/News/-/1056/1056/-/f06mdq/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Call-off-strike-nurses-urged-/-/1056/1889000/-/vrkq2oz/-/index.html The government has promised to implement the Comprehensive Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiated by the Kenya National Hospital unionisable staff from July. 2013-06-20T06:47:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1888974/-/w3b8e9z/-/index.html President Kenyatta has led Kenyans in national prayers at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. 2013-06-20T05:53:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tribal-clashes-claim-40-lives-displace-thousands-in-Darfur/-/1066/1888940/-/jkowdy/-/index.html More than 40 people are feared dead while many others wounded in fresh tribal clashes that broke out Wednesday in troubled Darfur region. 2013-06-20T02:48:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Sopranos-star-James-Gandolfini-dead-at-51/-/1068/1888924/-/8hma4tz/-/index.html Emmy award-winning US actor James Gandolfini, the star of the long-running mafia drama "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51 in Italy, his managers said Wednesday. 2013-06-20T01:43:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Prosecutors-request-secret-hearings-in-911-case/-/1068/1888850/-/15k1an4z/-/index.html Prosecutors trying five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks asked Wednesday that the defendants be excluded from their trial when classified evidence is heard. 2013-06-19T20:37:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Strikers-told-to-give-room-for-dialogue/-/1056/1888618/-/bi2ci0/-/index.html The salaries commission boss has urged striking teachers to give dialogue a chance 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Officials-had-travel-approval/-/1056/1888734/-/13owf82/-/index.html The Kenya government insists its officials held in Lagos after deporting a Nigerian suspected of drug trafficking had the necessary documentation to enter the West African nation 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Treasury-boss-backs-plan-to-cut-wage-bill/-/1056/1888684/-/qhrsk8z/-/index.html The Treasury Principal Secretary nominee has pledged to support the Salaries commission efforts to harmonise wages of public servants 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Law-proposed-to-protect-hurt-workers/-/1056/1888728/-/v91e5cz/-/index.html Employers will have to compensate employees who get injured in the course of duty or be liable to a fine not exceeding Sh500,000 or one year imprisonment or both 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Heads-caution-against-hasty-laptops-roll-out/-/1056/1888646/-/12rvuxsz/-/index.html Pupils should not be provided with laptop computers, secondary school headteachers have said 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Teachers-shun-calls-to-down-their-tools/-/1056/1888572/-/vwstkwz/-/index.html The secondary school teachers’ strike has had little effect as most instructors continue to ignore calls by their union to down their tools 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Police-probe-death-of-teenage-girl/-/1056/1888722/-/12v0iyw/-/index.html Police are investigating the killing of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a gunny bag at a Nairobi estate 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/WB-loan-to-fund-water-projects/-/1056/1888754/-/13r4fgnz/-/index.html Kenya has received a Sh13 billion ($155 million) loan from the World Bank to support new water infrastructure 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Graft-claims-raised-in-sale-of-textbooks/-/1056/1888760/-/o28jehz/-/index.html A row has erupted between booksellers and headteachers over payment of supplies to schools under the free primary and subsidised secondary education programmes 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs-plot-to-change-law-over-salaries/-/1064/1888778/-/3p9d4tz/-/index.html Parliament opens new front in war with Salaries commission by seeking to exempt Legislature from provisions of article 260 of the Constitution 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/I-hired-gang-to-kill-my-husband/-/1056/1888704/-/9detrl/-/index.html A woman has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill her husband by hiring gangsters who turned out to be police officers from the Flying Squad Unit 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/MPs-can-change-the-Constitution/-/1064/1888782/-/jp6adx/-/index.html MPs can change the Constitution 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Events-leading-to-the-ruling/-/1056/1888798/-/10tp58kz/-/index.html Events leading to the ruling 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/How-the-police-duped-suspect/-/1056/1888710/-/iuf737/-/index.html As part of the agreement to prove her husband was dead, the officers took his T-shirt and jacket and soaked them in blood they bought from butcher 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/House-shoots-down-budget-in-CDF-row-/-/1064/1888770/-/108ldyk/-/index.html MPs angry at the failure by Treasury to allocate Sh5.4 billion to the Constituency Development Fund on Wednesday declined to approve the government’s spending of Sh31.9 billion 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila-wont-address-ICC-issue/-/1064/1888566/-/m53wwtz/-/index.html Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Tuesday he would not publicly address the International Criminal Court indictments of Kenya’s president and deputy president during his visit to the United States 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Transport-nominee-faults-railway-deal/-/1064/1888658/-/oa7fx7/-/index.html The