Understaffed Muhoroni hospital riles patients
MASOGO Sub county Hospital in Muhoroni has only three medics serving more than 300 patients everyday.Such is the shortage of personnel that patients spend the day at the hospital the whole day without...
View ArticleSh24m for Lake Victoria projects
The government has disbursed Sh24.1 million to projects under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme. Speaking at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu county, Environment secretary...
View ArticleKeep your maize, rep tells Butere farmers
BUTERE residents have been told not to sell their maize but store it for the future. Shianda-Marenyo ward county representative Grace Aluanga said some locals are selling their harvest for as low as...
View ArticleMasinde Muliro students to get digital library
MASINDE Muliro University of Science and Technology will on Monday launch an automated library management system. This will ensure students have wider access to information through electronic books and...
View ArticleKisumu county runs up Sh11m foreign trip bill
THE Kisumu county government has been criticised for approving expenditure of close to Sh11 million on a foreign trips. Kisumu City Residents Voice chairman Audi Ogada faulted the assembly for spending...
View ArticleCops' solar panel stolen
POLICE in Nambale sub county are looking for a man who stole a solar panel from Nambale Police Station yesterday. The station boss, Moses Murefu said the man, posing as a technician sent to repair the...
View ArticleNetherlands gives Sh34m to Western
The Netherlands will spend Sh34 million to support various programmes in Western Kenya, the Netherlands ambassador to Kenya, Joost Reintjes, has said. Reintjes was speaking in Bungoma during the launch...
View ArticleKhwisero MP poll petition thrown out
THE petition challenging Benjamin Andola’s election as Khwisero MP has been dismissed. Judge George Dulu ruled on Thursday that the petitioner,Benjamin Andama, could not prove his allegations which...
View ArticleParents told to take boys for free cut
PARENTS in Kisumu county have been advised to take their children for the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision to help fight HIV infections. Speaking in Ahero town yesterday, Nyando District Rapid...
View ArticleMudavadi wants laws amended
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has asked Parliament to amend devolution laws to ensure it is strengthened. Speaking at Chavakali Boys High School in Vihiga county on Saturday, the UDF...
View ArticleButere ODM members move to TNA
MORE than 600 ODM members in Butere yesterday defected to TNA citing dictatorial leadership in the Raila Odinga-led party. Led by former Buchenya ward councilor Johnston Maloba who doubled as ODM vice...
View ArticleCo-op official rejects cotton farmers polls
The election of the Kimira Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Society ended violently after Nyando district cooperative officer rejected the list of elected officials. Gideon Oduol rejected the list...
View ArticleMan's body found in after land row
THE decomposing body of a man was found in a forest in Murende village in Matayos, Busia County. Murende sub-location assistant chief Antony Wanyama yesterday said the Charles Egesa's body had been...
View ArticleJudge dismisses vote recount in Kitutu case
THE High Court in Kisii dismissed an application for the scrutiny and recount of Kitutu Masaba parliamentary votes. KITUTU Masaba MP Timothy Bosire got a reprieve in an election petition challenging...
View ArticleOngwae vows to revamp coffee trade in Kisii
KISII Governor James Ongwae has told managements of coffee societies to "put their house in order". Speaking at Kisii Farmers Union on Friday, Ongwae said he will revive the sector. “We want to revive...
View ArticleSmuggled sugar poses threat to farmers
CHEAP sugar imports from Tanzania and Uganda will affect more than 50,000 sugar cane farmers in South Nyanza, leaders have said. The imports which are smuggled through porous borders and on Lake...
View ArticleBusia bones laid bare as cemetery grabbed
Some residents of Mauko village have expressed concern over the move by some people who have grabbed and converted Busia cemetery into agricultural land. They said the farmers are exposing the bodies...
View ArticleForm 6 brain ruled against me - Rasanga
FORMER Siaya Governor Rasanga Amoth has trashed the High Court ruling that nullified his election. Rasanga said, after going through the ruling and as a legal expert, he has established that the brain...
View ArticleCord leaders fault Uhuru, Ruto on Coast title deeds
Cord leaders yesterday criticised President Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto over their move to issue more than 60,000 title deeds Coast residents. Cord members, led by Raila Odinga and Bungoma...
View ArticlePolice out to stop guns from Uganda
Police in Bungoma have moved to curb the influx of illegal firearms from the neigbouring Uganda. Speaking to the Star yesterday, county commissioner Mohamed Maalim said the firearms from the Uganda are...
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