Ex-MP cries foul over poll
FORMER Msambweni MP Omar Zonga has blamed ODM national elections board and party officials for his loss in the primaries for the Lunga-Lunga parliamentary seat. Zonga said his loss was due to faulty...
View ArticleAspirant gets IEBC approval
A governor aspirant in Mombasa has been cleared by the electoral commission to run as an independent candidate in the March 4 polls. Tendai Lewa Mtana, 35, was cleared by registrar of political parties...
View ArticleHundreds of cruise tourists to land in Lamu
KENYA is set to receive a tourism boost after hundreds of cruise tourists dock in Lamu this weekend. This will be the first time ever for a cruise vessel to dock in Lamu, since most of them have been...
View ArticleNo place for drugs in Jubilee regime – Ruto
A Jubilee government will make the Coast an economic hub, the alliance's running mate flag-bearer William Ruto has said. Ruto warned drug dealers at the Coast saying they have robbed the region of...
View ArticleTension high in Voi after clashes over pastures
Tension is high at Sagalla in Voi following recent clashes between camel herders and Teri B group ranch members over pastures. The skirmishes left two people dead. Five people have since died while...
View ArticleKebs orders release of late arrival vehicles
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has directed that imported vehicles held at the port of Mombasa be released free of charge . Kebs managing director Eva Oduor said vehicles whose late arrival is genuine...
View ArticleParents call for transher of Tana teachers
Tana Delta residents have asked the Government to transfer teachers who hail from the two rival communities. A youth leader, Dara Ali, said it had become difficult for the teachers to perform duty due...
View ArticleDemons row stops classes at Mwatate school
Parents of a school in Mwatate have threatened to withdraw children due to attacks by evil spirits. Learning at Mwakinyungu primary school was last week disrupted after parents withdrew children from...
View ArticleHorror of faceless jumbo carcass for Tsavo tourists
A group of tourists on a game drive through Tsavo National Park came across a horror sight in the form of a fallen elephant. On a closer look, they discovered that the animal may have been a victim of...
View ArticleMungatana picked for Tana governor’s post
WARRING communities in Tana Delta may have buried the hatchet after they anointed outgoing Garsen MP Danson Mungatana to vie for the Tana River County governorship. The ceremony, known as bisa madzi...
View ArticleMystery over death of city hotel man
Detectives in Kitui are investigating the death of a supplies officer of a hotel in Nairobi hotel. The man booked a room at a hotel in Kitui town and left. He is said to have started vomiting moments...
View ArticleWiper loses pointman in Kitui to Narc
Cord coalition suffered a setback yesterday only hours before their meeting in Kitui town after a key Wiper party leader defected to Narc. Ngumbau Mulwa, who garnered 42,369 votes emerging second for...
View ArticlePastor held in church over pregnant girl
A Presbyterian Central Mission of Africa pastor in Makueni was on Sunday afternoon arrested by the area chief for allegeldy impregnating a schoolgirl. The Pastor was arrested by Marco Kioko and the...
View ArticleTNA accused of tribalism in Meru’s senator race
Controversy has emerged after claims that TNA rigged out a senator aspirant in Meru because of his ethnic background. It is said the party wanted someone from Imenti Sub tribe and not Tigania. This led...
View ArticleImanyara launches his bid for Meru senator
The immediate former MP for Central Imenti Gitobu Imanyara launched his campaigns for the Meru senator at the weekend. Imanyara told Cabinet ministers to stop using public property to conduct their...
View Article‘National issues cost me Kirinyaga governor seat’
FINANCE minister Njeru Githae has said he lost the battle for Kirinyaga governor because he spent most of his time addressing national issues at the expense of his campaigns. Githae, a close allay of...
View ArticleMwingi man drowns in tunnel
Police in Mwingi have retrieved a man’s body from a tunnel. The body was recovered yesterday in the evening. “The body was found in the evening from a tunnel covered with thickets, said Mwingi police...
View ArticleGrandpa arrested for defiling five-year-old girl
An 80-year-old man who has allegedly been defiled a five-year-old girl has been arrested by police. The grandfather Francis Ngoroi Karekia was arrested at Giathiga village in Itabua, in Embu West....
View ArticlePolice crackdown on unregistered boda boda bikes in Embu town
A swoop on boda bodas without plate numbers which in Embu is being planned by traffic police. Embu traffic boss Mohammed Sasura yesterday said there are a lot of boda bodas that have been operating...
View ArticleWiper top brass to decide Mwingi North winners list
Wiper leaders have been left to decide who the winners of the nomination in different seats in Mwingi North constituency. “I did not have any results to announce to the people," said Kitui county...
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