The Star: Teacher shot dead in South Sudan
16 May 2012 - A Kenyan teacher in South Sudan was on Saturday evening shot dead by police in Juba as she was being driven back to a school owned by former President John Garang's wife. 24-year-old Mulekye Musangi, a teacher at John Garang International School was shot in the head and later roughed up by police because the driver did not hear the whistle alerting people that the flag at the late President's mausoleum was being lowered.Former President John G...

The Star: Sh10bn for roads repair
15 May 2012 - Roads minister Franklin Bett has appealed to the Treasury to give him money to repair roads that have been damaged by the rains. Speaking in Nakuru at the weekend during the launching of Kenya National Dairy Master Plan attended by farmers, processors and financiers of the dairy sector, Bett said more than Sh10 billion is required for the work.           “Some Sh10 billion is required t...

The Star: Cop arrested in Nakuru
15 May 2012 -   A police constable has been arrested for allegedly extorting money from members of the public in Nakuru. The officer who is attached to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit in Elburgon was arrested on Friday night after complainants that he was demanding money from customers of a local bar. “Three ladies made a report at our station on Friday night at around 9.30pm of two policemen in jungle jackets extorting money fro...

The Star: Moi University lecturer shot dead
15 May 2012 - A senior lecturer at Moi University in Eldoret was shot dead and his wife injured by gangsters outside their home in Kimumu on Sunday night. The gangsters waylaid Ambrose Kibet Chedotum and shot him after he alighted from their family car to open the gate. ''He was rushing to open his gate but the thugs caught up with him leading to a scuffle during which they shot him three times.The wife was also shot in the chest when she got out of the...

The Star: Trans Nzoia women’s loans
15 May 2012 - WOMEN in Trans Nzoia county have been urged to form or join groups to help them share investment ideas to improve their livelihoods. Trans Kenya Women Sacco CEO Martha Ouma said the groups will enable them access loans from the organisation after they are registered. The groups, Ouma added, will also act as a security when borrowing loans from banks as most rural women do not have dependable sources of income. “Being in group...

The Star: Trans Nzoia boy buried alive
15 May 2012 - A 10-year-old boy in Saboti division in Trans Nzoia county was buried alive after the house in which he was sheltering collapsed due to heavy rains. The area chief Isaac Lusweti said the incident happened on Saturday night at Machungwa village. He said Shadrack Wangila, a Standard Five pupil at Machungwa Primary School, died after his mother left him in the kitchen as she took his younger brother to sleep in the ma...

The Star: Keep off Kericho county politics, youth leader tells Rutto
15 May 2012 - Chepalungu MP Isaac Rutto was yesterday told to keep off Kericho county politics since the region has elected leaders capable of managing local affair Kericho county youth leader Thomas Maritim said Rutto had on several occasions cross-crossed the county from his Chepalungu constituency in Bomet county ''to convince Kericho residents to elect some leaders in the coming  general election''.     ''It is in bad ...

The Star: Kalonzo defends Kibaki over 47 commissioners
15 May 2012 - Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday defended President Kibaki over the appointment of county commissioners.  Kalonzo said President Kibaki acted within the law in the appointments and those opposing them are derailing the implementation of the new constitution. Kalonzo made the remarks in Narok town yesterday after opening a Wiper Democratic Party office and later addressed a rally in the town. He was accompanied by Ki...

The Star: Saitoti ally eyes Kajiado seat
15 May 2012 - INTERNAL Security minister George Saitoti's political pointman in Kajiado county, Rhonest Ntayia, has announced he will vie for the Kajiado East parliamentary seat. Ntayia made the announcement on Saturday at his Kisaju home in Isinya where hundreds of his supporters and Saitoti's allies had gathered. Ntayia did not, however, declare on which party he will vie for the seat. He said he is still consulting his clansmen and the people of Kaj...

The Star: NYS to repair Mogotio roads
15 May 2012 - THE National Youth Service has been contracted to build roads in Marigat district under a unique project funded and supervised by the area CDF kitty. NYS has signed a contract with the Mogotio CDF committee to repair the roads in the area. The project aims at providing employment opportunities for youth in the area."It is a project which I initiated when I was the minister for Youth and Sports where I noticed that NYS has enough equipment and ...

