Pianist Kathy Kiragu Admitted to Berklee on dean's list
Kathy Kiragu has earned a placement on the Dean's List for the spring (May) semester at The Berklee College. Kathy who is a passionate jazz pianist was eligible for this honour after achieving through...
View ArticleLet's economise on Jubilee celebrations
Kenya marks 50 years in the next few months. The government wants to spend Sh2.5billion for the celebrations. Out of this, Sh50 million will be spent on a statue of retired President Kibaki while...
View ArticleTraders decry theft at hotels
TESO Hotel operators at Olepito in Teso South, Busia County have expressed concerns over rising cases of food and utensils theft. Roseline Akarot, who led business owners, yesterday told the Star that...
View ArticleKenya spends more to produce sugar - MP
THE cost of sugar production in Kenya is twice higher by $700 (Sh59,500) per tonne compared to other Comesa countries that stand at $323 (Sh27,455) per tonne the chairman agriculture, livestock and...
View ArticlePub owners plea to state
BAR and restaurant owners in the country have complained that some government legislation and bureaucrats are out to frustrate the entertainment industry. Members of Pub, Entertainment and Restaurants...
View ArticleG4S guard charged
A G4S guard was yesterday denied before a Kibera court charges of stealing 450 crates of beer from a supply chain company. Kennedy Odhiambo Opundo, 29, was accused of stealing the crates of Tusker...
View ArticleMarch 4 polls fair - observation group
THE Election Observation Group which comprises of the National Council of Churches of Kenya and 12 other players have declared the March 4 elections as free and fair. The group said despite widespread...
View Article51-member gang charged in court
Fifty-one members of a gang dubbed "Super power boys" were yesterday charged with robbery with violence and engaging in planned criminal activities. The accused, mostly underage, denied the charges...
View ArticleWife denies killing varsity student in love triangle
A woman accused of killing a 22-year-old university student on suspicion that she was having an affair with her husband has been released on Sh300,000 bond. Cecilia Waruguru Muriithi has denied...
View ArticleAmileena begins an empowerment initiative
Former Tusker Project Fame star Amileena Mwenesi has began a female empowerment initiative to give a chance to budding female musicians. Dubbed t he Girl Affair, the programme allows for six girls to...
View ArticleIsrael now more divided than ever
It is 21 years since I last visited Israel and what I found was a very different country. For a start there were immigrants who did not exist then, and who have now grown into youth. The airlift of the...
View ArticleAfrica Fails To Fight Hunger In 50 Years
At the November 1974 UN World Food Conference in Rome, representatives of 133 governments called for the eradication of the scourge of hunger and malnutrition. They pledged that within a decade – 1984...
View ArticleBungoma vote count will be done by Friday
The recount and scrutiny of votes in the Bungoma senatorial election will end on Friday. The Bungoma High Court had ordered a recount and scrutiny of votes in 49 polling stations after former Cabinet...
View ArticleMalindi KWS rangers kill hippo at beach
Malindi residents and tourists yesterday had a rare feast of hippopotamus meat after Kenya wildlife Service rangers gunned it down in the Indian Ocean waters near a resort beach hotel. The hippo had...
View ArticleLocals against adjudication
Hundreds of Isiolo residents yesterday signed petition land adjudication in the area. The residents joined NGOs in the area who mobilised young people who went to door to door collecting signatures and...
View ArticleHearing on Lang'ata demolitions sef for today
NAIROBI Senator Mike Sonko has obtained temporary orders stopping the demolition of buildings in Langata area. Justice John Mutungi issued interim orders blocking the Kenya National Highways Authority...
View ArticleTA to allocate county funds by August 10
THE Transitional Authority has approved a demand by governors that funds to the county governments be transferred by August 10. An emergency meeting of the Board of the Authority made the decision in...
View ArticleWe did not declare ban on miraa, says Nacada
NACADA has denied declaring miraa a banned substance. In a document filed in court, the agencies CEO Wiliam Okedi however states that the special crop has raised its concern as to its consumption and...
View ArticleHotel staffer to hang for murder of tourist
THE man who was accused of killing a British man in Lamu has been sentenced to death. Ali Babito Kololo will also serve seven years in jail for the kidnapping the man's wife. He was charged with the...
View ArticleNai Ni Who? Rocks Nairobi
There has been a festival doing its rounds in different parts of Nairobi and last Saturday, they made a pit stop at the City Park in Parklands, Nairobi. The Nai Ni Who? is a three-month festival that...
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