Appeal for peace at Palm Sunday
CATHOLIC faithful yesterday marked Palm Sunday, with an appeal to Kenyans to embrace brotherhood and shun tribalism. Palm Sunday is celebrated worldwide to mark the beginning of the holy week that...
View Article3 fail to read oath of office
NAROK: There was drama on Friday after three members of the county assembly were allegedly unable to read their oaths at the swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Justice David...
View ArticleBoy drowns in Kirima pool
POLICE in Spring Valley are investigating the death of a four year old boy whose body was found floating in a swimming pool within the the late business tycoon Gerishon Kirima's home. According to...
View ArticleBrave lawyer dodges gangsters in Loresho
A quick decision by a city-based lawyer to jump out of his moving car on Saturday night saved his life after he was attacked. The man, J.B Machira was driving to his Loresho Ridge home when gangsters...
View ArticleReport faults Mombasa's water service provision
Mombasa county has been identified as the poorest in water service provision among the top five major cities and towns in Kenya. According to a report by the Article 19 East Africa, an NGO dealing with...
View ArticleBe patient, Catholic cleric urges Kenyans
KISII: Diocese Vicar General Joseph Obanyi over the weekend asked Kenyans to be patient as they await the verdict of the supreme court over the petition filed by Cord’s Raila Odinga challenging the...
View ArticleOutcry over Kajiado crime
Kajiado county leaders have appealed to Inspector-General, David Kimaiyo, to summon top police to explain why there's high insecurity in the county. The leaders, who spoke to the Star separately after...
View ArticleSpotted Saturday
Former GM boss Bill Lay walking out of the CFC ATM lobby on Wednesday morning. He entered his white range rover where his wife was seated in the passenger front seat and drove off.Read more about...
View ArticleAppoint on merit, not cronies
The President-elect and his deputy have by now completed their list of those they are considering appointing to the Cabinet. Already, indications are that some of the people who stood by the Jubilee...
View ArticleNo need for nail biting
Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States and a noted polymath, once observed, “A little neglect may breed mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want a horse the...
View ArticleSpotted
Spotted: Nyeri Governor-elect Nderitu Gachagua having lunch with PR practitioner Carol Kinuthia at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon.Read more about SpottedComments
View Article5 Minute Interview: I admire Kenya's great writer Francis Imbuga
I’m good at......... media relations, proposal development, PR and audio-visual productions. I’m very bad at......... math, the language of figures seems to block my head when working alone. The last...
View ArticleSupreme Court Petitions Set To Make History
For the first time in the history of this country, the Supreme Court that was created by the new constitution is handling the petitions arising from the disputed March 4 presidential poll. Being...
View ArticleFree Speech But Not At The Expense Of Security
Every Kenyan has a right to associate and assemble freely. Citizens also have a right to speech and expression. These are some of the rights enshrined in the new constitution. However, the enjoyment of...
View ArticleDemistifying Attention deficit hyper-activity disorder
If you mention attention deficit hyper-activity disorder (ADHD) at a middle class Nairobi dinner table, you will get mixed reactions; the cynic ‘another disease, another reason to take pills and feed...
View ArticleCord supporters will be happy soon - Raila
PRIME Minister Raila Odinga has told his supporters to have patience, peace and hope. He pointed out he understands their pain, but was confidence they will soon overcome. He told faithful at St...
View ArticleCocktail to open Francophone festivities
Recently, there has been calls to revive the Francophonie spirit in Kenya as the French community around the world grows. March 20 marks the official opening worldwide of 'La Semaine de la...
View ArticleKeep Politics Out As The Supreme Court Decides
As you read this piece, I plead with you to take the position of affective blindness as well as intellectual neutrality. Read it minus your ethnic lens. Instead wear the hat of applied rationality, the...
View ArticleOur Inconvenient Truths
I was reminded this week of how hard it is for the human mind to take in painful data. Our defences are just about able to be flexible enough to see reality as reality actually is. Our system by and...
View ArticleDevolution will need 10 Years - Wamwangi
Kinuthia Wamwangi is the chairman of The Transitional Authority. The Transition Authority (TA) is a statutory body with a constitutional mandate of facilitating and coordinating the transition to the...
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