Judge Lenaola pulls out of the Baragoi massacre case
A judge has disqualified himself from hearing a case challenging the deployment of military officers to Baragoi and Samburu County. Justice Isaak Lenaola yesterday cited personal reasons for quitting...
View ArticleMPs shield vetting board from courts
MPs yesterday amended the law on the vetting of judges and magistrates and blocked the courts from hearing any matter on judicial officers who have been found unfit to serve. The amended Vetting of...
View ArticleKoinange widow trial to go on
The State yesterday opposed an application by two relatives of former powerful minister Mbiyu Koinange to stop the murder case against them. The prosecution told the Nakuru chief magistrate’s court...
View ArticleDiaspora may not vote, says Wamalwa
The government yesterday gave a strong indication that Kenyans in diaspora may not participate in the March 4 general election. Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa told Parliament that the Cabinet has...
View ArticleSomali border police get Land Cruisers
The police yesterday received 17 vehicles to boost security in refugee camps and along the border the Kenya-Somalia border. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees country representative Elike...
View ArticleMPs say City Hall delaying probe on Equity loan
MPs have accused forces at City Hall of frustrating their investigations into the controversial Sh5 billion loan advanced to the council by the Equity Bank. The Local Authorities Committee yesterday...
View ArticleKamba MPs back Kalonzo, Mudavadi 2013 deal
Eleven MPs allied to Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have endorsed a coalition between the Wiper Democratic Party and UDF ahead of the March 4 general election. Addressing the press yesterday at...
View ArticleMetito summons police over patrol boats
INTERNAL Security minister Katoo Ole Metito has questioned whether new police patrol boats were a "shoddy job". Metito told the Star that he will launch investigations next week into the patrol boats...
View ArticleWHY UHURU-RUTO PACT WAS QUICKLY RECALLED
YESTERDAY at 12.41pm the spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta announced "It's a deal." The long-awaited deal between Uhuru and Eldoret North MP had been signed. "The two leaders have...
View ArticleMatatu operators strike over new traffic laws
Sections of the city are experiencing transport hitches as some ‘matatus’ are holding demonstrations in opposition to the new traffic rules. Matatus plying Ngong’ road, Rongai and Limuru road have...
View ArticleIntegrity case against Uhuru and Ruto withdrawn
A case challenging the eligibility of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to vie for the presidency has been withdrawn. The three judge bench hearing the integrity case allowed the petitioners’ lawyer...
View ArticleVISION 2030 BENEFITS CAN NOW BE SEEN IN OUR ORDINARY LIVES
When His Excellency President Kibaki launched Vision 2030 on June 10, 2008 he called it a “great day in our collective effort to provide all Kenyans with a better future not only for themselves, but...
View Article48-year-old "Tenebo" poached in the Mara
A famous bull elephant in the Maasai Mara ecosystem was killed at the weekend. Tenebo, estimated at 48 years was found dead on Saturday morning. He was spotted by Elephant Aware Community scouts on...
View ArticleKIrwa shortlisted for ethics commission CEO
PRESIDENT Kibaki's nominee for the Controller of Budget position who failed to make it through is now bidding to become the new CEO of the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission. Parliament rejected the...
View ArticleInstitutions to be mandated to use energy saving jikos
Institutions using firewood for cooking will soon be required by the law to use energy saving cooking stoves. Faith Odongo, assistant director of renewable energy in the Energy ministry said they are...
View ArticleWest Kenya to put up factory in Busia
WEST Kenya Sugar Company has said the plan to build a factory in the disputed Busia sugar zone is on course. Managing director Tejveer Rai said the company has placed an order for three machines and...
View ArticleTNA moves to seize Wamalwa’s turf to 'tame' him
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta's TNA is seeking to invade Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa's Bungoma turf, a few days after he walked out of the G7 alliance. Speaking to the star yesterday, TNA...
View ArticleRetrenched workers ask for compensation
More than 5,000 civil servants who were retrenched in 2000 have appealed to the court to expedite the determination of their damages. Busia County officials of the workers said their members were dying...
View ArticleWako donates Sh50,000 to school
FORMER Attorney General Amos Wako yesterday came to the rescue of a Teso North Primary School which was shut down owing to poor sanitation. Wako donated Sh50,000 to build toilets and enable the...
View ArticleButula registrars lock out applicants
Residents of Butula district in Busia have complained of harassment by registrar officials. Youth and the elderly who had gone to the district headquarters to apply for ID cards were yesterday turned...
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