Savula protests against sugarcane price cuts
LUGARI MP Ayub Savula has threatened to lead demonstrations by sugarcane farmers over reduction of payments by millers in Kakamega county. He said the pay cut from Sh3,400 to Sh3,200 per tonne of cane...
View ArticleSolve killings, Cord tells state
CORD leaders have asked the government to resolve past assassinations of national politicians in the country. The coalition’s principals Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula said Kenyans...
View ArticlePolice boss on spot over graft
Angry residents and mineral ore traders in Macalder mines, Nyatike constituency have accused area police boss Richard Mukwate of harassment and corruption. On Friday at 10pm residents said Mukwate was...
View ArticleKakamega MCAs defend Oparanya from criticism
MEMBERS of Kakamega county assembly and executive committee on Saturday engaged in a heated exchange with mourners at a funeral in Matungu subcounty. Governor Wycliffe Oparanya’s cabinet and the MCAs...
View ArticleSchools set to get electricity
UGENYA MP Dave Ochieng has rolled out an electrification programme for all primary and secondary schools in his constituency. He said all the 84 schools will get electricity by the end of the year....
View ArticleRep asks school to work smart
BUNYALA North county representative Fred Bosco Musirimba has said he will work with education stakeholders in Bunyala subcounty to improve education standards in the area. Addressing parents, school...
View ArticleFear of disease outbreak as pipes run dry in Amagoro
AN acute water shortage in Amagoro division and its environs has raised fears of imminent outbreak of waterborne diseases. Teso North subcounty water officer Joseph Miyaywa yesterday attributed the...
View ArticleSh20m shops ruined by fire
KURIA A fire on Friday morning destroyed goods and property worth more than Sh20million at Mabera centre. It is said to have been caused by an electrical fault at a bookshop. John Magaiwa, a local...
View ArticleODM says February 28 polls will be free and fair
ODM party has assured candidates in the impending party elections of a free and fair poll. The party will elect new party national officials on February 28 and March I at Kasarani Gymnasium in Nairobi....
View ArticleACK church in Samia robbed
SECURITY officers from Sio-Port police station in Samia subcounty have launched a crackdown to arrest thieves who broke into Bumbe Anglican Church of Kenya on Sunday night and made away with church...
View ArticleRailway project is of no use, says MP Nyamweya
South Mugirango MP Manson Nyamweya has asked the government not to build the Sh1.3 trillion railway line from Mombasa-Nairobi. Nyamweya said it is illogical to build the railway line for cargo to be...
View ArticleApply for loans, MPs urge locals
HOMA BAY Women’s representative Gladys Wanga and Rangwe MP George Oner want women and the youth to register in groups to get loans. Wanga said out of the Sh20million Women Enterprise Fund allocated to...
View ArticleKhalwale snubs Wetang'ula as Luhya kingpin
A number of politicians from Western province have dismissed the installation of Bungoma senator-elect Moses Wetang’ula as the Luhya political supremo. Vihiga Senator George Khaniri termed the move a...
View ArticleBungoma MTC students riot over rape of their colleague.
Students of Bungoma Medical T raining College yesterday took to the streets over a gang that robbed and raped their three college mates. The students, led by their chair Nicholas Karimi protested...
View ArticleNyachae tells rasanga to keep off CiC affairs
THE Constitution Implementation Commission has warned Siaya governor Cornel Rasanga to stop meddling in the affairs of the county's Public Service Board. The CIC chair Charles Nyachae said the board is...
View ArticleEAC to build market in Busia county
BUSIA will benefit from a modern market to be financed by the East African Community member states. The East African Affairs PS Mwanamaka Mabruki spoke yesterday when she made a courtesy call on Busia...
View ArticleKuppet faults demotions
SIAYA Kuppet secretary Wilson Odhiambo has condemned the demotion and transfer of headteachers in Nyanza. Speaking in Kisumu on Tuesday, Odhiambo said about 69 headteachers were transferred and 17...
View ArticleBad roads to be tarmacked
Bungoma The county government will tarmac at least 250km of roads this year. Speaking to the star yesterday, Roads executive Stephen Nendela said they will upgrade 19 urban roads and 22 rural roads. He...
View ArticleSavula backs removal of leaders
LUGARI MP Ayub Savula was behind the removal of the majority leader Reuben Nyangweso and minority leader Stephen Ambulwa of Kakamega county assembly, a section of MCAs have said. THE MCAs said Savula...
View ArticleRep donates uniform to more than 500 pupils
Bunyala North ward representative Fred Musirimba has donated school uniform to more than 500 pupils in two public primary schools. Speaking after handing out the uniforms on Tuesday, Musirimba said it...
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