Kiambu clergy back Nyoro
More than 300 churchmen from the Kiambu County Senior Clergy Forum have endorsed James Nyoro for governor. Led by their chairman, Reverend Macmillan Kiiru of the Sigona ACK church, the clergy said they...
View ArticleLawyer denies dangerous driving
A Kiambu lawyer yesterday denied killing two pedestrians and seriously injuring others through dangerous driving. George Muhoro was yesterday charged in a Kiambu court for causing the death of two...
View ArticleKenneth calls for vetting of aspirants
EAGLE presidential aspirant Peter Kenneth has urged Kenyans to vet aspirants. "Bad leadership is brought about by voters who elect politicians with questionable track records. I urge Kenyans to be on...
View ArticleOthaya DP aspirant Kioni urges calm
OTHAYA DP parliamentary aspirant Esau Kioni has called for calm between the supporters of Mary Wambui and Gichuki Mugambi. Wambui and Mugambi are fighting over the TNA parliamentary ticket. "Othaya...
View ArticleRuiru explosion not a terror attack - police
A gas explosion in Ruiru town yesterday sparked fears of a bomb attack. The 8.30am explosion destroyed the doors and windows of a two-storey building. Residents said one of the tenants was preparing...
View ArticleOkoth’s plea on Tana crisis
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority has been asked to promptly investigate how police failed to detect attacks in Tana Delta. The chairman of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission,...
View ArticleCruise ship with 322 tourists for Lamu port
The cruise ship that will dock in Lamu tomorrow will have 322 passengers and 243 crew members on board, the Kenya Tourism Board has said. KTB customs relations officer Cynthia Kinyeru said the arrival...
View ArticleUhuru’s Jubilee team hunts for 1 million votes in Kilifi, Kwale
The Jubilee alliance is targeting more than a million votes in Coast in its door-to-door campaigns this weekend. The alliance presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto...
View ArticleTaveta police nab 200 kilos of bang
Police in Taveta district have impounded 200 kilos of bang worth Sh500,000 in street value.The drug was found stashed in six sacks in a house at Cess near Taveta town ready for ferrying to an unknown...
View ArticleKiambu traffic boss in trouble over his wealth
The High Court in Mombasa High yesterday directed the Kenyan anti-corruption watchdog to charge a senior traffic police officer suspected of concealing wealth acquired illegally. Justice Evans Mureithi...
View ArticleDuo charged with smuggling 638 pieces of elephant tusks
TWO men, including a Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) official, were yesterday charged with the smuggling of ivory said to be the largest haul ever recovered at the Mombasa port. The Kenya Wildlife Service...
View ArticleMombasa TNA nomination losers to support winners
LOSERS in the National Alliance TNA party nominations in Mombasa will support winners during the March 4 elections. Addressing the opening ceremony of a party office at Bondeni in Mombasa town, Uhuru...
View ArticleTransition Authority picks county offices
The Transition Authority has picked departments to operate at county level after the March 4 General Election. Chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi yesterday said positions of county assembly clerks,...
View ArticleMwingi NGO reunites families
An NGO which has been running a Sh42 million project in Mwingi county has helped return 'lost' husbands back home. “It may sound funny but that is the truth of the matter," said Nathan Nzomo Mwingi...
View ArticleHopeful makes another U-turn
A Mwingi politician, who deserted Kalonzo Musyoka in favour of arch rival Charity Ngilu then returned to the VP's camp early this month has made yet another u-turn. Mutati Nzoka yesterday in Mwingi...
View ArticleBusinesswoman murdered in Kitui town night attack
The wife of a retired Standard Bank manager was yesterday morning found murdered in Tungutu village in Kitui Central. The body was found by residents in a thicket next to the road about 200 hundred...
View ArticleDiabetic Embu woman kills herself at home
A woman who was suffering from diabetes has committed suicide in Embu North. The body of Irene Ndwiga was found on Wednesday evening dangling on a rope tied to the roof of her house. Embu Police boss...
View ArticleMachakos governor hopeful names deputy
Machakos UDF governor candidate Jimmy Mumina has named his running mate. Mumina, a former head of economic crime at the National Security Intelligence Service, picked businessman Joseph Kithyaka as his...
View ArticleKenya Power cables recovered
Police in Meru have recovered a consignment of vandalized cable installations belonging to the Kenya Power and Telkom Kenya. The cables were found at Kooje estate in Meru town during an operation led...
View ArticleMy retirement is no longer news – Kibaki
President Kibaki has said he is now ready to retire. "I have not forgotten and neither has it come sooner than expected. All I can say is that I will be around even after my retirement," the president...
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