Transport Principal Secretary nominee on Wednesday told a parliamentary committee that he would cancel the Rift Valley Railways concession agreement as it has led to the national railway’s ruin 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Governors-handed-more-powers/-/1064/1888784/-/n74qkf/-/index.html County governments will take over the running of health, transport, agriculture and tourism in their areas starting from next month, it was agreed on Wednesday 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Micheni-unfit-for-office-panel-told/-/1064/1888670/-/6uwpkbz/-/index.html The Principal Secretary nominee for the Fisheries ministry on Wednesday had a difficult time to prove to MPs that he meets integrity standards 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Chinese-firm-fights-court-order/-/1056/1888840/-/3r39hyz/-/index.html A Chinese construction company is battling against a court order that requires that it pays Sh800 million to a Kenyan sub-contractor 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Cotu-defends-Atwoli/-/1056/1888844/-/5hawiqz/-/index.html The Central Organisation of Trade Unions on Wednesday defended secretary-general Francis Atwoli against accusations that he used donor funds for politics as detectives intensified the manhunt for two former officials wanted over the cash scandal 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/CCK-raises-charges/-/1056/1888834/-/14rjb5f/-/index.html The communications industry regulator has increased frequency fees in a move that it claims will open up the industry to more players 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kimaiyo-posts-100-officers-to-counties/-/1056/1888838/-/uytw9b/-/index.html Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo on Wednesday sent more than 100 senior officers to work under newly appointed county police chiefs 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/IEBC-yet-to-pay-90000-security-officers/-/1064/1888842/-/tvw6svz/-/index.html More than 90,000 security personnel who worked for the electoral commission in the March polls are yet to be paid their allowances 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Bid-to-invest-in-network-cover-rejected/-/1064/1888832/-/pokt3k/-/index.html Senate has rejected a proposal to have county governments set aside money to improve mobile phone coverage in areas where service providers have not built base transmission stations 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Dispute-started-four-years-ago/-/1056/1888816/-/awxqp1z/-/index.html Dispute started four years ago 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Patients-agony-as-nurses-strike/-/1056/1888814/-/26ecfaz/-/index.html Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital were on Wednesday under the care of casual workers after nurses went on strike demanding a 46 per cent pay increase awarded by the High Court last year 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Woman-who-was-stripped-wins-case/-/1056/1888792/-/8vovnb/-/index.html I am not ashamed to be a woman! Those were Alexander Ngungu Nthungi’s words after Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi declared that police violated his rights and dignity by stripping him naked to ascertain his sexual identity 2013-06-19T20:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Senate-seeks-fund-for-graduates/-/1064/1888830/-/2qlvqj/-/index.html Senators have asked the government to set up an exclusive fund to offer interest-free loans to graduates 2013-06-19T20:08:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Kerry-off-on-mega-Mideast-Asia-tour/-/1068/1888828/-/4j3947/-/index.html US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Friday on a 12-day trip during which he will return to the Middle East, hold high-level talks in Southeast Asia and make his first visit to India. 2013-06-19T19:59:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Moroccos-ex-Olympic-champ-Khalid-Skah-arrested-in-France/-/1068/1888826/-/usd8qp/-/index.html French police on Wednesday arrested Morocco's former Olympic champion Khalid Skah over an extradition request linked to a fierce custody battle between the athlete and the Norwegian mother of his two children. 2013-06-19T19:58:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Hungary-ex-PM-Horn-key-figure-in-fall-of-Iron-Curtain-dies/-/1068/1888822/-/v6qpixz/-/index.html Former Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn, credited as one of the communist leaders who helped bring down the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died aged 80 in Budapest, the government said Wednesday. 2013-06-19T19:55:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Czech-rightwing-party-proposes-woman-for-PM/-/1068/1888818/-/no4t3r/-/index.html The Czech right-wing Civic Democrats (ODS) party on Wednesday proposed parliament speaker Miroslava Nemcova for the post of prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas amid a graft scandal. 2013-06-19T19:54:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/New-clashes-in-Brazil-as-security-forces-deployed/-/1068/1888812/-/3fbav0/-/index.html Fresh clashes erupted Wednesday in Brazil between police and protesters outraged over mass spending for next year's World Cup, as the government deployed elite forces to quell the unrest. 2013-06-19T19:53:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mugabe-seeks-to-delay-Zimbabwe-elections-by-two-weeks/-/1066/1888810/-/83l4sqz/-/index.html Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, following pressure by regional leaders. 