He then, at a rally on July 16th, said that opposition parties would automatically get official licences for rallies "in most cases".Not many Kenyans trust Mr Moi to keep promises on reform, despite the pressure from inside and outside the country.
One shudders to think how much EA paid for the official licence to football's most prestigious club competition.
The report also suggested that touts who sell large numbers of tickets to concerts and other events at inflated prices might eventually be required to apply for official licences.
The president enjoys something of a personality cult: official licence-plates carry his initials, and banners outside schools thank him for "taking care of our future".
Small-scale miners, some lacking official licences, complain that in its efforts to combat illegal mining the government has confiscated and destroyed their equipment, confusing it for that belonging to criminal gangs.
If official licences are issued as planned by Natural England, the pilots could begin within weeks.
This gave US officials licence to use a whole range of brutal methods, including waterboarding, "rectal feeding", and sleep deprivation for up to a week, usually standing or in painful stress positions.
iPhone / iPad Gameloft bagged the licence for an official mobile game based on the new Men In Black 3 film.
A day after a court clerk was jailed for refusing to issue same sex wedding permits, officials in Kentucky processed a marriage licence for a gay couple.
China, too, has a suspiciously cosy relationship between banks, officials and companies that can be a licence for bad debts.
