City lawyer loses bid to block commission nominees’ vetting
Former Law Society of Kenya chief executive Apollo Mboya lost a bid to stop Parliament from vetting the electoral commission nominees. Judge John Mativo declined to stop the National Assembly from...
View ArticleDemand for Equity Bank’s scholarships soars
Mike Ratemo @PeopleDailyKe Hundreds of candidates who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exam last year applied for Equity Group Foundation’s Wings to Fly scholarships last year. Equity...
View ArticleInsurance firms in scramble for slice of marine investment business
After more than a decade of administrative wrangling, a new law that makes it compulsory for all imports to be insured locally came to effect this month, allowing players to increase stakes in marine...
View ArticleNon-teaching staff in Egerton commence strike
Non-teaching staff at Egerton University yesterday downed their tools after the government on grounds that it failed to implement the 2013-2017 Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA). The strike commenced...
View ArticleObama to be remembered for his most memorable quotes on Africa
Chicago, Tuesday As Barack Obama, the first US president of African descent, gave his last speech as head of state, we revisit five of his most memorable lines about the continent. Addressing the...
View ArticleChebukati: I pledge no party loyalty
James Murimi @Jamesmurymy The nominee for the electoral commission chair Wafula Chebukati was at pains to exonerate himself from past links with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and its leader...
View ArticleDoctors vow to continue with boycott
George Kebaso and Bernice Mbugua @PeopleDailyKe Doctors have dismissed sacking threats by the National and County governments and vowed not to resume duty. Speaking to the media yesterday, union...
View ArticleI’ve no preferred candidate, Ruto assures JP aspirants
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday intensified his efforts to consolidate the Rift Valley voting bloc by meeting aspirants for various seats at his Karen residence as political temperatures hot...
View ArticleAIPCK Archbishop John Mugech passes on
Long-serving head of the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Kenya (AIPCK) Archbishop John Baptist Mugecha is dead. Mugecha, who was also a renowned Kikuyu elder, succumbed to colon cancer on...
View ArticleCourt orders doctors’ union officials to call off strike or face jail term
The Labour Court has sentenced Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union officials to one month suspended jail term. Delivering the ruling Thursday morning, judge Hellen Wasilwa said...
View ArticleNaivasha residents decry rising cases of donkey theft
Stakeholders in the donkey business now say cases of donkey theft in the country has nearly doubled since the opening of two slaughterhouses in Nakuru and Baringo counties. In Naivasha Sub-County...
View ArticleDeceased boy’s body detained over hospital fees
A family in Mairo village of Nyandarua County is mourning the death of their kin, following a hit and run accident on 20th of December 2016. Weston Kamau aged 12 years was knocked down by a vehicle...
View ArticleRashid Mohamed: Projects have created employment, improved lives
Barely a day after the National Super Alliance held its voter sensitization gathering at the Bomas of Kenya, a Kakamega based activist has hailed the ongoing projects of the Jubilee Government in the...
View ArticleDoctor’s Union officials given two weeks to call off their strike
The Industrial Court has ordered the Doctor's Union officials to complete the ongoing negotiations and call off the strike within 2 weeks failure to which they will be jailed for 1 month in a ruling...
View ArticleConfusion as two lists of interim party officials emerge in Embu
Confusion has rocked Embu County Jubilee Party branch after two lists of party interim officials emerged on Wednesday. The lists, one from Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti and the other from Embu Governor...
View ArticlePresident-Elect’s Donald Trump press conference courts controversy
Nine days ahead of his inauguration ceremony President elect of the United States of America Donald Trump held his first news press conference on Wednesday at the Trump Tower in New York. The press...
View ArticleKanu lambasts its Secretary-General over NASA involvement
The leadership of Kanu will meet within the next few days to discuss among other things the conduct of Secretary General Nick Salat, who attended the Opposition meeting yesterday and declared that...
View ArticleYouth accuse Governor of not delivering on pre-election promises
Youth from Ekerenyo, in North Mogirango constituency, Nyamira County took to the streets yesterday protesting against what they termed as empty pre-election promises made by County Governor John...
View ArticleKilifi Branch members call for a free, fair exercise
ODM leaders in Kwale County have asked the party headquarters to ensure that nominations in the county are conducted in a free and fair manner. Branch Chairman Nicholas Zani says this will ensure that...
View ArticleStop impounding vehicles on feeder roads, NTSA told
Transport Licensing Appeal Board (TLAB) has warned the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) against impounding vehicles using feeder roads to evade traffic snarl-ups. TLAB chairman Dick...
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