No licence for Butali Sugar Mills
THE Court of Appeal has reversed a a decision by a High Court to license operations at the Butali Sugar Mills in Malava subcounty, Kakamega. The Court of appeal said the decision by the Kenya Sugar...
View ArticleMagerer on ODM charm offensive
ODM has begun fresh attempts to reconcile two rival factions at the Bungoma branch. Last Friday, ODM executive director Magerer Lang’at convened a closed door meeting at Elegant Hotel in Bungoma to...
View ArticlePolice arrest ATM 'thief' after robbery
A man has been arrested with a stolen ATM card suspected to have been used to withdrew money at the Kisumu CFC Bank branch. County police boss Nelson Njiri said Martin Okello was arrested at Lakers In...
View ArticleNo leader of minority at Siaya
SIAYA county assembly will continue to conduct its business without minority leader, deputy minority leader as well as the minority whip, speaker George Okode has ruled. He also ruled that Ford-Kenya...
View ArticleKisumu dogs to get jabs against rabies
DOGS in Kisumu will be vaccinated and tagged in the fight against rabies, Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga has said. KISUMU County Government will embark on vaccination and tagging of immunized dogs in a...
View ArticleKisii chain stores told to stock local produce
SUPERMARKETS in Kisii have been directed to stock locally produced goods. Trade executive said the supermarkets should prioritise sale of banana crisps and traditional vegenatbles from the region. This...
View ArticleJubilee killing sugar industry, says Savula
LUGARI MP Ayub Savula has accused the Jubilee government of being behind problems facing the sugar industry. Savula said the government has neglected the sector by failing to review the single customs...
View ArticleBack devolution, Osele to Jubilee
Kabondo Kasipul MP Sylvance Osele has accused the Jubilee government of insincerity on devolution. He said the government frustrating devolution, instead of ensuring it works He said tenders and...
View ArticleSupport vote, MP tells youth
Youths from Kabondo Kasipul constituency have been urged to support the Okoa Kenya movement as it will bring constitutional fairness and equity in resource allocation. MP Silvance Osele said Cord's...
View ArticleFamily looks for Sh1 million
A family in Kangoge village, Karachuonyo constituency, Homa Bay county is looking for Sh1 million for their daughter's heart surgery. Florence Ochieng is suffering from a congenital heart disease. Her...
View ArticleK'Oyoo pushes for varsity campus in Muhoroni
THE Commission for Higher Education has been urged to approve the proposed Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology campus in Muhoroni constituency. Muhoroni MP Onyango K’Oyoo said...
View ArticleMan attempts to harm cop with jembe
Traffic police officers in Oyugis, Rachuonyo South on Monday shot in the air when a lorry driver threatened them. They found the river with an invalid licence when they stopped him on the Oyugis–Kisii...
View ArticleLosses as dawn fire guts Kisumu market
TWENTY shops and property of unknown value were yesterday burned down in Kisumu’s Bandani area. The 4.30am fire gutted down a salon, video show room, milk outlet, M-Pesa shops and hotels. Residents...
View ArticleGovernors moot bank for Western
Five counties in Western Kenya want to transform the Mulembe Investments micro-finance institution into a regional people’s bank. Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka said his colleagues Wycliffe Oparanya...
View ArticleBan school deputy over affair – TSC
The TSC yesterday directed the management of Mbihi Secondary School, Vihiga, to interdict deputy principal Elisha Kedode over his alleged seduction of a student. Kedode is reported to have slept with a...
View ArticleLuhya split a 'divide-and-rule'
KAKAMEGA senator Bonny Khalwale yesterday came under scathing attack for rubbishing Luhya unity. Former ODM commissioner for elections Charles Werangai said that Khalwale was being used by Cord leader...
View ArticleUse malaria nets correctly
HOMA BAY Health executive Lawrence Oteng wants residents to use mosquito nets properly to reduce malaria. Speaking to the Star on Tuesday at his office, Oteng said his department was distributing...
View ArticleCash for road contracts decried in Kakamega
CONTRACTORS in Kakamega have blown the whistle on leaders who demand bribes from them for road repair and maintenance. Speaking to journalists in Mumias town yesterday, the contractors, who sought...
View ArticleSome MCAs reject guns, bodyguards
A section of Kakamega MCAs has rejected a call for county representatives to be given firearms, saying many of them will misuse the weapons. The politicians said they don’t want round-the-clock...
View ArticlePSV crews slam cop graft
MIGORI PSV operators on the Migori-Kisii highway have accused the county traffic base commander Aggrey Ukiru of allowing corruption on several roadblocks erected in the area. They cited six road blocks...
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