/-/1148/1148/-/xvvu7uz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Paradise-off-the-beaten-path/-/1216/1733596/-/vg20te/-/index.html Whizzing past the Elangata Wuas plains en route from Nairobi to Namanga, one catches a glimpse of the sacred Maasai mountain, Ol Donyo Lengai, and the Noonkujit swamp, where herds of elephant cross over from Tanzania to browse on the lush grass. 2013-10-29T23:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/At-least-Kiplagat-team-provided-for-reparations/-/440808/1862942/-/sbu307/-/index.html At long last, the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission has issued its report, bringing an end to four years of mostly a frustrating project to shed light on Kenya’s historical injustice 2013-05-25T17:02:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-ICC-is-repelling-Africa/-/440808/1862938/-/k60i8h/-/index.html A recent resolution by the African Union calling on The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to refer the Kenyan cases back to the country has apparently put the Court on the path of a furious tornado of resurgent pan-Africanism 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Are-Kenyans-prepared-for-TJRC-report/-/440808/1862676/-/oq5r7x/-/index.html When I joined in the agitation for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission, I also argued that truth does not unite or reconcile 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Fond-memories-of-Carey-Francis/-/440808/1862748/-/cboba2/-/index.html We, Luo students at Alliance High School, privately knew Edward Carey Francis only as Okaro. By that corruption of our headmaster’s middle name, we brought it into line with Luo naming 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-would-be-better-off-without-myth-making/-/440808/1862686/-/as6j2z/-/index.html Kenya is a great place for rumours, stereotypes, myth creation and outright lies 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/UK-joins-in-the-trend-to-okay-gay-unions/-/440808/1862666/-/bpht2s/-/index.html Gaydom has been much in the news lately 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/German-model-shows-a-more-robust-way/-/440808/1862758/-/y1i90dz/-/index.html On Saturday night, the 2013 UEFA Champions League final was played 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/ICC-baby-with-Ocampos-dirty-water/-/440808/1862844/-/jrv07h/-/index.html By the time you read this, the African Union will probably have censured the International Criminal Court and possibly set the stage for its members to quit the body 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Can-we-really-afford-a-bicameral-Parliament/-/440808/1862750/-/owtqhd/-/index.html Status does not necessarily infer power. Nor is seniority synonymous with clout. And vice-versa 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Why-Kenyans-are-more-divided/-/440808/1862692/-/ekeq8w/-/index.html Something terrible has been happening since Jubilee leaders Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto won the March 4 elections 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Democratic-gains-appear-to-be-receding/-/440808/1862680/-/il984o/-/index.html An important and largely addressed mystery of the now nearly 25 years of post-Cold War democratisation is what accounts for the increasing evidence that the advance of democratisation has stalled recently or, actually receded 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Install-a-CCTV-camera-at-home/-/440808/1862760/-/ge4se7z/-/index.html Thanks to ever-expanding options for video surveillance, it’s never been easier to protect your home, business, and personal possessions 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Medical-negligence-reports-grossly-exaggerated/-/440808/1862670/-/usws5vz/-/index.html Last week, a local newspaper carried a series of stories whose thrust was that medical malpractice was rife in the country and was causing untold suffering and loss of lives in our hospitals 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Crack-the-whip-on-lavish-spending/-/440808/1862694/-/xgpycv/-/index.html Dear President Kenyatta, you are an RnB-bred teenager of the 70s so you will remember this 1979 song by ‘The Manhattans’ 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Churchs-stand-on-condom-use/-/440806/1862796/-/9grxkk/-/index.html “There is more than just condoms on the agenda of Catholics for Choice than they are letting on” 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/State-should-rein-in-spoilers/-/440804/1862862/-/11mk2d8/-/index.html The case brought before the courts in London by three dignified, humble Kenyans over the atrocities committed by British forces during their struggle against the Mau Mau was motivated by the highest ideals 