/oped/-/1192/1192/-/13i5vkl/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1412678/-/beo9vr/-/index.html It is a paradox of sorts that as African countries continue to receive aid, the intended 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1412676/-/beo9vp/-/index.html While I have confidence in the polls agency’s ability to conduct free and fair elections, they seem 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Gado+did+a+good+job+with+Uhuru+cartoon/-/440806/1412682/-/qsqelo/-/index.html I read with shock Jane Kui Spy’s letter (Daily Nation, May 24) on the Uhuru cartoon that was published 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+Cutting+Edge/-/440802/1412686/-/11um1lfz/-/index.html Eldoret North MP William Ruto’s suggestion that his URP should be given a share of the ODM nominees to the East African 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Stop+spoiling+city+with+campaign+messages/-/440806/1412684/-/mur9dyz/-/index.html Politicians should stop making Nairobi dirty by splashing their campaign messages everywhere 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412690/-/lrmhdxz/-/index.html On March 12, this year, President Kibaki announced that we had discovered oil in the remote poor region 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/The+Tenth+Parliament+is+impunity+itself/-/440808/1412692/-/14ui6adz/-/index.html The Tenth Parliament risks going down the annals of history as the House of Shame 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412912/-/lrmf8lz/-/index.html In this very Kenya, which has 70,000 cops and APs, there are 5,700 officers 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Yes+parastatals+must+be+allowed+to+deliver/-/440804/1412920/-/sseby7z/-/index.html The performance of public corporations has always been a subject of major concern because of their inability 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Celebrating+Africa+Day/-/440804/1412922/-/scwqb4/-/index.html The Organisation of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union, was founded on May 25, 1963 2012-05-24T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Send+greedy+MPs+home/-/440804/1412084/-/p5kcq8z/-/index.html Kenyan legislators should learn a lesson from the new French government about personal and collective 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412064/-/lrmm68z/-/index.html Recent progress on Tullow Oil’s Ngamia-1 exploration well in Turkana County moved Kenya 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1412068/-/lrmm64z/-/index.html Two events in the last few days have led us to peek into the future. One was the launch of Mr Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Start+preparing+for+serious+food+shortage/-/440804/1412078/-/d27bxa/-/index.html Kenya could face a serious food shortage with the outbreak of a disease that has so far infected 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/-/440802/1412052/-/12o29du/-/index.html The Kenya Urban Roads Authority must do better than the small storm drains being constructed 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Act+now+to+end+teacher+shortage+in+the+country/-/440806/1412042/-/4aw5s4/-/index.html The government should act and end the shortage of teachers. Since nothing meaningful has been 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Uhuru+cartoon+portrays+the+youth+in+bad+light/-/440806/1412044/-/njwww6/-/index.html Cartoons are supposed to be funny but they can also influence people’s thinking and beliefs 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Lock+out+civil+servants+from+election+jobs+to+achieve+fairness/-/440806/1412040/-/98wf7o/-/index.html The next General Election, no doubt, will be the toughest and most competitive in Kenya’s history 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1412032/-/beo53b/-/index.html Five years have elapsed since the last General Election and we are once again approaching 2012-05-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1411214/-/benhac/-/index.html The political intrigues surrounding the Mombasa Republican Council are a risk 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Kenya+is+in+the+right+direction+on+search+for+energy+sources/-/440806/1411222/-/qomqr1z/-/index.html Kenya is doing a commendable job through the energy projects that it has undertaken 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Politicians+confusing+the+public+on+MRC/-/440806/1411224/-/yd31sp/-/index.html Our leaders should stop confusing the public by giving conflicting positions on the Mombasa Republican Council 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/New+traffic+laws+wont+help+end+road+carnage/-/440806/1411228/-/e9hvtt/-/index.html I am responding to Kariuki Muiri’s letter ‘New traffic law too harsh on motorists, may be stillborn (May 13) 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+Cutting+Edge/-/440802/1411234/-/11umt6wz/-/index.html Following the recent