Wetangulas win disputed by Kombo
Cord Principal Moses Wetang'ula's election as Bungoma senator was yesterday challenged in the high Court by former cabinet minister Musikari Kombo. Kombo has a team of expensively assembled lawyers...
View ArticleHemingways set to open Nairobi unit
HEMINGWAYS is set to open a boutique hotel in Nairobi within the next two weeks marking an entry by the global hotel chain into the city's hospitality business. The hotel to be situated in Karen sits...
View ArticleNational Accord ends but legacy lives on
Yesterday marked the end of five years of the 2008 national accord and the coalition government of President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. For the last five years Kenya had two leaders who...
View ArticleKenol-Kobil full year release timing is savvy
The Nairobi all share edged 0.24 points lower to close at 120.41. The Nairobi all share is +26.9344% in 2013. It is 0.962% below its multi year closing high of 121.58 reached on April 2. The Nairobi...
View ArticleKQ to unveil its own cargo transporter
KENYA Airways will on Thursday launch its first fully owned cargo plane that will increase its capacity for carrying goods to various destinations. The freight aircraft is the first among four Boeing...
View ArticleAviation cover may include ho air baloons
ASSOCIATION of Kenya Insurers has prepared a hot air balloon proposal form and policy document as the industry seeks to expand services under the aviation class of insurance. Introduction of hot air...
View ArticleNIC prwe-tax profits jump 25 per cent to Sh4.5bn
NIC Bank profits before tax for the period ended December 31 rose 25 per cent to Sh4.5 billion, up from Sh3.6 billion the previous year. Net profits stood at Sh3 billion, up from Sh2.7 billion in 2011....
View ArticleRaila's stolen gas cylinders recovered
KENYAN flying squad police yesterday recovered most of the gas cylinders that were stolen from Prime Minister Raila Odinga's firm, the East Africa Spectre Limited, in a Nairobi Industrial Area a week...
View ArticleAn all star night at MTV party
It has been a very long time since Nairobi experienced a night where Kenya's finest talent converged at one venue. The MTV Africa All Stars concert was it. Nairobi's personalities and entertainers were...
View ArticleJubilee picks HBC members
The Jubilee Coalition has completed picking members who will sit on the powerful House Business Committee (HBC) in the national assembly. Garissa Township Member Aden Duale told the Star yesterday that...
View ArticleCity businessman denies robbery at gunpoint
A businessman was yesterday arraigned in court for allegedly robbing a lady at gunpoint. Mujaheed Muhammad is alleged to have robbed Miriam Wario of her items and a Toyota Noah vehicle valued at Sh1.2...
View Article4 suspects defy Kimaiyo order for surrender to CID
INSPECTOR General of Police David Kimaiyo on Sunday Kimaiyo on Sunday ordered four men to report to the Nairobi provincial CID boss. Cromwell Onyango Ketta, Fredrick Odhiambo, Jeckonia Junga and...
View ArticleMeeting slams Issack over 'botched' elections
The electoral commission chairman Issack Hassan yesterday came under sharp criticisms over irregularities in the March 4 elections. Hassan appeared for the first time in public at a charged forum where...
View ArticleMututho in court over Sh13.5 million five-year debt
Former MP for Naivasha John Mututho now wants court to set aside orders requiring him to pay a law firm Sh 6 million legal fees. The former legislator, through lawyer George Kithi has filed an...
View ArticleKenya will not arrest Bashir, says Kariuki
GOVERNMENT spokesman Muthui Kariuki said though Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity he will be welcomed to President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta's swearing-in...
View ArticleOlkaria steam piping to cost Sh11.6 billion
THE CHINESE firm undertaking the piping work on the 280MW geothermal plant in Olkaria has said it will complete the work next year. Sinopec International Petroleum Company won the Sh11.6 billion...
View ArticleFocus on Uhuru's economic goals as Jubilee takes over
AS Uhuru Kenyatta assumes office today, the business community will be keenly watching on the delivery of the economic pledges that the Jubilee Coalition made in its manifesto. The manifesto promises...
View ArticleTA objects to petition against Magelo
THE High court lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine an application challenging the validity of Alex Ole Magelo’s election as the speaker of Nairobi’s county assembly, it has been said...Read more...
View ArticleJal - Reese is so down to earth!
Sudanese rapper and activist, Emmanuel Jal will be starring in a movie about a young refugee of the Sudanese civil war. He wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys....
View ArticleSh17 million KCB theft and kidnap case adjourned again
18 suspects who were charged with stealing over Sh17 million from the Kenya Commercial Bank yesterday told a Kibera court that the prosecution was delaying their case saying that since they were...
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