/oped/Opinion/-/440808/440808/-/3jx0lg/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1888292/-/jgvoeiz/-/index.html Without setting up an extravagant (c)omission of inquiry or a globe-trotting task force, could the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and the Arts kindly offer this country a concrete explanation for why the Kenya Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale is being described as a “gag, to be avoided like the plague” 2013-06-19T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Amend-Constitution-to-strengthen-Senate-/-/440808/1888298/-/267860/-/index.html The proposal to amend the Constitution to give the Senate real power is timely and should stir a thoughtful debate 2013-06-19T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1888362/-/jgvnopz/-/index.html Even by Africa’s very high standards for the bizarre, the saga over Kenya’s deportation two weeks ago of controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu takes the biscuit 2013-06-19T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1887096/-/jgwfahz/-/index.html This week, the world’s nations will tackle one of the most important questions of our time: How can we lift billions from poverty while protecting the environment for future generations? 2013-06-18T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1887092/-/jgwfalz/-/index.html The national budget has once again been read, but there is always one issue that sticks out year in year out: the spectre of unserviceability of an ever-burgeoning public debt 2013-06-18T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1887194/-/jgwei3z/-/index.html President Uhuru Kenyatta has had to come out to make difficult but potentially very unpopular decisions. The other day, he came out openly to oppose the MPs who were agitating for higher salaries 2013-06-18T15:56:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1886064/-/jgx4odz/-/index.html Former MPs Gitobu Imanyara and Njehu Gatabaki were last week awarded Sh15 million and Sh10 million respectively by the High Court for torture, maltreatment and unlawful detention inflicted on them by the government. 2013-06-17T16:02:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/All-UN-agencies-vet-and-monitor-their-work/-/440808/1885924/-/9l4j6sz/-/index.html In her column of June 2, Ms Rasna Warah focused on the failures of the UN system. 2013-06-17T15:11:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1885914/-/jgxm2uz/-/index.html Who is a public servant and what is expected from such a person? 2013-06-17T15:09:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-climate-change-is-a-big-threat-to-Africa/-/440808/1884926/-/qtwm1s/-/index.html Climate change and its consequences present an enormous threat to human development today 2013-06-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Lesson-on-Nile-dam-dispute/-/440808/1885066/-/5fvcl2z/-/index.html Some Egyptians, President Mohammed Morsy included, don’t seem to understand the eras of Pharaoh-type thinking of everlasting “God River”, has gone the way of the Dodo, an extinct Mauritian bird 2013-06-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Victims-owed-unqualified-apology/-/440808/1884930/-/ir7a5g/-/index.html The awarding of Sh2.6 billion compensation to Mau Mau veteran and the recognition by the current British Government that the colonial administration committed atrocities are being viewed as a victory for justice 2013-06-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Protection-for-child-domestic-workers-vital/-/440808/1884910/-/d1y2aiz/-/index.html It is emerging that children comprise a huge percentage of domestic workers 2013-06-16T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1884774/-/jgycsmz/-/index.html Two men were visibly agitated at a social place the day this newspaper exposed Deputy President William Ruto’s luxurious travels 2013-06-16T12:25:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Hackers-and-viruses-now-stalking-smart-phones/-/440808/1884350/-/hfb05uz/-/index.html Computer viruses have plagued consumers for many years now, causing companies to spend heavily on installing every kind of firewall known to mankind to keep their security software updated. 2013-06-15T18:29:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-employees-reap-less-than-an-entrepreneur/-/440808/1884348/-/cvwtmy/-/index.html I see it all the time: employees complaining about their jobs. The spiel goes something like this...”what’s the point of working so hard, when we don’t see any of the gains? Poor old me just gets her miserable salary, minus deductions, while the owners of the enterprise pocket the real money.” 2013-06-15T18:23:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Push-by-Treasury-to-expand-tax-base-a-tall-order/-/440808/1884346/-/cnn1e6/-/index.html With a new captain at the helm of the National Treasury ship and an even newer crew, the June 30, 2013, budgetary voyage has not been exactly smooth sailing. 