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17 Jun 2013 - Nyeri teachers have criticised the 2013/14 budget read by Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich on Thursday . Led by Knut, the teachers said they are angry at the heartless way in which the government has handled their demands in the budgetary allocations. Nyeri...
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17 Jun 2013 - The Laikipia county government plans to increase land rates to boost its revenue collection. The head of the Trade, Commerce, Tourism and Enterprise Development docket, Jane Putunoi, said the Shs3 per acre fee enacted 60 years ago need to be revised. “We lack strong...
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17 Jun 2013 - An old woman and her son burnt the grave and property of her daughter-in-law at Ikuma village. The two were angry because the children's court had denied them custody of Rose Wanjiru's children with the man. Wanjiru died of cancer a few days ago and was buried at her...
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17 Jun 2013 - A new Vice Chancellor has been appointed to head the University of Eldoret. Prof Teresia Akeng'a was appointed after interviews by the university council. Her name will be gazetted as she prepares to take over from Prof Elijah Biamah who has been acting at the...
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17 Jun 2013 - Controversy raged yesterday over the ownership of a 200-acre land at the formerly East African Tanning Extract Company between Nandi teachers Sacco and former MP Mark Too after teachers threatened to invade. The members of the Sacco have threatened to takeover another...
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17 Jun 2013 - Communities around Iten town have opposed the construction of a Sh15 sewerage system and setting aside land for a cemetery due because cultural beliefs associate such projects with bad omen. Deputy Governor Gabriel Lagat has said the town faces a crisis caused by...
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17 Jun 2013 - TEACHERS are spoiling for a show down with the government over unpaid allowances dating back to 1997. KNUT national chairman Wilson Sossion has said teachers are not looking back in their quest to get the government pay them allowances. Speaking to the press in Bomet...
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17 Jun 2013 - Farmers have been angered by the government's failure to deliver CAN fertiliser to the National Cereals and Produce Board depots as promised by Agriculture secretary Felix Koskei. Claims of corruption and diversion of the manure have also emerged after dealer moved...
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17 Jun 2013 - Failure to educate parents on the dangers of Female Genital Mutilation in Nakuru is the main reason why the vice has never been curbed. Gilgil children's officer Eunice Njuguna said the campaigns to curb the vice are usually only directed to the children and not the...
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17 Jun 2013 - CID officers have been asked to probe the loss of more than Sh10 million at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. The hospital has interdicted 12 workers due to theft at the accounts department. The CEO John Kibosia has said they have asked police to help...
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17 Jun 2013 - Chepalungu MP Paul Bii has said teachers deserve better terms of service. Bii has supported threats by Knut to mobilise teachers to down tools to push the government to honour earlier agreements of better terms of service. Speaking at Itembe Primary School in...
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17 Jun 2013 - Former Naivasha MP John Mututho has threatened not to handover the Naivasha and Gilgil CDF audits’ tomorrow claiming the CDF department is engaging in fraud. Mututho yesterday said he is being forced to handover the audits and account for funds used up to the month of...
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17 Jun 2013 - The maintenance of roads in Trans Nzoia requires Sh500 million, regional KeRRA manager Laban Ngigi has said. Ngigi said most of the roads and bridges are destroyed by flash floods in the heavy rains. “A good graveling for a road needs almost a million shillings,” said...
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17 Jun 2013 - Saboti MP David Wekesa has opposed the move by senators to embark on nationwide rallies to sensitize Kenyans on the need to protect the devolved system of government. Wekesa said the move will create tension and slow development. “It is only almost three months after...
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17 Jun 2013 - The presence of deputy president William Ruto at homecoming party for speaker Ekwe Ethuro in Lodwar on Saturday did not hinder senators from expressing their displeasure on the recent signing of revenue bill by president Uhuru. Senator Majority leader Kithure Kindiki...
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17 Jun 2013 - Employees at the Bungoma county office have threatened to go on strike unless Governor Kenneth Lusaka removes the interim secretary Musyoka Nyamai . The chair of the Kenya Government Workers Union Bungoma chapter Florian Nganga accused Nyamai of dictatorial tendencies...
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17 Jun 2013 - KAKAMEGA governor Wycliffe Oparanya has asked the national government to surrender its shares in Mumias Sugar Company to the county authority. Oparanya said his government wants to have a stake in the company to ensure farmers benefit from the miller. He said the...
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17 Jun 2013 - THE government should urgently act to avert the looming teachers' strike if the country was to avoid the catastrophe experienced last year when a month long strike led to a delay in the school calendar and timetable. Migori governor Okoth Obado, Uriri MP John Kobado...
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17 Jun 2013 - TESO Kenyatta National Hospital has asked the government to explain how their staff who was on official duty died. Bramwel Sebastian Ole, 44, died on June 4, four days after he was rushed to the City health institution by a Kenya Wildlife Service helicopter. Ole had...
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17 Jun 2013 - South Mugirango MP Manson Nyamweya has urged Parliament and the Senate to stop its wrangles over the budget allocation as it was delaying the delivery of services to the people. Speaking at Nyamarambe in the constituency during inauguration of the CDF committee...
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17 Jun 2013 - KNUT Teso branch has demanded that students who beat up a secondary school head be banned for life. Angry students of Kekalet Secondary School last Tuesday beat up principal Fredrick Orikodi and destroyed his motorcycle and mobile phone. The union deputy executive...
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17 Jun 2013 - Private health facilities in the country have received Sh110 million as loans from the Kenya Medical and Education Trust in partnership with Medical Credit Finance (MCF). So far, 157 facilities have received loans, the organization's lead quality advisor Lester...
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17 Jun 2013 - POLICE in Migori have confiscated bhang worth over Sh10 million from traffickers in the past two months for evidence in ongoing cases. The haul is stored at Migori police station and was netted from traffickers ferrying the drug from Tanzania. The bhang will be used...
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17 Jun 2013 - At least 14,000 bags out of an estimated 30,000 bags of maize have been destroyed in Nyando district due to heavy rains. Other crops whose yield are expected to be drastically reduced— estimated at 70 per cent— are rice, sorghum and vegetables. The district...
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17 Jun 2013 - Western region leaders have been challenged to establish facilities to tap into the sporting and musical talents of youth in the area. The Kakamega county director Education Alex Tom Majani said many of the region's youth who were talented footballers and musicians...
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17 Jun 2013 - A member of the Commission of the Implementation of the Constitution Peter Wayande has accused MPs of plotting squash devolution by enacting laws which undermine the independence of the county governments. “The constitution clearly stipulates that the national and...
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17 Jun 2013 - KISII TNA leaders yesterday told officials who attempted to oust party chairman Johnson Sakaja to wait for party elections. County youth leader Cyrus Matoke said: “The era of coups in political parties is long gone. The power hungry group should wait for elections.”...
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17 Jun 2013 - Kisumu: The Lake Victoria Basin Commission will today and tomorrow host the third donors conference in Entebbe, Uganda.The conference is organised by LVBC with backing from the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa. The summit is geared towards strengthening relations...
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17 Jun 2013 - kakamega Over 200 bee keepers at the weekend received equipment from a community based organisation. Kakamega Rainforest Tour Guides, who have partnered with 10 other community groups around Kakamega Forest to distribute 20 harvesting equipment, 200 bee hives and four...
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17 Jun 2013 - OVER 75 HIV and Aids patients from Busia yesterday received treatment at a free medical camp held at the Busia Highway Guesthouse organized by Go Fishnet Project in partnership with Amma Resonance Healing Foundation from the Netherlands.The Peter Chapel One medical...
