Farmers want payout from mining firm
MORE than 500 farmers who were relocated to pave way for Base Titanium mining company will sue the national government. They were moved to Maumba and Nguluku, Kwale, in 2007. Nguluku and Maumba...
View ArticleHire local seafarers - Mwangura
THE government needs to offer incentives to international shipping lines to attract more vessels into the country to create jobs for youth. Seafarers Union of Kenya secretary general Andrew Mwangura...
View ArticleThree deny having KCSE exam papers
Three men were yesterday charged with illegally having KCSE exam papers. Dennis Mwangi, David Kyalo and David Gitau were allegedly found with the CRE paper 1 outside Chandaria Hall examination centre,...
View ArticleLamu youth warned against criminal gangs
LAMU youth have been warned against deliberately engaging in crime. Administration police commander Crispus Mutali asked the youth to honour the ongoing dusk-to-dawn curfew in Lamu. He addressed...
View ArticleDoctors, nurses spurn jobs over insecurity
Lamu hospitals are faced with an acute shortage of doctors and nurses. Health services director David Mulewa said the quality of services has been affected. More than 72 nurses are needed, he said....
View ArticleMombasa cop recruits protest scrapped jobs
SOME Mombasa youths are moving to court to protest against the cancellation of their recruitment into the National Police Service. Thirty-two youths who were recruited at Mombasa Agricultural...
View ArticleAttacker gets 4 years in jail
THIKA A bar patron who grievously assaulted a pub operator and resisted arrest was yesterday jailed for four years by a Thika court. Evans Njenga was found guilty of causing grievous harm to Stephen...
View ArticleGraft leads to insecurity - MP
Kandara Corruption in the police service is the cause of insecurity, an MP has said. Kandara MP Alice Wahome, a member of the Parliamentary Security Committee, said the court ruling for a repeat of...
View ArticleDisabled in Murang'a to get free medical care
PEOPLE living with disability in Murang’a county will get free medical care in public hospitals, following a decision by the county assembly. The assembly on Tuesday passed a motion requiring the...
View ArticleCall for help in hospital bills
A night guard in Mutarakwa village in Limuru constituency has stopped working in order he can be helping his wife who was the only survivor of a fatal road accident four months ago. James Macharia, who...
View ArticleMCA sworn in despite protests
A nominated MCA was yesterday sworn in at the Nyandarua county assembly amid protests. David Mwangi was sworn in after he obtained a ruling in his favour from the High Court. A group of people living...
View ArticleThika man kills brother for marrying his wife's sister
A man in Kiganjo, Thika, on Tuesday stabbed his older brother to death after a dispute over marriage. David Karanja killed his brother Michael Mesopotamia after arguing over Mesopotamia marrying his...
View ArticleSix die, three injured in Nyeri road crash
SIX people died and three others are in hospital following a grisly road accident on the Karatina-Kerugoya highway yesterday. Five people died on impact while the sixth person succumbed to injuries at...
View ArticleCleric wants public involved
LACK of public participation in national decision making is to blame for slow pace of development, a Ruiru pastor has said. County Community Interdenominational Church's Rev Mbuthia Waigwa said leaders...
View ArticleSlur lands Thika man in trouble
A man who insulted his former girlfriend by calling her a prostitute and dog was yesterday fined Sh30,000 or 4 months imprisonment by a Thika court on his own plea of guilty. Joseph Waititu was...
View ArticleChange tack, manufacturers told
KENYAN manufacturers have been urged to adopt new technologies to survive competition. Benjamin Musyoki, chairman of Standardization Tribunal in the Ministry of Industrialisation said manufacturers...
View ArticleBar operator fined Sh30,000
A bar operator who pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor without a valid license was yesterday fined Sh30,000 or 3 months imprisonment by a Thika Court. Jennifer Mueni was convicted and...
View ArticleThree adults sit KCPE exam in Nyahururu
Nyahururu, Wednesday November 5, 2014 KNA Three adults sit for KCPE in Nyahururu sub-county THREE male adults are candidates in this year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in Laikipia county....
View ArticleNyandarua patients to get free drugs, says governor
HOSPITALS in Nyandarua county have adequate drugs, Governor Daniel Waithaka has said. He said patients should not buy drugs from health facilities in the county. "They should report the matter to...
View ArticleFour miss out on KCPE exam
Four students expected to sit the KCPE exam yesterday were unable to do the tests. Two of the Kithegi Primary School candidates did not register and two did not turn up. Doreen Karimi and Rose Murugi...
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