Pumwani Hospital fraud suit
A procurement officer in Pumwani Maternity Hospital was yesterday charged before the Anti-Corruption Court for failing to disclose a private interest in a contract award to his private company. Stephen...
View ArticleDrug suspect gets time for submissions
A suspected drug-trafficker has asked the court more time to make his final submission before judgment. John Mugisha told Kibera principal magistrate Latisha Wachira that he had asked for the...
View ArticleDubai Bank ex-boss faces Sh11 million fraud suit
A former manager with the Dubai Bank suspected to have conned the institution of millions of shillings has been directed to appear in court in January. Justice Isaac Lenaola ordered Nereah Said to be...
View ArticleCourt to rule on the demolition of Runda Mimosa in February
Some 29 Runda Mimosa estate residents will know the fate of their Sh2 billion property in February. The residents want the government blocked from demolishing their houses. Lawyer Mohammed Nyaoga, in...
View ArticleMan loses bid to throw ex-wife, kids out of plot
An 86-year-old man's bid to eject his ex-wife and children from an acre plot in Kerugoya has been rejected by the court. Three appellate judges said Peter Mwenda Njagi should be grateful that his act...
View ArticleSafaricom gets okay to operate M-Shwari
THE high court has refused to issue orders restraining Safaricom from using the M-Shwari mobile banking product. Commercial judge Jonathan Havelock ruled that Faulu Kenya failed to convince the court...
View ArticleGangsters kill police officer
A policeman and a suspected gangster were on Wednesday night killed in a gunfight at a city estate. The gangsters waylaid the police officers on patrol in nthe ewly-built Sunlight estate in Imara Daima...
View ArticleMPs want commission of inquiry for Baragoi massacre
A joint committee of Parliamnet wants the government to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate last month’s killing of 42 security officers in Baragoi. The committee also the destruction of...
View ArticleEastleigh probe panel created
A ten-man committee has been established to probe the frequent terror attacks in Eastleigh Estate in Nairobi. The team was formed after Eastleigh businessmen and government officials held a meeting...
View ArticleKimaiyo gets MPs’ approval
PARLIAMENT has endorsed the nomination of David Kimaiyo as the first ever Inspector General of the Police Service, paving the way for his appointment by President Kibaki. MPs unanimously welcomed his...
View ArticleKariobangi couple flees after children found dead
Police are looking for a couple who allegedly fled their home after their five children were poisoned and stabbed to death at their home in Kariobangi. All the children — three girls and two boys aged...
View ArticleState to release Sh10 billion CDF
THE government will release the Constituency Development Fund arrears amounting to Sh10.8 billion before the end of the year. This will facilitate the completion of development projects initiated by...
View Articlefor the record
In the report 'Two bank staff on Sh40m theft case' published on page 4 of yesterday's Star, we implied that the two suspects—Hannah Wanjiru Ngugi and Macmilan Karanu Nyakio were employees of the NIC...
View ArticleCord holds strategy meeting in Naivasha
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Trade minister Moses Wetang'ula yesterday led Cord in a strategy meeting in Naivasha. The alliance exuded confidence that it will form...
View ArticleKibaki forwards PSC nominees to Parliament
Former Clerk of National Assembly Patrick Gichohi and Public Service PS Titus Ndambuki are among the nominees to the restructured Public Service Commission. President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila...
View ArticleMPs warn over crucial untabled finance bills
A Parliamentary committee has warned that the country is on the brink of a crisis due to the failure by Treasury to facilitate the enactment of budget and devolution laws. The House committee on the...
View ArticleUhuru+Ruto pull out of Mudavadi Nyeri rally
IN a further sign of internal confusion, the Jubilee Coalition yesterday evening cancelled a rally that it had scheduled for today in Nyeri, President Kibaki's backyard. On Tuesday, Deputy Prime...
View ArticleJubilee did not drop Mudavadi - UDF
UDF has dismissed claims that Deputy Prime minister Musalia Mudavadi was 'dropped' from the Jubilee coalition. In a statement sent to newsrooms by Kibisu Kabatesi, the DPM's Director of communication,...
View ArticleFive judges found unfit for office - Vetting Board
Five judges have been declared to unfit to serve in the judiciary by the Rashad Rao led Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board. Justices Murugi Mugo, Leonard Njagi, Mary Ang’awa Nicholas Ombija, and...
View ArticleMudavadi leaves Jubilee coalition
UDF party leader Musalia Mudavadi has officially left the Jubilee Alliance. Mudavadi’s exit was confirmed by URP leader William Ruto who said that the constituent parties had agreed by ‘mutual consent’...
View Article