Respect us, Busia ward reps tell MPs Odera and Emase
BUSIA county representatives yesterday told Teso North and South MPs Arthur Odera and Mary Emase to stop being self centred or risk isolation. The Leader of Minority in the county assembly Moses Mamai...
View ArticleMigori flash flood kill 10, sweep away bridges
FLOODS have swept away several bridges in Migori county. County residents fear for their lives as flash floods continue to wreak havoc. More than 10 people have been killed in the county. Several...
View ArticleState to mop up arns in Bungoma crackdown
WESTERN PC James Serian has said the regional security team is profiling people with illegal arms. “There are illegal firearms in Western particularly in Mt Elgon, Malaba, Teso, Busia, along the Kenya...
View ArticleState deploys GSU, bans public rallies in Bungoma
The government has deployed GSU officers and banned public rallies in Bungoma town. This comes after after a businessman was hacked to death and several others injured in three separate attacks by...
View ArticleResidents told to plant trees
LIKUYANI district residents have been called upon to embrace environmental conservation through planting of trees especially during rainy seasons. Speaking at Lugulu Primary School during a tree...
View Article4 poll petitions kick of in Kitale
TRANS NZOIA The Kitale law courts yesterday began proceedings for election petitions from Trans Nzoia, Turkana and West Pokot counties. The proceedings will be focusing on sorting out pre-trial issues....
View ArticleMan denies defiling a girl, 8
KITALE A defilement suspect has been released on a bond of Sh300,000 by a Kitale court. Andrew Juma Sammy appeared before chief magistrate Maxwell Gicheru. Sammy allegedly defiled an 8-year-old at...
View ArticleKitale fraud case for may 16
A man charged for falsely obtaining Sh113,000 from another by a Kitale court has denied the charges. Harrison Omuse, along with others, allegedly obtained money from Gilbert Bundi by falsely pretending...
View ArticleSh232m for Rongai road
KAJIADO Deputy County Commissioner Hassan Bulle yesterday said more than 500 properties on a road reserve in Kitengela will be demolished in two weeks. Several schools, churches, highrise buildings...
View ArticleParents protest school land grab
BUSINESS came to a standstill in Gilgil town after parents and students from St Patrick primary school held a demonstration to protest the grabbing of part of the school land. Earlier, irate parents...
View ArticleMake healthcare affordable, Red Cross chair tells govenors
NATIONAL and county governments have been asked to make health affordable and accessible for every Kenyan. Vice president International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Paul Birech...
View ArticleKenya faces loss of EU trade
THE country’s agriculture sector faces doom if the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) is not signed in time. Farm produce exported to EU will be the most affected if the agreement whose deadline if...
View ArticleHerder shot by raiders in critical condition
A herder’s boy from Nasal village in North Pokot district is fighting for his life at Matany Mission Hospital in Uganda after he was shot yesterday by suspected Turkana raiders. Speaking to the Star...
View ArticleHuman Rights Group wants Narok govenor sacked
A Human rights organization is seeking to petition the court to question the integrity of Narok governor Samuel ole Tunai and his cousin Kuya ole Kijabe, who is Kimindet county assembly member. The...
View ArticleFlower farms deny abuse
FLOWER farmers in Naivasha have rubbished the recently released report by Workers Right Watch which said that sexual harassment was rife in the sector. The farmers challenged the activists to name the...
View ArticleKenya seed, ADC asked to help community
Trans Nzoia deputy governor Stanley Tarus has asked Kenya Seed and the Agricultural Development Corporation to show corporate social responsibility by giving back to the community. Speaking in Kitale...
View ArticleTahidi High thief arrested
POLICE in Naivasha have arrested a woman said to be behind a spate of armed robberies in the town and its suburbs. The middle aged woman is believed to have been part of a gang that robbed popular...
View ArticleGovernor Tolgos leaves 2 slots vacant for women
Elgeyo Marakwet governor Alex Tolgos attracted sharp criticism yesterday after he named his deputy governor Gabriel Lagat to head the Finance and Planning docket. Some of the members of the county...
View ArticleEldoret small traders protest eviction plan
THE Uasin Gishu County Government has issued a two week eviction notice to hundreds of small scale kiosk traders who are accused of erecting illegal structures along the streets. County authorities...
View ArticleLaikipia leaders differ with governor over executive
A section of Laikipia leaders have differed with the list of county executive nominees presented by governor Joshua Irungu. They said some of the nominees are from a different county which has locked...
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