Agriculture ministry should budget for fertiliser - Savula
A committee of the National Assembly has faulted the Ministry of Agriculture for failing to allocate funds for the importation of fertiliser in its 2013-14 budget estimates. The committee termed the...
View ArticleIs The Anti-ICC Revolt Sincere?
The ICC revolt by African leaders in Addis Ababa last week may not have been about the Kenyan cases currently at The Hague. Perhaps it is more to do with the way the international community wants to...
View ArticleCorruption Always Comes With Power
There are many ways to judge the well-coordinated and implacable effort by our MPs to get their salaries raised back to the princely sums they were receiving before the last election. From a moral...
View ArticleKiambu Youth Leader Peter Kariuki weds
It was a special day for Kiambu youth leader Peter Kariuki as he said 'I do' to his love Elizabeth Muthoni in a garden wedding last Saturday at the newly opened Hannah's Garden In Ndumberi Village,...
View ArticleVetting reporters will intimidate media
THE Clerk of the National Assembly Justin Bundi yesterday evicted the media from their centre at Parliament saying that MPs needed more space for committee rooms. The media centre was established in...
View ArticleWiper says Kalonzo not in race for Senate
THE Wiper Democratic Party has denied reports that former Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka is in the race for the Makueni Senate seat. The Star yesterday reported that Kalonzo is under pressure to run...
View ArticleMargaret Kenyatta opens Karura Forest Centre
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Sunday afternoon visited Karura Forest where she inaugurated an educational auditorium meant to create awareness for environmental conservation efforts in the country....
View ArticleCounty work to stall if budgets are not approved
MEMBERS of the county assembly will not get salaries if they do not approve their budgets, the chairman of the Commission on Revenue Authority Micah Cheserem has said. Cheserem said the Controller of...
View ArticleExtra xash for counties a burden - budget adviser
IT will be an uphill task to raise the extra money for counties that was proposed by the National Assembly and further enhanced by the Senate , a Treasury official has said. An advisor on the budget at...
View ArticleSalim Khan hosts special screening of Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
Salim Khan hosts special screening of Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor may not be the best of mates in the Bollywood industry but that did not stop Salman’s father Salim Khan from...
View ArticleItalians change the face of Malindi hospital
The Italian community is known for the love for investment in the resort town of Malindi for the past 35 years since they first jetted in for holiday. This is because the pristine and golden sandy...
View ArticleInequalities To Blame For Kenya’s Insecurity
A recent BBC news item on why violent crime is so rare in Iceland can give Kenyans something to think about. Unlike Kenya, Iceland is awash with guns in private hands, yet the law forbids the police to...
View ArticleThe thrills, twists and turns of Groove Awards
Last Saturday's eighth edition of the annual Groove Awards found its way into the annals of history as the first music awards ceremony to be attended by a sitting President. From the word go, almost...
View ArticleAgatha Verdadero: A pacesetter in digital publishing in Kenya
E-publishing is a very competitive and lucrative business in the developed world. However, in most developing countries, it is still lagging behind print publishing. In Kenya, the shift from paper to...
View ArticleDrums along the Nile
Beware the open mike. On Tuesday, Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi summoned senior politicians of all parties to discuss Ethiopia’s plan to dam the main tributary of the Nile river. One proposed...
View ArticleIEBC wants 506 million for election petitions
The IEBC will spend more than Sh506 million in legal fees for March 4 election petitions. Appearing before the National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee to argue its budget proposals on...
View ArticleNjoka bid to rescue ailing husband fails
Police yesterday drove out Maendelo Ya Wanaume Organisation chairman Ndiritu Njoka and residents from a home in Kikuyu for trying to 'rescue a man who has been cast under a spell' by his wife. Close...
View ArticleParliament kicks out journalists
The Kenya Editors’ Guild yesterday threatened to cut media coverage of Parliament after the eviction of journalists from the media centre at the National Assembly. “There cannot be seating here when we...
View ArticleMPs complain over being potrayed as greedy
Members of Parliament have complained over biased reporting by the media. According to the Media Council of Kenya MPs complained of being portrayed as “’a greedy lot that is out to loot the public...
View ArticleCIC on the spot over Sh59 million adverts
A parliamentary committee has questioned the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution’s huge budgetary expenditure in advertisement. The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee accused the...
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