The News Brief- Exposed- Suspicious CDF bursary awards

These are the stories making headlines in the Star

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00:00Taxpayers may be losing hundreds of millions of shillings in questionable bursary awards

00:12at the constituencies.

00:13New details show that the bursary schemes are among the leaks in monies allocated to

00:17constituencies under the National Government Constituency Development Fund.

00:21In most cases, Auditor General Nancy Gavungu's reports show that most constituencies could

00:26not provide supporting documents for the cash they claimed to have disbursed to learning

00:30institutions.

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00:38to www.mgazeti.com.

00:43President William Rutter's decision to remain impartial in Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza's

00:46impeachment sealed her fate.

00:48Sources familiar with the behind-the-scene happenings said a team of top political leaders

00:53from Meru camped at State House to persuade the President to steer clear of the case.

00:57Soon after securing the President's assurance, the leaders immediately engaged a senior Kenya

01:01Kwanzaa leader who whipped his colleagues to vote out the Governor.

01:04Senators allied to the ruling alliance teamed up to remove Mwangaza from office in a late-night

01:09voting session marred with controversy and drama.

01:14President William Rutter will next week officially launch Opposition Chief Rana Odinga's candidature

01:18for the Africa Union Commission chairmanship.

01:20The launch scheduled for Tuesday, the Star has established, will also see the unveiling

01:24of the joint campaign secretariat that will drive the AU campaigns.

01:28The government formed a joint campaign secretariat consisting of Raila's team and government

01:32bureaucrats to strategize and spearhead the campaign.

01:36Women in Kenya will benefit from a donation of rings worn to prevent HIV infection for

01:40one month.

01:41The ring is placed inside the vagina for 28 days, where it slowly releases the antiretroviral

01:47drug Depivirine over that period.

01:49The drug prevents HIV infection.

01:51The ring was approved for use in Kenya last year.

01:54The donation will come through the Global Fund, which received $2 million from the Children's

01:58Investment Fund Foundation to purchase 150,000 vaginal rings for countries that implement

02:04Global Fund grants.

02:07And a fresh row has erupted over the ownership of the expansive Modera farm in Joro, being

02:12claimed by two groups.

02:13The family of former Minister Mbiyu Koinange is locked up in a long-running dispute with

02:18the relatives of the late Kikenyin Poe.

02:21The farm in Nakuru measures over 4,300 acres and is prime for agricultural production.

02:26There has been tension at the farm following a recent clash between the two groups after

02:30members of the Koinange family had an orientation tour for a new group of managers.

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