Four Predictions For Africa's Economy In 2014
Even though as a country we are largely inward looking, I believe our fortunes are inextricably linked with the rest of the continent. Here are my four predictions on what the year 2014 will hold for...
View ArticlePlaying Hard-To-Get: Does It Work?
PLAYING HARD-TO-GET: DOES IT WORK? Treat them mean, keep them keen: it’s the stuff of old proverbs and dodgy dating advice. But ‘playing hard-to-get’ is an evolutionary strategy too, a recent study...
View ArticleThe Way To A Woman's Heart
Siting with a good friend a few months ago, I noticed that a string of messages that she had received on her phone had upset her. When I asked what was going on, she showed me some pornographic...
View ArticleNo Satisfactory Settlement Yet On The Media Bill
Although on the surface it seemed like a victory for free speech, when President Uhuru Kenyatta declined to sign the controversial media bill into law, the matter is not really that simple. And it is...
View ArticleKasemeni rep hits out against Mvurya's camp
KASEMENI ward representative in Kwale Kassim Pojjo and close ally to LungaLunga reinstated MP Khatib Mwashetani has hit out at his colleagues threatening two county leaders against setting their feet...
View ArticleUncollected IDs in Kwale county to be burnt
THE central government has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the owners of more than 4,300 uncollected national ID cards in Kwale county. All uncollected ID cards will be burnt. Kwale county commissioner...
View ArticleUhuru to issue more titles in Coast
Deputy President William Ruto on Thursday said the Jubilee government is committed to solving the land problems in Kenya. Speaking during the launch of the standard gauge railway in Mombasa, Ruto said...
View ArticleMan gets 10 years for goat rape
A 28-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Malindi court for sexually abusing a neighbour's goat at Dabaso in Kilifi county. Katana Kitsao Gona pleaded guilty before...
View ArticleDay In The Life: Dominic Njue, Music producer and Lecturer at Zetech College
Dominic Njue is in charge of Zetech College radio and TV studio. He is also a music technology and sound engineering lecturer. He is also a music producer and is preparing to produce his first album at...
View ArticleState launches insurance cover for police officers
Police officers will have insurance cover from next year, the government has said. Deputy President William Ruto on Thursday said the move will help families of officers killed or incapacitated in the...
View ArticleWhen Strike Calls For Celebration
We woke up to the headlines ‘Lecturers' strike ’. Jubilation! That meant no classes, a free day and a much-needed break. After six months of falling asleep on top of my books and being haunted by...
View ArticleErratic Rainfall Driving Nairobians Crazy
It started innocently enough. The extremely attractive weather girls on some of the TV stations had predicted a bright sunny Monday. Folks were consequently reminded to put on light clothing to...
View ArticleRemand for truck theft
A Kitale court yesterday remanded a man for stealing a motor vehicle. The court heard that on November 12, at Kitale Township within Trans Nzoia County, John Otieno jointly with others not in court...
View ArticleEight in court for causing disturbance
EIGHT people were arraigned before a Thika court to answer to a charge of creating disturbance in a manner likely to cause breach of peace. They denied the charge before Judge Stephen Mbungi. The...
View ArticleCop arrested with Sh2 million tusks
A police constable attached to the Kilgoris police station was yesterday arrested with elephant tusks worth Sh2 million. Trans Mara West OCPD Alfred Muthua said the Kenya Wildlife Services personnel...
View ArticleFarmhand denies theft
A 29-year-old man yesterday denied conning a woman of valuables worth Sh 14,500. Wycliffe Wamalwa Makokha denied that on November 27 this year at Kabiria in Riruta by means of fraudulent tricks he...
View ArticleWaiganjo case for February
POLICE imposter Joshua Waiganjo appeared before a Nakuru court on Friday to answer charges of stealing a motor vehicle. He was accused that on December 1, 2009 at Madukani area in Nakuru’s Mawanga...
View ArticleRuling on judge Mutava's suit set for January 31
A judge who was suspended over integrity issues will know his fate early next year. A three judge bench handling a petition lodged by suspended judge Joseph Mutava is set to issue its decision on...
View ArticleMachakos county bill challenged in court
THE recently approved Machakos county Finance Bill has been challenged in court. Under a certificate of urgency, Simeon Kitheka, Anthony Kyengo and Mutunga Kaleli have sued the county government...
View ArticleWill Jubilee Survive Kenya's Coalition Jinx?
Political bickering has taken root in the UhuRuto coalition following Deputy President William Ruto’s supporters’ assertions that a high table of Wazees and Mamas from Mwai Kibaki’s former kitchen...
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