ICC refers Uhuru case to Assembly of State Parties
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred the Kenyan government to the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute (ASP) for non-cooperation in the case involving President Uhuru Kenyatta....
View ArticleKalonzo hints at plan to list Cord as party
People Daily Team @PeopleDailyKe Opposition coalition, Cord, is considering registering as a party in readiness for the 2017 General Election. Cord co-principal and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka...
View ArticleMPs recalled to deliberate on CDF cash
The National Assembly has been recalled for a special sitting to deliberate on matters relating to the disbursement of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF). The move comes as...
View ArticleMurang’a man accused of sodomy denies charges
Wangari Njuguna and Muasya Charles @PeopleDailyKe A 38-year-old man accused of sodomising minors was arraigned in Kigumo law courts yesterday. Enoch Mwangi from Igikiiro village in Maragua, Murang’a...
View ArticleState establishes anti-microbial resistance surveillance system
The government has established an anti-microbial resistance assessment preceding surveillance system. Health Cabinet secretary Dr Cleophas Mailu said lack of proper surveillance systems coupled with...
View ArticleSh150 billion SGR stopped until filed case is heard
The National Environmental Tribunal has stopped construction of the Sh150 billion second phase of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) until an appeal filed by activist Okiya Omtata and wildlife...
View ArticleKDF now draw guns on recruitment malpractices
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has put in place tough measures to forestall instances of corruption and other malpractices as the recruitment of 2,000 officers gets underway across the country....
View ArticleJudiciary out to quell medical cover unrest
The Judiciary will re-structure its Sh803 million medical insurance scheme after staffers protested the recent downward review of the cover. The more than 4,000 staff, whose downgraded cover compelled...
View ArticleParents, students protest school order to shave hair
Controversy is brewing at Mwakirunge Secondary School in Mombasa after parents joined students in protesting an order by the school management for learners to shave their hair. This is after some 12...
View ArticleMudavadi to testify in Anglo Leasing case
The Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi is expected to appear in a Nairobi court this morning to testify in the Anglo-Leasing case against Senator Chris Obure in which the government...
View ArticleNakuru in bid to turn hyacinth into fertiliser
Kirera Mwiti and Philip Yegon @PeopleDailyKe Nakuru County government has now partnered with a Japanese company to turn the stubborn water hyacinth weed in Lake Naivasha into fertiliser. County chief...
View ArticleConstituencies to get Sh81m CDF
Each constituency will receive Sh81 million from the Constituency Development Board for the year 2016/17. The 290 constituencies will share the money equally for the first time, following the...
View ArticleAbsentee doctors hurting healthcare
More than 20 per cent of healthcare providers in Kenya are chronic absentees who undermine the country’s healthcare service quality, says Randolph Augustin of USAid Kenya. Speaking during the launch...
View ArticleODM wants by-elections for 13 seats
ODM wants 13 members who have joined the recently launched Jubilee Party to be expelled and by-elections held to replace them. The party yesterday issued a show-cause letter to governors and...
View ArticleCS orders arrest of ODM youth who torched car
Interior Cabinet secretary Joseph Nkaissery has directed police to apprehend and prosecute youth who torched a vehicle after an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally in Mathare on Sunday. “Those...
View ArticleICC member countries should address ‘findings of obstruction’
International Criminal Court (ICC) member countries should address the institution’s finding of obstruction by Kenya in the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta, Human Rights Watch has said. An ICC...
View ArticleN Rift leaders fight for ‘own’ varsity boss
James Murimi and Winstone Chiseremi @Wchiseremi Two governors and six MPs from the North Rift region have threatened to block Moi University’s 32nd graduation ceremony on Friday unless Education...
View ArticleIEBC finalises preparations to conduct by-elections
The Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC) is ready to conduct a free and fair by-election at Nyacheki ward in Kisii County on October 26, Nyanza South co-ordinator Sarah Ogaro has said. She said...
View ArticleKilifi water firm workers strike, decry poor management
Services at the Kilifi-Mariakani Water and Sewerage Company (Kimawasco) offices in Kilifi town came to a standstill yesterday when the workers downed their tools over poor management. The more than...
View ArticleAbabu to unveil rebranded Ojiambo party for 2017 poll
Bungalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba is today scheduled to unveil a political outfit he will use to seek re-election in next year’s General Election. Ababu, who fell out with ODM citing frustrations,...
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