Bank worker faces forgery, theft charges
A bank employee colluded with a friend to steal a client's money. Sarah Otieno, an employee of Kenya Commercial Bank, transferred the money to her friend Maureen Awiti Juma’s account. Witness Henry...
View ArticleDriver denies tricking M-Pesa agent
A man charged with defrauding an M-pesa agent was yesterday released on a Sh60,000 bond and a surety of a similar amount. Isaac Yiminyi Wangila denied fraudulently obtaining Sh41,234 from an attendant...
View ArticlePoly staff in sexual harassment case
A senior officer with the Technical University, formerly Kenya Polytechnic University College, has denied harassing a former junior female staff. Patrick Mathagu, a senior administrative registrar...
View ArticleKimunya and Joho seek to have names put on ballot
TRANSPORT minister Amos Kimunya and outgoing Kisauni MP Hassan Joho are among 13 candidates facing new hurdles in the quest to have their names in the ballot came March 4. A bench of three judges will...
View ArticleSaitoti’s widow claims cover-up in crash inquest
THE widow of Internal Security former minister George Saitoti, Margaret, is worried that the commission appointed to look into the helicopter crash that killed her husband might exonerate the real...
View ArticleEagle lands in Bomet in search of votes
The Eagle Alliance yesterday campaigned in Bomet county. The Eagle team was led by the party's presidential flag-bearer Peter Kenneth and his his running mate Ronnie Osumba. The two were hosted by the...
View ArticleDida says he will floor giants in the State House race
He is hardly known in Kenyan politics, boasts of no big name, but he is convinced he will succeed President Kibaki after the March 4 elections. Mohammed Abduba Dida of Alliance for Real Change was the...
View ArticleUhuru hits campaign trail after being cleared
Jubilee alliance presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday hit the road to solicit for votes immediately after he was cleared by the electoral commission. Uhuru made his first stop at the Marurui...
View ArticleRaila accuses Uhuru and Ruto of deceit and greed
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has accused his opponents in the Jubilee Alliance of being insincere. On the day he was cleared by the IEBC to have his third stab at the presidency under the Cord banner....
View ArticlePolice get new spokesman
A new police spokesman has been appointed to replace long serving Eric Kiraithe. The National Police Service Commission yesterday appointed Anthony Munga as the new director of police communication....
View ArticleFor the Record
In a caption of the photo published on page 7 of yesterday 's paper with the headline MPs blamed for Sh355, loss in CDF spending' we wrongly identified Sareen Malik as representing the Centre for...
View ArticleYoung pilot turns himself in over the defilement of Mombasa 10-year-old girl
A piloting student accused of defiling a 10-year-old girl will today appear in a Mombasa court. Zawadi Ririani, 19, presented himself to Diani police station yesterday morning in the company of his...
View ArticleKavuludi defends CID chief Muhoro
The National Police Service Commission yesterday said the Independent Police Oversight Authority does not have the final word on police appointments. "Ipoa is not a vetting authority, it does not have...
View ArticleUhuru, Dida, Raila, Muite cleared as Matata is blocked
Four more presidential candidates including Cord's Raila Odinga and Jubilee Alliance's Uhuru Kenyatta were yesterday cleared by the the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission . After being...
View ArticleIteere cleared over Waiganjo saga
The commission investigating police imposter Joshua Waiganjo has reccomended the sacking of Rift Valley PPO John M'mbijiwe and ASTU boss Remy Ngugi over the Waiganjo affair. The team has however...
View ArticleJoho cleared for Mombasa governor race
Ali Hassan Joho has been cleared to vie for the Mombasa governor race . Joho has dismissed claims that he did not meet the academic qualification to vie for the seat. A voter has moved to court in...
View ArticleWHAT 'IMPOSTOR' WAIGANJO WANTS TO TELL RAILA
Joshua Waiganjo, the man accused of masquerading as a senior police officer yesterday sought to meet with Prime Minister Raila Odinga to give him details of what he knew of the post election violence....
View ArticleHigh court cleares Kimunya, Joho and Mugambi
The High Court has cleared Transport minister Amos Kimunya, his assistant minister Hassan Joho. Gichuki Mugambi was also cleared to vie in the March 4 poll. A three judge bench delivered the ruling...
View ArticleLobby group raises concern on illegal gangs
The Usalama Reform Forum lobby group has today released a report which states that there are 73 illegal organised gangs and 6000 police officers with known criminal behaviour spread across the country....
View ArticleThree police officers injured in Dadaab
Three Kenya Police officers were injured yesterday when an explosive device hit their car. The incident occurred in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab. The attackers who used an improvised explosive device...
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