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  <description>Your Gateway</description><item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Mechanics engage police in running battles over land dispute]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Tension is high Grogan area, Nairobi after police sealed off a piece of land to lock out more than 900 jua kali artisans following a court order.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 08:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Copter lands in farm causing panic]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Fear gripped Kibirigwi village along Kirinyaga-Nyeri border after a Kenya Wildlife Service helicopter made an emergency landing.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Tale of IDPs stuck in forest 20 years after deadly tribal chaos]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[ÂThe Grey Gardens', a film documentary by Albert and David Maysles that depicts the everyday lives of a mother and daughter living in a decrepit home, might not be uglier than the state of Huruma IDP camp in Kieni Forest, Kiambu County.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Wife of IEBC boss seeks divorce, claims desertion]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The wife of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) boss has moved to court seeking divorce from her husband.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: MPs call for arms mop-up to end cattle rustling]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[MPs from Baringo County have called on the national government to carry out disarmament across the North Rift region to end perennial cattle rustling.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Family's agony over missing boy]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A family in Bondeni Estate in Embu town has been agonising over the disappearance of their last-born son two months ago.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Kenya, Nigeria in talks over detainees]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya has initiated diplomatic talks with Nigerian authorities aimed at securing the release of Government officers who are held in Lagos.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: State officers Âbehind NCPB woes']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Parliament wants the Government to investigate the authenticity and credibility of a letter that names powerful people in Government in relation to the country's grain authority.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Ghost voters gave Obure win, court told]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The hearing of an election petition against Kisii Senator Chris Obure commenced on Monday.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Petition witnesses disappear]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[An election petition against Khwisero MP Benjamin Andola took a new twist after three witnesses expected to testify for the petitioner disappeared mysteriously.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086208&story_title=Kenya: Petition witnesses disappear]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Safari experience loses special place in tourism]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[On this day in 1973, Kenya found itself playing host to a group of distinguished visitors from the US.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Lenku wants law changed to allow commanders work]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku has prevailed upon the National Police Service Commission to accept the appointments made by Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo for County Command.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Matatu operators warned against strike]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Traffic Commandant Samuel Kimaru has dismissed the planned strike by matatu operators countrywide over the ongoing crackdown by traffic police officers.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Meet Il Kunono, a community searching for lost identity]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Lolora village in Merille, Marsabit County is a beehive of activities each day.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086193&story_title=Kenya: Meet Il Kunono, a community searching for lost identity]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 17:44:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Birds invade wheat farms in Narok]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Wheat farmers in Narok County are starring at losses running to millions of shillings after Quelea birds invaded their farms.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086190&story_title=Kenya: Birds invade wheat farms in Narok]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 15:19:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Petition seeking to nullify MP's election struck out]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A High Court in Eldoret has struck out a petition seeking to nullify the election of Hon Grace Kipchoim, Member of the National Assembly for Baringo South.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086189&story_title=Kenya: Petition seeking to nullify MP's election struck out]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 14:43:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Police net over 200 litres of illicit brew and bhang in Naivasha]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ongoing operation against sale and consumption of illicit brews gained momentum in Naivasha with police confiscating over 200 litres of illicit brew and bhang in various estates.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 13:40:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Kimaiyo names 47 County  AP Commanders]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo has named 47 Administration Police County Commanders amid protests he is overstepping his mandate.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086185&story_title=Kenya: Kimaiyo names 47 County  AP Commanders]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 12:32:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Kenya begins process of repatriating one million Somali refugees]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya will host a major international conference in August to discuss on modalities of repatriating more than one million Somali refugees to their country.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086183&story_title=Kenya: Kenya begins process of repatriating one million Somali refugees]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 11:30:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Kenya: Shoeshiner's body found at trading centre]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The body of a man has been found at Njoro trading centre in Njoro district.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 09:17:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Jubilee plots to halt Senate referendum bid]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Details have emerged of a political counter-offensive launched at the weekend by President Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto in response to the Senate's push for a referendum over devolution.