Nation: PM Odinga criticised over poll date
06 Feb 2012 - Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka challenges Prime Minister Raila Odinga over the General Election date

Nation: Tough laws to tame errant politicians
06 Feb 2012 - Campaigns for Kenya's next elections might be a nightmare for candidates following the enactment of tough laws that prohibit use of dirty tricks, limit use of money, and make hate speech an offence.

Nation: Ford-K vows to crack the whip on ‘rebels’
06 Feb 2012 - Ford Kenya party wants the members who have defected from the party to either quit their positions or face expulsion.

Nation: Step down for Raila, Mudavadi told
06 Feb 2012 - ODM leaders from three counties demand cancellation of presidential nominations

Nation: Incite Kenyans to violence at your own peril, Saitoti warns politicians
06 Feb 2012 - Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has said that the government will rein in politicians who incite Kenyans to violence.

Nation: Tobiko was correct on Baraza trial: Muite
06 Feb 2012 - Lawyer Paul Muite welcomes a decision to wait until a tribunal concludes its work

Nation: SDP officials to remain in office, says registrar
06 Feb 2012 - The current officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will remain in office, the political parties registrar has said.

Nation: Parties law blamed for elusive PNU unity bid
06 Feb 2012 - The revised parties Act is emerging as the main obstacle to unity among President Kibaki’s allies as they prepare for the next General Election.

Nation: Teachers protest at proposed contracts
06 Feb 2012 - Teachers have vowed to fight a proposal that school heads be put on three-year contracts, terming it punitive and unnecessary.

Nation: Obama’s grandmother injured in road accident
06 Feb 2012 - US President Barack Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, sustains bruises during a road accident

Nation: Tackle land issue in coast before polls to avert chaos, State urged
06 Feb 2012 - The government has been urged to handle the land issue in the Coast with caution to avert any possible violence in the next General Election.

Nation: Bills on power shift to 47 counties ready
06 Feb 2012 - The government drafts two Bills to help guide the transition to county governments

Nation: IDPs sue ministries in fresh money row
06 Feb 2012 - Internally displaced persons have sued the government for failing to give them money to buy land.

Nation: Nairobi Mayor forms team to look into laws on prostitutes
06 Feb 2012 - A committee has been appointed to advise whether prostitution should be legalised in Nairobi, city Mayor George Aladwa said on Sunday.

Nation: Nomination dispute rocks ODM
06 Feb 2012 - A row has erupted in ODM over the level at which delegates will nominate the party’s presidential candidate.

Nation: What the law says on children’s rights
06 Feb 2012 - Article 53 1(d) under the Bill of Rights states that a every child has the right to be protected

Nation: Girl forced to crush stones as hopes for better education fade
06 Feb 2012 - Many will agree that crushing stones into ballast is no girl’s job. But this is what 16-year-old Joyce Wangari has to do to keep her going.

Nation: US girl, 9, gets six-organ transplant
06 Feb 2012 - A nine-year-old girl is making what doctors described as a remarkable recovery Sunday

Nation: Ravalomanana’s wife barred from going home
06 Feb 2012 - Former Madagascar First Lady Lalao Ravalomanana is banned from boarding an Airlink flight at Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg while planning to return home on Sunday.

Nation: Romney romps to victory in Nevada
06 Feb 2012 - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in November.

Nation: Death toll from Europe cold snap nears 300
06 Feb 2012 - The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by Sunday

Nation: Cut ties with Syria, urges Tunisia PM
06 Feb 2012 - Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali called on Sunday on all countries to cut off diplomatic relations with Syria over the violence there.

Nation: Al-Shabaab describes Turkey as neo-colonialist
06 Feb 2012 - Sheikh Abdulkadir Mumin, a senior officer in Al-Shabaab criticises the role of Turkey in Somalia.

Nation: Government in cash crisis, says Kikwete
06 Feb 2012 - President Jakaya Kikwete says Tanzania’s government has experienced serious financial difficulties in the recent past

Nation: Cameroon wants Chad oil contract renegotiated
06 Feb 2012 - Cameroon wants a new contract with Chad over transportation of oil.

Nation: Wade guns for seven more years
06 Feb 2012 - One of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade’s claims to fame is a bronze statuesque in the capital Dakar

Nation: Prostitutes and clients will still be arrested, says Aladwa
06 Feb 2012 - Commercial sex workers together with their clients will still be arrested unless the City by-laws

Nation: Herders killed in renewed tribal attacks
06 Feb 2012 - Two people were killed in Marigat district on Sunday when raiders from Ilchamus and the Endorois

Nation: ICC suspects can now turn to Wako
05 Feb 2012 - Suspects facing trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) can now call on the services of former Attorney-General Amos Wako.

Nation: Kibaki’s debt to presidential aspirants
05 Feb 2012 - Demands that Kibaki endorse Raila for presidency expose one of the President’s dilemmas

Nation: They voted for Hague but are now praying with ICC suspects
05 Feb 2012 - On the evening of February 12, 2009, MPs burst into celebration.

Nation: Leaders wish Karume quick recovery
05 Feb 2012 - Concerns over the health of Njenga Karume lead several politicians to visit him

Nation: Raila, Mudavadi rivalry rattles ODM
05 Feb 2012 - Prime Minister’s supporters see a secret hand in the decision by his deputy to mount a determined grassroots campaign ahead of the party’s presidential nominations as the future of the Orange movement and Raila’s leadership ambitions come under close scrutiny.

Nation: Seroney family seeks compensation for torture and loss
05 Feb 2012 - The family of a former MP wants the government to compensate them for the losses they incurred

Nation: Sh1m fine for taking bribe from Kenyan politician
05 Feb 2012 - Did you know that accepting money from politicians as an inducement could land you in prison

Nation: Kenneth’s party starts massive listing to comply with new rule
05 Feb 2012 - The party starts massive membership recruitment in readiness for the next General Election.

Nation: Coast rebels seize on old grievances
05 Feb 2012 - On the afternoon of Sunday, October 23, 2011, a contingent of armed police officers violently disrupted a meeting of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) in Shika Adabu village, Likoni constituency.

Nation: Negative stereotyping escalating a bad situation
05 Feb 2012 - In as much as underlying historical injustices were blamed for the violence, negative stereotypes against each other also played a major role.

Nation: State appears clueless on how to handle MRC
05 Feb 2012 - The government seems at a loss on how best to handle the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC).

Nation: Kenyans will choose their president, leaders tell UK official
05 Feb 2012 - Kenyans should be wary of foreign dignitaries visiting the country with “imperial advice”