Editorial

Israel, Iran nuclear war endangers us all
The world is on a hair-trigger alert. If the trigger were pulled, it would most likely be by Israel’s finger, and the target President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran. [Updated on July 5, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Co-operatives must improve operations
Tomorrow, the first Saturday of July, will see the world celebrate the International Day of Co-operatives. [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Don’t ignore Bill
Debate on the National Ethnic and Race Relations Bill has raised crucial questions that deserve the attention of legislators, even as they are distracted by the more urgent matter of corruption allegations facing the Finance Minister. [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Kimunya censure a warning to Cabinet
With the passing of a Motion to censure Finance Minister Amos Kimunya over the sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, Parliament issued its first successful formal reprimand of a Cabinet minister over the manner in which he executed his duty since the politically-motivated 1989 censure of Vice-President Josephat Karanja. [Updated on July 3, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

No more secrets on Grand Regency
Nothing about the conduct of Government officials regarding the sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, and [Updated on July 2, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Free Aids funds
Republican senators holding up a vote on the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) [Updated on July 2, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Enhance efficiency of tax return filing
Yesterday was the deadline for taxpayers to file their returns for last year. As many queued to beat [Updated on July 1, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Explain yourself
Finance Minister Amos Kimunya’s cavalier dismissal of allegations of corruption in the De La Rue and [Updated on June 30, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Olympics team has to be chosen fairly
Attention will be fixed on the national Olympics Trials this weekend as Kenya selects the runners wh [Updated on June 30, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Handling of IDPs a national disgrace
The political arena continues to sway with the amnesty debate, which sadly has replayed itself along [Updated on June 29, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Rid us of this Kabuga’s ghost once and for all
The name of former Rwandese minister and 1994 genocide lead suspect Mr Felicien Kabuga and Kenya’s a [Updated on June 28, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

World needs a plan for Mugabe lunacy
There is no easy way to tell the story of Zimbabwe, a country most of whose citizens have only known [Updated on June 27, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Teachers must sign contracts on output
Introducing performance contracts in the Public Service is a novel way of improving services. In the [Updated on June 26, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Heads can ensure free tuition works
Education spending rivals the funding of public debt as one of the big ticket items in the Governmen [Updated on June 25, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Good move on land fees
The suspension by Lands Minister James Orengo of an increase in fees charged to search the Lands Reg [Updated on June 25, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Authority can save public resources
For many years, the area of public procurement has been dark and murky, breeding all sorts of misdee [Updated on June 24, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more