Leaders mourn the death of the late Nyeri County Governor
President Uhuru Kenyatta led the nation in mourning the sudden death of the late Nyeri Governor, Dr. Wahome Gakuru, saying the people of Nyeri and the country at large had been robbed of a great...
View ArticleWeatherman warns over effects of heavy rainfall
The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that the heavy rains being experienced in Central, North Eastern and North Western parts of the country leaving in its wake a trail of disaster and...
View ArticleHigh Court blocks NGO board summoning of lobby officials
The High Court yesterday stopped NGO Coordination Board from summoning Katiba Institute directors. Justice John Mativo (pictured) issued the temporary orders and also restrained the board from...
View ArticleDeath robs country of bright leader
It was a grim jinx for Nyeri county when Governor Wahome Gakuru died in a freak dawn accident yesterday, nine months after his predecessor Nderitu Gachagua died at a London hospital. Dr Gakuru...
View ArticleDons kick off biweekly demos today to push for better perks
Public universities’ lecturers will from today hold nationwide demonstrations twice a week to push for implementation of the 2013-17 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed with the government...
View ArticleParliament adjourns over House teams
The two houses of Parliament have been forced to adjourn a day after reopening because of delays in the formation of committees. The National Assembly proceeds on a three-week break during which the...
View ArticleScholar who defied odds by felling political giants
Seth Mwaniki and Zachary Ochuodho @PeopleDailyKe For a man who walked the academic circles like a colossus, many doubted he was cut for political shenanigans, particularly after he lost his first...
View ArticleGovernor hosted son’s classmates day before he died
Barely 24 hours before he met his death, Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru hosted his son’s classmates at their Runda residence ahead of the Kenya Certificate of Education Examination (KCSE). It was his...
View ArticleFree education for secondary students starting January
Robin Obino @PeopleDailyKE It is all systems go for the roll-out of Free Secondary Education after the government released guidelines on the implementation of the programme starting January 2018....
View ArticleCleric’s sodomy case pushed to next year over witnesses hitch
Roy Lumbe @lumbe_roy The case against self-proclaimed Nakuru pastor facing sodomy and child prostitution charges failed to proceed yesterday after witnesses failed to show up in court. Resident...
View ArticleUhuru leads nation in mourning Gakuru
PD Team @PeopleDailyKe Leaders from across the political divide have sent messages of condolence to the family, friends and people of Nyeri county following the death of Governor Wahome Gakuru....
View ArticleNaivasha trader accuses Kinyanjui of abuse of office office
A Naivasha trader has petitioned Nakuru County Assembly to investigate Governor Lee Kinyanjui over alleged abuse of office. Dominic Kinyanjui has also questioned the move to appoint Benjamin Njoroge...
View ArticleNurses strike denied babies crucial vaccine
It is now emerging that new born babies in Naivasha and its environs missed out on immunisation during the five-month strike by nurses. And a week after the nurses resumed duty, the number of parents...
View ArticleTwo sit KCSE exam in hospital after delivery
Two candidates from Molo, Nakuru county are writing the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam from hospital after giving birth as the exercise entered the third day yesterday. Mercy...
View Article‘Nusu mkate’ a pipe dream, Jubilee Party MPs tell Raila
Seth Onyango and Anthony Mwangi @PeopleDailyKe Jubilee Party leaders were last evening locked in yet another bitter war of words with their National Super Alliance (Nasa) counterparts over the...
View ArticleUhuru kick-starts rebirth of Nairobi
PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday morning at his office in Harambee House chaired a meeting on the regeneration of Nairobi. The programme, between the National government and County Government...
View ArticleKenya, Uganda set to be declared Marburg free
Kenya and Uganda are on course to declare the two countries free of Marburg disease following intensified surveillance along the common border. A joint surveillance team of epidemiologists is closely...
View ArticleWahome plea ruling set for November 24
The hearing of an application by Kandara MP Alice Wahome seeking to throw out a petition challenging her victory commenced yesterday at the Murang’a High Court. The MP through her lawyer Elisha Ongoya...
View ArticleCJ issues guidelines on presidential poll cases
All parties involved in three presidential election petitions must submit their documents by Monday next week to facilitate an expeditious hearing and determination by November 20, Chief Justice David...
View ArticleMPs accuse State of abandoning Nyanza fishermen
MPs drawn from Nyanza region have accused the government of being insensitive to their plight where they have been subjected to harassment by the Uganda security personnel. The lawmakers said 22...
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