2013-06-15T18:20:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Low-key-budget-ceremony-with-echoes-of-1964/-/440808/1884236/-/mu5g0l/-/index.html Pomp and secrecy, sackings, elaborate ceremonies with the president and invited VIPs in attendance were the hallmarks of budget days of yesteryears 2013-06-15T16:07:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Renewed-push-to-raise-Sh10bn-from-taxing-food-quite-insensitive/-/440808/1884160/-/20v6w8z/-/index.html Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich’s first contact with consumers will be a hostile reception should he introduce an additional 16 per cent tax on basic consumer goods such as milk, bread, sugar, unga (maize flour), among others. 2013-06-15T14:31:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1884156/-/jgyhk3z/-/index.html Our economy had a sluggish growth of 4.6 per cent last year. The Finance Secretary projects it will rise to 5.6 per cent, still well below last year’s performance for other countries in the region, and much lower than is expected to realise Vision 2030. But is it achievable? It is highly unlikely. 2013-06-15T14:27:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Rethink-policy-to-make-devolution-a-success/-/440808/1884148/-/4spsvcz/-/index.html One of the main objects of the inaugural Jubilee Budget is to deliver the promise of developmental devolved governance. 2013-06-15T14:22:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/National-Assembly-could-borrow-a-leaf-from-Treasury/-/440808/1884144/-/xk4fb1z/-/index.html After three weeks in which Kenyans were subjected to conflicting interpretations of what are fairly obvious clauses in our Constitution, the budget process has entered its final phase with controversial passage of the Division of Revenue Act and the reading of the Budget statement by new Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. 2013-06-15T14:16:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-the-Jubilee-leadership-is-afraid-of-Raila/-/440808/1884112/-/15bmbtx/-/index.html In democratic politics, “adversaries” are not “enemies,” but “opponents”. But methinks that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime is treating Cord leader Raila Odinga as an “enemy,” and not an “adversary”. 2013-06-15T13:59:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Odingas-invitation-to-US-shows-he-still-has-clout/-/440808/1884102/-/ylcisd/-/index.html On Tuesday, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will address scholars and international policy enthusiasts in Washington, DC at an event organised by the Woodrow Wilson Centre. 2013-06-15T13:52:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/MPs-attempt-to-gag-media-not-for-the-good-of-our-country/-/440808/1884096/-/kackb3z/-/index.html The media is a great resource for our social interactions and particularly with the provision of information that is relevant for national development. 2013-06-15T13:47:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Real-power-in-all-its-forms-lies-with-National-Assembly/-/440808/1884088/-/giircnz/-/index.html Kenya has become a drama country. Drama queens and self-indulging politicians control some of our national institutions. These drama queens occasionally attempt to set our national agenda and goals. 2013-06-15T13:40:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/When-will-poachers-begin-to-feel-force-of-State/-/440808/1884082/-/qo6c08z/-/index.html Where, pray, is the outrage? I ask thus because of the following: One, the news last week that an Administration Policeman and three others had been arrested for being in possession of and trying to sell 40 kilogrammes of ivory to undercover Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) agents. 2013-06-15T13:29:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/LUKOYE-ATWOLI/-/440808/1884078/-/kuuhe4/-/index.html Lately there has been a focus in a section of the media on medical malpractice, with some even referring to “killer doctors” and “killer hospitals”. Some of the claims have been factual, but many have been exaggerated. 2013-06-15T13:24:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Evolution-of-the-Kenyan-political-sycophant/-/440808/1884066/-/h2pr8x/-/index.html Every Kenyan president rules with the help of a sycophant-in-chief – the distinguished shameless man ever willing to put his reputation on the line even as he showers the master with all manner of superlatives. 2013-06-15T13:16:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/A-bad-experience-with-modern-technology/-/440808/1884058/-/wpf8op/-/index.html We all know that the devil makes work for idle hands so, in my spare time, I write short stories. 2013-06-15T13:10:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/It-pays-to-treat-political-rivals-with-civility/-/440808/1884044/-/m2g8ap/-/index.html Uhuru Kenyatta has a choice of only two ways in which to rule us. The one is to wield the kirungu with which Daniel arap Moi once bludgeoned Kenya into submission. 