Gambia's electoral commissioner flees country after threats
Gambia's electoral commission chairman has fled the country because he received threats after declaring President Yahya Jammeh the loser of a December 1, 2016 election, a family member and a colleague...
View ArticlePolitical dynasties prepare to take seats in 2017
For years political families have ruled and wielded power over Kenya's economy and society and this year the children of 'royalty' run for election. Do they have a birthright?Dynasties appear to be...
View ArticleWhy wait for 10 years to claim Kibaki stole 2007 poll? SK Macharia told
President Mwai Kibaki’s 2007 campaign manager Marangu Marete has rubbished claims made by Royal Media Services boss that Raila Odinga won 2007 election.“Kibaki did not steal the election. That was nine...
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Big Read: Towns face a bleak future as the end of long-distance truck...
Maai Mahiu town is a hothouse of commerce. Bus parks burst with people heading to various destinations. Boda boda operators tear across the dusty streets, ferrying passengers from one part of the town...
View ArticleJubilee mole claims 'hurt extremely', Raila failed as mentor - Ababu
Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba, who quit ODM to chart his own political path, has said he was "extremely hurt" by claims he was a Jubilee mole.Ababu told Citizen TV on Tuesday that he asked party leader...
View ArticleWoman says Mark Too was her son's father, wants burial stopped
A woman has asked a court to stop the burial of politician Mark Too, demanding her son's inclusion in the arrangements.Fatuma Hassan said in her application filed as urgent that the late former...
View Article[AUDIO] Kakamega man sells his wife to best friend for Sh500 to buy soda
A boda boda rider in Kakamega town shocked his colleagues when he traded his wife for Sh500 to quench his thirst for soda.The 32 year-old only known as Tusker offered his wife as collateral when he...
View ArticleUhuru offers graduate doctors Sh197,000 minimum pay, wage to cost taxpayers...
The government has made an offer to doctors that will cost the exchequer an additional Sh4 billion to be shared among the country’s 5,000 doctors.State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said on...
View ArticleSad times for wildlife as Nema approves SGR in park - experts
Nema has given the go-ahead for the construction of phase two of the standard gauge railway through the Nairobi National Park, despite resistance from the public and environmentalists.The licence was...
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Meet the humble MPs who lead modest lives
Kenya's 416 MPs are not known for frugality, simplicity or humility.Far from it. Their public and private style is characterised by luxury, expensive suits and fashion, grand houses in upscale...
View ArticleFour petitioners say Wabukala unfit for EACC job, accuse him of 'wedding,...
Retired ACK Archbishop Eliud Wabukala has abused office by "baptising, wedding and burying thieves" petitioners against his EACC chairman appointment have said.The four - Reverend John Mbugua, Gilbert...
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[VIDEO] Joho lectures Uhuru on hijacking Mombasa projects
Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has dismissed reports that the government pumped a lot of money into the Buxton foot bridge.President Uhuru Kenyatta, who officially opened the bridge on Thursday, boasted...
View Article[AUDIO] Duale dismisses audio of incitement against Kamba voters as concocted...
Aden Duale has dismissed as outrageous, an audio clip doing rounds on social media, believed to be of him inciting youths against Kamba voters and Wiper supporters.The National Assembly Majority leader...
View ArticleSenate backs controversial vote method
The Senate on Thursday night passed the contentious amendments to the Elections Act allowing manual voter verification in the August election.Jubilee senators outvoted their Cord counterparts 24 to 19...
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Men, are your children biologically yours?
The decision by the government to bypass fathers’ DNA in identifying 43 people killed in last month’s Naivasha tanker explosion raised concerns on paternity fraud in Kenya.Pathologists involved in the...
View ArticleTrump orders US envoys appointed by Obama to quit by Inauguration Day
US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has issued a blanket mandate requiring politically appointed ambassadors installed by President Barack Obama to leave their posts by Inauguration...
View ArticleCord weighs options after Jubilee marshals numbers to amend election laws
The opposition — which had pledged to take to the streets to protest manual voting backup — is facing a testing moment and weighing its options after a massive setback when the Senate approved the...
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Ivorian woman arrested with Sh10 million worth of heroin at Mombasa airport
An Ivorian woman has been arrested at the Moi International Airport, Mombasa while carrying heroin valued at more than Sh10 million. Danho Aude-Bertille, 28, was headed for Abdijan through JKIA when...
View ArticleUniversity unions call for strike on Monday after talks on CBA collapse
Learning in public universities across the country will likely be interrupted as university unions have called for a strike starting Monday.This is after talks between the government and the unions...
View ArticleNo more police chase cars for governors - Boinnet
Governors will no longer use police chase cars to move from one place to another, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has said.In a letter addressed to all regional county commanders, Boinnet...
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