March 4 Matters More Than Doomsday
According to meteorologists, astronomers and such, December 21st is the official first day of winter in the North and summer in the South. But according to doomsday prophets, this day in 2012 could...
View ArticleWhy Sportsmen Support Raila Presidency
Kenya’s next general election will go down in the annals of history as a high stakes election with ramifications in every facet of our national life like no other since independence. It is not just...
View ArticleGilgil police shoot dead M-Pesa thief
Residents of Gema estate in Gilgil were subjected to a 30minute police and robber shoot out before police prevailed, a gun and two rounds of ammunition recovered. Naivasha deputy OCPD Paul Korir said...
View ArticleNarok aspirant to be buried today
THE late Narok women representative aspirant Patricia Parsitau will be buried today at her home in Eor-Enkitok in Narok North District. Patricia, who was to vie for the seat on a URP ticket, passed...
View ArticleBomet to get IEBC voter education
IEBC has attributed low voter turn out in Bomet East to confusion between voter registration and party membership registration. Area coordinator Abdikadir Sheik said residents think having been...
View ArticleNew Ford-K 5 ditch Wamalwa
Five aspiring MPs and a number of ward representative aspirants from Trans Nzoia have ditched New Ford Kenya and moved to Ford Kenya. They said party leader Eugene Wamalwa has failed to show leadership...
View ArticleHIV patients in Narok ‘still facing stigma’
Narok North residents still associate HIV/AIDS with promiscuity and stigmatise those who have the disease. Constituency Aids Control Coordinator Kenneth Passiany said majority of people found to be HIV...
View Article‘Wanted’ Bomet FGM circumciser nabbed
A 65-year-old woman is being held by police in Bomet after her attempts to circumcise five girls in Longisa division was foiled. APs acting on a tip off from members of the public laid an ambush at...
View ArticleTop Four Books For This Political Season
For many writers, writing is a window into their soul, where they express both the world around them, and the world inside them. As we head into elections, you will find these four books useful. 1. One...
View ArticleEldoret Poly, Chepkoilel to become universities
Two colleges in Eldoret are among those listed by government for upgrading into public universities. Minister for Higher Education Margaret Kamar who spoke to The Star yesterday said Eldoret...
View ArticleNakuru The Dowry Uhuru Paid For Ruto In TNA-URP Marriage
Though things may now change with the entry of Musalia Mudavadi into the coalition of Uhuru and Ruto, most Nakuru people didn’t accept as right that in the marriage of TNA and URP, Kikuyu and Kalenjin...
View ArticleMusalia wrong, elders says
The Luhya Council of Elders has criticised Musalia's move to join the Jubilee coalition. The union brings together Uhuru Kenyatta-led TNA, William Ruto's URP and Musalia Mudavadi's UDF. Speaking to the...
View ArticleConman fined Sh70,000
A man has been fined Sh70,000 for conning someone Sh100,000 and having Sh11,000 fake currency. Maurice Orwa Ogeta was charged before Bondo principal magistrate Philip Mutua for defrauding Millicent...
View ArticlePolice arrest busaa brewers
POLICE in Mumias yesterday netted more than 500 litres of illicit brew during a crackdown in Isongo area of Mumias East. A team of AP officers led by Joseph Ng’eno raided a chang’aa and busaa den and...
View ArticleSupport sugar bills, MPs told
Sugarcane farmers have called on MPs from the sugarcane growing zones to support the proposed amendment of two bills affecting them. The MPs were urged to support the Crop Bill 2012 and the...
View Article44 survive bus crash in Malaba
FORTY four people survived death narrowly on Thursday night when the bus they were travelling in lost control before landing in a ditch in Malaba. The bus was heading to Nairobi from Mbale, Uganda when...
View ArticleStudent boda boda rider found dead
A Form Three student at Nyikendo Secondary School was yesterday killed after being robbed of his motorcycle in Migori county. Jona Otieno was found dead in a maize plantation in the morning at Onyalo...
View ArticleNzoia Sugar board and residents reject newly-built dispensary
A newly-built dispensary at Kikimanyi in Webuye has been rejected by Nzoia Sugar Company board of directors and the residents. They said the dispensary had been poorly built. The sugar company...
View ArticleNairobi Park Diary: The unsung dung heroes
There are times when I slow down to look for the really small things. After crawling in my vehicle after a short while, my reward came in the form of some dung beetles rolling some dung. When observing...
View ArticleRising fake drugs to blame for malaria resistance, says Kemri
FAKE and substandard drugs are the major contributors to efforts of dealing a blow to Malaria, the government research organisation, Kemri has said. Malaria is a killer disease that kills hundred of...
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