Constituency funds won’t be abolished, says Marende
National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende has said the Constituency Development Fund will stay in place after next year's general election. The speaker said the kitty has been instrumental in the...
View ArticleTeso teachers angered by Knec new exam rules
THE new stringent measures on KCSE and KCPE candidates introduced by the Kenya National Examination Council have earned the wrath of Teso teachers. Kenya National Union of Teachers Teso executive...
View ArticleDay In The Life: I work within the law to avoid getting into trouble with police
David Chege is a tout at the Ngong-Kiserian route. He has been doing this job for the last five years and is getting married today at Enoomatasiani Catholic Church. I wake up at 4.45am, take a shower,...
View ArticleCatholic church faces sex scandals tsunami
After nearly 2,000 years of its existence as a highly centralised and mostly bureaucratic institution, the Catholic church is in a deep existential crisis today. But, the worst is still to come. A...
View ArticleThe ugly face of gender violence
Traditional gender violence is emotional and physical usually experienced under family surroundings due to disagreements ranging from inheritance, property to suspected infidelity. This violence is...
View ArticleI Stepped Into A Grave And Thought I Saw A Ghostly Cat
I have written here before and said I have no truck with superstition and I may have even said I was sceptical about the paranormal. While I meant it at the time after a recent incident involving a...
View ArticleFour poll centres remain in Kitutu Chache – judge
The High Court in Kisii yesterday dismissed a case in which three Kitutu Chache South constituents wanted four polling stations annexed to Nyaribari Chache moved to their constituency. Samuel Ondieki...
View ArticleMeru cereal farmers earn Sh38 million
Cereal farmers in Meru earned Sh38 million from the sale of green grams last harvesting season. National Cereals and Produce Board managing director Gedion Misoi said farmers sold 6,000 bags of the...
View ArticleIn The Pink: Interesting dynamics of a Ugandan househelp
I have employed several housekeepers to date, and, sadly, three of them lost their mothers. In fact, one of them lost her mother twice. You see, this is a common exit strategy for them. They have a...
View ArticleThousands of uncollected IDs gather dust in Upper Eastern
THOUSANDS of youth who applied for national Identification Cards in Upper Eastern region have failed to collect them even as the clock for voters’ registration ticks fast. The IDs have been lying for...
View ArticleTrending with Nana G: Jah Cure
Jah Cure Jah Cure is performing tonight at Kasarani indoor arena. If you ask me, this seems to be the hottest place to watch musicians performing live. Jah Cure promises not to disappoint and I don’t...
View ArticleLaunching the Love and Protest Movement
I’m starting a movement. It’s called 'The Love & Protest Movement'. I’ll never run for office. It’s not my thing. Politics is not the reason I wake up in the morning. But like you I’m worried, I’m...
View ArticleMP backs dropping Uhuru suit
YOUTH assistant minister Kabando wa Kabando yesterday backed the withdrawal of a case against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto. The petitioners were challenging...
View ArticleFormer Bishop hits out at MPs
Former Anglican Church of Kenya bishop Peter Njenga yesterday lashed out at parliamentarians for "doing nothing". Speaking at the burial of former Limuru Municipal Council chairman Ndung’u Kimucu,...
View ArticleWhy we should be more kind to the police
The village where I was born was so progressive when I was growing up that its one lane shopping centre had a petrol station, a real marvel in those years. Years later, my friends and I would after...
View ArticleCommissioner defends cops over Murang’a abductions
Murang’a County Commissioner Kula Hache yesterday defended the police over allegations of laxity in curbing kidnapping. Hache said the police are "working tirelessly" to ensure the gang behind the...
View ArticleFew men are testing for HIV
MEN are shying away from testing for HIV and AIDs despite availability of services to the public, a community based organization has revealed. Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF) prevention programme...
View ArticleKFS in new tree planting drive
The Kenya Forest Services (KFS) has 122 million tree seedlings for planting around the country this season and the KFS board chairman Professor Richard Musangi appealed to Kenyans to take advantage of...
View ArticleUhuru, Ruto on the ballot boosts Raila’s chances for top job
The technical move by the plaintiffs in the integrity case that would have blocked URP and TNA leaders Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto from being on the ballot should at last serve as a relief to ODM....
View ArticleKongowea youths vent anger over voter transfer
Angry residents in Nyali constituency yesterday threatened to burn a public service vehicle for importing voters from Changamwe constituency. The youth deflated the front tyre of the matatu that had...
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