The Star
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23 May 2013 - A herder who stole kshs.5, 000 which he had been given by his master to go and buy goats has been jailed for 3 months by a Thika court. The minor was convicted and sentenced by resident magistrate A Nekesa Oganda. The accused admitted that on May 5 at Milimani in Juja...
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23 May 2013 - A night guard at Tandare Secondary School in Laikipia county was beaten to death by thugs on Tuesday night. Laikipia West deputy police boss said Simon Wamutitu Mwangi was attacked at around 5am. “The beat him with crude weapons,” he said. The officer said the thieves...
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23 May 2013 - Two children died and two others got serious burns in a fire at Ngarariga village in Limuru on Tuesday night. Brian Ngugi, two and his brother Kevin Nyaga, four, died when their home caught fire at around 8.30pm. Their siblings, Maryann Njoki, six and Milton Kaguora,...
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23 May 2013 - A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a Nanyuki court for stealing livestock. Abdala Musoso admitted stealing three cows worth Sh120,000 at Mia Moja village in Laikipia County last week. He and Albino Erot were accused of stealing the animals from Kiboi...
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23 May 2013 - KAJIADO governor David Nkedianye yesterday unveiled his cabinet nominees. Speaker Johnson Osoi is expected to forward the list to his committee on appointments and eventually to the assembly for vetting. Nkedianye also handed to the speaker another list of his...
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23 May 2013 - BUNGOMA County Governor Kenneth Lusaka said efforts by security officers to enforce law and order in the county are being thwarted by lack of cooperation from residents. The governor said the government is appealing to the residents to share information that will help...
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23 May 2013 - Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago has finally unveiled his Cabinet nominees who will help him to run the region's operations. The list however elicited sharp crisis after Mandago ignored the cosmopolitan nature of the county in his appointments. Mandago...
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23 May 2013 - Names of people or companies which engage in corruption in Uasin Gishu county will be put up on a large bill board in Eldoret town. Uasin Gishu governor Jackson Mandago yesterday said corruption is eating up too much revenue meant to improve services in the town and...
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23 May 2013 - A survivor of a hyena attack at Oloontulugum village in Kajiado at the weekend narrated how he lost a friend to a beast. About a week ago, Marapush Parkoyiare Nchoku (15) who is a class five pupil at Oloontulugum Primary School in a remote village of Kajiado was...
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23 May 2013 - The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO John Kibosia has denied reports that he was to quit his job to take up a diplomatic post. Kibosia arrived from an official visit to the US yesterday and said he had received calls from people congratulating him for the new...
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23 May 2013 - Two people including an AP officer died in a road accident on Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road. A G4S parcel bus rammed into the rear of a lorry near Chechnia trading center 5km from Naivasha town. During the 1am incident, another AP officer was seriously injured and rushed to...
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23 May 2013 - Trans Nzoia women representative Janet Nangabo has said women representatives should be paid higher salaries than other members of Parliament. Speaking in Kitale on Monday, Nangabo said women representatives cover larger geographical areas while MPs concentrate on...
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23 May 2013 - A girl in Narok county with a heart condition has appealed to Deputy President William Ruto’s wife Rachel to give her financial help. Sharon Chepkemoi, 17, a class seven pupil of Mogoiyuet Primary School said for her to survive, she has to undergo a surgery in...
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23 May 2013 - A wildlife conservationist have said local communities should be empowered to fight poaching. Speaking yesterday in Nakuru during a walk aimed at sensitising the public on the need of fighting poaching, Jim Nyamu a conservationist said the local community has a role...
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23 May 2013 - TRANS NZOIA county government has allocated Sh75 million for bursaries. Speaker David Sifuna said the money will be used to assist students from humble background access education. Speaking in Saboti yesterday, Speaker David Sifuna said he comes from a humble...
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23 May 2013 - NAROK Deputy police boss Sharma Wario has asked boda boda operators in the county to form a union so as to lock out criminals. Speaking at Narok Stadium yesterday when more than 100 youth received motorbikes from the Postal Corporation of Kenya, Wario said a union...
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23 May 2013 - DISQUIET is growing within the National Police Service in Western province over skewed promotions. Administration police officers who are degree holders have accused the Kenya Police Service Commission of frustrating the reforms in the force by sidelining deserving...
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23 May 2013 - The judiciary yesterday started the construction of two more courts at the Kisii law courts. Resident judge justice Ruth Sitati said the Sh10 million project will enable the judges and magistrates deliver justice. “We have had a problem in terms of space so the...
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23 May 2013 - More than 120 secondary schools heads from Busia are in Kampala, Uganda for a management conference. Nambale High School Principal Solomon Sisuma told the Star yesterday that the conference will also identify the Principal and teacher of the year. “We have opted to...
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23 May 2013 - A security team in Kisumu yesterday met Governor Jack Ranguma and his deputy Ruth Odinga over escalating insecurity in the area. The two leaders are alarmed by widespread robberies, rape and killings in the area. Nyanza Police boss Joseph Ole Tito led the team of...
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23 May 2013 - BUSIA deputy Speaker yesterday came in defense of the Sh90m planned house for Busia governor Sospeter Ojaamong. Moses Ote said the design of governors' houses is uniform in all the 47 counties. Speaking to the press in Katakwa yesterday, Ote said no governor was being...
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23 May 2013 - THE new Teso South DC yesterday blamed the campaign period for the recent killings in Busia and Bungoma.Daniel Ole Nakuso said the youth led extravagant lifestyles in the run up to the March 4 general elections. “With fat pockets from politicians, the unemployed youth...
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23 May 2013 - BONDO MP Gideon Ochanda has urged his constituents to take advantage of real estate opportunities brought by the increasing number of institutions of higher learning in the region. He said with the increasing number of colleges in the region, accommodation issues have...
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23 May 2013 - THE family of a man who died after being thrown out of a moving matatu in Nyamira county on Sunday has accused police of cover up. The man died following a dispute with the conductor over Sh10. Jared Ongaga’s relatives and local leaders claim the police are blocking...
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23 May 2013 - Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the UN trade and development body. Kituyi was speaking during a funeral fund raising of Steve Wamalwa, Eugene...
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23 May 2013 - KISII Governor James Ongwae yesterday accused the national government of reducing the amount of money allocated to the county. He said his government was expecting to receive more than Sh6 billion but the Commission for Revenue Allocation reduced the money to Sh5.1...
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23 May 2013 - HOMA Bay governor Cyprian Awiti has unveiled his Cabinet and asked them to ensure that the county becomes the choice for investors in the country. Awiti said the residents have many expectations from them and they must work hard to improve the lives of their people. “...
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23 May 2013 - BUSINESS in Migori town was yesterday paralysed after angry boda boda operators demonstrated over the killing of their colleague. Hundred of riders sped across town carrying twigs, honking and with their lights on as they searched for a suspect named Erick Oyoo after...
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23 May 2013 - FORMER Housing Minister Soita Shitanda yesterday said that Luhya leaders are exploring a single political party to be used by the community to ascend to power in 2017. Shitanda, the immediate former Malava MP said that the leaders had already met with Maendeleo...
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23 May 2013 - CIVIL society organisations in Siaya and county assembly members have resolved to work closely to promote development in the region. Speaking during a consultative forum that brought together various CSOs and the members of Siaya County Assembly, West Gem ward...