Rvr Shareholder Wrangles

A dispute between shareholders of RVR railway concession is holding up efforts to restructure the management of the Kenya - Uganda railway line. The joint railway commission has admitted that the implementation of a new management structure has grossly been undermined by attempts by the lead Investor Sheltam to transfer its stake to Egyptian company citadel capital. The revelations, only a day after a joint meeting between the two governments and RVR shareholders failed to agree on a new concession agreement.

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Drugs Seized At JKIA

Anti-narcotics detectives have arrested a suspected drug trafficker at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and recovered drugs worth millions of shillings. The suspect identified by the detectives as Scola Namunyu Mwangi was nabbed as she collected the consignment that had arrived from Tehran, Iran. Police intelligence said the drugs were part of a consignment of heroin worth 80-million shillings that was to be shipped in from Iran. Michael Mayaka with that story.

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PSC Discuss Devolution

Finally some white smoke could be billowing out of the Parliamentary Select Committee on constitutional reviews retreat in Naivasha. The team has after long hours of deliberations and political concessions resolved the sticky chapter on devolution. The 26 members have settled on a two-tier model of devolution; the Central Government and 47 counties as the units of devolution. And as Abdi Osman reports they have also agreed on a 47-member senate, and identified a formula of channeling funds to the counties.

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Kenyans abroad want to elect MP

Kenyans in the diaspora are demanding an opportunity to elect a representative to Parliament.

Fears over free school cash

Parents and teachers are worried that more donors will suspend support for free primary education