Kidero's squad to flush out street parking boys
Nairobi governor Evans Kidero has directed the Parking Department to arrest street boys who charge for parking space in Nairobi. When giving the directive, Kidero said the street boys are...
View ArticleFive deny Busia robbery charges
FIVE people appeared before a Bungoma court yesterday facing robbery with violence charges murder over Busia killings that left two people dead and 19 injured. They denied the charges before Senior...
View ArticleBriton’s terror case closed
PROSECUTION yesterday closed its case against a Briton who is accused of planning to carry out terror attacks across Kenya. Jamaine Grant who has a case in a Mombasa court over terrorism related...
View ArticlePetitions
PREPARATIONS for the hearing of election petitions challenging the election of some MPs and governors began in Nairobi yesterday . Four judges in Nairobi mentioned the petitions allocated to them by...
View ArticleDrug peddler sobs in court
A drug trafficker screamed and sobbed uncontrollably after she was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Mombasa court yesterday. Mishi Hamisi Juma was expecting to be released after the court set...
View ArticleCity grenade suspect freed
A man accused of hauling a grenade that injured two people in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate last year yesterday walked out of court a free man due to lack of enough evidence. Nairobi chief magistrate...
View ArticleKakamega poll cases postponed
THE high court in Kakamega yesterday adjourned the status conference for two election petitions for two weeks to allow litigants in two election petitions to file more affidavits. Resident judge Said...
View ArticleCourt distributes tycoon’s property
THE High Court yesterday distributed the estate of a Kiambu tycoon even though some of the beneficiaries expressed displeasure at the outcome. Justice Luka Kimaru summoned four children of the late...
View ArticleRuto, IDP land case verdict for June 28
THE judgment of a case in which Deputy president William Ruto is accused of unlawfully taking land belonging to an IDP in Rift Valley will be delivered on June 28. Lady justice Rose Ougo fixed the...
View ArticleDNA and Mr Nice acts of charity
Grandpa Records’ artistes DNA and Mr Nice took time off their ‘Tafuta’ tour last weekend in Nakuru to visit a children’s home in the town’s slums. Accompanied by Refigah, the Grandpa family spent time...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A member of the Parliamentary Service Commission is in trouble with authorities after it was discovered that he has been pocketing money paid out to a 'ghost' employee. The man, one of the most...
View ArticleLand, Housing and Urban Development gets Sh15.8bn
The Land, Housing and Urban Development ministry has been allocated Sh15.8 billion for the next financial year to implement functions previously under three ministries. Budget estimates for 2013/14...
View ArticleCalvo Mistari advices youth to hustle in new jam
Rapper Calvo Mistari has released his newest club banger track titled Mwanaume Ni Effort . According to the former member of the now defunct hip-hop group, Lyrical Assassins, Calvo says that he...
View ArticleNock board, CEO feud over consultant
Members of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya board have accused CEO Sumaya Hassan-Athmani of making arbitrary decisions and mismanagment following the employment of a consultant as general...
View ArticleAccess Kenya suspended pending takeover details
The Nairobi all share continues to rally after its April swoon. The Nairobi all share firmed 0.793% to close at 121.95. The Nairobi all share is +28.557% in 2013 and within 0.15% of its multi year...
View ArticleCoastal artistes to lobby Governor over ‘missing’ singer
Coast based artistes meet and outlined issues that they would like to forward to the Mombasa governor Hassan Joho. The event dubbed Coast Artistes Forever We Can was organised by Hornet Records at Club...
View ArticleKenya backs return of Somali refugees
KENYA supports the speedy resettlement of Somali refugees in Somalia, President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday told the London conference on Somalia. He said that the Dadaab refugee camp has 500,000 people...
View ArticleNairobi prime market tops Africa
Nairobi’s stature as a regional logistical hub for overseas investors is set to drive further growth in Kenya’s prime residential market, top Knight Frank officials have said. The firm’s head of global...
View Article5 Minute Interview - Liz Tapawa
I’m good at............meeting new people. I’m very bad at......slow motion. The last book l enjoyed was........... Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coehlo. The most surprising thing that happened to...
View ArticleTana Delta MPs appeal for food aid to flood victims
Two MPs from Tana River delta have called for urgent humanitarian aid for the flood victims in the area. Ibrahim Sane (Garsen) and Ali Wario (Bura) said more than 80 per cent of the residents have been...
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