fatal grenade attack at Bella Vista nightclub in Mombasa, Terewa Buhere 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1411264/-/lrn9whz/-/index.html In November 2007, I was contracted by a prominent international magazine 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Changing+the+law+to+suit+a+dishonest+few/-/440804/1411282/-/kkrcl0/-/index.html When Parliament passed the Political Parties Act 2011, the intention was to create order in national politics 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Dont+mollycoddle+MRC/-/440804/1411286/-/j3o5grz/-/index.html By wooing outlawed groups for votes, our politicians are playing with fire. Unfortunately, on the day the conflagration 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1411276/-/lrn9vjz/-/index.html Our tea industry is being strangled. The recent ad valorem levy of one per cent is ill-advised 2012-05-22T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Traffic+police+officers+to+blame+for+carnage+/-/440806/1410452/-/4q0jt2z/-/index.html The high number of deaths on Kenyan roads is disturbing. In my view, security personnel are to blame for the carnage. 2012-05-21T15:09:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Dumping+of+babies++is+an+insult+to+God+/-/440806/1410450/-/rm5iwiz/-/index.html I am prompted to comment of the story ‘New home sought for recovered Baby Malaika’ in Monday’s issue of the Nation. 2012-05-21T15:09:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Politicians+must+desist+from+sowing+seeds+of+discord/-/440806/1410448/-/y79r71/-/index.html The weekend was no doubt a very busy period for politicians. 2012-05-21T15:09:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Uhuru+has+uphill+task+ahead+after+colourful+launch/-/440806/1410446/-/6stk3iz/-/index.html The pomp and colour that characterised the launch has sent a powerful  political message 2012-05-21T15:09:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Victims+of+injustice+hail+vetting+board+/-/440808/1410440/-/syn1rl/-/index.html My positive reaction to the disqualification of four judges of the Appeal Court stems from my suffering 2012-05-21T15:05:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Espouse+culture+of+open+televised+debates+/-/440808/1410436/-/eo74gj/-/index.html As the country negotiates the last bend towards elections, there have been persistent calls 2012-05-21T15:03:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+cutting+edge+/-/440802/1410430/-/14cq2u6z/-/index.html hile commending Murang’a Municipal Council for improving sanitation and general cleanliness 2012-05-21T14:58:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Stalemate+bad+for+Kenya+/-/440804/1410426/-/kwpyin/-/index.html The failure of the Coalition Government, specifically the two Principals, to nominate members of the National Police Service Commission after disagreements over its composition, has dealt a serious blow to much-needed reforms. 2012-05-21T14:55:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Turf+war+in+education+sector+quite+disruptive+/-/440804/1410422/-/3sra9t/-/index.html A turf war is building up between the Teachers Service Commission and the Ministry of Education 2012-05-21T14:55:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Leaders+should+tackle+graft+to+curb+accidents+++/-/440806/1409824/-/qdidd8/-/index.html The decision by the Cabinet to add a few more rules on road use to curb accidents is a reactionary move likely to be of no consequence. 2012-05-20T15:06:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Lets+take+advantage+of+rains+and+harvest+water++/-/440806/1409822/-/cvcgpwz/-/index.html With the heavy rains pounding the country, it is necessary to harvest the water for use during dry periods. 2012-05-20T15:04:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Holes+dug+by+road+contractors+pose+danger+to+the+public++/-/440806/1409820/-/14vxdpfz/-/index.html There is something wrong with the attitude of some contractors regarding roadworks in Kenya. 2012-05-20T15:03:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1409818/-/be7mn9/-/index.html It is time Kenya comes up with lasting solutions to road accidents that have claimed many lives and maimed others. 2012-05-20T15:01:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Swearing+by+the+Bible+odious+propaganda+/-/440808/1409798/-/7756m0z/-/index.html An article by a Mr John B. Osoro (DN, May 15) claimed that Murang’a MPs held the Bible aloft and swore allegiance to Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta at a function last month. 2012-05-20T14:56:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1409796/-/ls459fz/-/index.html For a country whose Constitution progressively embraces the imperative of dual national citizenship, Kenya’s formal institutions are incredibly timid when it comes to acknowledging the reality and benefits of hybrid ethnic identities. 