2013-06-19T19:52:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nine-killed-as-al-shabaab-attack-UN-base-in-Mogadishu/-/1066/1888808/-/13qluhrz/-/index.html Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the UN compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, leaving nine people dead in the most serious attack on the United Nations in the troubled country in recent years. 2013-06-19T19:51:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Failed-Gambia-coup-leader-dies-in-Mali/-/1066/1888806/-/vxiplj/-/index.html The leader of a failed coup in the Gambia who spent his last years in exile has died in Mali, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. 2013-06-19T19:50:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Gambia-charges-ex-justice-minister-with-corruption/-/1066/1888804/-/e9ex2e/-/index.html Gambian prosecutors charged a sacked justice minister and another senior government official with a series of counts of corruption, negligence and abuse of power on Wednesday. 2013-06-19T19:49:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nigerian-military-claims-arrest-of-8-suspected-insurgents/-/1066/1888802/-/rr4gykz/-/index.html The Nigerian military said Wednesday that it has arrested eight of the suspected insurgents who launched deadly attacks since the weekend in the northeast in which more than a dozen students were killed. 2013-06-19T19:48:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Britains-William-and-Kate-to-stay-in-dark-over-babys-sex/-/1068/1888800/-/15pssd9/-/index.html The sex of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will remain a mystery until its expected arrival in mid-July, with the mother likely to opt for a natural delivery, British royal sources said Wednesday. 2013-06-19T19:45:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Deported-Chinedu-seeks-Kenya-return/-/1064/1888312/-/4iisinz/-/index.html Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu has filed an application seeking his return to Kenya. 2013-06-19T14:40:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/1888310/-/j490tz/-/index.html President Barack Obama on Wednesday pledged that the United States "will do more" to tackle the threat of climate change and said the world must do likewise before it is too late. 2013-06-19T14:38:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Governors-to-get-diplomatic-passports/-/1064/1888188/-/6y5ttw/-/index.html President Kenyatta has ordered that Governors be issued with diplomatic passports and special car number plates to facilitate their roles under the devolved government. 2013-06-19T13:05:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Give-youth-interest-free-loans-Senate-urges/-/1064/1888172/-/733qty/-/index.html Senators have asked the government to set up an exclusive fund to offer interest-free loans to graduates. 2013-06-19T12:39:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mugabe-seeks-July-31-poll-date-extension/-/1066/1888112/-/yirsni/-/index.html Zimbabwe Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday filed an application seeking an extension to the July 31 date for the country’s elections. 2013-06-19T11:39:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Nairobi-County-workers-down-tools-over-pay/-/1064/1888088/-/8ppcxa/-/index.html Nairobi County government workers are on strike to protest the delay in releasing their May pay. 2013-06-19T11:17:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/1888064/-/15aum07z/-/index.html Somalia and African Union soldiers have regained control of a United Nations compound ending an hour and an half attack by Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab insurgents, police and witnesses said Wednesday. 2013-06-19T10:47:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Officials-had-Nigeria-travel-papers/-/1056/1888018/-/xd6wo4z/-/index.html The government has said its officials held in Lagos following the deportation of a Nigerian suspected of drug trafficking had the necessary travel documents. 2013-06-19T09:15:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nurses-at-KNH-strike-over-allowances/-/1056/1887926/-/kobmcbz/-/index.html Kenyatta National Hospital nurses have gone on strike demanding payment of allowances. 2013-06-19T07:05:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila-urges-Govt-apology-for-past-abuses/-/1064/1887792/-/13s90hm/-/index.html The government should follow the recommendations of the Truth Commission by apologising to Kenyans for atrocities committed against them by past regimes, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga said Tuesday. 2013-06-19T05:56:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Obama-to-invoke-call-of-history-in-Berlin-speech/-/1068/1887788/-/q192h6/-/index.html Barack Obama will Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping programmes. 2013-06-19T05:51:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Nine-students-killed-in-Nigeria-attack/-/1066/1887750/-/36h7qi/-/index.html Suspected Islamists shot dead nine students as they sat an exam in an attack on a private school in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, local people said Tuesday 2013-06-19T03:03:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/N-Korean-leader-stresses-Hitlers-skills/-/1068/1887748/-/1198rfqz/-/index.html North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual 2013-06-19T02:34:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Assange-marks-one-year-spent-in-embassy/-/1068/1887740/-/62m2wi/-/index.html A year after seeking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange remains fearful of US "revenge" over the WikiLeaks disclosures 2013-06-19T01:13:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Tanzania-police-arrest-opposition-MPs/-/1066/1887738/-/ma5ff9z/-/index.html Tanzanian police arrested four deputies of