NGOs back salaries commission
CIVIL societies yesterday started a campaign against MPs, governors and county representatives who are calling for salaries increase. Addressing the press at 680 Hotel in Nairobi NCSC head Maurice...
View ArticleKnut tells Uhuru to employ more teachers
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have been urged to shelf their ambitions to provide laptops for every primary school child and instead employ more teachers. The duo while on...
View ArticleCity Hall closes in on land rates defaulters
Government facilities rank top on the list of establishments that owe City Hall billions of shillings in land rates. The Star has learnt that top revenue officials had meetings last week where it was...
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Lawyer Betty Murungi at the Uchumi Hyper, Sarit Centre on Thursday evening. She was doing some house shopping alone and dressed in a purple kitenge.Read more about SpottedComments
View ArticleAre the Kibaki gifts legal?
Ministries and public corporations have been falling over themselves to shower outgoing President Kibaki with gifts ranging from wooden carvings to electric massage chairs, heifers, fish ponds, an...
View Article5 minutes - I Never Thought I could Win In a Promotion
I’m good at………… Planning and organising events. I’m very bad at…… Confrontation. The last book l enjoyed was………... Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge. The book unveils the mystery of a woman's...
View ArticleNew technique available to treat patients with high blood pressure
April 7 is the World Health Day and this year's theme was on high blood pressure. High blood pressure, known as the ‘silent killer’ affects as many as one out of every three East African adults....
View ArticleKiatho Night thrills at Deepwest
Tharaka Nithi and Meru Counties hit the headlines for days due to their voter patterns during the general elections. However residents from these counties thronged the Deepwest Resort off Nairobi’s...
View ArticleSaluting Those who really shaped The Election
Tomorrow sometime between 1-2pm as Uhuru Kenyatta takes oath of office as the fourth President of Kenya, I hope he will take a moment in true sincerity to acknowledge and honour the young people who...
View ArticleKethi Kilonzo gets candid on all matters law
An advocate of the High Court, Kethi won the hearts of many Kenyans on social media and was the talk of town during the presidential election petition hearing by the Supreme Court. Last week she...
View ArticleWe Must Defend Our Devolution
Did we just begin on the wrong footing? This is the question that has been lingering among critical minds soon after retiring President Mwai Kibaki addressed the first induction workshop for...
View ArticleICC Cases Are A Complication We Do Not Need At This Time
It seems that I might have shocked quite a number with last week’s article stating that the International Criminal Court must now leave Uhuru & Ruto alone, after their victory in the just concluded...
View ArticleAre you an extremist?
Are you an extremist? Anyone asked this question would inevitably condemn the person asking such a question. Insulting! Nonetheless, every day in the name of security, shoppers, people going about...
View ArticleGeert Goiris 'Perception and Reality' photo exhibition
Artists converged on Friday evening at the Nest, Jabavu road to attend the opening photography exhibition dubbed ‘ Lying Awake’ by Belgium artist Geert Goiris. The exhibition showcased his fundamental...
View ArticleI'll Be The Star's Internal Critic And Represent You
Dear readers: I am your new public editor. I succeed Karen Rothmyer, the first public editor in Kenya whose two-year tenure ended in February. Karen and I both trained at Columbia University Graduate...
View ArticleMinisters snub order to give up their posts
A month after the elections, ministers who won various seats are still executing their functions despite a directive by the Head of the Civil Service for them to relinquish the posts before they were...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir coming for Uhuru fete
The Uhuru administration may have to handle its first diplomatic row if Sudanese President Omar al Bashir who is wanted by the ICC attends tomorrow's ceremony. According to a Khartoum newspaper Akbar...
View ArticleWhy I regret signing ICC law - Ringera
FORMER anti corruption boss Aaron Ringera was full of regrets last Friday evening for taking the country down the ICC path. Ringera told a thanksgiving party for former Cabinet Secretary Francis...
View ArticlePolice recover Spectre cylinders in Lukenya
Flying squad police have today recovered most of the gas cylinders that were last week stolen from East Africa Spectre Limited in Industrial Area, a company associated with Prime Minister Raila Odinga....
View ArticleDrugs suspects charged in court
Four suspects caught over the weekend with bhang worth over Shs2 million have been charged in court today. The accused have denied the offence before Kwale Principal Magistrate Elizabeth Macharia and...
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