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Standard: Kibaki assures Kenyans abroad on dual citizenship in new laws
02 Sep 2010 - President Kibaki has assured Kenyans in the Diaspora the new Constitution guarantees them dual citizenship.
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Standard: Boundaries team put on hold by cancelled census tally
02 Sep 2010 - Should the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission determine boundaries of the proposed 80 new constituencies without the cancelled census results?
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Standard: Trust us with your money, says NHIF
02 Sep 2010 - The National Hospital Insurance Fund has promised to manage effectively the Sh10 billion it hopes to collect from Kenyans annually.
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Standard: Era of PCs, DCs and chiefs ends
02 Sep 2010 - The dreaded Provincial Administration, which has been used to administer Government plans and suppress dissent by successive regimes since the colonial era, is on its deathbed.
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Standard: Kenya erupts into chang'aa, busaa party on day one
02 Sep 2010 - One would have thought Kenya had stumbled on a thousand oil basins as chang'aa and busaa parties popped up across the country.
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Standard: The Hague already has 800 cases on Kenya
02 Sep 2010 - The International Criminal Court has begun investigating 800 cases linked to the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya.
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Capital News: Kenya resolute to cut child mortality
02 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2- The government has committed to reduce child mortality occurring in hospitals for children under five years from the current 6.8 percent to 5.5 percent.
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Capital News: What is easier to fix, environmental or spiritual pollution
02 Sep 2010 - MIKE SHANAHAN If the massed ranks of the world's religions practised more of what their prophets preached, our environment would probably be in much better shape. "One Buddha is not enough, we need to have many...
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Capital News: ICC positive Kenya will cooperate
02 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 - The registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Silvana Arbia has played down the row surrounding the visit of Omar al-Bashir to Nairobi.
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Capital News: Mozambique ministers meet after riots
02 Sep 2010 - MAPUTO, Sep 2 Mozambican police patrolled the streets of the tense capital on Thursday after President Armando Guebuza called for calm following protests over food and fuel prices.
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Capital News: 2 feared dead as riot hits Kenyan town
02 Sep 2010 - NAKURU, Kenya, Sep 2 - Two people were feared dead while seven others - including three police officers - were injured during violent confrontations between police and tenants in Nakuru on Thursday.
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Capital News: Kenya begins reshaping governance
02 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 2 - The government on Thursday announced that it was in the final stages of restructuring the Provincial Administration to pave way for the new county system.
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Standard: Kephis repossesses 100 acres grabbed land
02 Sep 2010 - More than 100 acres of grabbed land belonging to the Kenya Planters Health Inspectorate (Kephis) has been repossessed.
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Capital News: UN to publish DR Congo massacres report
02 Sep 2010 - GENEVA, Sep 2 - The UN human rights chief said Thursday a report examining massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be published in Octobe.
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Capital News: Kenya looks East to execute new law
02 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 2 - Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula on Thursday met with Asian and Middle East heads of missions to seek assistance with the implementation of the new Constitution.
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Standard: Kenyans to know malaria epidemic in advance
02 Sep 2010 - The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has developed that predicts malaria outbreaks two to four months before they occur.
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Standard: NHIF ready to manage Sh10 billion contributions
02 Sep 2010 - The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) says it has capacity to manage the Sh10 billion it hopes to collect from Kenyans annually in the proposed new contribution scheme.
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Standard: 120 missing after Mt Elgon chaos
02 Sep 2010 - About 120 people are reportedly missing in Mt Elgon District, two years after peace was restored after a military operation dubbed Okoa Maisha.
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Standard: Ogiek census results likely to ignite Mau
02 Sep 2010 - Census of the indigenous Ogiek community in Mau Forest complex has been completed, The Standard has learnt.
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Capital News: Smoking toddler kicks habit
02 Sep 2010 - JAKARTA, Sep 2 - A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care.
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Capital News: EAC to ease litigation for citizens
02 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 2 - The East African Community has now embarked on designing a hybrid court system that will ease litigation for cross border disputes for citizens in the region.
