Lugari groups receive grants
Lugari The special programmes department through the Western Kenya Flood Mitigation project yesterday donated more than Sh2 million to three community based organisations. The CBOs involved in...
View ArticleBungoma new chief officers sworn in
ELEVEN chief officers appointed by Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka were yesterday sworn in at his office. They were approved by the county assembly. The ceremony was presided over by county secretary...
View ArticleMCAs want workers paid
KISUMU MCAs want community health workers to be recognised and remunerated. In a motion moved by nominated MCA Salome Lungafa, they said the workers are important in providing primary health care....
View ArticleFarmers get hybrid seeds
UGENYA MP Dave Ochieng has distributed 60 tonnes of certified hybrid maize seeds to more than 30,000 farmers in the constituency. Ochieng said he partnered with friends and other well-wishers to...
View ArticleLobbying irks Mui residents
RESIDENTS of Mui Coal Basin have protested campaigns by candidates seeking to be members of the district resettlement and compensation committee. A resident, Moki Muisyo said candidates should stop...
View ArticleSeven-day notice for Kisumu Sh18bn suit
THE High Court has ordered parties in a petition regarding the Sh18 billion Kisumu solid waste management project to file and serve written submissions within seven days. Justice Aggrey Muchelule...
View ArticleCattle thieves raid home in Migori
ARMED cattle thieves raided Ngege Village in Suna East constituency and stole three cattle yesterday. Shocked villagers have now raised concern over insecurity along the border between Luo and Kuria...
View ArticleNGO donates beehives
AN NGO has distributed 150 beehives to residents of Bondo subcounty. Participatory Research and Development Programme project targets to raise the living standards of the youth, women, people living...
View ArticleKisumu gives Sh2.3 billion for health services
THE Kisumu government has allocated Sh2.3 billion in the 2013-14 financial year to improve health services in the county. Health executive Elizabeth Ogaja said the money will be used to hire more...
View ArticleOngwae demands good roads
KISII governor James Ongwae has warned engineers who supervise construction of roads in the county against approving shoddy work. Ongwae said action will be taken against anybody found to have approved...
View ArticleTwo charged over theft of Sh 2.3 million from Kisumu town hall
TWO nightguards were charged with theft. James Kogo and Kelvin Ogola allegedly stole Sh2,349,105 at Kisumu city hall on Sunday night between March 16 and 17 . They denied the charges before senior...
View ArticleBumula MP faults Lusaka over projects
Bumula MP Boniface Otsiula has accused Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka of bias in distribution of development projects in the county. Otsiula has accused Lusaka of sidelining Bumula constituency. “It...
View ArticleAkaranga advises new executives
VIHIGA governor Moses Akaranga has told all county employees to prepare for performance contracts to improve service delivery to the people. Akaranga said that performance contracting will ensure...
View ArticleTen-year-old boy missing in Busia
A ten-year boy has gone missing from his Burumba estate home on the outskirts of Busia town. Elvis Ochieng, commonly known as “Daddy” has not been seen by his parents, relatives and friends since March...
View ArticleSh 30,000 fee to hold your wedding at Gusii stadium in Kisii
COUPLES who hold their weddings at Gusii Stadium will be required to pay Sh30,000, according to the Kisii Finance Bill. Those who wish to shoot films at the stadium will part with Sh20,000. Traders who...
View ArticleODM, Jubilee split over Raila US tour
ODM MPs have criticised a move by some Jubilee legislators to demand an explanation from the government over Cord leader Raila Odinga’s US trip. The MPs lashed out at Kirinyaga Central MP Joseph...
View ArticleVarsity defies lecturers' strike
kakamega Masinde Muliro University will remain operational despite the ongoing lecturers’ strike, head of communications Dr Bob Mbori has said. He said the university’s senate decided that students...
View ArticleWoman burns herself to death
kisumu A 22-year-old woman yesterday burnt to death in a shop belonging to her employer at Kibuye Market in Kisumu county. Kisumu Central deputy police boss Joe Lekuta said Irene Night quarrelled with...
View ArticleQueries on bursary funds
SIAYA A section of the MCAs have questioned the criteria used by the county government to disburse Sh30 million bursary funds. Led by South Uyoma ward representative Christopher Apiyo, the MCAs said...
View ArticleMP warns chiefs over bursaries
Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has castigated some chiefs for approving bursary application forms for 51 students outside his constituency. He said it is wrong for the administrators to allow the 51...
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