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/NSSF-should-not-jump-the-gun/-/440806/1862794/-/12ihkg1z/-/index.html The move by the National Social Security Fund to rally employers to register their workers is timely 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/UhuRuto-must-walk-the-austerity-talk/-/440806/1862792/-/8vikaz/-/index.html Those who know President Uhuru Kenyatta will tell you that he is a simple, amiable, easy-going and modest man who does not cut the image of a ‘pedigreed’ individual born with a silver spoon in his mouth 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Give-NLC-enough-funding/-/440804/1862860/-/m26ew1z/-/index.html The decision by the Treasury to slash the budget of the National Land Commission (NLC)by 95 per cent will most certainly cripple the operations of the body 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Letters/Much-more-needed-to-curb-insecurity/-/440806/1862790/-/trt9ivz/-/index.html Residents of Kimbo in Githuai heaved a huge sigh of relief following the end of a night-long operation that saw police shoot dead a suspected terrorist and his wife 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Cutting-Edge/The-Cutting-Edge-May-26-2013/-/440802/1862806/-/11skygs/-/index.html The newly elected political leaders, right from the counties to the National Assembly and the Senate, are behaving badly, says David Kemboi 2013-05-25T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1862846/-/w4nhxyz/-/index.html Deputy President William Ruto Saturday pitched for greater unity among African countries to fight challenges such as neo-colonialism, poverty and disease during African Union Jubilee celebrations in Nairobi. 2013-05-25T14:03:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenya-seeks-to-attract-more-business-tourists/-/1006/1862826/-/c6n8f5/-/index.html Kenya is angling for a piece of the Sh2.6 trillion global conference tourism market to bolster the return of a sector recognised as a key foreign exchange earner 2013-05-25T13:49:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Mombasa-County-worker-mull-strike-over-pay/-/1056/1862822/-/133jchhz/-/index.html Mombasa County workers have threatened to go on strike over unpaid salary arrears and what they termed as poor working conditions. 2013-05-25T13:44:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Court-cases-may-delay-bypass-road/-/1006/1862820/-/fxxvh2/-/index.html The completion of the Southern bypass could take longer after environmentalists filed a case in court to block the construction of a section of the road through the Nairobi National Park 2013-05-25T13:43:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Why-Kenya-Meat-needs-to-be-privatised/-/1006/1862816/-/11lbdy7z/-/index.html The Kenya Meat Commission is facing a fresh financial crisis barely eight years after its rebirth 2013-05-25T13:40:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Row-with-Pakistan-likely/-/1006/1862810/-/oin831/-/index.html A trade row with Pakistan is looming should the government implement its decision to increase duty on rice imports so as to boost local farmers’ earnings 2013-05-25T13:35:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/health/Abortion/-/1841864/1862808/-/uaqsw7/-/index.html An abortion (termination) is when a pregnancy is ended by taking medicines or having an operation. 2013-05-25T13:30:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1862804/-/w4ni2kz/-/index.html Africa must develop its economies, democratise governance and ensure equitable distribution of resources to secure its future, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. 2013-05-25T13:26:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/health/Fibroids/-/1841864/1862798/-/rq8my2z/-/index.html This factsheet is for women who have fibroids, or who would like information about them. 2013-05-25T13:22:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/health/Cholesterol/-/1841864/1862788/-/lwcckr/-/index.html We often hear warnings about cholesterol. However, your body actually needs some cholesterol to stay healthy. This article will explain the different types of cholesterol and what you can do to keep your levels healthy. 2013-05-25T13:16:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/health/Depression/-/1841864/1862786/-/500u3yz/-/index.html Depression is a condition in which you have a continuous low mood, feel irritable or lose interest and enjoyment in everyday activities. 2013-05-25T13:04:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/The-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/-/620/1862606/-/156x73sz/-/index.html Daisy is a brilliant lecturer and advocate. She works with me. Her sister Kimberley is a young, energetic and wonderful dentist. 