The Star: Honey vendor, 78, weds in Narok
09 May 2012 - HUNDREDS of people yesterday attended a wedding between a 72-year-old honey vendor and a 48- year-old bride in Narok South district. Livingstone Chepyos and Agnes Chepkemoi tied the knot at Simotwet Full Gospel Church. The ceremony was presided over by the Rev Richard Malel. Rev Malel said the two approached church elders last year and informed them of their plans.“Since this was not their first marriage we agreed that they were to h...

The Star: Turkana residents petition the KPLC over perennial blackouts
09 May 2012 - RESIDENTS of Turkana South are angry over the frequent power blackouts in the area for the last six months. Led by councillor John Aule, they complained that the Kenya Power and Lighting Company has not taken any action in regard to their blight despite being informed. “If KPLC does not help us in correcting the mess, incidences of cattle rustling may increase because most cattle rustlers take advantage of the dark to steal anima...

The Star: Kenya Forest Service plants a million trees in Trans Nzoia
09 May 2012 - THE Kenya Forest Service has planted a million trees in Trans Nzoia county out of two million it targets to plant during this rainy season. Trans Nzoia forest zonal manager Simon Wahome said his department is collaborating with farmers through the ”shamba" system to realise its target. Wahome made the remarks during an interview with the Star in Kitale town yesterday. “Our target is to ensure that we plant more trees to ...

The Star: State probes flood gullies in Mai Mahiu
09 May 2012 - THE government has moved in to address the problem of huge gullies that have emerged in Mai Mahiu, Naivasha by appointing a task force to look into the odd event. The task force that has drawn members from various ministries has been given two weeks to come up with a report on the issue.Hours after the committee was appointed, it visited the affected areas and ordered that more than 1,000 IDPs in the area be relocated with immediate effect.The...

The Star: Peace initiative launched in Eldore
09 May 2012 - A programme to promote good governance and ethnic tolerance has been launched in North Rift. The initiative is dubbed ‘promoting good governance and inter-ethnic tolerance through humuor’.The programme launched by the North Rift Theatre Ambassadors is aimed at enlightening people on their responsibilities ahead of the general election. Speaking during the launch in Eldoret, the coordinator North Rift theatre ambassador Ken Ruto sai...

The Star: Mau new tea factory starts
09 May 2012 - The first ever co-operative tea factory to be established in South Rift has started operation. The factory, which will use Tilya logo at the Mombasa auction is owned by Mau Tea Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd.The Sh205 million factory was established late last year. Members contributed Sh63,111,064.43 while the Co-operative Bank gave the cooperative a loan of Sh142 million.The factory which was formerly owned by former nominated MP Ma...

The Star: Squatters hold eviction demo
09 May 2012 - More than 800 squatters in Chepchoina Settlement scheme yesterday held demonstrations to protest  the government move to evict them and resettle landless people from Uganda on the land.The demonstrators led by James Kaburu,Margret Aule, Joseph Ekitala,Chepkitee Rotino claimed that more than 200 Ugandans have  been resettled in the 6,000 acres of Chepchoina. They said they  have been issued with a notice to vacate the land within...

The Star: Shareholders seek DC help in land row
09 May 2012 - A section of shareholders of a land buying company in Nakuru county have asked the provincial administration to assist in solving their disputes. The faction of eight self-help groups said disputes have rocked the company since they bought 4,800 acres of Barina estate.The group claim that efforts to demarcate the property has been frustrated by rising insecurity cases. “We ask the provincial administration to arbitrate in resolving the ...

The Star: Too calls for truce between Raila and Mudavadi camps
09 May 2012 - Former Nominated MP Mark Too has called for a truce between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputy  Musalia Mudavadi. Too said the ongoing war of words between Mudavadi and Raila groups is not good for the country.He said political differences should not be turned into violent outbursts and reactions by supporters of the two camps. "Mudavadi and Raila have been comrades for long and I don't think their political differences should be ...

The Star: Unionist backs NHIF move
09 May 2012 - A union boss yesterday welcomed the suspension of the National Hospital Insurance Fund Board. The Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers national deputy chairman Alhaji Abdullahi Kiptanui said Prime Minister Raila Odinga took the right stepp. He said the former board members should not be reinstated even after investigations because they have run down the NHIF. They should not even be appointed to any board, he said.

