Tetu tea farmers miss out on April mini bonus
Tetu farmers who deliver green leaf to Gathuthi Tea Factory in Nyeri county have not received this year’s mini bonus. The bonus is paid out in April. The farmers held a crisis meeting at Huho-ini PCEA...
View ArticleChinese tourists laud their visit to Kenya
CHINESE tourists have said they are not scared of travel advisories being issued by some countries against Kenya. Speaking after a three day visit in Kenya, the more than 100 tourists said Kenya has...
View ArticleWomen's rugby tourney in Machakos
The Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Women's Africa Cup Sevens was held at the Machakos Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The one day event saw Kenya host eight teams to a grueling tournament that...
View ArticleThings fall apart in Little Mogadishu
The operation Usalama Watch, in its third week, seeks to respond to the increased grenade and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in the country. The attacks have so far claimed many lives, the...
View ArticleSecurity Swoops Are Perfectly Legal
The National Police Service has been in the last few days carrying out a major security operation in various parts of the country in an effort to weed out terrorists, criminal elements and illegal...
View ArticleLet eastern Ukraine hold a referendum
THE crisis is escalating in eastern Ukraine. We are not facing World War Three but we are seeing the possible start of another Cold War that will derail the recovery of the world economy from global...
View ArticleAssailant kills mother, three kids in Kanduyi
A middle-aged-woman and her three children have been killed in Wekelekha village, Kanduyi constituency. The bodies were found in their house yesterday morning. Community policing chairman Joseph Mutaki...
View ArticleBusia aunches Sh100m classrooms project
The Busia government yesterday launched the Sh100 million Early Childhood Development and Education classrooms project. Finance executive Allan Omachar and his Education counterpart Joel Barua gave the...
View ArticlePusetu, Cotu Wrangles Could Mar Labour Day Celebrations
A looming battle between affiliates of the newly launched Public Sector Trade Unions Federation and the Central Organisation of Trade Unions could mar the International Labour Day celebrations and...
View ArticleLiterary Postcard: Why Ugandan pupils are better than Kenyans in poetry
Prof Peter Amuka is a leading literary scholar and folklorist. Recently he lamented that book reviewers concentrate on prose, and avoid poetry. Why? I asked. “It’s our perception of poetry. I was...
View ArticleTaita Taveta assembly majority leader reinstated
Taita Taveta county assembly majority leader Jones Mganga has been reinstated by the Voi law court. Mganga was recently impeached by the assembly members. The orders reinstating him were issued by...
View ArticleMwingi rejects Ketraco power plan
RESIDENTS of Kyanika and Kivou villages in Mwingi Central constituency have vowed to block the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company from installing high voltage power lines in their farms. They said...
View ArticleFirm sues Kenha over billboard
A fireman yesterday told the court that he was instructed by a police officer to cut into pieces a billboard of Ikon Media Prints last year. Amos Olali said the 30m-long billboard had fallen on Waiyaki...
View ArticleNyanza leads in drug abuse, says Nacada
THE National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse says Nyanza region is the leading market for drugs in the country. Nacada programmes coordinator in the region Adrian Njenga said...
View ArticleNendela walks out of Bungoma hearing
Tempers flared during the start of the hearing of a house committee investigating sacked Bungoma Roads executive Stephen Nendela forcing him to withdraw from the proceedings. Nendela’s lawyer Henry...
View ArticleShortage of land hurts Elgeyo judicial projects
SH600 million judiciary projects in Elgeyo Marakwet county cannot be implimented due to lack of land for construction. Governor Alex Tolgos said the project has been frustrated by unscrupulous...
View ArticleProphet Owuor to host Easter rally in Eldoret
More than 200 police officers have been deployed to Eldoret town ahead of an Easter rally hosted by Prophet David Owuor. Uasin Gishu County Police Commander Nelson Taliti yesterday said the officers...
View ArticleTracing The History Of Radical Groups
The history of radicalisation in Kenya dates back to colonial times. Radicalisation comes up by indoctrination of an individual or group of people. It is a process by which an individual or group comes...
View ArticleDon't pay new rates, Njomo tells Kiambu
Kiambu MP Jude Njomo has called upon traders in Kiambu town not to pay the new rates imposed by the county government. Njomo said the rates are oppressive and will hurt their businesses. He was...
View ArticleKwale MCAs pass motion to scrap old land leases
The Kwale county assembly has passed a motion requiring all land whose leases have expired to be reverted back to county government. The assembly on Tuesday resolved that such land should not be issued...
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