Multi drug resistant TB treatment is now available at Eldoret Moi Teaching and referral hospital. Uasin Gishu district TB coordinator Charles Makwila however said it is very expensive to treat multi resistant TB and the patient is treated on isolation for a period of 2 years. The government has established over 800 diagnostic centers and [...]
Paralympics athletes who will represent the country in the forthcoming Olympic championships in Beijing, August this year are at a high level training at the Kipchoge Keino stadium in Eldoret town..The 4 athletes from Uasin Gishu district who are among 13 others have been training for the coming event since the end of the post [...]
Eldoret showground IDP primary school is now a registered examination centre. According to the school Principal David Karanja the centre has 218 candidates who will sit for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations. Karanja added that the school whose registration centre number is 507184 was considered as an exam centre following the large [...]
Telcom Kenya plans to conduct structural re-organization of the company aimed at reducing expenditure and staff number. The company currently under privatization of France Telcom is expanding its signal coverage to serve the entire North Rift region. Telcom Kenya North Rift regional Sales Manager Moses Aballo says the telecommunication company is set to import cell [...]
The Safaricom Intitial Public Offer will go on as planned even as calls by the Orange Democratic Movement to have it postponed gather pace. The government unveiled the privatization commission today saying the IPO will kick off this Friday. Investment secretary Esther Koimett says they expect no legal barrier in the IPO. Koimett added that [...]
Communities in the North rift region that had been divided after last year’s General Election Wednesday displayed a rare show of unity following a peace building initiative by North Rift Civil Society Forum. Elders representing the two communities agreed to continue co-existing peacefully after the forum challenged them to embrace peace. North Rift civil society [...]
A group of ODM legislators have accused the Party of National Unity for what they term undermining the coalition spirit. They accuse PNU of demanding key ministerial positions following Tuesday’s meeting between the two principals that resulted in a cabinet stalemate. Led by Mbita MP Otieno Kajwang, the legislators stated that the stalemate over the [...]
Christians worldwide are continuing to celebrate the Easter holidays as they remember the death of Jesus. The Retired Catholic Archbishop, Ndingi Mwana a’ Nzeki has appealed to faithful to pray for the church and all religious leaders that they may be truthful to Christ’s teachings and be ready to die for the sake of the [...]
Matatus traveling upcountry and various towns in the country have not hiked fares this festive season due to low passengers’ numbers. Matatu operators attributed the low turn out of passengers to the post election violence that saw many people move to their ancestral homes. Another key factor is fear of traveling after the post poll [...]
Goods worth millions of shillings were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out burning a section of Juakali artisan’s stores in Eldoret town. The artisans complained of congestion at the Juakali shades saying the municipal should find a better place to allow them relocate. They alleged that the fire might have started from a [...]