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Saturday, October 16, 1999
Aid resumption to Kenya a matter for the new
millennium
Kenyans will have to wait until
the new millennium to find out if
the IMF will resume giving aid to
the country. A decision will be known only
after December when a
delegation from the International
Monetary Fund is expected in
Nairobi, said Finance Minister
Chrysantus Okemo yesterday.
Church, NGOs move to revive constitution
review process
Twenty three Catholic bishops will tomorrow begin leading their followers in
countrywide prayers, seeking divine intervention for a people-driven review of the
Constitution.
Fire exchange in dramatic chase as robbery
aborts
Four suspected gangsters, including a woman, were early yesterday arrested after a
fierce exchange of fire with police and a dramatic chase on Mombasa streets
following an abortive robbery.
Blame apportioned in retired CJ's benefits fiasco
Pensions Director Naomi Wairimu Njukia is now blaming the Controller and
Auditor-General for her failure to pay former Chief Justice Abdul Majid Cockar
Sh4.4 million in terminal benefits.
Canadian titanium mining firm agrees to terms
The negotiations over the contentious issue of compensation in the Sh6 billion ($79
million) titanium mining project in Kwale District has now been settled, officials of a
Canadian mineral firm and delegates of the land owners have said.
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His Worship in darkness: This is how corridors leading to
the mayor's parlour at City Hall, Nairobi - Kenya's capital -
look like, thanks to a power disconnection over an unpaid bill
amounting to $1.5 million. Mismanagement, inefficiency and
corruption are among factors said to have contributed to the
sorry mess the Nairobi City Council now wallows in.
(Pic: Nation Photographer)
Mwalimu Nyerere's bequest to Mkapa a tall
order
History, it is said, is the best teacher. And history teaches us that our enthusiasm for
Benjamin Mkapa, when he was elected President of Tanzania four years ago, was
misplaced. With the departure of Mwalimu Nyerere, this fact will become even
more salient.
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