Lamu holds plastic waste exhibition
Lamu, KENYA: Lamu county has launched and held its first plastic waste exhibition at the Lamu Fort,a month after the nationwide plastic ban took effect. The exhibition dubbed ‘Takataka Exhibition’ was meant to showcase the amount of plastic waste collected by volunteers from beaches across Lamu. The event was led by Lamu governor Fahim Twaha […]
Kilifi MCA arrested over incitement
Kilifi,KENYA:Police in Kilifi county have arrested six suspects,among them an MCA accused of inciting youths to invade a private land. Police said the suspects had organized suspected criminals who were armed in the 11 am incident. Kilifi police chief Alexander Makau told Baraka on phone the suspects were rounded up and taken to kilifi police […]
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino charged in court
Nairobi, KENYA: Embakasi East Member of Parliament Paul Ongili famously known as Babu Owino,has been charged with two accounts of subversion and uttering abusive words against president Uhuru Kenyatta. Babu was taken to Milimani court on Tuesday to answer to the allegations raised against him on utterances of words that were calculated to excite disaffection […]
NASA gives government 24 hours to reinstate Odinga ,Musyoka security
Nairobi,KENYA:National Super Alliance legislators have given president Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration 24 hours to reinstate security detail attached to Opposition chief Raila Odinga and his counterpart Kalonzo Musoka whom their security has been withdrawn. In a media briefing at Orange Democratic Party ,ODM headquarters in Nairobi on Tuesday led by ODM chair John Mbadi said that […]
Lamu’s Boni community in dire need of food
Lamu,KENYA:The Boni minority Community in Lamu is crying foul after the national government stopped a food distribution programme launched shortly after commencement of the Linda Boni security operation inside the Boni forest and neighboring areas. The operation which was launched in 2015 is meant to flush out Alshabaab militants said to be hiding inside the […]
100 students in Likoni and Kwale receive Base titanium scholarship
Mombasa,KENYA:Over 100 students have benefited from higher education scholarships under a sponsorship programe by Base Titanium Company. The beneficiaries are higher education students majoring in fields such as medicine, accounting and engineering. This brings the number of students studying under the Base titanium scholarship program to more than 1000 as 950 more are already in […]
Photos: 7 finalists to represent Mombasa in Kenya’s Ultimate Comic
A total of seven shortlisted comedians will represent Mombasa in the search of Kenya’s Ultimate Comic. Mark Barasa aka ‘Bwana Maka’, Nuru Bakari aka ‘Mama Supu’, Hamisi Mwero aka ‘Chikokoyo Pandikizi’, Cosmas Kole aka ‘Bonge’ and Rashid Abdallah aka ‘Chidi wa Mafilamu’ are among the seven, who were chosen to represent Mombasa during the auditions […]