Ababu testifies in petition
BUDALANG'I MP Ababu Namwamba yesterday appeared before a Busia court to testify in a case filed by a petitioner challenging his win in the March 4 general elections. Ababu said the petition had no...
View ArticleJudge says no to extra witnesses in Borabu case
The High Court in Kisii yesterday denied an application to summon 10 new witnesses in a case challenging the election of Joel Onyancha as Bomachoge Borabu MP. Petitioners Peter Kimori and Albert Mbaka...
View ArticleHunt on for boda bodas who beat Kisumu cop
POLICE in Kisumu have launched a massive crackdown on boda boda operators after they beat up an officer. The operators on Tuesday evening pursued a police Land Cruiser GKA547E accusing the driver of...
View ArticleSenators raise bar for technical institutes
THE Senate will draft a Bill for counties to set up technical colleges and speed up industrialisation. Speaking at Sigalagala Polytechnic on Wednesday, Mutahi Kagwe who is the chairman of the Senate...
View ArticleCounty plans to woo tourists
HOMA BAY county government is seeking for a financial partner to help brand and market its historic sites and other tourist attractions, deputy governor Hamilton Orata has said. Orata said yesterday...
View ArticleCentre for the blind launched
BLIND people in Teso are to benefit from a centre of excellence aimed at taming rising illiteracy among them. The secretary of the Kenya Union for the Blind Teso branch secretary Alex Ekirapa said the...
View ArticleWestern MPs scoff at Raila referendum calls
Four MPs from Western Kenya have told off former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his Cord alliance over their calls for a referendum. Raila and his team are pushing to collect one million signatures to...
View ArticleBusia elders call for unpaid allowances
Elders in BusIa county have complaints over delays in payment of their subsisistence allowance by the government. Led by William Ojiambo, they have not received the monthly dues even though the...
View ArticleReps want quarterly allocations
A section of Bungoma ward representatives have opposed the suggestion by the national government to disburse county funds on monthly basis. Led by Majority Leader in Bungoma County Assembly Henry...
View ArticleSiaya council workers not paid
Siaya municipal council employees who were inherited by the county government are yet to be paid their four-month salaries after they were absorbed into the new administration. It has emerged that...
View ArticleTeachers fired for caning students
Teachers' union officials have criticised the TSC of unfairly interdicting teachers in Migori county. John Obonyo, the executive secretary of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (Kuppet), and...
View ArticleKisumu to hire private ICT firm
Collection of revenue in Kisumu County is to be digitised, Governor Jack Ranguma has said. Ranguma said the county contract independent firm to digitalise the operation. “We are aware of the system...
View ArticleSiaya county executive orders residents off sewer line reserve
SIAYA town residents have been ordered to vacate a sewer line reserve to make way for the construction of water and sewerage system. Chairman of the Siaya County Assembly committee on land, physical...
View ArticleMigori police probe lynching of DoD worker
The family of a Department of Defence employee who who was killed by a mob has hired a private investigator to help bring culprits to book. Elkana Gonda Siong’o, his driver Amos Amek and farm hand...
View Article31 boda boda riders held in Kisumu raid
POLICE have arrested more than 30 boda boda operators in Kisumu in connection to attack of a police officer. The arrest has caused apprehension among the operators in the town. Kisumu police boss Musa...
View ArticleTeso private schools association backs state ban on holiday tuition
TESO North Private Schools Association yesterday defended the government’s move to ban holiday tuition. The association's organising secretary Michael Ikolak said it is illegal to have holiday tuition...
View ArticleBondo residents complain of insecurity after AP camp shut
RESIDENTS of Nyamonye trading center in Bondo district, Siaya county have decried insecurity. They said insecurity has risen following the recent closure of the AP camp. The camp was closed last month...
View ArticleRuth summoned by Kisumu CID over killing claim
FORMER PM Raila Odinga’s sister Ruth, has said there is a plot to assassinate her. Ruth, who is also the Kisumu deputy governor, allegedly allegedly told one of her bodyguards that she is plotting to...
View ArticleGlobal Fund delays TB handout
More than 250 Tuberculosis patients in Kuria West district risk having a drug resistant variant of the disease after Global Fund delayed paying funds to a local CBO. Community HIV/Aids Initiative based...
View ArticleBungoma theft may be a coverup attempt
The theft of five computers at Bungoma governor’s office last Friday has been linked to a scheme to conceal a flawed procurement exercise and unaccounted land rates, the Star has learnt. The governor's...
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