Our petition stands - lobby
A lobby group has denied that it has withdrawn a petition to the Bungoma county Public Service Board. “We only amended our initial petition with more facts and additions of more grounds of misconduct...
View ArticleSavula roots for sugar farmers
LUGARI MP Ayub Savula has asked West Kenya and Butali Sugar Factories in Kakamega county to increase its payments for farmers’ deliveries in line with the international market rates. Savula said prices...
View ArticleLusaka to appeal ruling on 13 officials
Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka will appeal a court ruling that sent 13 chief officers home. Addressing the press at his office, Lusaka said he respects the courts verdict and the rights of citizens to...
View ArticleRespect labour laws, firms told
THE Kisumu government has put on notice investors who are violating labour rights. Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga said the investors will face unspecified consequences. She said the constitution is clear...
View ArticleWater pans in Nyando to stop floods
THE Kisumu government has rolled out plans to build water pans in Nyando constituency to address the perennial flooding. Water executive Barrack Abonyo said a water pan worth Sh2.5 million has been...
View ArticleSamia father hangs himself
A father-of-four on Monday killed himself at Busijo village in Samia subcounty, Busia county. Sam Magina, 36, was found hanging from the ceiling of his mother’s house. Relatives said Magina's wife had...
View ArticleAide defends Oparanya in majority leader poll
KAKAMEGA Governor Wycliffe Oparanya skipped a meeting with Kakamega MCAs after it turned chaotic on Sunday. Oparanya’s political adviser Justine Mutobera yesterday said Oparanya was set to meet the...
View ArticleGuard killed in night raid
A watchman was killed by armed thugs at Matayos trading centre on Monday night. The thugs did not steal anything from the shop the 60-year-old was manning. Matayos youth leader Dennis Okinda said...
View ArticleOuko Kisumu library set to open tomorrow
THE ultra-modern memorial library to honour the former Foreign Affairs minister Robert Ouko will be officially launched tomorrow. The Ouko family said the library was built to keep his memories alive...
View ArticleObama's aunt buried at Kisumu cemetery
US President Barack Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango was yesterday buried at the Sunni Muslim cemetery in Kisumu a month after her death in America. Onyango died on April 8 in Boston at the age of 61. She...
View ArticleInmate slips from police in Kisumu
AN inmate escaped while being taken to Kodiaga Prison from Maseno law courts in Kisumu county on Tuesday afternoon. He is facing robbery and violence charges. The inmate escaped at around 3pm. County...
View ArticleHope for the deaf and blind
The Kisumu county assembly yesterday passed a motion on access to information for people living with disabilities. Nominated MCA Awour Agwanda who represents the group, moved the motion. She said...
View ArticleMumias cops impound 120 fake title deeds
Police in Mumias district yesterday impounded more than 120 fake land title deeds from a private land surveyor. Working on a tip-off from the public, a team of CID officers, regular and administration...
View ArticleMutie orders crackdown on illicit alcohol
Nyanza regional coordinator Francis Mutie has directed security agents to crackdown on illicit brews. Around 65 people died and 125 hospitalised after drinking lethal alcohol Makueni, Murang’a, Kitui,...
View ArticleSh7.5m for 962 poor students
KITUTU Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has disbursed Sh7.5 million to students from poor families in the constituency. Speaking at Tombe CDF offices on Tuesday, Bosire said the money will be divided among 962...
View ArticleIntensify war on illicit brew, says priest
A Catholic priest yesterday asked security officers in Kisii county to step up the fight against illicit brews. Father Lawrence Nyaanga said some families have broken down because men have abdicated...
View ArticleKakamega to open new market
THE newly refurbished Kakamega municipal market will soon be handed over to the county authorities. Finance executive Paul Otsola said the county government has taken over the project. Speaking to the...
View ArticleFather of two killed in Matete inferno
A man was on Monday night burnt beyond recognition in his house at Mtua village, Mabuye sublocation in Matete subcounty. Peter Mukhwabi’s two children aged five and three escaped death in the fire...
View ArticleSh7.5m for 962 poor students
Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire has asked the Nyamira governor to include county leaders in decision making. He said Governor John Nyagarama should involve professionals as well. “He needs to...
View ArticleFisherman, 22, drowns
A fisherman drowned in Lake Victoria on Tuesday evening when his boat was hit by a hippo and capsized at Uhanya beach in Bondo subcounty. David Obuwa, 22, was with his two colleagues, Nelson Odongo and...
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