/News/-/1056/1056/-/f06mdq/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Briton+beaten+to+death+says+family/-/1056/1412984/-/pt6o9k/-/index.html A British aristocrat who died in police custody in Diani was beaten to death, his family 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/More+delays+in+free+education+money/-/1056/1413012/-/cy47if/-/index.html Schools will have to wait a little longer to receive a balance of Sh11.3 billion in free primary and secondary 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Tuju+rejects+calls+for+MRC+talks/-/1064/1413020/-/85yr63z/-/index.html Party of Action leader Raphael Tuju on Thursday dismissed calls for talks with the outlawed 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Farmers+harvest+grief+as+disease+destroys+maize/-/1056/1413004/-/r4it69/-/index.html Maize farmers in the South Rift region are counting their losses after this year’s crop was infested 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Dismiss+late+petitions+says+IEBC/-/1064/1413070/-/7amn75z/-/index.html The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) wants petitions challenging new electoral boundaries 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Man+released+to+reconcile+with+family/-/1056/1413062/-/2yw5s0z/-/index.html A 74-year-old man held in remand custody for a month on allegations that he beat his wife was 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Two+abducted+killed+in+city+estate/-/1056/1413060/-/cdh3a5z/-/index.html Two families are mourning after a gang shot dead a property dealer and a watchman in Nairobi 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Quorum+hitch+blocks+debate+on+MPs+pay/-/1064/1413074/-/2w95r2/-/index.html Debate on the controversial Miscellaneous Amendments Bill was scuttled on Thursday by lack of quorum 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/NGOs+oppose+withdrawal+of+Bill/-/1056/1413068/-/ybwoel/-/index.html A group of non-governmental organisations on Thursday opposed calls on National Assembly Speaker 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+faults+drafting+of+opinion+polls+Bill/-/1064/1413054/-/96kw0k/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga has criticised the preparation of a Bill on the regulation of opinion polls 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Court+extends+orders+barring+Tuskys+probe/-/1056/1413044/-/ahhn8fz/-/index.html Orders barring police from investigating allegations of misappropriation of Sh1.6 billion from Tuskys 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Girl+killed+as+storm+hits+village/-/1056/1413048/-/4d63an/-/index.html A nine-year-old girl died and five other people were injured in a storm that left more than 50 families 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/ICC+rejects+Ocampo+Fours+last+appeal/-/1064/1412724/-/13xm7mgz/-/index.html The cases facing the four Kenyans at the International Criminal Court will proceed to full trial after 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Governors+allocated+Sh800m+for+houses/-/1056/1413036/-/wnuxr2z/-/index.html A parliamentary committee has asked the Treasury to allocate Sh800 million for houses of senators 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Six+injured+in+hotel+explosion+in+Dadaab/-/1056/1413080/-/1jntdkz/-/index.html Two people were on Thursday evening injured after an explosion rocked a hotel in Dadaab 2012-05-24T18:37:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Wait+Mugabe+challengers+told/-/1066/1412956/-/fimfdiz/-/index.html Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party on Thursday told its members harbouring presidential ambitions 2012-05-24T16:19:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Last+ditch+salvage+effort+at+tough+Iran+talks/-/1068/1412878/-/6khftwz/-/index.html Iran and six world powers sought desperately Thursday to salvage something tangible from 2012-05-24T15:36:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Mladic+war+crimes+trial+to+resume+June+25/-/1068/1412868/-/iapu9w/-/index.html The genocide and warcrimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, which was 2012-05-24T15:31:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Rwanda+genocide+suspect+to+appeal+refusal+of+extra+time/-/1066/1412848/-/114v2kqz/-/index.html Rwandan genocide suspect Leon Mugesera, who was deported by Canada to Kigali after a long legal 2012-05-24T15:19:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Jobless+with+degrees+demonstrate+in+Tunisia/-/1066/1412740/-/ao0g91/-/index.html About 100 unemployed people with university degrees demonstrated Thursday outside Tunisia's Kasbah 2012-05-24T14:10:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Indecent+Zuma+painting+difficult+to+ban+judge/-/1066/1412728/-/v0ph50z/-/index.html South African President Jacob Zuma's bid to ban a painting in which his genitals are exposed 2012-05-24T13:57:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/US+hacked+Al+Qaeda+to+undermine+propaganda/-/1068/1412720/-/a4i4j3/-/index.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said US experts scored a cyberwarfare coup by hacking into websites run 2012-05-24T13:51:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Breivik+says+wont+appeal+guilty+verdict+if+found+sane/-/1068/1412700/-/aiw82s/-/index.html Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway last July, told an Oslo court 2012-05-24T13:43:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs+want+free+inputs+for+farmers/-/1064/1412662/-/9vyoxqz/-/index.html Parliament’s Agriculture Committee wants the government to supply free fertiliser and seeds to all the small-scale farmers in the country.   2012-05-24T13:06:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1412626/-/ye2707z/-/index.html Heavy rains have been pounding Kenya leaving in their wake devastation and death. 2012-05-24T11:58:58Z 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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