/News/-/471778/471778/-/ss135lz/-/index.html http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Search+for+identity/-/471778/1323156/-/9gaj9w/-/index.html The government is now planning to issue identity cards to Kenyans living abroad. The registration has already begun in selected missions abroad. NTV’s Loise Wangui has details of an ambitious programme that is likely to come in handy in an election year. 2012-02-08T18:51:02Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Mutunga+defends+recent+court+rulings/-/471778/1323152/-/b011d0/-/index.html Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has dismissed claims that the judiciary is overreaching its mandate in handling petitions brought to the high court. The CJ says the courts and the judges’ decision must be respected or appealed if anyone feels aggrieved. He spoke as he signed a memorandum of understanding with the Swedish and German governments on supporting reforms in the judiciary. 2012-02-08T18:45:50Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/NCIC+committed+to+fighting+hate+speech/-/471778/1323146/-/ne5cdp/-/index.html Concern about the crisis of hate speech continues to grow especially as the country inches ever closer to the 2012 general election. On Wednesday, suspended assistant minister Wilfred Machage got back his job, after a case against him was dismissed. The National Cohesion And Integration Commission now says proving hate speech is becoming increasingly difficult. But as NTV’s Nimrod Taabu reports, analysts are now questioning the government’s will to prosecute offenders. 2012-02-08T18:43:50Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Court+stops+city+hall+from+increasing+parking+fees/-/471778/1323134/-/bp72rj/-/index.html It’s business as usual. That’s the message from Nairobi City Council town clerk Phillip Khisia, after media reports indicated a court ruling had barred the city council from collecting parking fees. Khisia says parking fees will be collected as is the norm and as NTV’s Robert Nagila reports, the actual ruling had a very different message from the one that did rounds earlier in the day. 2012-02-08T18:32:19Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Media+council+files+complaint+against+Classic+FM/-/471778/1323110/-/gc759i/-/index.html The Media Council of Kenya says it has lodged a formal complaint against Nairobi-based radio station Classic FM over alleged indecent content. The council made reference to a conversation on the Classic FM breakfast that it says contained explicit sexual language. The council says the content was inappropriate at that time of day. Classic FM now has fourteen days to respond to the complaints commission over the allegations. 2012-02-08T18:26:49Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Raila+There+are+no+rifts+in+ODM/-/471778/1322756/-/114092vz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga has refuted claims that there are wrangles in the Orange Democratic Party in relation to the candidature of his Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi for the top seat.Raila, who was touring Turkana County to popularize the ODM party, termed Mudavadi’s move as a sign of democracy in the party. 2012-02-08T13:51:19Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/CJ+tells+Mutula+to+respect+bench/-/471778/1322752/-/14desxh/-/index.html Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga has dismissed claims that the judiciary is overreaching its mandate in handling petitions brought to the high court. The CJ says the courts and the judge’s decision must be respected or appealed if anyone feels aggrieved. He spoke as he signed a memorandum of understanding with the Swedish and German governments on supporting reforms in the judiciary. 2012-02-08T13:49:38Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Five+arrested+with+counterfeit+drugs+in+Meru/-/471778/1322744/-/i50gdxz/-/index.html Five people have been arrested in Meru after they were found selling counterfeit drugs.Officers from Meru police station the suspects for allegedly peddling counterfeit human drugs. The officers also recovered 500 packets of a counterfeit paracetamol from the suspects. The five were arrested in their kiosks located within meru. The crackdown is one of the many intended to be carried out all-over the country to combat the sale of counterfeit human drugs The crackdown comes after the company producing the drugs realized that their sales had while a recent research found out that there were people selling counterfeit drugs claiming they are manufactured by the affected company. 