Nai ni Who? festival opens in Nairobi
Nairobi is hosting the first-ever city-wide festival in Kenya that kicked-off on Saturday and will run for the next 12 weeks. An initiative of The GoDown Arts Centre, the festival dubbed Nai Ni Who?...
View ArticleGloria Muliro tops Groove nominations, unveils album
Gospel songstress, Gloria Muliro , launched her fourth studio album on May 5 at NPC,Valley Road. This comes after she topped the list of the gospel artiste with the most nominations for this year's...
View ArticleNyota Ndogo defends the morals of Coast women
Nyota Ndogo has come out to condemn the recent news that saw college students from Mombasa arrested for participating in beastiality – for money. She has castigated the social media updates that saw...
View ArticleUhuru wants Sh4bn set aside for police gadgets
President Uhuru has directed that Sh4 billion should be set aside annually from this financial year for the purchase of equipment to boost security in the country. Speaking yesterday in his Harambee...
View ArticleCommission scraps PPO
THE current provincial police boss positions will be scrapped and replaced with county commanders in a few weeks. The National Police Commission has directed the PPO, AP commanders and intelligence...
View ArticleSenate wants SRC to raise county reps pay
Members of the Senate have accused the Salaries and Remuneration Commission of “truncating” devoltion and offering the country “unsolicited” lessons on the economy as far as Mps salaries are concerned....
View ArticleNeto wants MPs reduced
Ndhiwa MP Agostino Neto has proposed a constitutional amendment Bill to reduce the number of legislators in the National Assembly from the current 349 to 304 through a parliamentary initiative. He said...
View ArticleWhat to do if your child is bullied
I remember well the moment my husband and I were asked the question. A question that made me travel light years back to my growing up days. It was a warm late afternoon and we had been talking to a...
View ArticleNo point in Nock buying Kenol-Kobil
STRUCTURAL adjustment has transformed Africa for the better over the last 20 years. Economic growth rates are averaging well over five per cent. There is still a serious problem with income inequality...
View ArticleSearch on for 26 patients
Twenty six mentally-ill patients who escaped from the Mathare Mental Hospital on Sunday morning are still missing despite efforts by police and hospital administration to look for them. By yesterday...
View ArticleSpotted
Spotted: Businessman Fidel Odinga with his pregnant spouse at the Junction Mall on Ngong Road in Nairobi on Saturday evening.Read more about SpottedComments
View ArticleLinks Growing Between HIV And Disability
The growing relationship between HIV/AIDS and disability is an emerging issue and cause for concern as persons with disabilities are at higher risk of exposure to HIV. There is a growing understanding...
View Article'We Were Humiliated By Colonial Masters'
Kenya turns 50 this year. To commemorate this milestone, the Star is publishing the untold stories of Kenya's clamour for independence which will culminate in the national celebrations on December 12....
View ArticleWe Need A National Forensics Protocol
One of the key bills awaiting discussion by Parliament is the National Coroners Service Bill 2011 that provides for the establishment of the National Coroners Service to model forensic medical services...
View ArticleDo grandparents have direct access to grandchildren?
There are two types of families - the nuclear and extended. All family members have a part to play in the life of the families. In our society today, parents are encouraging the interaction of their...
View ArticleJudiciary Hinders The War Against Poaching
There was excitement in the conservation fraternity when it was reported in the Standard on May 2 that the DPP, Keriako Tobiko, had declared that he now regarded wildlife poaching as an economic crime....
View ArticleDevolution And Water: Sound Policies Required
Arid and semi-arid lands conjure images of desolation and hopelessness. Yet, they represent a majority of the areas where incremental development in agriculture can occur. For example, some of the best...
View ArticleThe Resurrection Of India's Congress
The overwhelming victory of the Indian National Congress in elections in the important southern state of Karnataka in early May has shaken up the country’s political scene. India’s troubled ruling...
View ArticleMPs threaten to deny SRC funds
An MP has said the Salaries and Remuneration Commission's attempt to reduce legislator's salaries will not bear fruit as they will fight to increase their pay through its budgetary estimates. Ndhiwa MP...
View ArticleColourful scenes at the Shemeji Derby
It is always one of the biggest sporting spectacles on the football front whenever AFC leopards meets Gor Mahia. Their matches are now referred to as the shemeji (in-law) derby. The name shemeji is...
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