2013-05-25T10:16:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/The-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/-/634/1862620/-/i1iquhz/-/index.html Daisy is a brilliant lecturer and advocate. She works with me. Her sister Kimberley is a young, energetic and wonderful dentist. 2013-05-25T10:16:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Kite-surfer/-/1214/1862566/-/mlyk96z/-/index.html If only kite surfing was a popular sport in Kenya, then Emily Curtain would be a star participant. The 12 year old could easily be the youngest kite surfer in Kenya. She goes to the Che Shale beach 20 kilometres north of Malindi, at least six times a year to practise. 2013-05-25T09:37:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/AU-opens-50th-anniversary-celebrations-/-/1066/1862470/-/hqbnt7/-/index.html African leaders on Saturday opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. 2013-05-25T07:28:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/Bayern-Dortmund-relax-amid-fraught-build-up-/-/1102/1862460/-/12w4ilz/-/index.html Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund fought traffic and driving rain on Friday as they got their first taste of Wembley, 24 hours before they were due to lock horns in the Champions League final. 2013-05-25T07:20:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/16-children-die-in-Pakistan-school-bus-fire/-/1068/1862450/-/wwnfhb/-/index.html Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said. 2013-05-25T07:00:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Toronto-mayor-denies-smoking-cocaine/-/1068/1862440/-/xm5hi8z/-/index.html Toronto's embattled Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he uses crack cocaine, despite allegations he was seen on a video smoking the drug. 2013-05-25T04:16:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Guatemala-extradites-expresident-to-US/-/1068/1862436/-/4244j6z/-/index.html Guatemala extradited former president Alfonso Portillo to the United States on Friday to face charges of laundering $70 million of swindled government funds through US banks. 2013-05-25T04:06:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Row-on-arming-Syria-rebels-deeply-divides-EU/-/1068/1862432/-/vuygokz/-/index.html A fierce row over whether to arm Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces has left the European Union deeply divided days before the bloc needs to decide on renewing existing sanctions. 2013-05-25T03:45:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Burundis-ruling-party-youth-wing-acting-with-impunity/-/1066/1862428/-/4y4dw0/-/index.html The tens of thousands of young men from Burundi's ruling party, notorious for their nocturnal "security patrols" countrywide, are increasingly a law unto themselves. 2013-05-25T03:32:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/British-spy-agencies-in-the-spotlight-over-soldiers-murder/-/1068/1862424/-/14cx105/-/index.html One of the two Islamists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London Michael Adebolajo 28, had been detained in Kenya last year. 2013-05-25T02:47:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Africa-to-celebrate-progress-and-50-years-of-unity/-/1066/1862420/-/yyttxc/-/index.html African leaders gathered Saturday ahead of extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. 2013-05-25T02:36:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/IMF-chief-avoids-charges-in-French-payout-scandal/-/1066/1862342/-/8i7hfg/-/index.html IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges on Friday but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister. 2013-05-25T01:38:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/SNOOP-LION-Im-the-next-Bob-Marley--/-/441236/1862338/-/qx0v80z/-/index.html I am happy to be back in the motherland. 2013-05-25T01:28:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/What-s-the-point-of-fourth-place/-/441236/1862332/-/x05igcz/-/index.html It’s too easy sometimes. On Monday I heard on radio something to the effect that Arsenal had managed to qualify for the Champions League for the sixteenth season in a row. 2013-05-25T01:22:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Not-another-semester/-/441236/1862330/-/a3extd/-/index.html Nothing makes a college student happier than taking the last semester in their course. The hustle and bustle of this place is no joke. 2013-05-25T01:19:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Big-Brother-Africa-is-back/-/441236/1862326/-/1nrgr2z/-/index.html Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa will return to your screens for its eighth season from tonight. 2013-05-25T01:15:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/camp-Mulla-Was-the-split-inevitable/-/441236/1862322/-/hbscgbz/-/index.html With the unexpected announcement of the spilt between members of the popular teen outfit Camp Mulla, BONIFACE MWALII sheds some light on what led to the breakup and what this means for the artistes’ futures. 