/oped/Editorial/-/440804/440804/-/qmuxi8z/-/index.html 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/Editorial/Rapists+not+scared+by+law/-/440804/1408052/-/d94woe/-/index.html According to well-documented reports, a huge number of women and girls, conservatively estimated at 1,200 2012-05-17T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/We+are+dying+from+dereliction+of+duty/-/440804/1408050/-/srh822/-/index.html We are not talking about isolated accidents, but about genocide on our roads. 15 people died in 2012-05-17T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Those+who+murdered+must+be+made+to+pay/-/440804/1407218/-/12gdkwhz/-/index.html The government has finally revived investigations into some 5,000 possible criminal cases linked 2012-05-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Impunity+is+not+forever/-/440804/1407222/-/9k2p4mz/-/index.html Former Liberian President Charles Taylor and former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic 2012-05-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Yes+reform+universities++/-/440804/1406644/-/8jth77z/-/index.html The significance of higher education in the life of a nation is well-documented. 2012-05-15T17:26:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Things+are+looking+up+but+we+re+not+there+yet+/-/440804/1406640/-/102egh5z/-/index.html The Economic Survey released on Tuesday confirms that Kenya has been well on the way to recovery after the meltdown following the 2007 elections. 2012-05-15T17:25:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Sudan+should+quit+Abyei+/-/440804/1405654/-/teanqa/-/index.html Sudan should follow the example of the Republic of South Sudan and also withdraw its forces from the disputed Abyei. 2012-05-14T14:09:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Lets+tread+warily+on+commissioners+issue+/-/440804/1405652/-/lnvtbl/-/index.html The appointment of 47 county commissioners has elicited strong responses 2012-05-14T14:09:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Officials+scapegoating+/-/440804/1404940/-/e0i9rnz/-/index.html Outgoing Cricket Kenya chief executive, Briton Tom Sears, and New Zealand’s Mike Hesson, who has resigned as national coach, held a joint press conference 2012-05-13T13:57:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Turn+new+ideas+into+products+for+market++/-/440804/1404938/-/6b5jc2/-/index.html Last week the country was treated to the first Science and Innovation Week which was staged in Nairobi. 2012-05-13T13:57:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Dont+drain+the+reservoir+/-/440804/1404678/-/f0ao1tz/-/index.html The appointment of 47 county commissioners by President Kibaki marks an important milestone towards the achievement of the new constitutional dispensation. 2012-05-12T16:35:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/New+anti+graft+team+must+take+job+seriously+/-/440804/1404676/-/74r1co/-/index.html It is a measure of how seldom the rhetoric of the Executive and Parliament on their commitment to fight corruption matches their actions that the two branches of government allowed the top positions in the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to remain vacant for months. 2012-05-12T16:33:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Budget+plan+needs+time+/-/440804/1404158/-/oct2sw/-/index.html A parliamentary committee is holding public sittings this weekend to get views on the 2012/13 Budget due to be tabled in the House next month. 2012-05-11T15:57:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Do+not+blame+rains+for+damage+to+roads+/-/440804/1404156/-/tvccdw/-/index.html Torrential rains over the last two months have caused over Sh10 billion worth of damage to Kenya’s roads network. 2012-05-11T15:57:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Signatures+drive+futile+/-/440804/1403420/-/2bfqr/-/index.html Collecting signatures from Kenyans for the furtherance of any lawful cause is a constitutional right. 2012-05-10T16:20:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Lets+heed+warnings+on+probable+violence+/-/440804/1403418/-/vf1xla/-/index.html The warning that ethnic politics in the run-up to the elections could excite violence must be heeded by all. 2012-05-10T16:20:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Are+they+still+Kenyans/-/440804/1402776/-/14qxhqa/-/index.html News stories illustrating insecurity in the forgotten reaches of Kenya have now become daily staple 2012-05-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/County+funds+must+be+handled+delicately/-/440804/1402774/-/6kstsrz/-/index.html A proposal on the sharing of public funds among counties has raised serious debate, with critics 2012-05-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Audit+CDF+allocations/-/440804/1402006/-/10ophmdz/-/index.html The point is not that the Constituency Development Fund has been used better in some areas than 2012-05-08T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Politicians+poisoning+the+air+with+invective/-/440804/1402002/-/1293hdq/-/index.html The political atmosphere is increasingly becoming toxic, yet the General Election is months 2012-05-08T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Scientists+need+incentives+/-/440804/1401318/-/mv8a70z/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga could not have put it better when he said that until we in Africa learn the advantage of innovation and value addition, talk about industrialisation will never translate into reality 2012-05-07T15:48:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Release+these+funds+to+schools+promptly++/-/440804/1401316/-/y454fu/-/index.html The government’s failure to release funds for the free education programme before schools reopened on Monday is absurd. 2012-05-07T15:43:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Cricket+Priorities+wrong+/-/440804/1400522/-/cm874ez/-/index.html The hiring of a foreign national, Robin Brown of Zimbabwe, as head of elite development has raised eyebrows. 