/News/-/1056/1056/-/f06mdq/-/index.html 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Politicians+battle+IEBC+over+law+/-/1064/1410724/-/elhiqyz/-/index.html An MP and a group of councillors have urged a Nairobi court to declare sections of the Electoral Act unconstitutional. 2012-05-22T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1411020/-/9c66p8/-/index.html A parliamentary hearing on the controversial appointments of the 47 county commissioners failed to take off Tuesday after ministers asked for more time to “consult”. 2012-05-22T07:54:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Quake+rocks+Bulgaria++no+casualties/-/1068/1410996/-/bqno5c/-/index.html A 5.8-magnitude quake struck Bulgaria early Tuesday, triggering panic among local residents who ran into the streets in their pyjamas, and some minor damage, but no casualties were reported. 2012-05-22T06:52:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/14+killed++30+injured+in+Indian+train+collision/-/1068/1410980/-/mbcs8j/-/index.html At least 14 people were killed and about 30 injured on Tuesday when a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in southern India, a local railway official told AFP. 2012-05-22T06:19:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Three+drown+as+death+toll+surges+to+66+/-/1056/1410744/-/12rv202z/-/index.html Two pupils and a man drown as figures reveal that 66 people have so far been killed 2012-05-21T19:30:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MP+denies+defrauding+firm+of+beach+plot+/-/1064/1410816/-/yme49wz/-/index.html A Kwale MP was on Monday charged with conspiracy to defraud a company of a beach plot situated in the South Coast. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+reject+agencies+calls+for+more+cash+/-/1064/1410616/-/b0bwc2/-/index.html Parliament’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee has agreed with the Treasury on allocations to seven government departments and ministries. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Three+face+Sh43m++bank+theft+charges+++/-/1056/1410684/-/nll0bo/-/index.html Three people have been charged with stealing more than Sh43 million and attempted theft of Sh100 million from three banks. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+bars+deportation+of+Italian+investor+/-/1056/1410694/-/dcva6bz/-/index.html The Immigration ministry has been barred from deporting an Italian investor who has been living in Kenya for the last 26 years. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/NHIF+prepares+new+hospital+list+/-/1056/1410700/-/ddanr0z/-/index.html The troubled national health insurer is working on a new list of hospitals for civil servants following the suspension of Clinix and Meridian clinics. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Outlaw+group+rejects+Railas+offer+of+talks+/-/1064/1410270/-/qussirz/-/index.html The Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) officials have insisted they will not hold talks 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Club+owner+released+on+Sh1m+bail+/-/1056/1410654/-/1jbhq/-/index.html A club owner and a security guard charged with killing a patron have been released on bail 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Why+Linda+Nchi+spokesman+Oguna+has+lost+his+voice+/-/1056/1410870/-/fdcmwiz/-/index.html He came into the limelight when the Kenya Defence Forces entered Somalia last year to battle Al-Shabaab militants. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Elections+team+wants+Sh1+8bn+for+petitions+/-/1064/1410860/-/10e6hb0/-/index.html The electoral commission expects to spend a staggering Sh1.8 billion to pay lawyers to defend petitions arising from next year’s election. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Soldiers+hurt+in+Mandera+blast+/-/1056/1410858/-/373tf3z/-/index.html Two Kenyan soldiers were on Monday injured when their vehicle drove over an explosive in Mandera. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Ex+provincial+school+bosses+get+new+jobs+/-/1056/1410636/-/db19acz/-/index.html Four provincial education bosses are among 47 officials appointed to the new positions of county directors. 2012-05-21T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kiraitu+Uhuru+in+alliance+talks++/-/1064/1410802/-/12o8nvu/-/index.html The Alliance Party of Kenya is holding talks to strike a working deal with Uhuru Kenyatta 2012-05-21T18:21:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+stops+probe+on+Nairobi+lawyer+/-/1056/1410730/-/wc0din/-/index.html A court stops police from investigating Nairobi lawyer Zulfikar Alibhai. 