http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ RSS Feeds for The Standard - Online Edition en-us http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ PHP/5.2.12 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005313&cid=490& Last Sunday, we marked the second anniversary of the signing of the National Accord. There are questions on whether or not the Accord has lived up to expectations. All of us will agree the Accord restored peace after two months of violent ethnic hatred. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:34:13 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268224453 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005222&cid=459& Everything else remaining constant, I am writing a glowing CV seeking works at the esteemed G4S security firm as a Shogi (guard) in its Cash In Transit (CIT) department. That is the department in which kissing poverty goodbye has never been made easier than just taking a leisurely drive with millions in foreign currency. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:20 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154140 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005224&cid=459& A spate of killings has hit parts of Nyanza where body parts are removed raising questions about the motives of the killers. In most of the incidents recorded, victims go missing for a day or two, only to be found murdered and their private parts, ears, fingers and tongue chopped off. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:37 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154277 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005232&cid=253& Somali pirates have taken hostage 10 Kenyan sailors aboard a Spanish owned fishing vessel in the latest series of pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:04 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154961 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005233&cid=159& The Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology has cautioned the Kenya National Examination Council against irregular cancellation of national exam results. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:28 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154808 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005226&cid=159& Kenya and Uganda have pledged to confront disasters that strike communities along their common border. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:09:45 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154585 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005227&cid=159& Former President Moi has asked the Government of Sudan to speed up the formation of a commission to oversee next year’s referendum. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:10:45 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154645 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005223&cid=459& As we celebrate the International Women’s Day, I hope many will share this treasured day with the less privileged women. Thousands of women will enjoy this day while others will just watch it pass. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:10 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154250 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005231&cid=159& Kenyans have been urged to overlook amendments to the Revised Draft Constitution made by the Committee of Experts. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:12:38 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154758 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005230&cid=159& Parliament has been told to adopt the Proposed Constitution and ignore the changes made by the Parliamentary Select Committee. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:12:09 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154729 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005228&cid=159& The International Centre for Policy and Conflict and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights have asked the Justice Minister to re-introduce the Special Tribunal Bill in Parliament. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:15 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154675 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005225&cid=459& He is only 30-years-old, but Newton Chebii believes he has been to hell and back, having been incarcerated for a crime he did not commit while still a student. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:40 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154340 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005229&cid=159& The Government has accepted a donation of 700,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine that are about to expire. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:39 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154699 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005235&cid=15& Central Province, and indeed Mt Kenya politics, is changing although the rest of Kenya keeps perceiving the region in the old era when power elite was firmly in control. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:14:28 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154868 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005234&cid=15& The usually lethargic President Kibaki has proved critics wrong this time round. In one full swoop, top officers associated with the cemetery land scandal have been sent packing and investigations launched. A wag, though, believes the President acted so fast to ensure Prime Minister Raila Odinga does not steal thunder from him again. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:58 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154838 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005220&cid=459& Q. Who polices lawyers because they seem to be above the law? A lawyer in Kitui issued me with a cheque that bounced. My attempts to recover the money have been futile because when I complain to the police, they only request him to sort out the matter with me. Other lawyers are not keen to take up my case arguing they do not want to appear to bring down their colleague’s career. What is my recourse? Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154024 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005218&cid=459& They snatched his parents and his childhood. They then destroyed his home and still they would not let him mourn. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:21 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268153841 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005219&cid=459& It was at around 8pm on October 8 last year when Samuel Mwaniki decided to retire for the day. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:02 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268153942 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005221&cid=459& It was a lovely Saturday when I had just completed my weekend lessons and I was looking forward to relax at home before embarking on my assignments. While waiting for a matatu at Railways bus stage, a middle-aged man approached me. He said he was a missionary from Uganda representing the famous evangelist Reinhardt Bonke who was supposed to have a rally at Uhuru Park the following day. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:01:32 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154092 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005237&cid=16& At 2.5 million square kilometres, Sudan is the largest country in Africa and borders nine countries; namely: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Libya, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Uganda. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159484 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005236&cid=16& A crisis of unique nature appears to be evolving and could subsume this nation. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:39 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268154999 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005256&cid=23& Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:41:28 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160088 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005247&cid=517& JERUSALEM, March 9 - Israel announced plans on Tuesday to build 1,600 new Jewish homes in an area of the occupied West Bank it has annexed to Jerusalem, a move likely to draw Palestinian anger during a high-level U.S. visit. