Israel must embrace two state solution
LIKE a spoiled child, Israel threw a temper tantrum after the United Nations last week voted to upgrade Palestine to permanent observer state status. Israel announced the construction of 3,000 more...
View ArticleWhat Next After the MDGs Expire?
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged at meeting in New York in September 2000. 189 heads of state agreed on eight ambitious goals, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving...
View ArticleCorrupt police put on notice
Traffic Commandant Benson Kibui has said traffic officers who take the law into their hands will be prosecuted. Kibui was addressing more than 300 matatu operators and police officers in Nakuru who...
View ArticleBishop calls for calm handover
THE head of African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa has urged President Kibaki to ensure a peaceful transition. Arch-Bishop Evans Ndung'u said the country should not experience a repeat of the...
View ArticleDisabled people plead for centres
NATIONAL Gender and Equality Commission wants the IEBC to make registration centres accessible to people living with disabilities. “We have received several complaints countrywide from people with...
View ArticleEx-Kenya Seed boss quits Trans Nzoia race
Former Kenya Seed managing director Nathaniel Tum has stepped down from the Trans Nzoia Senator race. “I have so decided after learning that my competitors will use the numbers of the majority...
View ArticleWomen’s lobby warns of constitutional crisis
There will be a constitutional crisis next year if men do not support women for leadership, a women political alliance has warned. Community Advocacy Awareness Trust director Kenneth Ochieng said there...
View ArticleKitale matatus, boda bodas join strike and hike fares
Kitale town matatu operators have joined the strike by their counterparts in some parts of Kenya that started last week to protest the new traffic law. Boda boda operators in the outskirts of the town...
View Article46 adult candidates to sit KCPE exams in Narok North
SOME 46 adult students in Narok North will sit Kenya Certificate of Primary Education scheduled to start today. They include eight inmates from Narok Prison. District adult education officer George...
View Article3,000 women aspirants fight for party nominations
More than 3,000 women aspirants in the Rift Valley have stepped up campaigns in a bid to win nominations in their parties ahead of the March 4 general election. However, Higher Education minister...
View ArticleOperators ignore strike
Matatu operators in Naivasha ignored calls to join their colleagues in the strike over the new traffic rules. Business was normal at the lakeside town as the operators did a roaring business as tens of...
View ArticleSafaricom unveils hospice
NAKURU town MP Lee Kinyanjui has urged the government and private sector to invest more in buying cancer equipment and training of oncologists. Speaking during the launch of the Nakuru Hospice in...
View ArticleNaivasha jail 38 sit for KCPE
Thirty-eight inmates including eleven on the death row at the Naivasha Prison will be seating for KCPE which begins today. “We have a total of 38 candidates seating for KCPE. Eleven of them are on...
View ArticleDemonstrations at ADC Kitale were stage managed, says Kirwa
ADC managing director William Kirwa has said the demonstrations at the weekend at the farm were planned by outsiders and not the workers themselves. He said the "external forces" had the intention of...
View ArticleBe wary of tribal groups, Kiyiapi says
Restore and Build Kenya presidential hopeful James ole Kiyapi has hit out at fellow presidential aspirants who are already sharing government portfolios even before wananchi have had their say in the...
View ArticleActivists to sue Nakuru governor aspirant Bomett
A group of peace activists, religious leaders and elders from Nakuru county have gone to court to sue a governor aspirant. Under the umbrella body of Global Veterans Foundation and Peace Ambassadors,...
View ArticleToilet crisis hits Bungoma police station
The Bungoma police station is at risk of being closed after the Public Health ministry said it poses serious health hazards. Bungoma Municipality public health officer Ken Kundu yesterday issued a...
View ArticleRaila takes hunt for votes to Western Kenya
PRIME minister Raila Odinga will today tour Kakamega and Busia to seek support for his presidential bid. Raila will address rallies in Nambale constituency in Busia before moving to Matungu, Mumias,...
View ArticleKisii’s low voter turnout worries ODM
KISII ODM secretary James Ongwae yesterday raised concern over the poor turnout by residents in the ongoing voter registration. Ongwae said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission should...
View ArticleCircumcision has cut Aids cases, says PC
NYANZA PC Francis Mutie has termed the voluntary male medical circumcision programme as a big achievement in the fight against HIV and Aids. In a speech read on his behalf by acting Migori DC John...
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