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Capital News: Obama faces calls to get tougher on Sudan
02 Sep 2010 - WASHINGTON, Sep 2 - US President Barack Obama is facing calls by activists to get tougher with the Sudanese government to bring peace to Darfur.
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Capital News: Rape toll grows in DR Congo
02 Sep 2010 - UNITED NATIONS, Sep 2 - UN peacekeepers said they have stepped up patrols in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo where the number of mass rape victims has increased.
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Standard: Chang'aa now legal but must be bottled
01 Sep 2010 - If you love your chang'aa or busaa you can now sip from your sparkling glass or rusty tin that once contained cooking or engine oil without having to look behind your back.
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Standard: German discovers a friend in need is a friend indeed
01 Sep 2010 - They say a dog is man's best friend. A German schoolteacher had his friendship vigorously tested recently, when his canine became a stumbling block to his enjoyment of a hard-earned holiday.
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Standard: Leaders want constituencies split
01 Sep 2010 - A day after the release of the 2009 census results, Members of Parliament have called for the splitting of constituencies to ensure efficient service delivery.
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Standard: Leaders fault State as Ngei's wife is buried
01 Sep 2010 - Hundreds of mourners thronged the home of former freedom fighter and long serving minister the late Paul Ngei for the burial of his first wife, Emma.
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Standard: State dismisses 'death call' SMS alerts as hoax
01 Sep 2010 - The Government has warned Kenyans against forwarding alarming SMS and e-mail messages being circulated countrywide terming them a hoax.
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Standard: ICC to summon key personalities
01 Sep 2010 - The International Criminal Court is expected to issue summons against two unnamed prominent Kenyans investigations have linked to crimes against humanity during post-election violence, protected sources disclosed.
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Capital News: The harm of counterfeit goods in the EAC Market
01 Sep 2010 - When the five member states of the East African Community came together and established a Common Market in 2009, their overall objective was to widen and deepen cooperation among the Partner States in the economic and...
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Capital News: Kenya’s President signs alcohol Bill
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 - Hopes that the government would soon regulate the skyrocketing prices of essential goods have hit a snag after President Kibaki declined to assent to the Price Control Bill.
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Capital News: Kenya women’s lobby faults census results
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 – The Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation on Wednesday joined the criticism against the government for canceling the Census results of eight districts citing inconsistencies.
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Capital News: UK summons Kenyan envoy over Bashir
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 – Britain on Wednesday summoned Kenya’s High Commissioner in London over the visit by Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir during the Constitution promulgation festivities last week.
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Capital News: Kenyan ministers meet top ICC official
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, September 1 - The Cabinet sub-committee coordinating matters touching on the International Criminal Court has met with ICC registrar Salvana Arbia and her team.
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Capital News: Capital FM reporter does Kenya proud
01 Sep 2010 - SWAZILAND, Sep 1 - Evelyn Wanjiru Njoroge of Capital FM did Kenya proud when she scooped the radio category prize in the 2009 COMESA Media Awards.
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Capital News: S.African union suspends solidarity strike
01 Sep 2010 - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 1 - South Africa's miners called off a threatened strike Wednesday to give striking public sector workers time to consider the government's latest wage offer.
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Capital News: UN condemns Somalia attack
01 Sep 2010 - UNITED NATIONS, Sep 1 - The United Nations Security Council condemned "in the strongest terms" a mortar attack against an AU base in Somalia that killed four Ugandan peacekeepers.
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Capital News: Calls cannot kill, panicky Kenyans told
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 - The government on Wednesday moved fast to re-assure Kenyans to ignore hoax messages doing the rounds warning mobile users against receiving calls from unknown numbers.
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BBC Kenya: Ireland seize control in Toronto
01 Sep 2010 - Ireland are 70 runs ahead with six wickets in hand against Canada after the opening day of the Intercontinental Cup match.
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Capital News: Boreholes could sink Kenyan minister
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Sept 1 - Minister Charity Ngilu is on the brink of Parliament censure over accusations that her ministry is spending close to a third of its resources to provide water for Ukambani backyard.
