Media Council launches journalists’ safety survey
The Media Council of Kenya has launched a nationwide survey on journalists' and correspondents' safety ahead of the general election. This follows continuous reports of harassment, attacks and...
View ArticleNairobi businesswoman denies kidnapping girl, 10
A 24-year-old woman was yesterday charged before a Kibera court with kidnapping a 10-year-old girl. It is alleged that on November 19 at Dagoretti Centre, Ann Wangui Waweru together with others not in...
View ArticleMudavadi woos Meru professionals
DEPUTY Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has challenged professionals to stop shying away from politics. Mudavadi said the professionals should guide their communities in electing right leaders to safely...
View ArticleMan changes plea, denies owning gun
A man arrested by the a nti terror police officers in last Thursday’s raid on suspected terror hideouts in Mtwapa changed his plea and denied possessing an illegal firearm before a Mombasa court. Salim...
View ArticleCourt stops state from leasing land
A government move to lease 20 acres of a veterinary farm land to the Ol Kejuado County Council has been temporary stopped by the court. The county wants to mine stones in the land. Yesterday, High...
View ArticleUrban areas exploding with slums
A study by Population Action International, an NGO has shown that many people who live in urban towns live in the slums. The report warns that if the rural-urban migration trend is not checked, the...
View ArticleLet Muslim women wear headgear, plead Imams
Muslim leaders in Mombasa yesterday called on the IEBC to protect the dignity of Muslim women during the registration period. The Imams said the requirement that Muslim women remove their hijabs when...
View ArticleTraders stop their eviction
TWO traders have stopped their landlady from evicting them from a premises in Eastleigh estate, Nairobi. The two, Safiyo Abdullahi and Asha Ali Noor, said Mama Kiarie had threatened to remove them from...
View ArticleMech in court over Sh35 million drugs theft
A mechanic was yesterday charged with robbing a businessman of a consignment of medicine worth more than Sh35 million. William Ijeji Changirwa, who appeared before chief magistrate Kiarie Waweru, faces...
View ArticleEmployee accused of stealing Sh19m
ANOTHER employee of a Mombasa transport company was yesterday charged in connection with theft of Sh 19 million belonging to the company. Rose Karata denied conspiring with a former accountant of Ms...
View ArticleCIC appeals ruling on presidential losers
THE Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution as moved to the Court of Appeal to bar political parties from submitting presidential losers in the list of persons to be considered for...
View ArticleMunyes fails to block incitement case
Labour minister John Munyes has gone to court seeking to stop the Director of Public Prosecutions and the police from charging him with incitement to violence over the Baragoi killings. The minister...
View ArticleRogo son charged with plotting grenade attacks
THE son of the slain cleric Aboud Rogo and four other suspects were yesterday charged with an intention of blowing up police stations in Mombasa. Khubeib Rogo, Rogo’s son in-law Swaleh Abdulmajit,...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Our eagle eye has spotted something which State House protocol officials might need to rectify. All official programmes of presidential functions indicate that President Kibaki will be accompanied by...
View ArticleNGO raises concern on slow land reforms
Kituo Cha Sheria has warned that the country may experience violence in the near future if land injustices are not addressed. During a debate on land and MRC organised by Kituo yesterday, coast...
View ArticleElection experts say delaying polls will be costly
The country may pay a heavy price in the event the general election is delayed beyond March 4, election experts have warned. Kenyans have three options, to hold the elections as scheduled, to choose...
View ArticleCity youth in support of security operations
A group of youths from estates in Nairobi yesterday demonstrated in support of the security operations in Baragoi and Garissa. The group calling itself Mavuno Youth Congress wants the killers of 42...
View ArticleThree arrested over Eastleigh matatu blast
Three people suspected to have planned and executed Sunday's grenade attack in a Kariobangi bound matatu have been arrested. Police in Nairobi confirmed yesterday that the suspects were behind the...
View ArticleMPs table new formula for sahring revenue
The Parliamentary Committee on the Budget has presented to the House its report for the allocation of devolved funds to the 47 counties. The highlight of the report is the revision of the parameters...
View ArticleKibaki okays Baragoi probe
PRESIDENT Kibaki has approved the establishment of an inquiry into the killings of security officials and destruction of property in Garissa and Baragoi. This followed a cabinet meeting which concluded...
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