5 rhinos killed in Lewa, Naivasha
Five rhinos were killed by poachers at the weekend, four at the Lewa Conservancy and one in Naivasha. Two freshly poached rhino carcasses were found on Sunday morning at Lewa. According to reports,...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A presidential hopeful with deep pockets has decided to bankroll another aspirant for the same office on condition the latter does not enter into any pre-election coalition deal. The moneyed politician...
View ArticleWe are here as we are friends of Kenya, says Annan
REGULAR visits by the Panel of Eminent Personalities are meant to give support and encourage Kenyans ahead of the general election, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said yesterday. He said they...
View ArticleAnnan, Mkapa worry over voter numbers
THE panel of African Eminent Personalities has said the legitimacy of the general election will questioned if many Kenyans fail to register as voters by the December 19 deadline. Chairman Kofi Annan...
View ArticleDoctor to testify on Gladwell son’s death
A Kibera court will take testimony from a doctor in a case in which a young man is accused of killing a son of former Transparency International boss. Kibera senior principal magistrate Teresia Matheka...
View ArticleOfficers in airport burglary bonded
Two officers and 13 civillians charged last week for breaking into an airport warehouse were yesterday released on bond. Moses Kung’u and Patrick King’ori and their 13 co-accused were released on a a...
View ArticleGuard denies Sh5m robbery
A security guard was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with violently robbing a businessman of property worth over Sh5 million in Muthaiga. Jattani Sora denied robbing businessman B. Vallabh of his...
View ArticleLife in jail for bhang dealer
A farmer was yesterday sentence to to life in prison for trafficking narcotic drugs worth Sh150,000 in street value. Joseph Njoroge, 52, was ordered him to pay a Sh1 million fine in addition to the...
View ArticleCourt certifies Uhuru, Ruto case urgent
A case by a lobby group seeking to block Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto from holding public office has been certified urgent. The International Centre for Policy and Conflict moved to court last...
View ArticleMajanja declines to stop new traffic rules
THE High Court has declined to halt the implementation of the new traffic rules that came into effect on Saturday. Justice David Majanja yesterday refused to grant a conservatory order restraining the...
View ArticleI will end Maasai land woes - PM
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has promised to address land injustices that have been inflicted on the Maasai if he takes the presidency next year. Addressing a rally in Oltepei in Narok East, the PM said...
View ArticleCommuters trek to work in Nairobi
Public transport was paralszed in many parts of the city as Matatu operators resumed their strike to protest new traffic laws that were effected on December 1. Commuters along various city roads were...
View ArticleRogo son, six terror suspects released on Sh1million bond
SEVEN suspects including the slain Sheik Aboud Rogo’s son facing terror related charges were yesterday released on Sh1 million bond by a Mombasa court. Rogo’s son Khubeib Rogo, his son in-law Swaleh...
View ArticleThree interviewees for Director of CID grilled
CID Director of Legal affairs Stanley Cheruiyot was yesterday taken to task on corruption in the police. Cheruiyot who was interviewed by the the National Police Service Commission for the position of...
View ArticleLaid off KQ workers to get back their jobs
The Industrial Court yesterday ordered Kenya Airways to rehire over 400 employees it retrenched three months ago. In a ruling, Justice James Rika ordered the airline to reinstate the 447 retrenched...
View ArticleNyeri police ‘undress and steals doors beat up IDPs’
FOUR Nyeri IDPs were yesterday arrested by police and later released after they stormed the Central PC’s office seeking his audience. They were roughed up and detained at Nyeri police station for...
View ArticleGang raids police post, ‘undress and steals doors
A gang raided a police post at Kijiwetanga in Malindi district and stole two doors on Sunday night. The thieves allegedly broke two doors at a private farm owned by a prominent businessman in Malindi...
View ArticleFour cattle rustlers killed by Trans Mara mob
Residents of Lolgorian in Trans Mara West killed four suspected cattle rustlers at Endonyo Nasipa near the Maasai Mara Game Reserve yesterday. The four heavily armed raiders, suspected to be from Kuria...
View Article10 small parties form coalition
TEN small political parties yesterday took their pre-election coalition agreement with the Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u promising to field candidates jointly in the March 4 general...
View ArticleUniversity staff issue two-day strike threat
LECTURERS and other university staff began a nationwide picketing yesterday to protest the failure by the government to honour their pay deal. The workers gave the government a two-day ultimatum to act...
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