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Trader fined over licence

A wines and spirits operator has been charged Sh20,000 for operating without a licence. Jemimah Mumbi Njoki pleaded admitted to the offence before Thika acting senior principal magistrate JW Onchuru....

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JKUAT set to offer courses on pertroleum engineering

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology will partner with an Australian university—Curtin University—to train petroleum engineers. This comes after Tullow, an oil exploration company...

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Tension rising over pasteure

TENSION is looming between farmers and pastrolists in Tana delta over pastures. The area Deputy County Commissioner Mike Kimoko said the situation is likely to get out of control because despite...

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County audit report date

THE Mombasa county workers are expected to know their fate on Monday when the audit report to flush out ghost workers will be made open. The audit which is being conducted by an international firm...

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Lobby seeks to protect forest

Community forest associations yesterday accused leaders of frustrating efforts to conserve the Maasai Mau Forest. Led by their chairman, Kantau Nkuruna, the associations said the Narok county...

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Serem told to keep off strike

Teachers in Migori County through their unions have told the Sarah Serem led Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to keep off the affairs over their July pay. The teachers said that the...

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Strathmore promises better performance next season

Strathmore University are promising better performance this time round ahead of the 2013/2014 Kenya Handball Federation (KHF) which starts later this month. Starthmore, who finished fourth last year...

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Group to aid poor farmers

A Bungoma based group that started as an initiative of the social media is set to launch a drive to help give farmers inputs to small scale farmers in the region this weekend. Speaking to the star...

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Verjee catapults team to Petro Oil Cup tourney win

Petro Oil golf team comprising Rasool Verjee, Hitesh Pindolia, Bharat Shah and Sagar Bhatt won the Petro Cup at the PIEA Golf day at Muthaiga. The team posted 84 points in an event that was run on a...

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Boda bodas oppose taxes

Boda boda operators in Rongo town yesterday protested against the increase of operating charges from Sh80 to Sh100. “We were not given enough notice. The charges differ at different points when...

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Two found dead in Naivasha

A woman was yesterday found dead in Naivasha town. The mother-of-three was found on the floor of her house in Kihoto estate with one of her children seated next to her. Police boss Charles Kortok said...

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Gatundu police net Sh3.3 million tusks

KWS wardens and AP officers on Wednesday evening arrested three poachers with four elephant tusks at Gatundu Town in Kiambu county. DCIO David Karanja said the officers were tipped-off by wanachi that...

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Escaped criminals yet to be arrested

POLICE are yet to arrest four hardcore criminals who escaped from Othaya Police Station on Tuesday night. Mukurwe-ini police boss George Ouko, who was holding brief for Othaya boss Adiel Nyange,...

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No latrines for poor schools

AN NGO in Msambweni has asked the Kwale county government to help provide basic learning facilities for Maroveroveni Primary School in LungaLunga. The Msambweni Human Rights Watch the school the school...

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Traders thrown out of Watamu

More than 200 curio sellers in Watamu in Kilifi yesterday protested against demolition of their kiosks and damaging their items worth more than Sh15 million. The traders at Garoda Beach also alleged...

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Farmers want debt paid before KCC privatisation

DAIRY farmers in Nandi yesterday said they oppose the planned privatisation of the Kenya Co-operative Creameries. The farmers and former transporters for the company said if they are not paid more than...

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Ruth seeks security

DEPUTY governors yesterday said the planned withdrawal of their security will undermine devolution. Kisumu's Ruth Odinga whose security was withdrawn on Sunday said she does not understand why she was...

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CIC says political will lost

THERE is still no political will among some of government operatives and politicians in the devolution process, a member of the Constitution Implementation Commission has said. Florence Omosa yesterday...

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Mandera secondary trounce Daadab to get nationals

MANDERA Secondary yesterday booked a ticket to reperesnt Garissa region at the national secondary Schools championships next week in Embu. Mandera beat Dadaab 1-0 in the final played at their backyard...

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Frasha's boost for Meru school kids

P-UNIT's Francis Amisi aka Frasha has offered to set up a physiotherapy unit for the Meru School for the Mentally Handicapped . Frasha, who previously worked at the Aga Khan Hospital for eight years as...

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