Let’s build latrines for 8 million Kenyans – Mugo
PUBLIC Health and Sanitation minister Beth Mugo has asked Kenyans to build latrines to stop infectious diseases. More than 8 million Kenyans have no access to toilets while a child dies from a disease...
View ArticleChakori Hills mine sparks uproar
More than 200 residents of Sori in Nyatike district yesterday demonstrated against mining at Chakori Hills. Led by Okello Suleiman, the residents who live at the foot of the hills asked the government...
View ArticleACK cleric backs Mutunga’s call to vet church leaders
An Anglican Church of Kenya priest has welcomed the proposal by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga to vet religious leaders. Maseno West Diocese Rev Kenneth Wachianga said vetting religious leaders will weed...
View ArticleTake care of donkeys - vet
Kenyans have been asked to take good care of their donkeys to prevent them from premature deaths. Speaking during a visit to Njoro, Donkey Sanctuary country manager Duncan Ochieng’ said straining the...
View ArticleKQ plans Eldoret cargo freight
Kenya Airways will introduce a new cargo freight to connect the Eldoret Airport to the middle East and the European market. Dominic Biwott, Canken International general manager, said KQ will airlift...
View ArticleTB patient held for missing dose
A flower farm worker in Naivasha was yesterday arrested for skipping his TB medication. The middle-aged man, who has been suffering from the disease for two years, was arrested by public health...
View ArticleEquality official fears for neglected groups
LACK of finances and formal education prevents people from marginalised groups from seeking elective seats, a commissioner with National Gender and Equality Commision has said. “They do not have the...
View ArticleEldoret youth in voter registration drive
A group of youth in Rift Valley yesterday launched a campaign to mobilise residents to register as voters. The youth, who carried out street campaigns in Eldoret, asked the government to improve the...
View ArticleForest evictees and IDPs give up on resetlement
Mau and Embobut forests evictees yesterday said they have given up on being resettled before the March 4 elections. The government has been unable to get land where the forest evictees and remaining...
View ArticleKitengela hitch solved
REGISTRATION of voters in Kitengela began yesterday after the IEBC bowed to the demand of the local leaders. The exercise failed to take off on Monday after the local leadership discovered that the...
View ArticleVoters exodus worries youth
Youth in Naivasha have expressed concern over the high number of people fleeing the town ahead of the general election. They blamed the exodus on the 2007-2008 violence that rocked the town. The youth...
View ArticleNarok holds its first graduation
NAROK University College will today hold its first graduation ceremony at the institution graduation square. The university, which was established in year 2007, is a constituent college of Moi...
View ArticleNaivasha youth miss chance to join police force over discoloured teeth
Tens of youth seeking to join the Kenya and Administration police were yesterday turned away in Naivasha for lack of national identity cards. Close to half of those who failed in the recruitment had...
View ArticleFarmers dismiss new NCPB maize price
Trans Nzoia farmers have dismissed as "too small" the increase in maize prices by National Cereals and Produce Board from Sh2,800 to Sh3,000 per 90kg bag. Led by Wakimila Mumelo from Waitaluk, the...
View ArticleStriking Narok council workers vow to stay put
NAROK County Council workers yesterday vowed to continue with their strike — on its 10th day — until their demands are addressed. Local Government Workers Union branch chairman Koitaat ole Mereu said...
View ArticleWambui’s camp wins TNA seats
ALL the 18 officials elected on Wednesday for the Othaya branch are allied to the area parliamentary aspirant Mary Wambui. The TNA party supporters choose to elect the officials who are allied to...
View ArticleChief held over love affair
POLICE in Mukurwe-ini district, Nyeri County have arrested an assistant chief after he was allegedly found with a woman of a neighbor. There was drama at the mid of the night on Wednesday night when...
View ArticleTextile workers in Ruiru protest poor working conditions
About 1,000 Alpha Knits workers in Ruiru Kiambu yesterday went on strike saying they are being mistreated. The tailors and textile workers said they have not been paid their arrears. They said their...
View ArticleMan denies Sh1.1 million jobs fraud
A man appeared before a Gatundu court yesterday where he was charged with obtaining Ksh. 1.1 million from five people with the pretense that he would secure their children positions in the Kenya...
View ArticleMan burnt to death, two injured in Limuru fire
One man was burnt to death and two others sustained serious injuries when fire gutted their house on Wednesday night in Kamirithu village in Limuru district. John Mwangi, 17, and his cousin John...
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