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by empowering the public to recall ineffective MPs,the constitution will help the public to deal with the 'so what' and 'what will you do' attitudes which have been all time painted in our MPs tongues since independence.it is a way of signing an informal performance contract with the constituents.ho ...

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Hunger Watch

Sarova Shaba Game Reserve in Isiolo. Thousands of cattle driven into the reserve by desperate pastoralists have succumbed to drought in the last four months. PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]

Desperate Isiolo residents watch as their livestock succumb to hunger. Hundreds of animals have died in the region following lack of water and pasture. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]

DC, residents appeal for more food aid

MP calls for aid, says 30,000 face starvation

Teams tips rice farmers on new skills

Disaster looms in Turkana as drought persist

Brace for worse famine, warns Unep

Seven districts at the Coast face scarcity as shortage of water threatens learning

No green results in Nyanza as food prices remain high

Central listed among the starving regions

Children forced out of school in Mt Elgon as families survive on a meal a day

How Kenyans reacted to official neglect of the hungry

I will die if you do not return, says Nangole

Hunger pangs as food prices hit the roof

Malnutrition alarming, says survey

Call for seeds that defy drought

More Kenyans join Standard Group to end famine

More Hunger Watch

Barclays to use cycling to end water problem

Farmers raise red flag over poor harvests

KCS donates another Sh500,000

Orphans’ home seeks assistance

Music fete to help raise funds for Mercy Train

GlaxoSmithKline gives Sh500,000 to ‘Mercy Train’

Koibatek residents receive Sh1.9m food donation from Swamirayan Temple

14,000 displaced persons in Nyandarua appeal for food aid

Avoid dependence on relief food, minister tells residents

Track star launches drive against hunger

Residents turn to charcoal burning for survival

Cholera claims more than 10 lives in Isiolo

Low food production threatens jobs

Children quit schools to seek employment

Malindi residents’ food woes deepen after lifeline dries up

More company staff donate to help starving Kenyans

MPs donate food in Ukambani

Give private firms incentives to donate, says Melly

EABL starts water, sanitation projects

City residents take maize to rural areas

Operations crippled as KMC fails to collect Sh30 million debts

ADC loses Sh30m in dubious sale of fertilizer

Mbooni residents receive food

Women plead for free seeds

Protests as free fertiliser is sold by administrators

Business

Fears of extra costs as television goes digital
Kenya’s two-year migration to digital television begins at the end of this month, when local broadcasters will start testing ...more

Energy costs to push up inflation: CBK warns

Cane farmers demand disbandment of Moco

Zain launches Internet packages for prepaid customers

Planners say no to building authority

Sports News

Worry not folks, abnormal is normal in Kenya
Former Harambee Stars coach and one of France’s 1998 World Cup winning goalkeepers, Bernard Lama once famously said, "Abnorma...more

New national cricket team coach needs funding and proper facilities to succeed

Wrong tactics cost us match - players

Pressure mounts on FKL

Sports officials should stop management by crisis and plan in advance

Today's magazine

Woman's Instinct

Forensic dentist and beauty queen

She struts the runway like she was born to do it and makes heads turn with her enchanting features, long mane and the fact that she is usually the only Asian on most catwalks in Nairobi. But 29-year-old Amrit Khalsi has another life: She traded the haute couture designer outfits for a lab coat and the runway for the Kenyatta National Hospital morgue.