2012-02-08T13:47:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/MOA+defends+14+seater+matatus/-/471778/1322736/-/iaehdr/-/index.html Matatu Owners Association members say that they are firmly holding onto operating fourteen seater vehicles. They claim that the matatu industry can facilitate the country’s economy and there is no need to scrap them off the roads. Speaking at a press conference held at the Railway Club, the matatu owners association’s chairman, Simon Kimutai pointed out that they have the capacity to upgrade themselves and that the state of economy should not be used against them. The matatu owners say that the industry has created a high percentage of employment among the youth. They claim that they are ready to meet the transport minister to do away with the law of employing buses and say that failure to that they are ready to strike for 30 days. 2012-02-08T13:46:24Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Bhang+smoker+causes+panic+in+Kisii/-/471778/1322732/-/ga0vnw/-/index.html A man said to have been smoking bhang caused panic in Igare market in Kisii when he brandished a panga and threatened to slash people around him. The man according to eyewitnesses is said have drawn his weapon and threatened to attack bypassers in the market apparently after the drug took the better of him. People in the market kept off the road as he threatened to slash anyone he came across. Locals say that he had a tendency of doing that whenever he had used bhang. Police were nowhere to be seen when the dram was unfolding. 2012-02-08T13:44:46Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Kidnapped+Chinese+workers+released+/-/471778/1322726/-/caw08f/-/index.html A group of Chinese workers “kidnapped” by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago have been freed and flown to Kenya.The captives were involved in a road-building project in South Kordofan, when the SPLM-N destroyed a Sudanese military convoy between Rashad town and Al-Abbasiya and took over the area, the rebels said. 2012-02-08T13:41:17Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Govt+neglects+key+road+in+Kayole/-/471778/1322722/-/rjhjq9/-/index.html For four months residents living near Kayole spine road have been having trouble with a small section of the road that has turned to be a menace. The massive pothole in the middle of the road has not only damaged vehicles but is also posing a security threat to motorists using the road. OCPD Moses Lubusia is now urging motorists especially with small vehicles to use alternative routes to get to their destinations. 2012-02-08T13:39:32Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/German+envoy+says+election+date/-/471778/1322718/-/yg6pya/-/index.html The failure to fix an election date could cost the country asignificant amount of foreign direct investments as it wrongly creates the impression of an unstable political system.German Ambassador to Kenya Margit Hellwig-Boette says the fact that the election date is yet to be fixed is presenting challenges to would-be foreign investors from her country.The election date will be determined by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission subject to the date when the two principals will dissolve the coalition government. 2012-02-08T13:37:41Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Ephraim+Maina+asks+IEBC+to+shelve+report/-/471778/1322714/-/rxpehcz/-/index.html Mathira MP Ephraim Maina wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to not to compile its report until all court cases on boundaries have been settled. The MP says the commission erred by using the Ligale commission report as its basis since the team relied on what he termed as erroneous census figures. The MP has filed 3 cases in court over the determination of boundaries. 2012-02-08T13:36:14Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Boy+suffering+from+mysterious+skin+disease/-/471778/1322710/-/w696sl/-/index.html The family of a young boy who has been afflicted by a mysterious skin disease has sent out an appeal for medical assistance in a bid to save his life. The disease has left 9 year old Sammy Musili severely disfigured and forced him to quit school following close to a year of stigmatization. 2012-02-08T13:33:49Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Anxiety+as+TJRC+hearings+in+Nairobi+flop/-/471778/1322352/-/n7r7g5z/-/index.html The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission it may seem, could be dead in the water, done in by unrelenting leadership queries. And as the clock ticks towards the expiry of its mandate the public too appears to have lost faith in the commission and as NTV’s Sheila Sendeyo reports, that was evident at charter hall in Nairobi on Tuesday. 