16 companies return laptop tender bids
SIXTEEN computer manufacturing companies yesterday returned their tender bids for the supply of 1.28 million laptops for primary school children. The 16 are among the 69 firms that had bought the bid...
View ArticleAG denies blocking perks for the suspended judges
ATTORNEY General Githu Muigai yesterday produced a letter dismissing claims by judges who were found unsuitable to hold office that he has blocked their salaries. The judges had on Wednesday said the...
View ArticleCo-op Bank beat KPA to take the lead in Play-off
REIGNING champions Co-operative Bank of Kenya started their national title defence with a strong 88-70 win in over Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in the Play-off Game One tie at Moi International Stadium,...
View ArticleEA media summit to be held in Kampala
THE 6th East African Media Summit will be held in Kampala, Uganda next week. The summit, organised by the East African Community and East African Business Council Summit will open on Thursday next week...
View ArticleKenya to get oil know-how from Arabian states
PRESIDENT Uhuru has said Kenya will rely on Arab countries to manage the newly discovered oil in Turkana county. Addressing the Third Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait city on Wednesday, Uhuru said his...
View ArticleMukono tops list for this weekend’s Tuskys x-country race
AFRICA junior 5,000m gold medallist Moses Mukono leads a strong field of upcoming and established athletes for Sunday’s Tuskys Wareng cross country in Eldoret. Mukono, who represented Kenya in the...
View ArticleChristmas comes early for GOtv champs AFC Leopards
Christmas seems to have come early for GOtv Shield winners AFC Leopards as they received 50 bales of the ‘Jembe’ maize flour and 50 bales of ‘Chef’ wheat flour as wells as 50 cartons of Premier...
View ArticleKenya, African Virtual University deal to establish distant learning...
Kenya will partner with the African Virtual University to establish an open distance learning university, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said yesterday. Kipsang said the African Virtual...
View ArticleWestern Province whistlers threaten to boycott matches
REFEREES in Western Kenya have threatened to boycott officiating matches unless the FKF branch takes action against Lugulu FC. KFRA North Western branch secretary, Solomon Itubo, said the welfare and...
View ArticleGor Mahia applauded by Fifa supremo
Newly crowned Kenya Premier League champions Gor Mahia have received a congratulatory message form Fifa President Sepp Blatter The unexpected message was delivered through a letter to Football Kenya...
View ArticleKenya may face food shortages next year - FAO
The government has announced a food security assessment amid reports that the country could face shortages next year. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has donated Sh24 million audit...
View ArticleKenyans falter as Ghana and South Africa make final
DEFENDING women’s champions South Africa booked a date with Ghana in the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nation after beating their respective opponents at the City Park Stadium yesterday. Ghana...
View ArticleMau Mau battle victims invited for legal help
Individuals who were tortured, detained or put to forced labour during the Mau Mau regime have until April 30, 2014 to register their claims. According to Tandem Law, a firm that has been representing...
View ArticleGSU's Rono makes a comeback in national team ahead of Rwanda qualifiers
GENERAL Service Unit (GSU) centre attacker Wesley Rono is the surprise inclusion in the national volleyball men’s team named yesterday ahead of the World Championship Zonal ‘H’ second round qualifier...
View ArticleDelay of joint Kenya-Uganda territory report blamed for Migingo troubles
THE delay to give a joint Kenya-Uganda survey report of the Lake Victoria Waters has been blamed for the continuous woes at the Migingo Island. The three-day ninth Kenya-Uganda Joint Border Technical...
View ArticleKeli is top man
KCB front man Jacob Keli held off the stiff challenge from Gor Mahia defender David Owino and Bandari’s winger Shaban Kenga to emerge the 2013 Kenya Premier League Footballer of the Year during a...
View ArticleKidnap suspects unable to raise bail
A Nairobi court was yesterday told that 10 suspects charged with kidnapping twins are unable to raise a Sh2 million cash bail. The suspects, Joash Opiyo, Geoffrey Obwaka, Fredrick Kyumwa, Geoffrey Muia...
View ArticleWestlands doctor denies refusing to pay caterer
A doctor was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with obtaining goods by false pretences Joel Mutisya, who runs a clinic in Westlands, denied defrauding George Mathari Kiarie Sh92,402. He appeared...
View ArticleDriver in court, denies assaulting former lover
A 36 year-old driver was yesterday arraigned before a Kibera court to answer to charges of assaulting his ex lover. The court heard that Edwin Miheso on November 19 on Desai road in Nairobi, unlawfully...
View ArticleDriver charged over toy pistol
A taxi driver yesterday appeared before a Kibera court for being in possession of a toy pistol. Police said they found Stephen Njenga with a toy pistol on November 18 at Karai shopping centre in Karen...
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