The ICC was right to show flexibility
THE International Criminal Court has given Deputy President William Ruto a one week adjournment to allow him to return to Kenya after the Westgate attack. During the election campaign, President Uhuru...
View ArticleKuria school dormitory burns down
A dormitory at Ikerege Mixed High Schoolin in Kuria West district was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. More than 160 students were affected during the incident which occurred at 5am Area police...
View ArticleEight MRC suspects charged in Kwale
Eight people, including seven members of one family, suspected to be MRC members were on Friday charged in a Kwale court for allegedly engaging in subversive activities. Three of the seven are men...
View ArticleMP says he nearly lost his family in attack
Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa yesterday said a swift operation by the security agencies saved his wife and two children in the Westgate terror attack. He said his wife Flora Wamalwa and his two sons Billy...
View ArticleFarmers reject KTDA bonuses
BOMET Some smallscale tea farmers in the South Rift have protested against “meager bonuses” from the Kenya Tea Development Agency. Speaking at a meeting in Kitaima, Bomet yesterday, the farmers accused...
View ArticleSex warning to teachers
Teache rs who engage in sexual relationships with students in Uasin Gishu have been put on notice. Speaking in Moiben yesterday, Governor Jackson Mandago said some teachers make schoolgirls pregnant,...
View ArticleBritish national nabbed with poisonous snakes
A British national was found in possession of several deadly snakes in his hotel room in Naivasha. Some of the hotel’s guest fled in fear as police and Kenya Wildlife Service officers moved in to...
View ArticleNeed For Healthier Global Health Plan
On September 25 , world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path to a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Described as a “generational...
View ArticleMall Attack A Wake-Up Call On Youth Mindset
The pandemonium, confusion and desperation resulting from the Westgate Mall massacre immediately rekindled memories of 9/11/2001. I had just walked into the John Templeton Foundation where I was...
View ArticleNorth Rift Proboxes ignore traffic boss
Probox and saloon cars are still operating as Public Service Vehicles in many parts of the North Rift. They have ignored an order by Traffic commandant Samuel Kimaru to stop operating as PSVs. Last...
View ArticleNakuru businessman dies in Westgate raid
A Nakuru family was left in mourning after the body of their 23-year-old son killed in the Westgate terror raid. ChrisPaul Ng’ang’a’s body was received by relatives and friends at the War Memorial...
View ArticleThere's plot to kick me out - Knut boss
THE Kenya National Union Teachers acting secretary general, Mudzo Nzili yesterday said that there is a scheme to hound him out of the union leadership. Nzili said the plot is a wider scheme by a...
View ArticleExperience China in Kenya
Art performances opened the floor for the Experience China in Kenya on Saturday night at Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi with about 13 groups showing their expertise in various...
View ArticleYapping about Yamogo Art Project
If you blink on the drive from Nairobi to Banana Hill, you will miss Yamogo Village. Heading towards Limuru, turn right at the lively junction in Ruaka and you have already reached your destination....
View ArticleNew Bonchari MP to focus on education
The newly crowned MP for Bonchari John Oroo Oyioka has said he will prioritise education and health. Oyioka said the two sectors are key to the development of the constituency and need attention. “I...
View ArticleKibaki takes evening stroll in Othaya town
FORMER President Mwai Kibaki went for a walk around Othaya town on Sunday. The jovial Kibaki, who mingled with residents, had just arrived from Nairobi. He was on his way to his Kanyange home when he...
View ArticlePCEA top brass to solve Ruiru split
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa will intervene in wrangles between its Ruiru church elders and the parish minister. PCEA Moderator Rev David Gathanju said he will take...
View ArticleDock union may strike over berths
DOCK workers have threatened to strike unless plans to privatise the port of Mombasa are explained to them. The Dock Workers Union said a "cartel" of private investors wants to run three berths. In a...
View ArticleKibaki appears in court over Nyeri town property
IMMEDIATE former President Mwai Kibaki yesterday appeared in a Nyeri court to testify in a civil case. The case involves a property he co-owns with five other partners from Othaya. Kibaki arrived at...
View ArticleSecurity tight ahead of Grant terror case
SECURITY at the Shanzu court was heightened yesterday ahead of the hearing of terror charges against British national Jermaine Grant. Grant is known to be an accomplice of the Samantha Lewthwaite, the...
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