Pay elderly, says Nangabo
KITALE Trans Nzoia women's representative Janet Nangabo has said she will introduce a bill in Parliament for all people above 60 years to receive a monthly stipend. Speaking in Kitale yesterday,...
View ArticleElders reject MP's pay hike
THE Rift Valley Council of Elders has said attempts by MPs to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission are unlawful. Speaking to the press in Nakuru yesterday, the elders’ spokesman Gilbert...
View ArticleState gives Sh400 million to pay maize farmers
THE government has released Sh400 million to the National Cereals and Produce Board to pay farmers who delivered their maize to the board last year. NCPB managing director Gideon Misoi yesterday said...
View Article5 in court over antelope killing
Five people were yesterday charged in a Kapsabet court for killing the endangered Aquatic Antelope Sitatunga. The suspects Martin — Koros, Christopher Kibwambok, Edwin Kinyor, Caroline Jepkorir and...
View ArticleHoteliers to give incentives
Hotel operators in Nakuru want to introduce incentives to boost tourism, the organisation chairman Ernest Muibu has said. The chairman said the current number of tourists visiting the county is below...
View ArticleTwo killed on Matunda spot
Two people died yesterday morning in two separate road accidents at Matunda market on Eldoret-Kitale highway. The first person died when a saloon car hit him. Geoffrey Wafula, a witness, said the...
View ArticleNarok URP officials demands Sh540, 000 for primaries
MORE than 36 URP officials in Narok South constituency are demanding to be paid Sh540,000 for conducting the party nomination early this year. Speaking to the press in Narok town yesterday, the...
View ArticleNarok Teachers Sacco records growth in assets
NAROK Teachers Sacco Society has recorded a growth in assets and membership in the 2011-12 financial year. Speaking during the AGM yesterday at Africa Hope Hall in Narok town, the Sacco's chairman...
View ArticleColleges want laptop project
Technical colleges in the country want to be involved in the assembling, distribution and use of free laptops in primary schools. “The best partner to assist the Jubilee government is the Technical...
View ArticleBlame SRC for fiasco, says MP
Bomet East MP Benard Bett has said MPs should not be blamed for disagreements with the Salary Remuneration Commission. Bett was speaking during interdenominational prayers held at Bomet green stadium...
View ArticleKajiado police net Sh3.75 million bhang haul
POLICE at Namanga border town yesterday intercepted a lorry ferrying 63 sacks of bhang worth Sh3.75 million. The lorry had a foreign registration number plate and was ferrying oranges. The police...
View Article200 displaced in Narok East
HUNDREDS of people have been displaced after landslides hit their homes in Narok county. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Red Cross Narok coordinator Ali Juma said more than 200 people are camping in...
View ArticleDebate over Khaemba plan
TRANS NZOIA The county assembly yesterday began discussing the governor’s speech. Speaking to the press in Kitale, county assembly speaker David Sifuna said the speech will be discussed for three days....
View Article27 schools to be upgraded to national status
The government is assessing additional 27 secondary schools which will be upgraded to national status this year. It will bring to 105 the number of national schools in the country with at least two in...
View ArticleKericho car agent goes underground
A Kericho town car dealer agent has gone underground after swindling potential buyers millions of shillings. A number of buyers have reported the matter to Kericho police. The vehicles they bought from...
View Article3 communities wrangle over Chepchoina scheme
Anxiety is brewing at Chepchoina Settlement Scheme in Trans Nzoia in a fight over land ownership between two communities. While squatters claim a share of the Agricultural Development Cooperation land,...
View ArticleMRC leaders want to meet Uhuru
MOMBASA Republican Council appear to have softened their separatist stand as the group’s leadership yesterday called for dialogue with President Uhuru. The state under former President Kibaki and Prime...
View ArticleTwo charged with possesion of tusks
TWO men were yesterday charged with illegally possession of elephant tusks. Jasper Maza and Joshua Mutua appeared before Voi Senior Principal Margistarte S.M Wahome where they were charged that on...
View ArticleBoda boda man hacked to death
MOMBASA police are investigating the killing of three people, among them a boda boda rider, who was brutally murdered and his body dumped near the Moi International Airport. Police say the victim was...
View ArticleTask force head to Kwale, Kilifi
The grievances task force which had its first public hearing in Mombasa at the weekend is scheduled to hold others in Kwale and Kilifi. Joseph Kibwana, the chair of the committee, said they are working...
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