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Town Clerk Now Puts City Land Grabbers on Notice Sunday Express, Pg 4 Sunday, 16 Jan 2011
Nairobi Town Clerk Philip Kisia has said land grabbers will not be entatined in Nairobi County. Land grabbers have taken huge chunks of land that was developed as playing fields. He said the council will embark on an exercise to ensure all grabbed land is returned back to the public. Full Story State to Pay for Ali and Muthaura Defence Sunday Nation, Pg 1, 4-6 Sunday, 16 Jan 2011
The government will pay for the legal defence for Major Hussein Ali and Francis Muthaura. Kalonzo Musyoka confirmed that this is an issue the government will have to foot because they were working on behalf od the country. Meanwhile, the civil society is on a diplomatic offensive lobbying foreign Full Story The People are Sovereign and the Constitution is Supreme Sunday Nation, Pg 17 Wednesday, 30 Nov -0001
Suba Churchill says the new law protects us from politicians keen to subvert justice to protect personal interests. Efforts by MPs wanting the president to withdraw the country from the ICC are illegal and unconstitutional. It is not the mandate of parliament to determine the withdrawal from a tr Full Story House Resumes in Bid to Beat Deadlines Sunday Nation, Pg 19 Sunday, 16 Jan 2011
Parliament will cut short its break to resume its business and fast track the implementation of the constituion among other reform agenda items on its plate. At least 16 Bills must be passed to implement the constitution and other institutional reforms before the end of the year. Judicial and pol Full Story Group Proposes High Court Takes over ICC Trials Saturday Nation Saturday, 15 Jan 2011
A group of legal experts has recommended that the High Court takes over the prosecutions of election violence cases from the ICC. The group comprising of lawyers from Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda and Britan sais reconciliation is more important than punishment. They also want Kenya to pull out of the ICC Full Story Pulling Out of the ICC will Ensure Convictions and very Stiff Sentences Daily Nation Saturday, 15 Jan 2011
Kwnachetsi Makokha asserts that the ICC is a neo-colonial institution that should not be entatained in the new Kenya. The new has revamped the judicial and the police service in Kenya and this is breathtaking. The result is that there will be justice all all times and confidence will be restored. Full Story The Curse of Agenda Four Sunday Standard Pg 26 Sunday, 19 Dec 2010
The TJRC and IIBRC have failed to live up to their expectations as commissions that were expected to reform the country. These two commissions have yet realized their objectives yet the other commissions have been exemplary. In fact, they have created more disunity and controvers Full Story IDPs Tell Off MPs over Funds Drive for Uhuru The Standard Pg 6 Monday, 20 Dec 2010
IDPs living in central province have expressed fury over plans by a section of MPs to raise money to hire lawyers for Uhuru Kenyatta. They affirmed that the MPs should first resettle them. They also regretted that none of the MPs had moved a motion in parliament to hasten their r Full Story |
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