Kibaki to open centre in Kwale
President Kibaki is expected in Kwale county today to commission the ultra-modern Matuga Conference Centre at the Kenya School of Government Matuga formerly referred to as Government Training...
View ArticleKilifi taps run dry over Sh60m power bill
COAST water consumers served by the Baricho water station in Malindi have been hit by an acute water scarcity after the Kenya Power disconnected electricity at the water plant because of a Sh69 million...
View ArticleCar importers take Kebs to task over fee
MOTOR vehicle importers have faulted Kenya Bureau of Standards for reducing the number of days a vehicle is supposed to stay before shipment once it has been inspected in Japan. National chairman of...
View ArticleMan arrested over Tsavo jumbo killings
Kenya Wildlife Service security team in Tsavo has arrested one suspect in relation to the poaching of 12 elephants at Bisadi on Saturday. The suspect was arrested yesterday at Galalani, Tsavo East and...
View ArticleInmate flees in Wundanyi
Unrest has gripped Wundanyi prison authorities for a second day following the escape of an inmate from jail. Speaking to the Star, officer-in-charge Emanuel Odhiambo, said a manhunt has been launched...
View ArticleTwo cruise ships for port
Cruise tourism at the Coast continues to receive a boost with the expected arrival of two more ships this month. Speaking to the press yesterday, tourism police boss Wilberforce Sicharani set the two...
View ArticleYouth urged to shun violence
ODM Mvita parliamentary aspirant Abduswamad Sharif Nassir has urged youth to be ambassadors of peace during the upcoming party nominations set for January 17. Speaking yesterday at his campaign...
View ArticleMum kills self after hubby gets 2nd wife
A woman in Mwatate has committed suicide following reports that her husband had married a second wife. Msorongo villagers woke up to a rude shock yesterday morning when they found the mother of two...
View ArticleMRC faults judiciary
MRC yesterday accused the judiciary of unfair handling of cases. Speaking before the Judges and Magistrate vetting board in Kwale, MRC spokesman Rashid Mraja said the judiciary has been handling cases...
View ArticleGrievances team starts work in Coast
A task force appointed by Prime Minister Raila Odinga to address grievances of Coastal communities yesterday held its first formal meeting. Speaking to the press after the meeting at Mombasa City...
View ArticleDutch woman charged with using dud cheque to buy bags of maize
A Dutch woman who attempted to defraud a business man of Sh 0.9 million was yesterday arraigned in court. The woman, Gezina Gerriffe Alida Vander Pod, was arrested in Mombasa in December last year...
View ArticleCord intensifies search for flag-bearer to face Balala in Mombasa senator race
Cord Alliance has intensified its bid to find a flag bearer who will face off with Mvita MP Najib Balala. Facing no nomination headache, Balala who is vying on his Republican Congress Party affiliated...
View ArticleGroups clash over road project in Mvita
There was chaos at Mwembe Tanganyika in Mvita constituency when two groups clashed over a road construction project in the area. The project, which had stalled for seven years due to court battles, was...
View Article2 suspected poachers killed in crackdown
A joint team of KWS wardens and regular police killed two suspected poachers at Mlango in Isiolo yesterday. Eight pieces of ivory, a G3 rifle and 12 bullets were found. Isiolo police boss Daniel...
View ArticleIsiolo aspirants snub Imams’ meeting
A Council of Imams’ meeting to identify aspirants who will vie for elective positions in Isiolo failed to take off yesterday after some of the hopefuls boycotted the forum for a second time. The...
View ArticlePolice boot thieves jailed for 2 years
Two middle-aged men were yesterday jailed for two years each for breaking into police officers' houses in Embu and stealing their uniforms. Evans Muriithi Nyagah and Wilson Njeru Nyagah pleaded guilty...
View ArticleVillagers guard Embu forest against logger
Villagers leaving near the Njukiri Forest in Embu West district are keeping guard to stop agents of a dealer from harvesting trees. Early this week the dealer’s lorry was rescued by police officers...
View Article‘Broke’ Mwingi town can’t repair potholed roads
The Mwingi Town Council has said it is unable to solve its numerous problems because of lack of funds. The town's residents have complained of a poor road network which they say has led to poor street...
View ArticleParents close down Kitui school over new principal
Irate parents on Wednesday stormed the Muthamo Secondary School in Kitui West and closed it down a day after it had been reopened. The parents were angered by the Kitui Teachers Service Commission...
View ArticleMusila, Mutula stand down from party seats
Wiper Democratic Movement chair David Musila and secretary general Mutula Kilonzo have stepped down as the party's leaders ahead of next week's nominations. The move consequently suspends the two from...
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