Starlets get bye: Petra cautions national team regulars
Football Kenya Federation vice person Doris Petra has cautioned Harambee Starlets regulars that it will not be business as usual as some young prospects angle themselves to fight for slots in the team...
View ArticleFertiliser crisis: Counties urged to avert food shortage
Rift Valley counties have been urged to avert a food crisis by importing subsidised fertilisers for maize farmers. It’s already late. The planting season and long rains are almost here. The state has...
View ArticleArrest of Helb defaulters divides MPs, some say it’s harassment
Kakamega MPs are divided on the threat to use police to recover about Sh7 billion arrears from beneficiaries of the Higher Education Loans Board.Education CS Amina Mohamed last week said they will ask...
View ArticleBattles for ailing parents’ properties show the need to write ‘living wills’
Although the question of mental health is not openly debated in Kenya, families of people incapacitated by age and disease are slowly accepting it and finding a way to care for their loved ones and...
View ArticleNZILANI MWEU: NIIMS is a violation of the Constitution
Last week the government announced the start of the mandatory registration of all citizens through the National Integrated Identity Management System. This is in line with the Amendment of Registration...
View ArticleALEX AWITI: Opportunity for new media model
With the decline of newspaper print journalism and the rise of online platforms to disseminate news, journalism has gone through a huge amount of change over the last two decades.According to Pew...
View ArticleMP warns cartels forming a parallel sugar task force
Muhoroni MP Onyango Koyoo has raised concern over cartels in the sugar sector of funding farmers to form a parallel task force.“We only have one taskforce appointed by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary...
View ArticleFive arrested after police survive Thika Road grenade attack
Five suspects have been arrested after they robbed an M-Pesa shop in Huruma area and later tried to attack police with a hand grenade.They are; Kevin Onyango,24, Maricus Odhiambo,30, Moses Okiri, 21,...
View ArticleSquad unveiled: Agala named captain as Kenya Prisons begin residential training
Experienced middle blocker Brackcides Agala will captain Kenya Prisons’ women’s team to the next months African Club Championship in Cairo, Egypt.Agala missed last event as she was away on maternity...
View ArticleAt least 300 guns recovered from fake firearm holders
More than 300 guns and 5,000 bullets have been confiscated from firearm holders with fake licences, the Firearms Licensing Board said yesterday.Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said the individuals...
View ArticleSuspects want real Uhuru in court
Seven suspects accused of impersonating President Uhuru Kenyatta have challenged the prosecution to produce him in court as a witness.The seven - Joseph Waswa, Duncan Muchai, Isaac Wajekeche, William...
View ArticleResign over dam scams, Rotich and Chelugui told
ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi has asked Treasury CS Henry Rotich and his Water counterpart Simon Chelugui to resign over the Sh68 billion construction of dams scam.The former deputy prime minister said...
View ArticleLocal supply does not meet demand — traders
Egg traders have defended the move to import eggs from neighbouring countries, citing insufficient supply of the commodity in the local market.Dennies Mwangi (not his real name) said he gets his egg...
View ArticleKIBE MUNGAI: Kenya must safeguard coastline
Since the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre's government in 1991 and the subsequent civil war the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has been and remains a failed state. As a seasoned failed state the FRS...
View ArticleFarmers sell eggs at throwaway prices, burn trayloads as imports hurt profits
Poultry farmers are struggling to break even due to high cost of feeds and low returns as Ugandan imports shrink prices.The price of a tray of eggs has gone down from Sh270 to a low of Sh150 since June...
View ArticleOKECH KENDO: EACC rains fear on piglanders
A governor is under probe for massive acquisition of property during the first five years of devolution. Thirteen others are on the radar. Three Cabinet Secretaries and assorted VIP suspects are also...
View ArticleFake ‘Uhuru’ lived flashy lifestyle
He runs charity initiatives, owns a fleet of four choppers and enjoys the high life. He seems every inch the big-hearted philanthropist. Not any more.The unmasked 33-year-old Joseph Waswa, who mimicked...
View ArticleHow I became 'HIV positive' for a day, EACC boss Twalib Mbarak narrates
EACC boss Twalib Mbarak has explained how he became HIV positive for a day after taking a Sh700,000 loan in 1987."I took a loan of Sh700,000 and I had to be subjected to an HIV test with my wife and I...
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Why Wangari Maathai tree was cut down
Environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti has explained why a tree that was planted in memory of late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was cut down.This is after a picture of the stump of the tree, which had...
View ArticleMCAs want stalled Sh63m hospital project complete
Murang’a MCAs want the county to complete the Sh63 million expansion of Kirwara hospital in Gatanga. It has stalled for more than five years.In a report tabled by Health Services chairman Francis...
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