Friends and family turn out to give Mzee Ojwang’ a befitting send off
Veteran comedian Benson Wanjau alias Mzee Ojwang’ hatari has been laid to rest at the Lang’ata cemetery in Nairobi bringing to an end an illustrious entertainment career that spanned decades and...
View ArticleAlleged driver of Range Rover car involved in crash appears in court
A driver said to be linked to a popular Nairobi televangelist has been arraigned in court in connection to a Sunday accident along the Nairobi- Nakuru highway which claimed one life. Simon Maina Kuria...
View ArticleMPs claim EACC is harassing, intimidating them
Barely a week after U.S President Barack Obama called for a national resolve to end the scourge of corruption in the country members of parliament were on Wednesday launching yet another onslaught on...
View ArticleState tells off Church, says polio vaccine drive to go on
The national polio vaccination exercise will go on as scheduled despite calls by Catholic Church to have it postponed over safety concerns, the government has declared. This came even as World Health...
View ArticleParalysed Teso children get help
It is good news to parents of the 30 children who suffered paralysis as a result of reported improper injection at a Teso health facility after the Nairobi Hospital agreed to admit them free of charge....
View ArticleKihiu Mwiri mystery deepens as two more directors felled
Two directors of the trouble-ridden Kihiu Mwiri land buying company were killed in cold blood yesterday, compounding the tragic mystery of the company that has lost six other directors to murders in...
View ArticlePlan to build wall on Somalia border on course, insists CS
Interior Cabinet secretary Joseph Nkaissery has maintained that the government will not rescind its plan to build a wall between Kenya and Somalia border in a bid to keep off al Shabaab militants who...
View ArticleThousands turn up for Ojwang’s final send-off
It was a unique celebration of life as family, friends and the Kenyan entertainment fraternity and thousands of fans came together to pay last respects to the man who entertained Kenyans for over four...
View ArticleSurrender guns or face law, DP warns
Deputy President William Ruto has warned warring communities in the bandit-prone North Rift region to surrender illegal guns or brace for forcible disarmament. Speaking when he made several stops in...
View ArticleUhuruRuto to get goat gifts over stance on gay, illicit brews
Maendeleo ya Wanaume organisation chairperson Nderitu Njoka will present President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto with a she-goat each for their stand against illicit brews and same sex...
View ArticleSafaricom slums Airtel
Mobile service provider Safaricom appeared before the senate committee on ICT and communication to discuss the issues that are surrounding the Sector. Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore however stated that it...
View ArticleMystery surrounds Ksh6 billion fertilizer deal
The agriculture committee of the national assembly today summoned the acting cabinet secretary to the ministry of agriculture Adan Mohammed to appear before the committee to answer questions related to...
View ArticleCan Africa survive without long-serving Presidents?
In the wake of United States President Barack Obama’s Tuesday warning to African leaders extending their term in office. Pan Africanists have sounded the alarm that Africa could slide back to the dark...
View ArticleKisumu Day and Laiser Hill sparkle in Machakos
Kisumu Day and Laiser Hill football teams finished top of their respective pools as preliminary round action of the national secondary school games drew to a close in Machakos. Kisumu Day thrashed St....
View ArticleWhy are Kenyans obsessed with land
Over the years there have been land wrangles that have left a mysterious trail of death around the country with the recent one being that of Kihiu Mwiri in Murang’a. Since the year 2000 the giant Mboi...
View ArticleAlarm as student unrest in Kiambu schools escalates
Several secondary schools in Kiambu County have gone on the rampage in the past three weeks, leaving education stakeholders bewildered. Kijabe Boys, Gatamaiyu Boys, Ngariga Girls, Gathirimu Girls and...
View ArticleKihiu Mwiri directors summoned for grilling
A day after two directors of the troubled Kihiu Mwiri land-buying company were killed in cold blood, the government has ordered all individuals who served in the firm’s management to report to the...
View ArticleAssemblies ‘can now run own accounts’
County Assemblies now have the green light to operate independent accounts in a bid to improve operations and service delivery. The decision follows a series of concerns raised by the County...
View ArticleOswago says IEBC bowed to pressure in poll kits tender
The ghost of the 2013 General Election continues to haunt the country after a Parliamentary committee yesterday heard that President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga pressured the...
View ArticleWaiguru on the spot over alleged misuse of Sh8b
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru on the spot following fresh revelations by the Auditor General about Sh8 billion financial irregularities in her ministry. In a report by Auditor General...
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