Judge calls top Embakasi AP for ignoring orders
A SENIOR police officer was yesterday summoned to court for ignoring an order in an Embakasi plot ownership case. Justice David Majanja directed Embakasi police boss Nyongesa Oduor to ensure that a...
View ArticleNigerian doctor denies resisting arrest
A Nigerian doctor was yesterday charged with assault and resisting arrest before a Kibera court. Chinwendu Anduola Achebe denied causing bodily harm to Silver Busolo on October 22 last year at the MP...
View ArticleCJ creates appellate courts in major towns
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has transferred judges and decentralised the Court of Appeal to three towns. For the first time, the judiciary has posted appellate judges to Nyeri, Kisumu and Mombasa "to...
View ArticlePolice link MPs Mungatana, Dado to persistent violence
Police have linked two politicians to the violence at the Tana Delta. Garsen MP Danson Mungatana and retired diplomat Hussein Dado are under police investigations over the violence that has led to the...
View Article12 killed in Tana fresh attack
More than 12 people died and seven others injured when a group of more than 150 heavily-armed raiders attacked Kibusu village in the Tana Delta. Among the dead were five children, two women and five...
View ArticleCoalition reps to meet registrar
COALITION parties are set to meet today with the Registrar of Political Parties to agree on how parties’ nominations will be coordinated on January 17. Education minister Mutula Kilonzo said they will...
View ArticleAG told to respond to case on the youth without IDs
The AG and the IEBC have been directed to respond to a case by two MPs who want more than 2 million youths who have no IDs registered as voters. High Court judge Isaac Lenaola told the two to respond...
View ArticleMember joins parties tribunal
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga yesterday presided over the swearing in ceremony of the last member of the political parties tribunal. Kyalo Mbobu joins the tribunal headed by lawyer Peter Simani. The...
View Article‘Bogus’ cop Waiganjo rearrested
A Nyeri court issued an warrant of arrest to police imposter Joshua Karianjahi hours after he was been released on bond. His relative had just finished processing his Sh4 million bond, when police...
View ArticleCurtain falls on 10th Parliament
THE 10th Parliament yesterday ended its session after enacting the most laws since the country's independence. The Parliamen has passed more than 180 bills since it was sworn-in in 2008. The Parliament...
View ArticleMPs to receive Sh9.3 million bonus, state funerals
President Kibaki was under great pressure not to assent into law, a last minute by members of the Tenth Parliament to award themselves a Sh9.3 million 'farewell token' that will cost taxpayers over Sh2...
View ArticleCord is the leading alliance - poll
With only 52 days remaining to the March 4 general election, an opinion poll by Infotrack Harris shows the Cord coalition has garnered the most support amongst Kenyans. According to the survey Cord is...
View ArticlePM Raila condemns MPs' pay package
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has termed the move by Members of Parliament to grant themselves a "farewell token" after the end of their serving term as "greedy and callous". MPs on Wednesday night...
View ArticleUHURU, RUTO TO REMAIN AT ICC UNTIL 2015
THE trials of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto at the Hague are likely to stretch into 2015, judging by the pre-trial brief of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda filed on Wednesday. The trial of Deputy...
View ArticleHigh Court halts digital migration
The High Court has extended orders stopping the digital migration.The CCK and the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) to agree on another date for the digital migration after the March general...
View ArticleWomen big parties risky
Big parties are likely to lock women out come January 17, a women leader has cautioned. Coast Maendeleo ya Wanawake Chairperson Sureya Roble Hersi says party primaries will not be fair for women...
View ArticleTNA rivals stage popularity show
Nyali constituents at the weekend were treated to a popularity contest as three TNA aspirants tried to outshine each other during a campaign trail. When John Mburu, Jackson Waweru and Mwalimu Gachanja...
View ArticleInmates make torture claims
Prisoners serving life sentences at the Shimo la Tewa prison in Mombasa have cried foul over alleged mistreatment by the authorities. The five prisoners said they are being frustrated on matters of...
View ArticleFury over URP ‘direct ticket’
URP election officials in Kilifi County were at the weekend put to task by aspirants after a Kilifi North parliamentary aspirant claimed he was promised direct ticket by the party. The aspirants were...
View ArticleLeave my son alone, Kajembe tells critics
Changamwe MP Ramadhan Kajembe has told off those criticizing his son’s bid to become Jomvu’s MP in the next elections. Kajembe, who is aspiring to be the Mombasa senator, said the critics, who claim he...
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