MCAs vow to defy Governor Tolgos over bill on funds in Elgeyo County
Elgeyo Marakwet MCAs have pledged to defy Governor Alex Tolgos and ensure implementation of a contentious bill on sharing a Sh2.9 billion budget. The Elgeyo Marakwet Equitable Development Bill, 2014...
View ArticleSpiritual leader of Maninangar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan prays for...
The spiritual leader of Indian Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan Acharya Swamishree yesterday prayed for peace in the country. Swamishree held the prayers at the Krystaline Salt Works in...
View ArticleCourt Acquit Rape Suspect
A Malindi court has acquitted a man of rape charges. Sikubali Chengo was accused of raping a woman at at Vivudani village in Malindi subcounty on March 17, 2012. The woman told the court Chengo broke...
View ArticleEACC to Investigate Ganze CDF
THE Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is set to begin investigating corruption allegations at the Ganze CDF kitty. EACC chairman Mumo Matemu on Tuesday confirmed receiving a petition from Ganze...
View Article62-year-old grandfather Convicted of defiling his three grandchildren
A 62-year-old man has been convicted by a Malindi court for defiling his three grandchildren. The fish monger defiled his 17-year-old, 15-year-old and 12-year-old girls between October 2011 and April...
View Article13 Youths Remanded Over Terror-related Charges
THIRTEEN out of 258 youths arrested in Majengo last week were yesterday detained for seven more days by a Mombasa court. The 13 are to be investigated over terror related charges. Police officer...
View ArticlePhones seized in mosques terror probe
Crucial equipment, among them mobile phones and laptops, seized at the two mosques – Musa and Sakina – in Mombasa have been handed to detectives to probe the terror networks in the country. Three...
View ArticleStem insecurity, Coast tourism stakeholders tell government
Tourism players at the Coast want the Tourism Police Unit revamped. The hoteliers, tour operators, travel agencies and airline representatives met the Tourism Recovery Taskforce at a Mombasa hotel on...
View ArticleKaya elders to participate in forest conservation conference next month
The Kaya elders will join their counterparts from other communities in a forest conservation conference scheduled for next month in Kilifi. The two-day conference themed, ‘The role of culture on...
View ArticleKilifi farmers get Sh10m grant
Farmers in Kilifi have been given a Sh10 million grant by the Swedish government. Farmers growing cassava, African bird’s eye chili and those rearing free range chickens will be given loans under the...
View ArticleCampaign against gender-based violence launched
The Taita Taveta government has launched an iniative, 'Save our Queens', against gender-based violence, and which is spearheaded by Governor John Mruttu's wife, Hope. Girls will be educated on how to...
View ArticleBabies face female cut
Licences of medical practitioners who perform Female Genital Mutilation will be revoked, Health executive Gifton Mkaya has said. Mkaya spoke on Tuesday at Marasi Primary School in Maungu Township, Voi...
View ArticlePolice aid in Lamu land grabbing, says lobby
The police and public officers in Lamu have been accused of colluding with tycoons to frustrate a lobby group's efforts to get justice on land issues. Save Mokowe chairperson Ali Said Awadh said rich...
View ArticleWoman, 25, loses baby in Lamu ban
A woman in Lamu lost her baby after a doctor refused to attend to her because he was afraid of being arrested for breaking the ongoing curfew. Halima Abdalla, 25, went into labour at around 11pm on...
View ArticleTravellers stranded as Hola road swept away
Hundreds of passengers are stranded in Hola and Bura after heavy rains washed away sections of the earth road between the two towns. Passengers using the Muhsin and E-Coach companies' buses have to...
View ArticleLivestock farmers promised to embrace quality livestock farming
Livestock farmers in Lari sub county may now triple their proceeds after the department of livestock sorted out challenges facing them which include lack of food supplements, inferior cooperatives and...
View ArticleFormer security officer in court
A former police officer was today arraigned in a Nanyuki court for unlawfully disposing a government fire arm. Paul Wachira Nderitu appeared before the Senior Resident Magistrate Evanson Bett charged...
View ArticleDon't exhibit feminity, initiates told
KIKUYU elders have called upon new initiates into manhood to follow their traditions and "refrain from showing femininity". The elders on Tuesday told journalists in Thika town that most young men have...
View ArticleJournalist harrased by KDF while covering recruitment exercise
A journalist was on Saturday arrested and detained for hours by Kenya Defence Forces officers during a recruitment exercise in Murang’a County. Mburu Gaita, QTV cameraman had gone to cover the event at...
View ArticleLaikipia leaders want soldiers deployed at the borders
LEADERS in Laikipia have called for the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces to the country’s borders. The leaders said there is no need for the officers to be stationed in urban areas while Kenyans...
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