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Nyanza parents, children back teachers in strike

PARENTS in Nyanza and their children will today join teachers in their ongoing strike. Nyanza region Parents Teachers Association chairman Jackson Omollo announced that they will join the teachers in...

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Knut tells Lesan off over strike

THE Bomet Senator Wilfred Lesan’s call to teachers to stop their strike and resume work has been dismissed by Knut officials. The Bomet county officials yesterday asked Lesan to keep off the strike and...

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Herders spark tension with Tana Delta farmers

Trouble is looming between residents of Tana Delta and pastoralists evicted from Taita Taveta after the grazers flocked the area in search for pasture. The provincial administration has ordered the...

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13 strippers nabbed in Parklands

THIRTEEN strippers including eight Nepalese women were arrested by police yesterday morning at a club in Parklands and four grammes of a substance suspected to be cocaine was recovered. The women who...

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Senate wants Finance Act amended

The Senatorial Committee on Finance is proposing a raft of amendments to the Public Finance Management Act. The committee yesterday said the amendments will strengthen and mainstream its role in the...

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Stars dimmed

Kenya eclipsed by Botswana to exit Cosafa Cup show in the group stages Kenya’s Harambee Stars bowed out of the Cosafa Cup with a whimper after suffering a last minute 2-1 defeat to Botswana in the last...

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No wildcards

Athletics Kenya (AK) have ruled out any wildcards for the World athletic Championships ahead of tomorrow’s trials at Nyayo Stadium. AK vice chairman, David Okeyo, was hard pressed to explain his...

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State steps in to solve KenolKobil - KPRL row

THE Ministry of Energy has stepped in to solve a bitter row between oil marketer KenolKobil and the Kenya Petroleum Refineries over unpaid debts. Energy and Petroleum cabinet secretary Davis Chirchir...

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Fire disrupts power in Iten county offices

Operations in most government offices in Elgeyo-Marakwet county headquarters have been paralysed for three consecutive days following fire outbreak that disrupted electricity connections. The entire...

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Society to reunite parents, lost kids

The Child and Welfare Society of Kenya yesterday launched an appeal to the public nationwide to help in tracing parents so that they can be reunited with their lost children. CWSK director Irene...

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Senate wants Finance Act amended

A Senate committee has summoned a Cabinet Secretary to explain why she ordered county governments to forward their approved budgets to her ministry. The Senatorial Committee on Finance yesterday asked...

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'In A Grey Kenya' Art Exhibition

Perhaps the most thought-provoking piece in this photo exhibition by Oliver Martin Okoth curated by Xaveir Verhoest is one titled “Presidents” in which the image of the founding father President Jomo...

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I got my dream girl but she does not like sex

Dear Valentine, There is this girl I have wanted for years. She really used to ringa for me but now we are dating. Valentine, I am so disappointed because she does not like sex. In fact she does not...

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Did Kethi's Ancestors Conspire Against Her?

The story of Diana Kethi Kilonzo, the young woman who dared to replace her dead father in the Senate is a sad one; sad because having been duly nominated she ended up losing that nomination following...

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Kenya Heart Foundation battles children's illness

PARENTS have been urged to seek medical help for children with rheumatic fever to avoid heart complications. Children suffering from rheumatic fever need a single dose of penicillin which costs Sh250...

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Subukia couple ordered to keep off Saitoti son

A Subukia couple claiming to be the parents of the late Internal Security minister George Saitoti’s son Zachary Musengi has been barred from contacting him. In an order signed before High Court judge...

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The Kisumu Business Forum Cocktail in Nairobi

The Kisumu Business Forum is an initiative that aims to promote life in Kisumu city for traders who sells goods to the entire western region. It is also provides an opportunity for those with the...

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Devolution 101: Exactly How Much Will Devolution Cost Kenya?

Certain defenders of devolution have recently popularised statements like “counties are getting X percent of the functions but only Y percent of the money.” Some governors started the trend by claiming...

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Gang grabs computers, food in raid

Gangsters stormed Mwiyogo Secondary School in Kieni West on Tuesday night and stole food from the kitchen after injuring two guards. The robbers, who were armed with crude weapons, first beat up the...

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Aladwa queries IEBC's credibility in Makadara poll

FORMER Nairobi Mayor George Aladwa has questioned the credibility of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. During the hearing of the an election petition he has filed against Makadara MP...

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