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  • Remaining Cabinet Secretaries to Be Nominated This Week

    The two remaining cabinet secretaries will be appointed this week. The cabinet secretaries approved by parliament took oath of office last week. The remaining slots yet to be filled are for Interior and coordination of national government and that of ...

  • Laptops From Swiss National Had Pornography

    All the 15 laptops confiscated from a house where eleven ladies and Swiss were arrested contained pornographic materials. Kisauni DCIO Shadrack Juma says police will also prefer more charges for the Swiss national after it emerged he used fake UN registration number for his vehicle. Our correspondent Calvin Onsarigo tells us ...

  • Kenya Sonko Inspired By Ruto to Get College Degree

    Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has joined Mt Kenya University to study business administration. Sonko, who was admitted in the May intake, is to start his evening classes this week. The Senator said he was inspired to go back to school by Deputy President William Ruto who last year graduated from the University of Nairobi with a masters of science degree in plant ecology. "Despite what the DP ...

  • Kenya Pro-Gay Group Calls for the Protection of Minorities

    AN organisation that empowers sexual minorities has urged the government to make laws that will protect the rights of all. In a statement to the Star, Persons Marginalised and Aggrieved Kenya said the government should repeal certain sections of the law, which have been 'oppressive' to the group. They want sections 162, 163 and 165 of the Penal Code, which criminalises same sex act ...

  • Raila Says Hes Not Interested in State Assignment

    CORD leader Raila Odinga is not interested in a state job. He says his hands are full serving Kenyans in the opposition. This follows speculation that President Uhuru Kenyatta was considering him for a ...

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Godzilla

More than forty years and some two-dozen movies after he first raised his huge reptilian head in the 1954 Japanese monster flick "Gojira," Godzilla is back, courtesy of the director / producer team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, the sci-fi twosome that last blew theater speakers out with massive alien destruction in "Independence Day" (1996). Leaner, meaner, faster, and sleeker, this late 90' ... ...

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  • Trailer Blocks Uhuru Highway Causing Traffic

    If you are using Uhuru Highway you are being urged to use an alternative route after a trailer blocked part of the road causing major traffic. The trailer was involved in an accident with a bus coming from Mombasa early this morning. Police are trying to remove the trailer from the ...

  • Kenya Mutula Grave Under 24-Hour Police Guard

    Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo's grave at Utangwa in Mbooni is under 24-hour security surveillance. This follows rumours that some men are planning to raid the home to steal the casket. Speaking to the Star on the phone, Mbooni police boss James Baraza denied claims that would-be grave side thieves invaded Mutula's home on Saturday night. "Nobody has invaded the late ...

  • Security Beefed At Mutulas Grave

    Police have been put on high alert following claims that some people tried to dig out the grave of the late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo in Mbooni. Area OCPD James Baraza says security has been beefed up but dismissed claims that the grave had been interfered ...

  • Kenya Uhuru Puts Crime Lords On Notice

    PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta has warned politicians accused of fuelling and financing crime that their days are numbered. Kenyatta said that days are numbered for such politicians and so they will face the full force of the law once arrested. Without naming names, he said that those who will be arrested should not come to him pleading for leniency adding that he will not entertain those disrupting ...

  • Uhuru Tells Off MPs Asking for Higher Pay Again

    Put the interest of Kenyans first. President Kenyatta once again told off leaders asking for pay increments and asked MPs to focus on improving the lives of Kenyans instead of fighting for higher pay even before they start ...

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