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Capital News: S.Africa must borrow money to end strike
01 Sep 2010 - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 1 - South Africa's government will have to borrow money to fund a compromise wage offer aimed at ending a crippling civil servants' strike.
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Capital News: Niger floods bring multiple disaster
01 Sep 2010 - NIAMEY, Sep 1 - Collapsed buildings, flooded-out rice paddies: the floods in Niger are not as spectacular as those in Pakistan, but they spell disaster.
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Capital News: Focus now turns to role of Kenyan MPs
01 Sep 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 - Parliament has a critical role to play in helping the country achieve a new Constitution and usher in the Second Republic by facilitating the implementation of the new law.
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Capital News: A grandma's flight from the hell that is Mogadishu
01 Sep 2010 - GALKAYO, Somalia, Aug 31 – Aisho Warsame woke up one morning and realized she couldn't take the noise of the shelling and bombing any more.
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Capital News: Obama declares end to US combat in Iraq
01 Sep 2010 - WASHINGTON, Sep 1 - President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to US combat in Iraq, saying its people must now take the lead in charting their destiny.
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Standard: Mending a broken learning system
31 Aug 2010 - With a new study showing that primary school teachers have a low understanding of what they teach, experts suggest remedies.
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Standard: We have Sh1.5b for IDPs, but where is the land?
31 Aug 2010 - Lands Minister James Orengo has disclosed that Sh1.5 billion meant to buy land for displaced people has not been used.
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Standard: Wetang'ula defends Bashir visit despite House storm
31 Aug 2010 - The controversial visit by Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir surfaced in the House, with members demanding answers from the Government.
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Standard: Statistics: Women not that more than men
31 Aug 2010 - The national census has rebutted the myth that women's population exceeds that of men by a huge margin.
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Standard: Five million still rush to the bush to answer call of nature
31 Aug 2010 - Nearly five million Kenyans (or 13 per cent) go for their long and short calls in the bush.
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Standard: Census: Here are the numbers
31 Aug 2010 - The 2009 census shows Kenya's population has trebled since Independence, but contrary to earlier speculations it is still 1.4 million shy of the 40 million-mark.
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Standard: Why census is important for nation
31 Aug 2010 - National Population and Housing Census is the official enumeration by Government to establish the number of people and living quarters in a country at a time.
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Standard: Census results spark reaction from leaders
31 Aug 2010 - A cross-section of Nyanza leaders has expressed divergent views over clustering the 2009 Census results into tribes and religious affiliations.
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Standard: Kenya's population census results out
31 Aug 2010 - The stark reality of Kenya's ethnic affiliation has finally been laid bare amid concerns of its implications on a fragile nationhood.
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Capital News: UK to freeze assets of Kenya’s graft lords
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31- The UK government said on Tuesday that it would start tracking down and repossessing illegally acquired assets that are kept in the United Kingdom.
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Capital News: Kenya enlists help to implement new law
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31- Prime Minister Raila Odinga is now calling on the international community to assist Kenya in implementing the new Constitution.
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Capital News: Kenya makes case for Sudan at COMESA meet
31 Aug 2010 - EZULWINI, Swaziland, Aug 31 - President Mwai Kibaki has appealed to the international community to appreciate the delicate situation of Sudan and act proactively.
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Capital News: Kenyan paraplegics plan trauma centre
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 - The Kenya Paraplegic Organisation (KPO) is seeking to build a Rehabilitation and Trauma Centre in the country at a cost of Sh250 million.
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Capital News: Kenya water company faces graft probe
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 - The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission is making progress into investigations in the activities of the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company.
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Capital News: There will always be resistance to change
31 Aug 2010 - DR CHARLES MARINGO The NHIF saga has undoubtedly been the most talked about public interest matter in the recent past. Both the print and the electronic media have given the matter extensive coverage over the past...
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Capital News: Vatican criticises Gadaffi's Islamic Europe call
31 Aug 2010 - ROME, Aug 31 - A Vatican official criticised Tuesday Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi's reported call for Islam to become the religion of all of Europe, labelling it disrespectful to the Pope.