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086218&story_title=Politics: Jubilee plots to halt Senate referendum bid]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Young professionals call on ODM old guards to relinguish mantle]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[As the fight for the control of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) intensifies, members are now urging the top leadership to ensure the most qualified candidate gets the post of Executive Director.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086136&story_title=Politics: Young professionals call on ODM old guards to relinguish mantle]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Wiper intensifies campaigns for Kethi as voters demand to see her]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Wiper Democratic Movement party has launched a major campaign to ensure it retains the vacant Makueni County senate seat.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086135&story_title=Politics: Wiper intensifies campaigns for Kethi as voters demand to see her]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Battle for ODM top position]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[As the fight for the control of ODM intensifies, members are now urging the top leadership to ensure the most qualified candidate gets the post of Executive Director.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086112&story_title=Politics: Battle for ODM top position]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 12:01:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Western MPs mull over fresh unity strategy]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[There is a new plan to whip Western voters and political leaders into one political party, but ensure the region does not field a presidential candidate in the next election.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086087&story_title=Politics: Western MPs mull over fresh unity strategy]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Will Uhuru walk the talk on graft?]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared total war on corruption, but the question remains whether his administration will walk the talk in eradicating the vice.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086084&story_title=Politics: Will Uhuru walk the talk on graft?]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Confusion galore as parties prepare for Makueni race]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Eleven days to deadline of presentation of nomination papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the Makueni Senate by-election, CORD and Jubilee coalitions are not sitting pretty.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086083&story_title=Politics: Confusion galore as parties prepare for Makueni race]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Linturi: I was out to defend Constitution not to seek higher pay]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Linturi: Most of those who were demonstrating were jealous election losers and were therefore unleashing their vendetta]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086080&story_title=Politics: Linturi: I was out to defend Constitution not to seek higher pay]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Uhuru, Ruto test as Senate digs in]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Pricked by President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to assent to the Division of Revenue Bill, members of the Senate have declared a spirited political and legal battle for personal survival and to defend what they consider an assault on devolution.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Senators maintain they will push their case in court on Revenue Bill]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Senators displayed their open displeasure at the President's move to assent to the Division of Revenue Bill, saying they had no regret fighting it in court.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Echoes from the Jaramogi, Jomo battles on majimbo]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The storm raised by some members of the National Assembly on whether or not to abolish the Senate, rekindles the post-independence machinations under founding President Jomo Kenyatta that eventually killed the devolved system of government.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086070&story_title=Politics: Echoes from the Jaramogi, Jomo battles on majimbo]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Orange party to convene NGC in bid to revamp, fill vacant posts]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[ODM plans to hold a National Governing Council (NGC) meeting next month as part of efforts to re-organise and revamp the party.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086060&story_title=Politics: Orange party to convene NGC in bid to revamp, fill vacant posts]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Kamba leaders say Kethi will vie for Makueni seat]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kamba leaders trooped to Makueni County where they endorsed the late Senator Mutula Kilonzo's daughter Kethi Kilonzo to succeed him.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086059&story_title=Politics: Kamba leaders say Kethi will vie for Makueni seat]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Ruto criticises opponents of Division of Revenue Bill]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Deputy  President William Ruto has called for  a stop to  the supremacy battles between the Senate and the National Assembly regarding the signing into law of the  division of revenue bill saying it was un unnecessary distraction to the national  agenda.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086048&story_title=Politics: Ruto criticises opponents of Division of Revenue Bill]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 18:59:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Uhuru: Constitution should not divide us]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on all Kenyans to embrace peace in everything they do in order to create a progressive, all-inclusive and prosperous nation.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086042&story_title=Politics: Uhuru: Constitution should not divide us]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 18:13:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Reprieve for County Commissioners]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[47 officials to stay in office after appellate judges upheld their appointment by Kibaki]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086013&story_title=Politics: Reprieve for County Commissioners]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Jirongo reaps from Mudavadi, Wamalwa woes]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the troubles facing former ministers Musalia Mudavadi and Eugene Wamalwa.