Bishop Wahome seeks orders to stop arrest over phone number
TELEVANGELIST Thomas Wahome Njuguna has gone to court to stop the police from charging him with fraud. Njuguna, who is the Bishop and founder of the Helicopter Ministries, has filed a notice of motion...
View ArticleSocial media hate worries Catholic clergy
TWENTY eight Catholic clergy have warned Kenyans to stop widespread hate speech being witnessed through the social media. Speaking at a press conference in Karen yesterday, Archibishop Zacchaeus Okoth,...
View ArticleSwearing-in of county reps blocked by court
A three-judge bench yesterday temporarily blocked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission from swearing-in hundreds of nominated members of county assemblies. The event scheduled for today...
View ArticlePCs and DCs are here to stay, governors told
THE Transition Authority has asked elected governors to be tolerant with the provincial administration as "they are part of the national government". Kinuthia Wamwangi, TA's chairman, said some...
View ArticleLawyer seek to block Embu Speaker’s election
An Embu lawyer yesterday went to court to seek orders to compel the Embu county assembly interim clerk to nominate him for the county assembly speaker’s office after he was declared time-barred. Dennis...
View ArticleCourt allows Waititu to challenge Kidero's win
FORMER Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu can challenge Nairobi governor-elect Evans Kidero win, the High Court has ruled. Justice Mumbi Ngugi yesterday said Waititu has an arguable case that should be...
View ArticleNational x-country side gets Sh5.2m from government
Kenya team to the World cross country champion- ships this Sunday in Poland received Sh5.2m from government. The money was used to purchase return tickets and allowances for the team that left on...
View ArticlePremier League stars to lead hygiene campaign
Kenya Premier League stars have joined hands to help the Water Sanita- tion and Hygiene (WASH) campaign in the country that will culminate in a united extravaganza at City stadium from 10am tomorrow....
View ArticleDonald struggles in Malaysia, Kiradech takes clubhouse lead
Luke Donald’s Malaysian Open debut got off to a feeble start on Thursday with the world number three, the biggest name in the $2.75m (Sh236m) European Tour event, carding an opening round two-over-par...
View ArticleCo-op Bank face Thunder in KBF Premier League opener
NATIONAL champions Co-operative Bank of Kenya takes on Thunder in their opening Premier League clash at the Nyayo Stadium gymnasium tomorrow. The bankers, who would be returning to the surface where...
View ArticleKoops to lead Kolongolo against Comply at Nakuru
KOLONGOLO Dutch coach Jan Koops will to- morrow lead the Nambale side in the Division One League Zone B1 fixture against Comply at the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru (3pm). Koops has decided to set camp in...
View ArticleRoof row heats up Sweden-Ireland clash in frozen Stockholm
Amid accusations of gamesmanship, Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has called for the stadium roof to be left open for today’s World Cup qualifier in Sweden. With temperatures set to dip to minus 10...
View ArticleSo who between Arsenal and Spurs will land the Top 4 spot?
I was threatened by my boss this week because he is a Tottenham fan. He said things could get tough for me here at work if Arsenal finishes above Spurs this season. Of course that was on Monday morning...
View ArticleChebet keen to recapture her 2010 cross-country crown
Kenya’s Emily Chebet is eyeing a repeat performance at the world cross country championships this Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Chebet won the 2010 women’s 8km world title at the same venue and will be...
View ArticleHarambee Stars finally arrives in Calabar after Fifa intervention
Harambee Stars finally touched down at Calabar airport yesterday afternoon after the world football governing body, Fifa intervened after receiving the protest letter from Football Kenya Federation...
View ArticleChepng’etich TIppED TO win
Only two women have successfully retained their junior crown in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and on Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Kenya’s Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon will at-...
View ArticleArsenal coming
English Premier League side Ar- senal and German Bundesliga cham- pions Borussia Dortmund are set to visit the country in July for the Magic Kenya Cup. The invitational tournament is be- ing organised...
View ArticleClemo at pains to explain licensing dispute over 'Maswali Ya Polisi'
Calif Records’s CEO Clement Rapudo was at pains to explain why DNA’s hit single Maswali Ya Polisi was tagged as owned or licensed by Calif Entertainment Africa on YouTube. DNA fired a demand letter to...
View ArticleShaffie and Huddah get acting role
Nairobi brace yourself for this. Shaffie Weru and Huddah Monroe will be on your screens very soon. Apparently the producers of the new TV thriller Maisha have penned characters for the two. The Kiss...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
The wives of a governor-elect nearly came to blows in an upscale shopping mall in one of the major towns in Western Kenya. It is said the wives— both legally married to the man—have been experiencing...
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