Laboso’s mum burial today
THE mother of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso will be buried today at her farm in Manariet, Sotik district in Bomet. Rebecca Laboso died last week Wednesday while undergoing treatment at...
View Article2,500 get free eye screening
At least 90 eye patients were yesterday ferried to Thika from Kericho to undergo eye operation,courtesy of the Visa Oshwal community. The patients were among 2,500 who underwent eye screening at a...
View ArticleFarmer unions protest move to disband SRC
Farmers in Rift Valley are threatening to protest against MPs for planning to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. Kenya Farmers Association director Kipkorir Menjo said they will stage...
View ArticleGovernor Tolgos to name team
Elgeyo Marakwet governor Alex Tolgos announced that he will unveil his cabinet on Tuesday.Some of the applicants are anxious that unveiling the executive team has taken long in the North Rift including...
View ArticleTwo die after bus hits buffalo (Have sent pictures)
Two people died in an accident in Gilgil town that involved a bus and a buffalo. The two including the driver, died on the spot after an Eldoret Express bus heading to Nairobi from Kakamega hit the...
View ArticleFamilies in Murang’a flee unsafe homes
More than 35 families in a Murang'a village have abandoned their homes after cracks emerged on the walls. Representative Martin Mwangi said huge cracks have appeared on the walls and floors of more...
View ArticleRustlers order Ugali to be cooked,kill boy in Laikipia
Armed cattle rustlers raided a home in Laikipia and ordered the family to cook them Ugali.The gang of more than 10 rustlers stole 46 cows from the Igwamiti home of Nyahururu businessman David Kamunya....
View ArticleMan denies Sh700,000 port fraud
A man who allegedly pretended he would supply a Mombasa businessman with a container of wines and spirits was yesterday arraigned in court. Raphael Oruko denied one count of obtaining money by...
View ArticleNigerian recovers Sh9m goods
A Nigerian crying foul over his stolen consignment worth Sh9 million in transit to Congo from the Mombasa port has recovered his goods. Dimson Kalu, a second hand clothes dealer, told the Star he would...
View ArticleLawyers pay tribute to Mutula
The Law Society of Kenya has called on Kenyans to avoid speculation over the puzzling death of Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo. LSK branch chair Eric Nyongesa was speaking yesterday as he led senior...
View ArticleTana Delta leaders want irrigation project stopped
Tana River leaders want the government to disband the multi-million Tana Athi River Development Authority project as it had contributed to the floods that has affected thousands of families in the...
View ArticleJoho includes former rival in cabinet list
Mombasa governor Hassan Joho has named his former competitor, Tendai Mtana, in his yet-to-be- completed list of 10-mem- ber cabinet. Mtana is among the seven names submitted to the county assembly for...
View Article'No’ to luxury cars for MPs
Women parliamentary seats losers yesterday faulted the Salaries and Remuneration Commission over the Sh5 million grant to MPs to buy luxury cars. Khadija Abdalla, Janet Jirobi and Mwanaamu Mohamed said...
View ArticleNema backs niobium mining
kwale Cortec Mining Company will get a licence after the completion of an ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment, Nema has said. The subsidiary of a Canadian firm has a licence from the geology...
View ArticleDate set for poll petitions
MOMBASA Rulings for the 13 election petitions filed at the Mombasa law courts will be delivered in six months, principle magistrate Samuel Gacheru said yesterday. Gacheru who was speaking at the Little...
View ArticleThree MRC suspects arrested over killings
A special squad of detectives have arrested three suspects in murder of six people, including four police officers, on the eve of the March 4 election in Changamwe. The three were arrested on Wednesday...
View ArticleRapist appeals court ruling
A 75-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment by a Nakuru court for defiling two sisters has made an application at the High Court seeking to stay that sentence pending his appeal. Joseph Kamau...
View ArticleTwo deny gas cylinders theft
TWO casual labourers yesterday appeared before a Kibera court to answer to charges of breaking into a shop and stealing gas cylinders among other items. David Mutua and Albert Munyaka were charged that...
View ArticleJames Finlay’s plea denied
An attempt by a tea production company to lift court orders obtained by its workers against the closure of a staff hospital in Kericho has failed. Industrial Court Judge Byram Ongaya dismissed an...
View ArticleSh37m bank case dismissed
The High Court has dismissed a case which a bank is seeking recovery of Sh37 million loan advanced to a company. Justice George Kimondo dismissed the case saying Dubai Bank Kenya delayed in prosecuting...
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