The Carnivore hosts Skal Networking
The Carnivore restaurant was the scene of this month’s Skal luncheon. Skal is the international networking organisation for the people in the hospitality industry. The host of the luncheon Tamarind...
View ArticleRongo traders lose 5 million goods in fire
Traders in Rongo town are counting losses after fire gutted down their shops and destroyed property worth more than Sh5 million. Catherine Irungu, the Rongo police boss said the fire started at about...
View ArticleSon admits insulting dad
THIKA A man who abused his parents has been placed on probation for two years. Samuel Mburu Nyoike admitted calling James Nyoike Kariuki a dog and other unprintable names. Prosecutor Nancy Muthuri told...
View ArticleKangemi youth, women protest land-grab
A section of Kangemi residents yesterday protested alleged grabbing of their land by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The protestors included women and youth. David Ndung’u, a resident said local...
View ArticleParents warned on pregnancy
KWALE county leaders have warned parents whose sons make schoolgirls pregnant that they will be jailed alongside the boys. Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori and Kwale women’s representative Zainab Chidzuga...
View ArticleIsiolo ex-leaders meet to solve boundary row with Meru
The Isiolo county government has brought together former MPs, elders and other leaders who ruled since independence to help sole the Isiolo-Meru boundary dispute. Governor Godana Doyo led the county...
View Article3 years for boy who killed elder brother
A sixteen-year-old boy who killed his brother will serve a three-year non-custodial sentence. The teenage allegedly committed the offence over a despute on a toothbrush last year. Justice Roseline...
View Article1,500 donate blood as hundreds turned away
HUNDREDS of Kenyans went to Uhuru Park yesterday to donate blood for those wounded during the Westgate Mall attack. Only 1,500 people were able to donate blood, the rest were turned away. Nairobi...
View ArticleWestgate attack victim buried at Kariokor cemetery
ANJUM Chaudhry who was until his death the chief executive officer of Pegrume Telecommunication Ltd, was laid to rest at Kariokor Muslim cemetery yesterday after the 1 o'clock prayers according to...
View ArticlePeter Opiyo is back at the AFC Leopards den
Midfield kingpin Peter Opiyo is back in training after a two week absence. Opiyo told club officials he is ready to do duty for his club after his foreign suitors dilly dallied in meeting AFC Leopards’...
View ArticleUS-Africa trade to grow more - DHL
LOGISTICS firm DHL believes trade between Sub Sahara Africa and the US is set to increase adding that it is witnessing a lot of this growth in its own operations. DHL said this will happen as both...
View ArticleVisiting stars adopt baby elephants
Visiting American celebrities adopted baby elephants during their Kenyan visit last week. US supermodel Christie Brinkley with her daughter Sailor and Chinese born, American actress Bai Ling visited...
View ArticleBeyond The Westgate Mall Attack
Character is best exemplified in times of tragedy and adversity. The Westgate Mall hostage situation has certainly brought out the true character of who Kenyans are. Words like patriotic, selfless,...
View ArticleCourt keeps man in jail over sodomy
The High Court in Mombasa on Friday upheld a twenty-year jail term penalty against a man charged with sodomy. In his ruling Justice Martin Muya said the evidence proved John Mdeme Emmanuel sexually...
View ArticleGema elders form regional council
Councils of elders from the Embu, Kikuyu and Meru have formed a regional organisation called Mt Kenya Council of Elders. The elders from the Nyaangi Ndiiriri (Embu), Ngome (Mbeere), Njuri Ncheke (Meru)...
View ArticleNema roles being devolved to counties
CABINET Secretary for Environment Judi Wakhungu has said Nema has put down mechanisms to hand over five environmental functions to county governments. Wakhungu said counties will be in charge of...
View ArticleJogoo House A staff begin move to new offices at Teleposta
CIVIL servants who had been evicted from Jogoo House (A) offices to create room for Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo and his staff will now be housed at Teleposta towers. More than 600...
View ArticleSevens team captain Ouma dedicates victory to terror victims
Kenya Sevens stand in captain Oscar Ouma has dedicated the Safaricom Sevens victory to the victims and families of the terror attack at the Westgate Mall on Saturday. Ouma said he was praying the...
View ArticleMarket shows resilience after terrorism attack
The Securities Exchange was remarkably resilient in the face of the events at Westgate. The key issue for investors will be whether this is a one time event or whether we have now entered a new and...
View ArticleWestgate Siege Sign Of Brutal Struggle With Al-Shaabab
The attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi by Islamist militants from the Somali-based al-Shabaab terrorist group is a direct product of the long-running failure of western powers and...
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