Pick county nominees fairly kingi
KILIFI county governor-elect Amason Kingi has been asked to do an inclusive nomination for county committees and boards. Godfrey Karume the director of Baobab Ventures said the nomination will tap into...
View ArticleI will revive factories in Coast - Uhuru
PRESIDENT-elect Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to revive the collapsed factories at the Coast.Uhuru, who visited the Kwale International Sugar Company yesterday said the Coast region has the potential to...
View ArticleBule proposes plan for Tana river growth
TANA River senator-elect Ali Bule intends to initiate a master plan for development in the poverty stricken region that has been affected by tribal clashes in the past five months. Together with other...
View ArticleODM to clinch speaker seat in Mombasa
Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM is headed for an easy win in Mombasa county speaker’s election today. The county has 30 wards which were all swept by ODM in the just concluded election....
View ArticleStop coastal fights Uhuru and Raila told
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have been told to preach peace and justice as the country awaits the Supreme Court ruling on the petition filed by CORD. Kenya Community...
View ArticleMraja taken to court over illegal oaths
Police were yet to arraign Mombasa Republican Council spokesman Rashid Mraja in court by yesterday afternoon. MRC leaders have been in hiding in Tanzania since late last month. Mraja was arrested in...
View ArticleState owns Kisite Marine Park - NLC
NATIONAL Land Commission chairman Mohamed Swazuri revealed that Kisite Marine Park in south coast has never been degazetted as a national park, . Swazuri said the records at the land registry indicate...
View ArticleImporters upset over new radiation charges
Importers at the Mombasa port may be losing millions of shillings in radiation fees imposed by the Radiation Protection Board, Car Importers Association of Kenya has said. National chairman Peter...
View ArticleChinese man fined Sh55,000 for keeping two tortoises
A Chinese citizen was yesterday fined Sh55,000 or serve two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of illegally keeping tortoises. Rain Dengfeng confessed that on March 20 at Foton Motors...
View ArticleTrader held for jumping bail
The Anti-Corruption Court has ordered a trader facing criminal charges be remanded until March 28 . Acting chief magistrate Doreen Mulekyo cancelled a bond for Joseph Mbugua Waweru who had earlier...
View ArticleKenyans urged to plant trees
KENYANS have been urged to plant more trees to attain the 10 per cent cover as the world marks the first International Forest Day. Emilio Mugo, Kenya Forest Service senior deputy director, said the...
View ArticleMedia blamed over poll role
QUESTIONS are now rising on the conduct of the local media in its coverage of the general elections. At an open forum on the post election analysis of the role of media in the 2013 election organized...
View ArticleWe value Kenya, UK MPs say
A section of British MPs have asked their government to normalise their relations with Kenya. The MPs said Kenya is an important economic hub that cannot be ignored. The MPs, in a motion in the House...
View ArticleKibunjia Jubilee 'war' slur caught on tape
COHESION boss Mzalendo Kibunja was in trouble yesterday after he was busted claiming both Cord and Jubilee campaign teams attempted to hack into IEBC’s electronic vote transmission system at Bomas....
View ArticleCourt okays Kajiado plant
THE High Court yesterday gave an investor permission to put up an animal feeds factory at Keserian, in Kajiado. The move follows the dismissal of a case by nine residents who opposed the construction...
View ArticleCourt okays county reps swearing-in
Newly-elected county representatives will be sworn in today without their nominated counterparts, the High Court has ruled. This is after the National Gender and Equity Commission secured a court order...
View ArticleCourt extends orders barring Limuru club from expelling three
THE High Court yesterday extended orders barring Limuru County Club from expelling three women from the club. But Justice Isaac Lenaola ordered the women “to act with respect and decorum befitting...
View ArticleJubilee says Uhuru and Ruto are devoted to EAC
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto are committed to the East African Communy, the Jubillee coalition has said. Speaking yesterday in Nairobi after signing a pact with Burundi's...
View ArticleMachakos lawyers eye speaker job
Two top Machakos lawyers have emerged as front runners for the county assembly speaker elections to be held this morning. Anne Kyusya and Bernard Mung'ata, both lawyers in Machakos, have practiced for...
View Article2 shot dead in botched city robbery
Two suspected gangsters were yesterday morning shot dead by police during a botched robbery in Nairobi's South C estate. A gang of five armed men attempted to rob a resident in the Five Star estate...
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