Garissa MCAs debate Finance boss removal
THE Garissa county assembly has started debating a motion seeking the sacking of Finance executive Idriss Mukhtar. Galbet ward representative Ibrahim Abdi moved the motion which accuses Mukhtar of...
View ArticleAG Githu says devolution is 'irreversible'
ATTORNEY General Githu Muigai yesterday said the government is committed to devolution. Despite, “occasional misunderstanding” between the national and the county governments, Muigai said the national...
View ArticleYo Yo Honey Singh To Rap For Miss India
Yo Yo Honey Singh who is currently exploring the West for musical opportunities and has no time at the moment for Bollywood and the Indian entertainment industry is set to make an exception to his...
View ArticleAre Somalis the enemy within or victims of ethnic profiling?
"To the people who live in North Eastern region (Somalis), I have this to say: We know that many of you are herdsmen during the day and shiftas (bandits) at night" remains the most infamous statement...
View ArticleThorny issue of unauthorised biographies
In 2013, leading Brazilian publishers had a case in the Supreme Court trying to get the biography ban repealed. The ban started out as a privacy bill with the prohibition of the use of photographs of...
View ArticleCoast Water Services Board properties seized over Sh74m debt
AUCTIONEERS yesterday raided the Coast Water and Services Board premises in Mombasa and carted away property over a Sh74,442,993 debt. The money owed to the Water Resource Management Authority has...
View ArticleEx-PS Chweya to head School of Government
Former Home Affairs PS Ludeki Chweya has been appointed director general of the Kenya School of Government. The position was previously held by Prof Margaret Kobia. Kobia now chairs the Public Service...
View ArticleBoycott Fossil Fuel Firms To Save Planet
Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can it be dismissed as science fiction; we are already feeling...
View ArticleMurang'a blames drink for birth drop
Three Murang'a MPs have asked the county government to enact strict laws to control alcohol drinking. The MPs said alcohol is to blame for the area's low birth rate and dwindling population. Jamleck...
View ArticleOxfam's 'Baby don't go' charity concert
The Elephant along James Gichuru road, Lavington saw a superb turnout as the Oxfam sponsored 'Baby Don't Go' charity concert took place and broadcast across Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan. Inspired by...
View ArticleA Lesson For Duale In Ongoing Swoops
Shortly after the coup attempt of 1982, I was told this story by a friend of mine who lived near in Kariokor Estate, on the immediate outskirts of Nairobi’s Central Business District: As there had been...
View ArticleEmbu MCAs move to fire Wambora again
Embu county assembly yesterday moved again to impeach Governor Martin Wambora moment after his reinstatement. Speaker Justus Kariuki Mate said yesterday said he had already received a motion from his...
View ArticleHague cases 'nonsense', says Ruto ICC lawyer
DEPUTY President William Ruto's lawyer at the ICC, Karim Khan, has described his case as "nonsense.". Khan also said that President Uhuru Kenyatta's case at the ICC was "on its last legs.""It’s not a...
View ArticleLamu to ban minis, slit buibuis and shorts
THE motion in the Lamu county assembly to ban mini-skirts will also affect buibui wearers. The motion has been moved by Nominated Member Amina Kale. She said that the motion should also apply to women...
View ArticleHigh Court declares Kiambu finance law illegal
High Court Judge George Odunga has declared the Kiambu County Finance Act, 2013 illegal. Judge Odunga ruled that the law was null and void as it was enacted without the participation of Kiambu...
View ArticleLots of nudity in TV shows - film board
THE Kenya Film Classification Board has raised concerns over the content on mainstream media. The KFCB head of broadcast division Emma Irungu yesterday said a report on media monitoring by the board...
View ArticlePOLICE SUMMON FARAH OVER AL SHABAAB
Former Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim yesterday denied any link to Al Shabaab. He has been summoned to appear before the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit at 11 this morning to respond to allegations that his...
View Article11 perish in Eldama-Ravine Accident
Eleven people have died following an accident along the Eldoret-Nakuru Road at Eldama-Ravine this morning. Another seven were injured in the accident which occurred after a matatu and a trailer...
View ArticleHeartbreaking texts from students on sinking South Korea ferry
Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight Thursday to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation....
View ArticleODM criticises plan for fresh registration
THREE ODM MPs have dismissed the government’s plan to spend Sh8 billion to register Kenyans afresh terming it wastage of public resources. In a statement yesterday in Nairobi, Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi,...
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