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Monday, October 02, 2000
- The day I was fired -Close to 50,000 civil servants will be retired in the
on-going civil service retrenchment scheme. Already
half this number has been laid off, with the rest
expected to go within the next two years.
and
much more....
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Bullets haul is seized at border
Fifteen sacks of AK47 bullets were yesterday seized by police in a major blow
against Kenya's spiralling crime wave.
The ammunition, enough to supply criminals for weeks, was discovered being
loaded onto a Nairobi-bound bus at Busia.
Mixed reactions to prayers call
The churches yesterday responded differently to President Moi's plea that they set
aside three days of prayers for the nation.
A countrywide survey by the Nation revealed that most churches ignored the
presidential request and instead stuck to the programme of the day.
Ntimama in new push for land rights
Maasai leaders yesterday renewed a controversial clamour for the return of
community lands taken away during the colonial era.
Leading the campaign, Cabinet Minister William ole Ntimama said Maasai leaders
would fight for the restoration of the vast area covering Naivasha, Molo, Nakuru,
Mau Narok, Kedong, Kitet and Ndabibi to the community's ownership.
Madoka denies decay in police
Internal Security Minister Marsden Madoka yesterday denied that the police
were hiding crucial reports to give the impression that the crime rate is falling.
Mr Madoka, a Minister of State in the Office of the President, under whose
docket the police falls, dismissed suggestions that the police were censoring their
reports in order to give the country a rosier picture than what actually prevails.
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The new Miss Kenya, Yolanda Masinde, is crowned by last year's winner
of the beauty pageant, Esther Muthee, shortly after she was declared the
winner of this year's contest at the Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi, on
Saturday night. David Ulasi emerged winner in the men's category,
becoming Mr Kenya.
(Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)
HIV in schools: It is time for action
As Kenya come to grips with the havoc that HIV/Aids is wreaking, revelations that
conditions of learning in some schools are promoting the spread of the disease are
alarming.
Japan-based Wainaina aims higher
Every cloud has a silver lining, Eric Wainaina said after finishing second in the
marathon.
The Kenyan silver medallist said months of training in Japan had prepared not him
for the thrill of winning another medal at the Olympics. "Next time it will be gold,"
he vowed after timing two hours, 10 minutes and 31 seconds to finish 20 seconds
behind Ethiopian gold medallist Gezahgne Abera.
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