2013-06-15T13:04:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Allow-UhuRuto-to-work-Dont-makes-them-look-bad/-/440808/1884034/-/1n4tylz/-/index.html Two men were visibly agitated at a social place the day this newspaper exposed Deputy President William Ruto’s luxurious travels. 2013-06-15T12:57:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Battle-on-devolution-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/-/440808/1884032/-/birs0d/-/index.html Penalty! No, it’s a dive! Goal! No, it’s offside! Red card! No, that’s a yellow at best! ... There is no greater illustration of the tribal, partisan, instinctively subjective nature of human beings than observing a group of football (or any other sport’s) fans quarrel over events involving their teams. 2013-06-15T12:52:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Dilemma-for-countries-in-quest-for-green-growth/-/440808/1883250/-/53ix2s/-/index.html How Green Should Economic Growth Be? 2013-06-14T16:17:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1883212/-/jh067gz/-/index.html It is unbelievable that such a young government can harbour a death-wish. Even if desperate times call for desperate measures, raising the price of maize-flour by 16 per cent can only be described as potentially suicidal. 2013-06-14T15:38:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1883198/-/jh06rnz/-/index.html While on a visit to the United States, the chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Issack Hassan is reported to have acknowledged that Kenyans have ‘resentment and anger’ over the management of the General Election. 2013-06-14T15:32:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/What-an-empty-apology-from-Britain/-/440808/1883194/-/vl7j4z/-/index.html Sunday, January 30, 1972 is a day engraved in the memory of Irish people. On that day British paratrooper soldiers shot dead 14 unarmed human rights demonstrators and injured dozens others in Derry City. 2013-06-14T15:28:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/This-Bangla-Pesa-economy-is-not-good-for-Kenya/-/440808/1883182/-/dfs3osz/-/index.html Bangladesh, the sprawling slum that is home to nearly 3,000 families in Mombasa, is setting a bad example for the rest of Kenya. 2013-06-14T15:26:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1883174/-/jh06tjz/-/index.html What is Nelson Mandela’s legacy to Kenya? He helped to restore our national consciousness regarding the contribution of the Mau Mau to our liberation struggle as well as that of other Africans. 2013-06-14T15:23:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/This-is-why-the-beautyful-ones-are-not-yet-born-/-/440808/1883168/-/880f24z/-/index.html I read The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, a fictional title by the Ghanaian novelist Ayi Kweyi Arma, decades ago. But a small fact remains in my head about that title. 2013-06-14T15:20:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Long-live-Madiba-you-did-us-all-proud/-/440808/1883164/-/r53ul8z/-/index.html We must let go of Madiba. 2013-06-14T15:16:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Kenya-is-still-a-hungry-nation-after-five-decades/-/440808/1885498/-/he5b3n/-/index.html Over the past 50 years, Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone some fundamental changes in some sub-sectors but the overall structure of production has remained largely the same 2013-06-14T15:16:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Huge-wage-bill-debt-and-county-cash-a-headache-for-Uhuru--/-/440808/1882530/-/wfx8fa/-/index.html Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury Henry Rotich was reading a Budget statement in the context of crippling revenue shortfalls, incessant demand for high salaries by public servants, pressure for money from governors and a burgeoning public debt. 2013-06-13T20:54:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenyans-seeking-land-justice-50-years-later/-/440808/1882126/-/s7782xz/-/index.html Two important events in the past few weeks have re-ignited debate on land justice from the embers of this year’s election. 2013-06-13T16:13:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1882122/-/jh0va7z/-/index.html In December 2010, I became President of Guinea following the country’s first truly open and democratic elections. 2013-06-13T16:10:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1882114/-/jh0vb1z/-/index.html When Senator Kipchumba Murkomen alleged a conspiracy to cripple the Senate and wind it up, it was an understatement. 2013-06-13T16:07:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-Im-not-a-war-monger/-/440808/1880644/-/uq2hacz/-/index.html The report of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission marks yet another lost opportunity for Kenyans 2013-06-12T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/The-way-out-of-a-crisis-in-Jubaland/-/440808/1880502/-/2jysf3z/-/index.html Events in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu are on a fast-moving escalator as violence intensifies and armed factions mobilise and adopt offensive postures 2013-06-12T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1880776/-/jh2539z/-/index.html The TV reality show, Big Brother Africa started its eighth season recently. This one is called “The Chase”. 