Your jobs are safe, Elgeyo medics told
Governor Alex Tolgos has assured paramedics and casuals in public health facilities in Elgeyo Marakwet county that their jobs are safe. Tolgos said rumours that his government is planning to sack some...
View ArticleEldoret prison owes hospital Sh32 million
THE Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret has threatened to stop treating sick inmates after the Prisons department failed to pay more than Sh32 million in accumulated bills for the last three...
View ArticleNjoka releases report on plight of Kiambu men
A report released by Maendeleo Ya Wanaume Organisation yesterday said Kiambu husbands are dying as a result of mistreatment and being bewitched by their wives. The report is titled ‘Kiambu County...
View ArticleNjoka releases report on plight of Kiambu men
A man is recovering at Kerugoya District Hospital after he was rescued by the police from a mob. James Murage, 30, allegedly killed a 69-year-old man at Kagio town on Wednesday morning. The crowd...
View ArticleWoman denies fraud charges
A woman has denied conspiring to defraud a land buyer. Veronica Wambui Njeri is accused of plotting to con Emmah Wambui Ngigi of Sh220,000 at Juja by pretending she would sell her land at Ruiru Murera...
View ArticleTwo jailed for gearbox theft
Two people found guilty of stealing and burying their boss's tractor gear box have been jailed for two-and-a-half years by a Thika court. Lotinga Lonyapa and Moses Ektam Rotel were accused of stealing...
View Article9 win Sh2.9 million lottery prize
Nine peopla have won more than Sh2.9 million in the the Kenya Charity Sweepstake. The money will be equally distributed among them. Two of the nine, Peter Mbugua Kabaiko, won Sh2 million last year and...
View ArticleLaikipia game ranchers told to pay tax
Laikipia women's representative Jane Machira has reiterated her call to have ranchers in the county pay taxes. Speaking in Nanyuki town yesterday, Machira said the government is losing revenue as big...
View ArticleKiambu women's rep roots for youth
Kiambu county women's representative Anna Nyokabi has said the growth of the county will largely depend on the opportunities availed to the youth. She called for the reviving and creation of medium and...
View ArticleParents in Kiambu say no to levy
KIAMBU parents and primary school teachers are opposed to a directive by the county director of education to collect co-curricular activity funds. The parents, who have been asked to pay Sh120 per...
View ArticleMP slams Parliament for locking out media
RUIRU MP Esther Gathogo has criticised the National Assembly for throwing the media out of Parliament. She said the move was unethical and made without consultations. "There is no need to tell members...
View ArticleKigumo tops list of Mungiki recruits - Hache
Kigumo district has the highest number of youth joining Mungiki, Murang’a county commissioner has said County Commissioner Kula Hache on Wednesday said the crime rate in the district is alarming....
View ArticleTwenty charged with land fraud
TWENTY men were yesterday charged before a Mombasa court with fraud involving various parcels of land belonging to a company associated with President Kenyatta's kin. They are said to have obtained...
View ArticleCabinet axe annoys locals
Lamu residents protested the rejection of the seven nominees to the county executive committee by county assembly. They said the rejection arose from political differences between Lamu governor Issa...
View ArticleEnd Kenya Power's monopoly - Shela rep
THE Shela ward representative has told the government that an alternative electricity provider will improve power supply. Mwathethe Kadenge said monopoly has led to poor quality and high bills....
View ArticleMob confronts six foreigners
Six foreigners were almost lynched yesterday at Kibarani in Mombasa after visiting a disputed piece of land. They were accompanied by the proprietor of Container Freight Station whose ownership is in...
View ArticleChild sexual abuse on the rise in Taita
Mwatate DC Shufaa Muijuma has decried increasing early marriage and child sexual abuse in the region. She said her office has launched "an all-out war" against paedophiles who seem undeterred by stiff...
View ArticleSenator frees 7 Mtwapa strippers
Nominated senator Emma Mburu bailed out seven of the nine Mtwapa strippers at Shimo la Tewa prison yesterday. They had spent three nights after they were unable to Sh5,000 imposed on each of them....
View ArticleRuling today on Shahbal petition
An election court is today expected to rule on whether businessman Suleiman Shahbal's petition for scrutiny of votes can include those from polling stations not mentioned in his petition. Shahbal run...
View ArticleNew Sh4.8 billion Kilindini berth ready, says KPA
The project worth USD 66.7 million(Sh 4.8 billion) was commissioned in July 2011. Addressing journalists at the Kenya Ports Authority offices, Managing Director Gichiri Ndua said the project waiting...
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