Bungoma to check Busaa consumption
The Bungoma county assembly will this week pass laws to regulate consumption of illicit brews. Speaker John Makali yesterday said the assembly will resume its sitings and debate laws on busaa...
View ArticleNyamira, Kisii counties feud over Keroka town
A row is simmering between Kisii and Nyamira counties over the location of Keroka town. Both counties claim the town. Last week, the Transitional Authority, in an advisory on classification of urban...
View ArticleMasinde Muliro to build more classrooms
MASINDE Muliro University of Science and Technology will put up a new structure to create more space at the institution, council chairman David Nyamweya has said. Speaking during the launch of the...
View ArticleBungoma poll petitions blamed for case pileup
ELECTION petitions are causing a backlog of cases at the Bungoma law courts. The chairman of the Law Society of Kenya, Bungoma chapter, Andrew Kituyi said ten poll petitions at the Bungoma High Court...
View ArticleBusia needs tittle deeds - Ojaamong
A section of leaders from Busia county have appealed to the goverment to issue residents with tittle deeds. Governor Sospeter Ojaamong said the goverment should ensure squatters in the region have...
View ArticleCase against MP Olago dismissed
THE High Court in Kisumu yesterday dismissed a petition challenging the election of Olago Aluoch as the Kisumu West MP. Judge Hillary Chemitei ordered petitioner, Rosa Buyu, to pay Sh1.5 million as...
View ArticleRep wants ODM party nominations
Some Siaya ODM members are against direct nomination of a candidate for the governor by-elections. East Ugenya ward county representative Eric Ndonji said ODM a democratic party and will not impose a...
View ArticleBungoma reps leave for Sweden
A delegation of Bungoma county executives will today go for a ten- day visit to Sweden. Deputy Governor Hillary Chongwony will lead the group set to attend a seminar on planning, water and energy. The...
View ArticleCDF boss held hostage over Sh5 million
TWO Amagoro based contractors yesterday held a Teso South Constituency Development Fund official over unpaid bills. The contractors led by John Ikobo of Karuok General Services locked CDF chairman...
View ArticleBoda boda protest rising insecurity
MORE than 100 boda boda operators from Angurai division yesterday protested outside Teso North DC offices in Amagoro over rising insecurity. They demanded the removal of Angurai DO William Mwangi. The...
View ArticleKisumu governor and speaker clash on roles
KISUMU county assembly speaker Anne Adul has disagreed with Governor Jack Ranguma over the running of the county affairs. Adul said she is being ignored by the county government’s executive arm on...
View ArticleSuspected gangster gunned down
A suspected criminal was yesterday shot dead by police at Makunga, Mumias. His accomplice is admitted at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital with bullet wounds. Mumias police boss George Seda said the...
View ArticleSpeaker to act as governor for Siaya
SIAYA county assembly speaker George Okode was on Tuesday sworn in as acting governor. Okode said he will hold public briefing meetings every three weeks to inform residents on the county's financial...
View ArticleBungoma hospital bans mobile phones in wards
Bungoman District Hospital has banned the use of mobile phones in the wards. This follows a local television report in which nurses were filmed beating a pregnant mother who was delivering on the floor...
View ArticleOfficer kills woman in Teso brawl
AN AP officer attacked a woman at Kakemer village in Teso North on Wednesday evening. Ruth Amachidang Imo, 68, was taken to Moding Health Centre but died while receiving treatment. Chamasiri chief...
View ArticleBungoma's revenue down by 40 per cent
Revenue collection in Bungoma county dropped by 40 per cent between April and June. Documents seen by the Star show that the county government collected Sh28 million in March. However, the amount...
View ArticleMob lynches suspect, 17
A 17-year-old boy was at the weekend lynched by a mob at Upland area in Malaba. He was flashed out from a toilet where had hidden after a chase with a boda boda rider. The rider found the boy and two...
View ArticleRadio Africa and, counties in deal
The Radio Africa Group will partner with county governments to expose their potential Speaking at the Bungoma governor’s office, when he visited, Radio Africa Group business development manager...
View ArticleChiefs to end child labour
Chiefs in Migori have been warned against promoting child labour. Migori county commissioner Ann Ng'etich said child labour contributes to the high dropout rate in schools in the region. In a speech...
View ArticleFour killed in Webuye crash
Four people were killed on Saturday night on the Webuye–Malaba highway at Madisi area. The vehicle they were travelling in smashed into a lorry. All the four occupants were killed instantly. Their...
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