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...
View ArticleKnut 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...
View ArticleHerders 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...
View Article13 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...
View ArticleSenate 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...
View ArticleStars 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...
View ArticleNo 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...
View ArticleState 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...
View ArticleFire 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...
View ArticleSociety 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...
View ArticleSenate 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleDid 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...
View ArticleKenya 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...
View ArticleSubukia 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleDevolution 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...
View ArticleGang 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...
View ArticleAladwa 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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