Clean-up flop in Malaba
TRUCK drivers who had attended cleaning up exercise of Malaba Town yesterday flee irate women who had railed at them. Women in Malaba town yesterday disrupted a clean up drive by truck drivers. The...
View ArticleKhalwale backs cut on counties
KAKAMEGA Senator Bonny Khalwale has supported the move by MPs to reduce the number of counties from 47 to 14. Khalwale said most of the county governments are not viable. He said merging them will make...
View ArticleRanguma turns away MCAs at Serena feast
Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma turned away 11 MCAs who turned up for a dinner he had organised at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi. The MCAs were expected to leave on Friday for a waste management training...
View ArticleOfficer says P3 forms are free
A health officer in Migori county has said claims that P3 forms are filled after payment at government hospitals are false. Michael Gone said all forms especially the ones seeking evidence on sexual...
View ArticleWork in school to continue
A contractor who was building Matienge Primary School after it was destroyed by winds will go on with the work without money. The work had stalled following delay in payment. Money from the CDF kitty...
View ArticleWe don't want education devolved, says Ojaamong
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has told off Kenya National Union of Teachers over claims that county governments want education devolved in its totality. George Okwara, a Knut executive officer said...
View ArticleCord MCA says Jubilee wrong
The Jubilee government is using some Cord MPs to kill devolution, a section of members of the Vihiga county assembly has said. Speaking to the Star in Mbale town yesterday, ODM nominated MCA Ben Ombima...
View ArticleOur agenda is different - MPs
YOUTHFUL MPs from Western province allied to the government have reacted angrily to reports that they lack the network to give Jubilee government a political foothold in the region. Speaking to the...
View ArticleBusia reps refute claims that churches will be taxed
THE Busia county assembly members who are also members of the budget implementation committee have refuted claims by a section of church leaders that the assembly has passed a bill requiring churches...
View ArticleIt's immoral to tax the dead,Wabukala tells county heads
The Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Eliud Wabukala has condemned a recent move by counties to tax bereaved families. Speaking during the burial ceremony of his brother-in-law Jackson Mukhwana in...
View ArticleGhati, Omanga in ODM polls
TWO former journalists have declared their interest in the ODM secretary for Publicity and Information. Migori women's representative Dennittah Ghati and Nyamira majority leader Beauttah Omanga...
View ArticleSchools in Kanduyi get computers
Fifty four schools in Kanduyi constituency have each benefited from computers bought by the Constituency Development Fund. Speaking while distributing the computers at Namachanja High School, MP Wafula...
View ArticleUS charity groups to dig boreholes
TWO organisations from United States of America will mobilise resources to sink boreholes in Siaya county. Members of the organisations, Engineers without Border of North Carolina and Rotary...
View ArticleOngwae told to honour ODM posts agreement
South Mugirango ODM sub-branch official has told Governor James Ongwae to honour a pre-election Mou on the sharing of seats among the nine major clans in the Kisii county. Peter Matangi told Ongwae to...
View ArticleODM leaders differ on elections
ODM leaders publicly campaigned for their preferred candidates in the upcoming party polls due on February 28 and March 1. The leaders were addressing mourners during the burial of the Star newspaper...
View ArticleCircuit Court of Appeal to benefit Kisii residents
A court of Appeal Judge has assured residents of Kisii and Nyamira counties that their appeals will be heard and determined within the shortest time possible. Judge Justice Otieno said the backlog of...
View ArticleAccount for Treasury funds, governors told
VIHIGA Senator George Khaniri has asked governors to account for the funds they have received from the national government before imposing taxes on the locals. Khaniri said the resistance by the locals...
View ArticleKisumu boda bodas plan demos over ban from CBD
Boda boda operators in Kisumu have threatened to demonstrate against the county’s plan to have them barred from entering the central business district. Sources from the operators revealed that the...
View ArticleMob attacks man over aunt’s death
A man has been admitted to the Migori District Hospital following an attack by a mob over the death of his aunt. Cyrus Onono, 22, was rescued by the police after a mob trailed him to Narok county on...
View ArticleRobber killed after raid on Bungoma M-Pesa agent
POLICE in Bungoma have killed a suspect believed to have robbed an M-Pesa shop on Monday. Bungoma county AP commandant Paul Soi said another suspect has been arrested. “Police are following all...
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