Jubilee accuses IEBC of allocating more BVR kits to Cord zones
Jubilee Party has accused the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of skewed distribution of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits in favour of Opposition strongholds. Head of Jubilee...
View ArticleReprieve as court suspends doctors’ jail sentence for seven days
It was a reprieve for doctors after the Employment and Labour Relations Court suspended their jail sentence for a further seven days. Justice Hellen Wasilwa yet again postponed the doctors jail...
View ArticleCourt gives KMPDU officials 7-day ultimatum to resolve deadlock Court gives...
Officials of the Doctors Union- KMPDU have once again survived being thrown into jail albeit for 7 days only following the intervention of the Central Organization of Trade Unions - COTU which pleaded...
View ArticleDP Ruto kicks off 5-day tour of the Coast region
Deputy President William Ruto kicked-off a five-day tour of the Coast region urging voters not to be hoodwinked to support the opposition claiming it has no development agenda for the country. Ruto...
View ArticleYouth, women afraid of applying for enterprise funds, says PS
Social Development Principal Secretary (PS) Susan Mochache is concerned at the low uptake of Government development funds meant for the youth, women and vulnerable groups in the country. Addressing...
View ArticleMan arrested at Moi Airport with heroine worth Sh10m
MURIMI MUTIGA @murimimutiga Just a week after sons of the late narcotics baron Ibrahim Akasha were extradited to the US to face drug trafficking charges, another Kenyan has been nabbed at the Moi...
View ArticleRace to State House intensifies
A hitherto unkmown Kenyan Stephen Owoko has joined the growing list of residential candidates seeking to challenge incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 General elections. Owoko launched...
View ArticleIs Atwoli what the doctor ordered?
The last time Francis Atwoli tried his hand at mediation, it resulted in loud grumbling in some quarters. That was last year when he tried to convince Western Kenya politicians that having too many...
View ArticleNasa told to dwell on voter registration
By Josphat Kinyua, Felix Yegon and Noah Cheploen Devolution Minister Mwangi Kiunjuri has urged National Super Alliance (Nasa) leaders to concentrate on voter mobilisation campaigns. He accused the...
View ArticleJubilee, Cord up gear in final week of voter listing
Jubilee and Nasa yesterday continued with their campaigns to woo potential voters to register with only one week remaining to the closure of the Mass Voter Registration (MVR) exercise. While Jubilee,...
View ArticlePersons with disability to back Uhuru re-election
By Bernard Gitau and KNA Persons with disabilities will support the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta during the August 8 polls, National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) chairperson...
View ArticleNurses’ union expels chair for ‘breaching law’
Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) has expelled its chairman John Biiy over gross misconduct and breach of the union’s constitution. The union accused him of working with the government and other...
View ArticleNTSA starts exercise to keep matatu drivers sober
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) yesterday launched a programme to curb drink driving among matatu drivers. Officers from the authority, with support from the Machakos Country Bus...
View ArticleWe owe no one political debt, Ababu party says
Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba’s Labour Party of Kenya appeared torn between supporting either Jubilee Party or the yet-to-be-launched National Super Alliance (Nasa) with the top decision-making organ...
View ArticleSapit: We’ll stand with Wabukala
Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) archibishop Jackson ole Sapit has vowed to support his predecessor in his new mandate on war against corruption. Sapit says retired archbishop Eliud Wabukala, who was...
View ArticleBribery tops corruption index
Bribery in the public service is the most common form of corruption, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) says. According to the agency’s 2015/16 report, of the 7,929 cases reported last...
View ArticleTussle with Musila tests Kalonzo grip on Ukambani
Differences between Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Kitui Senator David Musila continue to simmer even after a section of MCAs mounted pressure on the Senator to retire from active politics. Musila,...
View ArticleKilimo calls for recruitment of more police reservists in Kerio
Former Anti-FGM Board chairperson Linah Jebii Kilimo wants the government to recruit more police reservists and recognise their role in maintaining law and order in Kerio Valley. Speaking on Saturday...
View ArticleNyachae Senate option a relief, says Nyamweya
South Mugirango MP Manson Nyamweya has said he worked behind the scenes to try and get the former Constitution and Implementation Commission (CIC) chair Charles Nyachae to contest for Nairobi...
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