Demotions for medics over strike
ANXIETY has gripped striking nurses after some of their colleagues at the Coast Provincial General Hospital were issued with sacking letters for absconding duties. A representative at the hospital...
View ArticleMeru farmers net Sh200m
Farmers under the Forest Plantations Establishment and Livelihoods Scheme in Meru Central zone earned Sh198 million last year. Meru forest service director Evans Maneno said the earnings have uplifted...
View ArticleMakueni vets hopefuls
A NGO in Makueni has started a social vetting on all aspirants contesting various seats in the county. The Community Aid International, funded by the Ford Foundation, began the vetting yesterday at the...
View ArticleUS scholar in crowded race for Mwingi
The race for the Mwingi Central parliamentary seat continues to attract academic heavyweights after a youthful university don joined it. Chrispus Kiliko, a son of the first ever Kitui East MP Thomas...
View ArticleCourt restrains squatters on Moi-era minister’s Meru ranch
The Meru High Court has issued orders restraining people who had bought a piece of land belonging to a former Minister in the Moi era along the Meru Northern zone bordering the Meru National Park. The...
View ArticleResidents recover old man’s body floating in Embu river
The decomposing body of an elderly man was yesterday found floating at a river in Gikuuri village of Embu East District. The remains were reportedly found by residents who had gone to fetch water. The...
View ArticleShun cattle rustling, Isiolo youth urged
YOUTH in Isiolo should enroll in skills development centres in order to explore talents and shun retrogressive cultural practices that promote cattle rustling. Isiolo County Commissioner Wanyama...
View ArticleMother in court over bhang
A 28 year-old mother was yesterday charged with possessing marijuana valued at over Sh40,000. Lucy Murugi was charged before a Makadara court as she held on to her one-year-old baby. She was arrested...
View ArticleNo arrests in manager murder
Police are yet to arrest any suspect in connection with the brutal murder of former Harambee Sacco finance manager who was gunned down in October at Tassia, in Embakasi area of Nairobi. Benson Zephania...
View ArticleAspirant pledges to upgrade city’s status
AN aspirant for the Nairobi governor's race, Eric Mokua, is the first to get a ticket to run in the March 4 elections. Mokua said he was yesterday cleared by Ford People and was ready to face his...
View ArticleMathare fire suspects charged with arson
Ten more youths linked in Mathare slum fire where a person were killed were yesterday arraigned in a Nairobi court charged with arson. The youths two of them under 14 age denied the charge before chief...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
A close confidante of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and city businessman Roy Kivusyu was overheard telling a colleague that the Embakasi West parliamentary seat is his for the taking. The businessman...
View ArticleState dispatches helicopter to beef up Tana Delta security
Security personnel in Tana Delta have received a police chopper that will be used for aerial surveillance in hotspots to help restore peace between the warring communities. Some 160 people have lost...
View ArticleKisii ODM leaders warn of attempt to rig elections
ODM leaders from Kisii and Nyamira have alleged a plot to rig elections by a county commissioner. They have demanded the transfer of the commissioner, failure to which will attract “serious...
View ArticleSenior manager charged with assault
A senior manager with Local Authorties Profit Fund was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with assaulting her junior employee. Joyce Lisanza, LAPF's human resources manager, allegedly assaulted Janet...
View ArticleKwale staffer denies raping tourist
A hotel employee at Diani Sea Resort in the South coast was yesterday charged before a Kwale court with rape. Charles Ochieng, 21, denied sexually abusing a 25-year-old tourist on New Year's Day....
View ArticleEx-CDF manager denies stabbing son
A former CDF official from Ngong town was yesterday charged before a Kibera court with assaulting his son. Joseph Wainana, 62, denied stabbing his 27-year-old son Christopher Wainaina in the chest and...
View ArticlePolitical activist Mary Wambui’s Othaya seat verdict today
Businesswoman Mary Wambui will this morning know whether a case challenging her bid for the Othaya parliamentary seat will be dismissed. High Court Judge David Majanja will give his ruling on whether...
View ArticleFake Rift police boss denies violent robbery charges
The fake ‘assistant commissioner of police’ who went around Rift Valley sacking and promoting police officers was yesterday arraigned in a Naivasha court. Joshua Waiganjo, who posed as the deputy Rift...
View ArticleIEBC must come clean on poll – PM
Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he is alarmed by a statement attributed to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), chairman Issak Hassan, that the forthcoming elections “may not be...
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