Machakos lawyer is elected county speaker
MACHAKOS lawyer Bernard Mung'ata won the county assembly speaker election after three rounds of voting. In the first round, Mung'ata was behind with 15 votes and Franklin Makola was ahead with 22...
View ArticleMakueni MP to run for Speaker
MAKUENI MP-elect Daniel Maanzo yesterday declared he will go for the Deputy Speaker seat on a Cord coalition ticket. Maanzo will battle it out with Sotik MP-elect Joyce Laboso, who will be running on...
View ArticleReservists lend arms to bandits
MARSABIT Deputy OCPD Patrick Musyimi yesterday at Hula Hula location warned Kenya Police Reservists in the county against misusing firearms issued to them by the government. Musyimi also asked the...
View ArticleMPs raise the red flag over CDF
Two Kitui MPs-elect have raised alarm over the looting of their respective CDF kitties even before they formally take over. Major (rtd) Mutua Muluvi, MP-elect for Kitui East and Kitui Central MP-elect...
View ArticleSupport us, acrobat tells the state
AN acrobat in Embu said that the government has failed to invest in young talent. Joseph Maina Karithi (alias Professa Mwanetu) whose acts include walking and dancing on a rope, and balancing bottles...
View ArticleTrigger-happy cop stirs up Siakago
A police officer who was allegedly harassing members of the public in Siakago town last weekend by cocking his gun and threatening to shoot them is facing disciplinary measures. Reliable sources told...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A group of newly elected MPs met last Thursday at a Nairobi hotel to strategize on how to deal with members of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission for reducing the salaries they were expecting to...
View ArticleNBK 53% profit drop hits its shares at the NSE
The Nairobi All Share rallied 0.64 points to close at 114.09. The Nairobi All Share is +20.271% this year. The Nairobi All Share is 4.42% below its multi-year high of 119.37 reached on the 12th of...
View ArticleFemale socialite stalks Big Brother judges
The call for Kenyans to audition for the eight season of Big Brother Africa raked in all kinds of personalities and characters. According to our sources, one particular female auditioning for the...
View ArticleInmates at Kamiti to make Senate furniture
Kamiti maximum prison industries department has for the second time been awarded a furniture contract by government. The prison was last year commissioned to make seats for the new-look parliament. It...
View ArticleNazlin causes stir at Supreme Court petition pe-trial hearings
POLITICIAN Nazlin Umar yesterday caused a stir at the Supreme Court as she demanded to be heard by the judges. The politician, who vied for the presidency in the 2007 general election, has filed a...
View ArticleMore MPs now join race for Deputy Speaker
Kibra MP-elect Kenneth Okoth and Balambala MP-elect Abdikadir Aden have joined the race for the parliamentary deputy speaker seat. They will battle it out with Sotik MP-elect Joyce Laboso who served in...
View ArticleJudge Ian: TPF 6 will be bigger
Word on the street has it that the new season of Tusker Project Fame is set to kick off in next six months. The reality show which will be on it’s sixth season intends to start auditions this August...
View ArticleSix women face kidnap and robbery charges in Nairobi
Two of the six women charged with kidnapping a six-year-old girl from a Nairobi church are being held in remand. The six had previously been charged with robbery with violence, a Nairobi court was told...
View ArticleDPP-police blame game mars Keino death inquest
The public inquest into the death of university student Mercy Keino resumed yester- day amidst blame games. The office of the Director of Public Prosecution and the po- lice blamed each other over the...
View ArticlePeople with disabilities to veto counties that exclude them
Kenyans living with disabilities have put Governors on notice, demanding that they be involved over in running the affairs of the counties. People with disabilities to veto counties that exclude them...
View ArticleSeven-year wait for suit against Githongo is over
THE protracted libel suit involving former Internal Security minister Chris Murungaru and ex-Ethics and Governance PS John Githongo is yet to be heard, seven years after it was filed in court. However,...
View ArticleMutunga promises fair ruling in presidential suits
The Supreme Court will rule on the presiden- tial election petitions without fear or favour, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said yesterday. In his opening remarks at yesterday’s pre- trial hearing,...
View ArticleAtemi to launch new album with Naija’s Praiz
Afro-soul diva, Atemi Ayungu hosted a listening party for close friends and music industry professionals recently for her new album Manzili . She told Word Is, “The album is called Manzili which...
View ArticlePolice shoot resident in Mathare
Residents of Mathare area 3C are up in arms against the police over the shooting of an elderly man on Friday night. The residents said Asman was a mandazi vendor and was shot near his gate. Francis...
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