Do not put children with learning disabilities on their own, Awori asks...
FORMER Vice President Moody Awori has urged the government not to isolate children with disability in learning institutions. Awori said this amounts to discrimination and inequality in society since...
View ArticleHIgh Court saves expatriate manager
THE High Court has rescued a scratch-card printing expert whose work permit was cancelled by the Ministry of Immigration early this year. Justice Weldon Korir ruled that the Principal Immigration...
View ArticleUSIU students to remain in remand
The High Court yesterday ordered that two students charged with murdering a fellow student be remanded until their case is heard and determined. United States International University student Duncan...
View ArticleState opposes bail to Baragoi murder suspects
The state has asked the High Court to deny bail to seven men accused of the murder of 12 policemen in Baragoi. State counsel Andrew Omutelema said the situation in Baragoi is still volatile and the...
View ArticleProsecution presents video evidence in MP Dor’s case
THE state yesterday produced a news clip implicating nominated MP Sheikh Dor in a case in which he is facing incitement charges. Prosecutors George Mureithi and Alexander Muteti produced a news clip...
View ArticleTwo deny attempting to rob officer of his gun
TWO men were yesterday charged in a Mombasa court for attempting to violently rob a police officer of his firearm in Saba Saba, Mombasa. Hassan Abdalla and Ahmed Mwasi pleaded not guilty to the...
View ArticleOfficers charged JKIA burglary
TWO police officers and 13 civilians were yesterday charged in a Kibera court for breaking into an airport warehouse. Moses Kung’u and Patrick King’ori, together with the 13, denied the charges of...
View ArticleMan to hang for stabbing friend in phone row
A MAN was yesterday sentenced to death for stabbing his friend over a mobile phone. Nicholas Muturi was convicted of the murder of Mule Muli at Kibera Laini Saba slums on May 2, 2008. High court judge...
View ArticleCity Park to be rehabilitated
Nairobi City Park will soon wear a new face once a project to make it an environmentally friendly and financially self-sustaining facility is complete. The park's modernisation, which is being done...
View ArticleKikuyu elders seek ancestors' intervention on Uhuru, Ruto ICC cases
Kikuyu elders yesterday met at Uhuru Park in Nairobi to seek intervention from their ancestors on the Hague cases. Dressed in traditional regalia, the elders at 11am streamed to a corner at the park to...
View ArticleEugene, Gedion, Biwott sign pre-election deal
Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa has entered into a pre-election alliance with former Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott and Gideon Moi, retired president Moi's son. Eugene’s New Ford Kenya announced...
View ArticleStriking matatu driver attack, rob motorists in city
Striking matatu crew, who were protesting over the new traffic law, were yesterday joined by hooligans to stone vehicles and rob pedestrians of their valuables. The worst hit areas were Ronald Ngala,...
View ArticleKMA issues new rules for armed vessels guards
SHIPS carrying arms or armed guards will not be allowed into the Kenyan waters unless they provide documentation from the flag state allowing them to be armed, Kenya Maritime Authority has said. KMA’s...
View ArticleBill to regulate campaigns expenditure before House
A Bill seeking to usher in a law regulating the money politicians spend during campaigns is finally before the House. The bill which was formally introduced in the House yesterday proposes that the...
View ArticleSalary Commission slot is ours, Pusetu says
The Public Servants Union has vowed to fight for its slot at the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. The newly-registered union declared that the country has two labour centres with Confederation of...
View ArticleMPs desert Parliament
Parliament was yesterday forced to break off early due to lack of quorum. Temporary Speaker Ekwee Ethuro postponed the sessions to Tuesday after he was informed that the house lacked quorum. Chepalungu...
View ArticleAG accused of delaying retired teachers of Sh16.7 b pension
MPs have accused Attorney General Githu Muigai of delaying the payment of Sh16.7 billion awarded to retired teachers. The chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education David Koech yesterday said...
View ArticleKNH nurses won't participate in planned strike
Nurses from the Kenyatta National Hospital will not take part in the strike scheduled to begin on Monday. This was announced yesterday by Kenya National Union of Nurses KNH officials. They added that...
View ArticleFuture Nairobians will thank the Aga Khan
THE Aga Khan Trust yesterday finalised an agreement with Nairobi City Council to rehabilitate City Park. The cost of rehabilitation will run into tens of millions of dollars but it is very worthwhile...
View ArticleKimanzi suffers CAF ban
Former Harambee Stars Coach Francis Kimanzi has been handed a four-match ban for gross misconduct by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF also slapped the former Sofapaka coach with a Sh850...
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