2012-05-21T18:03:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Wamalwa+widow+seeks+more+time++in+family+row+/-/1056/1410716/-/auix2h/-/index.html Widow of former Vice-President Michael Wamalwa seeks more time in a case filed against her by her step-children. 2012-05-21T17:56:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Malis+interim+leader+Traore+beaten+by+protesters/-/1066/1410584/-/138bb5w/-/index.html Mali's transition president Diancounda Traore was hospitalised on Monday after protesters angry at his appointment 2012-05-21T16:42:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egyptian+candidates+wrap+up+campaigns+/-/1066/1410540/-/59s2mwz/-/index.html Campaigning for Egypt’s landmark presidential election ends 2012-05-21T16:12:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Chief+whips+reject+MPs+party+hopping+bid/-/1064/1410538/-/tu28iw/-/index.html The government’s joint chief whips have rejected plans by some MPs to change the elections law to 2012-05-21T16:12:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1410532/-/145gct5/-/index.html Support pours in for South African President Jacob Zuma over a vulgar painting that depicts him nude 2012-05-21T16:06:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sierra+Leone+to+pay+over+crash+/-/1066/1410524/-/n92lpfz/-/index.html Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation has said the country has accepted ‘liability’ 2012-05-21T16:02:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/UN+rights+chief+begins++meetings+in+Zimbabwe+/-/1066/1410510/-/57bxig/-/index.html Zimbabwe has said it had nothing to hide in terms of human rights abuses 2012-05-21T15:56:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Afghans+will+not+stand+alone+Obama+/-/1068/1410480/-/me1ugk/-/index.html US President Barack Obama vows the international community will not abandon Afghanistan 2012-05-21T15:39:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Bee+Gees+star+Robin+Gibb+dies+/-/1068/1410472/-/108d7s6/-/index.html Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has died aged 62 having lost his battle against cancer. 2012-05-21T15:34:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Prosecutors+probe+new+Strauss+Kahn+rape+case+/-/1068/1410468/-/g35fyb/-/index.html Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s legal woes deepens 2012-05-21T15:33:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Eclipse+ring+of+fire+wows+Asian+US+sky+gazers+/-/1068/1410466/-/1069qhkz/-/index.html Millions turn their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific as a solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" 2012-05-21T15:26:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police+recover+bitumen+worth+Sh20m/-/1056/1410380/-/q1kolmz/-/index.html Police on Monday recovered about 1640 drums of bitumen worth Sh20 million in Lavington 2012-05-21T14:25:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+push+for+Sh39bn+for+infrastructure+development/-/1064/1410332/-/npwv7t/-/index.html A parliamentary committee is pushing for an additional Sh3.9 billion for street lighting, surveillance 2012-05-21T12:15:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Oparanya+MPs+misusing+CDF+to+be+arraigned+in+court/-/1064/1410200/-/bhu6uu/-/index.html Members of Parliament mismanaging the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will be arraigned in court 2012-05-21T07:25:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Serb+nationalist+Nikolic+wins+presidential+vote+/-/1068/1409898/-/obv3sl/-/index.html Serb nationalist Tomislav Nikolic upset the odds to defeat incumbent Boris Tadic in a presidential run-off Sunday but vowed to pursue his predecessor's drive for the Balkans nation to join the EU. 2012-05-20T20:00:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Pomp+and+colour+at+Uhuru+party+launch+/-/1064/1410060/-/7rh3enz/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta signals his determination to contest the presidency despite the International Criminal Court indictments with the glittering launch of his new party, The National Alliance. 2012-05-20T19:30:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/New+home+sought+for+recovered+Baby+Malaika+/-/1056/1410068/-/d1nf4x/-/index.html The search is on for a suitable home for Baby Malaika. 2012-05-20T19:30:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+woos+Coast+with+pledges+/-/1064/1410050/-/13xtiboz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga pledges to tackle problems facing the Coast region 2012-05-20T19:30:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Central+Somalia+hit+by+flooding+/-/1066/1410108/-/halvvmz/-/index.html More than 40 families in parts of Mudug region in Central Somalia have been hit by heavy flooding. 2012-05-20T18:44:06Z