Marble plant to be built at Kerio Valley
A marble and limestone processing plant will be built in Elgeyo Markwet and West Pokot counties soon. The Kerio Valley Development Authority will partner with India and Italy to build the plant. KVDA...
View ArticleMurang'a county opposes changes to the water act
Murang’a county assembly has opposed the amendments on the Water Act that will bar the county government from demanding water levies. In a motion tabled in the county assembly on Wednesday, the members...
View ArticleMicrosoft zeroes in on software pirates
INSTITUTIONS and businesses using pirated Microsoft software will be raided and their computers seized, the Kenya Copyright Board has warned. In a joint meeting between Kecobo and Microsoft in Nairobi...
View ArticleWe need skilled marines in Lake Victoria - official
A senior provincial administrator has said Kenya does not have skilled marine officers patrolling Lake Victoria. Bondo deputy county commissioner Wilson ole Saiya said Uganda has 67 skilled and well...
View ArticleMy Husband is too fat!
Hi Valentine, My husband is fat. It has been a few years and I have tried going on diets with him, talking to him about the health risks but he is just lazy. We have been together for eight years and...
View ArticleCoast counties to have digital land registries
THE Ministry of Lands has introduced a new digital land record's system at the Coast lands office. Operations at lands offices in Mombasa, Kilifi, Taita Taveta, Lamu and Kwale counties will be...
View ArticleMurungaru spared grilling on content of secret tapes
Former minister Chris Murungaru will not be grilled about the content of secret tapes recorded by John Githongo exposing alleged attempt by powerful politicians to interfere with investigation into...
View ArticleMCAs still want more money
MEMBERS of County Assemblies yesterday said they were still unhappy after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission proposed to increase their pay from Sh105,000 to Sh293,078. The MCAs have accused the...
View ArticleICC opens way out for Uhuru, Ruto
THE Assembly of State Parties has now approved three amendments to the ICC rules affecting the cases of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.The ASP ended yesterday and allowed an...
View ArticleSafaricom wins Kasarani stadium branding rights
Telecommunications company Safaricom Limited have won the naming and branding rights for the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani in two year partnership worth Sh55 million. In the historic...
View ArticleMULTI-BILLION RAIL PROJECT LAUNCHED
COAST leaders yesterday changed tune and declared support for the Mombasa-Malaba standard gauge railway as it was launched by President Uhuru. Uhuru criticised the Coast leadership for opposing the...
View ArticleCJ Mutunga launches judicial report on elections
Chief Justice Dr Willy Mutunga has today launched the Handbook on Election Disputes in Kenya which he said will assist in charting the way forward for an understanding of the electoral system and laws...
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta suspends JSC members
President Uhuru Kenyatta has today announced the suspension of six members of the Judicial Service Commission pending investigations into their conduct. In a special gazette notice , the President...
View ArticleKQ increase flights to 11 routes ahead of festive season
Kenya Airways has increased frequency to eleven destinations ahead of the December holidays as the airline prepares for an anticipated surge in demand for these routes during the festive season....
View ArticleKiambu County Rep charged with rape
A member of the Kiambu County Assembly, Jackson Njuguna Karanja risks losing his seat after he was today charged before a Thika court with rape and indecent assault. Karanja who was nominated by Kiambu...
View ArticleBensouda says court will implement ICC Assembly resolutions
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says the court will implement all resolutions adopted at the Assembly of State Parties (ASP). She says the assembly is supreme and its decisions have to be...
View ArticleNairobi Park Diary: The Battle Of Stallions
It has always been a favourite habit of mine to approach a herd of zebra then drive slowly, edging closer and closer until I’m virtually in the middle of the herd. I then switch off the vehicle’s...
View ArticleIs This Racism Or Are We Kenyans Plain Stupid?
Over time, I have come to envy the working systems of the people coming from the Far East. These are mainly the Japanese. I have had a working relationship with some of them for a long time. One of my...
View ArticleThe Black Guy Dying To Join White Supremacists
Imagine that goats and chickens could speak and organise themselves into some sort of campaign forum. In a country such as Kenya where goats and chickens are slaughtered by the tens of thousands, come...
View ArticleWeekend Diary Of An Exhausted Mother
Mondays are my most fruitful days. Meetings to be had in the week? On Monday I schedule them. An article or three due? Monday is the day I write them. That email I have not wanted to respond to? Yes,...
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