2013-06-12T16:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1879632/-/jhhg05z/-/index.html The Kenya Pipeline Company is a critically important national asset. It is the umbilical cord of the oil marketing industry in East Africa. 2013-06-11T16:41:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Our-TV-and-radio-have-killed-foreign-news/-/440808/1879572/-/3y6mll/-/index.html The Kenyan media has been described as one of the most vibrant in Africa. With more than 90 FM stations, more than 15 television stations, and an ever increasing number of print newspapers and magazines, this assessment could well be accurate. 2013-06-11T16:08:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1879560/-/jhhgp0z/-/index.html Without money, the MPs cannot be called Mheshimiwa. So, they should be given the money they want, remarked a Parliament functionary. 2013-06-11T16:04:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1878274/-/jhi8cjz/-/index.html It is now official. If Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia, Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica, David Cameron of Britain, Manmohan Singh of India, or Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel paid us a visit, the government would deny them the use of the presidential pavilion and the top VIP lounge at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. 2013-06-10T16:11:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1878072/-/jhi9wiz/-/index.html One of the most unremarked coincidences of our time is the curious upsurge in poaching just as work on the spanking superhighways is coming to an end. 2013-06-10T14:33:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/We-are-not-against-the-Southern-bypass/-/440808/1878064/-/j4lx4h/-/index.html I wish to correct an erroneous notion, replayed in the media, that conservationists are against the completion of the bypasses and general infrastructure development. What we are against is impunity. 2013-06-10T14:30:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Fixing-broken-windows-will-reduce-crime/-/440808/1877132/-/903mqiz/-/index.html As the country grapples with insecurity, security organs should borrow from successful crime reduction efforts across the globe and apply the lessons locally 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/London-killing/-/440808/1877138/-/38vnpb/-/index.html The recent cold-blooded murder of a British soldier on a London street gave the world some fascinating, yet contradictory, insights into the state of the kingdom today 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Few-people-of-sound-mind-wish-to-live-a-useless-life/-/440808/1877302/-/1whgst/-/index.html Legislators in a north-eastern US state last week added a laurel to the right of personal privacy 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Serems-resilience-exemplary/-/440808/1877260/-/6nvc6b/-/index.html Many moons ago, journalist Tom Mshindi wrote a column in this newspaper called “Barbs and Bouquets” that condemned or lauded the actions of people, governments or organisations that had been in the news the previous week 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Widening-tax-net-a-big-headache-for-national-government/-/440808/1876712/-/15321xj/-/index.html It is said that the proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof; likewise, the efficacy and adequacy of the still controversial revenue sharing formula may only be apparent in due course. 2013-06-08T20:37:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Cigarette-smoking-goes-digital-but-risks-remain/-/440808/1876708/-/8pahbmz/-/index.html With all the legal, social and health inconveniences, cigarette smoking is just not cool any more. In fact, many people would like to quit smoking in order to conform to social expectations or avoid killer diseases associated with smoking. 2013-06-08T20:33:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/A-case-of-judicial-tyranny-and-need-for-reforms/-/440808/1876704/-/iqbsm1z/-/index.html Imagine you are convicted of a crime, one which you remain adamant you did not commit. Imagine that the court system eventually allows you to post bail on appeal. The bail is set at the equivalent of a modest US$180. But you are poor, and such a sum is beyond your reach. 2013-06-08T20:29:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/We-must-not-kill-our-institutions-simply-because-Raila-lost/-/440808/1876560/-/f6smoe/-/index.html It was the Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who famously remarked that when a big tree falls, the earth must shake a little. 2013-06-08T15:25:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Kenyas-Cabinet-Secretaries-are-figureheads/-/440808/1876558/-/650a2lz/-/index.html Every action has a counter-action. The “boomerang” – or counter-reaction – may be unintended. Remember this phrase – “choices have consequences”. 