No latrines in mixed school
Learning in Teso South Secondary School has been hampered by inadequate sanitation forcing students and teachers to share a toilet. Female students of St. Michael Apatit Mixed School are the most...
View ArticleKisumu leaders snub ASK show
LEADERS in Kisumu have been criticised for snubbing the official opening of this year’s Kisumu ASK Show. Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei presided over the official...
View ArticleMatayos clinic building stalls
THE residents of Burumba village in Matayos sub-county have appealed to the government of Busia to allocate funds to facilitate the completion of a community dispensary that has stalled. The residents...
View ArticleRuto's home is costly, says MP
KITUTU Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has asked the government to abandon renovations of Deputy President William Ruto’s official residence. “The construction and renovation of this house is becoming a...
View ArticleYouth told to register groups
KABONDO Kasipul MP Silvance Osele yesterday asked women and youth in the country to form groups to access loans from the Uwezo Development Fund. The MP said the government has set aside the money to...
View ArticleMPs ask government to enact laws governing the sugar sector
A team of MPs who toured Mumias Sugar Company yesterday asked the government to streamline the sugar industry by implementing the existing laws in the sector. Andrew Toboso (Butere), David Ochieng...
View ArticleBid to steal Teso North transformer flops
THEFT of a multi-million transformer belonging to Kenya Power and Lighting was thwarted yesterday. A Kamuriai resident in Teso North raised alarm after he noticed the transformer near his home had been...
View ArticleBungoma school gets classrooms
A slum school in Bungoma that had been severally closed down by health officials was officially re-opened after the construction of 20 modern classrooms. The project, estimated at a cost of Sh69...
View ArticleReshuffle ODM, say two young lawmakers
ODM MPs yesterday asked party supporters to view the leadership tussle between the old and young leaders as healthy and a way of restructuring the party. Ugenya MP David Ochieng and his Ndhiwa...
View Article8,000 Busia men to get circumcised
A non-governmental research organisation is set to circumcise 8,000 men from Busia county aimed at reducing HIV/Aids infections. Impact Research coordinator Bernard Ayieko said the organisation targets...
View ArticleBungoma fertiliser plant to boost horticulture
The horticulture industry got major boost after the first company which will manufacture fertiliser in East and Central Africa was unveiled in Bungoma yesterday. The Webuye based Pan African Chemicals...
View ArticleDon't kill devolution, Lusaka tells Ruto
Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka at the weekend told Deputy President William Ruto that the Jubilee government should entrench devolution as guaranteed by the constitution. Lusaka told off Mt Elgon MP...
View ArticleLuhya elders warn MPs against Jubilee
The Luhya council of elders has deferred with Western MPs who on Sunday vowed to support Jubilee. The MP had attended an interdenominational prayers held at Kapsokwony Primary School in Mt Elgon which...
View ArticleTeso needs more police
TESO South MP Mary Emase has asked the Inspector general of police Daniel Kimaiyo to post an OCS to the area. The MP said Amukura police station in Teso South district does not have an OCS. “We have...
View ArticleSenator Daisy fights for youth
NOMINATED Senator Daisy Kanainza has protested exclusion of youth in the ongoing plans to disburse thhe Sh6 billion youth and women enterprise fund. Kanainza, 24, the youngest senator in Parliament,...
View ArticleMPs pledge to improve roads
MPs from seven sub-counties in Busia have agreed to work with the public works department to ensure roads in rural areas are rehabilitated. They are: Paul Nyongesa Otuoma (Funyula), Mary Emase (Teso...
View ArticleLegislature defends Raila
THE Jubilee government has been told to stop attacking former PM Raila Odinga and focus on the promises they made to Kenyans. Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo said the government should not use the former PMs...
View ArticleOrengo accuses government of biased top appointments
SIAYA Senator James Orengo has faulted the manner in which the Jubilee government is carrying out appointments for key government positions. Orengo cited regional imbalance saying the appointments did...
View ArticleDonde team takes over in Siaya
MEMBERS of the Siaya county executive committee and the public service board were sworn in on Monday. A total of fourteen officers took the oath of office in a swearing in ceremony presided over by the...
View ArticleWetangula's bodyguards barred from the House
Drama unfolded at Bungoma county assembly when area senator Moses Wetang’ula's guards tried to force their way to the chambers. The move was thwarted by the sergeant at arms and the assembly's security...
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