Nakumatt admits financial crisis, seeks aid to stay afloat
Nakumatt Holdings has assured the public that its business is stable despite it facing financial difficulties occasioned by a harsh operating environment.In a statement on Thursday, Nakumatt Holdings...
View ArticleUhuru allies anxious over Super Alliance
Thirteen years after the Narc alliance toppled the Kanu regime, the opposition's proposed National Super Alliance, NASA, has sent shock waves through Jubilee.A NASA onslaught by all key opposition...
View ArticleMandago plans meeting to seal Central backing for DP in 2022
Deputy President William Ruto’s allies in Rift Valley are planning a meeting to discuss the 2017 polls and the alliance between the Kalenjin and Kikuyu communities in Jubilee.The development follows...
View ArticleBank driver at pains to explain Sh346 million payment from NYS suspects
MPs on Thursday questioned a driver linked to the NYS scandal about transactions totaling Sh346 million that were wired into his accounts.John Kago, a suspended driver with the Kenya Commercial Bank,...
View ArticleAG reveals names behind Afya House companies, dismisses report of missing files
The Attorney General's office has dismissed reports that files belonging to companies that were awarded Ministry of Health tenders were missing.The Justice department in the office of the AG said all...
View ArticleThe Asian contribution to Kenya’s politics and economic development
I was called to Bar here in London just over 55 years ago. June 16, 1959, to be precise by Lincoln’s Inn. A few weeks later I returned to Kenya.The big law firms then were all European and before...
View ArticleLetter to my beloved Muthamaki
My dearly beloved Muthamaki:You terrify me! Genuinely, honestly and totally; and not because, in the letter and spirit of Professor Mahmood Mamdani’s Citizen and Subject , as your Gikuyu subject, I am...
View ArticleUhuru sister, cousin were paid Sh200m Health cash
President Uhuru Kenyatta's sister and cousin are among owners of companies suspected to have fraudulently pocketed millions of shillings in the Sh5.3 billion "HealthGate" or “Mafya House” scam — a...
View ArticleMCA accidentally posts nude photo on Vihiga county WhatsApp group
A nominated MCA from Vihiga county has reportedly gone into hiding after she accidentally posted her nude photo on a WhatsApp group on Friday.Rhoda Omufumu, who was nominated on the now dissolved...
View ArticlePressure for PS Muraguri to resign as Health CS declares no money lost
HEALTH Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri, who is at the centre of the Sh5 billion “Mafya House” scandal, is under pressure from State House operatives to quit.The sleaze, also linked to President...
View ArticleWe got Sh15bn contract fairly – Swiss firm
A Swiss company has dismissed allegations by Cord leader Raila Odinga that it was involved in a Sh162 billion revenue rip off on imports.The opposition leader made the allegatiions on Saturday, during...
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Kibor’s wife rejects divorce, says there is no reason to part ways
The wife of an Eldoret politician and farmer has rejected a divorce case filed by her husband, saying there are no reasons to part with him after 51 years of marriage.Josephine, second wife of Jackson...
View ArticleMagufuli stuck in traffic on maiden Kenya visit
Tanzanian President John Magufuli was stuck in traffic on Monday as roads had reportedly not been cleared for his arrival.Witnesses told the Star that he was held up in the snarl-up on Uhuru Highway,...
View ArticleState points out gaps in Health audit report
The government yesterday defended itself in the multi-billion shilling HealthGate affair, rejected the Health ministry's interim audit and said everything tendered and paid for has been delivered.It...
View ArticleMumias records Sh4.7 billion loss as Kenya’s sugar production drops
Mumias Sugar extended its net losses for the full year ended June 2016 by two per cent to Sh4.73 billion. This was attributed to “an acute shortage of quality cane particularly in the fourth...
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Kagame picture driving Moroccan King to airport gets Kenyans talking
Photos of Rwanda President driving Moroccan King Mohammed VI to the airport after his visit to the county has set the internet ablaze.Paul Kagame posted a photo on Facebook driving a black Range Rover...
View ArticleFrustrated MPs turn to Bible verses during Josephine Kabura NYS scam grilling
PAC chairman Nicholas Gumbo gave NYS suspect Josephine Kabura a scolding as MPs frustrated by her lack of proper explanations turned to Bible verses.Kabura appeared before the Public Accounts Committee...
View ArticleAfter leaving Kenya, Magufuli orders highway that may cripple Masai Mara
Barely a day after visiting Kenya, Tanzanian President John Magufuli has authorised construction of a highway that might suffocate Masai Mara National Reserve.The highway will cut Serengeti National...
View ArticleList of Josephine Kabura's companies that received Sh1.6 billion
A list of the 20 companies owned and operated by NYS suspect Josephine Kabura has emerged hours after she testified before a Parliamentary committee on her involvement in the Sh791 million scam.The...
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CS Waiguru helped me at NYS - Kabura
An evasive Josephine Kabura, chief conduit in the Sh791 NYS scandal, yesterday told MPs former Devolution CS Anne Waiguru helped her secure multi-million tenders through single sourcing.Kabura was...
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