Siaya school heads shuffled to up grades
MORE than 10 secondary school head teachers have been shuffled by the Teachers Service Commission in Siaya county in a bid to enhance education standards. Siaya county TSC Director Daniel Cherutoi said...
View ArticlePay teachers, Homa Bay clerics tell state
Church leaders have called on the government to resolve the teachers' strike. South Nyanza Spiritual Churches Organisation chairman Cardinal Joel Odero staying at home will encourage learners to...
View ArticleKisumu activists want police to protect patient
HUMAN rights activists in Kisumu want police to protect a patient at Victoria Hospital following attempted attack. They said the life of Dorah Ojenge is in danger. The security guard at the hospital...
View ArticleLawyer threatens to sue Webuye West MP over stale cheque
A Kitale lawyer has asked the police to arrest Webuye West MP Dan Wanyama for issuing him with a stale cheque for his legal fees. Nixon Sifuna said he will file a criminal case against the MP for...
View ArticleHousing crisis in Kisii as county needs 2,000 housing units
Local and foreign investors in Kisii county have been warned against constructing houses without approval. Land executive Moses Onderi said the county government has set up a development committee to...
View ArticleKCSE students demand certificates
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has been urged to help candidates who sat their form four exams in 2011 and 2012 in Kisumu get their certificates. The candidates said the certificates did not have photos and...
View ArticleBomas Of Bungoma to preserve region's culture
The Bungoma government will, through the Culture and Gender department establish Bomas of Bungoma. This will help the six communities in the region preserve there cultural heritage, Governor Kenneth...
View ArticleI share in your plight, Awiti tells teachers
STRIKING teachers on Wednesday demonstrated in Homa Bay town and sought audience with Governor Cyprian Awiti. The teachers' strike enters its fifth day today. Addressing them in his office, Awiti said...
View ArticleRep urges disabled to form saccos
People living with disability in Kisumu county have been urged to form saccos to enable them access business loans. Kisumu women's representative Rose Nyamunga said the saccos will transform the lives...
View ArticleNew teachers report to one
As teachers’ strike entered its second week, 13 newly recruited teachers in Bunyala subcounty, Busia county, reported to work on Monday, but found no one in their new schools. The teachers were issued...
View ArticleWard bosses told to work
KISUMU Governor Jack Ranguma yesterday urged subcounty and ward administrators to serve the residents. Speaking in his office, Ranguma said the administrators are required to oversee development...
View ArticleRuth apology to Omamo, Ngilu
KISUMU Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga has apologised to Cabinet Secretaries Raychelle Omamo (Defence) and Charity Ngilu (Lands) for being heckled during Fidel Odinga’s burial service at Jaramogi Oginga...
View Article30 Busia students get Wings to Fly bursary
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong yesterday flagged off 30 beneficiaries of Equity Bank's Wings to Fly education sponsorhip from the county. The 30 students – 15 each from Equity's Malaba and Busia...
View ArticleKisumu road works stall over jobs row
THE road expansion works from Kisumu International Airport to Kisian on the Kisumu-Busia highway has stalled over jobs stalemate. The SBI Construction Company pulled out their machines from Tieng’re...
View ArticleWelcome Raila, Awiti tells Homa Bay
HOMA BAY: Residents have been told to turn up in large number and welcome Cord leader Raila Odinga today. Governor Cyprian Awiti said those who did not attend Fidel's burial should take the visit as...
View ArticleSpatial Plan Mooted For Bungoma County
BUNGOMA A plan has been proposed for infrastructure development that will cater for the fast growing population now at 1.6 million. The county's population is growing at the rate of 3.15 per cent per...
View ArticleBumula MP Otsiula irked by CORD's remarks on new IEBC CEO
BUMULA MP Boniface Otiula has castigated Cord politicians who have condemning the appointment of Ezra Simiyu to the IEBC. Speaking in Bungoma town yesterday Otsiula said it is wrong for coalition...
View ArticleAduma warns MPs over Homa Bay poll
NYAKACH MP Aduma Awuor has warned disloyal politicians over their stance against the ODM candidate for the senator race. He said they will not be considered for elective positions in the coming general...
View ArticleOparanya creates jobs for class eight graduates, primary dropouts
CLASS eight dropouts and those who never went to school will now have an opportunity to work in the Kakamega county government, Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has said. Oparanya yesterday said a programme...
View ArticlePolice find Sh2.3 million worth of bhang in house with kids, smugglers escape
BHANG worth more than Sh2.3million was yesterday impounded by anti-narcotics police in Migori town. Police patrolling in Bondo Nyironge village received a tip off from members of the public about...
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