/News/-/471778/471778/-/ss135lz/-/index.html http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Anti-graft%20squad%20in%20surprise%20strike%20/-/471778/1007362/-/1d0t7tz/-/index.html Weighbridges that dot the Kenya –Uganda highway have for long borne the silent reputation of underhand dealings and blatant corruption. If that was only a reputation, then tonight the mask came off exposing a thriving network of wrongdoing. A sting operation at the Mariakani weighbridge by officials form the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission caught the corruption networks by surprise and the scene was literally teeming with flying banknotes and one abandoned police firearm. 6 workers including one policeman were arrested as the rest took to their heels moments after the anti-corruption squad landed on the scene. A total of Ksh. 184, 000 was recovered from the six suspects. 2010-09-09T18:13:16Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Cabinet%20approves%20vetting%20process%20bill/-/471778/1007300/-/2l2l5c/-/index.html The Cabinet has approved a bill to establish a board that will carry out the vetting of Judges and Magistrates in accordance with the new constitution. A cabinet meeting chaired by President Kibaki at the state house agreed on the appointment procedure to be applied in setting up the nine-member board to undertake the vetting process. The new constitution that came into force on the 27th of August shakes up the judiciary radically, and requires that the current chief justice leave office within six months. 2010-09-09T17:31:52Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Harambee%20Stars%20coach%20out%20of%20touch%20with%20team%20/-/471778/1007290/-/11khv87z/-/index.html The Harambee Stars looked disjointed as they fell to Guinea Bissau over the weekend. NTVSPORT has acquired the clips of the match played under a cloudy Bissau sky. 2010-09-09T17:12:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Parliamentary%20team%20inspect%20PM%20office/-/471778/1007286/-/m89blbz/-/index.html The Parliamentary Committee on Security has given the renovation of the Prime Minister's Office a clean bill of health. Committee members who made an inspection tour of the former Shell and BP House on Harambee Avenue say they are satisfied with the work done and that the government got value for its money. The new office building cost the taxpayer 329 million shillings. 2010-09-09T17:12:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Groups%20petition%20chief%20justice%20over%20TJRC/-/471778/1007288/-/9il5y7/-/index.html The Truth Justice and Reconciliation commission is back in the limelight after a group of civil society members petitioned the chief justice to set up a tribunal to investigate its embattled chairman Bethwel Kiplagat. The petition copied to the president and prime minister wants a tribunal to investigate accusations leveled against Kiplagat. 2010-09-09T17:12:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Activists%20fault%20police%20changes/-/471778/1007282/-/13lv6lbz/-/index.html Members of the civil society have rejected the transfer of Kingori Mwangi to be in charge of police reforms.The International Commission of Jurists Kenya Chapter, Kenya for Justice and Development, and Release Political Prisoners say the appointment smacks of impunity. The civil society groups accuse Kingori of failing to perform in his previous postings in Mombasa and Kakamega. 2010-09-09T17:12:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/KEPSA%20alliance%20wants%20business%20bill%20passed/-/471778/1006888/-/njlnvyz/-/index.html The Kenya Private Sector Alliance KEPSA wants the government to table the Micro Small and Medium business bill in the house for debate without further delay.In it’s first meeting with Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka since he assumed the position of leader of government business, the private sector lobby also want the Kenya national chamber of commerce and industry revived.The vice president has challenged the private sector to start embracing a 24-hour economy in their operations, to create more wealth and employment opportunities. 2010-09-09T11:12:03Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Murugi%20to%20close%20all%20camps%20by%20December/-/471778/1006886/-/xd7lb2/-/index.html The Government says it plans to resettle the remaining IDPs by the end of the year. Special programmes minister Esther Murugi says already government has set aside three million shillings for the comprehensive programme that will see all the satellite camps dotted across the country done with.The man will be used to purchase pieces of land for each IDP in the country. She spoke during a tour of idps at Kikopey and Mai Mahiu camps. There are 6182 IDPs across the country according to government records. Most of them are living in deplorable conditions in those camps. 