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Busia aspirant on farm yields

Woman wins contested Busia County Women Rep seat. BUSIA County women representative aspirant Florence Mutua beat her closest rival Cynthia Mutere. Florence assured the residents of Busia County that if...

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Parents want teacher out

NAMBALE Parents of Manyole primary school have written to the Education ministry seeking the transfer of the headteacher. The parents accused Peter Ingaga of “persistent harassment" of teachers and...

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Police hunt for gun-toting loser

Police have launched a manhunt for Jack Wamboka who allegedly led an attack against one of his opponents, Boniface Otsiula. Wamboka is alleged to have pulled out his firearm, statements recorded at...

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TNA hands direct tickets to all aspirants in Western Province

THE National Alliance party headed by Uhuru Kenyatta did not conduct nominations in Western province. The party gave direct nominations to all its candidates seeking various elective seats in the...

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Kikuyus in Kisii call for peaceful poll

Members of the Kikuyu community residing in Kisii are calling for peaceful elections. The members through their spokesperson Evanson Wainana asked those running for various seats, to desist from making...

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I was rigged out of the governor race, says ex-PC

Former North Eastern PC Maurice Makhanu has blamed his loss of the UDF ticket for Bungoma county governor on rigging. Makhanu said he garnered 456 votes against journalist Wabwoba Walinywa's 75 in the...

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Wiper, Ford-Kenya and PDP reap big after ODM primaries in Nyanza.

Disgruntled ODM aspirants in Nyanza have defected to the Cord affiliated parties to contest in the March 4, elections. Parties that have benefited from the displeasure of some aspirants in Nyanza are...

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Ruto ally bags TNA ticket

AN ally of Jubilee Coalition running-mate William Ruto has been nominated for the Nyaribari Chache seat contest on a TNA ticket. Zaheer Jhanda, a URP official, will be the coalition’s candidate after...

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Knut in strike threat over pay

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) officials has accused Teachers Service Commission (TSC) of delaying the disbursement of Sh17.7 billion members were offered as allowance in their back-to-work...

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Raila warned over elections

SIAYA County Leadership and Development Forum (SCLDF) has expressed fear that the heavily flawed ODM nominations may affect Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s presidential bid. They said if Raila fails to...

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ODM aspirant invites rivals

ODM aspirants in Kakamega County who have lost elective posts in the concluded party primaries have been asked to support winners ahead of the March 4 General election. Paul Posho, who won the ODM...

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Obama kin skip inauguration

US president Barrack Obama’s family at Kogelo, in Siaya County, failed to travel for yesterday’s second inauguration ceremony. Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, was at her Nyang’oma, Kogello,...

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Mbita family calls for justice from MTRH

A family in Mbita is demanding for justice following the death of its kinsman in what it has described as professional negligence. A clinical officer intern at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital,...

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Two boys drown in Malaba

TWO boys have drowned on their way back home after visiting a cargo train accident scene at Lupida. Godwin Elung’ata, 9, and David Kirui, 8, followed other children to the crash site where the...

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Embrace conservation agriculture, Kakamega told

FARMERS have been asked to embrace Conservation Agriculture (CA) to help the country attain attain food security. Experts at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari), who are leading efforts in...

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How Busia traders lost Sh300,000 to Waiganjo

AUGUSTINE Kimani Kamau, a Busia based cross-border trader and his colleague, Kimani, will not forget the day his long-time friend-cum-trader introduced him to a friend who turned out to be a...

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Koigi Wamwere among 6 in senator race

SIX nominated aspirants representing TNA, ODM, Kenya National Congress, Narc-Kenya, KANU and Chama cha Mapinduzi will be battling it out for senator in Nakuru. While TNA’s James Mungai and ODM’s Samwel...

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Pay us, URP and ODM clerks demand

URP and ODM members who worked as Presiding officers,deputies and clerks in Trans Nzoia nominations are yet to receive their pay. Led by Sylvia Jacklyne, Amos Mutai and Melisa Nafula, they said the...

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No mum has died giving birth at Moi Hospital since 2010 - director

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has not had any deaths among antenatal clients for the last three years, hospital director John Kibosia has revealed. Speaking on Friday during the closing ceremony...

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Eldoret council workers stage strike over pay

More than 1,200 Eldoret Municipal Council workers today took to the streets protesting inaction by the Local Government over unpaid dues. Speaking to the press, Kenya Local Government Workers Union...

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