Police break up 'Occupy Parliament' demonstration
Civil society campaigners unleashed squealing pigs on Parliament yesterday in protest at attempts by MPs to demand hefty pay.Their noisy but peaceful protest begun at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park...
View ArticleMPs gang up to save Kandie
MPs yesterday ganged up to save one of Cabinet nominees Phyllis Kandie who had been found to be unsuitable for the East African Community docket. The MPs ignored objections raised against the integrity...
View ArticleRuto's plea to ICC judges
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday made historic appearance before ICC judges to negotiate physical absence from his impeding trial for crimes against humanity charges. Together with his...
View ArticleCabinet secretaries take oath of office
Fifteen Cabinet Secretaries nominees have been sworn in today after Members of Parliament yesterday approved the list of names forwarded to the parliament by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Former water...
View ArticleNEW SPLIT IN TJRC OVER LAND CHAPTER
A rift has developed in the TJRC at the last minute over alleged attempts by some commissioners to doctor the final report. The report has been ready since May 3 but the Truth, Justice and...
View ArticlePolice deny dog involvement in Nyali pornography case
Police on Wednesday denied reports that a dog was involved in the shooting of a pornographic video at an apartment in Nyali estate last week. A Swiss national and eleven women were arrested at the...
View ArticleMajority of Kenyans support SRC stand on MPs pay
Eighty six percent of Kenyans support the decision by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission not to review the salaries of Members of Parliament and do not support attempts by the legislatures to...
View ArticleLife after poll violence for mutilated woman
In 2007, Joyce Chepkemboi Cheruiyot was a happy mother of two, anxiously planning and looking forward to the birth of her third born child, together with her husband Wesley Cheruiyot. The then...
View ArticlePolitician sues blogger Robert Alai for Domestic voilence post
A politician has gone to court to stop Nairobi blogger Robert Alai from publishing any defamatory statements against him. William Oduol claims that material meant to spoil his name on social media and...
View ArticlePolice who beat Tuesday protesters may be tried
Police officers who beat up a protesters during Tuesday’s “Occupy Parliament” demon- strations may be charged for using excessive force. During a press briefing yesterday, police spokesman Charles...
View ArticleFilm board to arrest pornography producers
THE Kenya Film Classification Board has warned producers of pornography. The board condemned the recent pornography scandal at the Coast. Director of information Owiti Olewe said the board will work...
View ArticleCentum set for high-end development
Investment firm Centum is set to kick off the development of the high-end 100 acre project in Gigiri near the United Nations complex. The company is now seeking contractors for the Two Rivers urban...
View ArticleWheat farmers shift to other crops as price drops
WHEAT farmers in Uasin Gishu County have started shifting to other crops due to poor prices of the commodity offered by the government. Most farmers have shifted to planting maize and other crops after...
View ArticleBureaucracy delays small firms' listing
Long approval processes at the Nairobi Securities Exchange are delaying the listing of small firms at the bourse despite the existence of the Growth Enterprise Market Segment (Gems). The segment which...
View Article2 kids attacked by rogue buffalo
Two children were yesterday attacked by a buffalo in Talek on the outskirts of Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Narok. The two were leaving school when the attack happened and they sustained broken legs and...
View ArticleHerders find bomb at park
Herders stumbled on a colonial bomb at the Hellsgate National park in Naivasha. Peter ole Sinkai said they found a metallic object while grazing their animals and they informed KWS officers who were...
View ArticleHelp police, residents told
Trans Nzoia women representative Janet Nangabo has asked residents to cooperate with police to beef up security. Addressing residents at Kitale Museum grounds yesterday, Nangabo said this will help in...
View ArticleTurkana names three women
Three women are among the ten Cabinet executive members nominated by Turkana governor Josephat Nanok yesterday. If approved, it will be history in the making for women to be given a position of...
View ArticleBaringo water project complete
MORE than 300,000 residents in Baringo and its environs are set to benefit from Chemususu Dam project worth Sh4.9 billion. The project by National Water Service Construction which started in 2009 is...
View ArticleBomet county reps reject budget
County representatives in Bomet have refused to approve the county supplementary budget for a second time over a stalemate on the county assembly allocation. The representatives on Thursday forced the...
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