The Standard: RSS Feeds - Headlines 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 MPs plot against draft constitution http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005360&cid=4& Members of Parliament meet Parliamentary Select Committee today to plot entrenchment of their political compromises, which Committee of Experts found inadmissible because they went against its findings on the popular will. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:41 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268252222 Battle for Migingo island still rages http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005359&cid=4& Is Migingo Island in Lake Victoria, Kenyan territory? President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga declared so, publicly. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:24:17 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268251995 My post-poll scar won’t heal, it is made of metal http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005361&cid=4& He carries a metallic burden from the post-election violence on his right arm. A distant, sad look on his face tells it weighs heavily on him. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:07 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268252012 Mudavadi meets KACC sleuths, says it is politics http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005367&cid=4& Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi met Kenya Anti-Corruption investigators for four hours, claimed innocence, and blamed Sh283million cemetery scandal on politics. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:06 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268252067 ODM leaders to welcome Kibaki to Ruto turf http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005389&cid=4& Several Rift Valley ODM MPs including Agriculture Minister William Ruto will host President Kibaki at the Eldoret agricultural show. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268252032 Raila in a spot over his differences with Kibaki http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005387&cid=4& MPs put Prime Minister Raila Odinga in a spot over his differences with President Kibaki on the fight on corruption in Government. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:14 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268252047 Somali pirates seize ship, hold 10 Kenyans http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005303&cid=4& 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 21:19:33 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268169573 Mudavadi probed over cemetery saga http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005300&cid=4& The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is fighting perception it has been chasing small fish, but it now has Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi on its to-probe-list. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:13:13 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268165593 MPs retreat that could herald dream for new law http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005301&cid=4& It is so near, yet so far. That is how Kenya is so close to the dream for a new constitution, but still so far from it – given the row between coalition partners over contentious clauses. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:16:50 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268170047 Leaders unite on Sudan peace process http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005302&cid=4& African leaders have concurred that a General Election and referendum in Sudan posed a serious challenge to the country’s fragile peace. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:18:02 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268170060 Maternal deaths on the rise despite technology http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005305&cid=4& At least 21 women die daily from childbirth-related complications adding up to about 7,700 families losing their mother, in the process of delivering a sibling or her first child. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:21:17 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268169677 Furious nature unleashes floods and landslides http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005304&cid=4& Once again, Kenya’s response to disasters and its preparedness has come into sharp focus, revealing the country’s inadequacies that cost its peoples lives and property. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:20:28 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268169628 Affirmative action yet to be achieved despite efforts http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005145&cid=4& Women still lag behind in leadership positions despite President Kibaki’s decree of 30 per cent representation. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:32:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268078940 CoE ‘operating illegally’ as contract expired http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005177&cid=4& The Committee of Experts on the constitutional review process has been operating illegally for the past two weeks, The Standard has learnt. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:27:49 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268078921 Kibaki suspends PS, 12 others over Sh260m cemetery scandal http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000005184&cid=4& The cemetery land scandal at City Hall has claimed Local Government PS Sammy Kirui and senior 12 officials. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:43:01 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1268078891