MIgori told to live in harmony
MIGORI county deputy governor Mwita Mahanga has asked communities living in the county to embrace cohesion. Mahanga said the county has different communities, tribes and clans and should live...
View ArticleBusia deputy speaker ‘won’t meddle’ in jobs
BUSIA deputy speaker Moses Ote has vowed to remain neutral in the county ward and village administrators’ jobs. He said he was surprised 422 people from his ward had applied for ward administrator jobs...
View ArticleMigori gold miner, 26, suffocates from diesel generator fumes
A gold-miner suffocated to the death at the weekend at Masara area in Migori District, a month after five miners died in the same area. Douglas Okello, 26, is believed to have died from the effects of...
View ArticleMet to get cash, food prizes for circumcision
Kenya National Male Circumcision task force and players in the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision have launched a pilot study to lure men within 24-49 years to circumcision. The initiative is aimed at...
View ArticleVihiga maternity wing to get Sh130 million boost
THE stalled maternity wing at the Vihiga County Hospital will be completed to enhance the government’s free maternal care policy, Governor Moses Akaranga has said. Speaking at the hospital on Friday,...
View ArticleUniversity branch to be opened
NAMBALE MP has said Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology will set up a branch in the constituency. John Bunyasi yesterday led a team of 10 people from Nambale at the university in...
View ArticleLocal church to start NGO
THE Southern Diocese of Kenya Mennonite Church in Migori and parts of Narok will launch an NGO. During a function at Migori East Parish on Sunday, programme officer Titus Odhiambo said the 37 churches...
View ArticleMob justice is unlawful, says top cop
MUHORONI police boss Muthuri Mwongera has cautioned the residents against taking law into their hands. This follows an increase of cases in the area where suspects are lynched by the public. “Do not...
View ArticleBoy aged 13 thrown out by relatives
A 13-year-old believed to have been assaulted by his grandmother and uncle in Ndhiwa Sub-County has resorted to crashing stones to raise school fees and other basic needs. Brian Omondi, a standard...
View ArticleCops, boda boda men in wrangles
THERE was a standoff between police and boda boda operators in Kakamega town on Friday in a crackdown on traffic offenders in Kakamega County. The operators resisted arrest by two police officers and...
View ArticleCall to sell sugar firms
THE Western Development Initiative Association has asked the government to streamline the sugar sector ahead of the expiry of the Comesa safeguard period in March, 2014. Vice chair Joseph Barasa in a...
View Article290 constituencies to get CDF's Sh24 billion
Two hundred and ninety constituencies created under the new constitution will benefit from Sh24 billion from Constituency Development Fund kitty. CDF board chairperson Jenipher Baraza said they will...
View ArticleCDF to build dispensary
NAMBALE Constituency Development Fund committee has allocated Sh6.9million to purchase land and construct a dispensary at Esidende. Speaking during a tour of projects in NAMBALE yesterday, Nambale MP...
View ArticleSony Sacco to open front office services this year
SONY Sugar Sacco which recruits Sony Sugar Company permanent employees will open front office services by the end the year. Sonygar chairman Andrew Omugah, during the 34th Annual General Meeting at the...
View Article2 Kakamega mps to oppose Marriage Bill
TWO MPs from Kakamega county have promised to oppose the new Marriage Bill introduced in Parliament last week. Mumias East legislator Ben Washiali and his Butere counterpart Andrew Toboso said the Bill...
View ArticleKisumu residents urged to invest in hotel industry
RESIDENTS of Kisumu have been asked to invest in hotel industry to boost tourism in the county. Commerce and tourism executive Rose Kisia, told locals to engage in housing business to meet demand for...
View ArticleKisumu private developers to edge out encroachers
A SECTION of private developers in Kisumu have asked the county government to evict those who have encroached in their land. Some have since written to the executive secretary for Physical Planning,...
View ArticleEquip Kisii Hospital, says former mayor
FORMER Kisii mayor Sam Nyangeso has appealed to the government to properly equip Kisii Level Five Hospital. Nyangeso said: “This hospital serves several counties in South Nyanza region and South Rift....
View ArticleKhalwale loses his phone at AFC Leopards match
Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale was robbed off his mobile phone and wallet at Mumias Sports Complex. He had gone to watch a football match between AFC Leopards and Mathare United Tusker Premier League....
View ArticleCourt dismisses break-in at IEBC warehouse claim
THE High Court in Kisumu has dismissed claims that unknown persons broke into the IEBC warehouse in Kisumu and tampered with Siaya governor votes. Justice Aggrey Muchelule said no evidence shows...
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