2012-05-06T14:53:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Why+raging+floods+are+killing+Kenyans+/-/440804/1400520/-/oiejifz/-/index.html The rains have led to loss of lives and destruction of vast amounts of property, as well as leaving thousands homeless in almost all parts of the country. 2012-05-06T14:53:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Kimunyas+blunder+/-/440804/1400270/-/1349ys4/-/index.html The new Constitution makes possible a fresh start for the nation in a number of fields, not least of which is the basis on which key appointments to public office are made. 2012-05-05T16:36:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Now+is+the+moment+to+refine+healthcare+system+/-/440804/1400268/-/dxoha5/-/index.html The decision to send home the board of the troubled National Health Insurance Fund was a welcome, if long overdue, move. 2012-05-05T16:36:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Parliament+must+focus+on+passing+new+laws+/-/440804/1399728/-/m52tpm/-/index.html Parliament is on the spot once again for the delay in passing two bills crucial for implementing the Constitution. 2012-05-04T16:16:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Learn+to+manage+floods+/-/440804/1399726/-/pm4qjg/-/index.html We spend half the year praying for rain; before having to moan the destructive effects of torrential downpours. 2012-05-04T16:15:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Curb+obscenity+on+air+/-/440804/1398912/-/9ymila/-/index.html During his address while opening the East African Journalists Convention on Wednesday, President Kibaki castigated those media outlets that thrive on airing extremely vulgar talk, as well as those that permit obscenity on television during family viewing time. 2012-05-03T15:30:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/NHIF+This+farce+must+not+go+on+for+too+long+/-/440804/1398910/-/15h6ec8/-/index.html The tit-for-tat sacking at the National Hospital Insurance Fund bring to the fore, again, the grey legal regime governing appointments and oversight of statutory bodies. 2012-05-03T15:30:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/This+is+collective+suicide+/-/440804/1398314/-/ufbq9o/-/index.html If the figures released by a non-governmental agency are correct, Kenyans are cutting down at least 5.6 million trees every day for charcoal, timber and firewood. 2012-05-02T16:58:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/More+freedom+means+greater+responsibility++/-/440804/1398312/-/c57ygcz/-/index.html We in Kenya celebrate the World Press Freedom Day on Today with our heads held high. 2012-05-02T16:54:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Medical+cover+Cotu+must+be+more+realistic/-/440804/1397572/-/7rtil6z/-/index.html The 13.1 per cent increase in the minimum wage announced during the Labour Day celebrations was 2012-05-01T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Yes+profile+all+deviants/-/440804/1397546/-/fjusn2z/-/index.html A comprehensive register of all sexual offenders, in and out of jail, is a great idea which should be 2012-05-01T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Lawlessness+rampant+/-/440804/1397012/-/eaeekaz/-/index.html In the wake of a series of grenade attacks in public places, the police often unable to predict when such attacks are likely to occur. 2012-04-30T16:50:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Is+the+anti+corruption+body+on+its+death+bed+/-/440804/1397006/-/vidf0o/-/index.html The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has consistently moved from one crisis to another. 2012-04-30T16:48:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Rescue+motor+sport++/-/440804/1396270/-/5v5deu/-/index.html For years, Kenyan motor sports have been impeccably managed, much to the envy of the world. 2012-04-29T15:58:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Stealing+money+meant+for+the+sick+too+callous+/-/440804/1396268/-/gcwyca/-/index.html Because of reading of too many corruption cases, Kenyans may not be surprised by yet another audit which details how money meant to fight HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis has been misappropriated for years. 2012-04-29T15:58:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Courts+must+now+deliver+/-/440804/1395960/-/ay90iu/-/index.html News that Parliament has allocated a record Sh16.4 billion to the Judiciary can only be welcomed as a step in the right direction. 2012-04-28T17:47:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Act+now+to+stop+rising+deaths+on+new+highway+/-/440804/1395958/-/gp4udvz/-/index.html The Thika highway is billed as the flagship of Kenya’s infrastructural transformation. 2012-04-28T17:47:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Athletes+need+support+/-/440804/1395338/-/tsige9/-/index.html The marathon is one of the greatest races of the Olympic Games. 2012-04-27T17:31:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/We+have+to+plan+well+for+devolved+funds+/-/440804/1395336/-/f89vh4/-/index.html The Commission on Revenue Allocation has made proposals on funds to be disbursed to counties in the next financial year based on population and poverty levels. 2012-04-27T17:31:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Era+of+the+murderous+warlord+is+about+over/-/440804/1394518/-/535ujuz/-/index.html The wheels of international justice, it seems, grind extremely slowly – and surely too 2012-04-26T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Shall+we+ever+learn/-/440804/1394526/-/4iqctaz/-/index.html After four months of drought, rains set in a fortnight ago bringing relief to a nation that was on the verge 2012-04-26T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Clean+up+of+Judiciary+has+begun+in+earnest/-/440804/1393744/-/a59chqz/-/index.html A major clear-out of the Judiciary was signalled on Wednesday when half of the Court of Appeal 2012-04-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Pitfalls+remain+but+the+nation+is+healthy/-/440804/1393132/-/121rgy8z/-/index.html President Kibaki on Tuesday gave an audit of the achievements of the coalition government 2012-04-24T17:19:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Attack+on+police+wrong+/-/440804/1392220/-/e2633bz/-/index.html The Sunday attack on policemen deserves strong condemnation. 