NGO donates school uniforms in Nyeri
ONE hundred pupils from Githwariga Primary School in Nyeri town have benefited with new set of school uniforms which was donated by an NGO. The jovial pupils were glad to receive the 100 sets of school...
View ArticleEx-Makuyu MP elected as Murang’a county speaker
FORMER Makuyu MP Nduati Kariuki is the new speaker of Murang'a county assembly. He was announced the winner in the second voting round after garnering 22 votes against 13 of former assistant minister...
View ArticleKaruri council told to sue private dump-site owners
KIAMBU county governor-elect William Kabogo has ordered Karuri Town Council clerk Patrick Mwaura to go to court and sue private dump-site owners who are dumping garbage by roadsides. Kabogo yesterday...
View ArticleRaila on devolution
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has termed the establishment of county commissioners a scheme to undermine county governments. He said there is a scheme by administrators “used to the old ways of doing...
View ArticleTaxi driver murdered
Police in Mombasa are investigating the murder of a taxi driver whose body was dumped in a water tank in Kisauni on Thursday. Kisauni DCIO Shadrack Juma said the taxi driver had picked a client, an AP...
View ArticleMinistry warns of TB infection
Rising cases of multi-drug resistant TB pose a challenge to the fight against the disease. Addressing media ahead of World Tuberculosis Day to be observed tomorrow, Ministry of Public Health PS Mark...
View ArticleMan in jail for stabbing dad
A 23-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his father was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Kilgoris court.Jeremiah Kelian is said to have committed the crime at Shartuka, Trans Maraon on September...
View ArticleEmbu court night petition
An Embu court yesterday held its session at night and very early in the morning to hear and determine a case seeking to block yesterday's Embu County Assembly’s Speaker election. The case at the same...
View ArticleMigori DJ murdered
A Migori town based Disc Jockey was yesterday night found murdered at Apida Estate. Joseph Mukanda, who works at Resort Club was attacked by three thugs armed with pangas. Mukanda raised alarm but his...
View ArticleKalonzo Proposes Cord affiliates Merger
Parties under the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy could merge if the proposal by Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is implemented. The proposal has sparked objections within Cord with members saying...
View ArticleCoping with tyranny of staff migration
One of the most intriguing moments in Nairobi is when companies raid each other for staff. It happens in all professions with regularity as investors endeavour to get staff who are ready to go without...
View ArticleKDF thanks Kibaki with new tractor
THE Kenya Defence Forces yesterday praised President Kibaki setting the stage for his retirement.If the Supreme Court upholds the election of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta this function is...
View ArticleTackle governor accomodation issues , says internal security PS
Internal Security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo has said issues on the accommodation of governors and their officers should be resolved amicably.Iringo said this will ensure service delivery by the...
View ArticleMOMBASA - Ghost-buster Bakari to fish out Bakarani witchdoctors
Ghost-buster Bakari to fish out Bakarani witchdoctors BY CHARLES MGHENYI Friday, March 22, 2013 Bakarani residents in Mombasa were on Thursday evening witnessed a famous ghost-buster engage in a ritual...
View ArticleGroup challenges appointments of KAA board members
A lobby group is seeking to quash the appointments of two members of the Board of Directors at the Kenya Ports Authority. The Public Corruption Ethics and Governance watch-dog wants the court to...
View ArticleMedics want their own appointed cabinet secretary
By RAMADHAN RAJAB Doctors want to be given the right to pick the cabinet secretary for health. This proposal comes on the backdrop of recent lobbying by associations meeting with President-elect Uhuru...
View ArticleHunt for Senate speaker begins
INDIVIDUALS vying for the Speaker seat can now pick nomination papers from Parliament Buildings.In a press statement, the clerk of the senate Jeremiah Nyegenye said any person interested in contesting...
View ArticleMRC sympathizer arrested with three hand grenades
MRC sympathizer arrested with three hand grenades By Star Reporter 22nd March Detectives have arrested an MRC sympathiser after he was found with three hand grenades and other military tools at a...
View ArticleFour Charged with Being in The country Illegally
Four people were yesterday charged with being in the country illegally. The four - three Pakistanis and a Tanzanian - were accused of being in the country without valid documents. Douglas Isaiah...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A top politician who is closely associated with the incoming regime is reportedly the person pushing the Office of the President to acquire the Royal Garden Hospital in Nairobi’s Lavington area to be...
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