Saturday, 7th November 2009

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You can see for yourself the kind of imbalance this confused government is likely to create. A constable police with an educational standard of KCSE D+ earning 37,000 plus while a Graduate Honours Degree Holder Teacher is to be paid 14,000 less taxation all in the mighty name of Intern, serving the ...

George Otieno, Kenya

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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]

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