Experts call for review of films law
Stakeholders in the film industry yesterday called for a review of the Film and Stage Plays Act to enable adequate monitoring of content distribution. Speaking during a press briefing in Nairobi, Nest...
View ArticleSh0.5m reward for information on guns theft
James Murimi @Jamesmurymy The National Police Service Commission has announced a Sh0.5 million cash reward to any Kenyan who will produce information leading to the arrest of runaway criminals who...
View ArticleEACC detectives arrest Harakhe, Noor over NYS scandal
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission detectives have arrested former NYS Deputy Director-General Adan Harakhe and tender committee Chairman Hassan Noor. More to follow The post EACC detectives arrest...
View ArticleODM candidates jittery over ‘favouritism’ in primaries
Aspirants for various political seats on the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have expressed fear the party nominations might not be free and fair saying there were indications of favouritism....
View ArticleCord’s flag-bearer puzzle threatens opposition unity
Mutuku Mwangangi @Peopledailyke Recent calls by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho asking Cord co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula to allow Raila Odinga to be the coalition’s flag-bearer have...
View ArticleEACC grills Kingi over missing county millions
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi was yesterday grilled by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives for over seven hours over questionable expenditures at the county amounting to Sh402...
View ArticleGikaria case on damage to property adjourned
Roy Lumbe @lumbe_roy A case in which Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria is facing malicious destruction of property charges yesterday failed to kick off after he failed to appear in court. The...
View ArticleKenneth lauds State on corruption fight
Wangui Githugo @Wango_G Former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth has lauded the government for taking action against the National Youth Service (NYS) 25 suspects, saying the move should be extended to all...
View ArticleMacharia orders audit of buildings
Transport Cabinet secretary James Macharia yesterday ordered various State agencies charged with overseeing construction of houses to extend the exercise to the counties. He said the exercise has...
View ArticleStudents reject KTTC relocation
University of Nairobi student leadership has urged Education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i to rescind a directive on surrender of Kenya Science Campus premises to Kenya Technical Trainers College....
View ArticleCourt adjourns graft case against Mangiti
A Nairobi court has adjourned the hearing of a case in which former Devolution Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti, former National Youth Service director Nelson Githinji and 15 others have been charged...
View ArticleMutua threatens to expose leaders linked to land graft
James Murimi @Jamesmurymy Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua yesterday pledged to table a dossier before Senate, implicating elected leaders in the country to land grabbing of various parcels and property...
View ArticlePlane carrying Brazil football team crashes in Colombia
A plane carrying 72 people, including a Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia, officials say. Details are unclear but some reports say there are...
View ArticleODM vows to punish rally chaos architects
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party is contemplating taking action against those responsible for the chaos that marred its rally in Homa Bay last weekend, party national chairman John Mbadi has...
View ArticlePolice alert on Shabaab sneak in plan
The National Police Service (NPS) yesterday issued a terror alert but assured that security agencies have heightened surveillance across the country. NPS spokesperson George Kinoti said police have...
View ArticleUN alarm as 16,000 flee strife-torn Aleppo
Aleppo, Tuesday Up to 16,000 civilians have fled strife-torn parts of eastern Aleppo as the rebels lost all of the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold, the UN said Tuesday, describing the...
View ArticleDemands for officers sacking in operation to recover guns
The Independent Medico-Legal Unit has demanded the interdiction of the officer in charge of a police operation in Mumias to recover guns stolen from a police station. In a statement, executive...
View ArticlePassaris wants Miguna probed on suitability to vie
Businesswoman and Nairobi governor’s seat aspirant Esther Passaris has moved to court seeking an order to compel Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commence investigations against...
View ArticleKibicho jailed for 3 months over contempt
Interior Principal secretary Karanja Kibicho was yesterday handed three months civil jail term for failing to honour court summons. High Court judge George Odunga ordered Inspector General of Police...
View ArticleHow trader used airport land to get Sh510m loan
A prime utility land worth more than Sh500 million belonging to Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) was auctioned by a bank following a mysterious deal in which a private businessman used it as guarantee...
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