Bank loses bid to recover Sh65 million loan
A bid by Credit Bank to recover millions of shillings from the directors of defuncted Nyanza Spinning and Weaving Mills has flopped. In dismissing the application by the bank, Justice Jonathan Havelock...
View ArticleTrader’s plea for case transfer denied
An application to transfer a Sh560,000 fraud case against a businessman to Mombasa was yesterday dismissed by a Nairobi court. The accused Gaspy Oduke, a motor vehicle dealer based in Mombasa, wants...
View ArticleMan wants nominees for PSC blocked
THE appointment of public service commissioners has been challenged in court over integrity issues. Under a certificate of urgency, Evans Nyambega wants the nomination of Titus Ndambuki, Margaret Kobia...
View ArticleCourt to give direction on MPs IEBC case
THE High Court will today give directions in a case in which two MPs want the IEBC compeled to register youths without ID cards as voters. The two MPs, Embakasi's Ferdinand Waititu and Makadara's Mike...
View ArticleMum, daughters charged with kin’s murder
An elderly woman and her three daughters were yesterday charged in the High Court with the murder of a man in Nairobi's Ngong area. Lucy Njeri Waweru and her daughters Alice Makunyi, Christine Ngendo...
View Article‘Bogus’ police Waiganjo out on Sh4 million bond
The alleged police imposter Joshua Waiganjo was yesterday released on a Sh4 million bond by a Naivasha court. Waiganjo walked away despite concerted efforts by the prosecution to oppose his release....
View ArticleTNA unveils its election board
The National Alliance yesterday inaugurated its National Elections Board that will oversee next week's party primaries, promising aspirants of free and fair nominations. During the ceremony at the TNA...
View ArticleJournalists roughed up in Tana Delta
Angry villagers from Nduru village in Tana Delta yesterday turned on journalists who had gone to report an early morning raid in which at least ten people have died. An NTV cameraman who was...
View ArticleChurch rejects new bill on schools
THE Church has criticised the government’s plan to take ownership of private schools. The clergy asked President Kibaki not to sign into law the Basic Education Bill, 2012 which was recently passed by...
View ArticlePeaceful election good for tourism, says Kibaki
President Kibaki has urged Kenyans to embrace peace as they go into the elections. He said a peaceful election will send the right signals to investors. Kibaki said a peaceful poll is important for...
View ArticleTwo poachers killed as elephant death toll rises
Two suspected poachers were gunned down in Isiolo on Tuesday. One G3 rifle, 12 bullets and eight pieces of ivory were recovered at Mlango. Also recovered was a weighing scale used to weigh ivory . The...
View Article7 killed as new Tana Delta clashes erupt
At least ten people were killed as the violence in Tana River which has since last month claimed 160 lives, escalated. Seven people died when an estimated 300 heavily armed people suspected to be from...
View ArticleCall to reopen Charter House Bank
A parliamentary committee has recommended that Central Bank of Kenya reopens Charter House bank which was placed under statutory management in June 2006. The Committee on Implementation has further...
View ArticleMPs want Shelter Afrique boss declared “persona non grata”
A parliamentary committee wants the government to immediately deport Shelter Afrique Managing Director Alassane Ba over accusations that he assaulted a female employee at the company. The Parliamentary...
View ArticleMPs pass law regulating the award of national honours
MPs yesterday passed a bill that seeks to introduce a new law governing the awarding of national honors by the president. The National Honours Bill 2012 will now create special committees to decide the...
View ArticleBills showing funds use in 47 counties sails through
Two Bills designated to set in motion operations of county governments immediately after the March 4 elections, yesterday sailed through their second reading with ease. The two bills are the Transition...
View ArticleKibaki, PM, VP hired relatives as envoys - MPs
A report by a parliamentary committee has accused President Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka of using their positions to appoint relatives and fellow tribesmen as...
View ArticleMPs pass send-off package
MPs have finally passed two bills awarding President Kibaki alongside several other state officers hefty sendoff packages. The MPs passed the Presidential Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Bill 2012 and...
View ArticleUhuru, Raila must vet party nominees
PRESIDENTIAL candidates could be barred from running if their parties knowingly nominate persons who are not eligible to stand for elective positions. The significance of Section 72 in the Elections...
View ArticleGoogle Kenya launches elections hub
Google Kenya today launched an elections portal for voters, journalists and campaigners to easily track news, trends and information related to the March elections. The elections’ portal,...
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