/News/-/1056/1056/-/f06mdq/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PM+warns+ministers++PSs+over+bureaucracy+/-/1064/1412584/-/15hpiouz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned ministers and Permanent Secretaries against micro-managing state corporations. 2012-05-24T11:25:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Somali+Islamists+flee+as+troops+advance/-/1066/1412518/-/ttd169z/-/index.html Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia are fleeing their key stronghold of Afgoye ahead of an advancing column of government and African Union troops, military commanders said Thursday. 2012-05-24T10:40:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1412392/-/ye296hz/-/index.html Parliament’s Defence and Foreign Relations Committee has proposed that Kenya’s mission in Ireland should be “closed down”. 2012-05-24T07:42:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/British+aristocrat+s+son+dies+in+Kenya/-/1056/1412368/-/117ncacz/-/index.html The son of a British aristocrat, Alexander Monson, who was arrested in Kenyan coastal town of Diani for allegedly smoking bhang has died. 2012-05-24T06:38:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt+votes+on+second+day+of+landmark+election/-/1066/1412364/-/2jdocwz/-/index.html Egyptians vote on Thursday in the second day of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule. 2012-05-24T06:17:16Z 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/State+moves+to+make+paper+mill+roar+back+to+life+/-/1056/1411592/-/wkt23g/-/index.html The government is looking for ways to clear the Sh8 billion debt that led to the collapse of the Pan Paper Mills and bring it back to life. 2012-05-22T20:25:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Mombasa+residents+face+water+shortage/-/1056/1411584/-/80sjus/-/index.html Residents of Mombasa and other towns at the Coast are to be hit by an acute water shortage over the next three days. 2012-05-22T19:33:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Wamalwa+firm+on+the+spot+over+NSSF+case+/-/1056/1411532/-/58abu4z/-/index.html A law firm associated with the minister is still representing the fund in a Sh7 billion case 2012-05-22T19:30:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Health+scheme+report+delayed++/-/1064/1411508/-/ccuwciz/-/index.html The Health parliamentary team is yet to conclude the eagerly awaited report on investigations into alleged irregularities in the civil servants medical scheme. 2012-05-22T19:30:30Z 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/Football+star+Etoo+makes+return+visit+to+Kenya/-/1056/1411572/-/y8x05g/-/index.html Samuel Eto’o Fils would pass for an ordinary passenger at any airport. 2012-05-22T19:13:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyan+MPs+plot+to+have+polls+held+this+year+/-/1064/1411556/-/b95k3k/-/index.html MPs launch a fresh bid to have elections held in December. 2012-05-22T19:06:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Pathologist+calls+for+new+probe+into+Wanjiru+death/-/1056/1411548/-/3rxnes/-/index.html A postmortem examination report casts doubt on the theory that Olympic champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru died from head injuries 2012-05-22T19:00:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Ahmednasir+complaint+withdrawn+++/-/1056/1411542/-/3xdf5c/-/index.html A debt collector has withdrawn a complaint he filed with the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) against Nairobi lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi. 2012-05-22T18:56:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/House+team+wants+agency+to+oversee+counties+set+up+/-/1064/1411540/-/m0ewyfz/-/index.html The government has been urged to quickly establish a body to oversee the setting up of counties. 2012-05-22T18:54:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Aerial+cause+of+KICC+blackout+says+firm+/-/1056/1411538/-/hee56az/-/index.html A recent power outage that plunged functions by the two principals into darkness at the KICC has been traced to a TV aerial being erected in a city slum. 2012-05-22T18:51:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+puts+off+Koinange+murder+case+/-/1056/1411528/-/12n0dbsz/-/index.html A seventh suspect is charged with the murder of land activist Moses ole Mpoe 2012-05-22T18:40:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Push+to+hire+40000+teachers+by+next+year+/-/1056/1411522/-/my8f8x/-/index.html The Education ministry wants the Treasury to set aside funds to recruit a record 40,000 teachers by June next year. 