SRC tells public servants, state officers to prepare for pay cuts
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has defended its move to hand over its interim report on proposed salary cuts to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The commission spoke in response to criticism from a...
View ArticleMboko acquitted of incitement charge
Meza Mwanza Mombasa Women's Representative Mishi Mboko has been acquitted of promoting ethnic hatred, incitement to violence and disobedience of the law charges. Mombasa Chief Magistrate Julius...
View ArticleUnderworld of the matatu industry
The Kenyan public transport sector is entirely privatised, which brings with it complicated issues. the industry seeming unregulated, is synonymous with chaos, untouchable cartels and gangs. Pimped up...
View ArticleWhere life is nasty, brutish and short
As if to thumb their noses at the security operation launched by the government in the area two weeks ago, bandits on Wednesday killed nine people in Baringo’s Mukutani Village. The raiders were...
View ArticleKDF land in Baringo in a mission to flush out bandits
As the conflict that continues to ravage certain parts of Baringo North and South continues to escalate so does the suffering of its residents, as many continue to flee their homes seeking refugee in...
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta visits Kenyan troops serving in Somalia under AMISOM
President Uhuru Kenyatta Saturday made a historic visit to Somalia meeting Kenyan troops serving under AMISOM in Somalia at Dhobley military camp. In what was his first visit to the war torn country...
View ArticleWiper-Ukambani parties union will be short-lived, says Ndile
Former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile and a chief Jubilee campaigner in Ukambani dismissed the political union of smaller parties with Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper saying it is a “temporary marriage of...
View ArticleJubilee’s NEB gets new head
Jubilee Party has replaced its National Election Board (NEB) chairman Godfrey Wanyonyi after the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) questioned his integrity. “It is unfortunate we are not able to continue...
View ArticleSomalia’s Farmajo set to visit Kenya, says Esipisu
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is expected in Nairobi for a three-day state visit on Thursday ahead of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) summit on Saturday, State House...
View ArticleSix people perish, scores injured in Londiani-Kisumu road accident
Six people died and several others sustained serious injuries when a bus collided head-on with a saloon car at Tunel area on Kisumu-Londiani road. The early yesterday morning accident involved a...
View ArticleKiunjuri calls for fewer MPs to cut wage bill
Murimi Mutiga, Douglas Dindi and KNA Devolution Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri wants the number of legislators reduced to cut the wage bill. He said the country is overrepresented at the National...
View ArticleYou abandoned city, Kidero tells Kenneth
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has trained his guns on rival Peter Kenneth as city politics intensify. Speaking in a church in Embakasi, Kidero and allies defended his performance and exuded confidence...
View ArticleMudavadi assures supporters on Nasa flag bearer
Enock Amukhale @PeopleDailyKe Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi has assured supporters that the National Super Alliance (Nasa) will unveil its presidential candidate on time, despite the...
View ArticleArt at its best at the drama festival
by Michael Muraya @Michael_muraya This weekend, the Kenya Schools and Colleges theatre and film festival’s curtains came down at the regional levels as institutions across the county battled for a...
View ArticleUhuRuto urge clergy to help unite country
Victor Raballa and Robert Ochoro President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto have urged church leaders to be in the forefront in promoting and supporting peace during political...
View ArticleUnion opposes move to hire Tanzanian doctors
Wangui Githugo and Luke Awich The move by the government to hire doctors from Tanzania has stirred fresh controversy between the doctor’s union who are suspicious of the deal. Despite an assurance by...
View ArticleTSC shortlists 27,214 teachers for promotion
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has shortlisted 27,214 teachers to be interviewed for 10,000 vacancies. The candidates will fill positions in Job Group K, M and N. “The shortlisted candidates...
View ArticleWe’ll send Rasanga packing come August, vow Siaya legislators
Three Siaya legislators yesterday vowed to ensure that area Governor Cornel Rasanga is voted out of office in the August 8 poll for allegedly presiding over massive plunder of county resources....
View ArticleVehicle transfer goes digital as NTSA set to unveil ‘smart’ driving licences
Any transfer, registration of vehicles and application for driving licences will be done through an online Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS), transport safety agency has said. Speaking in...
View ArticleFormer NHIF boss Sh117M fraud case to be heard from June 26, court rules
The hearing of a case in which former National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) chief executive Richard Kerich and four others are charged with defrauding the institution of more than Sh116.9 million...
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