City Council strike called off following court petition
Operations at the city council of Nairobi has resumed to normal after the council workers union took their petition to the industrial court and called off the strike of its members. The strike called...
View ArticleTraining for 15,000 midwives
THE African Medical Research Foundation will train 15,000 midwives to meet the country's need. Dubbed 'Stand Up for African Mothers', the initiative aims at reducing maternal mortality by improving...
View ArticleKamlesh Pattni’s poll plan for Kenda
The Kenya National Democratic Alliance party chairman Kamlesh Patni yesterday called on political parties to stop divisive politics. Patni who was speaking to hundreds of Kenda supporters at the party...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
HEADS are expected to roll at the UDF party secretariat following the defection of Mombasa businessman Suleiman Shahbal to the Wiper party. Until his defection, Shahbal was expected to be the party's...
View ArticlePolice hunt for 4 bank guards
Police in Nairobi on Wednesday evening launched a manhunt for four Cooperative Bank watchmen. The guards escaped after thugs broke into Cooperative Bank's Wakulima House branch in Nairobi on Tuesday...
View ArticleCourt reverses directive on refugees
REFUGEES seeking to be registered in urban centres were yesterday handed a lifeline after the High Court stopped a government’s directive to close registration centres in major towns. In a notice...
View ArticlePrison wardens reshuffled, HQ investigates controversial release
Several prisons officials have been reshuffled following the controversial release of seven prisoners serving life or lengthy sentences. Kamiti Maximum Security Prison warden Joshua Yuma Maweu under...
View ArticleCity trader denies KCSE slip forgery
A Nairobi businessman was yesterday charged with forging a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education result sheet. Titus Omondi alias Breshner Omondi denied forging the Serani Secondary School document...
View ArticleJudge puts MPs gratuity case on hold
THE High Court yesterday halted proceedings to a case challenging plans to increase MPs' gratuity. Justice David Majanja temporarily stopped the proceedings of the case pending an appeal. The case,...
View ArticleDelayed case worries lawyer
A lawyer in a case where outgoing Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro's husband is charged with stealing Sh1.9 million yesterday accused the prosecution of delaying the case. Lawyer John Swaka said the case...
View ArticleCase against IEBC tender for today
TWO cases challenging the IEBC's decision to award the tender for the printing of ballot papers to a British firm will be heard today. Giving the directive yesterday, Justice George Odunga merged the...
View ArticleLawyers to table 10,000 files in Mau Mau case
About 10,000 files will be opened by lawyers if a case by Mau Mau war veterans proceeds to Britain's High Court. Some 3,500 files have already been consolidated by about 40 Kenyan lawyers, who will...
View ArticleFive women in shortlist for Baraza successor
THE Judicial Service Commission has shortlisted four women lawyers and a judge to fill the Deputy Chief Justice position. Court of Appeal Judge Kalpana Rawal and lawyers Phoebe Nyawende, Raychelle...
View ArticlePoliticians warned over chaotic rallies
Mombasa county commissioner Nelson Marwa has warned politicicians against using the youth to cause chaos during campaigns for the March 4 elections. He said politicians who give drugs and alcohol to...
View ArticlePolice told to be tough on poll violence
FIDA has asked the National Police Service to protect wananchi before, during and after March 4 elections. The Federation of Women Lawyers yesterday said, “it is disheartening to observe violation of...
View ArticleDispute team warns on illegal certificates
The electoral commission's dispute resolution committee has threatened to disqualify aspirants who obtained their nomination certificates illegally. The Committee chairman Thomas Letangule yesterday...
View ArticlePresidential hopefuls submit list of supporters to IEBC
PRESIDENTIAL hopefuls were yesterday finalising their lists of endorsements ahead of today’s deadline and the formal nominations on January 29. Those seeking presidential nominations from the...
View ArticleIEBC threatens to lock out four TNA aspirants
Four TNA aspirants who stormed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission offices Tuesday night could be disqualified from the March 4 polls for contravening the electoral code of conduct....
View ArticleWatchdog condemns journalists’ harassment
THE Media Council of Kenya yesterday condemned harassment and intimidation of journalists by security forces and supporters of some political parties, including barring them from undertaking their...
View ArticleSpinal injury hospital gets equipment worth Sh2.4m
THE public has been urged to be careful on the road so as to avoid spinal injuries resulting from accidents. Speaking yesterday while giving laboratory equipment worth Sh2.4 million to the National...
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