RMA takes over Jaguar Land Rover from CMC
The new Jaguar Land Rover franchise holders in Kenya, RMA Motors Kenya, has said it is ready to take over the motor dealership from the CMC group. The RMA group which is based in Thailand entered the...
View ArticleGulf and KPLR crud import row settled
A dispute that would have seen the delivery of crude cargo by Gulf Energy delayed has been resolved. This is after the Kenya Petroleum Refineries revised its earlier decision not to allow the industry...
View ArticleHonda to open motor cycle plant in Kenya
Japanese manufacturer, Honda Motor Company, is planning to open a motorcycle assembly plant in Kenya with a capacity of 25,000 units a year with an initial investment of Sh450 million. This is aimed at...
View ArticleCurrent account deficit poses a challenge - Citi
THE Kenya shilling is likely to depreciate further over the next few years on account of a growing current account deficit, a new report by Citi Group forecasts. According to the report on Kenyan...
View ArticleKisumu water slams Lake Victoria board
Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company yesterday accused its provider of sabotaging normal operations. Kiwasco managing director David Onyango said Lake Victoria Water Services Board is out to sabotage...
View ArticleBusia youth on drug drive
A Busia-based youth group in collaboration with the District Youth Enterprise Development Fund and Public Health Department is sensitising youth in the county on the effects of drugs and substance...
View ArticleTeso board split by sack
A Teso secondary school board of governors is split over the decision to sack the bursar three months after hiring him. Kamuriai secondary school board meeting on Saturday nullified Ben Oese's...
View ArticleOngwae asks Uhuru for help
Governor James Ongwae and former mayor Samuel Nyangeso asked Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to implement the new constitution. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Ongwae and Nyangeso asked the two...
View ArticleMt Elgon police launch a search for students killers
Tension is high in Chongeywo location, Kopsiro division, in Cheptais district, following the killing of one person. Speaking to the Star on phone, area police boss Ezekeil Kiche said Douglas Wepukhulu,...
View ArticleKakamega court arrest order for shinyalu MP over poll violence
AN arrest warrant has been issued for Shinyalu MP Silvers Lisamula of ODM over violence in the constituency on the eve of the March 4 general elections. The warrant was issued by Kakamega law courts on...
View ArticleAU troops stir Malaba
There was panic in Malaba town on Tuesday evening after 20 military trucks and two tankers heading for Somalia from Burundi arrived at the border town. Residents were alarmed by the fleet of armoured...
View ArticleYouth group plea for jobs
HOMA BAY Youths have appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to honor their campaign pledges. Addressing the press in Homa Bay town after the swearing in ceremony, the youth...
View ArticleMumias cane farmers deal
CANE farmers in Mumias sugar zone will benefit from a university college offer of 10 per cent fees discount for their children. Dr Geofrey Anyembe, the director of E-Smart College, said each child of a...
View ArticleLeader decry child labour
BUSIA Education stakeholders have been called upon to address rampant child labour that has hampered access to basic education. Addressing stakeholders during the presentation of a research finding...
View ArticleKisumu floods leave Hundreds Homeless, Cold
SIXTY-SIX cattle have been killed and a number demolished or marooned in Kisumu over the past week following the heavy rains. In Homabay county, about 50 homes have been submerged and a missing child...
View ArticleKapsabet headteacher denies defiling student
A primary school head teacher was yesterday charged over defiling a pupil. John Ruto, the head teacher of St Paul’s-Arwos Primary Boarding School, appeared before the Kapsabet chief magistrate Beatrice...
View ArticleRutto advise maize farmers
Leaders in Bomet have asked farmers to plant alternative crops in the wake of a resurgence of the necrosis maize disease. Led by Bomet governor Isaac Rutto, the leaders said the alternative crops will...
View ArticleSquatters will re-evict Embobut squatters - Marakwet DC
Squatters who were evicted from Embobut forest four years ago have again invaded the forest protesting that the government had failed to resettle them. Marakwet East DC Joseph Kisangau has warned the...
View ArticleKerio families hit by floods
SCORES of families affected by floods in Kerio Valley have petitioned government to resettle them on an alternative land. Led by their spokespersons, William Cheruiyot and Joseph arap Kwambai, they...
View ArticleKenya is not a unitary state, says Trans Nzoia governor
Trans Nzoia governor Patrick Khaemba has said the national government through provincial administration is a hindrance for county governments. Khaemba said the constitution does not say Kenya is a...
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