Kibera homecoming and other stories from the news

This is a speedy run through the day's news, from KTN at 7 o'clock and at 9 pm, and from some of the early papers. The major story of the day was the Prime Minister's homecoming in Kibera.

It is difficult if not downright impossible to get a true reflection from the sound-bites that the media allows through, but this is an effort to capture as much as possible what was shown on the tube.

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State of Kenya: Talks in trouble

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has announced his increasing frustration at the inability of the two sides in Kenya's crisis talks to come to a mutually agreeable compromise. The New York Times reports Annan saying,

"After four hours of intense negotiations this morning, the negotiating team made almost no progress toward reaching an agreement on governance, despite the fact that they were given the entire weekend to consult on their positions.......I had to conclude that they were not capable of resolving the outstanding issues."

Aides close to Annan said he was running out of patience and that he was unlikely to stay long in Kenya.

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Government agrees to premiership for ODM

Published here are the latest news updates from Nairobi. The government agrees to a Premiership for the ODM, Najib Balala threatens Lesotho for the Kikuyu and rent riots reported in Nairobi.

News Roundup, Feb 15th, 2007

Business Daily Africa (BDA) reports on ethnic profiling in employment due to the post election ethnic-based violence. According to their research, firms across the country are wary of sending employees to regions where they would be considered to be from the "wrong tribe."

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