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086011&story_title=Politics: Jirongo reaps from Mudavadi, Wamalwa woes]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Confusion in Western as kingpins go mute]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Western Kenya's political future is dimming following the silence of its perceived king, former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Secrets of MPs' Sh1.2 million pay deal]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Members of Parliament have walked away with a much better salary package than they would have you believe, we can now report.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086009&story_title=Politics: Secrets of MPs' Sh1.2 million pay deal]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Is this the cost of erasing Kenya's past by colonialists?]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Payments to former war veterans might not be the price of the colonial history]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Kenya Power to hand out 3.3m energy-saving bulbs]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Electricity distributor Kenya Power will in the coming months distribute for free 3.3 million energy saving bulbs to one million of its customers at a cost of Sh1.3 billion.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: World Bank ups Kenya's growth forecast but urges reforms]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The World Bank has projected Kenya's economy will grow by 5.7 per cent this year, buoyed by low interest rates and higher investments.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Treasury seeks to increase Raila's travel allowances]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury is seeking Parliament's approval to increase the former Prime Minister's allowances for foreign and domestic travels by Sh34 million.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Nyanza farmers asked to resume coffee growing]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Farmers in Nyanza have been urged to embrace coffee production owing to its huge economic potential.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Rise in false claims threatens growth of PSV insurance sector]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Fraudsters in the public service vehicle (PSV) industry are swindling insurance companies of millions of shillings through fictitious claims.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Government plans to sell its stake in assets]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[After the long delay in the privatisation process, the Government is hoping for greater success with sales of new companies.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Stage is set for financial sector reforms]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Radical changes announced last week in the insurance and pension industry will form the foundation to establishing a consolidated authority to manage the country's financial sector.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Treasury puts insider traders on notice]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[One of the most high-profile scandals to hit headlines is insider trading accusation against former Kenya Commercial Bank Managing Director, Terry Dividson and Benard Mwangi Kibaru, former Uchumi General Manager.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Campaign puts pastoralists on the map]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The State  has been losing billions of shillings in famine situations due to its failure to manage drought, the National Drought Management (NDM) Chairman Ibrahim Hussein has said.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Stakeholders poke holes in Âpeanut' tourism allocations]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Stakeholders in the multi-billion dollar tourism sector at the Coast have cast aspersions on budgetary allocations to the Ministry of East African Community, Commerce and Tourism]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Budget's Sh9b leasing fund to excite motor dealers]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Government has shown strong indication of leasing motor vehicles, three years after the plan was mooted]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Kenya Re, Standard sign ÂNiko Fiti' deal]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Former Vice-President Moody Awori has called on the Government to include the disabled in top decision-making organs.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Private sector set to reap big from lucrative State contracts]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The private sector stands to benefit from lucrative State contracts for the development of infrastructure across the country.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Hustlers now mourn tax hike on Senator Keg]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[At Kahawa Wendani's Âbar street,Â a Nairobi suburb, where dozens of unemployed youth meet daily, the promise of creating a million jobs is hardly exciting news]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Business: Boost as State reserves 30pc of tenders for youth, disabled]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The disabled, youth and women will benefit more from a raft of procurement preferences announced by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Julian Assange: Ecuador will continue to grant asylum]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ecuador's foreign minister has said its embassy in London will continue to provide political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 19:16:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Mandela's wife thanks well-wishers]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The wife of Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, has thanked the thousands of people around the world who have wished him well during his stay in hospital.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 19:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: British man survives 15th floor fall in New Zealand]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A British man has survived a fall from the 15th floor of a building in New Zealand, local media report.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 17:28:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Czech PM Petr Necas to resign over aide scandal]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has announced that he will resign on Monday after days of political turmoil.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 09:21:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Opponents of President Robert Mugabe have targeted the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Mugabe: My political rivals are scared of 'sure' defeat]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[President Robert Mugabe accused political rivals of seeking to delay elections in Zimbabwe because they fear defeat.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: UN: India to be world's most populous country by 2028]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[India looks set to overtake China as the world's most populous country from 2028, according to the United Nations.