2010-09-09T11:12:03Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Monkeys,%20Kisii,%20withchcraft,%20ntv%20kenya/-/471778/1006890/-/6s218y/-/index.html Security officers and administrators in Kisii have been put on high alert after word went round that 40 suspected withes were going to be lynched. Several suspected witches have been lynched in the last three years in the larger Kisii region. 2010-09-09T11:12:03Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Raila%20praises%20US%20govt%20on%20reforms%20role%20/-/471778/1006882/-/jm17yz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga last night thanked the US government for its role in promoting democratic ideals in the country. The PM told a cocktail party hosted for visiting members of the National Democratic Institute NDI that the US was instrumental in creating civic awakening in the country that culminated with the promulgation of a new constitution. The Premier however cautioned Kenyans not to relent in their quest for a just and ideal society but push for the enactment of legislations required to anchor and make the new constitution operational within the set time frame.The NDI committee members jetted into the country earlier in the week for a special board meeting in acknowledgment of Kenya’s democratic strides. 2010-09-09T11:12:03Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/The%20Weed%20Inc.%20Pt.%201/-/471778/1006586/-/yenrmc/-/index.html Marijuana, canabis sativa, bhang; it goes by a myriad names and just as many are its uses and even more, its abuses. Many times Kenyans have witnessed the seizure of the illicit weed on roadblocks or sometimes in buildings especially of a backstreet kind. And the frequency of such discoveries has sometimes been treated as an ordinary event. But NTV’s John-Allan Namu has spent several months investigating the trade and use of marijuana; an assignment that has taken him to the farms where the weed is planted to the road journey of the route it takes to the market. 2010-09-08T18:47:11Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Gikomba%20fire/-/471778/1006582/-/51e5i/-/index.html Here in Nairobi, businessmen from the vast Gikomba Market are counting their losses after a fire swept through the stalls. No injuries were reported in the incident but property worth hundreds of thousands of shillings was destroyed. 2010-09-08T18:45:42Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Police%20reshuffle/-/471778/1006578/-/per16xz/-/index.html Up to 143 top officers have been reshuffled in a shakeup announced by Vigilance House earlier today. The commandant of the Presidential Escort Unit Benson Kibui Githinji has been moved and his place taken by the man who served as his deputy, Kitili Mwendwa. Githinji will take a new post as the Western Provincial Police Officer. And as NTV’s Rashid Ronald reports, police headquarters is promising more changes in the wake of the new constitution. 2010-09-08T18:44:08Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Stars%20of%20excuses/-/471778/1006572/-/v4pq0kz/-/index.html Harambee Stars, the national soccer outfit returned to the country following one of the most embarrassing outings in recent soccer history. After losing to the lowly ranked tiny nation of Guinea Bissau, Harambee Stars landed in Nairobi Wednesdaymorning with a bag of excuses that include a claim by one of the officials that key players had differences on the pitch. But the man who should explain it all retained the all too familiar straight-face ; Twahir Muhiddin sees nothing big in the happenings in Guinea Bissau and is not even contemplating resignation. And as NTV’s Watson Karuma reports, the indifference of the officials and particularly coach Twahir Muhiddin will certainly line up the Harambee Stars for the next sure defeat. 2010-09-08T18:41:10Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/-/471778/1006568/-/xx0cpb/-/index.html The government tried today without much success, to resolve the leadership wrangles at the Kenya human rights and equality commission. Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo summoned the squabbling commissioners to his office but failed to immediately broker peace. And as NTV’s Jane Kiyo reports, some lawyers’ organisations are now calling on the commission to put its act together. 2010-09-08T18:39:01Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Otuoma's%20pledge/-/471778/1006562/-/10bma9q/-/index.html The news sports minister Paul Otuoma is promising to provide a lasting solution to the football woes affecting the country. The minister was responding to questions from the media on how he intended to tackle the management problem currently facing the Harambee Stars. Otuoma says his plan is to restructure sports management in the country and not just in football. 