Taps run dry in Homa Bay over unpaid electricity bill
An acute water shortage has hit Homa Bay town after the Kenya Power disconnected electricity over Sh7 million bill. The shortage, now in its second week, has forced residents and other users to resort...
View ArticleKakamega 2011 exam cheats turn over a new leaf
TWO private schools in Kakamega whose KCPE results were cancelled in 2011 have perfumed well in last's exams results released yesterday. Fecebeth Academy in Kakamega town produced the top student in...
View ArticleTwo deny killing 7 in Kisumu building
An engineer and an investor in Kisumu were yesterday charged with manslaughter after seven people died in a collapsed building two weeks ago. Samuel Otieno Olola, Kisumu council engineer, and Vinod...
View ArticleAlert over dirty abattoirs
The ministry of Public Health and Sanitation has mounted a major crackdown on slaughter houses in Sotik district that do not meet normal hygiene standards. The District Public Health Officer, Benson...
View ArticleWekesa rapped over Wetangula
Trans Nzoia Ford Kenya nominees have asked losers in the party nominations to stop blaming party leader Moses Wetang’ula for their predicament. During a strategy meeting at the weekend set to plan on...
View ArticleEx-PS’ pledge over fertiliser
Most farmers in Trans Nzoia County are under-performing due to high cost of production, former cooperatives PS Patrick Khaemba has said. Khaemba said fertiliser for maize production and animal feeds...
View ArticleUniversity students back lawyer seeking Uasin Gishu senator seat
Eldoret-based lawyer Paul Birech’s bid for the Uasin Gishu senator seat on an ODM ticket has received a boost after a group of university students rallied behind him. The students from public and...
View ArticleFour held over Sh3m Nandi pipes robbery
Police in Kapsabet are interrogating four people over the theft of 1,000 water pipes worth Sh3 million from the Nandi Kapsabet Water and Sanitation Company stores. Nandi central OCPD Nelson Okioga said...
View ArticleEldoret hall to serve as county head office
THE Eldoret Municipal Hall will now serve as the headquarters for the Uasin Gishu County. The office that was formally occupied by the town mayor willbe refurbished to accommodate the county staff....
View ArticleRaiders kill abducted girl
Turkana cattle rustlers on Sunday raided Kases village of North Pokot where they stole 150 goats, abducted a 16-year-old girl and later shot her dead. Speaking to press yesterday at Makutano town, IGAD...
View ArticleFlower workers fear March polls
Five weeks to the general election, anxiety and fear has gripped flower farmers and their workers in Naivasha. During the 2007/8 violence, the sector was one of the hardest hit with thousands of...
View ArticleTNA hopeful moves to GNU
Kajiado TNA senator candidate, Simon Peter Nkeri, who was denied nomination despite wining in the primaries has defected to Grand National Union. Speaking at Bisil Trading Centre at the weekend, Nkeri...
View ArticleControversy in URP over IEBC list
Controversy has hit URP office in Eldoret over the nomination list forwarded to the IEBC for Uasin Gishu County Assembly. Six top officials of the Uasin Gishu office nominated themselves to take up all...
View ArticleSouth Rift poll losers dump URP
Jubilee seems to slowly be losing its political grip in its South Rift stronghold after losers from URP's primaries defected to rival coalitions. Amani coalition has already received two...
View Article90,000 peace manuals for Nakuru
OVER 90,000 manuals on peaceful elections will be distributed to Nakuru residents ahead of the March 4 polls in a bid to foster harmonious coexistence during and after the exercise. Nakuru Christian...
View ArticleBuilder gets cement factory licences
The government has granted all required licenses for the construction of the Sh12 Billion Pokot Cement Factory. Speaking to the press yesterday, contractor Cemtech Sanghi Group director Rajesh Rawal...
View ArticleMau forest settlers clash with police and foresters
TENSION remained high in the Maasai Mau forest yesterday after settlers clashed with more than 30 security officers drawn from police and Kenya Forest Service. Speaking to the Star on phone, Narok...
View ArticleSeven perish in Kitengela crash
Seven people yesterday perished in two separate accidents along the Namanga/Nairobi highway in Kitengela. Speaking to the press, Athi River Police Traffic Base Commandant Charles Opondo said the area...
View ArticleNyeri governer aspirant's qualifications questioned
A Mathira voter has written to IEBC seeking to know whether Nyeri aspiring governor Thuo Mathenge has a university degree.The sixty-year-old farmer Wilson Kariuki Munene of Kirimukuyu in Mathira in...
View ArticleSoaring tea coasts hits Kiru plant
The chairman of Kiru Tea Factory Chege Kirundi has said production and labour costs are the main challenges facing the tea industry.Kirundi said the cost of energy, fertilizer and spare parts had gone...
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