Wanted fake “NIS” officer finally arrested in Likoni
Mombasa, KENYA: Undercover police have arrested fake ‘NIS’ officer who has been on the run for almost a year now. The suspect who was once arrested by CID officers and handcuffed to an electric pole, was on Wednesday arrested in Likoni sub-county after allegedly soliciting sh.230,000 from a businessman. He had claimed to be a […]
Former Tusker FC and Kenyan international Simon Gundi passes away
Mombasa, KENYA: Kenyan football fraternity has been rocked yet again following the demise of former Tusker FC and Kenyan International Simon Gundi who hailed from Raibai in Coast. According to the family, the deceased who traded as a defender during his hey days passed away on Wednesday after a short period of illness at his […]
Kiswahili scholar Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany passes away in Lamu
Lamu. KENYA: Lovers of the Kiswahili language and poetry are mourning all over the world following the demise of famous Swahili scholar, author and poet Professor Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany of Lamu. Nabhany passed away early Thursday morning at his home in Matondoni village of Lamu county aged 90. Family members who spoke to Baraka FM […]
Governor Kingi threatens to cancel contractors’ tenders stalling county projects
Kilifi, KENYA: Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi has threatened to cancel all tenders belonging to contractors doing shoddy jobs in the county. Kingi said he has been receiving complaints from the public that some of the contractors are delaying projects with reasons best known to them. Speaking in Kolewa-Junju in Kilifi South constituency during a […]
Mombasa County health officers down their tools to demand allowances
Mombasa, KENYA: Health services at Coast General Hospital were paralyzed on Thursday after Mombasa County health officers downed their tools to protest over salary disparity in the sector. The clinical officers feel they are being discriminated after they were not considered in the deal that saw doctors and nurses given call and health services allowances […]
Crocodile attacks on school going children at R.Tana rampant, decry parents
Tana River, KENYA: Parents from Amani Chao area in Tana River County are appealing to the county government to build an Early Childhood Development Center –ECD in the area, to prevent them from the dangers of crossing River Tana to access learning. According to the parents, their children are forced to cross the river full […]
Seven new Earth-like exoplanets discovered, NASA announces
Washington, USA: Astrological scientists in the US in partnership with other scientists across the world have discovered seven other planets the same size as planet earth revolving around a star, similar to how the Earth is revolving around the Sun. The scientists from America, Britain and Belgium have highlighted that the seven planets discovered revolve […]
Tanzanian national mysteriously killed in Old town Mombasa
Mombasa, KENYA:Police in Mombasa are investigating the mysterious death of a Tanzanian man in Kibokoni Old town area. The man identified as Ali Babu,75, who is said to be from the Chaga people of Tanzania, was slashed to death by unknown assailants Wednesday night and nothing stolen from him, police said. According to witnesses, the […]
Kenyan teams finish third as Roll Ball World cup curtain falls down in Bangladesh
Kenyan teams both men and women settled for third position as the fourth edition of the Roll Ball World cup curtains came down in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Wednesday. Women’s team failed to defend the title it won in 2015, after going down 3-2 to Iran before bouncing back to humiliate Senegal 8-1 in third place […]
NASA denies claims that coalition agreement unveiled is meant for power sharing
Nairobi, KENYA: The national super alliance Coalition has dispelled claims that the the agreement signed on Wednesday is a formula for sharing power and dishing out positions. In a press statement, the coalition indicated that it is indeed a formula for solving the many problems the country is facing. The signing of the agreement took […]