Safaricom aids schools
THE Safaricom Foundation has funded the construction of Sh2.5 million building at Friends School Kaimosi Girls in Vihiga county. The company has also donated a Sh4.2 million worth bus worth Sh4.2...
View ArticleOlago wants APs sent away
KISUMU West MParliament Olago Aluoch has called for immediate transfer of administration police officers from the area. He said the officers harrass members of the public instead of maintaining law and...
View ArticleToilets create jobs for idle Siaya youth
THE Siaya County government has launched a programme to empower the youth. They will manage latrines built in every market. Governor Cornel Rasanga said the move is aimed at boosting the living...
View ArticleResidents told to take TB test
KISUMU residents have been asked to go for Tuberculosis testing to reduce its spread. County public health director Ojwang Lusi said there are a number of TB cases among the residents that have not...
View ArticleMan kills neighbour in Rarieda
A man has killed his neighbour for allegedly mocking him over his intention to sell a goat to meet his financial obligations in Rambugu village, Rarieda district. Michael Ogore alias Kilo, 44, stabbed...
View ArticleBonchari voters urged to support Uhuru ally
VOTERS in Bonchari constituency have been asked to elect a person allied to President Uhuru in the forthcoming by-elections. South Mugirango TNA branch chairman Joshua Ondora said electing an Uhuru...
View ArticleFire guts dormitory at Cardinal Otunga High
PROPERTY worth thousands of shillings was destroyed after fire gutted a dormitory at Cardinal Otunga High School, Mosocho. The fire consumed Sakawa dormitory which has a capacity of 74 students at 9pm...
View ArticleNo witch-hunting in Bungoma exam probe
HEADTEACHERS in Bungoma county have been told to stop panicking over a taskforce findings. The task force, led by Ngome Kibanani, was formed to find out why schools performed poorly in national exams....
View ArticleMCAs deserve car grants – Omanga
Members of County Assembly have said they deserve car grants like MPs and senators. Nyamira county majority leader Beauttah Omanga criticised those opposed to President Uhuru’s announcement that they...
View Article1,867 TB cases in Kisii last year
KISII County recorded 1, 867 TB cases last year, Health executive Sarah Omache has said. She said six per cent of the cases were children. Omache speaking at Isamwera in Bonchari subcounty during the...
View ArticleOngwae tables performance report for Kisii
Kisii Governor James Ongwae on Monday tabled a report on the successes each department under his administration has achieved. The report shows major steps that he has taken since he took office a year...
View ArticleKisumu floods sweep away homes, schools
MORE than 60 homesteads and several schools in Nyalenda A and B wards, Kisumu county have been affected by floods following heavy rains. The families living along Auji and Nyamasaria rivers were left...
View ArticleBoda boda operators attack AP over ‘theft’
AN AP officer who allegedly stole a motorcycle and a cell phone from a boda boda operator was attacked by the public on Tuesday. The officer, based at Kogony Chief’s Camp in Riate, Kisumu county was...
View ArticleTwo sentenced to death for robbery
TWO men who killed four night guards and stole Sh1.4 million at Shilling Super Market in Homa Bay town have been sentenced to death. A Homa Bay court found Collins Omondi and Sameul Nyakundi guilty of...
View ArticleRasanga swears in new Governance executive
THE immediate former Hamisi subcounty commissioner George Okello has been appointed Governance executive of Siaya county. He was sworn in by Governor Cornel Rasanga on Tuesday. Kisumu-based lawyer...
View ArticleUniversity college for Ugunja
JARAMOGI Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology is set to launch its programmes in Ugunja by April. MP Opiyo Wandai says the Ugunja chapter will officially open its doors at the Equator...
View ArticleSafaricom, Coca-Cola help school
THE Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Tinga Tinga Tales and the Coca-Cola Foundation to assist Nyang’iendo Primary School in Homa Bay county. Through the initiative, Know and Grow, they will...
View ArticleWestern needs community spokesperson, says Savula
LUGARI MP Ayub Savula says lack of a community spokesperson for Western province has impacted negatively on leadership. Savula said divisions between Amani leader Musalia Mudavadi, Bungoma Senator...
View ArticleSiaya residents urged to register with NHIF
ONLY 22 per cent of Siaya town residents are registered with the National Health Insurance Fund, health executive Sylvester Adalla has said. Out of the figure, only five per cent represents the common...
View ArticleSpeaker rules on Kisii land disputes
THE Kisii county speaker Kerosi Ondieki has said the assembly is mandated to hear and determine historical land disputes. He was responding to queries raised by MCAs on whether the assembly should...
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