A sad day for Kenya as ODM pulls out of talks

A sad day for Kenya as ODM pulls out of talks It was a day of drawn swords after ODM announced it had pulled out of Cabinet talks, and PNU declared it was ready for elections if negotiations fail. full story Wrangles shift from Cabinet to public posts Power-sharing wrangles have shifted from the formation of a Cabinet to prime positions in the Civil Service, State corporations and foreign missions. full story Kibaki ready to take action, says Kalonzo The Party of National Unity is ready for elections should the Cabinet talks collapse. full story Probe team gives examiner a clean bill of health A computer programming error caused the hitch in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results, a report of a committee that investigated the fiasco says. full story

Back to mayhem? Parents withdraw their children from school after riots hit Nairobi’s Kibera slums on Tuesday over the delay in naming a coalition Cabinet. Picture: Stafford