I will be fair to Kalenjins in Narok – aspirant
A Narok governor aspirant has assured the Kalenjin community that he will safeguard their interests. Daniel Kiptunen said all the communities in the vast county will be treated equally regardless of...
View ArticleCases of diabetes among children on the rise cases
ATLEAST 1.8 million young people are suffering from diabetes in Kenya, the disease’s management specialists have said. The Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre, Ministry of Public Health...
View ArticleKacheliba tackles kala-azar
More than 60 per cent of residents of the semi-arid areas of the North Rift region are at a high risk of contracting kala-azar, a deadly disease, the Kacheliba District Hospital medical officer of...
View ArticleChristian cut for Narok boys
THERE was pomp and colours yesterday at Presbyterian Church of East Africa in Narok after 37 boys graduated after successfully undergoing the alternative rite of passage. The Rite of Passage and...
View ArticleYouth ‘tired of cheap politics’
AS aspirants traverse through all the corners of Nakuru Country, the youths have wakened to dispel their campaign tactics of wooing voters with pledges to address irrelevant common mwananchi issues if...
View ArticleMore youth enter race
The number of youth vying for various elective position in Rift Valley has increased tremendously in all political parties compared to previous elections. Statistics from various parties indicate that...
View ArticleCops net guns that killed rhino
A major operation in a private sanctuary in Naivasha saw police net two AK47 rifles and tens of bullets. Over thirty rounds of ammunition were recovered during the operation conduced by police and KWS...
View ArticleKWS, Pokot council in bid to boost tourism
The Kenya Wildlife Service has partnered with the Pokot County Council to develop tourist facilities and boost security in Nasolot Game Reserve to attract tourists in West Pokot County. The KWS Western...
View ArticleDefiler’s 20-year jail term increased to life
A 25-year-old man who appealed against a 20-year jail term wept after his appeal was thrown out and the sentence changed to life imprisonment. David Njihia, who has been in custody since 2007, had to...
View ArticleKuttuny wants ‘invited’ Mudavadi to quit Jubilee
Cherangany MP Joshua Kuttuny yesterday asked Musalia Mudavadi to quit the Jubilee Alliance. Kuttuny, a URP member, supported Eldoret North MP William Ruto that the Deputy Prime Minister can quit the...
View ArticleNyoro, Nyanja quit TNA, citing favouritism
The battle for the Kiambu governor has heated up with two of the the three main contenders parting ways with TNA. Rockefeller Foundation former boss James Nyoro has moved to GNU, George Nyanja to UDF...
View ArticleThika mayor wants Sh1 billion rates paid up
Thika mayor John Wandui yesterday asked rate defaulters to take advantage of the waiver to pay up their dues. Wandui said the council's services have been hamprered by lack of funds as deafaulters owe...
View ArticleMathioya DO denies breaking his girlfriend’s arm in fight
A government official was yesterday arraigned in a Kangema law court for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Mathioya DO Tom Odhiambo denied the charges of assaulting and causing bodily harm to Imelda...
View ArticleJumbos ruin 100 acres of crop in Laikipia
Residents of Solio Settlement Scheme in Laikipia Central have accused Kenya wildlife Service of laxity in handling wild animals. They said a herd of five elephants from Mt Kenya Forest have destroyed...
View ArticleKikuyu elders give 200 boys lessons on good morals
Kikuyu elders have said they are going back to the old ways of initiating boys into adulthood to instill morality in the youth. The Kiambu elders' chair said they have opted for the old ways to protect...
View Article3 shot dead, 10 injured in Twiga estate eviction
Three people were shot dead after a confrontation between police and occupants over a disputed piece of land in Ruiru. Ten others, including three policemen, were injured during a clash in Twiga Estate...
View ArticleMaendeleo chair tells women aspirants in Coast to preach peace at their rallies
An aspirant has challenged women running for elective seats to preach peace. Mombasa county women representative hopeful Sureya Roble Hersi sadi some women aspirants are spreading hatred among the...
View ArticleVP assured us Wiper will not be swallowed, says senator aspirant
VICE President Kalonzo Musyoka has dispelled fears that his Wiper Democratic Movement will be swallowed by Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM during the cord nominations. The VP spoke at his office in...
View ArticleLand dispute splits Taita Taveta society
A cooperative society in Taita Taveta wants some of its members arrested for allegedly leasing out land to camel herders Vindo Multipurpose Cooperative Society called on Voi DC Khamasi Shivogo to...
View ArticleDo not deliver babies at home, midwives warned
Traditional birth attendants at the Coast have been accused of causing majority of the birth complications that lead to deaths. Coast provincial director of Medical Services Maurice Siminyu said most...
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