Speaker snubs assembly’s two committees’ summons
KISUMU county speaker Anne Adul has ignored summonses from two assembly committees. Adul was expected to appear before the Public Investments and Accounts Committee to testify on certain Assembly...
View ArticleCounty passes motion to stop new levies
THE Migori county assembly has passed a motion to stop the increase of taxes, rates and levies. The motion was moved by minority leader Charles Nyangi and endorsed by a majority of MCAs on Wednesday....
View ArticleOjaamong assents to 4 bills, praises county assembly for the 'good work'
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has assented to the county Finance (Amendment) Bill, a week after it was passed by MCAs. He also assented to the Co-operative Development Fund, County Assembly...
View ArticleVihiga wards staff warned on politics
Vihiga Deputy Governor Caleb Amaswache has told the newly recruited subcounty and ward administrators to keep off politics. He said the administrators should not engage MPs and county representatives...
View ArticleAnyanga urges MPs not to quit ODM fold
AN ODM MP from South Nyanza has termed plans by some of his colleagues to form a new political party “a pipe dream”. Nyatike MP Edick Anyanga warned the MPs against ditching ODM. He said the move will...
View ArticleBungoma MCAs vet chief officer nominees
The Bungoma county assembly has started the vetting of 14 chief officers proposed by Governor Kenneth Lusaka. Sandys Chiuli, an undersecretary in the Ministry of Devolution, was the first to be vetted...
View ArticleGovernor roots for the disabled
SIAYA Governor Cornel Rasanga has directed contractors undertaking county jobs to hire people living with disabilities in unskilled jobs. He said his office will ensure people living with disabilities,...
View ArticleLocals reclaim three culverts
Residents of Kocholia on Thursday reclaimed three culverts that had been allegedly illegally sold to a private developer. The culverts were donated by former Amagoro MP Albert Ekirapa during campaigns...
View ArticleReps accused of disloyalty
A Siaya MCA has threatened to report his "errant" colleagues to ODM leader Raila Odinga for not paying allegiance to the party. Joseph Kawuor (Gem Northward) said some nominated MCAs are behind lawyer...
View ArticleOrphan given full bursary
BUSIA women's representative Florence Wainga has found a school fees donor for an orphaned boy in Bunyala subcounty. While presenting Sh30,000 to the boy on behalf of the sponsor in Budalangi...
View ArticleRasanga raps MCAs over legal chief
SIAYA Governor Cornel Rasanga has accused MCAs of having a personal vendetta against him. He said the MCAs are engaging in a personal war against him to keep his lawyer Stephen Aluoch Kopot from...
View ArticleIllicit brew kills man in Rarieda
One person has died and five others admitted in critical condition to Madiany District Hospital in Rarieda subcounty after they allegedly drank illicit brew. The six men had gone for a drink at the...
View ArticleKhaniri calls for cheaper electricity
VIHIGA Senator George Khaniri has said the rise in electricity connection charges by more than 100 per cent will hurt the economy and overburden Kenyans. Khaniri said Jubilee lied its way into office...
View ArticleKhalwale mediates in land dispute
KAKAMEGA Senator Bonny Khalwale has intervened in a land dispute between Kakamega Primary School and two investors in Kakamega town. Khalwale met Yako Supermarket proprietor Suthir Khetias and Dickson...
View ArticleRanguma speaks out against Sh18 billion deal
Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma has accused area MPs MCAs and the county speaker of attempting to legitimise an illegal project. In a statement from the governor’s communication desk yesterday, Ranguma...
View ArticleMPs root for education shift
POLITICIANS and teachers in Kakamega county have differed over devolution of education. While MPs want the national government to transfer all education services to the county governments, teachers in...
View ArticleRachel launches Table Banking
DEPUTY President's wife Rachel Ruto has said the poverty eradication programme started in 1999 has not achieved much. She was speaking over the weekend at the Siaya Cathedral ACK church. More than 100...
View ArticleNo sewerage system in Nyamira
NYAMIRA county commissioner Wilson Wanyanga has asked local politicians to support development initiatives by the national government. He said both the national and county government will work together...
View ArticleKisumu majority leader slams Sh18 billion deal
A group of MCAs have told off Kisumu MPs for trying to undermine them over solid waste management in the county. Majority leader Samuel Ong’ow said the county is not ready to be 'robbed' a lot of money...
View ArticleNewsvendor murdered
A boda boda operator was on Sunday night killed in Migori town and his bike stolen by gangsters. Residents of Oruba Estate found the body of Harrison Ogolla Odhiambo, 32, on the road side. Odhiambo...
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