Traders protest over
TRADERS at Kibuye market in Kisumu county yesterday protested over the construction of stalls at the open air market. Business was paralysed after the traders barricaded the Kisumu-Kakamega road. They...
View Article30 foreigners arrested in crackdown
POLICE in Kisumu have arrested more than 30 foreigners in the ongoing crackdown on suspected criminals. They were arrested in Kondele, Shaurimoyo estates and on the streets of Kisumu on Monday and...
View ArticleTwo deny water theft
FORMER Alego Usonga parliamentary candidate Nicholas Rajula was yesterday charged with illegal water connection. Rajula contested the Alego Usonga MP seat in 2007 and lost to Edwin Yinda. Rajula and...
View ArticleOyioka ditches Kanu for ODM in Bonchari mini poll
Former Bonchari MP Oroo Oyioka has ditched Kanu for ODM ahead of the June 3 by-election. He said he made the move because Jubilee will support former area MP Zebedeo Opore, who will contest on a Ford...
View ArticleChief arrested for stealing goats from Masaba resident
AN assistant chief in Kisii county was yesterday arrested for stealing two goat. Edward Momanyi was arrested at his Mochengo home in Masaba South subcounty by detectives from Kisii for stealing and...
View ArticleWestern vet-shops unregistered
ALL agro-vets in Western region operate illegally, the regional head of drug inspection Patrick Indika has said . He said agro-vet outlets in Kakamega, Vihiga, Busia and Bungoma counties operate...
View ArticleKisii eyes factory to process, blend and export local tea
THE Kisii government wants to start value addition in tea and exporting the commodity directly to foreign markets. Governor James Ongwae and Deputy Governor Joash Maangi said they will build a value...
View ArticleE-readers launched in Teso North
A California-based nonprofit charitable organisation on Wednesday launched 25 e-readers to benefit 2,000 students in Teso subcounty. The e-readers are loaded with primary and secondary school...
View ArticleKisumu cops live in staff canteen
NEWLY posted officers at the Kisumu town police line have been forced to sleep in a police canteen due to lack of houses. A senior officer at Central police station yesterday told the Star that about...
View ArticleI will not tolerate lazy officers, says Akaranga
VIHIGA Governor Moses Akaranga has told senior county officers to own up to their failures. He said the county government will not tolerate officers who cannot deliver on their mandates. "Iam closely...
View ArticleRasanga's wife heads KNA office in Siaya
SIAYA Governor Cornel SIAYA Governor Cornel Rasanga’s wife is the new information officer in the county. The director of information Joseph Owiti posted Rosella Njaya Amoth to head the Kenya News...
View ArticleFormer MP wants Nyakach clash victims paid
FORMER Nyakach MP Pollyns Ochieng wants the government to compensate victims of the Kericho-Nyakach border clashes. He said more than 20 residents were killed, while 100 houses were torched in Nyakach...
View ArticleI'm not to blame over IDs, says Kajwang
HOMA Bay Senator Otieno Kajwang has absolved himself from blame that he performed poorly during his tenure as Immigration minister. He has been accused of failing to register eligible voters in Nyanza....
View ArticleBungoma roads chief probe to go ahead
A Bungoma court has allowed the assembly committee investigating sacked Roads executive Stephen Nendela to continue with its work. Nendela, who was sacked two weeks ago by the assembly over allegations...
View ArticleSix complete Chinese course
Kisii University deputy vice chancellor Maurice Amutabi has called on institutions of higher learning to teach Chinese. He was speaking at the university during the awarding of certificates to six...
View ArticleMP supports police swoops
Awendo MP Jared Kopiyo has called on Kenyans to support the ongoing security operations. He said it is every citizen’s obligation to support security officers by cooperating with them as terrorism has...
View ArticleBoda bodas to be trained
The Vihiga government has unveiled a training programme for boda boda operators to ensure compliance with the traffic rules and reduce accidents. Governor Moses Akaranga said the county has entered...
View ArticleCounty's 25m trees venture
THE Nyamira government and the Tea Board of Kenya will plant 25 million trees in the county in five years. Environment Executive Reuben Sinange said the county will also uprootgum trees from riparian...
View ArticleBusia scouts walk 62km in drugs drive
A group of scouts ended the Wood Badge training course in Busia on Thursday by trekking for 62kms. Drawn from Kakamega, Siaya and Busia counties they walked from Scouts Centre through Alupe, Obekai,...
View ArticleChief in court for goat theft
An assistant chief was yesterday charged in a Kisii court with stock theft. Edward Paul Momanyi of Mochengo sublocation in Masaba South subcounty denied the charges before area resident magistrate SN...
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