Sirisia gets Sh300m for water
The Ministry of Water and Natural resources has set aside Sh300 million for improving water and sanitation in Sirisia constituency. Area MP John Waluke said the money will be used to drill boreholes...
View ArticleResidents told to keep off roads
NYAMIRA Senator Kennedy Okong’o has said structures on road reserves in the county will be pulled down by contractors. He said those who have encorached on the re serves should voluntarily pull down...
View ArticleKisii allocates Sh360m for road network
THE Kisii county government has approved Sh360 million for the improvement of the region’s road network to spur economic growth. The county government will build a 225km of compacted murram standard...
View ArticleAwendo family looks for missing woman
A family in Kokuro area, Awendo constituency is searching for a woman whohas been missing for more than a month. Her husband Paul Onyango, 29, said Lydia Awuor, 22, left home on December 12 at around...
View ArticleKakamega split ahead of ODM elections
THE ODM branch in Kakamega county will go it alone in the February 28 ODM polls, national director of policy and strategy Nabii Nabwera has said. He said the county will seek the deputy party leader's...
View ArticleObure tells Kisii MCAs to pass crucial bills
KISII Senator Chris Obure has urged Members of the County Assembly to expedite the passing of crucial bills to enable the county move forward. Obure said if the county assembly will not speed up the...
View ArticleParent rewards school with bull
A parent whose daughter emerged among the best performers in last year’s KCPE exams rewarded Booker Academy with a bull yesterday. Prof Kingiri Senelwa of the University of Eldoret said he was elated...
View ArticleMPs protest sugar imports
Three MPs from Western Kenya sugar belt have asked the government to stop importing sugar into the country. They said this will protect local millers from unnecessary importing. Mumias East MP Ben...
View ArticleKakamega officials split on Oparanya candidature
ODM officials in Kakamega have differed over the purported endorsement of Governor Wycliffe Oparanya to contest the deputy party leader position in the the February 28 party elections. Branch chairman...
View ArticleTraders want secure stalls
Nambale traders threaten to stop paying revenue to Busia County government. TRADERS from Tangakona market in Nambale subcounty, Busia county have threatened to stop paying revenue. Led by...
View ArticleCall to devolve education
County leaders want education to be fully devolved to enhance its quality. Speaking at the Southern Nyanza Anglican Church Diocese during a thanks- giving ceremony, Governor Cyprian Awiti and Kara-...
View ArticleJakoyo warns of Kidero ploy
DEPUTY minority leader in the National Assembly Jakoyo Midiwo has said the suits which have been filed against Governor Evans Kidero is a ploy to oust him from office. Midiwo said the case filed by...
View ArticleParents protest teacher transfer
PARENTS yesterday stormed Pap Oriang Primary school in Siaya county to protest the transfer of its headteacher, Moses Juma. Led by the school management committee chair Charles Onyango Oriwa the...
View ArticleVarsity signs MoU to treat residents
THE Maseno University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sagam Community Hospital to provide medical services to communities living in Siaya, Kisumu and Vihiga counties. In the...
View ArticleKisumu blood bank staff deny shortage
THE Western and Nyanza Regional Blood Transfusion Centre based in Kisumu has denied that it is facing a shortage of blood. Technical director Reuben Anyango said there is enough blood in the blood bank...
View ArticleYour jobs are safe, Governor Akaranga assures chiefs
VIHIGA Governor Moses Akaranga has allayed fears that chiefs and assistant chief will lose their jobs following the appointments of subcounty and ward administrators. He said services provided by the...
View ArticleOtuoma declares bid for ODM chairman
FUNYULA MP Paul Otuoma has called on ODM national party delegates to elect fresh leaders that will reform the party ahead of 2017 general election. Otuoma, who yesterday in Kisumu declared his ODM...
View ArticleBusia women's rep declares interest in ODM seat
BUSIA women’s representative Florence Mutua Waingah has said she wiull contest the position of deputy organising secretary in the February 28 ODM party elections. She said if elected, she will ensure...
View ArticleWetang'ula poised to be crowned Luhya supremo
The Cord brigade will this Friday be in Bungoma for the homecoming and thanksgiving mass of Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula. Luhya elders plan to crown him as the Luhya supremo on the same day....
View ArticlePlans to boost local women
HOMA Bay women's representative Gladys Wanga has launched a program dubbed "Mobile Huduma Center" in the county. She said the programme is meant to boost women's income to improve their living...
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