The Garissa county government has set aside funds in this financial year to construct a modern market following Monday night’s fire that burned down the facility. The fire which started around 8.00 pm and spread quickly, making it difficult for ext…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

The High Court yesterday ordered a recount of votes cast in the Kibwezi west parliamentary elections. The order follows an application by petitioner Kalembe Ndile who has challenged the election of Patrick Musimba as MP. Justice David Majanja sitting…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

A court yesterday rejected an application by the American national behind the Bangla-Pesa alternative currency program to leave the country for an international conference. William Ruddick, Koru-Kenya organization co-founder bid to have his passport…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

An Anglican Church of Kenya employee who was brutally murdered last weekend was buried yesterday in Machakos. Police are yet to arrest the suspect. Grace Mbenyi Wambua, a manager with the ACK guest house in Nairobi, was hacked to death by her farm ha…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Secondary schools heads yesterday expressed their displeasure after their chairman John Awiti on Monday made remarks about the impeding strike by the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers. The teachers said they have not mandated Awiti, the…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Meru: The husband to a Buuri parliamentary candidate in the last general election has filed a divorce case at the Meru law courts over property theft claims. Moses Mwenda, a high school teacher, is seeking to divorce Faith Kawira with whom he has two…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

ANTI terrorism police officers have been accused of killing terror suspect Salim Mohammed in cold blood at 3am on Monday. An eye witness who witnessed the incident said Salim was dragged from a public service matatu, bundled into an unregistered silv…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Embu: A court yesterday handed down stiff sentences to alcoholic illicit drink brewers saying the crime had become rampant in the area. Senior Principal Magistrate Paul Biwot fined Sh30,000 or 6 months in jail to each suspect who had been arrested in…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Six suspects have been arrested by police in Mwingi for alleged murder.Addressing the press, Mwingi deputy police boss Leonard Baini said the suspects killed a 65-year-old man on Saturday after claiming he is a witch. Mulae Kathuva was killed at Muke…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Embu: Police are hunting down a woman who three weeks ago cut off the privates parts of her husband after a domestic row. Police at Manyatta station have started searching for the woman after the man was treated at the Embu Provincial General Hospita…
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Without setting up an extravagant (c)omission of inquiry or a globe-trotting task force, could the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and the Arts kindly offer this country a concrete explanation for why the Kenya Pavilion at this year’s Venice…
- 11 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

The proposal to amend the Constitution to give the Senate real power is timely and should stir a thoughtful debate
- 11 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

Even by Africa’s very high standards for the bizarre, the saga over Kenya’s deportation two weeks ago of controversial Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu takes the biscuit
- 11 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

This week, the world’s nations will tackle one of the most important questions of our time: How can we lift billions from poverty while protecting the environment for future generations?
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

The national budget has once again been read, but there is always one issue that sticks out year in year out: the spectre of unserviceability of an ever-burgeoning public debt
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

President Uhuru Kenyatta has had to come out to make difficult but potentially very unpopular decisions. The other day, he came out openly to oppose the MPs who were agitating for higher salaries
- 1 day ago, June 18, 2013 -

Former MPs Gitobu Imanyara and Njehu Gatabaki were last week awarded Sh15 million and Sh10 million respectively by the High Court for torture, maltreatment and unlawful detention inflicted on them by the government.
- 2 days ago, June 17, 2013 -

In her column of June 2, Ms Rasna Warah focused on the failures of the UN system.
- 2 days ago, June 17, 2013 -

Who is a public servant and what is expected from such a person?
- 2 days ago, June 17, 2013 -

It is emerging that children comprise a huge percentage of domestic workers
- 3 days ago, June 16, 2013 -

More than 90,000 security personnel who worked for the electoral commission in the March polls are yet to be paid their allowances
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

MPs can change the Constitution
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

County governments will take over the running of health, transport, agriculture and tourism in their areas starting from next month, it was agreed on Wednesday
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

MPs angry at the failure by Treasury to allocate Sh5.4 billion to the Constituency Development Fund on Wednesday declined to approve the government’s spending of Sh31.9 billion
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

Parliament opens new front in war with Salaries commission by seeking to exempt Legislature from provisions of article 260 of the Constitution
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Tuesday he would not publicly address the International Criminal Court indictments of Kenya’s president and deputy president during his visit to the United States
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

The Principal Secretary nominee for the Fisheries ministry on Wednesday had a difficult time to prove to MPs that he meets integrity standards
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

The Transport Principal Secretary nominee on Wednesday told a parliamentary committee that he would cancel the Rift Valley Railways concession agreement as it has led to the national railway’s ruin
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

Senate has rejected a proposal to have county governments set aside money to improve mobile phone coverage in areas where service providers have not built base transmission stations
- 6 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

Senators have asked the government to set up an exclusive fund to offer interest-free loans to graduates
- 7 hours ago, June 19, 2013 -

From ancient temples crawling with monkeys and rats to desolate beaches teeming with exotic wildlife, here are 10 unusual places to connect with nature. Read more: Tigers, Hawaii, Vacation, Nepal, Morocco, Thailand, Killer Whales, Giraff…
- 36 days ago, May 15, 2013 -

The drama plays out of whether or not Kenyatta and Ruto will appear in the Hague. The balance between repudiating colonialism and protecting human rights is infinitely tricky. We must get it right. Read more: Briefcase NGOs, Kenya Commun…
- 37 days ago, May 13, 2013 -

There are currently over 600,000 refugees in Kenya's refugee camps, many of whom are unaccompanied, orphaned and separated refugee girls and single young women without family members. Read more: Charity, Refugee, Motherhood, Impact News,…
- 42 days ago, May 9, 2013 -

In the classrooms of Ol Pusimoru Secondary School, a cluster of simple cinderblock buildings perched on a hillside in the remote Kenyan highlands, Principal Alu Andrew Amadi can see a revolution stirring. Read more: Motherhood, Women, Wo…
- 44 days ago, May 7, 2013 -

If you enjoy getting up close and personal with some of nature's most incredible animals, then we have some potential vacation destinations for you!... Read more: Kruger National Park, Elephants, Massai Mara, Stingray City, Costa Rica,…
- 48 days ago, May 2, 2013 -

Barack Obama's mother was born in Kansas... Ted Cruz's mother was born in Delaware. Barack Obama's father was born in Kenya... Ted Cruz's father was born in Cuba. See a pattern? Read more: Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Kansas, Ken…
- 49 days ago, May 2, 2013 -

One meaningful encounter with a woman called Rispa can explain it all. She, like hundreds of other women, was trapped in a life of poverty and hardship by the country's social norms, which neglect women and ignore their potential. Read m…
- 50 days ago, May 1, 2013 -

If you've ever dreamed of going on an African safari, you've heard of the "Big Five": the Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhinoceros. We asked five top guides for the animal that they would most like to spot in the wild. Here is their Elusi…
- 55 days ago, April 26, 2013 -

A small group of African philanthropists including singer Angelique Kidjo have joined together to create the African Philanthropy Forum, an affiliate ... Read more: African Philanthropy Forum, Nigeria, Philanthropy, South Africa, Global…
- 58 days ago, April 22, 2013 -

Read more: Slidepollajax, Tigers, India, Thailand, Elephants, Animal Hotels, Brazil, Costa Rica, Meerkats, Canada, Wild Hotels, Giraffe Manor, Indonesia, Kenya, Kensington Tours, Madagascar, Polar Bears, Botswana, Private Guided, Galapa…
- 63 days ago, April 18, 2013 -