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	Kieren Keke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The speaker of Parliament, Russell Kun claimed that Keke is not a Nauruan citizen.
		Keke was also arrested along with David Adeang and Fabian Ribauw in April 2004 and charged with sedition after a protest at Nauru's airport, but the charges were soon dropped.
		Keke was reelected to Parliament in October 2004, and retains his post as health minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kieren_Keke (195 words)

	Go Asia Pacific On Location Pacific - NAURU: Suspension of MP may worsen crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		PANICHI: Kieren Keke, the Minister at the centre of the controversy.
		Not surprisingly, Dr Keke says the attempt to suspend him is a move to derail the government's response to the worsening economic crisis.
		KEKE: "When I was saying that I think that this is purely politically motivated, it's clear from the way that the proceedings went in Tuesday's sitting that the opposition doesn't have the numbers to change government, and that's their desire.
	goasiapacific.com /location/pacific/GAPLocPacificStories_1202915.htm (1740 words)

	PM - Nauru declares state of emergency
		The Speaker, Russell Kun, had been refusing to allow the Health Minister in the relatively new reformist Nauru Government, Dr Kieren Keke, from taking his seat on the grounds that he was ineligible to be a member because he was a citizen of both Nauru and Australia.
		KIEREN KEKE: A few hours before the sitting of Parliament, the Speaker had written to me informing me that in his opinion I had ceased to be a Nauruan citizen and he had declared that I was no longer a Member of Parliament and my seat was vacant.
		KIEREN KEKE: The President declared that a state of emergency exists in Nauru in terms of economic crisis and invoked powers under the Constitution which then allows government access to Treasury funds and allows us to continue operating government functions.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1211606.htm (673 words)

	Go Asia Pacific On Location Pacific - NAURU: President announces State of Emergency, election
		Dr Keke was suspended two weeks ago on the grounds that was a dual citizen of both Nauru and Australia.
		Nauru's Chief Justice, Barry Connell, gave an opinion earlier this week that Dr Keke remained an MP but he refused to be drawn on the suspension saying that was a matter for the Parliament and did not involve a Constitutional issue.
		KEKE: A few hours before the sitting of Parliament, the Speaker had written to me informing me that in his opinion I had ceased to be a Nauruan citizen and he had declared that I was no longer a Member of Parliament and my seat was vacant.
	www.goasiapacific.com /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/asiapacific/location/pacific/GAPLocPacificStories_1211549.htm (850 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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		Dr Kieren Keke MP, said, âOnce a detailed consideration of the Constitution as a whole has been performed, I...
		Nauruan Health Minister Kieren Keke said he was in Geneva to join forces with other countries that back Taiwan's application...
	kieren_keke.iqexpand.com (407 words)

	Marianas Variety On-Line Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		YAREN (Pacnews) — In an attempt to improve accountability and good leadership, Nauru’s acting president, Dr. Kieren Keke, has convened a meeting of senior government ministers, public servants and community leaders to address the development of a regulatory framework to assist transparent governance.
		In his opening address, Keke said, “The Scotty government campaigned at the last election for reform to stabilize the economy, and to ensure prudent financial management for the future.
		Keke outlined steps undertaken to improve accountability of some public corporations and within the parliamentary system.
	www.mvariety.com /calendar/august/12/pacific/pac05.htm (152 words)

	Lawmaker says nation near collapse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dr Kieren Keke says the government is operating without a budget and public servants wages are nine to twelve months in arrears.
		Dr Keke was one of six people arrested at a demonstration againstgovernment by hundreds of Nauruans last week.
		Dr Keke said there's an impasse in parliament with numbers evenly split in the 18 member house.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2004/04/29/29reg6.html (244 words)

	naoero amo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Its founding members were Kieren Keke (a medical doctor), David Adeang (a legal counsel and former finance minister), Marlene Moses (former health minister), Roland Kun (director of the island's fisheries), Sean Oppenheimer (manager of Capelle's, the country's largest private enterprise), and Sprent Dabwido (an insurance worker).
		In the May 2003 elections three members of Naoero Amo were elected: David Adeang, Kieren Keke, and Riddel Akua.
		Adeang became finance minister and Keke minister of health, sports, and transportation.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /naoero_amo.html (243 words)

	Health Minister suspended for dual citizenship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The parliamentary speaker, Russell Kun, suspended Keke earlier this week after an opposition member claimed the minister's use of an Australian passport was unconstitutional.
		Without Dr Keke's vote, the government and the opposition will both have eight votes in Parliament, which could block the passage of all legislation.
		Dr Keke says his suspension is illegal, and is the latest move by forces loyal to former president Rene Harris to undermine the government.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2004/09/20/20reg08.html (280 words)

	The Australian: Nauru needs administrator: expert (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The crisis was sparked by the suspension from Parliament last month of health minister Kieren Keke.
		Speaker Russell Kun suspended Dr Keke after complaints that his dual Nauru-Australian citizenship made him ineligible to be an MP.
		The stalemate in Parliament caused by the suspension of Dr Keke meant the Budget was not passed by its deadline of midnight yesterday.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,10938798^1702,00.html (305 words)

