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Residents of Ol Teyiani sub-location of Kiserian in Ngong move to the Nairobi High Court yesterday to file a petition against their eviction by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Earlier, the residents had prevented KFS officers from evicting them after they protested and barricaded the road to the disputed land. [PHOTO: EVANS HABILIL/STANDARD]

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Some celebrities seem to re-invent themselves with ease, even after they have seemingly gone over the precipice. Others, once they go over the cliff, get iced - like Vanilla Ice and Mr Nice - and never recover. But then there are those showbiz cats that seem to be in the limbo between 'has been' and 'might make a comeback'. DAVID ODONGO and TONY MOCHAMA have a go at these ones

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ICC to summon key personalities
Kephis repossesses 100 acres grabbed land
NHIF ready to manage Sh10 billion contributions
Ogiek census results likely to ignite Mau
Chang'aa now legal but must be bottled
120 missing after Mt Elgon chaos
German discovers a friend in need is a friend indeed
Leaders want constituencies split
Kenyans to know malaria epidemic in advance
State dismisses 'death call' SMS alerts as hoax
Leaders fault State as Ngei's wife is buried
Census: Here are the numbers
Five million still rush to the bush to answer call of nature
Statistics: Women not that more than men
Wetang'ula defends Bashir visit despite House storm
We have Sh1.5b for IDPs, but where is the land?
Mending a broken learning system
Kenya's population census results out
Census results spark reaction from leaders
Census and the question of tribe
Why census is important for nation
EU faults Kenya for inviting indicted Sudanese President
Fresh row over the vetting of judges
Civic leaders will not take new oath, after all
Court suspends new NHIF deductions
Will youth now stamp political authority?
Father slays wife, children in Kisumu
Kibaki in Swaziland for Comesa meeting
Lawyers to sue Britain over land injustice
Who will end this girl's 16 years of pain, trauma?
Why the buck stops with Kibaki
Court seeks Interpol help to arrest Ugandan
Raila slams Bashir invitation
Census results out on Tuesday, at last
Mystery disease leaves family searching for answers
How Bashir was sneaked into Kenya
Muslims leaders clash over Bashir
Wako: My exit won't be my end
Annan furious at Bashir's presence in Nairobi
Kenyans to pay more taxes to run government
Heroes who contributed to Kenya's rebirth
Friday was redefining moment of Kibaki
Bashir invitation draws mixed reactions
Former presidents stranded for 30 minutes
Constitution deposited at top of Mt Kenya
Obama slams Bashir presence in Kenya
Kenyans must learn from past experiences
Constitution deposited at top of Mt Kenya
Who is this man Bashir?
MPs split over plan to dissolve interim commissions
It's show of might as ecstatic Kenya ushers in new era
Raila, Kalonzo capture the mood and resolve
House off to good start under new law as MPs are sworn-in the new constitution