Early voting underway in US presidential race
Florida, Wednesday Tens of thousands of Americans have already cast their votes for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump or other candidates well ahead of November’s presidential election, part of an early...
View ArticleFacebook sex brag in the dock
Felix Yegon and Roy Lumbe @PeopleDailyKe A man accused of defiling a Standard Four pupil and boasting about it on social media was on Monday arraigned in a Sotik court and charged with promoting...
View ArticleSix killed in Mandera dawn attack
Six people killed and 27 others rescued in a 2am Al-Shabaab attack at Bulla public works in Mandera town. Mandera Governor Ali Roba confirmed the attack that he said it targeted non locals residing in...
View ArticleDie cast as IEBC officials go home
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday declared the posts of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson and eight commissioners vacant. Uhuru communicated the vacancies through a...
View ArticleKidney patients urged to seek remedy locally
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital director Dr Wilson Aruasa has asked Kenyans with patients suffering from kidney related complications, not to seek treatment outside the country. He has instead,...
View ArticleKidero summoned as ouster noose tightens
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has been summoned to appear before the County Assembly on Tuesday to respond to allegations of impropriety that comprise grounds for an impeachment motion. Speaker Alex...
View ArticleRutenberg told DCJ job ‘out of his depth’
The Judicial Service Commission panel yesterday disqualified scholar Isaac Rutenberg from the race for Deputy Chief Justice position over inexperience and incompetence on Kenyan law. Dr Rutenberg, who...
View ArticleSix people killed in suspected al Shabaab attack in Mandera
Six people were killed yesterday following an attack by suspected Somali militants al Shabaab in the latest in a series of raids in the northeastern region. “We have suffered another sad attack,”...
View ArticleFlorida governor orders 1.5m to evacuate
Miami, Thursday Some 1.5 million people are under evacuation orders in Florida in preparation for mighty Hurricane Matthew to make a direct hit on the state, the governor said today. Governor Rick...
View ArticleNLC probing alleged grabbing of Ngong road land
The National Land Commission (NLC) has launched a probe into alleged grabbing of a four-acre piece of public land along Ngong Road by private developers. According to a petition to NLC, the late...
View ArticleTribunal rejects Passaris bid to register her party
Nairobi businesswoman Esther Passaris yesterday lost a bid to compel the Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u to register her Harambee Democratic Party. The Political Parties Tribunal...
View ArticleKalonzo, Weta in secret meet over Cord discord
Luke Awich, Reuben Mwambingu, Phenny Ongalo and Atieno Akumu @PeopleDailyKe Cord co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula yesterday met in Nairobi where they discussed what their handlers...
View ArticleHurricane Matthew: Over 300 people dead in Haiti storm disaster
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade - has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the town...
View ArticleMP calls for relief food as drought ravages Ganze
Ganze MP, Peter Safari has appealed for humanitarian assistance for his constituents who he said are suffering the effects of persistent drought, as long-term solutions are sought. He said the...
View ArticleRecce squad officer kills girlfriend, commits suicide
There was shock at the Recce Company Camp in Ruiru, near Kimbo in Kiambu County on Thursday night, after an officer attached to the General Service Unit (GSU) elite Recce Squad shot dead his...
View ArticleI am not sitting on ‘Chickengate’ case file, says
DPP Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has denied claims of delaying a decision on ‘Chickengate file’ which was submitted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. The EACC had...
View ArticleKiambu Governor William Kabogo, 4 others acquitted of murder claims
A Migori court has exonerated Kiambu governor William Kabogo and four other key suspects over the murder of University of Nairobi student the late Mercy Keino citing lack of sufficient evidence. The...
View ArticleOfficers accused of shooting to death two women traders, Kisii
Two administration police officers accused of shooting and killing two women during violent protests in Kisii have recorded statements as investigations kicked-off to establish how the circumstances...
View ArticleWiper, Ford-K send mixed signals over future of coalition
Uncertainity continued to linger over the future of the opposition CORD coalition with the Wiper and FORD-Kenya parties warning their ODM partners against undermining them. Speaking after a NEC...
View ArticleFamilies identify the bodies of the 6 victims, Mandera
Relatives of 6 people killed during the dawn attack in Mandera county were identifying the bodies of their loved ones at the Chiromo funeral parlour in Nairobi. The victims had positively been...
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