Senator rejects executives list
NYAMIRA Senator Mongare Bw’Okongo has opposed the list of county executive nominees. He said other leaders were not consulted before the list was presented to the county assembly by Governor John...
View ArticleCops probe villages raid
THE motive of the gang attack on Bungoma villages on Thursday is yet to be established. The attack left over 80 residents injured with pangas. They were admitted at Bungoma district hospital Bungoma...
View ArticleChurch fights against malaria
SIAYA The Anglican Church of Kenya has trained 3,000 community health workers and distributed 200,000 long lasting insecticide treated nets in Nyanza since 2007, a church official has said. ACK...
View ArticleVihiga holds farmers’ food drive
A four-day agricultural show has been launched in Vihiga County to sensitize farmers on the need to produce enough food to curb the over-reliance by the county on others for food. Mambo-Mia, a CBO,...
View ArticleGirls nabbed with drugs
GEM Two young women suspected to be drug dealers are being held at Yala police station. North Gem chief Philip Owuor said the women Cynthia Anyango, 21, and Caroline Akinyi, 20, were arrested following...
View ArticleSukari Sacco decries graft
SUKARI Sacco Society chairman Isaac Sheunda yesterday in Mumias said errant workers will be prosecuted and charged in the court of law. Reacting on members deliberations during the society’s Annual...
View ArticleDisburse Sh6 billion fund - youths
MIGORI Young people have called on the government to speed up the allocation of Sh6 billion to youths. The youths said the Jubilee government had promised that the money, which had been set aside for a...
View ArticleSecretary job to be re-advertised
THE position of secretary to Busia Public Service Board will be re-advertised after the applicants failed to meet one of the legal requirements. Speaking at the home coming of Deputy Speaker Moses Ote...
View ArticleGem ODM office shut over Sh20,000 back rent
THE Gem ODM sub branch office has been closed over unpaid rent. The rent arrears amount to Sh20,000. Operations at the office came to a halt after party officials were evicted on Saturday. They had not...
View ArticleFarmers want Oparanya out
CANE farmers in Kakamega have criticised a decision by area governor Wycliffe Oparanya to reside in the Mumias Sugar Company managerial estate. The growers said Oparanya’s stay in Mumias is a...
View ArticleMissing doctor's body found
GEM MP Jakoyo Midiwo has asked police to expedite investigations into the disappearance of a private doctor. Midiwo said it is disturbing that the medic disappeared more than a week ago yet police have...
View ArticleCord will help Jubilee meet pledges, says MP
FUNYULA MP Paul Otuoma at the weekend said Cord will back the Jubilee government on condition they deliver on their pre-election promises. Otuoma said although it took them time to absorb the schock of...
View ArticleKisii executive's promises
A Kisii county executive has pledged to improve agriculture. Vincent Sagwe, who is in charge of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and cooperative development, said he will come up with strategies and...
View ArticleWestern governors meet to discuss development
GOVERNORS from in Western province will work together to address issues affecting the region. Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya hosted Bungoma governor Kenneth Lusaka and Vihiga governor Moses...
View ArticleKisii unclaimed bodies pile up
The Kisii district public health officer has decried the high number of uncollected bodies at a mortuary. Hezron Omayio said the bodies have been have been at Kisii Level 5 Hospital mortuary for more...
View ArticleStorms block Kijabe rail line
Kiambu governor William Kabogo has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy President William Ruto to deploy an emergency disaster management team to Kijabe Forest after a downpour swept away the...
View ArticleMan kills in maize row
Panic has gripped a village in Murang’a after a young man killed his father after quarrelling over maize. The youngster hacked his 90-year-old father to death after a dispute over maize at Gathungururu...
View ArticleSacco owners tipped on loans
Members of Gatundu Ekuria Sacco have been warned that irregular loan repayment and defaulting may affect the Sacco’s growth. Speaking during the Sacco’s Annual General Meeting over the weekend, the...
View ArticleCity TNA politician asks House to approve Cabinet nominees
NAIROBI TNA politician Francis Mwangi has asked the National Assembly to pass all the 16 Cabinet secretary nominees, saying they deserve the seats. Mwangi said those appointed by President Uhuru and...
View ArticleLaikipia West cattle rustlers steal 38 goats
Armed raiders invaded Ngare Narok village in Ol-Moran division of Laikipia West district on Saturday night, where they terrorised residents before making away with 38 goats. The livestock belonged to...
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