	The World Today - Opposition rushes bills through Nauruan Parliament
		SEAN DORNEY: The Nauru Opposition's Dr Kieren Keke presented both bills — one to make it illegal for the government to spend any money without having an approved budget and the other to introduce a code of conduct for Members of the Nauru Parliament, including the declaration of all their assets and business interests.
		The introduction and passing of the bills became possible only because the Opposition decided to end the six-week Parliamentary deadlock in Nauru and nominate a Speaker — one of the Opposition's leading figures, David Adeang.
		KIEREN KEKE: The Constitution provides the framework but it doesn't have any penalties or there is no consequence if somebody breaks the Constitution.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1116283.htm (386 words)

	7.30 Report - 07/01/2004: Hunger strike unravels Pacific solution
		DR KIERAN KEKE, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES, NAURU: Since it started we have had over 120 separate admissions which for a hospital size where we're dealing with an average of 20 to 25 patients at any one time, it's a massive increase on our normal workload.
		TRACY BOWDEN: Acting director of medical services Dr Kieren Keke says he has made countless requests to Australia for help.
		KINZA CLODUMAR: We are making sure that they don't die on our hands and I don't think it was ever envisaged that in the memorandum of understanding that we should accept these people for processing and that they should die on our hands.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/01/08/cache/14693.html (1126 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Standoff in Nauru parliament continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Two weeks ago, when Dr Kieren Keke was overseas, the opposition moved that he be suspended because he had dual citizenship of Nauru and Australia.
		Nauru's Chief Justice has given an opinion that Dr Keke remains a Member of Parliament but he has refused to be drawn into giving an opinion on the suspension, saying it is a matter for the Parliament.
		With Dr Keke unable to vote the numbers are locked up, eight-all, and Mr Kun, who was with the opposition before becoming Speaker, has the casting vote.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_1210927.htm (216 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Nauru health minister suspended for dual citizenship
		Nauru's health minister, Kieren Keke, has been suspended from Parliament amid accusations his dual citizenship makes him ineligible to serve as an MP.
		The parliamentary speaker, Russell Kun, suspended Mr Keke earlier this week after an opposition member claimed the minister's use of an Australian passport was unconstitutional.
		Mr Keke says his suspension is illegal, and is the latest move by forces loyal to former president Rene Harris to undermine the government.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1201656.htm (317 words)

	Weekly Tax Newsletter
		Three linked acts dealing with the prevention of terrorist financing, the seizure of the proceeds of crime, and the provision of international assistance with regard to criminal activity were introduced by Dr Kieren Keke, the Australian news service revealed.
		Mr Kun argued that the Health Minister was not eligible to be a member of Parliament because he was a citizen of both Nauru and Australia.
		Without Dr Keke in the House, however, the government was deadlocked, hence the need for the recent election.
	www.amsbvi.com /AMSGrp/asp/fullstory.asp?storyname=17903 (274 words)

	The Australian: Nauru slams hunger strike handling [January 07, 2004]
		In a joint statement, Finance Minister Kinza Clodumar and director of medical services Kieren Keke urged Canberra to take greater responsibility for the 284 asylum-seekers on Nauru.
		Dr Keke said occupancy of the only hospital had risen by 140 per cent since the start of the hunger strike on December 10, straining its resources.
		Dr Keke said he would be forced to rethink the provision of care to the 35 hunger-strikers if it continued to detract from the delivery of health care to Nauruans.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/01/08/cache/14723.html (462 words)

	Kieren Keke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		(Others are Mark Kun Dr. Ludwig Keke (Kieren's father dentist) Dr. Tsine Waidabu and Dr. Kiki
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	www.freeglossary.com /Kieren_Keke (364 words)

	Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Health minister Kieren Keke has been suspended from parliament amid accusations his dual citizenship makes him ineligible to serve as an MP.
		Without Keke's vote, the government and the opposition will both have eight votes in Parliament, which could block the passage of all legislation.
		Keke says his suspension is illegal, and is the latest move by forces loyal to former president Rene Harris to undermine the government.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=12858 (591 words)

	FORUM CHAIR TUILAEPA ON SUPPORT FOR NAURU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon Tuilaepa Sailele Malielagaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa, said today that “members of the Forum could only be very seriously concerned” about the drift of events in Nauru.
		He was responding to a series of developments, stemming from a decision by the Speaker to suspend Dr Kieren Keke from the Legislative Assembly.
		Following a referral of the issue to the Supreme Court, the President of Nauru has dissolved the Assembly and called elections for 23 October.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/2004/October/Oct_03.htm (277 words)

	Special Investigation Commission - Fighting Money Laundering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Chairman of Nauru’s National Co-ordinating Committee on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Dr Kieren Keke said Nauru Government has made steady and positive progress towards Nauru’s removal from the FATF fl-list.
		Following the most recent FATF plenary in Singapore in early June, Dr Keke advised the Nauru Parliament of a communication received from the chairman of the Asia Pacific Review Group of the FATF, that an on-site visit for Nauru had been approved.
		Dr Keke said Nauru appreciates the concerns of the British Government and European Union and advised them that they need not fear that Nauru’s financial system had anything to do with the recent terrorist attacks in London and Egypt.
	www.sic.gov.lb /_NewsLetter.php?Date=2005-08-20 (699 words)

