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Teenager murdered at kwa-Muya in Naivasha

Residents of a Naivasha estate are in shock after a 14-year-old teenager was brutally murdered and the body dumped by the roadside. Emotions run high in Kwa-muya trading center in South Lake after the...

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Teacher makes girl pregnant

Police in Nandi arrested a primary school headteacher for defiling and impregnating a standard eight pupil. The school's matron had taken the five-months pregnant girl to procure an abortion at the...

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Prices of fertiliser drop in Eldoret and Kitale

The prices of fertiliser have dropped by more than 20 per cent after the government delivered more than 100,000 bags in Eldoret, Kitale and other parts of Kenya. Some distributors are selling a 50 Kg...

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Uasin Gishu to be spilt by food crop zones

UASIN Gishu County will be classified into ecological zones in order to boost production of variety of food crops, the county governor Jackson Mandago has said. Mandago said the classification will be...

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Trans Mara Sugar workers down tools

Business at the Trans Mara Sugar Company came to a standstill yesterday after workers downed their tools demanding the improvement of their working conditions and the increase of their salaries....

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Kiambu ward reps demand county funds

Kiambu county assembly members want the central government to give them its share of the budget. Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, they said residents have started demanding delivery of services....

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Police net Sh1million worth of bhang in Kirinyaga

POLICE in Kirinyaga have nabbed bhang worth one million shillings at Karai-ini village, Kirinyaga central. The drug consignment is the largest drug haul to have ever been recovered in the county....

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Bingwa Sacco boss fined for fight at AGM

A former Director with the Bingwa Sacco in Kirinyaga, has been jailed for three months by a Kerugoya court after he was convicted for creating disturbance at an annual general meeting. Kerugoya acting...

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Kabogo advice to poll losers

Kiambu governor Wiliam Kabiogo wants election losers to stop angling for key positions in government. He said they should respect the wishes of the voters and serve the country in other forums....

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Ahadi Kenya tells governors to rethink

AHADI Kenya CEO Stanley Kamau has called upon the 47 governors to resign if they will not take the salaries and remunerations incentives that the government has set aside for them. Kamau said that the...

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Moi calls for more teachers

Former President Moi has urged the incoming government to do review of the education system. He said the teacher-student ratio is wanting. Moi said it is hard for teachers to instil good values in...

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Kiambaa to fight insecurity

Leaders in Kiambaa want insecurity and illicit brews tackled. The leaders presented a proposal on the challenges facing the constituency at a forum led by MP Paul Koinange. They said illicit brews have...

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Police hunt for smash-up driver on Kenol-Nyeri road

POLICE from Murang’a South have lauched a man hunt for the driver of a canter vehicle who fled after an accident. The police claim he is to blame for an accident that left another driver seriously...

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Kirinyaga leaders to stay united

Leaders in Kirinyaga have assured residents that they will work in unity. "We are elected leaders from Kirinyaga, elected by the people of the county. We are going to work together for the sake of our...

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Nyeri poultry farmer calls for ban on chicken imports

A proprietor wants the government to ban the import of chicken meat and eggs. Brade Gate Poultry Industries proprietor Thuo Mathenge said Kenyans should buy local poultry products to boost the market....

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Tax idle land to solve Coast squatter woes, lawyer advises

The government needs to take responsibility and act tough if it is to solve the land question at the Coast, a lawyer has said. Advocate Njora Waweru said the government has to adjudicate land in the...

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Mombasa Knut officials blast TSC for delay in promoting tutors

KENYA National Union of Teachers is up in arms over the delay in promotion of over 10,000 teachers who have acquired degrees to the relevant job groups by the Teachers' Service Commission. Mombasa...

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Help flood victims in Tana River, says Golale MP Dukicha

Galole Member of Parliament Hassan Dukicha has appealed to the government to assist flood victims in Tanariver County after the river Tana bursts its banks last week. He called on locals to move to...

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Coast youth yet to pick 38,000 IDs

COAST registrar of persons Aggrey Masai has urged youths from across the region to collect their identity cards in different parts of the region. Speaking to the Star in his office over the weekend,...

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LSK makes turnabout on Malindi move

The Law Society of Kenya Mombasa branch has denied it intends to take action against relocation of the Court of Appeal from Mombasa to Malindi. Speaking on the sidelines of an LSK seminar on Friday,...

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