the main opposition Chadema party and 60 supporters in the northern city of Arusha on Tuesday as they gathered to pay tribute to murdered colleagues 2013-06-19T01:10:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Teacher-admits-killing-elephant/-/1066/1887732/-/u3k3u3/-/index.html A Congolese teacher has confessed to killing eight elephants for their ivory and was arrested in possession of 25 kilogrammes of ivory 2013-06-18T22:30:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mali-government-Tuaregs-sign-ceasefire-accord/-/1066/1887730/-/o8p6tl/-/index.html The Malian government and Tuareg rebels occupying a key northern city signed an accord Tuesday paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month 2013-06-18T22:20:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Mozambique-govt-blames-opposition-for-raid/-/1066/1887728/-/etivbpz/-/index.html Mozambique's government on Tuesday blamed opposition party Renamo for a deadly attack a day earlier on a military arms depot but said it would maintain dialogue with the civil war foe 2013-06-18T22:17:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Bieber-off-hook-after-paparazzi-incident/-/1068/1887722/-/5g2e2fz/-/index.html Los Angeles police investigated Tuesday an incident in which a car driven by teen idol Justin Bieber hit a paparazzo, but decided after enquiries that the lensman was at fault, a spokesman said 2013-06-18T22:10:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Turkey-PM-claims-victory/-/1068/1887712/-/3thmxyz/-/index.html Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy crackdown 2013-06-18T21:59:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Morning-swim-helped-with-G8-talks-Cameron/-/1068/1887710/-/tty9wd/-/index.html A dip in the icy waters of a Northern Irish lake proved the ideal tonic before a day of tough talks with G8 leaders on tax evasion and the Syria crisis, British Prime Minister David Cameron said 2013-06-18T21:55:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Montreal-mayor-resigns/-/1068/1887708/-/m315sg/-/index.html The mayor of Canada's second largest city resigned on Tuesday following his arrest on corruption charges but insisted he was innocent of wrongdoing 2013-06-18T21:51:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/NASA-opens-asteroid-search-to-the-public/-/1068/1887706/-/viw8bq/-/index.html NASA announced a Grand Challenge on Tuesday to enlist government agencies, industry, academics and citizen astronomers in the hunt for asteroids that could cause massive destruction 2013-06-18T21:47:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/MPs-cut-tourism-budget-to-pay-teachers/-/1056/1887614/-/15df6s8z/-/index.html Parliament Tuesday moved to forestall a crisis in schools and universities after MPs allocated Sh4 billion in additional funds to the Education Ministry to cater for staff salaries and allowances. 2013-06-18T19:27:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1887436/-/w3c1q7z/-/index.html ICC has allowed Deputy President William to be absent from some hearings when his trial for crimes against humanity starts at the Hague-based court. 2013-06-18T17:44:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Last-day-for-40-PSs-in-public-service-shakeup-/-/1056/1887432/-/15fqwxyz/-/index.html Wednesday marks the last day for permanent secretaries in the former administration as they hand-over to their deputies, the Nation can reveal. 2013-06-18T17:43:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Fate-of-officials-held-in-Nigeria-unknown-/-/1056/1887428/-/jtr8orz/-/index.html The fate of Kenyans detained in Lagos after escorting deported Nigerian Anthony Chinedu remained unknown Tuesdayas both governments remained mum over the matter. 2013-06-18T17:42:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Earning-top-marks-behind-bars-/-/1056/1887426/-/oh6vjkz/-/index.html Dressed in a black stripped coat a matching trouser, white shirt, red tie and spotting an identification badge, he easily stands out among the “zebra draped” fellow inmates at the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison. 2013-06-18T17:42:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1887424/-/w3c1r5z/-/index.html It is perhaps the only education institution in the country that has the highest number of adult learners pursuing Early Childhood Education. 2013-06-18T17:41:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Uhuru-picks-aide-for-solicitor-general-job-/-/1056/1887420/-/7fytxoz/-/index.html President Kenyatta has nominated his former personal assistant to the post of Solicitor General. 2013-06-18T17:40:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/MPs-cut-tourism-budget-to-pay-teachers-/-/1056/1887418/-/2oysivz/-/index.html Parliament Tuesday moved to forestall a crisis in schools and universities after MPs allocated Sh4 billion in additional funds to the Education Ministry to cater for staff salaries and allowances. 2013-06-18T17:40:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1887414/-/w3c1s1z/-/index.html A new requirement to have students sit in the boards of management has raised a storm of protest among some secondary school principals. 2013-06-18T17:39:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Students-urge-State-to-avert-teachers-strike-/-/1056/1887412/-/131ur12/-/index.html Secondary school students Tuesday asked the government to urgently address teachers’ demands to avert a national strike. 2013-06-18T17:38:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Knec-wont-pay-principals-listing-students-/-/1056/1887410/-/kturoe/-/index.html Secondary school headteachers will not be paid by the examinations council for registering students for tests. 2013-06-18T17:37:49Z