President Uhuru heads to Ethiopia for IGAD summit
President Uhuru Kenyatta this morning left the country to attend the 21st Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of IGAD member states in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The plane carrying the...
View ArticleLinturi files motion to disband Salaries Commission
MPs yesterday unanimously engineered the first attempt to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission through a petition tabled in the House by Mithika Linturi. The Igembe South MP called for the...
View ArticleActivists plead not guilty in heckling charge
Two activists who were yesterday charged with breach of peace have this morning pleaded not guilty to the charge. Boniface Mwangi and Richard Amwai who allegedly tried to heckle Cotu secretary general...
View ArticleTwo die in Nakuru accident
Two people have died this morning following an accident along the Naivasha - Nakuru highway. The victims who were on board an Eldoret express bus heading to Naivasha from Gilgil that hit a buffalo...
View ArticleEducation ministry to train 8,600 P1 teachers
The Ministry of education has announced a recruitment drive for trainee P1 teachers set for July this year and has asked all those wishing to apply for the training to do so by May 21 and register in...
View ArticleKoigi appeals Sh2.5 million award
FORMER Subukia MP Koigi Wa Wamwere yesterday went to the Court of Appeal to ask for the “enhancement” of an award of damages given to him last year. The former MP was detained thrice between August 9,...
View Article270,000 pedestrians die annually
MORE than 270,000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads annually, the UN Road Safety Collaboration report has said. The report said that globally, pedestrians constitute 22 per cent of all...
View ArticleJournalists Must Be News Gate Keepers
“New technologies are challenging the business models of traditional media but also changing how journalists do their work.” This statement has become my default opening line whenever I am doing a...
View ArticleAROC's Quartz Economy Run now set for June 22
The 2013 Total Quartz Economy Run has been scheduled for June 22.It will be the 31st in the annual series organised by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club. The 84 kilometre route will start from the ABC Service...
View ArticleKampala beat home girls Kampala to stay
NAIROBI maitained their unbeaten run in the East and Central Africa inter cities tournament when they beat home girls Kampala “A” 62-44 in a tough duel at the Lugogo indoor stadium. The Kenyans, who...
View ArticleBollore aid the Bamburi Super Series showpiece
Bollore Africa Logistics unveiled their Sh3 million sponsorship for the Bamburi Rugby Super Series at the RFUEA grounds yesterday. Speaking at the function, Kenya Rugby Union chaiman Mwangi Muthee paid...
View ArticleOmondi not getting carried away after Karuturi
Karuturi Sports coach James Omondi has refused to be carried away by the plaudits his side have received and insists success will be a slow process for the flowermen despite their remarkable...
View ArticleCruise control
World and Olympic 800m champion lowers his 400m personal best at Moi Centre Kasarani World and Olympic 800 champion David Rudisha powered his way to victory in the 400 metres semi-final at the fifth...
View ArticleKenya hope for consistency at Glasgow IRB circuit leg
The Kenya Sevens rugby team will be hoping to shrug of the inconsistencies that have marred their campaign so far when the International Rugby Board Glasgow Sevens kick off today. Kenya face South...
View ArticleRelease of first quarter results to push market
The final data release from the Securities Exchange has not been received as I file this. The equity market has pushed higher again yesterday and on good turnover of 636.264m. EABL has regained its all...
View ArticleSpotted
Brand Strategy and Design CEO Eva Muraya walking out of Chase Bank, Riverside Mews branch on Tuesday mid morning. She was smartly dressed in a black and white dress.Read more about SpottedComments
View ArticleJazzy affair at TreeHouse
In November 2011, UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. It is the culmination...
View ArticleIncrease in minimum wage welcome but the government should do more
During the international Labour Day celebrations, President Uhuru Kenyatta raised the minimum wage by 14 per cent. This means that that the minimum pay, currently Sh8,580 will be increased to Sh9,781....
View ArticleMutula Kilonzo: A Reflection On Life
In one translation of my favourite Mao Tse Tung’s poem, Ch’ang-sha, the poet observes and asks: In the waste's dreariness brooding, I ask the blue space without bonds: Who masters fate's rise and...
View ArticlePainful Labour Week, Contracted Workers’ Rights
Alas! Despite celebrating Labour Day, this was no celebratory week for Kenyan workers. First, the Public Service Commission bucked the trend under the new constitution where there had seemed to have...
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