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By Martin MutuaThe StandardNairobi, Kenya President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have agreed to meet and resolve disputes that have rocked the Grand Coalition Government. The planned meeting, The Standard learnt, follows intense pressure from President Barack Obama’s administration asking Kibaki and Raila to deal with grand corruption in Government. Chief Mediator Kofi Annan and Obama stepped in and appealed to the two principals to dialogue and stifle rising tension brought about by the maize and free primary education funds scandals. Although pressure from the international community [...]

On the left, Kenyan parliament in session. In the middle, the stomach of a typical MP while on the right is the Speaker of Kenyan parliament, Hon Marende By Jerry OkunguNairobi, KenyaDecember 14, 2009 As the public debate on the draft constitution draws to a close, there are fears that ODM and PNU are ganging up to have a common stand on what the new constitution should contain and discard. One of the clauses they are conspiring to expunge is the recall clause that threatens to cut short the life of non-performing MPs rather than wait for five years before sending such no-performers packing. The [...]

THE STANDARDBy Isaiah Lucheli Chief Mediator Kofi Annan turned up the pressure for the need to try chief suspects of the post-election violence. Annan, who was giving his parting speech at the end of six-day visit in Nairobi Tuesday said the arrest and prosecution of powerful politicians suspected to have funded and fanned post-election violence by the International Criminal Court would not frustrate reforms. His remarks are in tandem with those of ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo who has said he would like to make Kenya and example of how end impunity. “We should encourage the [...]