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Questions are being raised over the manner police handled investigations into the grisly murder of a university lecturer , killed in the RUIRU three weeks ago. The deceased’s former husband also a university don and his current wife were arrested following the murder and released days later. The slain lecturer’s three daughters now say the people who killed their mother are known .
Dennis onsarigo reports on a murder that has police on the spot

The much-anticipated Naivasha talks will be not be taking place after all. A fresh attempt by PNU to have parliament adjourn for the talks failed after the speaker rejected it. The party had sought to re-introduce the motion that was defeated yesterday. The developments came as president Kibaki announced that he would back the draft currently before parliament.

Business wars in Kawangware in Nairobi , last night led to the demise of seven taxi drivers, shot dead by police. Chaos reigned in kawangware this morning as angry residents protested against the killings . Mystery still surrounds the killings but as Yassin Juma reports, some are blaming the massacre on a false alarm raised by the boda boda operators.

Kenya is still ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world, a position it has held since the Moi days. This situation hasn’t changed despite efforts by the coalition government to fight corruption. NTV’s Brenda Mulinya examines the state of corruption in Kenya and why the war is not yielding the desired results.

From owning 140 acres of land to renting a two bedroomed house. That is the story of Agnes Nenkau, the woman who says she owns the piece of land at the center of controversy in the cemetery scandal. Agnes who now sells vegetables, beads and ornaments maintains the land was never sold and she has never received a penny from anyone for the land. Rita Tinina traced Agnes who has gone into hiding fearing for her life and who requested NTV not to reveal her face.

The businessman accused by the Kenya Anti corruption commission of receiving money on behalf of local government minister Musalia mudavadi in the city hall cemetery land scandal, presented himself before the agency this morning. Newton Osiemo was grilled for almost 7 hours and as Robert Nagila reports, even as investigators try unraveling the mystery , questions are still being asked over how the agency conducted this investigation

Police and angry youth in Kawangware are at this hour battling it out following the killing of seven taxi drivers along the Nairobi-Naivasha road on Wednesday night. Despite police efforts to disperse the irate crowd with tear gas, the youth have vowed to stay put until they get answers about the killings from police.

Property worth millions of Shillings went up in flames on Thursday morning when a Bata deport in Mombasa caught fire. The depot is the main storage facility for the Bata Shoe Company in Mombasa. The fire is said to have started from one of the basement floors.