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Capital News: Kenya’s population is 38.6 million
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – The population of Kenya has hit 38.6 million according to the much awaited results of the Population and Housing Census conducted in August last year.
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Capital News: Some Kenya Census results nullified
31 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – Census results in eight districts have been cancelled due to inconsistencies in expected numbers.
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Capital News: 2 men arrested at Schiphol over terror
31 Aug 2010 - AMSTERDAM, Aug 31 - Dutch police have arrested two men on a US flight who officials fear may have been staging a terror attack "dry run."
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Standard: Will youth now stamp political authority?
30 Aug 2010 - Last Friday, Kenyans ushered in the second republic after President Kibaki promulgated the new Constitution at the historic Uhuru Park.
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Standard: Court suspends new NHIF deductions
30 Aug 2010 - The Industrial Court has suspended the deduction of new employees' National Hospital Insurance Fund contribution fees.
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Standard: Civic leaders will not take new oath, after all
30 Aug 2010 - Councillors are not required to take new oaths of affirmation of office, Minister for Government Musalia Mudavadi has clarified.
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Standard: Fresh row over the vetting of judges
30 Aug 2010 - As the carnival mood over the proclamation of the new Constitution wears off and reality dawns, it is now down to business and confronting the inevitable in the implementation of new laws.
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Standard: EU faults Kenya for inviting indicted Sudanese President
30 Aug 2010 - Pressure piled on Kenya to re-affirm her commitment to the International Criminal Court.
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Standard: Census and the question of tribe
30 Aug 2010 - Kenyans will today be given the withheld results of 2009 national population census, but one fact is already generating heat - the clustering of the results into tribes and numbers.
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Capital News: Kenya police brace for major changes
30 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 - The administrative command structure of the country’s two major security organs is set to change once Parliament enacts legislation as enshrined in the new Constitution.
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Capital News: Zimbabwe secures $50m loan to revive economy
30 Aug 2010 - HARARE, Aug 30 - Zimbabwe has secured a 50-million-dollar (39.3-million-euro) loan facility from the Africa Export Import Bank to revive its agriculture and manufacturing industries.
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Capital News: Zimbabwe secures loan to revive economy
30 Aug 2010 - HARARE, Aug 30 - Zimbabwe has secured a 50-million-dollar (39.3-million-euro) loan facility from the Africa Export Import Bank to revive its agriculture and manufacturing industries.
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Capital News: Of Media Ethics and the WikiLeaks Phenomenon
30 Aug 2010 - Ezekiel Mutua A fundamentally crucial question that emerges from the devastating effect of the recent leak of classified military files by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks is whether this purported investigative journalism can pass muster on a...
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Capital News: UN could sanction Kenya over Bashir
30 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 - Kenya may face economic and travel sanctions after the International Criminal Court reported the country to the UN Security Council for failing to arrest Sudan president.
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Standard: Kibaki in Swaziland for Comesa meeting
30 Aug 2010 - President Kibaki left the country for Swaziland for the 14th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit of the Heads of state and government.
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Capital News: Two Kenyans charged over Bashir demo
30 Aug 2010 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 - Two people were on Monday charged with taking part in an unlawful procession over Presidents Omar Al Bashir visit to Kenya last Friday.
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Capital News: Kenyan journalists witness Swaziland reed dance
30 Aug 2010 - EZULWINI, Swaziland, Aug 30 - About 140,000 maidens from all over Swaziland on Monday took part in the country’s annual ritual to honour the Queen Mother of the Monarchy.
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Capital News: Moscow death rates up 50 percent in heatwave
30 Aug 2010 - MOSCOW, Aug 30 - The number of deaths rose by 50 percent in Moscow in July amid the country's worst ever heatwave, Russia's health ministry said Monday.
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Standard: Lawyers to sue Britain over land injustice
30 Aug 2010 - As the new Constitution comes into effect, a group of lawyers plan to sue the British Government over unresolved historical land injustices committed by the colonial government against the Kipsigis community.
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