A fresh battle over electoral zones is imminent in Parliament as MPs begin their sittings 2012-02-11T19:30:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1325022/-/8srr5j/-/index.html The battle for Coast delegates’ votes in the ODM presidential primaries goes a notch higher 2012-02-11T19:30:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Why+big+guns+may+be+barred+from+race+/-/1064/1325034/-/vwrsmw/-/index.html Radical new Bill on leadership and integrity threatens to lock out top presidential candidates from State House race over adverse mentions in past commissions, ICC cases, graft and tax arrears 2012-02-11T19:30:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Senior+LSK+member+shot+dead+at+her+house+/-/1056/1325046/-/138yxx6/-/index.html A senior member of the Law Society of Kenya was shot dead in Kilimani. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Pastor+for+the+politician+God+for+us+all+/-/1064/1325090/-/hgq0y0/-/index.html The Church is once again on the cross for yet another foray into the murky waters of the Kenyan political scene. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+stops+burial+of+top+engineer+/-/1056/1325044/-/51ejv8z/-/index.html The burial ceremony of a top engineer failed to take place on Saturday after a woman claiming to be his wife served a court injunction. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/200+Mau+families+soon+to+be+settled+/-/1056/1325024/-/r0ofphz/-/index.html The government has started profiling 200 families that were evicted from South Western Mau two years ago. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/New+era+LSK+polls+fail+affirmative+action+test+/-/1064/1325092/-/51puulz/-/index.html Despite the charged atmosphere as the country prepares for the first General Election under the new Constitution, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) elections to be held this week promise to be free of the usual factional battles. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Former+traffic+police+boss+takes+final+salute+/-/1056/1325000/-/118pxxdz/-/index.html Her love for the police force had deep roots. Mrs Mary Mwangangi, who died after a short illness on Wednesday, was a third-generation police officer, 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police+arrest++woman+over+panga+attack+/-/1056/1325048/-/va2h70z/-/index.html Police in Karatina on Saturday arrested a woman suspected of attacking her husband at Mihuti Village in Mukurwe-ini. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/History+repeats+itself+in+Raila+Mudavadi+polls+debate/-/1064/1325116/-/13uldlkz/-/index.html The emotive debate between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputy Musalia Mudavadi over presidential primaries which has raised fears over the future of the Orange Movement is a replay of similar contests in the past. 2012-02-11T19:26:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Students+and+traders+bear+the+brunt+of+violence+/-/1056/1325114/-/gv981pz/-/index.html Business and education in Moyale district of Marsabit County have borne the brunt of the clashes 2012-02-11T19:24:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1325112/-/ywgetez/-/index.html There are two border towns called Moyale; one is in Kenya and the other is in Ethiopia. 2012-02-11T19:23:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/How+Ethiopian+militia+turned+Moyale+into+battleground+/-/1056/1325110/-/29ulihz/-/index.html 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. 2012-02-11T19:20:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Attack+on+Lari+MP+property+heightens+next+election+fears+/-/1064/1325106/-/7u8kat/-/index.html The attack on Lari MP David Njuguna’s property last week has highlighted growing intolerance 2012-02-11T19:19:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Red+flag+raised+over+new+wave+of+intolerance+/-/1064/1325104/-/xo250f/-/index.html The raid on the home of Lari MP David Njuguna following his comments at a presidential function in Kisumu has turned attention to another outbreak of political thuggery and intolerance. 2012-02-11T19:16:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Speaker+wants+VP+to+come+clean+on+Nyambati+/-/1064/1325098/-/4tixbhz/-/index.html Speaker Kenneth Marende orders Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka to publicise the return of Kitutu Masaba MP Walter Nyambati 2012-02-11T19:13:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Retired+military+officer+ready+to+do+battle+with+militia+/-/1056/1325042/-/19sxr5/-/index.html At the age of 62, Layfields Mureithi, a retired chief warrant officer at the Department of Defence headquarters feels that he is strong enough if given an opportunity to cross the border to Somalia to pursue al-Shabaab militants. 2012-02-11T18:32:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Queries+over+MPs+role+in+vetting+EACC+nominees+/-/1064/1325036/-/x7qbhuz/-/index.html One of the first items on the agenda when Parliament resumes on Tuesday will be the approval or rejection of nominees 2012-02-11T18:12:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Uhuru+Ruto+allies+up+anti+Mutula+rhetoric+/-/1064/1325018/-/wsq3w4z/-/index.html MPs allied to the two want to move a vote of no confidence against minister Mutula Kilonzo. 