Publisher asks scholars to write books
Scholars and educationists should use their knowledge and skills to write books, a Kitale publisher has said. Rona Publishers chairman and Mount Kenya University Kitale campus Principal Robert Mindila...
View ArticleWe will support each other, say aspirants
Two governor aspirants from Trans Nzoia County have said they will support each other if one of them is elected. Forestry minister Noah Wekesa and businessman Joel Gesuka said they will accept defeat...
View ArticleNambale CDF committee told to 'pull up your socks'
THE National Taxpayers Association has accused Nambale constituency development fund committees of poor implementation and skewed distribution of projects. NTA Western Regional co-ordinator Evelyn...
View ArticleChemelil Sugar undergoes refurbishment
CHEMELIL Sugar Company has shut-down its operations for two months so as to undertake a Sh0.5 billion rehabilitation exercise. The company’s Managing Director Charles Apudo Owelle said the work is...
View ArticleNyangusu residents say Sh0.5billion dam a let down
The residents of Nyacheki division in Kisii have raised concern over the bad state of Nyangusu/Riakiriama dam in which over Sh15 million is said to have been spent. Led by their area councillor Albert...
View ArticleBoda boda operators torch house in Gem
An alleged motorbike thief had his house torched by angry Boda Boda operators in Marenyo Sub-location, Gem District. The operators raided the home of Benson Oduor, 20 whom they accused of stealing a...
View ArticleEldoret airport to spur horticultral farming in North Rift, Western region
The government plans to increase cargo handling at the Eldoret International Airport as part of improving the airport's performance. Agriculture minister Sally Kosgey says the government will role out...
View Article10 Bomet councillors quit ODM
More than 10 councillors from Bomet have ditched ODM for URP ahead of the signing of an alliance between Uhuru Kenyatta’s TNA and Eldoret North MP William Ruto’s URP. The civic leaders were allied to...
View ArticleNCPB
The government will go ahead with the National Cereals and Produce Board privatisation despite opposition from farmers. Managing director Gideon Misoi says the move is aimed at improving the board's...
View ArticleRethink the zoning strategy, Jebii tells TNA, URP bosses
TNA and URP aspirants are uncomfortable with the idea of zoning off areas that are dominated by supporters of the two parties. TNA allied politicians in Rift Valley have warned that zoning of regions...
View ArticleBrand Kenya plans to rebrand cities, towns
Cities and towns will be rebranded to make them more attractive to investors once county governments are place. The Brand Kenya Board in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government is working...
View ArticleRuto to hold rally in Kapkatet on saturday
Eldoret North MP William Ruto will this weekend take his campaigns to the South Rift region to popularise an impending alliance between TNA and URP. The United Republican Party Leader will address a...
View ArticleDon't flee Naivasha, women tell residents
Women in Naivasha have launched a campaign to persuade register as voters in the area. Fearing the recurrence of the last general election violence, members of some communities are travelling upcountry...
View ArticleMaasai leaders mourn aspirant
MAASAI leaders yesterday mourned the Narok women representative aspirant Patricia Parsitau who died on Wednesday morning under unclear circumstances. Led by Association of Maasai Professionals chairman...
View ArticleRegister for elections, Kenyans told
AN aspirant for the Nandi county governor's seat has called on Kenyans to register as voters. Speaking yesterday in Eldoret, Cleophas Lagat said: ''It is discouraging to record a low turnout only a...
View ArticleI am in ODM to stay, says Langat
Energy assistant minister Magerer Langat yesterday said he is in the Orange Democratic Movement to stay. He dismissed rumours circulating in Kericho county that he was about to decamp to William Ruto's...
View ArticleResidents demand land from Uhuru
More than 87,000 people in Kiambu are demanding that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta donates his land for the resettlement of IDPs. The people, who have registered with the Kenya National Land...
View ArticleKieni man kills wife, consumes intestines
A farmhand in Kieni West was on Wednesday night beaten to death by members of the public after he butchered his wife and ate her intestines. Morris Mutegi, 23, chopped off Caroline Gatwiri's head with...
View ArticleNyoro warns of voter-buying
Kiambu governor hopeful James Nyoro yesterday asked DCs to stop transportation of voters in the county. Speaking at Kikuyu's Kamangu Primary School where he registered as a voter, Nyoro said he has...
View ArticleMaragua voter transfer claim
Maragwa elections coordinator Justus Nzomo has expressed concern over what he termed as massive transportation of voters from the constituency to Kiharu in Murang’a North. Speaking yesterday during a...
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