Team to look into Coast grievances
PRIME Minister Raila Odinga has established a task force to address grievances of Coast residents. The 16-member committee, which will be chaired by former chief of general staff Joseph Kibwana will...
View Article3 die at Salgaa black spot
THE notorious Salgaa black spot on the Nakuru Eldoret highway has claimed another three lives while several are recuperating at the Rift Valley Provincial Hospital. Salgaa Base Commandant Alex Mumo...
View ArticleHuawei pays KNH kids bills
Huawei has donated Sh1 million to Kenyatta National Hospital to offset pediatric wing needy patients' medical bills. Speaking at KNH, while presenting the cash, Huawei's CEO, Wind Li said the donation...
View ArticleAtwoli new VP of Africa body
COTU secretary general, Francis Atwoli has been elected Vice President of the Organization of the African Trade Union Unity to serve for a five-year term. The elections were held yesterday in Algiers,...
View ArticleKiraitu says APK has not signed any political pact
The Alliance party of Kenya, has downplayed claims that it has signed any pre or post election coalition agreements with any political party. Party leader Kiraitu Murungi told party supporters to shun...
View ArticlePhone calls may link state spy to Tana Delta clashes
TELEPHONE communications by deputy intelligence coordinator in Kwale Guyo Rashid Ramadhan at the heart of Tana River clashes may link him to the skirmishes. This came out during his cross examination...
View ArticleMudavadi, Wamalwa agree to work together
DEPUTY Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi and Justice and Constitutional Minister Eugene Wamalwa have agreed to work together ahead of the next general elections. Wamalwa said he met with Mudavadi on...
View ArticleIS KENYA READY TO FACE CONSEQUENCES OF UHURU PRESIDENCY
In three months time, Kenyans will troop to polling stations to vote in the first general election under the new constitution that was promulgated in 2010. But even as as the polls draw close, a key...
View ArticleRaila pledges to return ICC cases to Kenya
PRIME Minister Raila Odinga yesterday promised to seek the referral of the ICC cases back to Kenya if he is elected the next president. Speaking at Kasarani Sports Gymnasium shortly after being...
View ArticleSPLIT IN CENTRAL DEEPENS
PRESIDENT Kibaki yesterday denied that he was forcing Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to drop his presidential bid in favour of Sabatia MP Musalia Mudavadi. There is widespread speculation that...
View ArticleTHE THREE STOOGES RIDE AGAIN
I saw the three of them sitting there, and I was instantly reminded of a TV programme my children and their friends used to love watching here in the 1970s. It was called ‘The Three Stooges’. There...
View ArticleWiper delagates set to endorse VP Kalonzo
VICE President Kalonzo Musyoka is today expected to be endorsed as the Wiper Democratic Movement's presidential candidate during the party's convention to be held at the Kasarani sports complex. The...
View ArticleWorld's youth lobby governments to tackle unemployment
A fifth of the world's youth population never completed high school and lack the skills to find decent employment, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report published by UNESCO shows. The...
View ArticleFGM ‘surgeon’ cuts 300 girls
Police in Kuria East have arrested a 75-year-old woman for circumcising girls in Kegonga. Police chief Gladys Ogonda said the suspect will be charged at a Kehancha court when they complete...
View ArticleGang kidnaps Awendo teen
Police in Awendo are looking for gang that attacked and kidnapped a 16-year-old boy from their homestead. The boy's sister said her brother was cleaning their compound when they heard his cries for...
View ArticleButere guard stands up to gang of four
A gang of four tried to break into the house of an IEBC officer in Butere on Thursday night at around 10pm. They however met strong resistance from the watchman. “They ordered me to call out my boss...
View ArticleFour children drown in swollen River Yala
THE bodies of three children have been retrieved from River Yala. The three are among four people who drowned when their canoe capsized on Tuesday. North Yimbo chief Opil Rabut said the fourth body is...
View ArticlePressure piles on Musalia to heed Luhya elders call
Four councillors from Kakamega have urged Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi to quit the Jubilee coalition and join Coalition for Reforms and Democracy. This follows claims by Mudavadi that Deputy...
View ArticleNarok man in ivory case remanded
A man arrested with two elephant tusks worth Sh2.4 million was yesterday charged in a Kilgoris court. Joshua Keyua denied having the tusks that weigh 12kgs at Olomismis near Kilgoris town on December...
View ArticleBett’s move to quit race shocks Bureti
Mixed reactions greeted Roads Minister Franklin Bett's decision to opt out of the Kericho governor race. ODM supporters in Kericho yesterday expressed displeasure saying Bett has betrayed their trust...
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