/OpEd/editorial/-/434752/434752/-/135sx3qz/-/index.html http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Intelligence+deficit+in+Kenya/-/434752/1409460/-/brof7cz/-/index.html The frequent grenade attacks in Kenya raise the question: Is this external or internal aggression 2012-05-19T16:25:19Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/How+long+will+we+keep+pardoning+mass+murderers/-/434752/1409458/-/7ss8soz/-/index.html Uganda is struggling with what should really not be a problem. On Saturday May 12, a unit of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces that has been hunting down the elusive Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in the jungles of Central Africa scored a significant victory when they captured rebel commander Caesar Acellam. 2012-05-19T16:24:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Stubborn+Bashir+a+threat+to+all/-/434752/1404614/-/5m32q3/-/index.html Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s obstinacy could endanger the entire region. He maintains that the United Nations and the African Union cannot impose their will on Sudan vis a vis the continuing clashes with the newly independent Republic of South Sudan. 2012-05-12T13:31:38Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Heed+Raila+warning+on+ethnic+violence/-/434752/1404612/-/125gue4/-/index.html The warning by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga that ethnic violence could recur during next year’s general election should be taken seriously by all political players. 2012-05-12T13:31:17Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/At+last++a+human+rights+law+for+EA/-/434752/1400168/-/un4fqm/-/index.html The move by the East African Community Legislative Assembly to pass the EAC Human Rights Bill, 2012 is welcome in a region that suffers from widespread human-rights abuse. 2012-05-05T14:12:29Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/At+last++a+human+rights+law+for+EA/-/434752/1400166/-/un4fqk/-/index.html Kenyan Members of Parliament appear to have become too lethargic to take their duties seriously. Parliament last week failed to pass two crucial Bills because of lack of quorum, as MPs were either attending political rallies or were about in their private business. 2012-05-05T14:11:53Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/So+who+wants+to+join+Charles+Taylor/-/434752/1395552/-/6jd88yz/-/index.html What lessons are the leaders in the region likely to draw from the verdict that former Liberian president Charles Taylor was responsible for crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone civil war? 2012-04-28T09:56:15Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Term+limits+come+full+circle++/-/434752/1390802/-/ssvpnq/-/index.html The hints being dropped by President Yoweri Museveni that he could retire in 2016 have raised a few eyebrows. 2012-04-21T08:42:19Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Kenya+police+must+embrace+reform+now+/-/434752/1390800/-/u1qma/-/index.html Police and other security agencies must wake up to the reality that Kenya is facing a lot of internal security problems and take their work seriously. 2012-04-21T08:37:28Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Save+us+from+this+unskilled+shame+/-/434752/1386304/-/kr3tk9z/-/index.html City Council of Nairobi, the richest civic body in Kenya, has always been a den of corruption: Ghost workers, questionable deals, kickbacks, poor services, name it. 2012-04-14T10:41:31Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Khartoum+Juba+will+burn+us+all+if+we+dont+act+/-/434752/1386300/-/82g9v1/-/index.html The two Sudans are most probably headed for another war but is the region and the international community helpless? 2012-04-14T10:39:11Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/NTBs+like+mushrooms/-/434752/1381754/-/bgjexi/-/index.html A new East African Community report showing that trade between countries expanded from $2.2 billion in 2005 to $4.1 billion in 2010 is good news for the integration process. 2012-04-07T10:55:26Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Kibaki+must+rein+in+the+mobilisers+of+ethnic+hatred+/-/434752/1381752/-/yg1o03/-/index.html The forthcoming Kenyan elections are causing alarm among other East African Community members. 2012-04-07T10:53:20Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/AU+must+move+on+Sudan+fighting+/-/434752/1377084/-/oms8fqz/-/index.html The African Union should not allow the recent fighting between Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan to derail the pending cessation of hostilities agreement. 2012-03-31T09:14:43Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Time+to+make+up+to+Turkana+for+decades+of+neglect+/-/434752/1377076/-/hg4v0vz/-/index.html The joy that greeted the news that Kenya has struck oil was dampened by later revelations that a company associated with a Cabinet minister sold a block in Turkana to an oil company for a fortune. 2012-03-31T09:12:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Here+comes+CSI+East+Africa+/-/434752/1372566/-/17ycrz/-/index.html The East African Community will be moving in the right direction in combating terrorism if the proposed Regional Referral Forensic Centre becomes a reality. 2012-03-24T08:33:49Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Fire+on+the+mountain++smoke+in+our+eyes+/-/434752/1372564/-/15eaiul/-/index.html The fires raging in the Mt Kenya and Aberdare forests are another reminder that Kenya needs a policy on disaster preparedness. 2012-03-24T08:31:22Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Can+you+really+decree+national+cohesion/-/434752/1368062/-/j6kfy/-/index.html IT IS encouraging that the first-ever policy on ethnicity and racism in Kenya has been launched, but some of the proposals could prove hard to implement. 2012-03-17T08:55:36Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/End+this+anxiety+over+election+date+/-/434752/1363334/-/14qfbgl/-/index.html The mixed signal by the Kenyan leadership over the election date is adding to the anxiety that has already been created by premature electioneering. 2012-03-10T08:51:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Intervene+before+the+two+Sudans+erupt+again+/-/434752/1363332/-/y8tmvb/-/index.html THE EAST African region must renew its focus on the uneasy relations between Sudan and South Sudan following reports that Khartoum has started bombing oil wells in the South. 2012-03-10T08:49:39Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Not+all+are+equal+before+the+law+/-/434752/1358384/-/ckghj6/-/index.html Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile is in trouble for overstepping his constitutional mandate: 2012-03-03T08:44:03Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Lamu+port+great+but+address+concerns+too+/-/434752/1358382/-/brg5hbz/-/index.html Kenyans are excited that the mega transport corridor is finally under way following the commissioning of the Lamu port, 2012-03-03T08:43:26Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Politicians+of+integrity+Yes+/-/434752/1334640/-/127kg3v/-/index.html The announcement that Kenyans seeking top political leadership positions will be vetted by about eight agencies is good news for a country where the corrupt and those with criminal backgrounds have had an easy time clinching leadership positions. 2012-02-25T08:05:22Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Dismantle+these+non+tariff+barriers+/-/434752/1334636/-/vsbx5bz/-/index.html THE RECENT dispute between Tanzania and Kenya over border fees was unnecessary and against the spirit of regional integration. 2012-02-25T08:02:27Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/editorial/Uniform+axle+loads+way+to+go/-/434752/1330012/-/6qm6nyz/-/index.html The pending harmonisation of axle load limits across the five East African Community member states will not only ensure efficiency in transport, but will reduce transport costs, especially for landlocked states such as Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Moreover, the overall savings in the five member states could exceed $1 billion. 2012-02-18T10:18:15Z