2013-06-08T15:18:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Respect-for-leaders-should-not-be-sought-by-deceit/-/440808/1876552/-/ne92mkz/-/index.html Apart from the simple roles I play in the work I do, I cannot boast of having been much else. Even then I have had occasion to access the VIP lounge at the JKIA. 2013-06-08T15:15:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Uhurus-should-be-the-first-reform-inspired-government/-/440808/1876548/-/an08f0z/-/index.html With nearly two months in power, the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto has finally taken shape. 2013-06-08T15:11:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Is-Raila-caught-up-in-no-mans-land/-/440808/1876546/-/hlg885z/-/index.html I know my place. I wait in the queue for my turn. I know where to find the VIP Lounge at our airports but, if I strayed in there, I would immediately look for the exit. I do not belong there. 2013-06-08T15:06:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Uhuru-had-to-inherit-Kibaki-s-old-kitchen-Cabinet/-/440808/1876544/-/kwc420z/-/index.html The core team of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government is now largely in place with the appointment of 26 Principal secretaries on Friday. 2013-06-08T15:02:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/We-are-a-traumatised-nation-in-need-of-healing/-/440808/1876542/-/uby2ugz/-/index.html The Kenya Psychiatric Association (KPA) holds its fifth Annual Scientific Conference from Thursday. This year the theme focuses on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and several experts are lined up to make presentations in this specialised area. 2013-06-08T14:59:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Coronation-memories-60-years-later/-/440808/1876540/-/91k8wtz/-/index.html It is 60 years since Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and nostalgic fans are feeding voraciously on memories of the great event. 2013-06-08T14:55:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/It-was-thoughtless-to-frustrate-Raila-at-airport-lounge/-/440808/1876538/-/117iayez/-/index.html I shudder at the thought that a future regime may eject Jaduong’ Mwai Kibaki or Jaduong’ Moody Awori from our VIP facilities merely because they no longer hold high state offices. 2013-06-08T14:50:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Brits-should-help-on-identify-location-of-Kimathi--grave/-/440808/1876536/-/y1o78d/-/index.html When I was growing up, Mau Mau was a topic that was rarely ever discussed around our family table, even when we children tried to bring up the subject. 2013-06-08T14:47:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kidero-must-stop-citys-steady-slide-back-to-the-bad-old-days/-/440808/1876534/-/pep1mt/-/index.html Last Saturday evening I stepped out of the office and walked into a Nairobi I hoped we had left behind many years ago. 2013-06-08T14:43:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1875724/-/jhk7i7z/-/index.html Former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld is less famous for positions he has held than for three short lines he uttered at a press briefing on Iraq in February 2002: 2013-06-07T17:44:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/From-command-and-control-to-Vision-2030-a-nations-journey-/-/440808/1875720/-/e5jpoaz/-/index.html While the real income per person has only increased marginally over the last 50 years, the policy terrain has changed significantly.  2013-06-07T17:38:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Uhuru-goes-for-clean-slate-in-new-list-of-PSs-/-/440808/1875692/-/y1r3uy/-/index.html The near clean sweep of the Kibaki-Raila era Permanent Secretaries shows President Kenyatta’s determination to stamp his own style and authority on the new administration. 2013-06-07T17:33:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/IEBC-should-stop-chasing-shadows/-/440808/1875006/-/dar116/-/index.html The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is reported to be contemplating an internal review of its performance in the just-concluded General Election. 2013-06-07T08:11:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/We-have-many-reasons-to-cerebrate/-/440808/1875004/-/2ekbjr/-/index.html Last Saturday was Madaraka Day, a day of celebration. It should have been a day of cerebration. 2013-06-07T08:10:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Of-the-Pattni-billions-and-Bangla-Pesa-/-/440808/1875002/-/hedr6hz/-/index.html Bangladesh in not just an Asian country, it is also the adopted name of Mombasa’s largest informal settlement. 2013-06-07T08:10:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Every-skill-counts-as-new-Cabinet-gets-down-to-work-/-/440808/1874998/-/11wf09cz/-/index.html With the most professional Cabinet in Kenya’s history finally in place, the country can expect to benefit from the expertise of the 18 men and women driving policy. 2013-06-07T08:09:36Z