KPA sets new container terminal record
Kenya Ports Authority has announced a new record in cargo handling at its Mombasa port container terminal. According to KPA, the new mark stands at 834 container lifts (moves) in a single shift of 8...
View ArticleWambora defends himself before Senate
EMBU Governor Martin Wambora has defended himself against abuse of office charges leveled against him by the county assembly. The charges resulted in an impeachment motion. Wambora yesterday denied...
View ArticleKenya cautioned on size of planned Sh172 billion Eurobond
THE government should consider reducing the size of the planned eurobond because the country may end up paying more for the issue. This is because the government may be forced to start settling for a...
View ArticleNo room yet for gospel artistes at SpinCycle
THE newly established music record house, SpinCycle Entertainment, will not work with gospel artistes as yet. However, according to its CEO Kabochi Gakau better known as DJ Kaytrixx said, "At the...
View ArticleKambi says activist's case against him is 'malicious'
LABOUR Secretary Kazungu Kambi has said a case lodged against him by an activist seeking to remove him from office is misguided in law. Kambi says the case by Charles Omanga that also seeks to compel...
View ArticleGlobal food firm plans a return to Kenya
MAIZE farmers could get more market for their products after multinational ingredients maker Ingredion announced plans to re-enter the local market after a 12-year hiatus. Ingredion which operated a...
View ArticleDoes anyone really care about the state of our public toilets?
Eleven years ago the then vibrant Nairobi Central Business District Association introduced public toilets into Nairobi. It is not that we did not have them before; we had them, but somehow they were...
View ArticleTrans Nzoia to cut construction costs using novel technology
Trans Nzoia county government is set to acquire three machines for making interlocking soil blocks, hoping to slash the cost of building new classrooms by half. It will purchase three machines from...
View ArticleBorrowed urban planning models fail test in Africa
Sustainable urban development will require “a radically different approach” to planning law reform so as to make realistic progress, a new report on planning in Africa argues. Africa Research Institute...
View ArticleLupita to present award at NAACP
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o is among the Hollywood stars who will present awards at the 45th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards on Saturday, February 22....
View ArticleKimunya snubs House railway team summons
FORMER Transport Minister Amos Kimunya is a wanted man. Kimunya is wanted by the National Assembly watchdog committee for allegedly "dodging" to be served summons to appear before the Public...
View ArticleShariah compliant banking expanding
THE growing Shariah compliant banking concept on Monday received another boost with medium tier Chase Bank joining the fray with a new dedicated branch in Mombasa. Islamic banking has since 2007...
View ArticleExperts punch holes in community land bill
An audit of the draft Community Land Bill 2013 which is before Senate has unveiled numerous ambiguities, which would hamper its implementation if passed into law as it is. The Land Development &...
View ArticleTop student hunts for fees
A boy who emerged number one in last year’s KCPE at a school in Kwanza has asked Trans Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba help him pay his secondary school fees. Raphael Wanyonyi scored 358 marks at St...
View ArticleRed Cross gives ambulances
Bomet government yesterday received modern ambulances from the Kenya Red Cross Society. It is the fourth to receive ambulances after Kisii, Kakamega and Homa Bay. The Sh144 million ambulances are...
View ArticlePolice face suit for mosque raid
Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nasir has said that Coast leaders will go to court seeking action against senior police officers involved in the Masjid Musa mosque raid in Mombasa. Nassir said that they...
View ArticleSiaya tips on healthy eating habits
AN NGO in Siaya said many Nyanza region residents die because of poor eating habits. has raised concern on the increased cases of people dying in Nyanza region as a result of poor eating habits. Geno...
View ArticleCounty given medicine haul
Bomet county has received subsidised medicine and medical supplies worth more than Sh40 million for its health facilities. Speaking during the flagging off of the consignment at the Bomet Green Stadium...
View ArticleODM delegates support Zani
COAST ODM delegates have vowed to back Kwale-born nominated senator Agnes Zani for party Secretary General even as a cross-section of parliamentarians from the seaside region expressed reservation with...
View ArticleGranny killed by daughter in-law
A 30-year-old woman has allagedly gone underground after killing her mother-in-law following domestic brawl in Gem constituency. Residents said Evelyn Auma, 30, picked a quarrel with her mother-in-law...
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