Witness links Okemo to Anglo-Leasing project deal
Former Finance minister Chris Okemo chaired a “crisis security meeting” where the controversial Anglo-Leasing €59.6 million police E-cops project was discussed, a Nairobi court heard yesterday. Trial...
View ArticleCourt lifts warrant to arrest legislator
Mutuku Mwangangi @PeopleDailyKe A Machakos court yesterday temporarily lifted an arrest warrant against Machakos Women’s Representative Susan Musyoka, who is accused of making utterances bordering on...
View Article1,600 workers on leave by Kidero sends
Nairobi County government has sent 1,600 employees on compulsory leave. County secretary Robert Ayisi said the staff members have accrued more than 60 leave days from the defunct City Council. City...
View Article4 in court over exam malpractices
Three people who were arrested on Monday in connection with exam malpractices were yesterday arraigned in a Nanyuki court. The trio who, included a secondary school principal, an examination...
View ArticleHillary convincingly trounces Donald in Kogello
Eric Juma @PeopleDailyKe Even as Americans went to vote yesterday, a mock election thousands of kilometres away in US President Barack Obama’s ancestral village of Kogello had already picked Hillary...
View ArticleRuto attacked by angry residents – Laboso claims
Henry Andanje @PeopleDailyKe National Assembly Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso has said Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto was attacked by angry residents for storming and disrupting a meeting convened by Jubilee...
View ArticleMurder trial adjourned for second day
The murder trial of four police officers and a driver accused of Killing lawyer Willie Kimani and two others will be heard on Thursday. Justice Ruth Sitati adjourned the hearing of the case until...
View ArticleSuppliers explain health audit queries
Some suppliers on whom audit queries had been raised in the Sh3.1 billion Ministry of Health probe have availed documents to show they delivered on their tenders and were paid by the Kenya Medical...
View ArticleWorries over Jubilee party campaign team
Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri has raised the red flag over the manner in which President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election strategy is being managed and questioned the move to appoint political aspirants to...
View ArticleSwazuri team vows to revoke fake titles
The National Land Commission (NLC) chairman Mohammed Swazuri has declared that the commission will revoke fraudulently acquired title deeds for public utility plots in Uasin Gishu county. The grabbed...
View ArticleKRA declines to give Ruto tax details
Deputy President William Ruto has denied being corrupt and urged the court to dismiss a counter claim by activist Boniface Mwangi. In reply to Mwangi’s defence counter claim, Ruto says he is entitled...
View ArticleDriving schools get reprieve over transport rules
Roy Lumbe @lumbe_roy The High Court in Nakuru has extended orders barring the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) from implementing new rules targeting driving schools until a case filed...
View ArticleOver 700 apply for IEBC top positions
Former chair of the defunct Transition Authority (TA) Kinuthia Wamwangi is among the big names in the 700 list of applicants seeking Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) jobs. The...
View ArticleGodec: After America’s, all eyes turn on Kenya’s
US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec yesterday said his government will work with Kenyans to ensure the 2017 election is free, fair and peaceful. Speaking when he addressed more than 1,500 US citizens...
View ArticleMbadi, Wandayi warned against endorsing aspirants
Eric Juma @PeopleDailyKe Alego/Usonga MP George Muluan has asked two lawmakers to stop endorsing candidates in his constituency, saying it will jeopardise Cord leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid....
View Article100 Kenya troops fly back from South Sudan
Recalled Kenya Defence Forces soldiers who were serving under a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan have begun arriving home. The first batch of 100 troops landed at Jomo Kenyatta International...
View Article13 submit papers for electoral body chair slot
Thirteen people have applied for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman’s position. Chairperson of the selection panel Bernadette Musundi said they have received 13...
View ArticleFirm, lobby to empower cancer survivors in Africa
“Merck More than a Patient” Initiative in partnership with Women for Cancer have started a drive to empower women cancer survivors in Africa to establish small businesses to lead independent and...
View ArticleKisii university students protest campus closure
Kisii University, Nyamira campus students yesterday took to the streets protesting over the closure of the institution. Led by main campus president Jeff Mitei, they regrouped at the institution...
View ArticleConclude pay negotiations, umbrella union urges PSC
Public Service Commission (PSC) has now been urged to move with speed and conclude negotiations pending before them and the Union of Kenya Civil Servants. Trade Union Congress general secretary Wilson...
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