Justice Rawal DCJ vetting report out tomorrow
The report on the vetting of Justice Kalpana Rawal is expected to be finalised today and submitted to the House tomorrow for debate. Rawal, who has been nominated Deputy Chief Justice, was vetted on...
View ArticleAfrica At 50 Years: A Rising Tide
I have been wishing I were a fly on the wall at the AU headquarters in Addis. Big set piece events are all about reading the body language. And I would have love to have been in John Kerry's mind as...
View ArticleNarok rep opens new office in his ward
NAROK county assembly member Dickson Muntet on Friday opened his office in Enaibelbel. The Olorropil repre- sentative said he made the move to fulfill a pre-election promise he made to residents. “The...
View ArticleElectrocuted
GOR Mahia failed to close the gap on leaders Thika United when they fell 2-1 to Western Stima in a Kenya Premier League match at Mumias Sugar Sports Complex yesterday. Gor took the lead after 15...
View ArticleFarmers to host NCPB MPs in agriculture forum
MPs, senators and officials from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will host farmers in a forum to discuss challenges affecting the agricultural sector including the subsidies programme....
View ArticleSuzanna Owiyo to sell veggies at Wakulima market
Celebrated Kenyan Afro-fusion songbird, Suzanna Owiyo, will be among a group of celebrities and personalities selling your favourite vegetables at Nairobi's Wakulima Market come the World Environment...
View ArticleBritish street butcher was held in Kenya
The UK man who butchered a soldier on a street in daylight came to the attention of British intelligence MI5 after he appeared in court in Kenya on suspicion of planning to fight for the al Shabaab...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Just who proposed the nomination to Cabinet of former Utalii Hotel general manager Joseph ole Lenku? We are told that many TNA power brokers are unhappy with the appointment because there was "no wide...
View Article5 Minute Interview: I would be a Mercedes Benz if I were a car
I’m good at…………being Happy, making friends and helping people I’m bad at…………...reprimanding…...especially my babies last book I enjoyed ………… “Moolaade” by Sembene Ousmane The most interesting thing...
View ArticleWanted terror suspect shot dead in Mombasa
Anti-terrorism police officers yesterday shot dead a wanted terror suspect at Kwa Bulo in Mombasa’s Kisauni area and recovered a cache of weapons. Khalid Ahmed was trailed by the officers from Nairobi...
View ArticleMr President, Be Wary Of These...
Your Excellency, there are a number of mistakes committed by new Presidents world over and I feel am bound by loyalty to share them with you. Don’t drive without a road map: It is good to brim yourself...
View ArticleForeign domination, or global economy?
IT is fifty years since the African Union began, half a century or more since most African countries achieved independence. Colonisation is starting to look like a mere blip, just 60 years in a history...
View ArticleTribunal asks medics board to inspect Thika Level Five Hospital
The Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board will inspect Thika Level Five Hospital following accusations of negligence. This follows a board meeting as a Tribunal looked into the evidence regarding a...
View ArticleWhy are Kenyans not world leaders in being civil?
In every town you visit in Kenya you will come across such people. They are people who talk loudly, are opinionated and talk at a level just above little sense. By appearance these men - most of them...
View ArticleKenya Should Now Focus On Global History
Last week, the French Institute of African Studies in Nairobi organised a conference on the writing of Kenyan history. The conference was attended by many historians, journalists and students...
View ArticleShahid weds Aleesha in lavish wedding
It was a special day for Shahid Lalji as he said 'I do' to his sweetheart Aleesha in a lavish Islamic wedding last Saturday at Ole Sereni Hotel on Mombasa Road in Nairobi. Shahid is the son of Naseem...
View ArticleHave A Complaint Against Your Lawyer? Come To Us
Our writer KIBIWOTT KOROSS spoke to the Advocates Complaints Commission chairperson BEUTTAH SIGANGA. Briefly tell us about the Advocates Complaints Commission? It is a statutory body created under...
View ArticleAre Madness, Terrorism And Nationalism Linked?
If we want to understand what drove the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to terrorism, the answer almost certainly does not lie in Dagestan, where the brothers lived...
View ArticleHow Will ICC Solve Its New Problems?
The International Criminal Court, established through the Rome Statute in 1998 and operationalised in 2002, still faces significant challenges. Firstly, there is widespread perception, especially...
View ArticleGovernment wants more powers for IG
Senior government officials in the Office of the President have drafted a list of amendments to the National Police Service Act 2010 that propose to hand more powers to the Inspector General. The...
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