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 17:26:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Mandela improvement sustained, says Jacob Zuma]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Former South African President Nelson Mandela continues to get better in a Pretoria hospital, current President Jacob Zuma has said.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 16:37:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Chinese students attacked in France]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Bloggers in China have reacted with outrage to news of an assault on six Chinese students in France's wine-producing Bordeaux region.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 12:33:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Pope Francis appoints new head of Vatican bank]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Pope Francis has taken his first major step towards reforming to the troubled Vatican bank, naming a trusted cleric to oversee its management.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 11:33:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Pakistan in shock after double bomb attack]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A day of official mourning has been declared in the Pakistani city of Quetta after 25 people were killed by gunmen in twin attacks on Saturday.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 10:57:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Rouhani wins Iran presidential election]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran's presidential election, securing just over 50 per cent of the vote and so avoiding the need for a run-off.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 19:58:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Mali 'suicide-vest workshop found']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A workshop to make suicide bomber vests has been discovered in northern Mali, the French army has said.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 12:43:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Facebook reveals US data requests]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Facebook received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of 2012.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 10:53:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[World: Man arrested for creating Alien hoax]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A Chinese farmer who claimed he had electrocuted an extraterrestrial and put it in his freezer for safe-keeping is now in the cooler himself.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 09:56:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Nigeria rolls to 6-1 win over Tahiti at Confederations Cup]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[South Pacific islanders Tahiti score a historic goal in their Confederations Cup debut, which ends in a respectable defeat by Nigeria]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 08:58:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Kenya Police back to the summit of table with win against Western Jaguars]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Former champions Kenya Police have returned to the summit of the table with a resounding 3-0 win against visiting Western Jaguars in the Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) men's Premier League played at City Park Stadium on Sunday evening.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Prisons and Pipeline lift Amaco titles]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya Pipeline women and Prisons men were crowned new champions of Amaco International Volleyball Tournament after three-days of intense action at Eldoret Polytechnic.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Arsenal front-runners to wrap up the transfer of Man-U's Nani]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Arsenal are increasingly confident of wrapping up the signing of Manchester United winger Luis Nani.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 16:59:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Fifa investigation puts Ethiopia progress in doubt]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ethiopia's progress to the final round of African World Cup qualifying is in doubt after Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings  against them on Sunday.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 11:53:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Rising standards of sport in neighbouring state]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has expressed concern over the rapid rise in the standards of the sport in neighbouring countries especially in Rwanda.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Hosts fall to Uganda rugby team by narrow margin in first leg of Elgon Cup]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[It was a damp affair at the Moi International Sports Centre, as the Kenya National 15s male rugby team succumbed to a narrow 17-16 loss to Uganda.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Mourinho 'did not want Man Utd job']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims he knew months ago of Sir Alex Ferguson's plans to stand down as Manchester United boss, but says he was always intent on returning to Stamford Bridge.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 18:11:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Stars did well, despite the circumstances]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[My belated congratulations to the national football team players and the technical bench following the performance and result against Nigeria and Malawi in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers last week.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 17:36:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Why Kenya's elimination from World Cup is a silver lining]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[After the recent Harambee Stars' defeat at the hands of African champions Nigeria, not much was expected from the remaining World Cup qualifying matches.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 17:23:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Protests hit Brazil cup opener]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Brazil's opening Confederations Cup match was affected by protests at the amount of money the country is using to stage next year's World Cup.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 10:17:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: The Darfur Backlash]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Tanzanian clubs will not be allowed to take part in this year's Kagame Cup, which kicks off on Tuesday in Darfur Sudan]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086088&story_title=Sports: The Darfur Backlash]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Motivated to win]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Kenya National Sevens team is in a bullish mood as they leave the country for London for a training camp before they head to Moscow for the Sevens Rugby World Cup.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Police enter six boxers in the national league finals]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya Police remained on course of winning the second leg of the national boxing league after they entered six boxers in the final on Friday night.