IEBC 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 defend its budget proposals on...
View ArticleMedia free to cover National Assembly sessions - Speaker
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi has dismissed claims that journalists were rejected from covering proceedings of the assembly as has been stated in a communique allegedly originating...
View ArticleCourt Invalidates Kirima's wills
The High Court has invalidated two wills by the late tycoon Gershom Kirima. The first will was drafted in Nairobi and favour’s the former Starehe MPs third wife Teresia Wairimu. The second will is said...
View Article7 die in Meru accident
Seven people have died this morning after the Nissan vehicle they were travelling rammed into a lorry which had taken a wrong turn along the Meru-Maua road. While confirming the incident Imenti North...
View ArticleMPs demand statement on Raila use of VIP lounge
MAJORITY Chief Whip Katoo ole Metito will today deliver a statement on why former PM Raila Odinga was barred from accessing the VIP Lounge at JKIA. Katoo will explain to the National Assembly whether...
View ArticleBritain agrees compensation deal for Kenya torture victims
Britain has agreed on a multi-million dollar compensation settlement for thousands of Kenyans tortured by colonial forces during an uprising at the tail end of the British Empire, a lawyer and expert...
View ArticleWitness admits to voting twice in poll
A witness in an election petition for Makadara constituency has been arrested today after admitting that he voted twice in the March 4 general election. Daniel Nyagundi said this at the High Court...
View ArticlePaul Tergat's brother shot dead
Paul Tergat’s younger brother was shot and killed by armed gangsters at Baba Dogo last weekend. Police constable Augustine Kiplimo attached to Ruaraka police station and a colleague were escorting...
View ArticleJapan to spend Sh90 billion on Kenyan projects, says Ruto
DEPUTY President William Ruto has said his trip to Japan was successful. He said the economic interest of Kenyans were represented in the meeting. Ruto was representing President Uhuru at the global...
View ArticleOle lenku and Kambi sworn in
President Uhuru Kenyatta today witnessed the swearing in of Cabinet Secretary, Interior and Coordination of National Government Mr. Joseph Ole Lenku and his Labour, Social Security and Services...
View ArticleTOP COPS FIGHT OVER CHANGES TO POLICE LAW
Quarrels in the Police have erupted again. The Deputy Inspector General in charge of the Administration Police, Samuel Arachi, has accused the IGP, David Kimaiyo, of pushing draft amendments to the...
View ArticleOwiti urges CCK to ban pornography
THE National Steering Committee on Media Monitoring wants the government to ban pornography and “other harmful content” on the Internet. In its weekly briefing, the committee blamed technology for the...
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 ran a story yesterday saying Kalonzo is under pressure to...
View ArticleNaked woman storms club
Drama unfolded at Osia market in Teso North yesterday when a woman arrived naked protesting her husband’s immoral behaviour. Dressed only in underwear, the woman stormed the nearby busaa club looking...
View ArticleChief hurt in night raid
Residents of Shianda in Mumias East constituency were attacked by a gang of thugs who invaded parts of Eluche and Lubinu locations yesterday night. Four people were admitted at Shianda Ahmadiya Muslim...
View ArticleRegistration set for January
THE government has directed that registration for national examinations in both primary and secondary schools be pushed to January 2014 as opposed to June 2013. Nyando District Education Officer...
View ArticleTeachers call for security
THE Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has appealed to the government to give teachers and other civil servants in the county adequate security. Speaking to the media at his office yesterday,...
View ArticleNyanza leaders defend Raila
WESTERN and Nyanza leaders have accused President Uhuru Kenyatta’s powerful inner circles of hatching a plot to intimidate former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Senator James Orengo (Siaya), MPs Jakoyo...
View ArticleOrengo fit for petition
SIAYA Senator James Orengo yesterday won a bid to represent Funyula MP Paul Otuoma in his election petition. Busia High Court dismissed a petition blocking Orengo to represent Otuoma in the petition...
View ArticleLocals warned on 'dead meat'
DAIRY farmers in Nyamira County have been warned against slaughtering and eating sick or dead animals. Nyamira District Veterinary Officer Guto Onchoke said some people eat dead animals oblivious of...
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