MPs mayhem ‘targeted Ruto Hague case’
Three Jubilee MPs now claim that the Opposition legislators who disrupted President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State of the Nation address sought to ensure that Deputy President William Ruto’s case at the ICC...
View ArticleAccusations traded over violence at Wetangu’la event
Sarah Ndung’u, Dennis Lumiti and Winstone Chiseremi @PeopleDailyKe The government yesterday traded accusations with the Opposition over the pandemonium witnessed at the Masinde Muliro Gardens in...
View ArticleWandayi faces harsh reality of punishment
By leading the whistling charade by a group of ODM Members of Parliament against President Uhuru Kenyatta in Parliament last week, Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi may have literally blown his payslip to the...
View ArticleMombasa to audit water bottling firms
Reuben Mwambingu and Atieno Akumu @PeopleDailyKe Following the outbreak of Hepatitis A in parts of Mombasa, the county’s health department has hinted at plans to roll out an audit of water bottling...
View ArticleLawyer threatens to sue Matiang’i over tutor sacking
Education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i stares a court battle over his move to announce the sacking of a school head who allowed a funeral service to be held in his institution....
View ArticleHundreds ‘rejected’ at cops hiring
Countrywide recruitment exercise of 10,000 police constables was yesterday hit by tragedy as a 23-year-old man in Godoni in Kwale county. The man, who collapsed after finishing the race at Baraza...
View ArticleNew education model to scrap KCPE, scale up transition rate
James Momanyi @PeopleDailyKe One of the most drastic changes in the proposed education model will be the scrapping of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams, which will be replaced by...
View ArticleClose call for Kenya Power staff
Two Kenya Power technicians were nearly electrocuted after power was switched on “accidentally” as they installed a new meter. In a short video clip doing the rounds on social media, Felix Odhiambo,...
View ArticleKWS kicks off electronic audit of ivory earmarked for destruction
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has begun an electronic audit of the vast ivory stockpile set to be destroyed in the presence of President Uhuru Kenyatta this month. The nine-day exercise commenced...
View ArticleHeart patients suffer pain of poor funding for KNH
Brian Mureithi @PeopleDaillyKe The under-funding of the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) cardiovascular centre has been blamed for the long waiting list for patients’ treatment which stretches to...
View ArticleTerror threat to Kenya on the decline, analysts say
Musyoka Wa Kyendo @PeopleDailyKe The threat of terrorism in Kenya has declined significantly, an analysis by an international risk analysts, MEA Risk LLC, says. The firm shows that for the period...
View ArticleMKU, Moi universities win as judge lifts suspension of law programmes
The High Court has quashed the decision by Council of Legal Education to withdraw law courses offered at Mount Kenya and Moi universities. Justice George Odunga declared that the council has no...
View ArticleKPA launches jobs scam probe
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has launched investigations into a suspected racket linked to some of its staff who have been defrauding Kenyans with a promise to get them jobs at the institution. Acting...
View ArticleODM whistle blowing moves to counties
Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang’ plans to take the “Firimbi” Movement (whistle blowing) which started in the National Assembly last week to the counties. He said the initiative by the Opposition Cord...
View ArticleBudget boss caught in MPs cross hairs
Some Members of Parliament have mooted a plan to remove the Controller of Budget (CoB) Agnes Odhiambo from office for allegedly colluding with governors to approve withdrawals that were not in line...
View ArticleKenya Railways Corporation denies role in lions escape
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has exonerated itself from blame that lions are escaping from the Nairobi National Park because of the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)....
View ArticleBlow to Women’s Reps as court disbands fund disbanded
The government has disbanded the controversial Affirmative Action Social Development Fund (AASDF) over its constitutional deficiencies and is determined to formulate its replacement to cater for...
View ArticleSimple pimple grew into great suffering for boy
To most people, the worst thing that a pimple can turn into is an unsightly scar. But for Abdi Bari Sheikh, the tiny bump grew into a source of unbearable pain and suffering, not just for the...
View ArticleMungiki suspects arrested taking oath taken to court
James Murimi Ten suspected members of the outlawed Mungiki sect who were arrested on Sunday while allegedly taking a oath at River Chania in Nyeri were yesterday arraigned in court. Isaiah Kinyua,...
View ArticleNathif bid to stop graft case flops
Garissa Governor Nathif Jama has lost bid to stop his prosecution on corruption charges after the High Court dismissed his application. But he obtained temporary orders stopping his immediate arrest....
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