Forest official puts Bunyala charcoal dealers on notice
CHARCOAL dealers and consumers in Bunyala subcounty have been warned against cutting down trees to burn charcoal and for firewood. Addressing the press at his office in Port Victoria town yesterday,...
View ArticleKisii to form database of the disabled
THE Kisii County government has assured people living with disability of material and financial support. Youth and Social services executive Marcella Otuke said the disabled persons have a role to play...
View ArticleODM officials endorse list for party posts
ODM delegates from Nyanza have endorsed a list of five top officials ahead of the party elections. Speaking to the Star separately yesterday, party officials said they will back the officials in the...
View ArticleHoma Bay boss tells officials to work as a team
HOMA Bay Governor Cyprian Awiti has asked officials of his government and the county assembly to dialogue for the sake of development. Awiti said lack of dialogue has led to unnecessary tensions, which...
View ArticleKitutu Masaba MP faults Speaker for gagging them
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has been faulted for banning MPs from commenting on the standard gauge railway. Muturi banned MPs from commenting on the matter until two parliamentary...
View ArticleODM youth asks 'brokers' to keep off party affairs
ODM youth league national chairman Rashid Mohammed has asked brokers in Western to keep off the preparations for the party elections set for February 28. Speaking in Kakamega yesterday, Mohammed...
View ArticleSinger donates to grannies
MORE than 20 grandmothers from Kobodo village in Homa Bay county yesterday received more than Sh200,000, food and clothing. Gospel singer Christine Otieno donated the items."The little I get from my...
View ArticleSelection for training begins
MIGORI county yesterday began selecting pupils who missed secondary school slots to join 13 youth polytechnics. County director of youth training Stanislaus Nyamari said the admission is being done in...
View ArticleBungoma board united, says chair
The Bungoma county Public Service Board has denied they are divided. Speaking to the Star in his office yesterday, chairman Gideon Bwoyo said media reports are misleading as the board is united. “There...
View ArticleRongo man killed in fight over land
A man has been killed at Kamagambo West in Rongo constituency over a land dispute. Edick Ocholla, 55, was allegedly killed by Ali Wao after he said he bought land from Wao’s father. Ocholla however did...
View ArticleKTB to boost tourism sites
The Kenya Tourism Board will collaborate with Busia county in packaging three tourism sites to national standards. Speaking after paying a courtesy call on Busia Tourism Executive Hillary Makhulu in...
View ArticleKnut official opposes mother tongue in schools
An education stakeholder has criticised the proposal to introduce mother tongue in primary schools. Speaking in Matungu on Wednesday, the Kenya National Union of Teachers Kakamega branch secretary...
View ArticleGirl appeals for school fees
THE family of a 15-year-old orphaned girl from Mudembi village in Bunyala have appealed to well-wishers to help the girl join secondary school. Susan Ouma scored 398 marks in last year's KCPE exams....
View ArticleNew Finance Bill passed
MOURNERS and churches are the main beneficiaries of the Busia county Finance Bill passed by MCAs on Wednesday. It took the county assembly members about 11 hours to pass the bill but after some...
View ArticleBusinesspeople slam governor
Bodaboda operators in Kisumu have accused Governor Jack Ranguma of insincerity in rescinding a decision to evict them from the central business district. They said the Governor is playing politics. The...
View ArticlePoultry initiative for women
THE Homa bay government on Wednesday launched a Sh98 million Poultry project. The Local Poultry Improvement Project will benefit thousands of women and the youth to fight poverty and unemployment....
View ArticleAwiti names five chief officers in Homa Bay
THE Homa Bay county government has released five names of the 10 candidates picked as chief officers. Those selected are Meryln Agwa (Education), Duncan Osodo (Water), Evans Abeka (Finance), Julius...
View ArticleChurch in Kisumu flies Kenyan flag after 6pm
SECURITY officers in Kisumu are on the spot for allowing illegal flying of a National flag at a local church. A Kenyan flag has been flying alongside the Holy Ghost Coptic Church of Africa ’s two flags...
View ArticleJapan varsity to launch Lake Victoria project
MASENO and Nagasaki University of Japan will on Monday launch a Sh136 million research project on Lake Victoria. The project, Lake Victoria Comprehensive Research for Development, is as a result of a...
View ArticlePriest fights illicit brew
A Catholic priest in Kisii county has embarked in the eradication of illicit brews, which he says, has ruined lives of many youths. Fr Lawrence Nyaanga said the brews have made men abdicate their...
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