Safaricom cuts MPESA charges by up to 67 percent, days after entry of Equity...
Safaricom has announced a reduction of transaction fees levied by the operator on M-PESA on the low and medium transaction bands. The new tariffs, which are set to take effect from Thursday August 21,...
View ArticleGunmen suspected to be Lamu attackers torch Garissa police post, steal drugs
Tension remains high In Bothai village, Ijara constituency Garissa county after gun men believed to be behind the Lamu attacks attacked an Administration police camp before setting on fire a police...
View ArticleKIBAKI IS MY HUSBAND, SAYS WAMBUI
CONTROVERSIAL Othaya MP Mary Wambui has once again sensationally claimed that she is still married to former President Mwai Kibaki. She was prompted by a former Mayor of Nairobi, Nathan Kahara, and a...
View ArticleEmergency services at Coast GH suspended as Joho promises to pay staff's...
Emergency services have been suspended at the Coast General Hospital as a result of the ongoing health workers strike. Doctors said that the hospitals casualty section was shut down on Tuesday as the...
View ArticleEthiopia overtakes Kenya as Africa's largest refugee host
Ethiopia has overtaken Kenya to become the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, the UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday. Speaking during a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,...
View ArticleRandy man given two donkeys after being found having sex with them
A man has been given two donkeys as "wives" after he was caught mounting the beast of burdens on two separate occasions. Robin Koech, from Mlimani village, Likuyani sub-county, was found on Wednesday...
View ArticleParliament can't fire AG, MPs have learnt
The petition to remove Attorney General Githu Muigai from office hit a dead end yesterday after it emerged that there is no specific provision in the constitution for his removal. The National Assembly...
View ArticleSlums to have 24 hour outpatient services
Seven health facilities will soon be upgraded to start offering 24 hours outpatient services to slum areas. Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has already approved the project. The move is aimed at...
View ArticlePUSETU backs referendum calls, urges national government to take charge of...
The federation of Public Service Trade Unions of Kenya has called on governors and the opposition who are pushing for a referendum, to prioritize establishing a National Health Service Commission which...
View ArticleRaila lacks moral authority to call for referendum after failed ODM elections...
Another battle is looming within ODM after Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba dismissed the calls for a referendum by his party leader Raila Odinga. Namwamba who has hitherto been quiet on ODM and other Cord...
View ArticleCold reception for reinstated Kiala as Mutua strips him of executive post
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua yesterday stripped Deputy Governor Bernard Kiala of his Public Service, Labour and ICT executive as the differences between the two intensified. Mutua gave the position...
View ArticleMPs vote to take away Equalisation funds from governors
MPs have voted to amend Article 204 of the constitution which takes away the Equalisation Fund from the County Governments to the constituencies. The Bill, prepared by Samburu West MP Lati Leleit,...
View ArticleGender commission critises Uhuru's ambassador appointments
The National Gender and Equality Commission has criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta’s appointment of new ambassadors, Uhuru on Thursday appointed 20 people including Chirau Mwakwere, Njeri Githae and...
View ArticleEx-wife demands Sh140,000 from Sonko for son's upkeep
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has told a Kwale court that he takes care of his son, dismissing claims by his estranged wife Josephine Thuku that he does not. Thuku had applied for interim maintenance of...
View ArticleTwo-foot tall woman gives birth in Naivasha
It was song and dance at Naivasha Subcounty Referral Hospital after two-feet tall woman gave birth to a 2.6kg boy. The incident brought services at the hospital's maternity wing to a standstill as...
View ArticleSports Concepts junior tourney start tomorrow at Parklands Club
The annual Sports Concepts junior tennis tournment starts tomorrow at Parklands Sports Club. The tournament, which is one of the biggest junior event on Kenya Lawm Tennis Association (KLTA) calendar,...
View ArticleNational junior girls tournament starts tomorrow at Ruaraka and Sir Ali
AFTER the conclusion of the provincial junior girls championships, action shifts to the annual Cricket Kenya (CK) national show starting today at Ruaraka and Sir Muslim clubs. Unlike in the first three...
View ArticleUlinzi Favoured
Soldiers Ulinzi Stars start their East Africa Military Games campaign on the same note as last year, against Uganda’s Simba. Robert Matano’s men arrived in Zanzibar on Sunday afternoon and are upbeat...
View ArticleSumac Microfinance Bank Golf Challenge
The annual Sumac Micro-finance Bank Golf Challenge Cup scheduled for August 30 at vet-Lab Club has attracted over 200 golfers. Sumac Bank managing director, Duncan Mwaniki, said the objective of this...
View ArticleAtebe lifts Don Bosco over PAC University in NBA league
JOEL Atebe registered a record 56 points as Don Bosco walloped Pan Africa Christian (PAC) University 114-54 in a Nairobi Basketball Association (NBA) league tie at Railways Club. This was the second...
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