2012-02-07T18:47:40Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Cooking+gas+for+Sh50/-/471778/1322346/-/6k5xapz/-/index.html You can now buy cooking gas for as little as 50 shillings. Liquefied Petroleum Gas seller Premier Gas has introduced a 1 kilogramme gas cylinder which allows partial refills, depending on how much one can afford.A large number of low-income earning Kenyans cook with Kerosene because of affordability despite its negative effects on health but now they have a new option. 2012-02-07T18:45:07Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Roads+to+nowhere/-/471778/1322342/-/ffvlpxz/-/index.html Does anyone know how to reach the Kenya Urban Roads Authority? Yes, that is the agency tasked with the repair of roads in Nairobi and not the city council it is estimated that about 70% of the road network in Nairobi requires urgent repair or a complete overhaul and as NTV’s Robert Nagila reports with a three billion shilling allocation nobody quite knows why no work has started. 2012-02-07T18:43:17Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Growing+concern+over+angry+speeches/-/471778/1322338/-/v6wy8kz/-/index.html The angry speeches are back and so is the big question, is the season of hate speech upon the country again? Politicians have in the last few weeks ratcheted up their rhetoric following the confirmation of charges against four Kenyan suspects. The National Cohesion And Integration Commission (NCIC) says it is still monitoring the situation. We are taking the chance to expose what could degenerate into another dangerously polarised political environment, if unchecked. And as NTV’s Nimrod Taabu will show you, some of the statements may not be easy to listen to. 2012-02-07T18:41:23Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Let+my+son+go/-/471778/1322314/-/13bc5ro/-/index.html This is the impassioned plea of a mother and a wife. The family of the District Officer captured by Al-Shabaab a month ago, is now appealing to the government and the captors to give them back the man they love. Edward Mulee and a colleague were taken captive after a large group of militants raided an administration police camp in Wajir, in mid December last year. The government says it is working hard to secure their release, but as NTV’s Pamela Asigi reports, the family’s anxiety is growing by the day. 2012-02-07T18:30:58Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Mitumba+traders+up+in+arms+over+import+duty+rates/-/471778/1322304/-/l1cc6fz/-/index.html The effects of a high import duty on second-hand clothes or mitumba, are beginning to set in among traders across the country.Traders at one of Kenya’s largest open air markets – Gikomba - now want the Kenya Revenue Authority to step in and reduce the import duty to save them from the high cost of doing business. NTV’s Aby Agina spent some time with the traders and filed this report. 2012-02-07T18:27:35Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Fruits+of+determination/-/471778/1322296/-/b2kr4tz/-/index.html When Richard Nyabwari finished his secondary education six years ago, he found himself without a clear path for the future as his parents could not afford to take him through college.Unfazed by the dim prospects, he moved to the streets of Kisii and started selling airtime to the town’s residents, making profits which he saved and put in a tin.It is from that humble beginning that he broadened the scope of his trade and is now one of the town’s biggest sellers of music.Alex Mwangi gives us this inspiring story. 2012-02-07T18:25:05Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Girls+expelled+for+alleged+lesbianism/-/471778/1322290/-/87aywb/-/index.html Twelve students of Moi Kadzodzo Girls Secondary School in Kilifi have been sent home on allegations of engaging in lesbianism. The form two, three and four students, were sent home by the principal on receiving information of their abnormal behaviour from the rest of the student’s body. But as NTV’s Brenda Wanga reports, the incident is not an isolated one and remains a growing concern for stakeholders in the education sector. 2012-02-07T18:23:21Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Kisii+poultry+farming++Poor+rains+undermine+egg+production/-/471778/1321894/-/6bwqma/-/index.html In Nyamira County, villagers are investing in poultry farming in their numbers to earn a living. The rain pattern has been inconsistent and this has largely affected the production and they are now asking the ministry of livestock to consider subsidizing farm inputs to cushion the farmers. 2012-02-07T12:24:59Z http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Land+dispute+Igembe+granny+seeks+Orengo+s+help/-/471778/1321890/-/4wipv0z/-/index.html A elderly woman in Igembe is asking the lands ministry to help her reposes her piece of land grabbed land by a private developer. The woman is accusing her son of colluding with land grabbers to transfer the piece of land and in the process sell it. 2012-02-07T12:22:14Z