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Ulinzi's powerful surge]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ulinzi men's team registered two successive victories to advance to quarter-finals in ongoing Amaco International Volleyball Tournament at Eldoret Polytechnic.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: High spirits in Kenyan squads ahead of Elgon Cup]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Kenya male and female national rugby teams are in high spirits ahead of their matches against Uganda today for the Elgon Cup at the Kasarani grounds.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: President's pledge]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged a Sh100,000 reward to every player of the Kenya Rubgy Sevens National Team to the World Cup Championship in Moscow, Russia if they win the championship.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Bolt powers to 200m victory in Oslo]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Olympic champion Usain Bolt responded to last week's surprise sprint defeat in Rome by storming to a world-leading time of 19.79 seconds over 200 metres at the Bislett Diamond League meeting on Thursday.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085993&story_title=Sports: Bolt powers to 200m victory in Oslo]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Harambee Stars coach happy]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche said his return to the technical bench during Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Malawi made all the difference in their 2-2 result.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Sports: Dominant Kipruto]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[World junior 3,000m steeplechase champion, Conseslus Kipruto, maintained an unbeaten run at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Thursday night.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085991&story_title=Sports: Dominant Kipruto]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Self regulation key to success of new NGO law]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Public Benefits Organisations Act 2013, the new regulatory and administrative framework for non-governmental organisations expected to come into force soon, provides for the establishment of an authority to be known as the Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086203&story_title=Opinion: Self regulation key to success of new NGO law]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: How delusion of self-importance holds us back]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Across human history, there has been a single lesson for all societies. Those that failed to grasp it suffered hugely, and inflicted massive pain on many. And yet, still, in 2013, it is the plague of our species that we so often cannot appreciate this single point, and live by it.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Directive to clean up Mombasa port laudable]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The story of Mombasa Port Â like most other State utilities Â is one of waste, inefficiencies and runaway sleaze.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086199&story_title=Opinion: Directive to clean up Mombasa port laudable]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Supremacy war masks bigger problem of wasteful spending]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Members of the National Assembly need to take time off from their current battles on which chamber is superior to the other and ensure the bulk of the Sh1.6 trillion budget presented to the House last week is used in areas that will give the country a better return on investment than it has been getting over the past fifty years.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086198&story_title=Opinion: Supremacy war masks bigger problem of wasteful spending]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 18.06.2013]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon : 18.06.2013]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086194&story_title=Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 18.06.2013]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Dont't ever give up]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[At some point in the various journeys we embark on in our lives, we get to a part where we feel like giving up. Sometimes we give up before we even start and other times we give up just before we are about to make that huge break-through that we have been putting so much effort in to achieve.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086200&story_title=Opinion: Dont't ever give up]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 20:26:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Talk-time is over, let's now engage our youth]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A week ago The Standard on Saturday carried a very informative article, ÂThe time bomb that is millions of jobless youthÂ.  The article indicated that about half of the Kenyan youth aged 18 to 34 years Â millions of them are currently jobless.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086129&story_title=Opinion: Talk-time is over, let's now engage our youth]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Time electoral body came clean on final tallies]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[It appears the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has been squeezed into a corner by the law and its own housekeeping glitches.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086127&story_title=Opinion: Time electoral body came clean on final tallies]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Senate, MPs face-off over resources has its taproot in history]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Any decent behavioural scientist or historian would very easily explain the goings-on in the Kenyan political landscape like they were lecturing a class of freshmen.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086126&story_title=Opinion: Senate, MPs face-off over resources has its taproot in history]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086119&story_title=Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086120&story_title=Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 17.06.2013]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 17:17:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Devolution key to unlocking Asal potential]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Devolution now presents a perfect chance for State to customise development interventions in these ares]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086103&story_title=Opinion: Devolution key to unlocking Asal potential]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Raila visit to US critical, precedes Obama's to Africa]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, June 18, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will address scholars and international policy enthusiasts in Washington, DC at an event organised by the Woodrow Wilson Centre.