Malaba traders threaten close shop over crime
MALABA traders have threatened to close their businesses if police and Busia governor Sospeter Ojaamong do not address their security concer. The ultimatum followed Wednesday night murder of...
View ArticleBusia voter challenges MP Namwamba's election
A voter has moved to court challenging the re-election of Ababu Namwamba as Budalang’i Member of Parliament. Henry Nadimo has cited various anomalies in his petition filed before Busia County judge...
View ArticleKakamega vet department to capture stray dogs
THE veterinary department in Kakamega County has announced a baiting exercise to reduce the number of stray dogs in the area. This follows an outcry from residents of increased number of stray dogs...
View ArticleCounty rep slams Bungoma town council over garbage
BUNGOMA and its environs have been hit with a foul smell because of uncollected garbage by the authorities for the past four weeks. The garbage that has been in the past collected by the Municipal...
View ArticleWhat really do dreams tell us about ourselves
Last week, I narrated a dream that I had while awaiting a replacement of a van that had broken down on my way to Maasai mara. When I woke up after the dream, I could remember in details every trail of...
View ArticleDamaged Nairobi-Nakuru highway to be reopened
The closed section of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in Naivasha will be opened in two days as works to repair the damaged section started. A contractor moved to the site near Kayole and expressed optimism...
View ArticleNarok governor vows to improve education standards
NAROK governor Samuel Tunai has promised to give Sh1 billion to all primary schools in the region by July. Tunai said he wants to ensure that in the first two years of his leadership, issues of...
View ArticleGive us Cabinet slot, disabled ask Uhuru
The National Council for Persons with Disabilities has asked President Uhuru and his Deputy William Ruto to consider appointing a person with disability as a cabinet secretary. Speaking in Narok town...
View ArticleLethal maize disease signs scares Nandi farmers
Maize Lethal Necrosis disease has affected farms in parts of the Rift Valley. Some farmers in parts of Nandi county have reported that maizeon their farms are turning yellow and drying up two months...
View ArticleEldoret town residents decry high insecurity
A middle aged woman was gang-raped by seven at Langas Estate in Eldoret on Wednesday. The mother of two is admitted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital where she is recovering from multiple...
View ArticleMadiba has paid his debt to South Africa and more
I was going to tell the story of one of my spooky event associations, you know the ones where life is at least as strange as fiction. The spooky event association involved the fact that Kenya once...
View ArticleLetter To My Dearly Beloved Makau Mutua
My dearly beloved Prof Makau Mutua: “When the madness of a nation disturbs a solitary mind, it is not enough to say that the man is mad,” said the late Francis Imbuga. These very words came to me as I...
View ArticleThika man to hang for phone theft
A man who was found guilty of violent stealing a mobile phone has been sentenced to hang by a Thika court . Livingstone Mbaabu Kamau was sentenced by acting senior principal magistrate B J Ndeda. Two...
View ArticleBe good to yourself
A few years ago, I was driving with one of my best friends and she was upset with herself and calling herself ‘stupid’ and other choice names. After listening to this harangue for a few minutes, I...
View ArticleTwo killed in Limuru as matatu crashes into lorry
Two people died on the spot while seven others were critically injured in a grisly road accident that occurred at Kamandura junction along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Thursday evening. The accident...
View ArticleJoho sends 13 home for skipping leave
Thirteen Mombasa county workers have been suspended as the war on corruption at the authority rages. The 13 include treasurer John Ngugi and received the suspension letters on Thursday. County...
View Article200 families displaced in River Sabaki floods
Hundreds of families in Malindi and Kilifi were yesterday displaced after river Sabaki broke its banks. The river swept away thousands of farms as villages were marooned and others submerged. Kenya Red...
View ArticleBritam opens branch in Machakos
An insurance company has opened a branch in Machakos town. Britam aims to make insurance and investment services more accessible by tapping into the newly devolved counties, regional director Stephen...
View ArticleNo short cut in jobs, Kitui governor
Kitui Governor Dr. Julius Malombe has said that there will be no short cuts in awarding an avalanche of jobs in his government. The governor stressed that those to get jobs must meet the constitutional...
View ArticleGarissa reps reject SRC's Sh79,200 pay package
County assembly members in Garissa County have joined their colleagues from across the country, MPs and governors in rejecting their salaries package proposed by the Salaries and Remuneration...
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