2012-04-23T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Public+universities+are+on+the+right+track/-/440804/1392218/-/g1rljgz/-/index.html Efforts by public universities to increase admissions and reduce the waiting period for is beginning 2012-04-23T12:55:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Prepare+our+athletes+well+/-/440804/1391596/-/joblu4z/-/index.html The countdown to the London Olympic Games is on, and countries are busy preparing their athletes, while the organisers in London are conducting tests at the stadiums that will host the events. 2012-04-22T14:10:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Generics+Ruling+a+victory+for+the+sick+/-/440804/1391594/-/12ieaggz/-/index.html Last week’s decision by the High Court to throw out a case which had the potential of making generic medicine illegal was a big win for many Kenyans. 2012-04-22T14:10:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Re+think+dairy+policy+/-/440804/1391222/-/cgufp4/-/index.html The country is in the grip of a severe milk shortage that has seen prices hit unprecedented levels. 2012-04-21T14:48:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Enforce+tough+new+rules+to+curb+carnage+on+roads++/-/440804/1391220/-/onl0hb/-/index.html The stringent new traffic rules designed to curb the rising tide of deaths on the road are a welcome addition to efforts to improve safety. 2012-04-21T14:48:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Resolve+Stars+stalemate+/-/440804/1390632/-/159pbhz/-/index.html When East Africa Breweries Limited, through their Tusker brand, announced their record Sh110, three-year sponsorship of Harambee Stars last year, a sense of optimism pervaded the Kenyan football fraternity. 2012-04-20T16:23:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/House+should+probe+claims+of+extortion+/-/440804/1390628/-/dfgup9z/-/index.html The role of Parliament is to make laws and keep watch on the Executive. 2012-04-20T16:23:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Move+on+ethnicity+great+/-/440804/1389888/-/11yb3b8z/-/index.html Higher Education minister Margaret Kamar’s announcement that 200 public university employees will be shuffled this year to eliminate ethnicity in the institutions is encouraging. 2012-04-19T15:59:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/War+in+Sudan+will+be+too+costly+for+all+/-/440804/1389886/-/fqsl0hz/-/index.html That Sudan has declared war its southern neighbour an enemy is a devastating setback for peace and co-existence in the continent, and every effort must be made to resolve the differences between the two countries speedily. 2012-04-19T15:59:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Parties+undemocratic+/-/440804/1389118/-/v3cp2/-/index.html When the multiparty system of government was introduced in the early 1990s, the country breathed a sigh of relief. 2012-04-18T15:17:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Police+shouldnt+have+acted+so+oppressively+/-/440804/1389116/-/citjfl/-/index.html It appears that the Kenya Police is still unaware Kenya is in a new constitutional dispensation. 2012-04-18T15:17:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Resettle+all+genuine+IDPs+/-/440804/1388690/-/20bxg9/-/index.html Since the coalition government was formed four years ago, it has agonised over the resettlement of those displaced from their homes and land during the chaos that followed the last elections. 2012-04-17T20:16:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Tough+times+ahead+MPs+must+do+their+bit+/-/440804/1388332/-/12wxaxu/-/index.html Parliament resumed after recess on Tuesday with budgetary issues immediately taking the limelight. 2012-04-17T14:56:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Public+servants+should+emulate+Kiyiapi+and+go++/-/440804/1387716/-/7by5sg/-/index.html Presidential candidate James ole Kiyiapi on Monday resigned from as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education 2012-04-16T16:09:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/The+IEBC+can+do+better+++/-/440804/1387588/-/dw4uo1/-/index.html The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has come up with a set of regulations that are supposed to govern the conduct of seekers of public office 2012-04-16T14:54:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/How+to+market+Kenya+/-/440804/1386980/-/qujcwr/-/index.html The move by Brand Kenya and the Tourism Board of Kenya to use Kenyan sportsmen and women to market the country at the London Olympic Games is long overdue. 2012-04-15T15:01:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Scarcity+of+skilled+personnel+worrying++/-/440804/1386978/-/ockhjkz/-/index.html Technological developments make it necessary to question whether we have the right skills to meet the Vision 2030 targets. 2012-04-15T15:01:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/WB+Reform+or+perish+/-/440804/1386820/-/7514uxz/-/index.html It is a good thing countries outside Europe and the US are challenging Washington’s nominee for the post of World Bank president 2012-04-14T20:52:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Solid+visions+needed+for+effective+political+parties+/-/440804/1386818/-/q7k232/-/index.html There are a number of MPs in the 10th Parliament who have served in the National Assembly for three terms or more. 2012-04-14T20:50:26Z