5% Kisumu budget to be used in wards
KISUMU government will channel five per cent of its annual budget to its 35 wards to fund development projects once the Ward Development Budget Bill is passed into law. Speaking during public...
View ArticleMCAs petition Uhuru to make Kisumu a city
Kisumu MCAs have petitioned President Uhuru to award a city charter to the county. The nine-member Committee on Delegated County Legislation presented a report on Kisumu City Board Management at the...
View ArticleWoman, 32, commits suicide
A house wife in Shauri Yako estate, Homa Bay town has committed suicide. The body of Lydiah Adhiambo, 32, a mother of three was found dangling under her rooftop on Tuesday. Her husband Michael Okeno...
View ArticleHoma Bay nominated reps cry foul
NOMINATED county representatives in Homa Bay have complained of discrimination by their fellow elected MCAs. The 23 MCAs alleges that the elected MCAs have sidelined them in assembly matters. Led by...
View ArticleTwo leaders want Nacada devolved
BUSIA A county representative and Maendeleo ya Wanawake organisation Teso North branch want Nacada services decentralised. Nominated MCA Mohammed Noor and MYW branch boss Mary Aroot yesterday said...
View ArticleIEBC plotted Jubilee victory - ODM MPs
FOUR ODM MPs have said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission blocked a Presidential runoff in the March 4, elections last year. MPs John Mbadi (Suba), Oyugi Magwanga (Kasipul), Millie...
View ArticleVarsity wants all its courses authorised
MASINDE Muliro University has started re-evaluating all its courses to ensure conformity to requirements by professional bodies. Academic Affairs deputy vice chancellor Prof Josephine Ngaira said that...
View ArticleOngwae warns contractors over shoddy work
KISII Governor James Ongwae has said road contractors who do substandard work will be blacklisted. “I am cautioning contractors who rush to do shoddy work so they can milk public money that they will...
View ArticleMother sues hospital, state
A woman who was shown by local television being beaten up by nurses at the Bungoma District Hospital while delivering on the floor has sued the state and the hospital. Josephine Majani moved to court...
View ArticleBondo MP's notice to contractors
BONDO MP Gideon Ochanda has warned contractors against shoddy work. He said contractors must meet the required standards. Ochanda said incompetent contractors will be denied tenders in the...
View ArticleKisumu boda bodas not ready to leave CBD
BODA BODA operators in Kisumu town have opposed plans by the county government to evict them from the central business district. The eviction is aimed at restoring sanity and addressing crime in the...
View ArticleNeedy pupils get bursaries
Busia. Some 3,000 needy children from Matayos subcounty have received Sh12 million CDF educa- tion bursary. Addressing residents at Busia Cultural Centre yesterday, Matayos MP Godfrey Odanga said the...
View ArticleKiminini sets aside Sh11m for bursaries
Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa has asked parents to enhance education. Wamalwa, a former lecturer at the University of Nairobi said it is only education that will develop the area. “I have always said it is...
View ArticleElderly face stigma during HIV testing
THE Western Elders Council has said old people are discriminated against when they go for HIV testing in public hospitals. Secretary general Japheth Barua said young doctors and nurses do not consider...
View ArticleLocals lynch Namalo ‘thief’
Bunyala. Residents of Namalo village in Ruam- bwa yesterday lynched a suspected thief. Peter Odwori, 40, was slashed with pangas when he was allegedly caught stealing from a trader. Ruambwa assistant...
View ArticleRongo CDF to install solar street lights
RONGO town residents are set to benefit from a multi-million shilling solar street lighting project sponsored by the area constituency development fund. Rongo CDF chairman Joseph Ngare yesterday said...
View ArticleMP roots for artistes, models
THE Kisumu government has been asked to allocate funds to nurture talents among local artistes and models. Kisumu Central MP Ken Obura yesterday said the county has many youths with various talents,...
View ArticleNyamira fires speaker over Sh30m tender
SACKED Nyamira county assembly speaker Peter King’oina and majority leader Beauttah Omanga are trading accusations over the controversial Sh30 million insurance deal. Speaking after he was fired on...
View ArticleUDF sacks its Vihiga officials
UDF national office has rat- ified replacement of Vihiga county party officials. A national executive committee meeting attend- ed by party leader Musalia Mudavadi also referred to the disciplinary...
View ArticleKisumu MCAs clash over firing speaker
KISUMU county assembly proceedings were on Wednesday paralysed after two factions of MCAs clashed over the motion to impeach the speaker. The clash disrupted normal business forcing speaker Ann Adul to...
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