Coops urged to help the poor
A Nairobi businessman has asked cooperates to help the less fortunate children in rural areas. Edmand George Mungai said many companies have relented on their corporate social responsibility. The MD of...
View ArticleBalala performs ritual on stalled Mvita road
Mvita MP Najib Balala yesterday slaughtered two goats on a road project in his constituency that had stalled for seven years due to legal battles. Balala said the goats' blood will cleanse the project...
View ArticleAppeallate judges to visit disputed Kwale island plot
Court of appeal judges will visit a South Coast island in the middle of a property dispute. Judges Erastus Githinji and David Maraga will on Monday 21 visit Funzi Island on a fact-finding mission over...
View ArticleMRC secretary gets a Sh1m bond
An MRC leader was yesterday charged with belonging to an unlawful society after a Mombasa court ruled that he was a fugitive on the run. Salim Ali Goga, MRC's organising secretary, denied belonging to...
View ArticleBishop Kalu pleas for golden election
MOMBASA ACK Bishop Julius Kalu has asked Coast residents to elect leaders who will deliver them from their misery. Speaking at his office in Mombasa yesterday, Kalu said the residents should consider...
View ArticleKimaiyo seeks Muslim cofidence on anti-terror police
THE anti terrorism police unit will soon be restructured to make it more effective in dealing with terror threats. Inspector General of police David Kimaiyo yesterday said ATPU will be streamlined to...
View Article74 Kilifi County Nurses Sacked but Have Not Picked Their Letters
SEVENTY four nurses from Kilifi county have refused to pick dismissal letters issued by the public service commission for engaging in the nurses’ strike. Kilifi County National Nurses Association of...
View ArticleHousekeeper accused of raping tourist in South Coast
A case in which an employee of a beach resort in Diani was charged with allegedly raping a tourist was yesterday postponed after a Kwale court disqualified the interpreter. Resident magistrate...
View ArticlePrimary student charged with robbery with violence, released on 300, 000 bond
THREE teenagers including a standard eight pupil who allegedly violently robbed a man of his cash at the Likoni crossing channel were yesterday arraigned in court. Tom Mbuvi Kitavi, Kennedy Owino...
View ArticleIgnore Republican of Pwani group, Coast people advised
THE Pwani Ni Kenya initiative has dismissed the outfit similar to the Mombasa Republican Council based in the US and UK as an irrelevant group. The group, Republican of Pwani, which The Star confirmed...
View ArticleMore Wrangles in ODM in Kilifi, Malindi
WRANGLES in the ODM party in Kilifi county are far from over after another group of aspirants aligned to the party resolved that the nominations should be guided by Cord elections board. Bahari...
View ArticleMombasa Council says it will not stop politicians from sticking their posters
MOMBASA town clerk Tubman Otieno has said the council is not to blame for the campaign posters stuck everywhere in the central business district and on the residential houses at Old Mombasa town. He...
View ArticleGarissa cops probe APs grenade attack
Police in Garissa have launched investigations following Monday night's attack of a police vehicle patrolling the Ndogo suburb at the town. The incident that took place at around 7.20 pm left six...
View ArticleHospital chief to sue State over nurses' strike
Isiolo District Hospital Health Management Committee chairman Mr Hussein Jama yesterday threatened to sue the government for failing to address the plight of the poor following the nurses strike....
View ArticleTile firm runs into rough ground
A stand off has emerged between Machakos residents and council officials over a proposed tile making plant. Residents say the factory, which is located in a residential neighborhood, is an environment...
View ArticleState urged to resolve nurses strike
Mwingi District Hospital is one the institutions that is bearing the brunt of the ongoing nurses' strike. Speaking at the hospital yesterday, patients asked the government to intervene and put an end...
View ArticleRunyenjes nurses demo
Over 100 nurses held peaceful demonstrations around Runyenjes Town yesterday in support of the ongoing nation-wide nurses strike. Kenya National Union of Nurses vice chair Joseph Nzai said government...
View ArticleIsiolo-Marsabit highway kills more wildlife as residents ask for speedbumps
The recently upgraded Isiolo-Marsabit highway has become a death trap for wildlife which use it on a regular basis. The rampant loss of animals triggered a stakeholders meeting led by Shivani Bhalla of...
View ArticleMuthama-Kabaka in two-horse race for Machakos Wiper ticket
Muthama-Kabaka in two-horse race for Machakos Wiper ticket BY WAMBUA KAVILA The Wiper party nominations for the Machakos senator's seat will now pit Kangundo MP Johnson Muthama against law scholar...
View ArticleIsiolo passengers stranded as police enforce new rules
Hundreds of passengers were yesterday stranded on their way to Isiolo after the police enforced the new traffic rules. Some of the passengers traveling in trucks from Merti, Moyale and Marsabit were...
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