The Star: Eugene, Jirongo to ditch G7 as they warm up to ODM
14 May 2012 - JUSTICE Minister Eugene Wamalwa and Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo are on their way out of the G7 Alliance to ODM. Multiple sources said both Wamalwa and Jirongo, who are presidential candidates feel they are being elbowed out of the G7 alliance and see ODM as their possible next political home. A meeting at a Westlands club in Nairobi last Thursday night by the two failed to convince some ODM leaders from Kakamega county to support Jirongo's pr...

The Star: Corridors of Power
14 May 2012 - The age old rivalry between the Kiambu and Nyeri Kikuyu seemed to be rekindled over the weekend when local leaders in Nyeri accused Uhuru of ignoring them and only working with leaders from Kiambu. The Nyeri leaders cited the decision by Uhuru to take over Nginyo Kariuki's party and rename it The National Alliance as an indication that he does not want to work with them and they are considering other options. Our moles tell us that is why Mw...

The Star: Woman dies as floods sweep Mathare slum
14 May 2012 - A woman died in Mathare area 4B in Nairobi and another, together with her child, were rushed to the Kiambu District Hospital after their shacks were marooned by flash floods early yesterday morning after a night-long downpour. Several families were displaced while traders at Gumba market counted their losses after their wares were swept away by the swollen Nairobi River that traverses Mathare 4A and 4B.''I heard a woman screaming for help ...

Nation: Leaders fault list of county bosses
14 May 2012 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga has rejected President Kibaki’s appointment of 47 county commissioners, saying he was not consulted.

Nation: IEBC meets House team over poll funds
14 May 2012 - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) meets the Parliamentary Justice and Legal Affairs committee on Tuesday

Nation: Orengo dares Mudavadi and Ruto to quit seats
14 May 2012 - Lands minister James Orengo has dared Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi and Eldoret North MP William Ruto to write to the House Speaker, notifying him that they are no longer ODM members.

Nation: New camp to be set up as more flee war
14 May 2012 - A new refugee camp is set to be established in Turkana County.

Nation: Tough poll rules set for parties
14 May 2012 - The electoral commission has set stringent deadlines to be met by aspirants and political parties ahead of the next elections.

Nation: Dock workers vow strike on as union fights claims of sabotage
14 May 2012 - Dock workers on Sunday vowed to strike on Wednesday even as business leaders and the port management accused them of pushing a political agenda.

Nation: Jailing children in adult cells faulted
14 May 2012 - Judges and Magistrates have urged the State to stop confining children in police cells meant for adults

Nation: UN chief hails withdrawal of South Sudan forces from disputed Abyei
14 May 2012 - United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed South Sudan’s decision to withdraw its police force from the disputed Abyei area.

Nation: Step down over NHIF scandal, Nyong’o told
14 May 2012 - Medical Services minister Anyang’ Nyong’o has been told to resign over the controversial health scheme for civil servants.

Nation: Lecturers’ pay set to be pegged on courses
14 May 2012 - University lecturers will be paid on the basis of courses they teach rather than job grades if a proposed law is passed by Parliament.

Nation: Regulations to name regional MPs out
14 May 2012 - Parliament has published the rules that will govern the election of new members to the East African Legislative assembly (EALA)

Nation: Group wants fresh rules on county funds
14 May 2012 - Residents of central Kenya have asked MPs to change the formula used to allocate county funds

Nation: Tribal groupings a recipe for chaos, says ex-Mungiki boss
14 May 2012 - Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has dismissed Gema and Kamatusa as tribal groupings

Nation: Aids agency seeks autonomy in new Bill to address poor funding
14 May 2012 - The national Aids agency is seeking to be transformed into a government commission in a bid to boost its coffers.

Nation: Muthaura's lawyers score key victory in ICC case
14 May 2012 - Lawyers representing former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura scored a major victory when they secured the acquittal of a suspect

Nation: MPs should not be paid after January: Kiunjuri
14 May 2012 - An assistant minister has backed calls to freeze MPs’ salaries on January 15 next year when their five-year terms end.

Nation: Leaders push for revival of peace teams ahead of poll
14 May 2012 - Leaders in Nakuru County want the government to revive peace committees ahead of the next General Election.