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086097&story_title=Opinion: Raila visit to US critical, precedes Obama's to Africa]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Constitution has ambiguities that need prompt correction]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[One of the latest developments in the constitutional implementation undertaking has been a renewed clamour for a Âclean upÂ of the Constitution to remove its Âmyriad contradictions and gapsÂ.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086094&story_title=Opinion: Constitution has ambiguities that need prompt correction]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Uhuru and Ruto fortunes in new Cabinet structure]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Political analysts say that crucial Government roles have been vested in the Office of the President]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086092&story_title=Opinion: Uhuru and Ruto fortunes in new Cabinet structure]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: US, UK and France should be condemned fuelling Syria war]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086076&story_title=Opinion: US, UK and France should be condemned fuelling Syria war]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Responsible fathers needed to avert youth delinquency]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Our children need fathers, grandfathers, uncles and father figures to mould, protect them]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086075&story_title=Opinion: Responsible fathers needed to avert youth delinquency]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 16.06.2013]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon : 16.06.2013]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086071&story_title=Opinion: Editorial Cartoon : 16.06.2013]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: It's time to reduce constitutional commissions]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Was it necessary to split the national gender commission from the human rights one?]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086069&story_title=Opinion: It's time to reduce constitutional commissions]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Division of revenue: Who is the money for anyway?]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The extra Sh48 billion that the Senate recommended for counties was to help improve the livelihood of all ordinary Kenyans]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086066&story_title=Opinion: Division of revenue: Who is the money for anyway?]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Moderate drinking in pregnancy 'harms IQ']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Researchers from Oxford and Bristol universities looked at the IQ scores of 4,000 children as well as recording the alcohol intake of their mothers.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086242&story_title=Lifestyle: Moderate drinking in pregnancy 'harms IQ']]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 09:44:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: How college short-changed contractor Sh226m]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[On June 20, 2012, Osman Elsek (right), a Turkish investor, suffered a heart attack after he was informed that Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA) had refused to pay Sh226 million it owed him for construction work he had done at the institution.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086231&story_title=Lifestyle: How college short-changed contractor Sh226m]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Secret dossier reveals varsity fired vice-chancellor for hiring Muslim]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A former vice-chancellor of Presbyterian University of East Africa Kihumbu Thairu was accused of hiring a Muslim woman Âagainst ethics of the church', days before he was sacked.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086230&story_title=Lifestyle: Secret dossier reveals varsity fired vice-chancellor for hiring Muslim]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: PUEA given six months to comply with law]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA), which is at the centre of academic, management and financial scandals, has less than six months to comply with requirements of getting a Charter or have its licence revoked.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086229&story_title=Lifestyle: PUEA given six months to comply with law]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Varsity hires staff to cope with rising student population]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The University of Nairobi has stepped up efforts to recruit subordinate and teaching staff to manage the population prompted by this year's double intake of students.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086226&story_title=Lifestyle: Varsity hires staff to cope with rising student population]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: UN agency alarmed by millions of children in domestic labour]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya joined the rest of African countries on Sunday to mark the Day of the African Child.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Heads call for ICT boost in high schools]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Secondary school heads want the Government to invest in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration in their institutions.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086217&story_title=Lifestyle: Heads call for ICT boost in high schools]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Teachers' Sacco rolls out housing project]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Teachers are set to benefit from a multi-billion housing project that will see each of them own a house of up to Sh4.5 million.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086216&story_title=Lifestyle: Teachers' Sacco rolls out housing project]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Three-day ultimatum over teachers' strike]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The government moved swiftly Monday to temporarily avert a teachers' strike that could have paralysed learning in all public schools and middle level colleges across the country.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086214&story_title=Lifestyle: Three-day ultimatum over teachers' strike]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Flying bike for easier commutes]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Flying cars are yet to take off - could bikes have a better chance?]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 18:34:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Love for bush toilets stings  2015 goal]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenya is among nine countries in Africa with the highest number of people who are still defecating in the open and has no prospects of meeting the United Nations goal of Âopen defecation-free status' by 2015.