2013-05-25T01:04:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/You-can-easily-keep-lifestyle-illnesses-at-bay/-/1214/1862318/-/mcjp4e/-/index.html DID YOU KNOW that you can reduce the risk of lifestyle related conditions by modifying your lifestyle? The way we handle the risk factors that are under our control each and every day could be the difference between life and death. So why not change the things we can? 2013-05-25T00:57:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/No-Dont-give-us-new-identity-numbers/-/1214/1862314/-/eh4a3fz/-/index.html LAST WEEK, state agencies (National Social Security Fund (NSSF), National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) etc announced that they are pushing for the adoption of a single identification number that will be used by all the entities. 2013-05-25T00:46:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/A-young-Jesuits-love-and-hope-amid-despair/-/1214/1862312/-/t77a0y/-/index.html Jackson Otto Mosha, a member of the Jesuit religious order, died as a simple man four years ago at the young age of 26. And today, his story has made fertile material for a biographical telling that shows the impact of a life well lived by the Tanzanian. 2013-05-25T00:42:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/The-evolution-of-fashion/-/1214/1862308/-/14y8ggo/-/index.html Life comes in stages and any form of growth reflects that, be it financial, mental, physical or sexual development. Fashion is no exception. 2013-05-25T00:35:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Give-children-both-roots-and-wings/-/1214/1862306/-/rkexhu/-/index.html Jonas Salk noted that “good parents give their children roots and wings”. It seems like a contradiction at first since roots are supposed to ground children while wings are meant to help them soar away. 2013-05-25T00:31:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Dealing-with-cyber-bullying/-/1214/1862302/-/1pnmgiz/-/index.html Everyone has seen a big kid shoving a smaller one around at school. Bullying like that happens in just about every school there is – and on the way there and back. It’s not just “kids being kids” and can result in poor marks and long lasting emotional problems – for both the victim and the bully. 2013-05-25T00:25:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/When-saying-sorry-can-never-be-enough/-/1214/1862298/-/1091onkz/-/index.html Sorry. Just how sufficient is it to say this to someone you’ve greatly wronged? 2013-05-25T00:16:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Narinder-Going-where-stars-still-shine/-/1214/1862294/-/uuqb8nz/-/index.html Narinder Heyer first saw the wonders of Kenya from mattresses piled high in the back of her father’s lorry. On his days off, Chandra Singh loved to hunt and to visit friends in the areas south and west of Nairobi. 2013-05-25T00:05:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Tastes-of-China-in-Lavington/-/1214/1862290/-/xx1ql8/-/index.html It must be a year since I saw the sign high up on a brick building on the left as you drive along James Gichuru Road in Lavington and towards Waiyaki Way. “Soluxe Club” it says, in large red and cut-out letters. 2013-05-24T23:38:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/If-TJRC-came-to-our-school/-/1214/1862286/-/14and8d/-/index.html A week after the appointment of new prefects, nothing much has changed in our school: pupils are still arriving late; noise-making in class is still the order of the day and general school cleanliness is as it were in the old administration. 2013-05-24T23:31:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Affordable-homemade-beauty-care/-/1214/1862282/-/11ntvs9z/-/index.html When it comes to skin care, you will be surprised at the number of women who send e-mails asking for inexpensive treatments they can use on their skin at home. 2013-05-24T23:24:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Princes-William-and-Charles-in-all-out-war-against-poachers/-/1214/1862278/-/2ssvn4/-/index.html The informer called at noon. He said five poachers would shortly be entering a forested corner of the Lewa wildlife conservancy in northern Kenya, close to where a rhino and her calf were shot in February. 2013-05-24T23:15:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/Curious-advert-for-writers-/-/1220/1862252/-/uccop4/-/index.html The National Cohesion and Integration Commission last month advertised its annual bids for various goods and services for the financial year 2013 to 2014. 