2010-09-08T18:37:48Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Atwoli%20vows%20to%20fight%20NHIF%20/-/471778/1006036/-/10ci6i5/-/index.html COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli has once again hit out at the National Hospital Insurance Fund for allegedly fleecing employees by arbitrarily increasing their monthly contributions. Speaking at the sidelines of a workshop on domestic workers, the COTU boss vowed to use all means available to block the increment. 2010-09-08T10:37:55Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/LSK,%20ICJ,%20FIDA%20defend%20embattled%20Jaoko/-/471778/1006032/-/cf48vf/-/index.html The law society of Kenya, FIDA and ICJ are now questioning the on going attempts by a section of commissioners at the Kenya national commission on human rights to oust their chair Florence Sambiri jaoko. The groups say the commissioners must follow the due process of the law in removing the embattled chairlady from office. At least seven commissioners are seeking to oust Jaoko as chairperson of the human rights watchdog accusing her of failing in . Leadership 2010-09-08T10:37:55Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/World%20record%20holder%20Rudisha%20returns%20home/-/471778/1006040/-/ub0n8l/-/index.html World 800 meters world record holder David Lekuta Rudisha is in town. Rudisha returned early this morning to a rousing reception at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after an historic stint in Europe where he broke the world 800m records twice in one week. 2010-09-08T10:37:55Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/House%20committee%20raps%20NHIF%20over%20rates/-/471778/1005850/-/7gud8j/-/index.html Two committee were probing two unfolding sagas, one involving the NHIF, the other an embassy building in Japan. But the first the NHIF controversy where the health committee dismissed claims that the fund had consulted the public over the proposed new rates. The committee ruled that the documents provided by the NHIF board to justify unveiling of the new levies are not sufficient. 2010-09-07T18:22:03Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/S&L%20banks%20on%20shelter/-/471778/1005814/-/13rn0ki/-/index.html Commercial Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the bank extend funding towards the construction of houses. The deal comes hot on the heels of 2 other funding agreements that NHC has signed within the last 2 months worth billions of shillings for the construction of low cost houses. 2010-09-07T17:37:14Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/CBK%20governor%20roots%20agency%20banking/-/471778/1005812/-/c0gd29z/-/index.html Central Bank Governor Njuguna Ndung’u is encouraging banks to employ agent-banking model to lower their transaction costs. The governor says this model allows banks spread geographically without incurring huge expansion costs. Ndung’u further says this will in turn enable cheap financial services in the country affordable by the majority. 2010-09-07T17:37:14Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Commissioners%20plot%20to%20remove%20KNCHR%20boss/-/471778/1005830/-/dor2fpz/-/index.html Leadership wrangles at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights intensified with seven commissioners ganging up against their chairperson Florence Jaoko. The chairperson says she is not moving an inch as the team plans to roll out an action plan to push her out of office. The commission is due to be expanded to and renamed the National Human Rights and Equality Commission. 2010-09-07T17:37:14Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Raila's%20new%20address/-/471778/1005810/-/8rad6xz/-/index.html Former U.S secretary of state Madeleine Albright became one of the first guests to the new office of the prime minister here in Nairobi. Albright who is now chairperson of the national democratic institute based in Washington announced that the group would hold its board meeting in Kenya as sign of confidence in the direction the country has taken towards democracy. 2010-09-07T17:37:14Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/'Weed%20Inc'%20NTV%20investigates%208-10th%20September/-/471778/1005818/-/79nqfoz/-/index.html NTV investigates makes a return with a presentation of ‘The weed incorporated’ a non-emotional and disinterested investigative story assembled over a long period of time within Kenya, across the border in Tanzania and further South to the lakeside tiny nation of Malawi. 2010-09-07T17:37:14Z