The Standard: RSS Feeds - Headlines http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ RSS Feeds for The Standard - Online Edition en-us http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ PHP/5.2.9 Kenyan workers are poorer today than they were in 2007 http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027928&cid=4& The highest paid chief executive is from the financial sector and earns Sh3.9 million a month, over Sh100,000 a day and 400 times the salary of the least paid staff. A room steward in the hospitality industry, earns Sh9,450 per month. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:26 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536547 Artistes now hawk music to counter pirates http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027931&cid=4& They sing their hearts out and pay production costs but pirates take the earnings. This has been the sad tale of local musicians’ lives. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:31:09 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536606 Policeman, guard steal Sh22 million http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027929&cid=4& An Administration Policeman and a driver stole Sh22 million in yet another heist that involved cash in transit. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:09 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536565 Celebrity tourism the new buzz in the wild http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027930&cid=4& After being rocked by one of its worst spells in history, the tourism industry is struggling back to its feet courtesy of high profile visits by celebrities. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:27:07 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536582 Want a better police force? Then set aside Sh81b, says report http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027927&cid=4& About Sh81 billion is needed to reform the Kenya Police and Administration Police within four years, says a report by the taskforce on police reforms. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:06:55 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536517 Off the hook http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027926&cid=4& President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga could be off the hook as the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes over post-election violence trials. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:59:27 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257536488 Kenya’s options over http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027854&cid=4& It was the day Kenya’s options ran out, the interest of the international community triumphed, and the nation left in the hands of the International Criminal Court. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:35:57 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257446157 Ocampo’s sword of justice sneaked in discreetly http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027856&cid=4& If his arrival had been trumpeted like that of a king come to dispense justice to his subjects, then the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo sneaked in like a thief in the night. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257446640 Mungiki spokesman shot dead http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027857&cid=4& Outlawed Mungiki sect spokesman David Gitau Njuguna is dead. Njuguna was shot dead by yet-to-be-identified assailants along Luthuli Avenue, Nairobi. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:47:29 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257446849 State sets aside Sh130m for restocking http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027860&cid=4& Pastoralists and livestock farmers who lost entire herds during the recent drought will benefit from Government restocking exercise, Director of Livestock Julius Kiptarus has said. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257447204 Telkom gets regulator’s nod for national CDMA network http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027859&cid=4& After a year long tussle with the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK), Telkom Kenya has finally gotten tapproval to run a second wireless network across the country. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257447084 Sh285b for poor nations to fight pneumonia http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027858&cid=4& Kenya is one of 68 developing countries that will need a share of about Sh285 billion to successfully fight pneumonia next year. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:49:35 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257446975 Lonely exit for retired Kamiti hangman http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027802&cid=4& The man who was Kenya’s last and longest serving hangman at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison finally bowed to the ‘call of the beckon’ in a manner most unlike the procedure he followed to execute condemned convicts. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:16:22 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257362182 Distraught Wako vows he will sue America http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027800&cid=4& Attorney General Amos Wako launched a massive defence of his tenure at Sheria House. He pleaded his innocence as it emerged the United States travel ban against him was issued under a law meant to lock out looters of public resources. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:14:38 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257362078 Kenyan women fertility declines, report shows http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144027803&cid=4& Fertility rate of women is declining, according to a Kenya Demographic and Health Survey preliminary report. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:17:36 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257362256