Gloom in Kisumu as Uhuru sworn into office
KISUMU town and its environs remained gloomy yesterday as the country experienced a change of guard. Unlike in 2003 when retired President Mwai Kibaki took office, there was no fanfare in the lake side...
View ArticleEldoret university fires officials over jobs scam
Moi University has suspended senior officials who allegedly interfered with the process of hiring deputy vice chancellors. The University Council took the decision after it was discovered that the...
View ArticleSaboti MP calls for unity
Saboti MP David Wekesa has asked all the five elected MPs in Trans Nzoia to unite. “There is need for all of us to unite. There are few developed schools in Trans Nzoia and there is no tarmacked road...
View ArticleMoi varsity VC mourns Thatcher
THE Moi University fraternity is mourning the death of Britain’s former first lady Margaret Thatcher on Monday. The university has strong ties with Thatcher for whom a library was built in 1984 at a...
View ArticleFarmers to plant without fertiliser
Some farmers from Trans Nzoia county have resolved to planting maize without fertiliser after missing out on the government’s subsidy. The Agriculture ministry supplied the area with only 2,600 bags of...
View ArticleKhaemba pledges to improve schools
The Trans Nzoia county authority will liaise with national government to address challenges facing the education sector, Governor Patrick Khaemba has said. Khaemba said education offered at technical...
View ArticleNorth Rift flood victims face hunger
Families displaced by floods in parts of the North Rift are starving as they are yet to be supplied with relief food. Some of the victims in Turkana, Pokot and Kerio Valley said they have gone for...
View ArticleNarok MPs ask state to give farmers fertiliser
FOUR MPs in Narok have asked the government to supply subsidised fertiliser to farmers. Moitalel ole Kenta (Narok North), Lemanken Aramat (Narok East), Korei ole Lemein (Narok South) and Patrick Ntutu...
View ArticleNine flood victims laid to rest in Narok South
NINE victims of the flash floods were laid to rest at Kotolian village in Narok South district on Monday after a mass requiem service. Area leaders joined the locals in the prayer service. Leaders...
View ArticleChiefs selling food, say IDPs
More than 600 internally displaced persons at Mumoi camp in Subukia, Nakuru, have demanded for better living conditions. The refugees said they have been living in deplorable conditions for the last...
View ArticleZebra and gazelles migrate to Kitengela
THOUSANDS of gazelle, zebra and wildebeest crossed over to the Kitengela Plains from the Nairobi National Park yesterday morning following the onset of rains in Kajiado. Residents said every year...
View ArticleNCPB owes maize farmers Sh400m
The National Cereals and Produce Board is yet to pay farmers more than Sh.400 million for maize delivered to the board last year. The maize was delivered by farmers mainly from the Rift Valley under...
View ArticleLet Uhuru choose, Balala tells Kabogo
Najib Balala has dismissed William Kabogo's view that those who lost in the March 4 elections should not be appointed to Cabinet. Through his personal assistant Ben Furaha, Balala said the executive...
View ArticleInfant dies of cold in Tana River camp
A four-month-old baby died from exposure to cold at a camp in Tana River. The child's family fled from their flooded home a week ago. The camp in Bura did not have tents or facilities to keep the...
View ArticleMtana pledges to work with governor Joho
Tendai Lewa Mtana, Mombasa’s only independent governor candidate in the March 4 general election, has vowed to work with the Hassan Joho. He is the second governor poll loser to pledge to work with...
View ArticleHuman rights activist attacked by six-man gang in Kisauni
A human rights activist was on Monday evening attacked by a six-man gang and left unconscious as she made her way home. Topista Juma, who works with Muslims for Human Rights, had alighted from a matatu...
View ArticleMP to renovate churches in Magarini
Magarini MP Harry Kombe has promised to build and repair churches in his constituency. He said the churches are in bad shape. Speaking to the Star, Kombe said it is God should not be worshiped in such...
View ArticleKongowea market contractor on the spot
Amarnath Enterprises, the contractor who was awarded a tender to extend the Kongowea market, has refuted claims that they are mismanaging the project. Kongowea traders last week accused the contractor...
View ArticleKilifi teachers want to attend Okuta’s burial
TEACHERS in Kilifi have called on political leaders and wellwishers to give them financial support to attend the burial of their boss David Okuta. They said they are faced with many financial...
View ArticleDon't interfere with county management, says Mvita MP
County governments should be given a free hand to manage their resources, Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir. Abdulswamad said micromanagement of the county governments by the central government will...
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