MP Kaluma denies Sh10 million Karen land fraud
HOMA Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma was yesterday charged with defrauding a woman out of land worth Sh10 million in Karen, Nairobi. Kaluma denied the charges before chief magistrate Helena Ndung'u. He is...
View ArticleJirongo to pay widow Sh4m for killer crash
THE High Court has directed former MP Cyrus Jirongo to pay a widow more than Sh4 million for a fatal accident that occurred 12 years ago. Tessie Kariuki had sued Jirongo and his driver Saul Lumbasi for...
View ArticleBill proposes limit to number of prisoners per facility
ATTORNEY General Githu Muigai will be required to publish the maximum number of people that can be held in a police cell or prison. This is according to the Persons Deprived of Liberty Bill, which was...
View ArticleSix million kids get anti-worm medicines
More than six million children in lower primary school have been dewormed, the Kenya National School-Based Deworming report says. The report released yesterday shows the worm burden stands at 80 per...
View ArticleCop held over bhang rolls in Mombasa criminal den
A police officer has been arrested with four rolls of bhang in Mombasa. Constable Omar Mudhihir, attached to the Port police station was arrested in a criminal den at Kitaruna, near the fire station,...
View ArticleGovernment to cut domestic borrowing by half, says Uhuru
Kenya could cut domestic borrowing by half this financial year to boost the private sector and grow the economy, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. The Treasury would likely borrow around Sh100 billion...
View ArticlePoll ranks Uhuru third in Africa
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been ranked as the third best performing sub-saharan Africa leader in a poll released by Washington-Based polling group, Gallup. Uhuru received a rating of 78 per cent in...
View ArticleWhy I killed my mother, Thairi speaks out
FOR the first time, Ceaser Thiari, Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando wa Kabando’s brother has revealed why he killed his mother Rose Wachera. Thiari had just appeared in a Mukurwe-ini court over murder charge of...
View ArticleConcern over high number of Bunge staff
THE Parliamentary Service Commission is on the spot over the unusually high number of employees at Parliament — 1,000 staff costing Sh800 million in monthly wages, according to senior officers. These...
View ArticleNLC defies Uhuru on titles revocation
THE National Land Commission has defied the Executive Order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta on the alleged Lamu land scam and instead launched its own investigation. NLC Chairman Muhammad Swazuri...
View ArticleJoho reconcile with Marwa, praise improved security in Mombasa
Mombasa governor Hassan Joho on Tuesday moved to mend the rift between him and county commissioner Nelson Marwa. Joho said he and Marwa should work together to improve the security of Mombasa...
View ArticleUhuru's press team puts Orengo on notice over Lamu land grab
A letter attributed to the senior directors and other directors of the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit, has termed as “blackmail” the claims by Siaya Senator James Orengo to allegedly have a...
View ArticleJirongo to pay widow Sh4m for killer crash
THE High Court has directed former MP Cyrus Jirongo to pay a widow more than Sh4 million for a road accident that occurred 12 years ago. Tessie Kariuki had sued Jirongo and his driver Saul Lumbasi for...
View ArticleWinnie launches legal claim to Mandela's home
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has launched a legal claim to the former South African leader's country home, local media reported on Tuesday. Her lawyers said in a letter quoted by...
View ArticleNgilu revokes Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti's land allocation in Kwale
Lands CS Charity Ngilu has directed Kwale lands registrar to immediately revoke an illegal allocation of land to Embu senator Lenny Kivuti. The land in question is plot number 317 belonging to Mwashame...
View ArticleUhuru arrives in US, avoids Heathrow Airport after Kenya's July advisory
President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Washington D.C for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. Kenyatta avoided London's Heathrow Airport and settled for a 14-hour-flight through Doha, Qatar. Kenya issued a...
View ArticleI REVOKED RUTO, KAMBI TITLES, SAYS ORENGO
DEPUTY President William Ruto and Labour Cabinet secretary Kazungu Kambi are among individuals whose land titles were revoked by James Orengo, according to the former Lands minister. Addressing...
View ArticleKajwang slams Wiper, Ford-K over mini poll
Senator Otieno Kajwang has criticised two Cord affiliate parties for fielding candidates for the Thursday by-election in Kibiri ward, Homa Bay county. Speaking to the press in Homa Bay town on...
View ArticleNo need to nullify police recruitment, says team
The team investigating malpractices in last month’s police recruitment was last evening completing a report, which failed to recommend the nullification of the exercise. The joint investigation team...
View ArticleIsrael withdraws troops, 72-hour Gaza truce begins
Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the...
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