Safaricom hits a 57-month high to close at Sh6.45
The shilling has added 1.9 per cent since the March 4 election and is trading at a September 14 2012 high. The rally has been because of the de-risking Kenya post the peaceful election which snapped a...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Tuesday's garden party was markedly different from all similar functions held at State House by his predecessors. During Moi's time, soft drinks, tea, coffee, juices and other non-alcoholic drinks were...
View ArticlePokot ask Museveni to apologise
THREE MPs from West Pokot yesterday said Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni should apologise to the Pokot community for the remarks he made at President Uhuru Kenyatta's swearing-in ceremony on...
View ArticleDon't pop the champagne yet, Muturi tells Cabinet nominees
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has cautioned those lined up for Cabinet positions not to celebrate just yet as they will have to be approved by Parliament. Muturi said times have changed as...
View ArticleParty for Kenyan DJ Nominees in Pan African award
Five DJ's have been nominated for the African Global DJ Awards, a Pan African award that seeks to recognise and celebrate the talent of the greatest DJ’s in Africa. The DJs are DJ Joe Mfalme, DJ...
View ArticleIs Naija Actor 'Okwonko' Ephy Muriithi's Dad?
Kenyan actor and model Ephy Murithii has been quoted by Nigerian website claiming that veteran actor, Pete Edochie - popularly known as Okonkwo - is his father. The site, Nigerian Films report that...
View ArticleJubilee finalises its list of House committees
THE Jubilee Coalition has finalised its list of nominees to three House committees in the national assembly. The committees include the House Business Committee, Committee on Appointments and the...
View ArticlePrincipal to testify in sexual policy suit
A university principal is expected to testify in a case in which former clerk has accused the institution of failing to implement sexual harassment policy Act to protect female employees. Professor...
View ArticleWine flows at President Uhuru's first banquet
When dignitaries arrived at State House on Tuesday afternoon for the State luncheon on the inauguration of the fourth President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, not many anticipated that alcohol will be...
View ArticleAd Bans is Not The Solution To Behavior Change
I try to be politically correct most times though the discussion on banning or not banning advertising in some product categories will rarely leave space for political equivocation. Several countries...
View ArticleSpeaker to train MPs on new Standing Orders today
THE Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi will today lead the induction of 349 MPs into the National Assembly ahead of the official opening of parliament. The MPs will be taken through the new...
View ArticleTobiko to appeal against ruling on Goldenberg case
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko is seeking to appeal against a high court ruling that terminated the infamous Sh5.8 billion Goldenberg fraud. The DPP has written to the deputy Registrar...
View ArticlePM office staff face axe, others redeployed
Workers hired on contract at the Office of the Prime Minister are likely to lose their jobs. However, the Star has learnt that permanent employees will be deployed to other departments. Dennis Onyango,...
View ArticleState seeks licensing of journalists
THE government has called on foreign journalists who have not been accredited to do so. Acting Director of information Olewe Owiti said the Ministry has so far registered a total of 559 journalists and...
View ArticleASK guard denies theft
A 40 year old security guard at the Agriculture Society Ground was yesterday charged in a Kibera court with store breaking and stealing from the company. Police alleged that Maurice Otina Ochieng on...
View ArticleCourt releases army captain in girl's defilement case
An army officer accused defiling an underage girl was yesterday set free by a court. Captain Geoffrey Namadoa walked to his freedom yesterday after the prosecuting failed to prove the case against him....
View ArticleAfter 50 years, I look forward to my retirement, says Kibaki
Unlike former President Daniel Moi who chose to be airlifted from State House to his rural home in Kabarak after handing over power to Mwai Kibaki in December 2002, Kibaki chose to be driven out of the...
View ArticlePolice to be vetted soon, says Owino
POLICE spokesman Charles Owino has said the vetting of officers will begin soon. The process is part of the police reforms. Owino said the vetting had been suspended to give way to the elections which...
View ArticleCreco urges MPs to respect law
THE Constitution and Reform Education Consortium yesterday said that from the post 2013 elections period, the country face increasingly difficult task of implementing the Constitution of Kenya. The...
View ArticleGarissa voter challenges MPs election
A voter has moved to court seeking to have the election of Balambala Member of Parliament Garissa, nullified. Mohamed Mahat claims that the election of Abdikadir Omar Aden was not credible, free and...
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