Joho to pick woman as running mate
MOMBASA county governor aspirant Ali Hassan Joho is set to name a woman as his running mate ahead of the Cord primaries.The move is seen as one that will boost his bid on March 4 general election. Joho...
View ArticleTaita Taveta senator aspirant defects to Jubilee
DEPUTY Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee alliance at the weekend got a major boost after Mombasa businessman Mwakazi Mtongolo joined the URP. Mtongolo defected from ODM. He is looking to run for...
View ArticleKebs waives inspection fee 3,000 cars
Kenya Bureau of Standards is contemplating giving waivers on 3000 vehicles whose certificates of conformity expired on December 31 last year, Mombasa Kebs manager Vincent Cheruiyot said yesterday....
View ArticleOverhaul security in Tana , lobby groups tell Kimaiyo
LOBBY groups in Mombasa yesterday held peaceful demonstration in the Central Business District, demanding an overhaul of the region’s security department over the cyclic Tana Delta killings. Led by...
View ArticleNGO threatens to sue state over poaching
A Non-Governmental Organisation in Isiolo yesterday threatened to sue the government for failing to protect wildlife. Centre for Community Change coordinator Joseph Kalapata said they will compile...
View ArticleEmbu M-Pesa agents conned by safaricom 'engineers'
Embu West District Security Committee has raised the alarm over theft from MPesa outlets.The committee chairman, acting DC Daniel Obudo said conmen pretending to be Safaricom engineers have swindled...
View ArticleAspirants unveil running mates
Aspirants vying for Machakos governor on a Wiper ticket have unveiled their running mates. Former government spokesman Alfred Mutua has picked Bernard Kiala, an ex-banker while one time Cabinet...
View ArticleMutati returns to Kalonzo's wiper party
A Mwingi North politician, who recently deserted Kalonzo Musyoka in favour of archrival Charity Ngilu has returned to Kalonzo’s camp. Mutati Nzoka, who after ditching the Wiper party last September...
View ArticleRigging fears for TNA Embu seats
Complaints over rigging claims have been voiced ahead of the Thursday's TNA and Alliance Party of Kenya nominations in Embu county. The two parties are the most popular in the area. Aspirants expressed...
View ArticleNo direct nomination, says Mutula
Top Wiper officials have reassured the public that there will be no direct nominations.They said Thursday's primaries will be free and fair. Secretary general Mutula Kilonzo said aspirants vying on the...
View ArticleAspirants wants factories build near Kitui mines
A Kitui county governor aspirant has urged the government and the mining companies to ensure that the minerals processing factories are constructed at the mining sites. “I cannot see the reason why the...
View ArticleCouncillor wants fraud suit settled out of court
A Nairobi councillor wants an out-of-court settlement in a case in which he is accused of obtaining over Sh3 million from Elizaphason Mwaura. The case against Imara Daima Councillor Jairo Asitiba...
View ArticleSpaniard’s drugs suit postponed to February
A case in which a Spaniard is charged with trafficking in cocaine worth over Sh40 million has been adjourned to next month. Fort Pascual, who had appeared in a Kibera Principal Magistrate Lucas Onyina...
View ArticleCourt told man violently robbed cash, killed victim
A middle-aged man was yesterday arraigned before a Nairobi court charged with violently robbing a motorist of property worth over Sh2 million before killing him. David Joseph Mamiro appeared before...
View ArticleFormer labour officer held while taking bribe
A former Ministry of Labour employee was yesterday arrested as he tried to illegally obtain cash from a city businessman. Peter Gichuhi had approached officials of Luthuli Salama Hotel in December for...
View ArticleCouncil overhauls parking department
Rampant corruption coupled with dwindling revenue collection has forced Town Clerk Tom Odongo to overhaul the parking attendants department. Odongo who was appointed last year, has replaced all parking...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
An immigration official who has been rejecting work permit applications from foreigners with fraudulent and dubious documents has become a marked person after her bosses threatened to sack her. It...
View ArticlePublic Service Commission board members sworn in by CJ
CJ Willy Mutunga yesterday challenged the newly sworn in Public Service Commission members to ensure there is fair ethnic diversity in public service. Speaking at the Supreme Court building during the...
View ArticleIEBC will monitor party polls to avert disputes
IEBC is ready to conduct a successful 2013 polls, including a possible presidential run-off, Commission chairman Issack Hassan assured the country yesterday. He was speaking at an international...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal to hear 200 cases in one month
THE Court of Appeal yesterday started hearing more than 200 cases in a processthat will take a month. Boosted by the recent appointment of 16 judges to the court, the judges started the marathon...
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