Raila a step away from being PM

Raila a step away from being PM The process to making Mr Raila Odinga the Prime Minister was fast-tracked to the penultimate stage, with the publication of the Bills to be debated in Parliament. full story Kalonzo’s challenges mount Even as a new dawn brightens up the country’s political horizon, following a power-sharing pact between President Kibaki and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Mr Raila Odinga, trouble is brewing over the Vice-Presidency. full story Tackling Agenda Four After the departure of former United Nations secretary-general, Mr Kofi Annan, the National Dialogue and Reconciliation team now faces the tedious task of finding long-term solutions to a host of problems responsible for the periodic violence in Kenya, especially at election time. full story Kenyan tourism gets French boost There was good news for the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) at an international tourist fair in Berlin, Germany, after France announced the downgrading of travel advisories to Kenya. full story Mama wa shoka Martha Karua katika siku ya kina mama

Prime Minister-designate and Lang’ata MP Mr Raila Odinga addresses a rally in Kibera, Nairobi during a healing mission on Friday. Picture by Boniface Okendo

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Algae choking Lake Victoria A thick carpet of algae has covered Lake Victoria’s Murchison Bay, causing a sickening stench in Luzira, Ggaba and Munyonyo and making key fishing zones unusable. The algae mass, which looks like green paint on the lake surface, is a result of increased pollution from human disposal and industrial waste. The waste flows into the lake through the Nakivubo Channel, which was built to stop the lower areas of the capital from flooding. More...

Women demystify parliament UGANDA has the 18th highest proportion of women in Parliament, according to a global ranking report released by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Tuesday. More...

Child mothers to attend class with babies THE Government has made special arrangements for returning former rebel child-mothers in northern Uganda to go back to school. The girls, aged 12 to 13, had been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels at the peak of the northern insurgency. More...

PICTURE OF THE WEEK School children walk towards a Secondary School named after the U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful, Senator Barack Obama in western Kenya Village of Kogelo on March 5. Villagers in Barack Obama's ancestral Kenyan home expressed disappointment on Wednesday as his rival, Hillary Clinton won key votes to revive her campaign for the White House More...

YOUR PICTURE OF THE WEEK A man attends a veteran’s rally with his dog in Nakulabye. Residents say the man moves everywhere with his dog . The man talks to the dog, which people say is very loyal to him. More...

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Church pulls 500 kids out of school

ATLEAST 500 children have dropped out of school in Sironko district due to the teachings of their church, the Deputy RDC Sironko, Hussein Matanda, has said. More...

Marilyn Hickey is in Kampala

World renowned American evangelist, Marilyn Hickey is in Kampala and will hold crusades on March 8 and 9. More...