5,000 URP members defect to ODM in Transmara
More than 5,000 URP members from Transmara have defected to ODM. Led by former councillor Moses ole Yampoi, the members said Cord alliance was the only serious coalition that will implement the...
View ArticleMan caught with body in a sack
Naivasha Boda boda operators catch a man ferrying a body in a gunny bag at 2am. The operators stopped the man suspecting he was a thief carrying stolen cargo. He dropped the bag and fled and upon...
View Article44 Naivasha bars closed
At least forty four bars and restaurants in Naivasha have been closed by public health authorities as the implementation of the alcoholic drinks control act went a notch higher in Naivasha. According...
View ArticleBritish envoy visit Eldoret
Britain's High Commissioner Christian Turner on Tuesday held a meeting with Kalenjin elders in Eldoret Town.At the meeting, Turner said his country is interested in a democratic, peaceful, free and...
View ArticleWife kills spouse in Trans Mara
A 40 year-old-man was killed by his 23-year-old wife following a domestic dispute at Olmotonyi area yesterday night. Speaking to the press yesterday, Trans Mara OCPD Johnston Ipara said Daniel Ombongi...
View ArticleMP pledge to fund boda boda training if re-elected
Trans Mara CDF will set aside Sh5 million to train 300 boda boda riders.Former Kilgoris MP Gideon Konchellah made this promise based on his re-election come the March 4 polls. Speaking yesterday during...
View ArticleWaiganjo probed over dubious civil suit
Investigations on police impostor Joshua Waiganjo reveal that he filed a dubious civil case against a car dealer on August 10. Court records show that Waiganjo moved to court against Lakers Auto Spares...
View Article600 police deployed for Nakuru primaries- OCPD
Preparations for Thursday's party nominations in Nakuru entered their final leg yesterday with various party teams and security officials in the area holding meetings. This was after an Elections...
View ArticleNyandarua TNA elections boss survives dismisal
Nyandarua's TNA elections coordinator John Wachira yesterday survived an ouster after a section of aspirants accused him of gross misconduct. The motion to have him removed was led by Sambi Mukuria, a...
View ArticleProbe Tana deaths, saba saba says
Saba Saba Asili party secretary general Thuo Mathenge yesterday demanded investigations into the Tana Delta killings. “The government must investigate the killings thoroughly because we believe the...
View ArticleKikuyu elders vow to take legal action Kiambu vote buyers
The Kiambu chapter of the Kikuyu Council of Elders has asked residents to reject aspirants who dish out money. Led by John Mwangi, the Kiambaa division chair, the elders said most youth in Kiambu use...
View ArticleKibaki to open nyeri hospital in February
PRESIDENT Kibaki will next month open the Sh400 million Othaya Level Four Hospital.Kibaki’s eldest son Jimi revealed yesterday in Othaya town that the President will open the facility in February. “The...
View ArticleNyoro dumps GNU for Ngilu's Rainbow party
Kiambu governor hopeful James Nyoro yesterday defected from the GNU party to Water minister Charity Ngilu's Narc. Ngilu received Nyoro and James Maara, a Limuru parliamentary aspirant who also defected...
View ArticleWaibara in sh200 fallout
Police shot in the air to disperse a crowd that threatened to beat outgoing Gatundu North MP Clement Waibara at a campaign in Gatukuyu shopping centre. The police took him away from the crowd mostly...
View ArticleVandal dies in mishap
A middle-aged man died in Ruiru town on Tuesday night when he fell from a three-storey building while vandalising parliamentary aspirant Simon Ng’ang’a Kingi’ra banner. He was among a group of forty...
View ArticleNGO rejects elders call for sex ban on poll eve
Ahadi Kenya Trust has told off the Kikuyu Council of Elders for suggesting a ban on sex on the eve of the March 4 general election.Chief executive Stanley Kamau dismissed the call as uncalled for and...
View ArticleThree held over murder
Three people were yesterday arrested in Magarini followng the murder of a boda boda operator. DC Richard Karani said the three were arrested as they tried to flee. “We were informed by members of the...
View Article14,800 Mombasa pupils benefit from free diaries, calendars
A politician in Mombasa has called for concerted effort to improve education in Mombasa. Abdulswamad Nassir said children should be encouraged to take their education seriously. “We want the future...
View ArticleJubilee, Cord share stage
Cord and Jubilee coalitions in Taita were forced to share a podium as the date for today's party nominations drew closer. A governor aspirant who is contesting on the Social Democratic Party ticket,...
View ArticleTNA aspirant in Mombasa aspirants cries foul
TNA Mombasa governor aspirant Gharib Suleiman has cried foul after the party cleared two other aspirants for the seat two days to today’s nominations. Suleiman said the TNA headquarters had assured him...
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