Knut asks Kandie to intervene over dues stalemate
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has threatened to strike over non-remittance of union dues and signing of performance contracting and appraisals. In a letter to Labour Cabinet secretary...
View ArticleWar veterans to benefit from elderly cash transfer
PSCU Mau Mau War veterans will be registered to benefit from the government’s cash transfer programme for the elderly, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced yesterday. He said the country’s genuine...
View ArticleJubilee will fulfil poll pledges, says DP Ruto
Walter Cheruiyot and DPPS Deputy President William Ruto has said the government is focused on service delivery. He said the Jubilee administration is keen on fulfilling its pre-election pledges to...
View ArticleJubilee accuses Cord of intimidating IEBC
The Jubilee coalition has accused their Cord counterpart of intimidating and coercing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as the country approaches the General Election....
View ArticleDisquiet over cancelled cops transfers plan
There is disquiet within the higher ranks of the National Police Service after Kenya Police Service Acting Deputy Inspector General Joel Kitili cancelled transfers of 380 officers in middle level and...
View ArticleKhalwale voted out of powerful PAC post
Opposition Cord dewhipped Nyamira Senator Kennedy Mong’are yesterday shortly after he floored his Kakamega counterpart Boni Khalwale in a contest for the chairman of the powerful Senate Public...
View ArticleCops named in Kabura’s affidavit grilled on scam
More than 10 police officers named in the Sh791 million National Youth Service (NYS) scandal have been questioned amid fresh claims that they were part of a cover-up scheme. It emerged yesterday that...
View ArticleMuturi to rule on MP’s push linking Kidero to Mumias woes
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero might again survive another onslaught after Cord MPs staged spirited pressure to have his name removed from a critical report on the sugar crisis in the country. Benjamin...
View ArticleRecanted evidence ‘could be used’ in Ruto’s ICC motion
Recanted evidence ghosts could return to haunt Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang in the determination of a no-case-to-answer motion in the case facing them at the International...
View ArticleInferno destroys illegal fuel storage facility in Nakuru
Property worth millions of shillings went up in smoke yesterday after a fire razed an illegal fuel storage facility at Nakuru’s industrial area. A fuel tanker that had just arrived at the facility,...
View ArticleCommuters without IDs grounded by Bondo touts
Eric Juma @PeopleDailyKe Public transport in Bondo town, Kisumu county was yesterday paralysed after drivers and touts restricted residents who did not have identity cards from boarding vehicles. The...
View ArticleTSC dismisses Sossion directive on teachers’ appraisals
Brian Mureithi @brayomureithi The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has dismissed a directive by Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general Wilson Sossion asking school heads and...
View ArticleCarry your own cross, Duale tells Waiguru
Former Devolution Cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru’s affidavit implicating Jubilee supremos Aden Duale and Kipchumba Murkomen in the Sh791 million National Youth Service scam has kicked up a storm in...
View ArticleTerror convicts on death row to serve 15 years
The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence for two Iranians jailed for life by a Nairobi magistrate’s court over terrorism-related charges to 15 years. Justice Lukas Kimaru reduced the sentence for...
View ArticleBritish pilot to remain in custody over cop assault
Nasibo Kabale and Kirera Mwiti @PeopleDailyKe The embattled pilot Alistair Llewelyn who was captured on video allegedly assaulting a female police officer in Nyandarua last Sunday was yesterday...
View ArticleCS faults textbooks allocation formula
Education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i has called for a review of the textbooks distribution method under the Free Primary Education (FPE) programme. He said the move would address serious...
View ArticleGovernors push for county assets audit
Failure to conduct audit to establish the value and quantity of assets and liabilities owned by counties exposes the devolved units to massive social ills, including land grabbing and corruption. The...
View ArticleFierce contest expected at LSK elections today
Brian Mureithi @brayomureithi The Lawyers’ umbrella body — Law Society of Kenya (LSK) — is today set to hold its elections, an exercise that is likely to be stormy as three candidates square it out...
View ArticleI am confident I’ll be cleared, says Kidero
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has supported the formation of a tribunal to probe Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi. Kidero was optimistic the tribunal would give Tunoi a fair hearing, adding that he is...
View ArticleInvestors attracted to enterprises that address societal issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Opsr-ypPa8 Social enterprises have been termed as the most attractive forms of businesses for investors as they tend to also address issues affecting the society....
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