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Top politicians with 'questionable' academic papers

Top political leaders and high State officers are caught up in an academic certificate forgery fiasco that threatens their professional and political careers only 10 months to the 2017 polls.The latest...

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Ranguma steals show at ODM rallies, sends rivals back to drawing board

Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma’s strong political display during the two days' ODM celebrations in the county has sent rivals back to the drawing board.The Governor had 23 Prado vehicles branded with his...

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Kenneth Matiba among hundreds stranded for over 5 hours as KQ cancels flights

Tycoon and former politician Kenneth Matiba and his family were among hundreds of passengers who were on Sunday stranded at JKIA as Kenya Airways cancelled over 24 flights.Sources said the KQ had told...

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[VIDEO] Raila's new war fronts on Uhuru

ODM leader Raila Odinga and a new team of strategists have crafted a multi-pronged tactic to discredit President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first four years in power.The strategy, rolled out by a newly formed...

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Discord in Cord as Wiper tells ODM to keep off ‘going it alone’ threat

Wiper has warned ODM in the Cord coalition to stop making threats that they can go it alone in the election.Last week, opposition chief Raila Odinga asked ODM leaders to popularise the party.He said...

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Murkomen flees from scathing attack

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday stormed out of a prayer meeting that turned into a charged political rally in Marakwet.The meeting was organised by local churches in collaboration...

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JSC is a hotbed of ethnicity, says NCIC chairperson Kaparo

The Judicial Service Commission is the only, out of 15 commissions surveyed by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, that does not meet ethnic balance in its workforce.The NCIC said JSC...

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Khaniri ditches Jubilee, says it didn’t match hopes

Vihiga Senator George Khaniri and Lugari MP Ayub Savula, whose UDF party dissolved to join the Jubilee Party, are weighing their options after their newfound home turned hostile. The two said they will...

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Saving unwanted children of uncut or twin - bearing mothers

Among the Samburu and Rendille communities in northern Kenya, twins are considered a bad omen that deserve to be killed, children born of uncircumcised women are fed with a mixture of snuff, tobacco...

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You'll fall and break your skull if you pick Joho, Duale tells Raila

Picking Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho as your running mate will be disastrous for Cord leader Raila Odinga, Aden Duale has said.He said Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Ford Kenya's Moses Wetang'ula...

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Man who defiled class four pupil charged with 'promoting sexual offence with...

A man who bragged about defiling a standard four pupil on Facebook has been charged with promoting a sexual offence. Calvin Alfayo alias Mohamed Alfayo was arrested on Tuesday, and is currently at the...

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Two Kisii MCAs arrested after 'weekend outing' with schoolgirls

Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery has asked two Kisii MCAs to apologise after they were found with three schoolgirls.During a press conference on Tuesday, Nkaissery said: "the police are aware of the Kisii...

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Ben Gethi: Waiguru fixed me over NYS

A key suspect in the Sh791 million NYS theft scandal Ben Gethi told MPs yesterday that former CS Anne Waiguru doctored documents to implicate him.Businessman Gethi, 32, appeared before Parliament's...

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Kuppet demands Sh3.3 billion increase in teachers’ medical cover, 200% pay rise

Kuppet has demanded a Sh3.3 billion increase for teachers’ medical cover. Secretary general Akello Misori said the union presented to the Teachers Service Commission yesterday with three new items....

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Judiciary to auction 40 Mercedes Benz vehicles at Sh25,000 to Sh455,000

The Judicial Service Commission is set to auction 40 vehicles that have been rusting away in the judiciary parking lot at Milimani law courts.A notice on Wednesday stated the public auction will be...

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Kidero 'endorses' Uhuru's 2017 bid during opening of ASK show

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero 'endorsed' President Uhuru Kenyatta during a speech at the opening of the Nairobi International Trade Fair on Wednesday."Let me just thank you for always honouring us from...

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Raila allies concerned over ODM, Cord crisis

A coterie of advisers to opposition chief Raila Odinga are unhappy with ODM's handling of Cord's crisis of discord, following claims Wiper initially endorsed the coalition's 2013 line-up.Think tanks...

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Emotional walk as city residents bid national park 'farewell'

The next two months may be your last chance to visit the Nairobi National Park, before what is described as its “slow death” begins.In two weeks time, President Uhuru Kenyatta will launch the second...

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Six killed in Mandera al Shabaab attack

Six people were killed Thursday morning during a suspected al Shabaab attack in Mandera Town. The incident happened at about 2am at a residential plot in Bulla public works. The tenants were asleep...

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MP Oscar Sudi charged with forging academic certificates

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi was charged on Thursday with three counts of forging his academic certificates.Sudi was charged with presenting forged certificates to the electoral commission while seeking...

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