Am going for my last term, declares MP Yinda
ALEGO Usonga MP Edwine Yinda has asked his constituents to support his reelection bid saying he is going for his second and last term in Parliament. Addressing Juakali artisans at the Siaya Industrial...
View ArticleUS donates ambulances worth Sh120 million to Eldoret Council
The city of Minneapolis in the United States has donated ambulances valued at Sh120 million to the Eldoret Municipal Council. Eldoret and Minneapolis have a twinning programme through which plans are...
View ArticleWomen Enterprise Fund to start loaning via phone-CEO
Women Enterprise Fund will start issuing loans through mobile phones, CEO Samuel Wainaina has said. Wainaina said his organisation will adopt the technology to improve the issuing and the repayment of...
View ArticleFormer PS Lonyangapuo wants state to enhance security
Former PS in the Ministry of Public works John Lonyangapuo has asked the government to beef up security in the country before embarking on the disarmament programme. He said pastoralists living on the...
View ArticlePrompt action saves hospital from X-Ray room fire
Property worthy millions of shillings was saved yesterday morning after a fire broke out at the X-Ray room at the Trans Mara District Hospital. The hospital's boss Samuel Misoi said the fire started at...
View ArticleNarok ODM boss assures aspirants of fair primaries
ODM coordinator for Narok county Paul Lemiso has assured aspirants of a fair nomination process on January 17. Lemiso said all aspirants contesting the senator, governor, women's representative,...
View ArticleSh12bn Pokot cement factory to be completed next year
Investors in the Sh12 billion cement factory in Pokot have pledged to complete the project next year after revising its implementation plan. The project was initially scheduled to end this year. CEO of...
View ArticleAspirant pledges to tackle human-wildlife conflicts
Narok West parliamentary aspirant Patrick Ntutu has pledged to address human-wildlife conflicts if elected. Addressing reporters in Narok town yesterday, Ntutu said he will prioritise the issue to...
View ArticleWetang'ula is Bukusu's new spokesman
Bukusu elders in Trans Nzoia have endorsed Trade minister Moses Wetang'ula as the community's political spokesman. Speaking to journalists at Kitale town, the more than 200 elders said the community...
View ArticleResidents asked to get tested for HIV
RESIDENTS OF Narok North have been urged to know their HIV status. Constituency AIDS Control Council co-ordinator Kenneth Passiany said residents will win the war against HIV/Aids if they get tested....
View ArticleBoda boda operators ask for new number plates
KENYA National Association for Motorcycle Owners and Riders have appealed to the Kenya Revenue Authority to register new motorcycles with the legally recognised numbers plates. Chairman Samson Nundu...
View ArticleState revives peace teams in the Rift Valley
Peace and security committees have been revived in the Rift Valley ahead of the general election. The government has planned a series of peace meetings in Uasin Gishu and other areas prone to violence....
View ArticleKuresoi youth begin peace campaigns
YOUTH in Kuresoi South and North have embarked on a mission to preach peace. Through youth groups, they intend to visit homes, meet the locals in barazas, market and churches to urge them to uphold...
View ArticleMatatu sector in Nakuru moves to reform self
THE matatu sector in Nakuru has laid down mechanisms to streamline and instill sanity on Public Service Vehicles. Nakuru County Matatu Sacco chair Stephen Muli said his office has started collecting...
View ArticleCandidates eyeing KTDA director’s elections disqualified over use of dead...
Candidates who were disqualified in the election of directors for Murang'a tea factories are challenging the decision in court. The candidates were disqualified by the Kenya Tea Development Authority...
View ArticleKiambu TNA to reduce polling centres
TNA has reduced the number of polling stations in Kiambu for primaries from 551 to 184 to cut down on cost . TNA coordinator Gladys Chania and vice chairman William Kuria Josiah said 550 ballot boxes...
View ArticleWomen rep aspirant warns against TNA euphoria
An aspirant for women's representative in Kiambu has warned Kenyans against voting on party euphoria. Catherine Wanjiru, who vying on the Democratic Party ticket, said the current TNA euphoria in...
View ArticleSuspected killer arrested
Police in Laikipia west have arrested a man suspected to be behind the killing of three people on Sunday night. The man was arrested at Salama near the scene where the bodies were found. Among those...
View ArticleKipipiri TNA aspirants warn of rigging plot
Some TNA aspirants in Nyandarua have accused a senior politician of plotting to rig the party primaries. The Kipipiri parliamentary aspirants led by former MP Mwangi Githiomi and Nairobi-based lawyer...
View ArticleLimuru clerics reject MPs bid to lock them out of CDF cash
Limuru Constituency Senior Clergy Forum has asked President Kibaki not to assent to the bill seeking to remove them from the CDF board. The pastors led by Bishop Gerishon Njoroge of Wings of Life...
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