2012-02-11T17:54:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mudavadi+digs+in+for+county+polls+/-/1064/1325016/-/r0d0hx/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi maintains ODM is in the process of amending its constitution 2012-02-11T17:50:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Love+a+click+away+in+Indonesias+Twitter+club+/-/1068/1324932/-/x9k52qz/-/index.html He was a geeky kid from Yogyakarta, she a glamorous city girl in Jakarta. 2012-02-11T16:43:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1324926/-/3d9slbz/-/index.html British police arrest five employees of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun 2012-02-11T16:40:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Romney+vows+new++conservative+era+if+elected+president+/-/1068/1324922/-/7pnagj/-/index.html White House hopeful Mitt Romney promises to unite Republicans and defeat President Barack Obama in the “battle for the soul of America” as officials in Maine prepared to unveil the results of party caucuses 2012-02-11T16:38:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/South+Africa+launches+Mandela+bank+notes+/-/1066/1324918/-/oa5ed6/-/index.html South Africa launches a new line of bank notes Saturday bearing the image of its first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela on the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison. 2012-02-11T16:30:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Fresh+revolt++brewing+in+Libya+says+Gaddafi+son+++/-/1066/1324912/-/kx9xrq/-/index.html Saadi Gaddafi says a nationwide rebellion is brewing against the country’s new rulers 2012-02-11T16:23:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Acid+test+for+democracy+in+Africa/-/1066/1324900/-/1380xam/-/index.html As world attention remains riveted on the US political campaigns and their implications for the Obama presidency, many may forget that in Africa there will be major tests for democracy this year. 2012-02-11T16:18:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nairobi+lawyer+killed+by+gunmen/-/1056/1324564/-/rfi242/-/index.html A Nairobi lawyer Rose Waruinge dies at a Nairobi hospital after gunmen shot her on Friday night 2012-02-11T10:54:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/US+ponders+rearming+Amisom+amid+terror+groups+merger/-/1056/1324554/-/8pugimz/-/index.html The United States is considering additional assistance to the African Union military mission in Somalia 2012-02-11T10:16:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenya+Airways+passengers+in+Freetown+stranded/-/1056/1324548/-/412a1s/-/index.html Hundreds of Kenya Airways passengers are stranded in Sierra Leone and Liberia as a result 2012-02-11T09:30:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Uzbek+man+in+US+pleads+guilty+in+Obama+murder+plot/-/1068/1324522/-/xuvp7bz/-/index.html An Uzbek man living in the United States pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in the southern state 2012-02-11T08:05:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1324370/-/ywh2fez/-/index.html The plan to phase out the 14-seater matatu appears to have hit a roadblock. 2012-02-10T19:30:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PM+Odinga+Mudavadi+clash+over+polls+/-/1064/1324518/-/mcbx7o/-/index.html Mudavadi reiterates that ODM will conduct presidential nomination at county level 2012-02-10T19:30:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Give+up+arms+PC+orders+herders+++/-/1056/1324466/-/6jdn8cz/-/index.html Herders in Marigat District have been ordered to surrender stolen livestock and illegal firearms ahead of a disarmament drive there. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/500+medical+colleges+to+be+shut+/-/1056/1324478/-/8e0wsi/-/index.html Students in more than 500 institutions offering medical laboratory courses will not practise because their certificates are not recognised. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Hospice+ordered+to+leave+KNH+/-/1056/1324334/-/n781ua/-/index.html Anxiety has gripped patients and health officers at the Nairobi Hospice after Kenyatta National Hospital gave them a two-month notice to vacate their premises inside the hospital’s compound. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Will+the+real+Mudavadi+stand+up+/-/1064/1324234/-/cb700c/-/index.html Mr Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi comes out expressing one of his little-known sides. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Betrayed+in+America+/-/1056/1324434/-/86kn61/-/index.html This is the story of Kibet, a Kenyan living in Massachusetts in the United States, but also the story of many a male compatriot. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324496/-/8sr65i/-/index.html The journey to the General Election starts on March 15 after the electoral commission compiles the final report on the 80 new constituencies. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/December+poll+call+gets+backing+/-/1064/1324490/-/p7v33d/-/index.html The call on President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October to pave way for elections this year has won praise from political leaders and the civil society. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Gesami+has+vanished++says+agency+/-/1056/1324480/-/jikt7f/-/index.html The anti-corruption agency says it is unable to trace an assistant minister being sought over corruption allegations. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Litondo+beats+top+US+actors+to+bag+award+/-/1056/1324442/-/rf6g6oz/-/index.html George Clooney’s latest film, The Descendants, has been described by critics as the “best acting of 2012” and has won many prestigious awards 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Familys+month+of+agony+over+missing+son+/-/1056/1324318/-/62k1fq/-/index.html The Yesse family has undergone untold torture for the last one month. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Husband+lucky+to+be+alive+after+panga+attack/-/1056/1324472/-/e3mkcb/-/index.html A husband was slashed with a panga, allegedly by his wife while sleeping in his matrimonial bed. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Workaholic+ex+public+service+boss+hits+the+80+mark+/-/1064/1324244/-/lop8goz/-/index.html Mr Simeon Nyachae, the former Cabinet minister, celebrated his birthday this week. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Four+injured+in+clashes+at+mosque+/-/1056/1324498/-/mjccm9/-/index.html A former envoy’s son was among four people seriously injured on Thursday night at a mosque after two groups of faithful clashed over the annual Maulidi festival. 2012-02-10T17:44:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama+announces+birth+control+compromise+plan+/-/1068/1324484/-/1056fp/-/index.html President Barack Obama announces a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control 2012-02-10T17:22:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Woman+found+dead+in+cave+as+snap+grips+Italy++/-/1068/1324398/-/lk14ps/-/index.html A woman was found frozen to death in a cave near Rome and a man was reported attacked by scavenging stray dogs near Rimini as a cold snap gripped Italy on Friday, causing traffic chaos and blackouts. 2012-02-10T16:16:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Why+low+capacity+transport+may+be+around+for+a+while+/-/1056/1324376/-/12jxtmo/-/index.html It took more than five years of planning and consultation. The Ministry of Transport held meetings dating as far back as 2006. 2012-02-10T15:48:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1324374/-/ywh2faz/-/index.html Until March last year, Mr Stephen Kiarie earned a living fitting seats in newly imported 14-seater matatus 2012-02-10T15:48:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324368/-/8sr5ag/-/index.html If you thought Githae was joking when he said he needed a 100-day honeymoon, well, he was serious. 2012-02-10T15:43:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Care+centre+seen+as+the+last+hope+/-/1056/1324356/-/w0o37z/-/index.html Nine years ago, Fred Ikutwa crawled into Nairobi Hospice with Kaposi’s sarcoma — cancer of the legs — that left him immobile for about two years. 2012-02-10T15:26:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Malema+bracing+for+life+outside+of+ANC+/-/1066/1324322/-/e3fp9l/-/index.html Embattled youth leader Julius Malema says he is preparing for life outside the ruling ANC and possibly in prison 2012-02-10T15:07:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Law+bars+Mugabe+from+polls+/-/1066/1324320/-/qqv19n/-/index.html Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe will be barred from contesting in future polls if the draft constitution is adopted. 2012-02-10T15:07:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324238/-/8sr4fc/-/index.html The MP with the largest constituency in the country, Mr Chachu Ganya, on Friday said he will contest the finding by the electoral commission that North Horr did not meet the threshold to be sub-divided into additional constituencies. 2012-02-10T13:49:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Inter+clan+fighting+displaces+40000+in+Kenya+aid+groups/-/1056/1324192/-/9mffybz/-/index.html More than 40,000 people have fled clashes between two northern Kenyan clans over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Friday. 2012-02-10T13:13:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1324176/-/3d9yqjz/-/index.html A UN special envoy arrives for talks with the new administration in the Maldives as former president Mohamed Nasheed calls for fresh elections after being ousted in what he calls a coup d'etat. 2012-02-10T12:50:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Spanish+lensman+snaps+up+press+photo+awards/-/1068/1324142/-/gxp737/-/index.html Spanish freelance photographer Samuel Aranda has won the coveted World Press Photo Award for his moving portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in Yemen, judges said Friday. 