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086187&story_title=Lifestyle: Love for bush toilets stings  2015 goal]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 13:11:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: How doctor error put  HIV negative infants under ARVs]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The future of comprehensive care dispensed to HIV positive patients in Kitui county is likely to be thrown into a spin after it emerged that two children, kept on the HIV management programme, did not even have the virus.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 12:52:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Medics welcome Sh1.2b allocation to forensic lab]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Medical experts have welcomed the decision by MPs to set aside Sh1.2 billion in the budget for a National Forensic Laboratory to help in criminal investigations and securing justice for victims of crime.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: All technical colleges to get ISO certificates]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Government has launched a drive to ensure all technical institutes are ISO certified by December to enhance efficiency.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Digital learning kicks off in primary schools]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The British Council in collaboration with the Government and other partners has commenced a multi-million pilot project on digital education of primary schools in Matete District, Kakamega County.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Higher education commission accredited PUEA to offer only five degree programmes]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Commission of Higher Education had by December 2012 accredited Presbyterian University of East Africa (PUEA) to offer only five degree programmes and one Masters programme.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Public servants threaten battle over pay]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Public servants have threatened to cripple all government operations come next week following government's failure to fulfill the agreements they made.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 15:58:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Inside the government's massive spying machine]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 10:03:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Facebook got 10,000 data requests from U.S]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Facebook and Microsoft were able to reveal limited information on Friday night about the government orders they have received to turn over user data to security agencies.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 09:28:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle: Teiya's journey from a pariah to a legislator]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Janet Teiya, 33, lost her ability to walk at five years old after a bout with polio.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086090&story_title=Lifestyle: Teiya's journey from a pariah to a legislator]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Bulging in-trays await new parastatal CEOs]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A number of State-owned corporations will in the coming weeks name new chief executives after several positions fell vacant.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: KRA goes for the rich in widening of tax net]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich plans to set in motion a process of re-introducing Capital Gains Tax (CGT) with a view of financing the Government's ballooning expenditure.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: KRA faces legal battles over move on rental income]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Kenya Revenue Authority  (KRA) is expected to up its ante in the hunt for the Sh90 billion income from landlords over the next six months.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: State stares at more job cuts to bring down soaring public wage bill]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A substantial number of civil servants will be sacked under a new staff rationalisation programme set  to be implemented in the 2013/14 financial year.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Kenya Airways earnings hit by Euro Zone crisis]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The devastating effects of an ongoing recession in Europe are slowly hitting the Kenyan shoreline. On the list of casualties left in the wake of the Euro Zone debt crisis is a struggling national carrier Kenya Airways.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: State boosts food security with Sh2b agribusiness fund]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The move to establish a Sh2 billion agribusiness fund to de-risk and leverage commercial bank's lending to smallholder and commercial farmers is set to boost food security]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Farmer uses wire mesh to fight aflatoxin in maize crop]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A farmer in Kitui is using a fine wire mesh as an anti-aflatoxin technology meant to preserve maize and grains for a longer period.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Manufacturers welcome EAC plan to cut business costs]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Kenyan Manufacturers have termed this year's East Africa Community budgetary proposals as good for future business.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Stiff competition forces shutdown of Swift Global]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Liquid Telecom, the new owners of Kenya Data Networks (KDN), has wound up Swift Global in a restructuring process that has made several positions redundant.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Where's the cash? Budget 2013 displays blind optimism]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[This man Henry Rotich. On his first outing as National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, he did not disappoint, at least in inflicting maximum pain to Kenyans.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Mumias restructures to shore up cane production]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Mumias Sugar Company (MSC) has embarked on a major restructuring exercise to boost its earnings as well as increase payments to farmers.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086202&story_title=Magazines: Mumias restructures to shore up cane production]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: State plans airstrips for all 47 counties]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Government plans to construct airstrips in all the 47 counties in the country, the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has said.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[18 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Wife runs away because of husbands Âsize']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Residents of one sleepy village in Kiambu County were treated to free entertainment in a lurid incident when an estranged wife scandalised her husband by revealing explicit details of their bedroom problems.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Woman smashes rival's head with soda bottle]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Two women in Kericho County turned local serene Moi Gardens into a bloody battle ground over a man.