Journalist sued over child upkeep
A university student has sued TV journalist Tom Mboya over child maintenance. Elsie Achieng, through lawyer Pauline Muhanda, is seeking an order directing Mboya to pay Sh50,000 every month for the...
View ArticleCABINET DEFIES ROTICH ON COST CUTS
THE Cabinet is defying a directive issued by Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich in December that government officers should stop holding conferences in private hotels to save money. Yesterday morning...
View ArticleMatatu strike causes traffic hitch in Nairobi county
Motorists and commuters this morning woke up to blocked roads in areas of Nairobi after a section of Mount Kenya Matatu Sacco members went on strike, protesting the refusal by the Nairobi county...
View ArticleSuspect caught in Embu
An Embu suspect who allegedly murdered a school boy and dumped his body in a coffee plantation has been arrested after escaping for several days. John Muriithi Nthiga was arrested by Embu East Police...
View ArticleFormer KPC manager seeks to stop Sh954m land case
Former Kenya Pipeline Company managing director Ezekiel Kipkulei and two others are seeking to block their prosecution over fraud allegations. Kipkulei and businessmen Erick Kibiwott and Benjamin...
View ArticleMan charged with Sh10m burglary
A driver has been charged with breaking into a godown and stealing goods worth Sh10.4 million. Amos Kiragu allegedly broke into Metal Crown and Company Ltd between March 1 and 2 at industrial area in...
View ArticleCity lawyer in court for forgery
A city lawyer was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with five counts of forging land tiles and court order. Stephen Oyugi Okelo who appeared before acting chief magistrate Daniel Ochjenja denied...
View ArticleYour payslips should be empty, MCAs told
Nairobi County Assembly speaker Alex Ole Magelo on Tuesday warned the Assembly’s absentee MCAs that they should stop wasting the taxpayer’s money. Speaking g in the Assembly, Magelo asked the MCAs why...
View ArticleEACC refutes Mombasa arrest plan
THE Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has refuted claims that it plans to arrest Mombasa Finance executive Walid Khalid. This follows yesterday's rumours that EACC officers were in Mombasa to...
View ArticleLabour law to improve workers welfare – Kazungu
WORKERS welfare is set to improve if a proposed bill is passed into law to establish the safety and healthy authority. Labour Secretary Kambi Kazungu said once the the Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticleMan denies killing lover in Mombasa
A police constable told a Mombasa court how a middle-aged woman was killed by her lover using a hammer. Margaret Nyawira was testifying in an assault case where Martin Njiru was charged of causing...
View ArticlePPOA set to digitise procurement
THE Public Procurement Oversight Authority will digitise procurement systems in the country for efficiency. PPOA has began consultative forums for stakeholders on effective public procurement process....
View ArticleSix pupils, driver killed in Lugari crash
SIX pupils of a Lugari primary school died in a road accident on the Eldoret-Busia highway yesterday. The driver of the tractor that caused the accident also died in the afternoon crash. The Chimoi...
View Article10 MPs slam 'political bias' against Nyanza in KCSE
TEN MPs from Nyanza region have said 2013 KCSE results of some local schools were cancelled for political reasons. The MPs included Nicholas Gumbo (Rarieda), Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja), Gideon Ochanda...
View ArticleCourt postpones former KenInvest workers' suit
THE hearing of a case in which 14 former senior employees of Kenya Investment Authority formerly (KenInvest) have sued their former employer seeking over Sh 200 million for compensation for wrongful...
View ArticleMarakwet MCA, journalist involved in accident
Elgeyo Marakwet county leader of minority Benson Kiptire together with the Royal media journalist who reports for Chamgei FM in Iten Kiprotich Kimetto escaped death after their car was involved in an...
View ArticleCops seize explosive in Naivasha
Prison warders at the Naivasha Prison arrested a woman trying to sneak explosives into the prison in an incident that left many in shock. The recovery enabled the officers to foil a well-planned...
View ArticleUniversity unions may strike over Sh7.8bn dispute
KENYA University Staff Union (KUSU) has instructed staff in all 31 public universities to withdraw labour from March 12 if the issue of the misappropriated part of Sh7.8 billion is nor resolved....
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Villagers around the home of a senator from Nyanza are wondering why he avoids spending nights at his rural home. The senator has however, been making visits in the county especially on weekends. He...
View ArticleI hid in forest to avoid attack, witness tells ICC
AN ICC witness yesterday narrated how they were forced to stay in the forest to avoid attacks from the Kalenjins during the 2008 post-election violence. Witness 442 told the court that they fled their...
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