Ulinzi cornered
Karuturi Sports produced a memorable performance to stun Ulinzi Stars 2-0 in a Kenya Premier League match at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru yesterday afternoon. Two second half strikes from Mohammed...
View ArticleStars to face Ghana in June
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) chairman Sam Nyamweya has confirmed that Kenya’s national football team, Harambee Stars will play a build-up match against Ghana on June 1. The match comes ahead of...
View ArticleTarus Triumphs
THE 2009 Sotokoto Safari Half Marathon champion David Tarus upset clocked 28:57.8 minutes to win the inaugural GOtv 10km race in Eldoret yesterday. Stephen Kipchirchir finished second in 29:04.4 while...
View ArticleKenGen to add 21 Megawatts of power to the national grid
Kenya Electricity Generating Company will add 21 megawatts of power to the national grid following the completion of the Sangoro hydro electric power station. The new power station is a second phase of...
View ArticleHarambee Sacco posts 21% income rise
The giant Harambee Sacco interest income grew by Sh120 million between the year 2011 and 2012.According to audited financial results, the society's interest income rose by 21 per cent to Sh1.1 billion...
View ArticleNational Intellectual property policy to be put in place this year
Kenya is yet to have an effective intellectual property rights strategy and infrastructure that will support inventors in generation and filing for their rights. A draft national intellectual property...
View ArticleKenya Airways to hike miraa freight charges
THE miraa industry is bracing itself for tougher times getting into the international markets following a planned hike in freight costs by Kenya Airways. The carrier, through a circular to their...
View ArticleNew budget might not be out on time
Deputy Leader of Minority in the National Assembly Jakoyo Midiwo has warned that it will not be possible to have the budget policy statement and estimates for the next financial year before Parliament...
View ArticleTrappings haunt Co-op Bank ex-boss
AS a Cooperative Bank chief executive officer, Erastus Mureithi was entitled to many benefits including a top of the range vehicle, insurance cover for it, a house, domestic staff and school fees for...
View ArticleCDF polls, for Friday, Saturday
TRANS NZOIA Saboti and Kiminini constituencies will hold elections for CDF officials on Friday and Saturday respectively.In Saboti, the elections will be held at Saboti, Matisi, Tuwan, Machewa and...
View ArticleKVDA mass staff transfer sparks row
A mass transfer of staff by the Kerio Valley Development Authority has sparked controversy with those affected instructing lawyers to sue the parastatal. KVDA Managing Director David Kimosop has...
View ArticleHeavy rains kill livestock in Mai Mahiu
Scores of livestock were killed and crops worth thousand of shillings destroyed by heavy rains pounding Mai Mahiu and its environs. The livestock were swept by the raging waters which also washed away...
View ArticleStranded NGO staff rescued in Baringo
Police in Baringo have rescued eight NGO workers who had gone missing after they were attacked by bandits. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Baringo county commissioner Benard Leparamarai said the...
View ArticleRutto appoints Bomet county executive team
Bomet governor Isaac Rutto has appointed a team of technocrats to the county executive committee. Rutto named new faces in political circles to the committee that will run various departments. Heifer...
View ArticleTurkana elders criticise URP
TRANS NZOIA The Turkana have faulted Deputy President William Ruto's United Republican Party for not nominating one of their own to the county assembly. Turkana supreme council of elders spokesperson...
View ArticleBomet Knut branch demand invigilators' dues
The Kenya National Union of Teachers Bomet branch has criticised Kenya National Examinations Council for delaying paymenr of teachers who supervised national exams last year. Speaking in Bomet town...
View ArticleSpeaker's delay irks assembly
MEMBERS of Elgeyo-Marakwet county gvernment have asked its speaker to make a public apology.Albert Kochei was late for the first session of the assembly on Friday. The assembly members said they were...
View ArticleWe have a right to trade in Eldoret - hawkers
Hawker are still operating on the streets of Eldoret town after efforts to remove them in the past week have failed. Uasin Gishu governor Jackson Mandago is yet to give a directive on the matter which...
View ArticleStakeholders fury over L Naivasha fish deaths
Stakeholders have asked the government to urgently investigate the death of hundreds of fish in Lake Naivasha. The fish have died in one section of the troubled water body and there are fears that the...
View ArticleChinese firm in Sh15bn Moi hospital expansion plan
The government is negotiating with donors to help expand the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to have a bed capacity of more than 1,000 from the current 600. The National government has approved...
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