| Fri 18 May 2012 |
Githae Son Commits Suicide
All Africa [The Star] Finance Minister Njeru Githae's youngest son committed suicide at their family home in Runda on Wednesday. The body of Brian Karanga Njeru Githae was found dangling in his room on Wednesday evening. He had earlier in the day failed to take... |
Residents Block Murang'a Road in Protest Over Crash
All Africa [The Star] Transport along the Kenol-Murang'a road was paralysed for several hours yesterday as residents marched in protest of the poor state of the road which contributed to an accident on Wednesday night which claimed 15 lives. They said the poor ... |
Bar Perpetrators of GBV From Elections - Shebesh
All Africa [The Star] NOMINATED MP Rachel Shebesh is calling on the IEBC to bar perpetrators of Gender Based Violence from vying for elective posts in the forthcoming general election. Her sentiments come ahead of today's Green Belt Movement launch of a sensiti... |
1,700 Displaced As Heavy Rains Hit Narok
All Africa [The Star] MORE than 1,700 people have displaced by in floods in Narok, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Narok County Council chairman Ali Juma said two people have been reported dead at the border of Narok and Kajiado counties. They died wh... |
CCK Defends Plan to Monitor Private Emails
All Africa [The Star] The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) will not back down from plans to monitor personal emails in efforts to ensure security on the cyber space. The regulator recently kicked off the process of monitoring data traffic online from Ju... |
Damaged Teams Cable Now Repaired
All Africa [The Star] REPAIR works on the East African Marine Systems cable that was damaged on April 26 , 2012 have now been completed. The cable cut, which occurred at the coast, damaged a crucial link for the bulk of internet and international voice traffic ... |
Foreign Media Soiling Image, Say Tourism Stakeholders in Coast
All Africa [The Star] Stakeholders in the hospitality and entertainment industry have raised concern over the negative publicity Kenya and particularly Mombasa has been getting from the international media because of the recent grenade attacks. At least three p... |
MP Zonga Arrested By EACC Over Land Deal
All Africa [The Star] The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission yesterday arrested Msambweni MP Omar Zonga over a land deal in his area. He was later released on a Sh500,000 personal bond, but senior lands officials alleged to have colluded in the land transact... |
Campaigns Start
All Africa [The Star] CAMPAIGNS for the 13th IAAF world junior athletic championships in Barcelona and London Olympic Games started in earnest in Eldoret as the curtains came down on the Rift Valley Secondary School Sports Association championships in Eldoret. ... |
KNUT Boss Defends NHIF Board Over Sh4.3 Billion Scam
All Africa [The Star] Kenya National Union of Teachers chairman Wilson Sossion has defended the suspended National Hospital Insurance Fund board over the scam that has sparked calls for the sacking of Medical Services minister Anyang' Nyong'o. Sossion instead a... |
Residents Reject Gas Plant Project
All Africa [The Star] Kisumu residents have opposed the construction of a gas plant in the area citing geological risks. The people of Nyalenda 'A' ward said the construction of the plant opposite Kasagam secondary school along the Nairobi-Kisumu highway will p... |
Health Ministry Officers Charged With Sh12 Million Fraud
All Africa [The Star] TWO senior Medical Services ministry officials were yesterday charged with Sh12 million fraud. Rose Wangechi Rukwaro, an accountant and Peter Mwangi Kamwere, an undersecretary in the ministry appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Luc... |
Probe Treasury - Speaker
All Africa [The Star] DEPUTY SPEAKER Farah Maalim has ordered investigations into circumstances in which millions of shillings of taxpayers money was paid to a stockbroker by the government during the just concluded Kenya Airways Rights Issue. Igembe North MP N... |
Youth Urged to Vie for Seats
All Africa [The Star] The Centre for Multiparty Democracy has called upon the youth to vie for seats in the forthcoming elections. While on a youth forum for Meru County, Franklin Mukwanja the CDM Programme officer urged the youth to embrace the devolved system... |
Court Quashes Appointment of CCK Boss
All Africa [The Star] A High Court judge yesterday quashed the appointment of Charles Njoroge as Communications Commission of Kenya boss saying proper procedure was not followed. This means the CCK has to start afresh the process of hiring a new boss following ... |
Wundanyi Man Gets 15 Years for Impregnating Schoolgirl
All Africa [The Star] A man has been jailed for 15 years for impregnating a minor in Taita Taveta. prison by the Wundanyi Court for defiling and impregnating a minor contrary to the sexual offenses act. Hamiltone Mwamburi impregnated the 16-year-old school girl... |
Teacher Found in Lodging With Class Eight Pupil
All Africa [The Star] A teacher escaped death on Wednesday after irate members of public cornered him while having sex with a pupil in Siaya town. The mathematics teacher at Uyiko Primary School in Siaya district is said to have lured the class eight pupil at a... |
Suspected Imenti Murderer On the Run
All Africa [The Star] Police officers in Imenti North District have launched a man-hunt for a suspect who escaped after killing a 28-year-old man at Thimangiri location. OCPD James Kithuka said the suspect whose name was only given as Kimathi, stabbed Patrick M... |
Police Disperse Rioting Matatu Operators in Kisii
All Africa [The Star] Police in Kisii yesterday engaged in running battles with matatu operators who were protesting a crackdown on unroadworthy vehicles. The operators barricaded roads prompting anti-riot police officers to use tear canisters and shoot in the ... |
Nation and Namibia Fixture Is Pushed Back
All Africa [The Star] The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that next month's fixtures between Kenya and Namibia in Kenya have been postponed until September. | ... |
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