2012-02-10T12:36:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Russian+daily+accuses+Putin+group+of+cyber+attack/-/1068/1324140/-/c9te2t/-/index.html Russia's Kommersant business daily says it had asked the police to probe a Kremlin youth group 2012-02-10T12:34:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/EU+accuses+Syrian+regime+of+atrocities/-/1068/1324138/-/pt0vkbz/-/index.html The European Union Council's president accuses Syria of committing "outrageous" atrocities 2012-02-10T12:34:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenya+to+discipline+errant+officers+serving+in+N+Eastern/-/1056/1324076/-/14c046iz/-/index.html Kenya's security agencies have vowed to take disciplinary measures against officers who violate the rights of citizens in the ongoing security operations in North Eastern. 2012-02-10T11:28:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Obamas+Africa+aide+to+lead+US+energy+investors+to+Nairobi/-/1056/1324024/-/m48a0bz/-/index.html The State Department's top diplomat for Africa is due to arrive in Nairobi on Saturday as the head of a delegation of US private energy investors. 2012-02-10T10:24:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Big+and+small+fish+trafficking+bhang+/-/1056/1323930/-/152duxk/-/index.html Several sleek cars are parked in various police stations in South Nyanza. At first glance, one may mistake the congested yards for car bazaars. 2012-02-10T07:15:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Ugandan+MP+to+drop+death+penalty+clause+in+anti+gay+bill/-/1066/1323914/-/s1i2ngz/-/index.html A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts. 2012-02-10T06:43:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Zawahiri+says+Somalias+Shabaab+joined+Qaeda/-/1066/1323906/-/ethimb/-/index.html Somalia's Al-Shabaab fighters have joined ranks with Al-Qaeda, the terror network's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri announced 2012-02-10T06:30:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Polls+body+calls+for+December+vote+date+++/-/1064/1323634/-/yu38l/-/index.html Kenya appears to be headed for a December General Election after electoral commissioners said they would petition President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Lobby+backs+changes+in+education+system+/-/1056/1323598/-/evty1w/-/index.html The proposed education system has won the support of a lobby group, which says it will help candidates select careers. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Central+Kenya+top+husband+beaters/-/1056/1323646/-/14l56j7z/-/index.html A lobby that fights for the rights of male victims of domestic violence says its officials will camp in central Kenya for three months to help deal with piling cases of domestic abuse. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Team+to+speed+up+election+chaos+cases+/-/1064/1323662/-/3rr0cjz/-/index.html A team of 17 has been formed to speed up investigations and prosecution of cases from the 2008 post-election violence. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Cabinet+approves+key+land+ownership+bills++/-/1064/1323674/-/14efncd/-/index.html The Cabinet has approved three Bills that drastically transform land ownership and management. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/We+re+not+for+Raila+claims+Central+lobby+/-/1064/1323698/-/wp0otuz/-/index.html A lobby group has denied claims it is campaigning for Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Central Kenya. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Policemen+charged+with+hijacking+truck+/-/1056/1323716/-/10xjpk2z/-/index.html Four police officers were among 10 people charged on Thursday with stealing goods in transit. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/TSC+rolls+out+hiring+of+368+high+school+teachers+/-/1056/1323612/-/hptef0z/-/index.html More than 300 secondary school teachers will be employed this month. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Group+plans+to+block+eight+presidential+candidates+/-/1064/1323692/-/duorns/-/index.html A new political movement plans to seek court orders blocking eight presidential hopefuls from running for office. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Uhuru+rejects+victims+bid+to+join+in+appeal++/-/1064/1323710/-/1sqbaiz/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected an attempt by election violence victims to make submissions on his appeal in The Hague. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Ex+City+Hall+lawyer+ordered+to+testify+/-/1056/1323590/-/5t8fbg/-/index.html A former senior City Council employee who had refused to testify in the Sh283 million cemetery land scandal has been ordered to take the stand by a Nairobi court. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Taxman+not+State+official+court+told+/-/1064/1323714/-/xungo1/-/index.html The newly appointed chief tax collector, Mr John Njiraini, was not subjected to public interview because the post of the commissioner general does not fall under a State office 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nurses+threaten+fresh+strike+over+allowances+/-/1056/1323618/-/lx2mcx/-/index.html Nurses and clinical officers have issued a new strike notice over an allowances dispute. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Cyclist+recalls+deadly+night+attack++/-/1056/1323630/-/6pdda0/-/index.html A boda boda rider was attacked by taxi drivers while taking tea during a fracas that preceded the killing of seven people in Kawangware, Nairobi, two years ago, a judge was told on Thursday. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z