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<?php
// In Hook -- you can even just call this for Router::$controller == 'main' only
$category_list = ORM::factory('category')->where('category_visible', '1')
	->where('parent_id', '0')
	->where('category_trusted != 1')
	->orderby('category_position', 'ASC')
	->orderby('category_title', 'ASC')
	->find_all();

Kohana::config_set('settings.category_list', 'category_list');

// Then from View
echo Kohana::config('settings.category_list');