	Australian banks 'target Nauru' - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		Cabinet minister Kieren Keke said Nauru had received genuine interest from Australian commercial and banking institutions to re-establish services there.
		US sanctions under the Patriot Act against Nauru have also been lifted because of its compliance with the task force's standards, Keke said.
		The FATF was set up in 1989 by the then G-7 group of rich nations to combat worldwide money laundering.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/Australian-banks-target-Nauru/2005/11/15/1132016790660.html (380 words)

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		Also yesterday, Taiwan's bid to join the WHO received extra support from Nauru, which resumed formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan Saturday and threw its weight behind the country's WHO bid.
		Nauruan Health Minister Kieren Keke said he was in Geneva to join forces with other countries that back Taiwan's application for observer status in the World Health Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the WHO.
		According to Keke, Nauru's health minister would represent his country in voicing support for Taiwan at the upcoming WHA meeting in Geneva, Keke added.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /TN/2005/TN-170505.htm (523 words)

	News Desk - Sound of Hope Radio Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The President of Nauru has declared a state of emergency, dissolved Parliament and called a snap election, 18 months after the last election and with three changes of government in that time.
		President Ludwig Scotty decided to dissolve the Parliament in an attempt to break the latest deadlock brought about by the suspension of Health Minister Dr Kieren Keke for holding dual citizenship of Nauru and Australia.
		Nauru's chief justice gave an opinion earlier this week that Dr Keke remains a member of Parliament but the Speaker, Russell Kun, has refused to let Dr Keke take his seat until the Parliament votes on rescinding his suspension.
	eng.soundofhope.org /makeArticle.asp?catID=464&id=12447 (550 words)

	Adelaide IMC: newswire/6520 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Where medical cases cannot be treated at the facilities, Australia may seek the assistance of Nauru’s Health Services”.
		Keke said as “the needs of the hunger strikers begins to impact more on the delivery of healthcare to Nauruans, then we will be left with no other choice but to rethink our approach to providing care to the hunger strikers.
		Keke, who runs the hospital on the island and I've asked him to make
	adelaide.indymedia.org /newswire/display_any/6520/index.php (1383 words)

	Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In an attempt to improve accountability and good leadership, Nauru’s acting president, Dr Kieren Keke, last week convened a meeting of senior government ministers, public servants and community leaders to address the development of a regulatory framework to assist transparent governance.
		In his opening address, Dr Keke said, “The Scotty government campaigned at the last election for reform to stabilise the economy, and to ensure prudent financial management for the future.
		Dr Keke has written to Greg Urwin, the Secretary-General of the PIF Secretariat, seeking the technical assistance of the Forum to develop the Leadership Code Bill in a manner suited to Nauru..
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=16373 (566 words)

	Doctors blame govt for Nauru ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Australian Medical Association-backed team who call themselves the Professional Alliance for the Health of Asylum Seekers and Their Children, was to fly to the Nauru detention centre next week.
		But with Nauru's acting medical director Kieren Keke withdrawing his invitation, the doctors cannot gain visas.
		The government has conceded the detention centre was hurting Nauru's health system, agreeing to a major injection of resources and funds.
	www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/15/1073877942066.html (334 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		A total of 284 asylum seekers remain on Nauru, 93 of which are children.
		While Vanstone has repeatedly claimed that medical services in Nauru are adequate to cope with the hunger strike, the acting director of medical services there, Kieren Keke, warns that health services are being overstretched and affecting the ability to care of Nauruans.
		The 35 hunger strikers, he stated, represents a 140 percent rise in the number of people in the only hospital in Nauru, whose population is 11,000.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=21790 (901 words)

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		The latest deadlock in Parliament had been brought about by the suspension of the Health Minister, Dr Kieren Keke, for holding dual citizenship of Nauru and Australia.
		Some days before the dissolution, the country's Chief Justice had given the opinion that Dr Keke could remain as a member of Parliament, but the Speaker, Mr Russell Kun, had refused to let him take his seat until the Parliament had voted on rescinding his suspension.
		With the numbers locked at eight all, the Government could not win that vote or pass its reformist budget by the deadline.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2227_E.htm (540 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Constitutional crisis hits Nauru
		Until then, Mr Scotty will effectively have absolute power over the tiny island nation, which has a population of fewer than 13,000 people.
		According to parliamentary Speaker Russell Kun, the crisis was caused by Health Minister Kieren Keke, who refused to leave parliament on Thursday after being suspended for holding dual Nauru and Australian nationality.
		Mr Kun said that Mr Keke's suspension had lost the government its majority, and with parliament tied at eight votes on each side, it had been unable to approve the national budget in time for a midnight deadline.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/3706518.stm (342 words)

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