Court orderblocks nominee
A teacher yesterday blocked the swearing-in of a Public Service Board nominee. Mary Aroot was summoned by Assembly Speaker Bernard Wamalwa when she arrived for the swearing-in. Wamalwa produced a court...
View ArticlePolice recover 11 stolen cows
Police in Migori yesterday arrested four cattle rustlers and recovered 11 cows stolen at Kitabweke in Kuria West district. The animals which were stolen from Suna Magoto were driven away by the...
View ArticleSeven-year-old dies in crash
A seven-year-old boy was yesterday morning hit by a car as he tried to cross the road. Victor Hassan of Ekama village died instantly in the 10.20am accident on Mumias-Bungoma road. Mumias police chief...
View ArticlePolice hunt for suspect
Police are hunting for a man accused of attempting to kill his wife at Okame village last week. Andrew Ekeya allegedly threatened to kill his wife Catherine Auma with a panga. Auma was rescued by her...
View ArticleFida threatens to charge chief
The Federation of Women Lawyers has threatened to take Bugumbe East chief Fredrick Waisiku in Kuria West district to court for mistreating a widow. The group said Waisiku took property belonging to...
View Article300 homes to be pulled down
More than 300 housing units in Kisumu will be demolished in the plan to improve the county's image. Speaking in Kisumu yesterday, county Physical Planning, Roads and Public Works executive Vincent...
View ArticleVoter against ward nominee
The High Court has issued an order to stop the county government from paying 26 ward representatives nominated by the county assembly and sworn in on Monday. Justice Edward Muriithi gave the order...
View ArticleFarmers want better roads
Sugarcane farmers have asked the government to improve the roads to reduce huge losses they incur while transporting sugarcane. The farmers want the government to buy tractors for transporting cane to...
View ArticleMagara sparks party row over nominees
A ROW has erupted in the Peoples’ Democratic Party over nomination of two county representatives to the Kisumu county assembly. Muhoroni MP Onyango Koyoo has differed with PDP leader Omingo Magara over...
View ArticleBoda boda man selling kidney to save sister
A 28-year-old man wants to sell one of his kidneys to settle hospital bill for his ailing sister. Vincent Ochieng’ Dock, a motorcyclist in Kisumu said they are orphans and cannot raise the fee....
View ArticleWashiali asks Raila to let IEBC be
DEPUTY Chief Whip Ben Washiali has asked former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to stop criticising the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Addressing journalists in Kakamega yesterday,...
View ArticleKisumu police chiefs in power wrangles
The posting of county commanders in Nyanza has caused confusion because they fall in the same ranks as OCPDs. Sources within the police department hinted to the Star that the move will undermine...
View ArticleMasinde Muliro lecturers strike for unpaid dues
LECTURERS at the Masinde Muliro University paralysed learning on Monday after they picketed over pay arrears. They are demanding full payment of their dues and want delays in the remittances of their...
View ArticleCatholic primate moves 15 priests
BUNGOMA Catholic Diocese Bishop Norman Wambua has shuffled 15 parish priests out of 30 parishes that make the Diocese. The long serving Kocholia parish priest in Teso Fr John Sulumeti has been...
View ArticleCompensate teachers killed in crash - Knut
THE Kenya National Union of Teachers wants the government to compensate families of 15 teachers and students who died in a road accident in Kisii two weeks ago. Knut national chairman Wilson Sossion...
View ArticleButere reps launch offices
Two ward representatives from Butere constituency in Kakamega have opened offices and hired staff in their wards. Marama West representative Habel Bushuru and his Marama North counterpart Saidi...
View ArticleMumias farmers to be prioritised
Mumias Sugar Company has prioritised paying farmers for sugarcane delivered for crushing at the factory and plans to ensure they are paid within 30 days.The company’s MD Peter Kebati said since April,...
View ArticleCentral government wants to kill devolution, says Ojaamong
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has hit out at the central government functionaries accusing them of deploying tactics to destabilise the county government. In a speech during the unveiling of Busia...
View ArticleThree shot dead in Mt Elgon crime wave
THREE men lost their lives after being shot at a village in Mt Elgon District in separate incidents. A livestock trader was on Tuesday night shot dead by unknown people in Kapchebon, after being robbed...
View ArticleGrave diggers ask for chang'aa
There was tension in Teso North yesterdau when youth refused to dig a grave for a relative. The burial of Meshack Okiring in Angurai village was delayed after youth demanded to be paid Sh3, 000 and 10...
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