King’ang’i faces probe over Mbeere poll chaos
Police in Mbeere South yesterday said they have finalised investigations into an incident where President Kibaki’s former aide Geoffrey Kingangi allegedly led his supporters in destroying property...
View ArticleKenyan flees Algerian militants
A Kenyan national narrowly escaped death when Algerian militants stormed a BP Shell gas installation and killed at least four foreign workers. At least 23 hostages and 32 militants died during an...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Even after joint nominations, some Cord affiliate parties issued members who lost in the party primaries with certificates. In Embakasi East, Ford Kenya issued a certificate to a member, allowing him...
View ArticleCargo train derails near Malaba, goods delayed
Goods destined for Uganda and the Great Lakes region were this weekend stuck near Malaba after the train ferrying them derailed on Friday. Railway services on the Bungoma-Kampala line were halted until...
View ArticleGoverment favouring Kikuyu IDPs - Watch
The government is discriminating against IDPs on tribal lines in its efforts to resettle them, a new report says. Human Rights Watch claims these discriminatory practices are stoking inter-ethnic...
View ArticleThe nominations were a shame – activists
CIVIL society activists have dismissed last week's nominations as "undemocratic". Led by the National Civil Society Congress President Morris Odhiambo, the activists said the primaries were a shame and...
View ArticleUDF aspirant defends Nakuru ticket
A civil society activist has accused an outgoing civic leader in Nakuru of declaring himself the UDF candidate for the Nakuru West parliamentary seat. Ben Gathogo accused outgoing nominated councillor...
View ArticleFord People officer killed in Kisii poll
A primary schoolteacher stabbed with a sword during Ford People nominations died on Saturday at Kisii Level Five Hospital while undergoing treatment. Isaac Obita Ong’era, a teacher at Omokonge Primary...
View ArticleCoast ODM losers decamp to CCU
Chama Cha Uzalendo roped in political heavyweights who decamped from Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM barely hours before the nominations ended last week. CCU chairman Maur Bwanamaka said most...
View ArticleJulius Kones to file complaint over Rutto’s win
Outgoing Konoin MP Julius Kones has said he will complain to the URP tribunal over his colleague Chepalungu's Isaac Rutto's win in the Bomet governor nominations. Rutto beat Kones by 90,179 to 87,478....
View ArticleKajiado aspirants prepare for the March 4 elections
The nominations that ended on Saturday have set the stage for an ODM, TNA ballot battle in Kajiado during the March 4 elections. The TNA flagbearers include Josiah Tarayia Kores (governor), Simon Peter...
View ArticleKarua blasts IEBC for extending nominations deadline
NARC-Kenya presidential candidate Martha Karua has accused the IEBC for failing to comply with elections rules in last week's party nominations. Karua termed the move by the IEBC to move the date of...
View ArticleUhuru calls for respect in campaigns to avoid violence
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has asked candidates vying for various positions in the March 4 elections to respect each other. “Our country needs all of us and we need leaders. We should uphold...
View ArticleRuto cautions Kwale residents against Raila’s ‘idolised’ ODM
Eldoret North William Ruto has torn into Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ODM saying it is being idolised by a few of its members. “A party is not an idol to be worshiped. A party is a vehicle to be used...
View ArticleBett flees Bomas as angry aspirants bay for his blood
ODM national elections board had to find a another venue to compile their final list of nominees after disgruntled aspirants invaded their Bomas of Kenya base. Irate aspirants stormed the venue to...
View ArticleOlando says he’s ready for battle
FORMER Nyanza PC Paul Olando who is the UDF candidate Kakamega county governor seat has said he is ready to face outgoing Housing Minister Soita Shitanda after he defected to New Ford Kenya. Shitanda...
View ArticleAction-packed week for IEBC as nomination process continues
IT is an action-packed week ahead for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission as parties finalise their nomination process, including dispute resolution and submission of the list of...
View ArticleIEBC publishes nomination rules
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has published the rules for submission of party lists for the special seats requiring parties to distribute the positions across ethnic groups and...
View ArticlePolice execute suspect in Nairobi estate
Police in Nairobi yesterday executed a 23-year-old man moments after he was saved from a lynch mob in Dagoretti. Villagers and relatives of Hastling Agesa said he was killed in cold blood by officers...
View ArticleChaos rocks Nyanza over nominations
At least 10 houses and shops were torched in Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay county as riots rocked Kisumu and other parts of Nyanza as ODM members yesterday protested the outcome of the party's primaries. In...
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