2012-05-20T14:52:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1409794/-/ls459hz/-/index.html I am glad that Charles Onyango-Obbo had the gumption to ask the “elephant-in-the room” question in his report on military actions in Somalia published in the EastAfrican last week 2012-05-20T14:49:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Prisons+must+work+hard+/-/440804/1409792/-/rymol3/-/index.html The country was once again treated to a 10-day thrill when Africa’s top women’s volleyball clubs faced-off in Nairobi. 2012-05-20T14:47:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Mysterious+blight+will+destroy+maize+harvest++/-/440804/1409790/-/wgnlyg/-/index.html After almost seven months of silence, the government now says there is little it can do about a disease that is damaging maize crops across the country. 2012-05-20T14:46:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+cutting+edge+/-/440802/1409786/-/14d6adyz/-/index.html Kenya Power is right now not in the good books of Nyeri Town resident Martin Njoki, who has a grouse over what he calls their “billing inconsistencies” 2012-05-20T14:40:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/The+cutting+edge/-/440802/1409340/-/ni4jw2/-/index.html With the mushrooming universities in the various towns around the country, Jane Hughes is worried 2012-05-19T14:59:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Voters+interested+in+issues+/-/440804/1409338/-/4kpc6kz/-/index.html Monitoring the pronouncements of most politicians and comparing them with what voters say are their priorities 2012-05-19T14:59:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Take+on+scrap+metal+trade+to+stop+vandals+/-/440804/1409336/-/45hnq3/-/index.html Kenya Power has raised the red flag over the alarming rate at which vandals have been stealing transformers across the country. 2012-05-19T14:59:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Separate+elections+good+for+transition+/-/440806/1409330/-/frpw4q/-/index.html I propose that an urgent amendment be made to have county elections in December 2012 and presidential elections in March 2013 to allow for a smooth transition. 2012-05-19T14:51:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Best+option+for+saving+orphaned+cheetah+cubs+/-/440806/1409328/-/jvgtjgz/-/index.html I would like to make a comment on the fate of orphaned cheetah cubs reported in the last edition of the Sunday Nation. 2012-05-19T14:51:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Makau+fight+for+gays+is+doublespeak+on+evil+/-/440806/1409326/-/ib6f10z/-/index.html The Sunday Nation columnist Prof Makau Mutua’s support for legalisation of gay marriage in Kenya is despicable. 2012-05-19T14:51:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Church+has+lost+it+as+clergymen+now+seeking+political+kingdom+/-/440806/1409324/-/w4uedu/-/index.html On October, 31, 1517, Martin Luther, the famous reformer affixed his 95 theses on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. 2012-05-19T14:51:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/President+doesnt+have+power+to+appoint+county+commissioners+/-/440808/1409314/-/e9dvj4/-/index.html The appointment of 47 county commissioners by the President has been widely condemned as unconstitutional. 2012-05-19T14:23:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Judges+should+be+bold+enough+to+call+looters+to+account+/-/440808/1409312/-/vss63xz/-/index.html The Judges and Magistrates’ Vetting Board, in recommending the removal of four judges a fortnight ago, offered the country at large 2012-05-19T14:22:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenyans+should+answer+the+ethnic+question+/-/440808/1409310/-/46cc41/-/index.html Lately, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has been in the news discussing the ethnic composition 2012-05-19T14:17:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Grenades+make+a+mockery+of+military+heroics+in+Somalia+/-/440808/1409308/-/156ih59z/-/index.html Thabit Jamaldin Yahya, the 30-year-old man held by police over the grenade attack on a Mombasa nightclub on Wednesday, has publicly protested his innocence. 2012-05-19T14:16:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Curry+colleges+recruiting+British+youth/-/440808/1409306/-/t8h56u/-/index.html Everybody knows Britain’s favourite meal is roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Or maybe fish and chips. 2012-05-19T14:15:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Forces+supporting+gay+unions+will+carry+the+day+/-/440808/1409302/-/1tpl2y/-/index.html My aunt made a terrible hiss over the phone when she called me on hearing Obama had endorsed gay marriage 2012-05-19T14:00:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Prayer+for+a+clean+and+honest+leader+/-/440808/1409300/-/og2vs3z/-/index.html Given our new constitutional dispensation, we Kenyans are now at a more serious junction than we have ever crossed in our 49 years of independence. 