The Star: Abdulrazak gives tip on KKV
09 May 2012 - THE Kazi Kwa Vijana should be technology driven to allow the youths to be innovators,  National Council for Science and Technology chief executive officer Shaukat Abdulrazak said yesterday.  He said the manual KKV programme for the youth faces many challenges because it  innovative programmes driven by technology. “Singapore is prosperous because it is a knowledge driven economy focused on innovations unlike the Keny...

The Star: Sonko insists Iteere is scheming to kill him
09 May 2012 - MAKADARA legislator Mike Sonko has insisted that Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere is plotting to eliminate him, Mohamed Ali of KTN and former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. This comes barely a day after Iteere ordered Coast Police Boss Agrey Adoli to summon Sonko to record a statement over the allegations he made at a public rally in Likoni last weekend. Yesterday, Sonko accompanied by his lawyer Cliff Ombeta recorded a statement bef...

The Star: Insecurity angers Eastleigh traders
09 May 2012 - Business people in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area yesterday held a demonstration to protest the growing insecurity in the area. Businesses in Eastleigh remained closed  for most of the day as area residents took to the streets to protested the robbery of Sh1.8 million from two shops in the area. They said eight robbers armed with AK 47 riffles broke into Mashallah Beauty Spot shop and Bismillahi Cosmetics located at MBC plaza ...

The Star: Yongo files complaint against Ahmednasir
09 May 2012 - A Nairobi debt collector Brian Yongo wants Judicial Service Commission member Ahmednasir Abdullahi struck off the roll of advocates. He has written to the Advocates Complaints Commission at the State Law office and also filed a similar complaint with the disciplinary committee of the Law Society of Kenya.The dispute has been precipitated by legal action by Ahmednassir Abdikadir Advocates to recover 87 acres in Karen from around 30 residents wh...

The Star: Corridors of Power
09 May 2012 - A top private hospital refused to treat a man who had been shot by thugs on grounds that he could not raise Sh200,000 deposit. The man pleaded with the hospital for treatment saying he would ensure his family delivered the money. However, the hospital management refused and asked the good samaritans who had brought him to the emergency reception to take him to Kenyatta National Hospital. The man did not make it to Kenyatta and died on the ...

The Star: Time-barred TJRC heaps blame on Justice minister
09 May 2012 - THE now time-barred Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission expected Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa to give it more time. Sources at the commission said the delay in determining the extension of time has put the commission in a tricky position as it cannot move forward  with its work. This position could be worse if Parliament refuses to accede to Wamalwa's request. Legally, the minister cannot grant an extension wit...

The Star: Lobby groups reject new man at NGOs board helm
09 May 2012 - President Kibaki has appointed Joshua Leparashau to be chairman of the NGOs Coordination Board sparking off controversy within the civil society groups which have rejected the appointment.The head of state ignored Dr Hezron Mac Obewa whose name had been forwarded by Minister for Heritage William ole Ntimama and instead Leparashau, who is a former Chairman of the Kerio Valley Development Authority, has been gazzetted.The NGOs Council through it...

The Star: All schoolgirls ought to get sanitary towels – PM
09 May 2012 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga has directed the Ministry of Education to seek Sh2.6 billion in the next financial year to buy sanitary towels for all schoolgirls across the country. The PM said more funds are needed to enable all school going girls get the pads. He was speaking at the National launch of the Government of Kenya's primary schools sanitary towel pioneer programme Under the project, 443, 858 schoolgirls from 4, 114 primary sch...

The Star: City lawyer summoned over row
09 May 2012 - THE row over ownership a Sh1 billion property in Kilimani area took a new twist after a senior lawyer was summoned by the police over alleged attempt to change the directorship of a company at the centre of the dispute.The lawyer- Zul Alibhai- presented himself to the CID headquarters on Monday after a complaint was filed against him by two directors of Ravasam Development Company. The police were initially reluctant to investigate the matter ...

The Star: Court gives orders to Nyachae firm
09 May 2012 - A law firm associated with CIC chairman Charles Nyachae has been ordered to submit the accounts showing the balance due to the family of former PC Daudi Galgalo. Justice Muga Apondi said the firm of Nyachae and Company Advocates should table the accounts after the sale of four parcels in which Sh80 million was realised. The parcels belonged to Manyagalo, a company associated with former minister Simeon Nyachae, Galgalo and for...