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  • Kenya Lamu residents not consulted on Lapsset project TJRC says

    Lamu rely on the media to establish whether their rights to the land they occupy would be recognised? if the Government moves? to implement the Sh2 ...

  • Rawal Denies Shes a Gatekeeper for the State

    Nairobi - The nominee for Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal was on Friday put to task by Parliament's Justice and Legal Affairs committee over her past judgements. Members of the committee put her on the spot over key cases like that on Robert Ouko's murder and investigations into Professor George Saitoti's death. "Is it by coincidence that every time that there is an ...

  • Farmers Ask Koskei to Address Challenges

    Farmers in Rift Valley have petitioned the Agriculture Secretary Felix Koskei to address key challenges in the sector especially the provision of subsidies to farmers. The farmers yesterday said the high prices of farm inputs including fertiliser, seeds and chemicals reduce production of food and cash crops in the country. "He must come up with clear-cut policies that will boost ...

  • Makueni Speaker Wants Wise Senator

    Makueni county assembly speaker Stephen Ngelu has asked residents to elect a visionary leader to replace Mutula Kilonzo. Speaking to the press in his office yesterday, Ngelu said the senator's role is crucial in the development of the county. He said Makueni residents must get a replacement who will step into Mutula's shoes by marshalling for the equalisation fund. He said Kenya is a ...

  • Probe BVR Saga - Midiwo

    National assembly Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo wants the Public Accounts Committee to investigate the controversy surrounding the acquisition of the Biometric Voter Registration systems. "One of the Cabinet Secretary nominees gave a lot of critical information when he appeared before the House vetting committee recently. We want to be at peace with everyone knowing there was no ...

Movie Review

Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Faan Kui)

Even if you could overlook the lame slapstick comedy, the stilted, poorly dubbed dialogue, stolen diamonds that look like glass marbles, the producers' attempt to pass off a Canadian location crested with scenic mountains as the Bronx, and the fact that the only sympathy in the film comes from gangsters beating on a whiny kid in a wheelchair, "Rumble in the Bronx" would still be a bad movie. Ever ... ...

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  • EAP Employee Out On Bond

    A former employee of East African Portland Cement Company has been charged in a Meru court for stealing. Alexander Bett allegedly stole Sh40,000 from the company on April 7. Bett is also facing charges of stealing 954 bags of cement worth Sh741,190. He denied the charges and was released on Sh200,000 bail. The case will be heard on October ...

  • Eurozone Crisis and Election Jitters Drove Down 2012 Tourism Arrivals

    THE hotels and restaurants sector's growth slowed down last year expanding only by 2.6 per cent compared to 4.9 per cent in 2011 due to lower tourism numbers and earnings, the latest government data shows. According to the Economic Survey 2013 released yesterday that reviews sector performance for 2012, there were fewer European visitors into Kenya last year because of Eurozone crisis and ...

  • Fire Disrupts Maseno Classes

    LEARNING and Business at Maseno city campus was disrupted by a fire scare on Wednesday evening after one of the lifts reportedly caught fire. Students attending evening classes were ordered out as security personnel raised the fire alarm. The security guards at the ground floor tried to pull up the hosepipe in readiness to tackle the fire. No one was injured during the incident. Maseno ...

  • Kiraitu Wants Reps Pay Rise

    MERU senator Kiraitu Murungi wants county representatives' pay increased and a review of the county assembly speakers' salary. The senator says their salaries should be close to those of governors. Kiraitu says the country cannot have vibrant county assemblies and grass root democracies with demoralised and underpaid ...

  • Government Committed to Devolution Kimemia Tells MPs

    Nairobi - Secretary to the Cabinet nominee Francis Kimemia on Friday dismissed allegations that the national government planned to use county commissioners and the new Ministry of Devolution and Planning to sabotage devolution. This comes a day after Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) principals Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka lashed out at the Jubilee government accusing it of trying ...

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