Vice President Mwai Kibaki released a news statement in which he condemned foreigners who planned to overthrow President Moi. “The plot by foreigners to impose a leader on Kenyans is … an insult to our human dignity. Our answer is one and the only one. We remain united behind our beloved president Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, and in unity we challenge the foreign powers involved and their Kenyan traitors to come out in the open and to fight it out in the open.”
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Legal pro-bono work in Kenya is as old as the profession itself. Many leading lawyers have extended free services to deserving Kenyans whose financial and social limitations would otherwise mean they do not access justice. It is only in the recent past that this noble undertaking has not only been recognized, but also appreciated.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has cautioned that judicial independence must be protected not only from the influences of the Executive, but also from those of the legislature, civil society, family, religion and ethnicity. “A judge cannot hold himself out as an agent of any interest as that would constitute a desecration of his oath of office,” he told a gathering at a book launch in Nairobi. “We must guard against institutional manipulation by business, civil society, family and ethnic interests,” he added.
How suppliers and staff rob Judiciary By IAN RAMAS The Judiciary may have lost a billion shillings through irregular tendering and plain theft, we can reveal. According to insiders, a cabal of dishonest staff wedged themselves between dodgy suppliers and the Judiciary’s tendering and procurement sections. A scrutiny of just 42 tender awards exposes an astounding Sh200-million fraud.
I believe with all my heart that there was no conspiracy at whatever level within the commission to confer or deny advantage to any presidential candidate. If there was such conspiracy, I was not aware and never became part of it
Anti-terror war off the mark Kenya continues to present Somalia as the root cause of all regional problems rather than focus on the domestic conditions that nurture terrorism By BENARD NATHA Why is Kenya so vulnerable to terrorist attacks as opposed to other countries in the region, especially Uganda, that also have troops in Somalia?
Judiciary key to Devolution, By Ndung’u Wainaina In 1997, the civil society constitutional reforms movement under the stewardship of the National Convention Executive Council (NCEC) coined Katiba Mpya Maisha Mapya, aslogan aimed at connecting people’s lives with a new Constitution. More importantly, it was about a new constitutional order to better ‘Wanjiku’s life’.
THE TROUBLE WITH SUGAR INDUSTRY,BY LUKE MULUNDA When Peter Kebati took to the podium in September last year to announce that Mumias Sugar Company had made a full-year loss of Sh1.67 billion, the managing director quickly pointed an accusing finger at illegally imported sugar, which he said was gnawing at its market share.
CCK licences ancillary mobile networks The Commission has licensed three companies – Finserve Africa Limited, Zioncell Kenya Limited and Mobile Pay Limited- with Mobile Virtual Network Operator licences.
Internet users up The number of Internet subscribers stood at 13.1 million as at December 2013 compared to 11.9 million in July-September 2013