Students told to focus on studies
A Migori county assembly member has asked police to crackdown on students engaged in boda boda business. Eunitta Kokeyo said the students should be barred from operating boda boda so that they can...
View ArticleResidents want audit report
A section of Kisumu county residents have demanded the release of a report on its employees' headcount. The headcount was done in August. Kisumu City Residents' Voice chair Audi Ogada accused the...
View ArticleYouth camp kicks open
THE Kenya Red Cross National Youth camp has kicked off in Kisumu. Red Cross assistant secretary general in charge of the Western Kenya region, Emmanuel Owako said youth from various parts of the...
View ArticleSuit against Olago election postponed
THE appeal case challenging the election of Kisumu West MP Olago Aluoch has been postponed. The case filed by appellant Rozah Akinyi Buyu was postponed yesterday following an application by Olago’s...
View ArticleTeso North MP, DEO bury the hatchet
TESO North MP Arthur Odera and District Education Officer Genetrix Amatha have resolved to work together. Busia county commissioner Josephine Onunga witnessed the two shake hands during a District...
View ArticleMan's maimed body recovered
An amputated body of a 49-year-old man was yesterday found in Ligega sub county,Ugenya constituency. A former civic leader Raphael Oduor Delewa said villagers identified the body as that of Charles...
View ArticleFirm refuses to be smoked out of Migori
THE Mastermind Tobacco Kenya has said it still has presence in Migori district even after the county goverment kicked it out. Francis Kimani, the MTK national Leaf operational manager, said the company...
View ArticleYouth slam Marende smear
The Orange Democratic Movement youth league has said smear campaigns against former National Assembly speaker Kenneth Marende have been launched ahead of the 2017 general election. Speaking in Kakamega...
View ArticleKisii women reps miss out on House posts
Kisii county's nominated female members of assembly have accused their male counterparts of discrimination. They said they have been denied slots in assembly committees. “We feel discriminated because...
View ArticleTeso South residents evict suspected thugs
Residents of Adungosi trading centre yesterday forcefully evicted 30 people suspected to be criminals. The suspects were flushed from their houses with their families and property and ferried on...
View ArticleRasanga reads riot act to Siaya county official
SIAYA Governor Cornel Rasanga yesterday dressed down a senior county officer in public. He confronted Silas Odhiambo, the interim county secretary, for failing to invite county commissioner Joseph...
View ArticleSecurity team deployed for Bungoma polls
Bungoma senator aspirants engaging in electoral violence have been warned of dire consequences. Speaking yesterday at the launch of a mobile police post at Kikwechi. Bungoma county commissioner Maalim...
View ArticleMCAs strike halts services
The strike by members of the county assembly over salaries is hurting work in Vihiga, county commissioner Boaz Cherutich has said. Addressing residents at Ebuyangu trading centre on Tuesday, Cherutich...
View ArticleMother tongue in Suna schools
Use of mother tongue among teachers and lack of exposure is to blame poor performance of schools in Suna West division, Moi Suba Girls Secondary School principal Rosemary Orlando has said. Speaking...
View ArticleMP protests ill treatment
EMBAKASI East MP John Omondi has criticised the master of ceremony who barred him from addressing Nyang'oma Kogelo residents during First Lady Margaret Kenyatta's vist to the area. He termed the act as...
View ArticleBusia Knut decries incest
BUSIA branch Kenya National Union of Teachers has expressed concerns over rising rape and early pregnancies cases among school girls committed by parents and relatives. Speaking to the press at the...
View ArticleVihiga county offices on private land, says official
ALL buildings housing public offices at the Vihiga county headquarters are standing on private land, a senior official has said. County legal adviser Aggrey Musiega said the land hosting the former...
View ArticleSony Sugar launches new digital system
SONY Sugar Company has modernised its service delivery by using a digital platform launched on Tuesday. Jane Pamela, the company’s acting MD, while addressing the guests during the launch of an...
View ArticleMudavadi backtracks on recalling Khalwale
UNITED Democratic Front party will not recall Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale for going against the party’s stand on the Bungoma Senator by-election, party leader Musalia Mudavadi has said. Mudavadi...
View ArticleDrunk teachers in Teso to be disciplined
TEACHERS who go to school drunk will face disciplinary action, a Teso North education official has warned. Deputy district quality assurance and standards officer Veronica Oranga said there will be no...
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