Pay nursery teachers more – Knut
A Knut official wants the new government pay nursery teachers well. Malindi and Magarini Knut secretary general Fredrick Nguma said nursery school teachers should be paid like their primary and...
View ArticleLobby groups want land issue solved
Two lobby groups at the Coat want the Jubilee government to address land problems at the province.Human Rights Agenda and Kenya Community Support Centre said President Uhuru should prioritise the...
View ArticleSewage pollutes water in Majengo
Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir has together with engineers from the Mombasa Water Company and Coast Water Services Board vowed to find solutions to the tap water contamination problem in the...
View ArticleMP Koinange backs colleagues’ bid for salary hike
Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange has said he will support a salary increment Bill once it is tabled in Parliament. The legislator said the economy is still improving and MPs should not be paid less than what...
View ArticleVoi hotel group denies encroaching on Tsavo
The Voi Wildlife Lodge has denied claims by environment conservationists from the region that its putting up apartments at the edge of the Tsavo East National park. Speaking to the Star at hotel...
View ArticleKiambaa MP pledges to address insecurity and illegal brews
Kiambaa constituency has been rocked by insecurity and illicit brews, a proposal made by leaders indicates. Leaders who presented the proposal containing challenges facing the constituency to a forum...
View ArticleGachagua to fight women’s rights abuse
NYERI governor Nderitu Gachagua has pledged to ensure the rights of women are respected. Gachagua said those undressing women for allegedly wearing "indecent dresses" should be prosecuted. “The law has...
View ArticleKiambu MPs promise to back Uhuru
The 12 MPs from Kiambu have pledged to support President Uhuru Kenyatta fulfill pledges made to Kenyans. All the MPs were elected on Uhuru’s The National Alliance ticket unlike in the past when leaders...
View ArticleRaila lobby chiefs to back Uhuru
Mwanzo Mpya na Raila lobby group said yesterday they have full confidence in the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy Wiliam Ruto. The lobby national chairman and director of resource...
View ArticleKembi says MPs can't fire pay commission
Parliament has no power to disband the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, an MP and a senator have said. Speaking yesterday in Murang’a, Senate Deputy Speaker Kembi Gitura and Kiharu MP Irungu...
View ArticleMan hangs self at council offices
A man in his 30s hang himself at the Mwingi County Council's compound yesterday in Mwingi. “ He also tried commit suicide yesterday. We found him with a rope ready to commit suicide at the same...
View ArticleThieves break into Meru treasury
THIEVES broke into the Meru Municipal Council treasury and accounts offices and made away with a computer and other items. Council employees called police officers to investigate the robbery. Imenti...
View ArticleMachakos parents demonstrate over school land
STUDENTS and parents of Kakinduni Primary School in Machakos yesterday protested over harassment by the alleged owner of the land on which the school is built. The parents said the owner who sold the...
View ArticleSupport me for House job, Kajuju pleads
MERU county women's representative Florence Kajuju has asked MPs to support her bid to become the chairman of the justice and Legal Affairs Committee or the Delegated Legislation committee. Kajuju said...
View ArticleMwingi bar burglar remanded
A court in Mwingi remanded a middle aged man to Waita GK prison yesterday for failing to pay a bond of Sh80,000 after being found in possession of bhang. Joseph Nzoka appeared before principal...
View ArticleTwo schoolboys held over Embu burglary
TWO boys aged 13 and 10 were arrested on Sunday for breaking into a house and stealing household items worth Sh36,500. The two were arrested at Kianjokoma in Embu East district before they led the...
View ArticleHigh-profile guests grace Uhuru inauguration fete
The inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta was graced by sitting and former presidents among other high profile dignitaries. But more interesting was the presence of President Jacob Zuma who was making the...
View ArticlePolice search for vehicle registration numbers from Waiganjo's relative
Detectives investigating the activities of police impostor Joshua Waiganjo are looking for two sackfuls of motor vehicle registration plates believed to be hidden by the suspect's relative in Njoro....
View ArticleIDPs celebrate Uhuru's swearing-in
Internally displaced persons in Gilgil and Naivasha yesterday broke into song and dance as President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto were sworn in yesterday. The IDPs who were following the...
View ArticlePrime Minister signs make way for Ruto's
All sign posts indicating “Office of the Prime Minister” on Shell BP House at Harambee Avenue were yesterday removed as soon as Deputy President William Ruto was sworn in at the Moi International...
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