Mwai Kibaki

UN special envoy briefs Kenyan leader on DRC crisis

NAIROBI, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- UN special envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) crisis Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday held talks with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki during which the envoy briefed the Kenyan leader on...

Kenya's leader says grand coalition to deliver new constitution

NAIROBI, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said on Monday the unity achieved through the formation of the Grand Coalition government has presented the country with a suitable moment to deliver a new constitution....

Kenyan cops allegedly killed gang members

People who read this also read ... NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Kenyan police have killed hundreds of suspected criminal gang members with the apparent blessing of the government, human rights investigators charge. A report...

Would Barack Obama’s father have stood up for recognition? [interesting]

I wonder how US president-elect Senator Barack Obama’s father would have felt had he been alive today. Would he have been happy and struggling to be part of the show in the White House and would his son Barack have been happy...

Our true character as a nation will be seen in how we handle the Waki report

By OKONG'O OMOGENIPosted Saturday, November 15 2008 at 23:07 It can be safely stated that the true strength and character of a nation is measured by how its people confront challenges and complexities that define their world....

More leaders shun Kibaki’s PNU call

The re-emergence of former Cabinet minister Dr Chris Murungaru as the acting Secretary General of DP earlier in the week is in keeping with a trend where erstwhile diehard President Kibaki loyalists are shipping out to charter...

Kenyans furious over move by MPs to avoid paying tax

NAIROBI Kenyans have expressed outrage at a threat by the country’s Members of Parliament (MPs) to block a crucial finance bill unless a clause that would tax their generous allowances was scrapped. Many Kenyans hoped a...

Postmortem of the bishops' meeting; U.S. relations with the Holy See [OPEN]

From the outside, it's tempting to conclude that a hard-line position on abortion prevailed among the U.S. bishops during their Nov. 10-13 fall meeting in Baltimore. That seems to be the impression people got from news reports;...

Obama Taps Bipartisan Team for Washington Summit

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has named a bipartisan duo of Washington veterans to meet with foreign delegations at a global financial summit beginning Saturday in the U.S. capital. Officials say former Secretary of State...

Kenyan Politicians in Panic Over Possible Prosecutions

Friday, November 14, 2008 By Stephen Mbogo Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, receives the Waki Report on post-election violence from Judge Philip Waki in Nairobi on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 as Prime Minister Raila Odinga,...

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