Witu residents in Lamu protest against newly posted chief
Lamu, KENYA: Over 300 residents of Witu and its environs on Friday staged a major demonstration to push the government to immediately remove a newly posted chief in the area. Businesses in the town were interrupted for over an hour as the angry residents danced and cried as they conducted the demos along the streets […]
Kericho, Bomet governors protest cess on tea exports via Mombasa port
Nairobi, KENYA: Tea farmers from Kericho and Bomet County have expressed their outcry to the county of Mombasa in its effort to introduce tea cess at the rate of sh 32 per pack at the Mombasa tea auction center. In a press conference in Nairobi on Friday, Kericho governor Paul Chepkwony alongside his counterpart Of […]
Lamu leaders call for increase in money allocated to county
Lamu, KENYA: Lamu leaders have complained saying the little amount of money allocated to the county by the Commission on Revenue Allocation-CRA inhibits development. Lamu deputy governor Abdulhakim Aboud and senator Anwar Loitiptip said the CRA does that knowing fully well the humongous challenges the county has to deal with. Lamu gets an annual allocation […]
Diamond Platnumz and Hamisa Mobetto in court over child support
On Thursday, February 8 Tanzanian Model Hamisa Mobetto and musician and entrepreneur Diamond Platinumz were the talk of the town when the two met in a children’s court for the first time since Hamisa lost a court case where she was demanding monthly upkeep of sh 230,000 for their son Dylan. The two were pictured […]
Mombasa’s former miss Kenya joins to condemn cartels in modelling industry
The past week has been quite a tough one for modeling agencies. This was after several high profile models opened up on the tribulations they go through in the industry viewed by many as glamorous. It all started when an email leaked of models being told they would be compensated with food and transport after […]
Sossion urges TSC to employ new teachers
Nairobi, KENYA: Kenya National Union of teachers KNUT has piled pressure on Teachers Service Commission to consider employing more teachers during this financial year. Addressing journalists in Nairobi at teachers union headquarters, KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion on Thursday said that teachers deficit in public schools currently stands at 100,000 which needs to be addressed. […]