ODM refutes Kajembe claim
MOMBASA ODM coordinator Geoffrey Muyeshi has refuted claims by a parliamentary aspirant that Ramadhan Kajembe declared his son a winner in the just concluded party nominations. Jomvu aspirant Badi...
View ArticleSh4m tusks seized by KWS
KWS has seized two elephant tusks weighing 100 kilos and worth Sh4 million in North Pokot. Speaking to the press yesterday, Western conservation assistant director Daniel Onsembe said KWS rangers...
View ArticleSuspect faints in court and dies
A defilement suspect died after fainting in a Kitale court where he was to make his plea. Kitale OCPD James Kimani said Geoffrey Wekesa died on the way to Kitale District Hospital. He said the deceased...
View ArticleCampaign on EAC integration process launched
EAST African Community ministry has embarked on a campaign to sensitise and create awareness about the integration process of the three East African nations. Outgoing minister Musa Sirma said the...
View ArticleRegistered inmates to vote in March 4 polls
Inmates who had registered before they were imprisoned will participate in the March 4 polls, the High Court has declared. High Court Judge David Majanja yesterday ruled that prisoners have a right to...
View ArticleMourners in night vigil charged
Five mourners who allegedly attended a wake without a permit from the area chief were yesterday taken to court in Mombasa. Suleiman Juma and five others pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful assembly....
View ArticleRwanda truck blocks Eldoret highway
A pile-up of cars stretching for more than 10 kilometres occurred yesterday along Eldoret-Nakuru highway after a trailer overturned on a diversion causing a major traffic jam. The truck that was...
View ArticleNew anti-corruption CEO sworn in
THE Ethics and Anti corruption commission now has a new head since the ousting of former Director General Patrick Lumumba. Halakhe Waqo, a former NCIC commissioner was sworn to office as the Chief...
View ArticleBiwott party clears over 500 for March elections
The National Vision Party will hold its National Delegates Conference soon to endorse who to support in the coming presidential elections. NVP party leader Nicholas Biwott said though the party was...
View ArticleLecturers call off strike over judge’s court order
LECTURERS have suspended their strike until the case challenging its legality is heard. Universities Academic Staff Union and Universities Non-Teaching Staff Union (Untesu) were forced to call off...
View ArticlePrimaries were flawed, lobby says
A coast lobby group has said the the just concluded party primaries were not free and fair. Human Rights Agenda executive director Yusuf Lule said the primaries were marred by malpractices including...
View ArticleUniversity VCs begin peace drive
HIGHER learning institutions have said they will play a role in ensuring peace prevails in the March 4 elections. In a round-table discussion by vice chancellors for public and private universities in...
View ArticleBaraton students strike over courses
About 200 student of Baraton College in Kapsabet yesterday went on strike claiming that courses being offered are not registered by the ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology. The college...
View ArticleKimunya yet to get nomination certificate
Transport minister Amos Kimunya is yet to receive his nomination certificate although he won the TNA nominations in Kipipiri constituency. This was after ballot papers from two polling stations were...
View ArticleUhuru and Ruto witness Kipsigis-Kisii peace pact
JUBILEE Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate Willaim Ruto yesterday witnessed the signing of peace agreement between the Kisii and Kipsigis communities at Chepilat. The...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
An MP who served in the Tenth Parliament could not believe when he realized he lost at the recent nominations. The man, who served as a chairman of one of the parliamentary committees was in shock when...
View ArticleFresh warrant of arrest issued against Philip Moi
A fresh warrant of arrest has been issued against retired President Daniel Moi’s son Philip who is fighting over maintenance with his estranged wife Rossana Pluda. The warrant against Philip is...
View ArticleIEBC told to bar outgoing MPs with tax arrears
A civil society group now wants IEBC to reject nomination papers of former MPs who have failed to remit tax arrears. The National Civil Society Congress under the Jukwaa la Katiba watch group, said...
View ArticleLawyers feud disrupts court in Kangema
THERE was a stand off at a Kangema law court yesterday when lawyers argued over the representation of one of their clients. The stand-off started when the chair of Kiru Tea Factory, Geoffrey Kirundi,...
View ArticleMan denies impersonating NIS officer
A man was yesterday charged before a Nairobi court with impersonating an intelligence officer and stealing a lorry worth Sh5.5 million. David Hinga denied the charges of falsely presenting himself as a...
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