I have Kakamega's vision 2030 - aspirant Oparanya
PLANNING minister Wycliffe Oparanya has urged Kakamega residents to vote wisely in the March 4 general elections. Addressing ODM delegates from Mumias West at Musanda at the weekend, the governor...
View ArticleChild abusers risk jail terms
Child abusers in Butere/Khwisero put on notice. A former Samia District Children's Officer, Dishon Otuko, who has been moved to Butere/Khwisero district, has warned children abusers that they risk...
View ArticleAlarm over widows’ plight
Uriri constituency parliamentary aspirant Paul Odhiambo has raised alarm over the suffering of widows in the region. The Mombasa-based trader says the cash transfer programme for widows hardly benefits...
View ArticleRongo school hit by water shortage
AN acute water shortage has hit Kuja Special School for the Deaf in Rongo town due to vandalism of a 20,000-litre water tank. The school that hosts about 400 pupils has experienced the shortage since...
View ArticleMfangano mum kills daughter
A mother has battered her daughter to death for allegedly taking photographs without permission. The eight-year-old a nursery pupil at Nyakweri Primary School collapsed and died after the battering at...
View ArticleKakemega Cord rally now set for tomorrow
THE Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) has shifted its Kakamega County campaign rally earlier set for Saturday has been pushed back to Friday as the fight for Western votes moves a notch...
View ArticleAspirants reject minister Otieno’s county line-up
A number of ODM aspirants for seats in Migori County have condemned a statement by Public Service Minister Dalmas Otieno that contained a proposed line-up of preferred candidates. The politicians,...
View ArticleNandi given rabies doses
More than 90,000 doses of anti-rabbies vaccines have been delivered to Nandi district by a team of American based volunteer veterinary doctors. The vaccines are for the second phase of the yearly...
View ArticleMurgor pleads for Kapenguria
Assistant minister for Environment Julius Murgor has urged the government to issue relief food to the families affected by mudslides in Kapenguria. Speaking in Kitale town, the MP said more than 300...
View ArticleNo support for new Fora boss
URP aspirants in Nandi have threatened to paralyse grassroots nominations unless they are guaranteed of a free and fair process. Tempers flared up during an aspirants meeting held at a Kapsabet hotel,...
View ArticleOverhaul police, MP
Roads assistant minister Lee Kinyanjui has called on Vigilance House to overhaul all top police officers in Rift Valley region. Kinyanjui said while the suspension of Rift Valley Provincial Police...
View ArticleOne killed, 3,000 displaced in Marigat by bandit attack
One person was shot dead and another wounded in renewed clashes between two communities in Marigat district, Baringo county. Tension is high at villages in Arabal area which was attacked by heavily...
View ArticleURP aspirants in 'panic campaigns' in Rfit Valley ahead of nominations
URP aspirants in the Rift Valley region are carrying out "panic campaigns" as they face their greatest challenge in next week's nominations. The aspirants have expressed fear that the nominations may...
View ArticleNo support for new Fora boss
North Rift ODM leaders have opposed the appointment of Lawrence Bomet as the new chairman of Friends of Raila lobby group. The leaders from the two counties of Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet...
View Article1 killed, 3 injured in collapsed building
A sombre mood engulfed Maili Saba Catholic church in Kitale after a classroom collapsed and killed a constructor on the spot. Kitale OCPD James Kimani said Zachariah Juma died after sustaining fatal...
View ArticleJubilee heads to Bomet, Kericho for campaigns
Jubilee officials in Kericho and Bomet have embarked on publicity campaigns ahead of presidential aspirant Uhuru Kenyatta and running mate William Ruto's South Rift visit tomorrow . According to...
View ArticleNarok chiefs told to remain neutral
The Trusted Society of Human Rights Alliance has called on the government to take action against Chiefs campaigning for politicians in Narok. Speaking to the press at Kilgoris town yesterday, chairman...
View ArticleTransitional Authority needs Sh3bn to list counties’ assets
TRANSITIONAL Authority requires a minimum of Sh3 billion to prepare National and County Asset Registers before the March polls. TA chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi raised fears that lack of funds could...
View ArticleUnion blames Moi hospital for intern’s death
Controversy has erupted over the death of a medical student at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital after he allegedly contracted the contagious Hepatitis B disease while on duty. The Union of Kenya...
View ArticleMum dies on Othaya road
The body of a 26-year-old woman was yesterday found dumped on a roadside in Othaya. Peninah Ndung'u, a single mother of three, was found dead at Gitugi by children who were going to school. The police...
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