I didn't have handcuffs, says student
A 22-year-old student at Zetech College was yesterday arraigned before a Kibera court to answer to charges of illegally possessing handcuffs. Police said Erick Karuku was found in possession of a pair...
View ArticleMakindu top cop to appear in court
A senior police officer has been summoned to appear before a judge on Wednesday to explain why he has confiscated a security pass of an Office of the President employee. High court judge David Majanja...
View ArticleClinical officers sue state over salary deductions
More than 200 clinical officers have moved seeking to stop various ministries from deducting their salaries and submitting them to the Union of Kenya Civil Servants. Under a certificate of urgency,...
View ArticleStudent admits posing as police boss to con MPs
A Form three secondary school boy was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court with impersonating a police boss to obtain Sh90,000 from three MPs. The student at Symbe Secondary School in Makueni, pleaded...
View ArticleSmall parties defiant on Raila coalition rule
Eight parties under Cord will defy joint nominations in the coalition if Prime Minister Raila Odinga does not heed their demands. The Independent Party (Tip) leader Kalembe Ndile said it will be...
View ArticleReforms the work of all Kenyans - Uhuru
Jubilee presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday said that individual politicians should not credit themselves as reformers. He said that reforms are the responsibility of all Kenyans and no one...
View ArticleODM hopefuls in Eastern fault joint Cord poll
ODM aspirants from lower eastern are unhappy with the proposal for joint Cord nominations.Wiper Democratic Movement Secretary Prof Philip Kaloki and Kaiti MP Gideon Ndambuki rejected the proposal,...
View ArticleAspirants warns on use of ID in Cord primaries
The Cord alliance will face court cases if it goes ahead to allow people to vote using ID cards, a Wiper party parliamentary candidate warned yesterday. Joe Mutambu, who is eyeing the Mwingi Central...
View ArticleCord launches joint secretariat
Prime Minister Raila Odinga's presidential campaign secretariat was yesterday expanded to accommodate his partners in the Cord Alliance. Andrew Mwavwa, who has been the head of strategy in the Kalonzo...
View ArticleFord People, DP target 20 swing counties
Ford People and DP yesterday unveiled national elections boards. The Ford People board is headed by Tanzanian-based scholar Chris Njoga while DP's by Macharia Nyagah. Njoga said the party will make a...
View Article4 schoolchildren killed in Burnt Forest accident
Four schoolchildren were yesterday killed when a speeding car veered off the road and hit them at Burnt Forest on the Eldoret-Nakuru road. The four children died at the scene of the accident while one...
View ArticleMPs resume sessions today
MPs return to the House this morning to debate five fiscal bills as the 10th Parliament enters its penultimate week. The legislators approved a procedural motion last Thursday that will see them have a...
View ArticleFord Kenya nominations to be held on January 17
Cord affiliate party, Ford Kenya has announced that it will conduct its nominations on January 17. The party, though not opposed to the joint nominations, will wait till the consultations with the cord...
View ArticleHeat rises on PPO M'Mbijiwe
Rift Valley police boss John M'Mbijjiwe was yesterday summoned to Police headquarters for questioning over the fake police officer saga. He gave senior police officers and government officials an...
View ArticleCORD to abandon joint nominations for all seats
CORD is today expected to abandon the proposed joint nomination system following mounting pressure from its affiliate parties. Presidential candidate Raila Odinga, his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka and...
View ArticleAudit clears Clinix in NHIF investigation
THE Efficiency Monitoring Unit has cleared the controversial Clinix and Meridian over their provision of medical cover to civil servants. An EMU report prepared in November recommended that the...
View ArticleCORD abandons joint nominations for all seats
CORD will not hold joint nominations as it had earlier announced. The decision to abandon the proposed joint nomination system has been occasioned by mounting pressure from its affiliate parties....
View ArticleCord launches joint secretariat
Prime Minister Raila Odinga's presidential campaign secretariat was yesterday expanded to accommodate his partners in the Cord Alliance. Andrew Mwavwa, who has been the head of strategy in the Kalonzo...
View ArticleBENSOUDA TO REVEAL NAMES ON WEDNESDAY
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will tomorrow release her list of witnesses against four Kenyan suspects. Meanwhile the trial judges have allowed Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to meet her witnesses...
View ArticleNurses call off strike
Striking nurses have called off their nationwide strike that has paralysed operations in most public hospitals for four weeks. The government had declared the strike illegal and had ordered the nurses...
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