The Star: Nakuru farmers’ cash plea
15 May 2012 - NAKURU county residents have urged the government to increase funds for the farming sector. Expressing their views during the Budget Parliamentary Committee hearing held in Nakuru, the residents said that Kenya's agricultural sector directly influences the overall performance of the economy through its contribution to the GDP. “Periods of high economic growth rates have been synonymous with increased agricultural growth hence we ask...

The Star: Panel decries Africa’s woes
15 May 2012 - RISING inequality in society poses a threat to Africa's economic growth, says a 2012 African Progress Report launched yesterday. The report urged African leaders to work to create jobs and ensure justice and equitable resource distribution to turn Africa's population boom into a demographic dividend to boost economic above five per cent in the next two years. “Disparities in basic life-chances-for health, education and p...

The Star: Radio Africa's Kittony elected new MOA chairman
15 May 2012 - RADIO Africa chairman Kiprono Kittony is the new chairman of the Media Owners Association. He was elected at MOA's annual general meeting held yesterday at the Kenya Private Sector Alliance offices.  Joshua Chepkwony of Kass International was elected vice chair,  Hanningtone Gaya, secretary general. Standard Group's Nelly Matheka, deputy secretary general,  Nation Media Group's Tom Mshindi, organizing secretary and Ro...

The Star: Kajwang’s evidence
15 May 2012 - Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang yesterday narrated to court how an agent defraud his company more than Sh6.1 million in an oil supply deal. The minister told Senior Principal Magistrate Lucy Nyambura of the Anti-Corruption Court that his company, Ralek Enterprises, used to pay money to the accused Hezbon Omondi Nyagwala for the supply of oil.Kajwang was testifying in a case in which Nyagwala is charged with stealing money by agent. Led in ...

The Star: Kidero to prioritise health and education of children
15 May 2012 - OUTGOING Mumias Sugar chief executive Evans Kidero has said he will prioritise education of children and their health if elected as the first city governor. Kidero, who has declared interest in the seat said public education among city council schools will be improved to sort out the current decongestion."The classes currently hold in excess of 80 pupils and I am vowing that if elected, I will try, together with your participation to bring dow...

The Star: Muriuki calls for more funding to police service
15 May 2012 - MEMBERS of the public have questioned the wisdom behind the huge disparity in budgetary allocation between the National spy agency and the Kenya Police Service. The chairman of Nairobi Central Business District Timothy Muriuki said the budget makers were not fair to the police service as their work is more difficult than that of NSIS. “We are not being fair to the police service because security is a major driver of business,&r...

The Star: Police constable stops Iteere assault probe
15 May 2012 - THE High Court has stopped the Commissioner of Police from opening an inquiry file into allegations of assault leveled against a senior police officer by his junior. Justice Weldon Korir issued orders restraining police commissioner Mathew Iteere from taking any disciplinary action against constable Nathan Motari who has since raised a complaint against his senior Joseph ole Tito, who is the traffic commandant.In his application under certific...

The Star: Blame game over Thika superhighway deaths
15 May 2012 - A financier of the magnificent Thika superhighway has blamed the numerous deaths occasioned by road accidents on the Chinese contractors. The contractors have been accused of not putting up enough traffic safety management system in the course of construction, an allegation they have denied, blaming it on vandals.African Development Bank, who have financed lot three of the superhighway running from Kenyatta University to Thika, and being built...

The Star: Raila visits Shikuku in hospital
15 May 2012 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga yesterday visited veteran politician Martin Shikuku who is hospitalised at the Texas Cancer Centre in Nairobi’s Hurlingham area. The PM wished the former MP for Butere quick recovery. He said the government will pay the hospital bill of the liberation hero. Shikuku is being treated for prostate cancer.Shikuku lamented the high cost of treatment saying tests, including X-ray examinations, are beyond reach e...

The Star: Gichohi on Eala nominations
15 May 2012 - The Clerk of the National Assembly Patrick Gichohi has directed that individuals seeking to be Members of Parliament for the East African Legislative Assembly should submit their application to his office. Gichohi yesterday clarified that the applications should not be sent to political parties as this would be done by the Clerk’s office. He said applicants have until the end of Thursday to submit their applications to the ...