Wyre: My win is for Africa!
Kenya’s ragga heartthrob Wyre the Love Child bagged the Best New Entertainer award the 2013 Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards. The event was held last Saturday in Coral Springs,...
View ArticlePan-African SONG to celebrate AU
Kenya’s finest hit the studio to record a Pan African collaboration with Ghanaian and Togolese stars during the Labour Day holiday. This activity was part of the African Union Golden Jubilee...
View ArticleGarissa Muslims condemn police raid on mosques
A police raid on a Garissa mosque in search of Al-Shabaab militants have sparked off fury and condemnation. Muslim leaders criticised continued harassment of locals as operation by police to flush out...
View ArticleMutula to be buried next to grandmother
Makueni senator Mutula Kilonzo will be buried next to his grandmother, Koki, at his rural home in Wooyani, Mbooni East. Family members led by his widow Nduku and son Mutula Kilonzo Junior visited the...
View ArticleSpotted
Spotted: International commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya executive director George Kegoro in a dark suit walking down Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi on Friday late morning.Read more about SpottedComments
View ArticleDon't delay TJRC report handover
THE Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission was due to hand over its final report to President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday but he was in Ethiopia. On Friday the Office of the President told the TJRC...
View ArticleNational Biosafety Authority to ensure gmo foods safety
Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA). He is one of the leading scientists in Africa and the only Registered Biosafety Professional...
View ArticleCombating Insecurity In Bungoma County
The recent wave of debauchery visited upon several villages in Bungoma County by machete, axe and club welding thugs cannot be described simply as “a surge in criminal activity” or a “spate of armed...
View ArticleThe Owira Butterfly Effect
There’s an idea, used in chaos theory, that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time It stems from the theory...
View ArticleWhat traffic police see is not public health
At four years of age, communication no longer requires a handful of exclamation marks. It is not like being two years old when adults find you such a suspicious being; monitoring your every move and...
View ArticleCord adamant on 2 House committees
THE stand off between the Jubilee Alliance and Cord over the control of two watchdog committees in the National Assembly is likely to cripple House business. The two dominant coalitions are feuding...
View ArticleCord Needs A New Narrative
After watching CORD over the last couple of weeks I am now convinced that there is a small group around the CORD leader who are feeding him with extremely bad advice; including deliberately lying to...
View ArticleJournalists feted in media gala
Press Freedom Day is commemorated on May 3 every year to celebrate press freedom around the world. As such, there are a number of activities to mark the occasion in many countries. In Kenya, the Media...
View ArticleUK working on Mau Mau compensation
The British government is negotiating payments for Kenyans who were detained and mistreated during the Mau Mau insurgency. According to the Guardian of London, the UK government embarked on the...
View ArticleNjenga to throw party for Pattni
Ex-Mungiki leader Maina Njenga has praised Justice Joseph Mutava for acquitting businessman Kamlesh Pattni of the Goldenberg charges. "I am happy my co-chairman was relieved of the burden he bore for...
View ArticleUnep official in Sh114 million scandal
A senior UNEP official at Gigiri in Nairobi is on the spot after internal investigations by United Nations revealed that he irregularly ordered payment of over Sh114 million donor cash to private...
View ArticleSchools in Baringo remain closed over insecurity
Close to 20 schools in Baringo have failed to reopen due to insecurity in the area. The government has sent extra security personnel to tackle rising cases of cattle rustling in the area. This comes...
View ArticleTana flood victims ask for more assistance
Flood victims in Tana River are appealing for more assistance from the government. Over 30,000 residents from Ziwani, Bakuyu and Mororo were displaced by floods that hit the area a month ago and have...
View ArticleAtwoli warns employers over wage increment
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions, Kenya (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has cautioned a cross-section of investors and employers over their objection to the 14 per cent minimum waged...
View ArticleLSK asks government to prosecute criminal gangs
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has called on the government to prosecute criminal gangs that have attacked parts of the country. LSK Chairman Eric Mutua said the recent spate of killings in parts of...
View Article