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Sh5b project to give farmers cheap fertiliser
Farmers from across the country are set to benefit from a Sh5 billion subsidised fertiliser this financial year, a move the State says will boost food security. Deputy President William Ruto said the...
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We will marshal support for Jubilee Party, pledges New Ford-K leaders
Mwangi Willy @wk_mwangi Trans Nzoia Members of Parliament allied to the now defunct New Ford Kenya (NFK) have affirmed their commitment in marshalling support for the yet-to-be-launched Jubilee Party...
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Civil societies now blame teachers for schools unrest
James Momanyi, Noah Cheploen and Kennedy Kariuki @PeopleDailyKe More than 100 members of the civil society have asked Education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i to crack the whip on school heads...
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High Court awards casual labourer Sh6.5m payout
A casual labourer who suffered life-threatening injuries while working at a construction site in Kisumu has been awarded Sh6.5 million compensation. Alex Otieno, 56, was preparing slab shutters on...
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Cervical cancer war gets boost
Kenyan women will no longer require pap smear test or invasive visual inspections for cervical cancer screening after the introduction of a new advanced DNA based technology that tests for high risk...
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Collapsing city building sparks fresh demolitions
Kinyuru Munuhe and Sarah Ndungu @PeopledailyKe Nairobi County Government is seeking assistance from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in the demolition of condemned building. “We want KDF to step in and...
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Parties claiming Karen plot told to file evidence
The High Court has directed all the parties claiming ownership of the 134-acre Karen land valued at Sh8 billion to file the relevant evidence by October 4, 2016. Lady Justice Lucy Gacheru allowed...
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61pc Kenyans want Raila to quit politics
Sixty-one per cent of Kenyans do not want Raila to contest the presidential election next year, according to an opinion poll released yesterday. However, out of these, 26 per cent want the Cord leader...
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Naivasha ‘vampire’ attacked by locals
Geoffrey Matheri alias Fongo or Vampire, who was once charged with drinking the blood of his victims, is nursing serious injuries in hospital after a mob attacked and left him for the dead. Fongo, who...
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Uhuru signs into law engineering technology Bill
PSCU @PeopleDailyKe President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday signed into law the Engineering Technology Bill, 2016. The Act provides for the regulation, practice and standards of engineering technologists...
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JM’s ally Mwithaga takes the final bow
Noah Cheploen and Victor Raballa @PeopleDailyKe When former Nakuru Town MP Mark Mwithaga — a close friend of former flamboyant Nyandarua North MP JM Kariuki — breathed his last on Monday night, it...
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Bukusu boys initiation rites kick off
Mwangi Willy @PeopleDailyKe Bukusu boys in Trans Nzoia county are preparing for circumcision this month to mark their transition from childhood to adulthood. The first group of initiates underwent the...
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Over 20 students charged with arson, freed on bond
Twenty-one students from two different schools in Nairobi were yesterday charged with arson. In the first incident, 13 Lang’ata High School students, who had been remanded at Kamiti juvenile remand...
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ODM wants legislation to regulate pollsters
ODM will sponsor a bill to regulate opinion polling, secretary general Agnes Zani has said. Zani, who was responding to a recent poll by Ipsos, accused the pollster of demonstrating open bias. She...
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Tight security for Chinese SGR workers after attack
Ten Chinese rail workers who were attacked by rowdy youth in Narok on Tuesday have been discharged from hospital. However, four who sustained serious injuries when Maasai youth, armed with rungus,...
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Parliament forms team to probe betting and gambling industry
The National Assembly has moved to start investigations into the growth of the multi-billion-shilling betting and gambling industry in the country. The MPs yesterday agreed to form an 11-member...
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15 Western leaders endorse Eugene’s bid for city seat
Brian Mureithi and Sarah Ndung’u @PeopleDailyKe A group of Western Kenya politicians have welcomed the endorsement of Water and Irrigation Cabinet secretary Eugene Wamalwa by their Mt Kenya region...
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IEBC bosses opt to leave office but…
The fate of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is now sealed after commissioners finally agreed to exit on a negotiated settlement paving way for the nomination of a new...
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Doctors declare Machakos ‘hostile zone’
Mutuku Mwangangi @PeopleDailyKe The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has started the process of withdrawing its members from Machakos county hospitals because of what it...
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How the IEBC came into existence
by Irene Githinji @gitshee The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) were sworn into office in November 2011, in a ceremony conducted by the retired Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. The...
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