Paper Was Wrong On Health Budgets
Last week, the Standard generated considerable heat with a series on county health budgets. One article was titled “Alarm as 30 Counties Slash Health Budgets.” Another lauded Kisii county for high...
View ArticleVerdict Shows Who's Boss In World Affairs
The Kenyan International Criminal Court trials have been one hell of a circus. It all started with the reign of Mwai Kibaki when in retrospect the then president decided to fight the ICC and bring the...
View ArticleERC to monitor cost of 5,400mw project
ENERGY Regulatory Commission will scrutinise all funding options for the ambitious mega-billion 5,000 plus megawatt project to ensure their cost will not push up the cost of electricity. Director...
View ArticleAU Offensive Against ICC May Not Have Been In Vain
Last Friday's vote by the UN Security Council may appear as a defeat for the AU's diplomacy to get the ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto deferred. Yet the...
View ArticleMystery of STL and Collo 'dirty song' leak deepens
The leak of Kenya's first ever 'dirty' music got the internet buzzing as Collo and Stella Mwangi rhyme to lyrics that are unprintable. The single recorded at Bernsoft was posted online over a week ago....
View ArticleKidero, Kazungu clash over Nairobi skyscraper
CONSTRUCTION of the tallest building in East and Central Africa will take longer to begin after it emerged yesterday that Labour Secretary Kazungu Kambi ordered City Hall to approve the structural...
View ArticleUN warns Somalia after alleged rape victim, journalists arrested
MOGADISHU The United Nations in Somalia called Thursday for a "proper investigation" after police again arrested an alleged rape victim and journalists who reported her story. Rape, and reporting on...
View ArticleLocals advised to take loans
Trans Nzoia county planning chairman Andrew Kutitila has criticised residents for shying away from taking loans. Speaking in Kitale yesterday, Kutitila, who is the Sikhendu ward representative said...
View ArticleIsrael backs national development
The Israeli government has pledged to continue supporting key development projects in Kenya, a governor has said. Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua said Israel promised to work with county governments in...
View ArticleGet diplomas, students told
A university administrator from Trans Nzoia County has blamed students who get less than C plus for failing to apply for diploma and certificate courses. Laikipia University Kitale campus Principal...
View ArticleLife sentence for defiler
A Kitale court has sentenced a man for life for defilement. Josephat Luseno was jailed for defiling a seven year old girl in February 2010 at Motosiet farm in Trans Nzoia. Police records show that the...
View ArticleIEBC clears Nyaribari, Bomachoge nominees
THE Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission yesterday cleared seven candidates for the Nyaribari Chache and Bomachoge Borabu by- elections scheduled for December 19. By the time of going to...
View ArticleCounty urged to repair roads
A leader in ElgeyoMarakwet county has asked the governor to improve roads. County Kanu chairman Paul Kibet said the regio's poor roads make it difficult for farmers to get their produce to the markets....
View Article11 Embu farmers in court for hawking milk
Eleven farmers were yesterday fined Sh5,000 or serve two months jail terms each by an Embu court for hawking milk. The 11 were arrested when police and the Kenya Dairy board cracked down on unlicensed...
View ArticleKuria residents want savings
KURIA About 1,100 Kuria East subcounty residents are demanding millions of shillings from Ntimaru Community Financial Association, which has denied them access to their savings. Yesterday, Jerome Awiti...
View ArticleMuroki widow fights in-laws for property
A woman whose husband was killed in an attack at Muroki in Saboti in June is involved in property tussle with her in-laws. Phanice Khatete’s husband Fredrick Tindi is among the six people killed by...
View Article500 illegal fishing nets destroyed in Nyatike
AUTHORITIES in Nyatike subcounty have destroyed more than 500 illegal fishing nets. Migori county principal fisheries officer Tom Ojuok said the move will replenish fish stock in Lake Victoria. “The...
View ArticleNjoro health officer held over theft
A senior civil servant in the Ministry of Health has been arrested for stealing government property. Criminal Investigations Officers arrested Njoro sub county public health officer Matthew Bore on...
View ArticleSoya farmers demand Sh5.2m
MIGORI Soya beans farmers from Migori, Busia, Bungoma and Kakamega counties are demanding Sh5.2 million arrears from Promasido Ltd, a South African company that produces Sossi soya meat. Addressing...
View ArticleCar robbers arrested in Naivasha
Two suspected car thieves were yesterday arrested on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. Officers from Naivasha and those from High Patrol cornered the two near Marula farm in Naivasha hours after they had...
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