2013-05-24T21:28:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/Published-works-can-never-expire-/-/1220/1862250/-/prgtxoz/-/index.html I read with astonishment Peter Oduor’s article, ‘Shakespeare’s works no longer relevant’ (Saturday Nation, May 4, 2013). 2013-05-24T21:27:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/English-and-literature-are-as-different-as-night-and-day-/-/1220/1862248/-/ojn4ry/-/index.html We have come to associate English with Literature so much that some of us actually believe it is the same subject. 2013-05-24T21:27:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/Books-that-our-students-read-/-/1220/1862246/-/3cxv75/-/index.html A lot has been written of late about students who do not read books and the negative influence of technology, which has shifted the reading culture from worrying to near-oblivion. 2013-05-24T21:26:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/Teacher-training-curriculum-ignores-childrens-literature-/-/1220/1862244/-/10b8f8dz/-/index.html Literary discourses on Kenyans’ reading habits cannot be delinked from the role of primary school teachers in the creation of a reading culture in the nascent minds bequeathed to them. 2013-05-24T21:26:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/weekend/Publishers-should-heed-this-advice-/-/1220/1862242/-/rdqoo4z/-/index.html At a recent book launch by Moran Publishers in Nairobi, the guest of honour was Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore, who had a word of advice for publishers and readers. 2013-05-24T21:25:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kipsang-lights-up-Kasarani-/-/1100/1862234/-/cu7phd/-/index.html The 2011 World Cross Country junior champion, Geoffrey Kipsang, Friday retained the Kenya Police Athletics Championships 10,000m title assertively, tearing through the red turf to victory in 28min, 17.0sec. 2013-05-24T21:03:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/The-men-who-came-and-went-before-Friday-/-/1106/1862226/-/w4onnu/-/index.html It has taken many coaches to get Kenya Sevens where it is now. Below are the men behind the successive teams that have captured the imagination of the world before Mike Friday’s time. 2013-05-24T20:50:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/Pace-flair-teams-calling-card-/-/1106/1862218/-/y6iplpz/-/index.html Beth Omolo of Watembezi Pacesetters says this of their first warm-up at the 1982 Dubai Sevens. 2013-05-24T20:34:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/-/1106/1862212/-/hgck6r/-/index.html The Kenyan team wanted tracksuits, and we have given them tracksuits. They wanted boots, we’ve given them boots. We wish them the best in the tournament.” 2013-05-24T20:26:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Former-PMs-memoirs-to-lift-the-lid-on-life-in-politics/-/1064/1862188/-/y3q8u5z/-/index.html Kenyans will have a chance to know some of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s best kept secrets when he publishes his autobiography in about two months. 2013-05-24T20:03:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/The-system-was-against-me-but-I-have-moved-on-says-Raila/-/1064/1862142/-/rp0jri/-/index.html How do you spend your days these days? With the burdens and stresses of being Prime Minister behind you, how does the diary look? 2013-05-24T19:05:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Past-rulings-put-Rawal-on-the-spot-for-top-job-/-/1056/1862138/-/na50a5/-/index.html The deputy Chief Justice nominee was taken to task Friday over some judgments and court decisions she made during her service in the Judiciary. 2013-05-24T19:00:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/African-leaders-to-vote-on-Uhuru-Ruto-ICC-cases-Saturday/-/1064/1862134/-/6hyjou/-/index.html A resolution calling on African countries to petition ICC to drop charges against President Kenyatta and his deputy is to be tabled before African Union Heads of State Saturday morning. 2013-05-24T18:59:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/From-missing-jobs-to-lifestyle-diseases--it-s-a-tough-life-/-/1056/1862124/-/vk0qor/-/index.html Roads in Rift Valley are turning out to be the worst to drive on after the highest number of people were killed on them last year. 2013-05-24T18:53:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Graft-body-wants-Kimemia-out-/-/1056/1862118/-/xfxhcb/-/index.html The anti-corruption commission has opposed the nomination of Mr Francis Kimemia as Secretary to the Cabinet. 2013-05-24T18:51:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/The-cases-against-suspended-judge-/-/1056/1862096/-/h3y8enz/-/index.html President Uhuru Kenyatta has seven days to appoint a tribunal to investigate the conduct of Justice Joseph Mutava, as details emerged why the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended his suspension. 2013-05-24T18:22:36Z