Opore calls for peaceful campaigns
A candidate in the June 23 Bonchari by-election has called for peaceful campaigns. Ford People’s Zebedeo Opore said time has come for the people of Bonchari to make their decision without coercion or...
View ArticleRanguma invites EA industrial investors
MEMBERS of East Africa Community and local investors have been encouraged to invest in agriculture in Kisumu county. Governor Jack Ranguma said the available opportunities include seed development,...
View ArticleKisumu drafts bill on waste management
THE Kisumu government has drafted a bill that will provide a legal framework for solid waste management in the county. The Solid Waste Management Bill 2014 spells out modes of waste removal and...
View ArticleNyachae calls for support of swoops
Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution chairman Charles Nyachae has told leaders not to politicise the government’s crackdown on criminals. He said Kenyans should support plans to...
View ArticleWetang'ula pays hospital bill for girl, 17
Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula has paid the hospital bill for a girl who had been detained at Friends Lugulu Mission hospital for six months. Wetang’ula said a resident told him the girl could not...
View ArticleAbabu lashes out at Amani's Jubilee links
BUDALANGI MP Ababu Namwamba has told off elected leaders from Western region to severe their links with the Jubilee government. He said leaders from the region, who seek favours from the Jubilee...
View ArticleMuhoroni spurned widow burns houses, kills self
A widow at Obumba village in Muhoroni, Kisumu has committed suicide after her inheritor married another wife. Millicent Auma, 32, was inherited by Joseph Odero, 54, after the death of her husband. Auma...
View ArticleNyamira ambulances idle, awaiting staff to be trained
FIVE ambulances unveiled by the Nyamira county government last month are yet to be utilised. The ambulances are parked at the Nyamira County Hospital in Nyamira town. They are occasionally driven to...
View ArticleKakamega rep gifts drama team
KAKAMEGA county assembly deputy speaker Cleophas Malala has feted students of Mahiakalo Primary School for ranking second in the just concluded national schools and colleges drama festivals in Nyeri....
View ArticleLibraries slam shoddy work
KISII National Library Service board chairman Samuel Nyangeso yesterday asked the government to blacklist contractors who do shoddy work. Nyangeso said it is wrong for contractors to pocket public...
View ArticleOjaamong blames Busia police for rising crime
BUSIA Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has faulted Busia police chiefs over rising crime. He said police are sleeping on the job. Ojaamong said police should efficiently use the 24 patrol vehicles recently...
View ArticleBungoma to launch ward anti-corruption strategy
The Bungoma county government will launch an anti-corruption campaign in the wards. Governor Kenneth Lusaka yesterday said the county government will introduce performance contracts. He said the Ward...
View ArticleFunds appeal for orphans
Kakamega An orphans’ programme in Butere is appealing for financial support. Lunza Mixed Secindary School principal Martin Wamoyi and his Mabole Boys counterpart Geoffrey Okwachi told the Star on...
View ArticleODM has not given Oyioka poll ticket, says Magerer
ODM executive director Magerer Langat yesterday denied the party has given Oroo Oyioka the ticket to run in the Bonchari MP byelection. “The party has not given the ticket to any candidate to run in...
View ArticleVandals destroy water meters
siaya Siaya and Bondo Water and Sanitation Company director Julius Nyadiago has said vandalism is to blame for lack of water. Speaking to the Star at his office in Siaya town yesterday, he said more...
View ArticleGroup gives Sh300m for development projects
THE Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme II has disbursed more than Sh300 million to 118 community-driven development groups within catchment areas. LVEMP II national project coordinator...
View ArticleMCA backs call to sack Kambi
Vihiga An MCA has supported the petition in the National Assembly to sack Labour Secretary Kazungu Kambi. Vihiga nominated MCA Ben Ombima said his colleagues accuse Kambi of interfering with trade...
View ArticleNyamira insurance tender 'was awarded fairly'
DUE process was followed in awarding the Sh30 million insurance deal for Nyamira county assembly, Johncele Insurance Brokers manager Kennedy Ogutu has said. Johncele won the tender. Addressing the...
View ArticleTwo Busia schools to be elevated to national status
A task force on school fees has recommended the upgrading of two more schools in Busia county to national status. Speaking after collecting views from stakeholders at St Mathias Secondary School in...
View ArticleThree counties to unite in trade
BUSIA The county will partner with Kisumu and Siaya in identifying inter-county development priorities and activities. The Society for International Development project manager Mary Ochieng, who paid a...
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