2012-05-19T14:00:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Big+firms+seem+to+forget+the+very+basics+of+business+/-/440808/1409296/-/v6r30l/-/index.html Picture yourself at one of our many fruit-and-vegetable markets. 2012-05-19T13:59:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Githae+stand+on+by+elections+is+untenable+/-/440808/1409294/-/15gq8xiz/-/index.html If you quit the party that sponsored you to Parliament; the party on whose ticket you were elected, then you have to seek a fresh mandate from the electorate. 2012-05-19T13:59:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Ngugi+is+right+when+he+says+our+Asians+are+our+very+own+/-/440808/1409292/-/9s8eidz/-/index.html Like Limuru’s “Asians” of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s youth, my “Asians” (the dukawallahs of Awendo) never mixed with their black clientele. 2012-05-19T13:59:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Cheer+up+Kenya+is+doing+far+better+/-/440808/1409290/-/r4xv2wz/-/index.html At breakfast with a group of African journalists a few days ago, the lady from Lesotho suddenly rose from the table to take a call from home. 2012-05-19T13:59:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why+risk+national+catastrophe+for+the+Ocampo+Four/-/440808/1409288/-/nwp3ej/-/index.html Think of Kenya as a big “room.” Well — there’s a big elephant in the “room.” 2012-05-19T13:59:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Lets+strengthen+the+rule+of+law+to+crush+impunity+/-/440808/1409286/-/ib4rps/-/index.html It is widely recognised that a weak rule of law is a threat to the stability of any country, especially those in transition to democracy. 2012-05-19T13:59:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Dairy+farmers+unable+to+exploit+market+potential+/-/440808/1409284/-/f27elh/-/index.html Two years ago, the country experienced a milk glut resulting to a situation where customers were given one free packet of milk 2012-05-19T13:59:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kibaki+sorely+missing+Muthauras+management+skills++/-/440808/1409280/-/enu8s1z/-/index.html One man’s elderly sagacity, firm hands, calm head, astuteness and rational management of the affairs of the State will be dearly missed. 2012-05-19T13:59:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Restore+food+security+/-/440804/1408728/-/5ae4nn/-/index.html The National Economic and Social Council meeting in Nairobi heard on Friday that Kenya’s Strategic Grain Reserve faces a deficit of 1.8 million bags of maize. 2012-05-18T17:17:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/AP+commanders+must+act+to+stop+shootings+/-/440804/1408726/-/g1od14/-/index.html Something is seriously wrong with the Administration Police. 2012-05-18T17:17:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/You+must+read+paper+to+understand+China+/-/440808/1408720/-/jx6yaez/-/index.html The Chinese are coming. 2012-05-18T16:59:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Jangili+is+a+word+borrowed+from+India+/-/440808/1408718/-/kf9op4/-/index.html I have always thought jangili is a Kiswahili word. But Ngugi wa Thiong’o gives me a good idea why the word is not found in the pages of D.V. Perrott’s Essential Swahili Dictionary. 2012-05-18T16:59:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1408716/-/ls4troz/-/index.html The rules of the Supreme Court are meant for legal practitioners. 2012-05-18T16:59:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1408714/-/ls4trqz/-/index.html What a shame that the Attorney General succumbed to political pressure to withdraw the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2012, from Parliament. 2012-05-18T16:59:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/The+poor+dont+feature+in+regimes+plans+/-/440808/1408712/-/52a065z/-/index.html The sight of the expanding skyline of Nairobi or Mombasa would impress any foreign visitor. 2012-05-18T16:59:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1408710/-/ls4truz/-/index.html Weighing in on whether people accused of crimes against humanity at the ICC can seek office, Catholic Bishop Philip Sulumeti joined the side that is deliberately misleading Kenyans that only criminal convictions define integrity. 2012-05-18T16:59:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1408708/-/ls4tsiz/-/index.html She was born in 1930. The child of poor European immigrants, who married the son of other poor European immigrants. 2012-05-18T16:59:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting+Edge/-/440802/1408706/-/12nk1rg/-/index.html With the putting of final touches on Thika highway continuing, Churchill Amatha is unhappy about a  road behind the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation that has been closed. 2012-05-18T16:55:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/-/440806/1408702/-/be6wik/-/index.html It is clear that the declaration of wealth has failed to curb rampant corruption in the government. 2012-05-18T16:51:35Z