Ida backs Wavinya for Machakos governor
Ida Odinga has endorsed Youth Affairs assistant minister Wavinya Ndeti for Machakos governor. The Prime Minister’s wife said Wavinya has done a good job in her first term in Parliament and achieved a...
View ArticleUniversity student hangs himself on Boxing Day
The body of a university student was yesterday found dangling from the roof of his house in Tabaka village, Kisii county. Gideon Ochoi, a second year medical student at Egerton University, committed...
View Article10 Christmas killings as festive season gets restive
Ten people were killed in separate incidents in Nairobi between Christmas Eve and yesterday, the Star has established. On Christmas Day, a 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in Githurai Kimbo estate....
View ArticleTwo die as lorry rams into matatu
Two women died yesterday after a speeding lorry rammed into a stationary matatu they were in at noon. Three passengers were critically injured and eight received minor injuries in the accident that...
View ArticleGang kills man who linked it to robbery
Police have launched a manhunt for three gunmen who shot and killed a man in Eastleigh Section III on Christmas day for allegedly reporting a robbery incident four months ago. Twenty-eight-year-old...
View ArticleRoad carnage drop over Christmas
Twenty five people have died in road accidents reported between Christmas Eve and Boxing day compared to 42 deaths during the same period last year. Traffic Commandant Benson Kibue yesterday said stiff...
View Article3 suspected al Shabaab members remanded
A Nairobi court yesterday ordered three young men suspected to be members of the al Shabaab terror group to be remanded in police custody until December 31 . Senior principal magistrate Lucy Mbugua...
View ArticleNurses take quest for registration to Industrial Court
Striking health workers have moved to court to seek orders to quash a decision barring their union from registration. In a petition filed at the Industrial court, the workers say the refusal to...
View ArticleMPs want NSSF probed over Sh1.4 billion loss
A Parliamentary committee wants the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission to investigate the loss of Sh1.4 billion by NSSF through the Discount Securities Limited. The Public Investment Committee wants...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A Senior Counsel was left angry after his idea of a Christmas surprise proved too expensive. The lawyer had taken a group of friends to Ridgeways Inn on Kiambu Road for what he thought would be a...
View ArticleKiema blasts Kimemia over TSC board shortlist
The Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo yesterday criticised the Head of the Civil service Francis Kimemia over the shortlisting of the chairperson and members of the Teachers Service Commission. Kiema was...
View ArticleFather of five children found dead at Korogocho in court
The father of five children who were found murdered in Nairobi’s Korogocho slum a week ago will take plea next Tuesday. Boniface Ouma appeared in court yesterday but was not formally charged pending...
View ArticleKenyans upbeat on 2013 economy, jobs
THE economy, politics and employment opportunities will improve in the New Year, Kenyans believe. According to a poll by Ipsos Synovate this month, 65 per cent of Kenyans are optimistic that the...
View ArticleODM will not give direct nominations, says Nyong’o
ODM has said nobody will be favoured in the party's nomination. Secretary general Anyang' Nyong'o said statements purportedly issued by party chief whip Jakoyo Midiwo that anyone intending to contest...
View ArticleJirongo’s FPK meets to discuss Pambazuko link
The FPK could be warming towards cord as it meets today at a Nairobi hotel to review its association with New Ford-Kenya in the Pambazuko alliance. Cord, made up of ODM, Wiper, Ford Kenya among other...
View ArticleMPs, councillors left out of new CDF Bill
MPs could be locked out of the running of the Constituencies Development Fund if a new bill published two weeks ago is passed in its current form. The bill, which seeks to repeal and replace the CDF...
View ArticleBill to benefit Presidents’ children
CHILDREN of retired presidents and deputy presidents will benefit from a pension scheme if two bills before the House are passed into law. The proposal is contained in the Presidential Retirement...
View ArticlePM disowns list of PSC nominees
Efforts to reconstitute the Public Service Commission yesterday suffered a setback when it emerged that the Office of the Prime minister was not involved in the nomination process. The joint committee...
View ArticleIEBC justifies single sourcing ballot papers
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has justified its decision to single-source a Sh3 billion contract to a British company for printing of ballot papers to be used in the March 4, 2013...
View ArticleKenneth disowns Eugene-Mudavadi talks
Kenya National Congress presidential aspirant Peter Kenneth has distanced his Eagle Alliance from talks between Justice Minister Eugene Wamalwa and Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi. Kenneth said...
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