Leaflets threatening traders hit Kitale
A trader in Kibomet found leaflet at door step of her shop, a few meters from the shop where thugs killed businessman Peter Onjiri on Monday. "Wanabiashara Muko hatarini wakati wowote,” (Traders are in...
View ArticleKeep off, Rutto tells Kimemia
GOVERNORS have reacted angrily over secretary to the cabinet Francis Kimemia’s statement on President Uhuru Kenyatta's appraisal of governors. The chairman of governor’s summit Isaac Rutto dismissed...
View ArticleHawkers evicted from Eldoret town for second day running
Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago remained has maintained that hawkers will not be allowed to operate in Eldoret town streets. Police were deployed for the second day to evict the traders. Mandago...
View ArticleThika Town MP opposes anti-senate bill plans
Thika Town MP Alice Wambui Ng’ang’a has differed with her Kiharu counterpart Irungu Kangata over his intention to bring a bill in Parliament to abolish the Senate. Ng’ang’a says she will oppose the...
View ArticleRuling on Gachagua for Monday
The High Court in Nyeri will on Monday rule on whether one of the petitions filed against Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua will continue. Gachagua, through his lawyer Njoroge Regeru, yesterday told...
View ArticleNyahururu group cries foul over KFS tender
THE Community Forest Association in Nyahururu is crying foul after the Ken- ya Forest Service stopped buying its seedlings. The association claims that the tender for the seeds was awarded to...
View Article2 Nanyuki poachers bonded
Two suspected poachers who were found with game trophies were yesterday charged at a Nanyuki court. Itiemu Ruso, 38, and Ismael Choya, 37, denied being in possession of elephant tusks and a leopard...
View ArticleGovernor Wairia blames coops for farmer woes
THE Murang’a county government has raised concerns over mismanagement of farmers' cooperative societies. Governor Mwangi Wa Iria said the societies collapse leaving many farmers desperate. The governor...
View ArticleRespect Mututho laws, DC tells bar owners
Murang’a South senior DC Muktar Ali has threatened to cancel licences of bars that breach the Mututho laws. Speaking during a Nacada workshop attended by youths, chiefs and security officers in a Kenol...
View ArticleOthaya votes exceeded ballots list, cour told
The number of votes cast in Othaya exceeded the number of registered voters, the High Court in Nyeri heard yesterday. In the second day of the hearing of the case, the petitioner, Peter King'ara, said...
View ArticleKiambaa MP wants commissions disbanded
KIAMBAA MP Paul Koinange yesterday said the number of commissions in the country should be reduced as most of them are unnecessary and expensive. "The man in the finance docket can tell you that the...
View ArticleMurang’a vetting board to investigate ex-KBC boss
MURANG'A county Assembly has put on hold the nomination of former Managing Director of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation to the county executive post. Another nominee Robert Karanja was disqualified after...
View ArticleMum, daughter detained in India over Sh2 million medical bill
A Kiambu woman and two of her daughter have been detained in India for failing to raise a Sh2 million hospital bill. Agnes Mugure Githinji, who hails from Thindigua village in Kiambu town, took her...
View ArticleKAA asked to apologise
KILIFI Senator Stewart Madzayo has termed as retrogressive and barbaric the move by officers at the JKIA to deny the former PM Raila Odinga access to the VIP lounge. Madzayo said Raila deserves respect...
View ArticleMuslim clergy say no to ICC
THE Kenya Muslims National Advisory Council has supported the African Union leaders on the International Criminal Court where they want African cases to be tried locally. Speaking to the Star...
View ArticleKWS builds classrooms
KWS has spent Sh78 million in community social responsibility projects in areas bordering Tsavo National Park. Board of Trustees vice chair Margarete Mwakima said they have built classrooms Manyani,...
View ArticleTourism AGM in Mombasa
TOURISM players from coast region are expected to meet today for their 65th annual general meeting at Whitesands hotel Mombasa. Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association executive director Millicent...
View ArticleKwale seeks out Slovakia
KWALE county government will work with the Slovakia government to boost education, health and environment. Governor Salim Mvurya yesterday said they are writing a proposal to the Slovaki government to...
View ArticleMbura backs club strippers
Nominated senator Emma Mbura yesterday defended the nine strippers arrested in Mtwapa. Mbura said unemployment drove the women to despair. The nine were arrested on Sunday night at Bahnhof Bar and...
View ArticleSenator to pay fees for bright Tana River Kids
Tana River county Senator Ali Bule yesterday promised to spend Sh100,000 of his monthly salary to educate bright needy students. He said this will bring down illiteracy levels which are high in the...
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