Sh12m for water project
HOMA BAY A Sh12 million water project has been launched in Kendu Bay. Governor Cyprian Awiti said the Mjini Water Project will stop water shortages. The project is funded by Kenya Water Services Trust...
View ArticleMP launches table banking
BUNYALA Busia women’s representative Florence Mutua has asked women in Bunyala subcounty to join table banking activities to cushion them from poverty and improve their standards of living. Speaking...
View ArticleSh20m patrol boats 'rot' in Kisumu
THREE boats meant for security patrols in Lake Victoria remain idle at the Kisumu county government offices. The Sh20 million boats were donated by USAid through Population and Health Integrated...
View ArticleBungoma assembly vets two of Lusaka's nominees afresh
Two chief officers nominees proposed by Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka were yesterday vetted by two house committees afresh. The two had been rejected by the county assembly. Peter Mukenya (Trade) and...
View ArticleWoman nabbed over son's death
Butere POLICE have arrested a woman over the death of her eight-monthold baby from a dose of ORS medicine. Police boss Paul Wanjama said Penina Wimbaro, 18, gave her son the medicine. “The boy died...
View ArticleVarsity poll results halted
Kakamega The High Court yesterday stopped the release of Masinde Muliro University Students Organisation election results. The elections were held on March 7, where chaos erupted and the ballot papers...
View ArticleKisii county leaders fight runaway HIV-Aids spread
NINE in every 100 people in Kisii county live with HIV-Aids, health officials have said. The HIV prevalence rate in Kisii county stands at 8.9 per cent, way above the national average of 5.6 per cent,...
View ArticleLocals trap stray hyena in Homa Bay
The Kenya Wildlife Service officials yesterday rescued a hyena which had been trapped at Got Uma village in Rachuonyo South, Homa Bay county. The residents raised complaints over attacks on their...
View ArticleKisumu MCAs walkout over Sh25 million scam
THE Kisumu county government has been accused of presiding over massive corruption. The assembly’s Public Investment and Accounts Committee report which was expected to be tabled at the assembly on...
View ArticleMPs to visit Nyakach as rustlers kill five
THE Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security will tomorrow visit Nyakach subcounty. The tour follows last week skirmishes on the border of Kericho West and Nyakach districts,...
View ArticleMCAs defend their offices
kisumu Two MCAs have differed with Ainamoi MP Benjamin Langat over his call to reduce the number of MPs and MCAs to cut down the wage bill. Speaking yesterday at a press conference in Kisumu town,...
View ArticleMP wants new school boards
Tombe Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has demanded a complete overhaul of schools’ boards of governors in his constituency for failure to perform. Speaking at Tombe during a meeting on Wednesday, he...
View ArticleKisii quack vet shops shut down
THE Kenya Veterinary Board yesterday expressed concern over the high number of veterinary quacks operating in Kisii county. The board said many quacks are operating agro-vet shops without registration....
View ArticleFishermen in Bondo lure girls into sex
Boda boda riders and fishermen in Usigu division of Bondo subcounty are to blame for increased cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls and school dropout in the area, an official has said. Bondo...
View ArticleMan kills self after quarrel
MIGORI A man yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself in his bedroom. Aloyce Waria, 36, from Kanguka village in Suna East constituency, used an electric wire to take away his life. Migori police...
View ArticleCleric calls for vote on wage bill
KAKAMEGA The chairman of the Kenya Church, Western region Bishop Nicholas Olumasai has called for a referendum to change the constitution to bring down the public wage bill. He said the high wage bill...
View ArticleODM branch tells 'Men in Black' to apologise
A section of ODM members from Western region want the “men in black suits” who disrupted the party’s National Delegates Conference on February 28 to apologise to the party. Kakamega branch secretary...
View ArticleProtests in Butere over Toboso's pictures
RESIDENTS of Butere constituency on Wednesday demonstrated against MP Andrew Toboso’s portraits on CDF projects. They said Toboso has been using CDF projects for political mileage. Led by Julius...
View ArticleCamp offers free fistula surgeries
Gem Sagam Community Hospital has organised a 10-day free surgical camp for women with fistula. Speaking to the Star at the hospital yesterday, general manager Walter Obita said the camp started on...
View ArticleNyamira buys five ambulances, Sh44m drugs for public hospitals
THE Nyamira government has acquired five ambulances to boost emergency services in the county. Governor John Nyagarama said the vans worth Sh33 million will be stationed in Nyamira South, Nyamira...
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