October 2011

Doctors Threaten to Go On Strike in Two Months

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 16:34
DOCTORS have given the government a two-months ultimatum to better their working conditions or face a nationwide strike. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacist and Dentist Union also demanded that within the notice timeline the government should clear all the outstanding issues involving their welfare.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031604.html

Emotive Land Matters Dominate TJRC's Narok Sitting

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 16:33
The TJRC sitting in Narok was dominated by emotive land injustices. The Maasai community said that during the advent of colonial administration, the community was forcefully removed from their grazing land to shrubs land infested with tsetse lies, ticks and malaria.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031603.html

Poor States Urged to Tap Web for Growth

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 16:33
With online business increasingly driving economic growth, developing nations' top priority should be the infrastructure their citizens need to get connected, according to delegates at an Internet conference that ended in Nairobi last week.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031602.html

Mbarire Claims Ngilu Foes Fighting Her

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 16:33
Tourism assistant minister Cecily Mbarire says that she is being fought by political arch rivals of Water minister Charity Ngilu who want to finish her (Ngilu) through the case which her husband, Dennis Apaa and the minister's son-in-law Billy Indeche have been charged with fraud.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031601.html

Raila Allies Deny Mass Action Caused Chaos

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:42
Nine legislators have defended Prime Minister Raila Odinga against claims that he instigated post-election violence by calling for mass action.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031242.html

The Ruinous Legacy of Forced Evictions

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:40
It was just after midnight when the bulldozers came without warning to demolish Jane Atieno's house. She quickly gathered her children and the few things she could carry and fled.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031241.html

Questions Raised Over PM's Safety

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:40
Two ODM lawmakers have asked Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere for a report on the mysterious grenade found near Prime Minister Raila Odinga's office.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031240.html

Try Other PEV Culprits Too, Urge Groups

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:39
The government has been urged to enforce its promise to try direct perpetrators of post-election violence. Civil society groups said there was enough evidence to try the culprits to end violence during elections.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031234.html

Clergy Oppose Poll Date Change

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:34
Church leaders on Sunday opposed the proposed constitutional amendment to move the election date from August to December next year.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031227.html

Land Losses Take Centre Stage At TJRC

Submitted by AA Kenya on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 14:12
Land conflicts dominated truth team hearings in Narok North District. Heritage Minister William Ole Ntimama, who was among those who testified, said historians depict the Maasai land case as the biggest colonial rip-off in Africa.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110031162.html