Minor parties in CORD alliance reject joint nomination
Raila Odinga's CORD coalition yesterday suffered a setback when Wiper aspirants and leaders of minor parties, including Kalembe Ndile's Tip Tip and Wavinya Ndeti's Chama cha Uzalendo, rejected the...
View ArticleSchool girl , 12 , killed by crocodile in kiambere
A 12-year-old girl was killed by a crocodile on Sunday died on Sundayat Kiambere hydro-electricity power dam while fetching water.The girl was reportedly in the company of other four girls. The girls...
View ArticleKigen dropped from Raila lobby job
Rift Valley politician Micah Kigen has been replaced by Rev Lawrence Bomett as the national chairman of Friends of Raila. Kigen's removal follows a Fora meeting yesterday that resolved he should be...
View ArticleWoman charged with violent robbery
A woman was yesterday arraigned in a Nairobi court charged with violently robbing a businessman and his wife of property worth over Sh3.6 million. The court heard that on December 14 , 2012 at Syokimau...
View ArticleKiller dad commits suicide in cell
The father of five children found murdered in Nairobi's Korogocho last December committed suicide in police custody bringing to question the security of people in cells. Boniface Omar Ouma man was...
View Article18 elephants, one of them pregnant, lost to poachers in the first week of 2013
KWS rangers are in hot pursuit of a poaching gang believed to have slaughtered 11 elephants and carted off their tusks. The incident occurred at Bisadi area of Tsavo East National Park on Saturday...
View ArticleJoy as City Hall gets back Visa Oshwal Primary school.
PARENTS and teachers of Visa Oshwal Primary School were in a celebratory mood yesterday after government reverted the school back to the City Council of Nairobi. The school was supposed to be...
View ArticleInvestor seeks to unfreeze his accounts
AN investor has moved to court seeking to challenge a decision by the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit to freeze his accounts. Appearing before Justice David Majanja yesterday for Manfred Walter...
View ArticleKalonzo attends Ghana preisdent swearing-in
Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday joined several Heads of State to witness the inauguration of Ghana’s newly elected President John Dramani Mahama. The colorful ceremony held at the country’s...
View ArticleRift farmers want debts written off
Farmers in the Rift Valley region have written to Finance minister Njeru Githae asking him to write off long standing loans amounting to more than Sh3 billion which they owe the Agricultural Finance...
View ArticleStudents stranded as buses are full
PARENTS and students travelling back to work and school after the long holidays were left stranded after most public transport hiked fares. Despite hiked fairs most buses leaving Mombasa were fully...
View ArticleMinisters hit out at Jubilee alliance
TWO cabinet ministers have hit out at the Jubilee alliance saying it has nothing to offer to Kenyans. Education minister Mutula Kilonzo and his Medical Services counterpart Anyang’ Nyong’o said the...
View ArticleBishop Wanjiru demands apology from Ndolo
Starehe MP and Nairobi governor hopeful Margaret Wanjiru on Sunday demanded an apology from former Makadara MP Reuben Ndolo after the two differed in the presence of Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Ndolo...
View ArticleMathare slum fire suspects released on cash bail
Thirty youths linked in Mathare slum fire where a person were killed were yesterday released on cash bail of Sh30,000 each by a Nairobi court. The youths five of them under 14 age had earlier been...
View ArticlePresidential aspirants intensify campaigns
Presidential hopefuls in the March 4 election are heightening their campaigns with the Jubilee Coalition having the most intense programme among the top three alliances. Jubilee presidential nominee...
View ArticleCorridors of Power
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru was hard pressed to restrain herself when former Makadara MP Reuben Ndolo alleged that those booing him during a Cord rally in Kibera on Sunday afternoon were her supporters....
View ArticleNine new permanent secretaries sworn in
President Kibaki yesterday witnessed the swearing-in of nine permanent secretaries. The PSs are Mutea Iringo of the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, Hyslop Ipu of...
View ArticleVoters to vet nominees before march 4 election
The public will have the opportunity to scrutinise and file complaints against candidates after the nominations, the electoral commission has said. The Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u...
View ArticleWoman denies injuring neighbour's child
A middle-aged-woman was yesterday charged in a Kibera court with subjecting a 13-year-old to cruel punishment. Ambrocia Nthenya denied injuring her neighbour's child on January 2 in Ongata Rongai....
View ArticleMan denies setiing wife's house on fire
A 48-year-old farmer was yesterday charged before a Kibera court for setting his matrimonial house on fire. James Mungai denied setting fire to his wife's, Caroline Nduta's, house in Kabete on December...
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