Illegal sugar imports irk cane growers
The Kenya Sugarcane Growers Association has asked the government to revoke import licences for sugar until a new Act comes into effect. KESGA secretary general Richard Ogendo said this will help in the...
View ArticleOuko library launch today
The newly established information and knowledge centre built in memory of the late Dr Robert Ouko will be officially opened today by Sports Secretary Hassan Wario. In a press release sent to the Star...
View ArticleCourt cancels Kisumu Sh18bn waste contract
THE High Court in Kisumu yesterday declared as illegal the Kisumu County’s Sh18 billion waste management deal. This follows a successful petition by businessman and Kisumu resident Eric Okeyo. The...
View ArticleKakamega plan to lift up contractors
The Kakamega government will assist contractors who do not have funds to get money from banks to fulfil their contract agreement. Governor Wycliffe Oparanya asked contractors who have financial...
View ArticleBusia MP wants girls protected
BUSIA women's representative Florence Mwikali has condemned the rising rape cases, especially among schoolgirls in the county and the country at large. Speaking to the Star on the phone yesterday,...
View ArticlePanic over two bags
TWO bags suspected to contain bombs were found at the Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu. Kisumu East police boss Musa Kongoli said the two bags contained clothes. Scores of residents rushed to the...
View ArticleKisumu debates poll date
A Kisumu MCA has opposed calls by Ugenya MP David Ochieng to have polls moved from August to December. Nyalenda ward representative Jacktone Onunga said according to constitution, general elections...
View ArticleTown official defends Bungoma public board
BUNGOMA town chairman Gideon Bwoyo has defended the county Public Service Board. Speaking to the star in Bungoma town yesterday, he said the board has done a recommendable job to ensure that the county...
View ArticleButere residents protest bias in CDF
A section of Butere residents have called for a joint meeting with MP Andrew Toboso to forge a working formula to benefit all residents. They have written to DC Julius Chepcheng’ to summon Toboso. The...
View ArticleKakamega MCA funds small-scale traders
A MEMBER of the Kakamega county assembly has launched a programme for funding small-scale traders in his ward. Marama West ward representative Habel Nanjendo said he will build kiosks for women traders...
View ArticleCord split in Bonchari
CORD partners, ODM and Wiper party will lock horns in the Bonchari by-elections after the parties nominated candidates to contest the seat. Wiper this week nominated former MP Charles Onyancha while...
View ArticleFarmers In Kisii urged to up yield
AN NGO has urged farmers in Kisii and Nyamira counties to plant various avocado varieties for the market. Cascade Development Organisation urged farmers to diversify in order to create employment and...
View ArticleMP decries illegal logging
KASIPUL Kabondo MP Oyugi Magwanga has raised a red flag over the destruction of wire and Kodera forest in his constituency. Speaking to journalists in Kisumu, Magwanga called on the concerned...
View ArticleChemelil Sugar gets Sh120m power boost
CHEMELIL Sugar Company will save Sh14 million electricity cost monthly upon the completion of the three-megawatts turbo alternator. Managing director Charles Owele said they are spending Sh15 million...
View ArticleBusia, Jkuat in tilling machines partnersip
BUSIA government and Jomo Kenyatta University of Arts and Technology have entered a partnership to supply small machines for tilling land. Governor Sospeter Ojaamong revealed on Wednesday that the move...
View ArticleKisumu MCAs want armed bodyguards
MEMBERS of Kisumu county assembly want the county commandant to train five sergeant-at-arms and the chair of security committee on how to handle guns. According to a report on Administration and...
View ArticleKisii MCAs reject top county board official
A section of the members to the Kisii county assembly yesterday opposed a motion seeking to adopt a report on the appointment of secretary to the County Public Service Board. The MCAs gave various...
View ArticleTwo Lugari girls defiled
KAKAMEGA Two sisters are admitted at Lumakanda Subcounty Hospital after they were defiled by a 30- year-old man. The two aged 10 and 11 were rescued by Pastor Peter Nyauke who heard that they had been...
View ArticleWild animals invade Suna
MIGORI Residents of Suna Lower location are living in fear after wild animals invaded the area. Speaking to the press at Mukuro centre on Thursday, they said earlier this week a hyena killed five...
View ArticleRoadside sale of herbs banned
KISII The county government yesterday banned the selling of herbal medicine on the streets. In an interview with the Star in her office yesterday, Culture executive Mercella Otuke said herbalists will...
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