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Country's Mystery Arms Imports
Country's Mystery Arms Imports - A total of 77 tanks and 15 jet fighters were secretly imported by Kenya last year alone, according to official documents. Two rocket launchers and more than 40,000 automatic rifles and machine guns were also brought in, the United Nations says. Yet the government has not reported its arms purchases to the United Nations, as required by international agreements, the Sunday Nation can reveal. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Preparations in high gear for this year’s World Habitat Day celebrations
With just over two weeks left before the observance of this year’s World Habitat Day, preparations for the ceremony are in high gear across the globe.
From Africa through Asia to Europe and the Americas, governments, civic bodies as well as NGOs are laying out elaborate plans to mark this year’s event whose theme is ‘Harmoniuos Cities’ to be celebrated on October 6.
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Contractors Flush Taxpayers' Sh200 Million Down the Tarmac
Contractors Flush Taxpayers' Sh200 Million Down the Tarmac - Taxpayers lost Sh200 million when the tarmac on the Nakuru -Kianjoya road started warping after the contractor had built 25 kilometres. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Closure of Camp Shelved
Closure of Camp Shelved - The Government has suspended the closure of the Nakuru showground refugee camp. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Thousands Still Stuck in Refugee Camps
Thousands Still Stuck in Refugee Camps - The Waki Commission on post-election violence was on Wednesday putting final touches to its report as it emerged that over 80,000 people who were affected were still languishing in camps around the country. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Residents Plan to Block Major Road in Protest
Residents Plan to Block Major Road in Protest - Community leaders in Taita District have threatened to mobilise residents to blockade the Mombasa-Nairobi highway in protest against poor service delivery by the Government. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Growth Plan to Cost $56 Billion
Growth Plan to Cost $56 Billion - The Government requires Sh4 trillion ($56 billion) to implement the medium-term programme of the larger Vision 2030, acting Finance minister John Michuki has said. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Kalonzo Backs Move to Protect Water Sources
Kalonzo Backs Move to Protect Water Sources - Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Friday supported the conservation of all water catchment areas. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Help Us Get Our Houses Back, Plead Landlords
Help Us Get Our Houses Back, Plead Landlords - Some 143 landlords have sought government intervention to reclaim their houses forcibly occupied during the post election violence in Nairobi's Kibera slum. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Competition Foils Sh9 Million Village Project
Competition Foils Sh9 Million Village Project - A Sh9 million hydro electricity project funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is yet to benefit the people it was intended for because of the high cost of distributing the power. [All Africa : Kenya]
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New Funding Provides Transitional Shelters for Displaced
New Funding Provides Transitional Shelters for Displaced - Vulnerable households displaced by post-election violence earlier this year will benefit from transitional shelters thanks to new funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). [All Africa : Kenya]
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Tens of Thousands Facing Acute Food Shortage
Tens of Thousands Facing Acute Food Shortage - Tens of thousands of people are facing food scarcity in the areas of Baringo and East Pokot in Kenya's north Rift, a humanitarian official said. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Finance Minister Quits Over Hotel Sale
Finance Minister Quits Over Hotel Sale - Kenya’s Finance Minister Amos Kimunya has quit over the controversial sale of a luxury hotel at the centre of Nairobi. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Stop Politicising Hotel Sale Issue
Stop Politicising Hotel Sale Issue - The longer top officials named in the Grand Regency Hotel scandal defy pressure to step aside, the more the issue is likely to take political undertones that are not healthy for the Grand Coalition government. [All Africa : Kenya]
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Sh31 Billion Plan to Relocate Homeless in Trouble
Sh31 Billion Plan to Relocate Homeless in Trouble - The Sh31 billion resettlement programme could run into trouble if donors do not release the funds they pledged, a Government policy document says. [All Africa : Kenya]
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