Three dead after police shootout with thugs
Two suspected thugs were shot dead in a botched robbery attempt along Nairobi's Kimathi street in an afternoon incident that also saw a stander-by get shot in the cross-fire. In the mid-day incident,...
View ArticleBensouda wants Ruto in court
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has asked the Trial Chamber for permission to appeal their decision granting Deputy President William Ruto excusal from trial. Yesterday, Bensouda told the judges that...
View ArticleFormer Ndaragwa MP hails Uganda's anti-gay law
Former Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni has hailed President Yoweri Museveni for signing the anti-gay and lesbianism bill into law. The new law provides that any person who will be found guilty of practicing...
View ArticleEACC PROBES TWO MINISTERS OVER GRAFT
THE Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating two Cabinet ministers over various offenses including bribe taking, influencing tenders, irregular tender awards and abuse of office. One...
View ArticleMaina Njenga robbery ruling for March 18
THe High Court will on March 18 decide whether to terminate a robbery with violence case against former Mungiki leader Maina njenga and four others. Njenga has challenged the criminal proceedings...
View ArticleKenya to host 2018 African Championship Cup
KENYA will for the first time host the African Nations Championship (CHAN) football tournament in 2018. The announcement was made by the Confederation of African Football following an executive council...
View ArticleDPP urged to withdraw 54 cases
RIGHTS groups have written to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko asking him to review 54 cases pending against human rights activities in the country. Chairman of the National...
View ArticleKibosia pleads for Sh30 million
The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital requires more than Sh30 million to buy equipment for the Cancer Center. The centre is currently under construction. CEO Dr John Kibosia and Uasin Gishu Deputy...
View ArticleFarmer gets 20 years for defiling daughter
A Trans Mara farmer who faces charges of defiling his two daughters has been found guilty for defiling one of them and sentenced to 20 years in jail by by a Kilgoris court. Monei Kipshan appeared...
View ArticleVihiga mourns eight killed in car crash
RELATIVES of the Monday night Vihiga accident continue morning their lost loved ones. Yesterday, residents of Ebubayi village in Luanda constituency struggled to come to terms with the reality of the...
View ArticleUganda to put up beacons
THE Ugandan government has agreed to work with the West Pokot county government to replace eleven becacons destroyed at the border. West Pokot county commissioner Peter Okwanyo said the decision was...
View ArticleRaila queries runoff money
ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday said the Sh6 billion meant for a presidential runoff was to be given to the youth as grants and not loans. He said the money was supposed to be disbursed to the youth...
View ArticlePrepare for hunger in June, says Koskei
KENYA is likely to experience food shortage in June and July, Agriculture Secretary Felix Koskei announced yesterday. He said this could be attributed to the export of maize to South Sudan where the...
View ArticleTailors to stay in Cotu
THE Tailors and Textiles Union has denied abandoning its membership in Cotu for the newly registered Public Service Trade Union. Secretary general Joel Chebii said claims of workers defection to Pusetu...
View ArticleLawyers free to advertise services in newspapers
LAWYERS can now advertise their services in newspapers, magazines, publications or internet but only three times in a year. The new Advocates (Marketing and Advertising) Rules 2014 restrict the size of...
View ArticleMP lauds Museveni
LIMURU MP John Kiragu has blasted gay activists in Kenya. He said Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni did a credible thing by signing into law the Anti-gay Bill. Kiragu said activists purporting to be...
View ArticleEAC ministers, EALA downplay regional rift
THE East African Legislative Assembly and the East African Council of Ministers have said the region's integration programmes will not be affected by the continued isolation of Tanzania and Burundi....
View ArticleTong'i now backs Jubilee
NYARIBARI Chache MP Richard Tong’i yesterday said he will work with national and county governments to develop his constituency. “In last year’s election, I supported former PM Raila Odinga but he did...
View ArticleNew KNH CEO's appeal
THE new Kenyatta National Hospital CEO Lily Tare has called on staff to work as a team and make patients’ needs a priority. Addressing the media in her office yesterday, Tare said her main priority...
View Article2,500 blood relatives working at City Hall
THE Nairobi county labour committee is investigating why there are 2500 relatives working at City Hall. Last month, the auditors report revealed that 2,500 out of the 11,000 workers are blood...
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