President Mwai Kibaki arrived back today from an official visit to New York for the United Nations 63RD General Assembly. The President addressed the assembly urging oil rich nations to consider the plight of non-oil producing countries in developing nations. President Kibaki also asked the industrialized countries to keep their donation pledges on poor countries [...]
Barely two days after two men were arrested over the vandalizing of Telcom cables worth ksh70000, a man was Sunday arrested in Mutwot sub-location after he was caught in possession of copper wire belonging to the Telcom.
Police who worked on a tip-off arrested the suspect who took them to his farm showing where he burns [...]
COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli says Kenya’s employment policy needs looking into as it lacks a wage policy. He says this has made many Kenyans end up as casual laborers. He faults the policy as responsible for the lack of benefits that permanent employees receive. Atwoli believes the faulty employment policy has led to the [...]
A team of Polish para-olympians is in the country to promote sports tourism. The team which arrived Sunday also intends to climb Mt.Kilimanjaro as a way of proving that disability is not inability. Flagging them off outside his Jogoo House office, the Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka said the expedition will strengthen relations between Poland and [...]
The government has said it is not ready to negotiate with pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks meant for its military. Minister for Internal Security Prof. George Saitoti says the government does not condone piracy or any form of terrorism. Saitoti says Kenya is working closely with other countries to ensure that [...]
Four people died and five others are admitted at Bungoma district hospital in critical condition after being involved in a road accident along the Bungoma -Kanduyi road near M’BlG petrol station. According to Bungoma deputy police boss George Kingi, the accident occurred yesterday at around 1 pm. Three of the victims died on the spot [...]
The Cockar commission has ruled that the former finance Minister Amos Kimunya will not appear before the commission inquiring into the sale of Grand regency hotel. The commission accepted an application by Kimunya’s lawyer Githu Muigai made on the basis that all the testimonies given by 21 witnesses who had appeared before the commission did [...]
Uchaguzi wa maafisa wa chama cha walimu nchini-KNUT katika wilaya mpya ya Chepkoilel ulifanyika hapo jana mjini Eldoret. Sammy Bor alihifadhi kiti chake kama katibu mkuu wa chama hicho katika wilaya hiyo kwenye uchaguzi unaokisiwa kufanyika kawa njia huru na haki. Akizungumza wakati wa shughuli hiyo katibu mkuu mtendaji wa chama cha walimu nchini Lawrence [...]
Tume iliyoteuliwa kuchunguza madai ya wizi wa kura katika uchaguzi mkuu wa mwaka jana ulioongozwa na Jaji Yohan Krigla ulipendekeza kuwa tume ya uchaguzi nchini ufutiliwe mbali na nyingine mpya kubuniwa ili kuzuia kurejelewa kwa ghasia za baada ya uchaguzi pamoja na madai ya wizi wa kura. aziri mkuu Raila Odinga, balozi wa marekani humu [...]
Wakaazi wa mkoa wa nyanza wametahadharishwa dhidi ya kufikiri kuwa tohara kwa wanaume kitawazuia dhidi ya kuambukizwa na virusi vya HIV. aafisa wa afya wamesema kuwa wakaazi hao wanapaswa kufahamu kuwa kutahiriwa kutapunguza tu kiwango cha kupata maradhi hayo kwa asilimia ndogo sana na wasifikiri kuwa tohara itawakinga dhidi ya maambukizi. ahadhari hiyo imetolewa huku [...]