50 Meru traders cry foul over bar licences
About 50 bar owners in Imenti South have protested over the government's move not to renew their licences. Led by Faith Kananu, the traders said they have met all the requirements and wondered why...
View ArticlePublic health ministry to launch medics course
THE ministry of Public Health is in the process of rolling out a leadership management training course for health staff. The training seeks to empower staff with requisite skills to enable them perform...
View ArticleAl Shabaab threaten to kill DO, clerk
Al Shabaab insurgents have threatened to kill a District Officer, an Immigration Department clerical officer and four other Kenyans being held in Somalia if the government does not release terror...
View ArticleMedics in Sh100 million asthma drive
Doctors from the private and public sector have launched a health campaign to raise over Sh100 million that will see the possible control and manage of the asthma control and management medication in...
View ArticleSh 5 million fake music CDs destroyed
Kenya Copyright Board in partnership with Eco Post Limited yesterday destroyed over one tonne of unauthorised music CDs and film DVDs with an estimated street value of over Sh5 million. Senior Legal...
View ArticleGangsters carjack and rob High Court judge
A High Court Judge has become the second senior female government official to be carjacked and robbed by armed gangsters in Nairobi in as many weeks. Lady Justice Grace Nzioka a High Court was accosted...
View ArticleShooting sours British Army ties with Kenya
Britain’s longstanding military co-operation agreement with Kenya, is under review after a soldier who shot dead a Kenyan pastoralist has been prevented from leaving the country. Kenyan authorities...
View ArticleKFS director risks jail in city park case
THE director of the Kenya Forest Service risks being jailed for disobeying court orders. KFS and its armed guards have been accused of trespassing on a parcel of land preventing the construction of a...
View Article‘Bogus’ policeman Waiganjo refuses to testify at inquiry
Joshua Waiganjo, who is accused of impersonating an assistant commissioner of police, has declined to testify before the commission of inquiry probing him. Waiganjo refused to appear before the...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Eric Kiraithe is set to resign after serving as the police mouthpiece for the last seven years. It seems he has got himself a 'soft landing's a senior honcho in one of the departments under the...
View ArticleEU monitors ask Kenya to prevent repeat of 2007 chaos
Observers from the European Union have asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to ensure credible elections in March. The EUROPEAN Union Election Observation Mission is led by...
View ArticleNyachae blames MPs for primaries fiasco
The 10th Parliament set the stage for the poll chaos witnessed last week. Constitution Implementation Commission chairman Charles Nyachae yesterday accused the MPs of disservice to the letter and...
View ArticleMan changes sex case plea
A man who had earlier admitted to defiling and cohabiting with a 15-year-old girl yesterday changed his plea to not guilty. Thomas Nzomo, 25, told a Makadara court that he was in a state of confusion...
View ArticleFarmer seeks to stop asset sale
A Thika coffee farmer has gone to the High Court to seek orders restraining Barclays Bank from selling his two properties worth more than Sh5 million. Edward Mbugua moved to court yesterday under a...
View ArticleCase on Eastleigh matatu blast riots adjourned
Seventy seven young men of Somali origin were yesterday brought before a Kibera court for the hearing of their extortion and causing disturbance charges. However, the hearing did not take off as the...
View Article2 clash over Diamond Plaza land
TWO businessmen have clashed over a disputed land on which lies the prestigious Diamond Plaza in Nairobi. Mandatali Chatur has accused Sultan Khimji, the CEO of Fidelity bank, of blackmail after he...
View ArticleGovernor hopeful Shahbal sued over 14-year-old loan
A court has ordered Mombasa governor aspirant Suleiman Shahbal to pay Sh5.3 million arising from a loan he took 14 years ago. A Nairobi businesswoman has sued Shabal and Trifoil Petroleum Ltd for...
View ArticleRaila, Uhuru integrity suit sent to CJ Mutunga
Three cases challenging the eligibility of five top seats aspirants have been forwarded to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. The cases, touching on the candidacy of Prime Minister Raila Odinga,...
View ArticleWetang’ula accused of hate speech
TNA yesterday accused Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetangula of propagating hate speech against Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta. The party is now asking the police and director of...
View ArticleSh35 million stolen computers recovered
Police in Nairobi yesterday arrested three suspected gangsters and recovered computers worth more than Sh35 million that had been robbed from a truck driver on Mombasa Road in Nairobi. Special Crime...
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