The Star
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18 Jun 2013 - A magistrate has ordered a Sh4.3million theft case against two directors to be heard today. The criminal case against Salvacao Cipriano Fernanders and his wife Gladys Rose Fernanders was set for the questioning of the couple's accuser Stephen Vaz at 9am last Thursday...
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18 Jun 2013 - The National Youth Advisory Council in Garissa and a civil society official have criticised Governor Nadhif Jama's mode of governance. They said the governor has contravened laid down procedures and appointed Amin Ali Ahmed, who is from his clan. During Madaraka Day...
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18 Jun 2013 - ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Kilifi and Tana River County yesterday opposed plans by the government to launch a 1.2 acre irrigation project at the Agricultural Development Corporation citing environmental concerns and its negative effects on wildlife conservation. Nature...
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18 Jun 2013 - Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has completed his cabinet with the swearing in of Elizabeth Mutheu Nzioka as minister for finance and revenue collection. The naming of the former National Treasury employee completes the list of Machakos executive committee members with...
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18 Jun 2013 - A COMMUNITY based organisation in Kilifi has asked President Uhuru to form a commission of inquiry to investigate the killings in the area on the eve of the March 4 election. Sokoni CBO demanded to know how the IEBC was allowed to use Chumani Secondary School as a...
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18 Jun 2013 - THE Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko wants a suit filed by Royal Media Services owner SK Macharia dismissed saying there is nothing about the case that can make his office review a decision made 10 years ago. Tobiko wants the Sh2.4 billion case by...
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18 Jun 2013 - Yatta MP Francis Mwangangi has told organisations using water at the Yatta canal to pay rates as they have failed to maintain the furrow. Mwangangi said the organisations should source their water from the canal intake, which is the Thika River because they have the...
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18 Jun 2013 - TRADERS in Mombasa flocked the venue of the annual Kenya Head Teachers Association workshop to sell their wares. Books, clothes, CDs and key holders were among other items being sold in over 200 tents. Motivational speaker Pepe Minambo, who was also a guest during the...
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18 Jun 2013 - Female Genital Mutilation and early marriages are still common in Tana River county due to the high illiteracy levels in the region. Speaking during the Day of the African Child at Odha village, Tana Delta, Ms Mwanajuma Hiribai, the manager of Action Aid Kenya, said...
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18 Jun 2013 - Police officers in Imenti North have launched a manhunt for the mother of a nine months-old girl who was abandoned at Mwendantu grounds near the Meru constituency offices. The child was placed under a tree on a chilly morning without pprotective clothing before it was...
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18 Jun 2013 - GOVERNMENT and the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme have launched a training course for top level fisheries in Mombasa. Permanent secretary, Fisheries, Micheni Japhet Ntiba, in a speech read on his behalf by director of administrations, Patrick...
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18 Jun 2013 - A wildlife conservationist has urged the government to empower communities in the war against poaching. Elephant Neighbours Centre Director Jim Nyamu said communities play a key role in safeguarding wildlife. He was speaking at Meru School during an awareness drive...
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18 Jun 2013 - A Kenya Wildlife Service chopper yesterday made an emergency landing near Karatina town. Pilot Alex Koech was forced to land between electricity lines and Karatina-Nairobi highway after he experienced foggy weather. There were three KWS employees on board heading to...
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18 Jun 2013 - A handful of technocrats are out to frustrate the smooth transition process of devolution, Kwale senator Juma Boy Juma has said. Speaking to the Star yesterday, Juma said the Senate has the mandate to ensure that counties get a fair allocation of revenue that can...
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18 Jun 2013 - Plans are underway to establish at least two factories in Kwale to process mango and orange juice. Kwale governor Salim Mvurya at the weekend said the factories will help fetch better values for farmers. He however said there is yet to be a budget for the factories as...
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18 Jun 2013 - Kenyans have been challenged to practice entrepreneurship. SDA executive director Kenya Coast Fields Zachariah Marwa said over-dependence on white collar jobs has left many Kenyans poor. Addressing Christians on Saturday in Malindi, Marwa said it is shameful for young...
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18 Jun 2013 - Mombasa governor Hassan Joho has urged parents and other education players to invest in early education for their children. Joho, in a speech read on behalf by his deputy Hazel Katana, yesterday said the sooner the child starts learning the better they become. He said...
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18 Jun 2013 - School management boards have been warned against overstepping their mandate, sometimes causing poor performance in schools. Director of Secondary and Tertiary Education Robert Masese yesterday said sometimes the school management boards overstep their mandates. He...
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18 Jun 2013 - A 27-year-old AP Constable was yesterday arraigned before a Kibera court to answer to charges of being in possession of Ivory worth Sh4 million. Police alleged that Joseph Mwiti Mpogo on June 14 this year in Gathiga area in Kikuyu he was found in possession of two...
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18 Jun 2013 - Director of Secondary and Tertiary Education Robert Masese yesterday urged secondary school heads to insure their schools and students. Masese said few schools insure their property against any form of disaster or risk yet there are many incidences that cause...
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18 Jun 2013 - City county representatives resume sittings Nairobi County Assembly representatives yesterday unanimously agreed to resume sittings, after a marathon lunch meeting by Governor Evans Kidero. According to Speaker Alex Magelo, the County Assembly is set to adopt the list...
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18 Jun 2013 - The contractor working on the Nairobi CCTV surveillance system says it is has completed half of the work that aims to decongest the traffic and runaway insecurity. Ms Nanjing Les Information Technology Ltd, who started the works last December for a period of six...
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18 Jun 2013 - Four women were yesterday ordered to pay a Sh50,000 bond by a Kibera court after they pleaded guilty to stripping in a night club. Susan Muchiri, Mary Mbugua, Phyllis Nyaga and Catherine Mugure all in their early 20s confessed to court that they were found dancing...
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18 Jun 2013 - The Industrial Court has ordered contempt of court charges against the Ngara Girls High School, principal Asumpta Ndunge Munyasya, be heard on July 12 . The principal risks being committed to civil jail for a period of six months for allegedly disobeying court orders...
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18 Jun 2013 - The battle over the vast property of late politician Gerishon Kirima is back in court. The late tycoon's widow, Teresia, has sued Father Romeo and registered trustees of Comboni Missionaries over a piece of land measuring 201.94 hectares which is situated in Embakasi...
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18 Jun 2013 - Two university students and a real estate agent were yesterday charged before a Kibera court with preparing to commit a felony and being in possession of a firearm without a licence. George Mwaura Njogu, Erustus Wachira and Michael Mutunga Mutisya were charged that on...
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18 Jun 2013 - THE wife of Nairobi governor Evans Kidero has said children should live in a protective environment to ensure they realise their potential. Susan Kidero said children should grow up in an environment where their dignity is preserved and the society responds to their...
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18 Jun 2013 - KK Guards who provide security for the US and other embassies yesterday went on strike. The more than 450 guards said their employer does not pay them well compared to other guards who secure embassies in East and Central Africa. Their spokesman Victor Matanda said...
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18 Jun 2013 - A private company has sued National Oil Corporation demanding Sh229 million in breach of contract. Timau Agro Industries Ltd says the National Oil Corporation breached a contract in relation to sale of a piece of land in Mombasa. According to the suit papers the...
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18 Jun 2013 - Key officials who presided over the Kajiado East parliamentary elections were close relatives of the current MP Peris Tobiko whose victory is being challenged in an election petition, a court heard yesterday. Kakuta Maimai cited Bruce Nikana who was a returning...