2012-05-22T18:35:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kosgey+wants+vehicle+import+case+dismissed+/-/1064/1411516/-/d5dny0/-/index.html Former Industrialisation minister Henry Kosgey wants criminal charges against him dismissed 2012-05-22T18:32:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Akamba+bosses+move+to+offset+Sh300m+debt+/-/1056/1411514/-/1h4gpv/-/index.html The directors of cash-strapped Akamba Bus Company agree to dispose of property worth millions of shillings to offset its debt 2012-05-22T18:29:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mwakwere+IEBC+tussle+over+poll+pay+/-/1064/1411506/-/ys4aot/-/index.html Environment minister Chirau Mwakwere accuses the electoral team of being uncooperative in negotiations 2012-05-22T18:20:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Doubts+on+Iran+IAEA+deal+ahead+of+Baghdad+talks+/-/1068/1411374/-/vti7oo/-/index.html A mooted deal between the IAEA and Iran got a cool reception Tuesday on the eve of talks with world powers aimed at defusing the dangerously escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. 2012-05-22T16:41:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Swedens+future+queen+Princess+Estelle+is+baptised+/-/1068/1411366/-/10lu73v/-/index.html Princess Estelle, the daughter of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and second in line to the throne, was baptised Tuesday in Stockholm 2012-05-22T16:38:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Putin+defies+protests+by+promoting+old+guard+/-/1068/1411356/-/jh71d8z/-/index.html Russian President Vladimir Putin defied calls Tuesday to bring fresh faces into top jobs by shifting his old ministers into the Kremlin 2012-05-22T16:35:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Medina+declared+victor+of+Dominican+Republic+vote+/-/1068/1411352/-/a58txmz/-/index.html Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina on Tuesday was officially declared the winner of a presidential election held over the weekend in the Dominican Republican, 2012-05-22T16:27:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Farmworker+convicted+of+murdering+South+African+farright+leader+/-/1066/1411328/-/qhyw6oz/-/index.html A South African court Tuesday convicted one of the two accused black farmworkers in the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche. 2012-05-22T16:12:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Sudan+war+planes+bomb+South+Sudan+South+minister+/-/1066/1411320/-/12h3owkz/-/index.html South Sudan said Tuesday Sudanese war planes have launched air strikes against its territory, the latest in a series of attacks that threaten to scupper international efforts to restart peace talks. 2012-05-22T16:08:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tunisia+to+extradite+former+Libyan+prime+minister+official+/-/1066/1411310/-/xeracpz/-/index.html Tunisia will extradite former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, held since his arrest last September 2012-05-22T16:05:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Egypt+buzzing+ahead+of+landmark+poll+/-/1066/1411302/-/qd7lyv/-/index.html A buzz of excitement swept through the Egyptian capital Tuesday, a day before its first presidential election 2012-05-22T16:00:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/AG+seeks+Kibaki+role+on+cohesion+team+mandate/-/1064/1411188/-/o8ly8e/-/index.html Proposals to change the law that sets up the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to allow the President to exclusively renew the term of the commissioners could open another battle front within the coalition partners ODM and PNU. 2012-05-22T14:48:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+take+fight+for+Coast+votes+to+Parliament/-/1064/1411164/-/l4q399z/-/index.html The fight over votes in the Coast region surfaced in Parliament Tuesday as ODM and UDF allied MPs extended their weekend political battles on the fate of the proscribed group, the Mombasa Republican Council. 2012-05-22T14:25:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+assures+on+peaceful+Kenya+elections/-/1064/1411114/-/a66e7az/-/index.html President Kibaki has said the government has put in place measures to ensure the next elections will be peaceful, free and fair. 2012-05-22T12:26:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Devolution+key+to+growth++says+Kalonzo/-/1064/1411074/-/nfkpvez/-/index.html The next government must ensure devolution becomes a reality, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said. 2012-05-22T09:27:25Z 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