Kitui scco declares 12 % dividends
The Kitui Teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Society has declared payment of dividends to members at the rate of 12 per cent for the year ended December 2012. Addressing the Sacco’s Annual...
View ArticleLift Tana boats ban, says hopeful
An ODM Bura MP aspirant Mahat Ali Loka has called on Tana River County residents to embrace peace and coexist in the ethnically cosmopolitan region. Mahat who was officially launching his campaign in...
View ArticleKalonzo says Cord's win at March 4 polls is guaranteed
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday exuded confidence that Cord alliance will emerge victorious in the 4th March General elections. He therefore called on his Mwingi North Constituents to back the...
View ArticleNgilu asks Kibaki to ignore Raila's police post protest
Water minister Charity Ngilu yesterday urged President Kibaki to ignore Prime minister Raila Odinga's protests over the appointment of two deputy Inspector General of police. Ngilu said by blocking the...
View ArticleGarissa top student wants to be a doctor
Garissa Academy has produced the best student in Garissa county.Former student Shamima Abas Mohamed, 16, was named the top student in the county. She scored 407 marks.Yesterday, parents and students...
View ArticleMan denies sh4,000 phone robbery
A 32-year-old man was yesterday taken to a Kibera court and charged with robbery with violence.Dominic Mutuku Muema is accused of stealing a Sh4,000 phone from Tanko ole Mapengo while armed with a...
View ArticleSuspects in fraud case rejects magistrate
A man accused of obtaining more than Sh6 million illegally yesterday asked a Kibera principal magistrate to disqualify himself from the case. He said the magistrate may have been compromised by the...
View ArticleMan who robbed judge Nzioka taken to court
A middle-aged man was yesterday taken to a Nairobi court and charged with robery with violence. John Kiarie Kiguro, who appeared before chief magistrate Kiarie Waweru Kiarie, was accused of robbing...
View ArticleWaiganjo denied bail again
A Nairobi court yesterday denied bail to police imposter Joshua Waiganjo in a case where he is charged with stealing a motor vehicle worth Sh550,000 and impersonating a police officer. Waiganjo was...
View ArticleGovernment to invest sh350 billion in water
The government is to use Sh350 billion to implement a new plan for the water sector in the next five years.Donors have pledged to give more than half of the funding for water projects.This will...
View ArticleLand commisioners sue state over delay
THE failure to gazette the appointment of members of the National Land Commission has been challenged in court.Under a certificate of Urgency, Amoni Amfry and Nagib Mohamed state the members have...
View ArticleDual citizenship bars March 4 poll aspirant
Kenyans of dual citizenship seeking elective seats in the March 4 General Elections yesterday were shocked after the High court declared they are not qualified under the law to vie. “Article 78...
View ArticleMurang'a officer defends cops
Murang’a county commissioner Kula Hache yesterday defended the police against accusations of laxity following increased cases of kidnapping. She denied that some officers are part in the ongoing...
View ArticleKobia enters governor race
Geoffrey Kobia is the youngest aspirant in the governor race after he was awarded Narc's ticket to run in Nairbi.Kobia, 25, now joins ODM's Evans Kidero, city businessman Jimnah Mbaru and Ferdinand...
View ArticleAPK defends Mbaru's ticket
APK leader Kiraitu Murungi has defended Jimnah Mbaru's defection from TNA arguing that it is within the law.Mbaru is the party's Nairobi governor aspirant. “His name was presented to the IEBC within...
View ArticleTJRC Kiplagat wants nomination violence probe
THE Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission wants the root cause of the violence witnessed during the party nominations unearthed. TJRC chair Bethwel Kiplagat warned that if the issues are not...
View ArticleRuto makes second plea for ICC trial in Nairobi
OUTGOING Eldoret North MP William Ruto and his co-accused Johua Sang have joined the quest to have their trials at the International Criminal Court held in Kenya or Tanzania. Yesterday, the court's...
View ArticlePunish election Law Offenders, says IED
THE INSTITUTE for Education in Democracy has asked the electoral commission to punish politicians who violate the elections code of conduct. The organisation, which is a member of the Elections...
View ArticleBack female aspirants, women told
NATIONAL Gender and Equality Commission has urged women to support female aspirants in the March 4 general election. Chairperson Winfred Lichuma said considering that women are majority in the country,...
View ArticleSupreme Court beats retreat on poll petitions
THE Supreme Court has succumbed to pressure and quashed a contentious clause in the draft presidential election rules which would have allowed petitions to start this week. Judiciary sources said the...
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