Police officer shoots boy in Gilgil
An OCS shot and seriously injured a child in Kongasis area of Gilgil raising tension in the area. The 10-year-old boy who was bleeding profusely from his thigh was rushed to a private hospital in...
View ArticleMombasa council workers on strike over delayed salary deal
MORE than 2,000 workers at Mombasa Municipal Council went on strike yesterday demanding a salary raise. The workers were protesting a delay in signing of a collective bargaining agreement by Local...
View ArticleCereals board fights to save Sh500m from auctioneers
NATIONAL Cereals and Produce Board yesterday sought to stop the attachment of its property saying it was bound to lose Sh500 million. Mohammed Nyaoga and Patrick Lutta for the NCPB, asked Lady Justice...
View ArticleFlimsy reasons for staying in a bad marriage
It is said that marriage is work and hard work at that, but there are times no amount of effort will revive it. This might be a difficult fact to accept, especially in the African setting. In this...
View ArticleWhy the zoning of Maasai counties will not work
While political party zoning can work in some parts of the country, the same cannot work in the Maasai regions of Kajiado, Narok and Samburu where voters are believed to have said no to euphoric waves...
View ArticleNine killed in bus accident at Manyani
NINE people yesterday perished in a grisly road accident involving a passenger bus and a trailer at Manyani along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. The accident occurred after the the collided head on with...
View ArticleJubilee puts rallies on hold
Jubilee has postponed its Coast rallies following the coalition's primaries hitches. TNA leaders led by Uhuru and William Ruto were to hold a rally at Kilifi and other parts of the county yesterday....
View ArticleZonga loses to newcomer
Outgoing Msambweni MP Omar Zonga is among the losers in the Kwale ODM nominations after he was edged out in the party primaries yesterday. Zonga who had moved to contest the parliamentary seat in the...
View ArticleLet’s clean up county – Omar
Mombasa senator aspirant Hassan Omar has termed the county's leaders as old-fashioned. He said the leaders are "extremely greedy and vicious" and engage in shoddy deals which may ruin the county in the...
View ArticleTen signs you will make a bad wife
You have found the man of your dreams and made the commitment to him, waiting patiently to walk down the aisle and tie that knot for better or for worse. The more time you spend with him, the more...
View ArticleDP aspirant walks out on party
DP vice chairman Rishad Amana has told off one of its aspirants for defecting to TNA at the last minute. Amana said they spent a lot resources on Mohamed Hisham who was eying the Lamu East...
View ArticleRingleaders pursued in Tana Delta probe
A team of detectives dispatched to the Tana Delta is pursuing suspected masterminds of the violence that has left nearly 200 people dead. This follows key information from the suspects who were...
View ArticleTwo ex-MRC officials to vie for Junda, Likoni wards
TWO former Mombasa Republican Council officials were yesterday cleared to run for ward representative in Junda and Likoni. Rashid Shakombo Kivyasto will vie on a Republican Congress ticket while Amani...
View ArticleHow to tell that she will never be your girlfriend
It has been said that there is no worse feeling than being in love alone. Well, that’s what happens if you are unlucky enough to fall for a girl who sees you as nothing more than a friend. The only...
View ArticleTrans Nzoia women in politics
The number of women who have shown interest in elective seats inTrans Nzoia county has increased compared to previous general elections. Political experts attribute the increase to the new constitution...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Nairobi governor aspirant Jimnah Mbaru is not one to lose an opportunity to campaign. After addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Mbaru brazenly asked journalists to vote for his nomination and...
View ArticleBritish volunteer cop shot dead by bandits
A British man who was killed in Kenya on Saturday was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police. Jamal Moghe, 26, from Wembley in north-west London, also worked as a civilian employee of the Met...
View ArticleICC judges ask for opinion on local trials
THE trial judges handling the Kenyan cases at the ICC have invited the Uhuru Kenyatta, the prosecution, the victims’ lawyer and the registry to give their opinion on relocating the trials to Kenya or...
View ArticleCommissions challenge Kimemia’s travel rules
Constitutional commissions want a circular demanding that they receive clearance for foreign travel HEAD of public service Francis Kimemia issued a circular on November 9, 2012 that requires...
View ArticleBanning sex and booze for the national good
It looks like everyone wants to manage human behaviour to ensure that we all vote on March 4. Just before the Tenth parliament wound up its business, an MP introduced a bill seeking to stop people from...
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