The debate over teacher recruitment that took place in Parliament on Thursday was quite significant. Schools are suffering due to acute teacher shortage while the Ministry of Education and Treasury are dithering over recruitment.

Arguably, laudable efforts have been made to reform the Lands Ministry that has always carried the dubious distinction of being a haven of corruption.

Four people charged with stealing Sh300 million from G4S security company were Friday released on a Sh20 million bond each with sureties in similar amount.

A Kenyan woman has appeared before a London court charged with money laundering.

There is a big riddle about the total population of the El Molo community. While some websites estimate the total population of the El Molo at 200, some observers believe the number could be 300. It is the smallest and certainly one of the smallest tribes in Kenya.

Visitors often marvel at the beauty of the colourful beads worn by women in the Samburu community. For Rampaini Letereuwa, however, the red beads that adorn her neck are a source of big trouble.

The abortion talk in the constitution reform debate is purely hypocritical, remarks P. Njeri, adding: "It's largely being dictated by men in a society that refuses to hold them accountable for the children they father out of wedlock."

Efforts to strike consensus on contentious issues in the draft law appeared to yield results on Friday after the clergy backed proposals to amend the abortion clause.

The harsh winter winds that brought snow and chaos to America are starting to turn to warmer breezes. While not yet spring, the chill has given way to promising shoots of new life.

President Kibaki on Friday inaugurated the longest conservation fence around the Aberdares National Park built for 21 years.

It takes a grave matter for Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi to lose his cool. You would if a cemetery threatened to bury your job.

Public schools will have to wait longer for new teachers to be posted after a meeting to lay down the criteria for recruitment failed to bear fruits on Friday.

Seven Administration police officers allegedly involved in the killing of seven taxi drivers in Kawangware on Thursday morning have been interdicted and arrested as investigations into the circumstances leading to the incident began.

The doctrine of political responsibility has been put to test following recent revelations of corruption in various ministries headed by politicians from either side of the coalition government.

Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has threatened to sue the anti-graft agency for implicating him in the Sh283 million cemetery land scandal.

Until now, an oversight has allowed Kenya to look like a pagan country without a culture or religion.

A significant stage of the Sh3.8-billion automation project at the Ministry of Lands will be marked in May when the new information management system is up and running, the Saturday Nation has learnt.

Five years ago, John Kibet Cherop was jailed because he owed National Bank of Kenya some money. He had proposed to pay in instalments of Sh10,000, but failed to do so. After his second week in prison he applied to the High Court at Eldoret to be released on the ground that he was ill.

The cost of fuel on Friday went up as marketers claimed to pass on to consumers petroleum inspection fees being collected by the revenue authority on behalf of the Kenya Bureau of Standards.

The Kenya Revenue Authority is holding consultations with the Attorney General for the recruitment of more prosecutors to tackle tax-related cases.