Nation: 10 schools fail to reopen for second term over insecurity
14 May 2012 - Ten primary schools in Baringo District are yet to reopen for the second term after parents and their children fled the area

Nation: Hollande faces bruising entry onto world stage
14 May 2012 - The moment France’s president-elect Francois Hollande is sworn in on Tuesday, he leaves his cosy post-election no-man’s land

KBC: Hamilton stripped of Spanish pole
14 May 2012 - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has been excluded from qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix after stopping his car out on the track at the end of qualifying . Hamilton qualified on pole but will start from the back of the grid.

KBC: Refugees begin journey to S Sudan
14 May 2012 - The first group of South Sudanese refugees stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is on its way to the south.About 400 people - out of a total of up to 15,000 - are being taken by bus to Khartoum from where they will be flown to the South Sudanese capital Juba.

KBC: Wanted terrorist sneaks into Kenya
14 May 2012 - The country is being warned to be on high alert following revelation that a wanted terrorist believed to be a German nation has sneaked into Kenya. Anti-terror police unit has issued a red alert urging any person with information of Ahmed Khaled Mueller to contact police immediately.

KBC: Merkel faces tough election test
14 May 2012 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) are facing a tough task to avoid defeat in a key state election on Sunday.Opinion polls in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia suggest an emphatic re-election victory for the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).

KBC: Key talks loom for Greek parties
14 May 2012 - Greek President Karolos Papoulias is due to meet the heads of Greece's three main parties in a final attempt to form a coalition and avoid fresh elections.All three - conservative New Democracy, far-left Syriza and socialist Pasok - have failed to form a government.

KBC: Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead
14 May 2012 - A senior Afghan peace negotiator has been shot dead in Kabul, officials say.Arsala Rahmani was a former Taliban minister and a key member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, which leads efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban.

KBC: We can become legends - Zabaleta
14 May 2012 - Manchester City's players will become club legends by clinching an historic Premier League title on Sunday, says Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta. Leaders City will be crowned English champions for the first time since 1968 if they beat QPR at the Etihad Stadium.

KBC: PM warns Kenyans on ethic grouping
14 May 2012 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga has dismissed the KAMATUSA and GEMA group as tribal bandwagons out to divide the country along ethnic lines. Speaking in Taita Taveta county, the Premier lashed at the Mombasa Republican Council for misleading residents of the coastal region noting that the government was keen on addressing grievances being voiced by all Kenyans.

Nation: France and Greece out to change Europe
14 May 2012 - Two politicians have within a week thrown the spanner into the eurozone’s prevailing economic thinking. It isn’t all that bad.

Nation: Cuba’s Raul Castro backs gay rights
14 May 2012 - Cuban President Raul Castro backs greater gay rights and ending discrimination against homosexuals, his daughter Mariela, a famed sexologist

Nation: A year later, things get worse for ex-IMF chief
14 May 2012 - Time doesn’t heal for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Things only get worse.

Nation: Uganda captures high-ranking LRA member: army
14 May 2012 - Ugandan troops have captured the fourth most senior rebel commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, Caesar Acellam

Nation: Libya extends voter registration by a week
14 May 2012 - Libya on Sunday extended the deadline for voter registration by a week in a bid to broaden participation

Nation: Algerian Islamist threatens revolt over vote results
14 May 2012 - An Algerian Islamist leader said Sunday that a Tunisian-style revolt was the only option after polls he charged were fraudulent

Nation: Senegal’s new leader out to battle graft but his wealth questioned
14 May 2012 - Senegal’s president Macky Sall like his predecessor Abdoulaye Wade could have chosen not to declare his assets

Capital News: Beijing envoy in Khartoum amid Sudan-South tension
KHARTOUM, May 13 – A Chinese envoy was in Khartoum for talks on Sunday after his country backed a UN resolution that aims to halt border fighting between Sudan and South Sudan. Zhong Jianhua arrived in the Sudanese capital on Saturday and was expected to leave on Sunday night after talks with government officials, a [...]

Capital News: Radical Algerian Islamist threatens revolt over vote results
ALGIERS, May 13 – An Algerian Islamist leader said Sunday that a Tunisian-style revolt was the only option after polls he charged were fraudulent and threatened a mass pullout of the smaller parties from parliament. “These results closed the door on change by the ballot box and the Tunisian option is all that’s left for [...]

Nation: Police delink Coast officers transfer with MRC
14 May 2012 - Police have denied reports that the transfer of 200 officers from the Coast region was due to their