We Need Champions For Gender Balance
Following the Attorney General’s curious request for an advisory opinion, the Supreme Court pronounced itself on the matter of implementation of the constitutional provisions for gender representation...
View ArticleSaving the world through social media? How development is going digital
Social media and mobile technologies offer a wide range of benefits for people working in development: a potentially cheap and efficient way to link citizens with their governments, the chance to...
View ArticlePresident Kibaki opens The Boma hotel
The Kenya Red Cross is well known for being at the forefront of disasters all over the country offering humanitarian assistance. So it was only fitting that the organisation known for offering...
View ArticleBattle For Western Goes A Notch Higher
A crunch popularity contest is going down in Western Kenya this weekend. Mudavadi-led Amani coalition and Raila’s Cord will be breathing on each other’s back as they comb the counties for supremacy. At...
View ArticleWhich MP deserves a state funeral?
PRESIDENT Kibaki rejected the retirement package passed by MPs last year and sent it back to Parliament. Now MPs have again passed their Sh9.6 million gratuity but added in a few sweeteners including...
View ArticleLubao: The biggest dog market in East Africa
IT is Thursday morning and it's market day at Lubao market in Kakamega East district. The main highway from Kakamega to Webuye traverses the trading centre famous for its dog market which is the...
View ArticleFairness A Must In Party Nominations
In December 2002, greedy party functionaries sold nomination tickets to losers and moneyed individuals at the expense of popular candidates. A case in point was the bombardment of the NARC head offices...
View ArticleObure named chair of Kisii ODM summit
PUBLIC Works minister Chris Obure will chair the newly formed Kisii County ODM Summit. Obure has relinquished the ODM county chairman's post and has been included in the Summit that will coordinate...
View ArticleMigori parents, pupils reject transfer of head teacher
Learning at Remo Primary School in Migori district was yesterday halted after parents and pupils went on the rampage to protest the transfer of the head teacher. Led by the school chairman, Okal Ndire,...
View ArticlePower disconnection triggers acute water shortage in Siaya Town
SIAYA town and the environs have been experiencing an acute shortage of water in the past week. The Kenya Power branch manager, Joseph Sambu, said Siaya-Bondo Water Services Company (SIBOWASCO) owes...
View ArticleCourt stops Kakamega market stalls allocation
Traders operating within Kakemega Municipality have moved to court to block the controversial allocation of stalls at the market, saying the exercise was not carried out in a fair manner. The traders...
View Article29 tea bosses are elected unopposed
Twenty nine directors have been elected unopposed in the just concluded KTDA factory elections countrywide. Eighty directors were re-elected out of 109, while 25 new directors were elected during the...
View ArticleCane workers strike over pay
More than 20 employees of Busia Out Growers Sugar Company (Boco) in Nambale have gone on strike over non-payment of their three month salary arrears. The sugarcane workers led by their representative...
View ArticleBondo given governor - MP
ALEGO Usonga MP Edwin Yinda has dismissed the idea that Siaya county will produce the first governor. Yinda said during a meeting convened by Siaya MPs, it was agreed that the Upper Siaya, which...
View ArticleSoita dismisses Jirongo move
AMANI coalition backers in Western province have downplayed Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo’s decision to join the Cord alliance saying the move will not have any impact in the region. Housing minister Soita...
View ArticleMonda sunk empty boreholes, claims aspirant
Nyaribari Chache MP Robert Monda was yesterday accused of using CDF funds to sink boreholes which do not have water. Ben Mogaka who is vying for a parliamentary seat said it is unfortunate for Monda to...
View ArticleI'm the best for Teso North, says Ekirapa
Teso North MP ODM aspirant Albert Ekirapa launched his nomination campaign yesterday and warned his opponents not to underrate his bid. Speaking atop an 'Eagle Caravan' vehicle in Amagoro, Ekirapa said...
View ArticleKisumu man abducted by gang over land row
TENSION remains high at Kanyakwar village in East Kisumu after a 42-year-old man was abducted in a tussle over land on Wednesday morning. The villagers fled their homes after the attackers threatened...
View ArticleTomato run out in Bomet
An acute shortage of tomatoes has hit Bomet town and its suburbs making its prices skyrocket. Speaking to the Star yesterday, vegetable vendors said they were forced to hike prices to cushion them from...
View ArticleWife takes weed to hubby in cell
Police in Naivasha are holding a wife who yesterday attempted to sneak rolls of bhang to her husband while at the court holding cells. According to Naivasha OCPD Charles Kortok, the woman had stuffed...
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