Fire alert on Mt Kenya and Aberdare forests
THE Kenya Forest Service has issued a fire alert in Mt Kenya and the Aberdare forests. Mt Kenya and Aberdare Ecosystem conservator Francis Mathinji, in a letter to all station managers in the region,...
View ArticleShilingi kwa Shillingi team hands report to MCAs
A commission of inquiry investigating the Murang’a Investment Cooperative Society's Shilingi kwa Shilingi initiative yesterday gave its report to the county assembly. Former Kinangop MP David Ngugi...
View Article5 Minute Interview: I'm frustrated when things don't go as planned
Jennifer Wambugha Moronge is the CEO of Hoodies Black Fragrance located at Zion Mall in Eldoret town. I'm good at........organising and executing tasks I have planned for. I'm very bad...
View ArticleKWS to open Sh100 million forensic lab
The Kenya wildlife Service Sh 100 million forensic laboratory will be opened this year. KWS assistant director in charge of devolution and community wildlife service, Ben Kavu, said the laboratory is...
View ArticleStudent knifed in night attack
A student, James Cheruron of African Institute in Eldoret, was on Monday night stabbed by unknown people on his way from the town to his house in West Indies at about 11pm. Cheruron said the gang was...
View ArticleMaendeleo special meeting stopped till March 20
THE High Court yesterday extended orders stopping NGOs Co-ordination Board from convening the highly disputed Special Annual General Meeting of Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation until March 20....
View ArticleSpotted Wednesday
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Daniel Adongo on Sunday early evening standing in line to buy tickets at the Century Cinemax, The Junction Mall, Nairobi.Read more about Spotted WednesdayComments
View ArticleNo go slow in Nakuru - Motari
Nakuru county secretary Joseph Motari has said there is no fall out between county executives and their chief officers. Speaking yesterday before the committee of Justice and Legal Affairs, Motari...
View ArticleMakueni gets ambulances
Makueni county has acquired six ambulances from CMC Motors for emergencies. Governor Kibwana received the vehicles which are part of the 13 budgeted for the 2013-14 financial year. Kibwana said they...
View ArticleBusia, Koreans sign fertiliser factory deal
THE Busia county government and a South Korean company have signed an agreement to build an organic fertiliser manufacturing company. Governor Sospeter Ojaamong signed the deal with Korangol Company in...
View ArticleKU Vice Chancellor Prof Mugenda honoured
Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda was recently appointed the incoming Chairperson of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. She becomes the first African woman scholar to...
View ArticleDrivers protest against poor West Pokot roads
Lorry and matatu drivers and touts yesterday protested against the poor state of the Makutano-Alale road in Makutano town, West Pokot county. The drivers and touts carried placards to Governor Simon...
View ArticleMachakos gets new principal
Professor Francis Mathooko has been appointed Principal Machakos University College with effect from December 30, 2013. Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi made the appointment to replace Prof...
View ArticleWe didn't get Sh50 billion, say three governors
THREE governors have said they did not fail to utilise Sh51 billion for development in their counties. Speaking at a press conference in Kisumu on Monday, Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka said the money...
View ArticleParents should allow free communication
In some households, the voices of children are hardly heard. These are homes where children’s voices are muffled by either one or both parents, where the children only speak when spoken to, where free...
View ArticleTunai, Ntimama told to dialogue
NAROK Governor Samuel Tunai and former Heritage Minister William ole Ntimama have been asked to put aside their political differences and embrace dialogue for the sake of development. Narok West MP...
View ArticleLaikipia families resist eviction at Kimugandura
More than 2,000 families living in the disputed Kimugandura land in Laikipia East subcounty have protested against any move by the government to evict them. The families said there is a plot to evict...
View ArticleJKUAT and Nairobi sign planning deal
NAIROBI county will allow the JKUAT School of Architecture and Building Sciences to use city facilities to advance sustainable urban planning research and development. This follows an agreement signed...
View ArticleMuseveni should groom is successor for 2021
THE National Resistance Movement on Monday endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as its presidential candidate for the 2016 elections. Almost certainly Museveni will now remain President of Uganda until...
View ArticleAssembly has final say on list - Lusaka
BUNGOMA Governor Kenneth Lusaka has denied playing any role inthe selection of nominees for the chief officers' position. Yesterday, Lusaka said the list to be tabled in the assembly was made by the...
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