Uhuru's TNA nominates Sakaja to Parliament
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta will award the young people who helped him build TNA with nominations after the elections. Those listed for nomination to Parliament include party chairman Johnson...
View ArticleNCIC nets three social media 'hatemongers'
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has said it is investigating three cases of hate speech in the social media. NCIC chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia said three files, including one of a pilot...
View ArticleKarua to lead presidential hopefuls in presenting nomination papers today
NARC Kenya's Martha Karua will be the first to present her nominations papers to IEBC today. A total of eight candidates have been lined up to present their nomination papers in the next two days for...
View ArticleMusalia rejects UDF's senate nomination
Amani coalition presidential hopeful Musalia Mudavadi yesterday beat a hasty retreat and instructed that his name be removed from the UDF list of those likely to be nominated to Parliament after the...
View ArticleCORD pledges
CORD pledges 1. A million jobs per year 2. Addressing Food security 3. Security of all Kenyans will be guaranteed 4. People-led government 5. Poverty alleviation and addressing basic needs 6. Equal...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
With less than three weeks to go before the February 11 presidential debate, several of the candidates are receiving tips on how to respond and present their ideas. Advisors of one of the presidential...
View ArticleJosnem Academy top in Nyandarua
JOY and ululations reigned Josnem Academy as the school celebrated its excellence in the 2012 KCPE examination results. The mixed day and boarding located about five kilometers from the main Nakuru...
View ArticleChelsa Academy best in Bomet
Students and teachers of Chelsa Academy in Bomet county yesterday took to the streets of Bomet town in celebration after they were ranked position five nationally in last year's KCPE examination...
View ArticleCoast private schools emerge tops in KCPE
TANA River County scored the lowest marks in terms of performance, as James Tinga Mwasaha, from Mariakani primary school in Kilifi, emerged top. In the recently released KCPE results, public schools...
View ArticleHill School’s Cheruto top in Uasin Gishu
Hill School Primary in Eldoret produced the top student in Uasin Gishu in last year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education. Cherly Cheruto, who scored 425 marks, said she wants to join Alliance Girls...
View ArticleUthiru celebrates top student Njomo’s triumph
Wachira Njomo from Uthiru Genesis emerged among the three top students in last year's KCPE results that were announced yesterday. Njomo, who got 430 marks, was described by the school head teacher,...
View ArticleI want to be a surgeon, says top Turkana boy
Turkana's top KCPE student wants to be a Neurosurgeon. Jeff Ogada, who scored 408 marks out of the possible 500, attributed his exemplary performance to hard work and inspiration. “When my name was...
View ArticleKilifi student wants teacher arrested
A student in Kilifi has asked Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo to take action against a teacher who did not register her for last year's KCPE. Fourteen-year-old Betty Mwende, who was a student at St...
View ArticleMutula says new laws reduced cases of exam cheating
Tough penalties by the new Kenya National Examination Act saw cases of cheating during national examinations drop by 90.99 per cent. Only 718 candidates from 41 centres were involved in examination...
View ArticleHow Newlight took top honours
All work and no play may make Jack a dull boy, so the saying goes. But for Newlite Academy in Komarock which emerge top in last year's KCSE exams, this is not true. The headteacher, Dickson Njeru, said...
View ArticleTrans Nzoia St Anne’s shines in KCPE exams
Little known St Anne’s Primary School Kiminini in Trans Nzoia was ranked number one in last year’s KCPE in the county. Kitale Academ,y which has always performed well, was second but produced the best...
View ArticleMInister says no to class repetition
Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo has told teachers and parents not to force pupils to repeat. He said there are no indications that making pupils to repeat classes improves performance. “Repeating...
View ArticleGirl tops as gender balance is achieved in most counties
FOURTEEN year old, Joy Kathure Kinoti from Fred's Academy in Meru's Imenti North led the rest of the country in the 2012 KCPE. And for the first time, a 50-50 gender balance between the boys and girls...
View ArticleConstituencies misusing CDF - Report
A whopping Sh 242 million of the total Sh1.8 billion allocated for the Constituency Development Funds (CDF's) in the period 2010/2011 is either wasted or unnaccounted for, a report on the use of the...
View ArticleNCIC investigating hate speech in social media
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has said it is investigating three cases of hate speech in the social media. NCIC chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia said three files, including one of a pilot...
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