500 families are starving in Makueni
MORE than 500,000 families in Makueni county are starving. County commissioner David ole Shege said the families need relief food urgently to save them from hunger caused by a five-year drought....
View ArticleImanyara censures 'plot to delay bills'
Central Imenti MP Gitobu Imanyara has alleged a plot to delay the passing of bills that are pending in Parliament. ''There are people in the government who are conspiring to delay the passage of the...
View ArticleAcquire new IDs, registrar calls on Isiolo
RESIDENTS of Isiolo county have been advised to acquire the new IDs to register as voters. District registrar of persons Maurice Auma yesterday said hundreds of the residents have the first generation...
View ArticleYouth told to go for seats
The National Youth Forum has told its members to go for the county representative position in the general election. At the same time, the forum has called on its members to support their own and ensure...
View ArticleKalonzo told to unite with Raila
ODM in Kitui has urged Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka to enter into a pre-election alliance with Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Kitui ODM presidential campaign coordinator George Aoko said the VP should...
View ArticleRural power nears target
The Rural Electrification Authority has connected power to more than 20,000 public facilities since its inception in 2007. "REA has connected 21,125 major public facilities out of a total 25,525...
View ArticleSchool in Kathiani wins paint in Facebook contest
A secondary school in Kathiani had has benefited from a fresh coat of paint courtesy of Crown Pants Facebook corporate social responsibility contest. Kathunguini Secondary School was nominated by...
View ArticleDirty hands slow voter registration, says Imanyara
An MPhas called upon the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to tell voters to clean their hands before going to register as voters. The Central Imenti MP Gitobu Imanyara said such...
View Article4,000 yet to collect their IDs in Mwingi
About 4,000 residents of Mwingi may miss not register to vote as they have not collected their IDs from the registration offices. Mwingi registrar of persons Felix Bosire Onyiego urged the applicants...
View ArticleKimaiyo gets highest score in Inspector General race
The police Service Commission has released the list of six people from whom the Inspector General and his two deputies will be picked. Topping the list is the senior deputy commissioner of police David...
View ArticleSaitoti autopsy was not thorough, inquiry told
A foreign doctor hired by the family of former Internal Security minister George Saitoti has said local pathologists failed to thoroughly probe investigations on the causes of deaths for the six...
View ArticleFraud charge lawyer skips court again
A lawyer facing Sh23 million fraud charges yesterday failed again for the second time to attend court during the mention of the case. However, senior principal magistrate DN Mulekyo now wants...
View ArticleMPs want tax suit dismissed
MPs yesterday urged the court to dismiss a petition seeking to have them pay taxes. The 218 MPs, the clerk and the Speaker of the National Assembly through lawyer Ochieng Odoul urged the court to...
View ArticleBishop fails to appear in court
An archbishop with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya yesterday failed to show up in court to answer to charges of giving false information to a public officer. Bishop Walter Obare Obare, 64, was...
View ArticleMutula fails to testify aganist househelp
Education minister Mutula Kilonzo yesterday appeared in court to give evidence against a househelp who allegedly sent him death threats via text messages five months ago. However, the minister did not...
View ArticleEx-Shelter Afrique boss denies robbery
A former MD of Shelter Afrique from Cameroon was yesterday charged with robbery with violence. Louis Roger Ouandji allegedly robbed George Ndung’u of his property worth Sh355,050 on November 2 2012 at...
View ArticlePolling stations record mixed results
Polling stations in the capital are registering mixed result in the third day of the IEBC voter registration exercise. Some centers such as Toi Primary which is serving voters from the Woodley,...
View ArticleFormer PS pleads to be released on bail pending appeal
FORMER Tourism PS Rebecca Nabutola yesterday faulted her conviction and sentencing saying it was full of illegalities. Arguing before the High Court for her release on bail pending appeal, Nabutola...
View ArticleParliament to probe Baragoi, Garissa violence
Parliament has directed two departmental committees on security to probe the Baragoi killings and other incidents of violence in the country. The joint committees on Defence and National Security will...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ODM party was taken aback recently when a leading TV station failed to air an ad about the ODM Mashinani campaign which was launched last weekend. Assurances had been made...
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