Kisii payroll audit exposes ghost staff
THE two-day Kisii county government staff headcount ends today. st workers will be completed today. Public Service Board chairman David Kombo and secretary Johnstone Ndege said the exercise, which...
View ArticleNetto, Oner deny plot to abandon ODM
Three ODM MPs from Homa Bay county have refuted claims they are anti-ODM leader Raila Odinga. Ndhiwa MP Agostino Netto,his Rangwe counterpart George Oner and Kasipul Kabondo MP Silvance Osele said the...
View ArticleNyatike thief lynched for poisoning cows
RESIDENTS of Central Kadem location, Nyatike constituency have killed a man for piosoning their cows. Samson Ochieng, 32, has been facing charges at the Nyatike mobile court of of stealing a chicken....
View ArticleRaila to visit Mudavadi turf
VIHIGA Cord leader Raila Odinga is expected in Western region this weekend ahead of ODM elections on February 28 and March 1. Raila will attend the burial of Mama Jenifer Muyera, mother of Vihiga ODM...
View ArticleMastermind owes farmers Sh100 million
TOBACCO farmers in in Migori county have threatened to stop supplying the produce to Mastermind Tobacco Kenya Company. They said they owe the company more than Sh100million from last year's deliveries....
View ArticleTullow to begin oil survey in Kisumu
TULLOW Oil Company is set to begin an oil seismic (scanning) survey in various parts of Kisumu county. The survey is part of the national government’s efforts to explore minerals in the region believed...
View ArticleWomen tipped on family size
BUSIA Deputy Governor Kizito Wangalwa has advised residents to practise family planning. “We encourage mothers to have at least four children given the prevailing economic situation,” Wangalwa said. He...
View ArticleOngwae flags off Sh54 million drugs
KISII Governor James Ongwae yesterday warned medics in public hospitals against sending patients to buy cheap drugs from private pharmacies. He said he has received complaints from patients that some...
View ArticleContractor loses cash in Kisumu con
THE police in Kisumu are investigating allegations a contractor was swindled of Sh50,000 by a man impersonating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son Fidel. The contractor, (name withheld) was...
View ArticleAwiti insists on his list of chief officers
THE Homa Bay county government has forwarded 10 names of proposed chief officers to the assembly for vetting. This comes a week after the assembly rejected five names forwarded by Governor Cyprian...
View ArticleBungoma MPs snub bonding retreat
Some leaders from Bungoma county have skipped a bonding retreat in Mombasa. The eleven MPs and Senator Moses Wetang'ula skipped the retreat organised to bring together all 63 members of the county...
View ArticleKisumu chief fears attack
KISUMU Infrastructure executive Vincent K'Odera has expressed concern that his life is in danger following his push for demolition of illegal structures in the county. K'Odera alleged that a group...
View ArticleMCAs split over project
Some Kisumu MCAs have accused their counterparts and a section of area MPs of overstepping their mandate over a solid waste management project. Speaking in the assembly during the deliberation on...
View ArticleHerbalists seek recognition
Herbalists in Migori county want traditional medicine prescribed in public hospitals. They said Kenyans use herbal medicine to treat various diseases. They were speaking during a forum of traditional...
View ArticleJKUAT and Busia seal foods deal
The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology will partner with the Busia county government to boost growth of traditional foods. Horticulture Department boss Prof Mary Abukutsa yesterday...
View ArticleMan caught defiling boy
Residents at Mukhweso village in Ruambwa sublocation, Bunyala yesterday attacked a suspected 'rapist'. The 45-year-old man was caught defiling a Standard Three pupil in a nearby forest. Port Victoria...
View ArticleKisii MCAs walk out on bill debate
NomiNated Kisii county MCAs yesterday walked out of the assembly over alleged humiliation. the MCAs were unhappy when the House refused to adopt an amendment to the Ward development Bill 2014 tabled by...
View ArticleTraders protest taxes increase
Muhoroni Traders yesterday protested against hiked taxes by the Kisumu government. The business operators said the taxes have been doubled yet the town is chocked with garbage posing threat to public...
View ArticleNyalenda residents told to build toilets
Kisumu Landlords in Nyalenda A ward have been directed to built toilets for tenants. MCA Jacktone Onunga said this will reduce cases of disease outbreak. He said those who ignore the warning risk court...
View ArticleBungoma man lynched over love triangle murder
KWANZA A Bungoma man was killed by a mob in Kikwechi over suspicion he murdered a colleague who had eloped with his wife. Witnesses said the suspect was accosted by a mob at Marakaru village and taken...
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