France to neutral in poll
France will remain neutral in the March 4 elections, a source at the Nairobi Embassy has said.With only 46 days to the General Election, the source urged Kenyans to run transparent, democratic and fair...
View ArticleNurses accuse State of intimidation
THE Kenya National Nurses Association of Kenya (NNAK) has accused the Government of failure to respect court orders as the strike enters the seventh week. Seth Panyako, the association’s secretary...
View ArticleKibaki urged to quickly gazette land commission
The Land Development and Governance Institute has asked President Kibaki to quickly gazette names of members of the National Land Commission and its designate officials. The LDGI chairman Ibrahim...
View ArticleKRA launches online system of filing tax records
The Kenya Revenue Authority has launched a sensitisation exercise for the online mode of filing tax returns dubbed iTax 's that seeks to enhance tax collection. Speaking in Mombasa yesterday, KRA’s...
View ArticleKRA officials cleared sh100m ivory haul
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the Sh100 million worth of ivory consignment netted at the Mombasa port on Tuesday night. Reports that emerged hours after the consignment that was en route to Indonesia...
View ArticleKajwang transfers officials
The Head of Permits at the Immigration ministry has been removed from her position and replaced by another officer on the orders of the minister. Eunice Lamba, the head of the Permits section was...
View ArticleThree deny ATM fraud
Three men were yesterday taken to a Kibera court to answer to charges of "preparation to commit a felony". Michael Kariuki, Linus Mathenge and Daniel Kimita on January 15 at Kayole Naivas supermarket,...
View ArticleLSK releases 500 names of leaders with questionable integrity
THE Law Society of Kenya has released a list of 10 top-ranking politicians who they deem unsuitable to hold public office.The politicians are among 500 other Kenyans LSK said had not cleared their...
View ArticleActivists burn 221 caskests as a state burrial to Mps
CIVIL society activists yesterday held a mock 'state burial' and burnt 221 of caskets. The 221 caskets represented the number of MPs in the last Parliament excluding the President. The mock burial...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
As the country heads to the elections, it appears leading politicians are not leaving anything to chance and especially their security. Our moles at one of the country security firms reveal that one of...
View ArticleCJ asks institutions to employ 5 per cent disabled people
CHIEF Justice Willy Mutunga has urged organisations to ensure five per cent of their staff are people living with disabilities. He further called on contractors to factor in the more than one million...
View ArticleKibaki frees convict serving life in prison
Some seven prisoners serving life or lengthy sentences and not eligible for presidential pardon were among those released last December. President Kibaki gave a presidential pardon to 6,700 inmates...
View ArticleCourt reinstates mining licence
A judge has suspended the government’s decision to revoke a titanium mining license issued to Tiomin Company. Judge Weldon Korir yesterday temporarily halted the decision by the Environment minister to...
View ArticleLawyer blasts LSK’s stance on judges
A veteran lawyer has criticised the Law Society of Kenya's move to oppose the reinstatement of two judges by the Jugdes and Magistrates Vetting Board. Speaking to the Star yesterday, lawyer Francis...
View ArticleUncle confessed to killing sons over estranged wife, says niece
A WOMAN yesterday tearfully narrated to a Nairobi court how her uncle reported to her that he had killed his two children. Jane Nyawira said she thought her uncle, James Mwinga, was making a joke only...
View ArticleMP Godhana cleared of incitement charges
Galole MP Dhadho Godhana was yesterday acquitted of the incitement to violence charges by a Nairobi court for lack of evidence. In his ruling, chief magistrate Kiarie Waweru, said the prosecution...
View ArticleTerror suspect charged with lying
A young man who confessed to being a member of the al-Shabaab was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with giving false information. Jeffrey Akide alias Chrisantus Wabwire Akide was charged with...
View ArticleCourt blocks woman from murdered husband’s funeral
A last-ditch attempt by a woman accused of murdering her husband to attend his funeral failed yesterday after a judge rejected her plea. Lucy Njeri Waweru ,76, made an application minutes before her...
View ArticleDisabled want 5% of nomination certificates
The disabled are now demanding that each political party should set aside for them 5 per cent of the seats in party nominations . The Disability Caucus for Implementation of the Constitution yesterday...
View ArticleJubilee set to hold rallies in Coast
JUBILEE coalition leaders will take their campaigns to the Coast at the end of the week in their bid to seek support for their presidential aspirant. A statement issued by URP Coast coordinator Anania...
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