Meru hikes hospital fees to aid budget
THE Meru government has increased hospital consultation fees for dispensaries and health centers from Sh10 to between Sh50 and Sh100 in a bid to supplement the government’s allocation. Speaking to the...
View ArticleMwingi women ditch farming to sell miraa
POOR rains in Kitui county have forced some women to start selling miraa and muguka to earn a living. Speaking to the Star yesterday, the women said farming proved futile in Mwingi despite all the...
View ArticleLow interest loans for Busia
BUSIA Faidi microfinance has opened a branch in Amagoro and will offer loans at low interest to residents. This will stop the sale of land at throwaway prices by residents, executive director Evans...
View ArticleMP spells out new Uwezo rule for loans
MUMIAS West MP Johnson Naicca has urged groups that applied for Uwezo Fund loans to follow the new guidelines introduced by the Uwezo Fund Oversight Board. He said more than 375 youth and women’s...
View Article20 get Equity scholarships
KISII Twenty pupils are among this year’s 2,000 beneficiaries of Equity Bank’s Wings to Fly scholarship. They are expected to join secondary schools and were selected from a list of 611 applicants...
View ArticleOkundi supporters cry foul over plaza auction
SUPPORTERS of former Rangwe MP Philip Okundi have termed “political” the planned auctioning of his property in Homa Bay town. Okundi is the Maendeleo Democratic Party candidate in the February 12 Homa...
View ArticleThree Kuppet officials charged in Bungoma
THREE officials of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers were yesterday arraigned in a Webuye court for disrupting classes in three schools. Bungoma branch Kuppet chair Danson Barasa, executive...
View ArticleODM leaders call for action against MPs
TWO Nyanza ODM politicians have petitioned the party’s National Executive Council to suspend two MPs for campaigning against its Homa Bay senator candidate Moses Kajwang’. Speaking to the Star on the...
View ArticleKisii to employ more health staff to boost service, says Ongwae
KISII county will hire more staff to improve medical services, Governor James Ongwae has said. “Our human resource department in the health sector is key to delivery of essential services,” he said....
View ArticleRep urges disabled to form saccos
People living with disability in Kisumu county have been urged to form saccos to enable them access business loans. Kisumu women's representative Rose Nyamunga said the saccos will transform the lives...
View ArticleNew teachers report to one
As teachers’ strike entered its second week, 13 newly recruited teachers in Bunyala subcounty, Busia county, reported to work on Monday, but found no one in their new schools. The teachers were issued...
View ArticleWard bosses told to work
KISUMU Governor Jack Ranguma yesterday urged subcounty and ward administrators to serve the residents. Speaking in his office, Ranguma said the administrators are required to oversee development...
View ArticleRuth apology to Omamo, Ngilu
KISUMU Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga has apologised to Cabinet Secretaries Raychelle Omamo (Defence) and Charity Ngilu (Lands) for being heckled during Fidel Odinga’s burial service at Jaramogi Oginga...
View Article30 Busia students get Wings to Fly bursary
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong yesterday flagged off 30 beneficiaries of Equity Bank's Wings to Fly education sponsorhip from the county. The 30 students – 15 each from Equity's Malaba and Busia...
View ArticleKisumu road works stall over jobs row
THE road expansion works from Kisumu International Airport to Kisian on the Kisumu-Busia highway has stalled over jobs stalemate. The SBI Construction Company pulled out their machines from Tieng’re...
View ArticleWelcome Raila, Awiti tells Homa Bay
HOMA BAY: Residents have been told to turn up in large number and welcome Cord leader Raila Odinga today. Governor Cyprian Awiti said those who did not attend Fidel's burial should take the visit as...
View ArticleBumula MP Otsiula irked by CORD's remarks on new IEBC CEO
BUMULA MP Boniface Otiula has castigated Cord politicians who have condemning the appointment of Ezra Simiyu to the IEBC. Speaking in Bungoma town yesterday Otsiula said it is wrong for coalition...
View ArticleSpatial Plan Mooted For Bungoma County
BUNGOMA A plan has been proposed for infrastructure development that will cater for the fast growing population now at 1.6 million. The county's population is growing at the rate of 3.15 per cent per...
View ArticleAduma warns MPs over Homa Bay poll
NYAKACH MP Aduma Awuor has warned disloyal politicians over their stance against the ODM candidate for the senator race. He said they will not be considered for elective positions in the coming general...
View ArticleOparanya creates jobs for class eight graduates, primary dropouts
CLASS eight dropouts and those who never went to school will now have an opportunity to work in the Kakamega county government, Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has said. Oparanya yesterday said a programme...
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