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:36:39 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159799 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005250&cid=517& Pirates have seized a Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel off the Somali coast for possible use as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks, a maritime official said on Tuesday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:38:08 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159888 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005241&cid=14& African organisations and companies have been advised to use their country’s code name while registering businesses on the Internet. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:33:34 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159614 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005242&cid=14& Kenyan shares were expected to firm this week due to demand from local institutional investors, pulled by attractive yield rates, analysts said on Tuesday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159640 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005249&cid=517& BERLIN, March 9 - The brother of Pope Benedict said in an interview on Tuesday he slapped pupils in the face at a German school where he led the choir, but had been unaware of the brutality of discipline there. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:37:37 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159857 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005246&cid=517& Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior official of the Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu's main market on Tuesday, sparking several revenge killings, officials and witnesses said. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:36:13 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159773 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005254&cid=519& Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:54 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159994 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005243&cid=14& The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has voiced concerns over the prevalence of insider trading in the market. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:34:29 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159669 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005259&cid=480& Sidewalks, footpaths, pavements or whatever name one calls them, are meant for pedestrians. But PointBlank readers often complain of inconsiderate motorists driving or parking on footpaths in non-emergency situations. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:43:35 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160215 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005253&cid=517& Sudan's army on Monday accused Darfur rebels of ambushing UN-African Union peacekeepers and said it had taken control of a central rebel stronghold in the restive west of Africa's largest country. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:25 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159965 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005258&cid=480& A "very disappointed" Mr Jimmy L Miramoe notes that the irony of Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana is that NGOs, education officials and the Provincial Administration have for years ignored child labour involving minors from the host community. He wonders why refugees are allowed to employ children. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:58 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160178 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005255&cid=161& Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:40:50 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160050 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005239&cid=14& Foreign exchange gains, sale of Grand Regency Hotel and reduced expenses due to less intervention in the money market has propelled earnings of Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:32:27 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159547 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005240&cid=14& Capital Markets Authority (CMA) will shut down Ngenye Kariuki and Company Stockbrokers, now under statutory management, unless there is an injection of new capital. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:33:09 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159589 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005251&cid=517& March 9 Pirates have seized a Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel off the Somali coast, a maritime official said on Tuesday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:38:32 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159912 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005252&cid=517& LONDON, March 9 - Somalia's government would welcome US air support for an expected offensive aimed at retaking control of areas from al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels, President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Tuesday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:00 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159940 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005244&cid=14& Swiss International Airline, Switzerland’s national carrier has launched the latest Airbus, with direct flights to Kenya beginning next month. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:34:52 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159692 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005248&cid=517& JOS, Nigeria, March 9 - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:37:10 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159830 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005257&cid=481& Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:36 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160156 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005245&cid=517& KHARTOUM, March 9 - Direct peace talks between Darfur's main insurgent group and Khartoum will begin in Qatar on March 10 after months of clashes and potracted negotiations, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:35:29 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159729 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005238&cid=159& Pirates have seized a Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel off the Somali coast for possible use as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks, a maritime official said on Tuesday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:55 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268159515 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005263&cid=19& Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:09 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160429 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005260&cid=467& WASHINGTON, March 8 - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change - drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure - gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for US legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:11 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160251 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005261&cid=450& WASHINGTON, March 8 - Women hit hard by the effects of climate change - drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure - gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for US legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:56 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268160296 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005262&cid=587& Were the beef about the inclusion of Kadhi’s courts or when life really begins in the Proposed Constitution purely ideological, I would not dare wade into the storm that the Church has kicked up. Unfortunately, the debate, especially by my Christian brothers, has taken the low road that could, if not checked, end up creating more problems than we are trying to solve. 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