Nakuru granny, 102, loses land to developer
Roy Lumbe @lumbe_roy A 102-year-old grandmother has been spending the night in the cold since Friday after hired goons demolished her mud-walled house to evict her from land desired by a private...
View ArticleKidero, Sonko tiff now headed to court
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has written to Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro to have parliamentary privilege insulating Senator Mike Mbuvi alias Sonko from prosecution be lifted to allow Kidero seek legal...
View ArticleIt’s been a challenge, Njoroge says about his first year at Central Bank
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge has said his one year at the helm of the regulator has been tough and challenging. In an exclusive interview with the People Daily, the governor...
View ArticleAbabu ‘ready to ditch ODM for Labour party’
ODM secretary general Ababu Namwamba will reportedly use a new political party to vie for presidency in next year’s elections. Sources intimated to People Daily that Ababu is ready to exit Orange...
View ArticleJubilee calls for unity in the run-up to 2017 polls
Political leaders allied to the Jubilee coalition have called for national unity ahead of next year’s General Election. Devolution Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, Kiambu governor William Kabogo and...
View ArticleSecondary school principals meeting begins today
Cheating in national examinations and curriculum change are expected to take centre stage during this year’s Kenya Secondary School Heads Association(KSSHA) annual conference which starts today in...
View ArticleKavuludi tells off police reforms critics
The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has warned of interference with the ongoing police reforms in the country. The commission chairman Johnston Kavuludi said the process of reforming the...
View ArticleTSC reviews teachers’ code amid protests
by Atieno Akumu and Harrison Kivisu @PeopleDailyKe The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has unveiled an ambitious code of conduct aimed at taming rogue professionals and streamline the education...
View ArticleCops repulse al Shabaab, but five fall
Kinyuru Munuhe and Judith Kemei @PeopleDailyKe Four police officers yesterday overcame the trauma of the death of five colleagues, who perished in a terror attack and fought off heavily armed al...
View ArticleCash crunch sucking life out of Kalro, says director
Mwangangi Mutuku @PeopleDailyKe Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) faces collapse unless the government urgently addresses cash constraints throttling the country’s...
View ArticleAmended law clears way for Jubilee party launch
The launch of the Jubilee Party has entered the homestretch after the merger steering committee announced it had finalised all the outstanding details of the merger process yesterday. A committee...
View ArticleSex-tourism jeopardises Kilifi girls’ future
The plight of the girl child — victims of retrogressive cultural practices, parental neglect and sex tourism — still haunts Kilifi county and the larger Coast region. This exposes the minors to double...
View ArticleAtwoli pledges to midwife elusive Luhya unity
Henry Andanje @PeopleDailyKe Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary general Francis Atwoli is set to convene a meeting bringing together all Luhya leaders in search of the community’s...
View ArticleKidero, Sonko ‘dirty fighting goes digital’
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and Senator Mike Sonko spat continued yesterday after the two were involved in exchanges through their twitter handles. Though the two were cautious not to mention the...
View ArticleReformist officer saw need for toilets in cell
When former Luanda Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Monica Kimani installed flush toilets in Luanda police station cells last year, she had to endure endless derision for being lenient on suspects....
View ArticleMP switches off phone to avoid fundraiser
A first term MP in Busia county became the talk of the day at a public function last Saturday when he switched off his mobile phone to avoid attending a funds drive presided over by a prominent trade...
View ArticleJustice Tunoi tribunal final submissions tomorrow
Victor Raballa and Jackson Maina @PeopleDailyKe The tribunal investigating the conduct of retired Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi will resume tomorrow to make final deliberations. The decision was...
View ArticleFresh fighting rocks Kisumu-Nandi border
Baraka Karama and KNA @PeopleDailyKe Tension was yesterday high in Songhor town on the border of Kisumu and Nandi counties following renewed ethnic clashes that have left one person dead and three...
View ArticleJubilee, Cord yet to agree on whether IEBC will go
Cord leaders yesterday revealed that the only hurdle standing on the way of talks on electoral reforms was the issue of whether commissioners of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...
View ArticleMutunga excused from Mutava panel
Suspended High Court judge Joseph Mutava yesterday made an about-turn and excused retired Chief Justice Willy Mutunga from testifying before the judicial tribunal investigating him over alleged...
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