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Crime, Courts & Investigations - (30/09/2009 )
Kenya’s citizenship on sale
He had just hit 18 years in 2006 when as required by law, he decided to get a national identity card. ... Read More
 
Sex perverts invade city slum
At her Nairobi Women’s Hospital ward, eight-year-old Pamela talks of baba mwingine, a father figure she did not know who offered her some biscuits and performed some evil acts on her. ... Read more
 
Mirage of military jobs for orphans
The sparsely scattered strands of grey hair stand on end every time the word money is mentioned to the 72-year-old grandfather. ... Read more
 
Technology is central to business re-engineering
Change is a constant entity for any business. Due to economic, technological, environmental, regulatory and social shifts, local businesses are forced to periodically re-define or re-engineer themselves. The bottom-line is usually survival and any rigid company is caught flat-footed. In the recent past, companies have become aware of this and have consequently restructured. ... Read more
 
When idle minds dare the warders
An idle mind is the devils workshop. Idleness brings boredom, which in turn can lead to more dangerous scheming. Most people may not understand what it means to be condemned to death. For years on end, a death row inmate has to read ‘death by hanging’ or ‘hanging till death’ on the prison ID card. Imagine the agony of sitting every day waiting for the hangman who never comes. ... Read more
 
Welcoming new Police Commissioner
Just like in politics, there is no permanent friendship or enmity in the police or underworld relations. ... Read more
 
Judge overrules President on prisoners’ pardon
Two men who had been jailed for six months for contempt of court but released under Presidential clemency have been sent back to prison. ... Read more
 
A vintage car con game
The short stout man walked into the offices of one of the newspapers in Nairobi and sought to advertise a vehicle he was selling. He indicated that it was a 1970 vintage Ford. The advert stated that the vehicle was in good shape and operational. ... Read more
 
Fury of a scorned woman
Njogu and Ngina had lived as husband and wife for 20 years on a farm in Nyahururu. They had employed two farm workers, Mwiti and Mugambi. ... Read more
 
Decade long journey that witchdoctors can’t unravel
It was meant to be an ordinary journey from Kibera Estate in Nairobi to Kakamega District, which ordinarily would take less than 12 hours. ... Read more
 

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