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Education system churning out zombies]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The 8-4-4 system is a prison really. It never quite develops or inspires anyone's mind, but stuffs their heads with ideas.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Men should shut up when Âdriving']]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[How much can a man talk during the act without being a turn off to his partner?]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Bride elopes with boyfriend, groom marries her sister]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A bride eloped with her boyfriend, leaving the groom waiting at the wedding reception in India last week. The woman, 22, returned in the evening, married to the man she loved.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Burglars steal crime report from cop's house]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A report showing crime rate has reduced was stolen from a senior police officer's study when thugs gained entry into his house.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: I will marry when I want]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Being single is not a death sentence, so please take your pity somewhere where it is needed!]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086145&story_title=Magazines: I will marry when I want]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Magazines: Spreading gossip about sick people]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Nothing makes them happy or gives them more satisfaction and self-gratification.  than talking about other people's health.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Culture soothes locals from cattle rustling]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[They say wonders never cease to happen. I watched in awe while at the shores of Lake Turkana recently as sunset and moonrise changed hands. It was 6.20pm.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Sumra's patience pays off at last]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ishrad Sumra ran stubbornly five times in a bid to become MP for Embakasi. It finally paid off this year when he won the seat on an ODM ticket.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Back in Parliament after 21 years]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Ndirangu set a record of sorts as one of the few MP's in Kenya's parliamentary history to return to the August house after a 21 year hiatus.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086099&story_title=Special Reports: Back in Parliament after 21 years]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Kaguthi breaks his silence on TJRC findings]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Former top civil servant accuses truth team of malice, claims report contains a series of inaccuracies]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086096&story_title=Special Reports: Kaguthi breaks his silence on TJRC findings]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Surge in insecurity as juniors turn the blame on the boss]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The rift between the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) and the National Police Service (NPS) could widen further.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086062&story_title=Special Reports: Surge in insecurity as juniors turn the blame on the boss]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Special Reports: Residents live in fear as teenagers turn into hardcore criminals]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[No less than three murders and several stabbings that left at least one victim maimed for life are attributed to him.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086006&story_title=Special Reports: Residents live in fear as teenagers turn into hardcore criminals]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[The Nairobian: City drug lords fight back]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The once untouchable West African drug lords in Nairobi have gone underground as they plot to fight robust government efforts to cripple them.]]></description> 
 <link><![CDATA[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000086182&story_title=The Nairobian: City drug lords fight back]]></link> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 11:03:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[The Nairobian: Moi University student kills self after family dispute]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[A third year engineering student of Moi University was found hanging from a tree in his rural home.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 14:45:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Columns: Is there an anti-devolution conspiracy afoot?]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[To Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Devolved Government, this was part of a Âgrand conspiracy to cripple the Senate and have it wound up.Â]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[17 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Columns: The prevalence of corruption has entrenched the country in poverty]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[It was a pretty interesting week with major events that drew sharp focus on the Executive]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Columns: It's unfortunate that our athletes are our pride and also our shame]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[Last week, I watched on KTN Sports the Athletics Kenya competition to select our junior athletes for the IAAF World Youth Championships to be held next month in Donetsk, Ukraine, and my heart wept. So much raw talent, so much wasted.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[Columns: Expand the manufacturing sector to create jobs]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[As the Cabinet and Principal Secretaries get down to work, many have been reading the tea leaves to determine who is the most powerful, and hence most important.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[15 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
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 <description><![CDATA[If I am confounded, I take solace in knowing that I cannot possibly be alone. Distinguished historians must be just as baffled as I am by the things that astound me in my country.]]></description> 
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</item>  <item><title><![CDATA[uReport: Mau Mau compensation is a Christmas-come-too-late]]></title>  
 <description><![CDATA[The Sh2.8 billion windfall by UK was a well-deserved Christmas-come-too late for the former Mau Mau fighters. Some are now too old to enjoy quality life on the fruits of their pains.]]></description> 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[16 Jun 2013 00:00:30]]></pubDate> 
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 <description><![CDATA[Cases of domestic violence, drug abuse and suicides have increased within the Kenyan community abroad especially in the US.]]></description> 
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