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Wako sails unopposed in Busia

FORMER Attorney General Amos Wako secured a direct ODM ticket for the Busia senator after his two challengers defected to other parties. Wako's competitors, Chris Okemo defected to Ford Kenya while...

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Pollyns loses as Dalmas, Gumbo triumph

FORMER Nyakach MP Pollyns Ochieng is one of the biggest casualties in ODM nominations in Nyanza. Ochieng lost to lawyer Awuor Aduma, who garnered 12,562 votes against his 6,241 in the hotly contested...

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Ex-MPs Were and Akula flop in ODM nominations

A former senior NSIS officer Richard Kelele has won the ODM ticket to vie for the Kilgoris parliamentary seat in the forthcoming general election. Kelele got 8,649 votes against his main challenger...

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Wetang’ula, Kituyi unopposed for Bungoma party tickets

Political heavyweights in Bungoma received direct nominations for governor and senator seats after they went in unopposed. In the senator race, Trade minister Moses Wetang'ula went unopposed in Ford...

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Jobs, food security and education top on Jubilee agenda

The Jubilee coalition will prioritise job creation, food security, health-care, education, youth and women empowerment and improved security if Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is elected president...

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How I learned to stop worrying and love holidays

About a decade and a half ago or perhaps slightly more, when I came into contact with South Africans living and working in Kenya after the end of Apartheid, I would be faintly amused when they spoke of...

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MPs Were, Akula flop in ODM nominations

MATUNGU outgoing MP David Were and his Khwisero counterpart Evans Akula yesterday lost in the ODM nominations. Were, who to seek a third term in Parliament, lost to Paul Posho who garnered 10,481...

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Lawyer’s name not on TNA list

A Kiambu women's representative hopeful was yesterday shocked when she found her name missing in the ballot papers. Lilian Mwaura, a lawyer popularly known as Mama Wakili said she could not find her...

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Know thy woman's body, dear man

During my period of rest and brain-deadness I have been watching a lot of lifestyle television shows and I recently saw one that got me thinking. The basis of the programme is that men who do not like...

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Aspirant dies in car crash

An TNA aspirant in Ndaragwa died yesterday after he was involved in an accident on the Nyahururu-Nyeri road. Kennedy Wambugu, who was vying for Kiriita-Pondo county ward seat, died after his car's tyre...

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Ballot mixup causes 6-hour delay in Gatundu TNA polls

TNA nominations in Gatundu South were yesterday delayed for six hours due to some ballot papers missing photographs of two aspirants. Nairobi lawyer Joakim Kamere and business consultant GG Kagombe's...

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Trending With Nana G:Cookie Monster

Baby swing I saw this baby swing and was like, oh my, how cool! It is made by Fisherprice and they have other cute versions too. Log on to www.fisherprice.com and have a look. I wish I was a baby again...

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Police save returning officer from Mwingi mob

TWO police officers yesterday restrained an angry mob from attacking the returning officer for the Wiper party nominations in the Mwingi Central. Baying for the blood of the returning officer Princilla...

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Ex-KAA boss wins TNA Embu ticket

FORMER Kenya Airport Authority chairman Martin Nyagah and former Co-operatives Minister Njeru Ndwiga yesterday secured TNA nominations for Embu county governor and senator seats respectively. Wambora...

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Mwingi voters snub nomination

Mwingi North constituency results have been nullified following several complaints from the voters and aspirants. The voters did not show up even after a repeat of the nominations being set to be...

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Two robbery suspects charged in Embu

TWO middle men have been charged with violently robbing an Embu trader of Sh70,000 at a gun point. The two, Alex Njue Kaimuti and George Mwaniki Kauma, appreared before senior Resident Magistrate Dick...

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Garissa residents demonstrate over rising insecurity in the town

HUNDRESD of Garissa residents yesterday matched through the town's streets to protest rising insecurity over the last three months. The demonstration comes barely two days after five people, including...

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Six aspirants battle to succeed Haji in Ijara

The contest for Ijara parliamentary seat has attracted a record six aspirants as the area political game master Defense minister Yusuf Haji opted out of the race to contest for Garissa senator. Ijara...

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Ex-Kibaki aide faces arrest over poll chaos

President Kibaki's former aide de camp Geoffery King’ang’i Muturi risks prosecution after his supporters allegedly damaged property and looted the a technical institute after he lost the TNA...

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Expressing Feminity

Lately I have been reading and listening to all this stuff about femininity – what feminine energy is, how to express it, and its value within relationships and especially within dating and mating....

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