Taita Taveta University students hold demonstrations
Taita Taveta,KENYA:Taita Taveta university students on Monday staged demonstrations calling on the National Government to dialogue with lecturers who have downed their tools demanding implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement they signed two years ago. The students on Monday staged demonstrations in a bid to force the government to strike a deal with lecturers to […]
40,000 title deeds to be issued in coast region before June
Mombasa,KENYA:The Ministry of Land will issue 40,000 title deeds to the six Counties at the coastal region before June. Addressing journalists in Mombasa, the CAS for the Ministry of Land Gideon Mung’aro said that the coastal region is set to benefit from the programme that targets to issue 450,000 title deeds countrywide . ‘The Ministry […]
Education CS welcomes court order directing lectures to end strike
Nairobi,KENYA:Cabinet Secretary for Education Amina Mohammed has welcomed the court order that directs lecturers to be back to classes pending their negotiation with the government and other stakeholders. Addressing the education stakeholders during the launch of strategic plan for placement services, the Cs noted that the employment and labor Relations court ordered both teaching and […]
Thugs on motorcycle rob mpesa shop in Ukunda
Kwale,KENYA:Police in Kwale county have launched a manhunt of three robbers who escaped with an unkown amount of money from an M-pesa shop in Ukunda , Kwale County. According to Msambweni police boss Joseph Chebusit, the incident occurred on Monday about about 8am. Chebusit told Baraka FM that the three robbers got into the shop […]
Lecturers vow to continue with strike despite court order
Nairobi,KENYA:University Staff Union has vowed to continue with the strike despite the court order and the directive by education cabinet secretary Amina Mohammed that they report to work immediately. In a media briefing in Nairobi on Monday ,UASU national secretary general Constantine Wesonga and his chairman Prof Muga K’Olale said that their members are on […]
Man nursing his private parts after buffalo attack in Hola
Tana River,KENYA: A man in from Malindi ya Ngwena village outskirts of Hola town in Tana River County is nursing injuries at the Hola sub-county hospital after being attacked by a buffalo. The incident occurred on Friday evening along River Tana. Confirming the incident county director for KWS Mr. John Wambua told Baraka Fm that the victim and […]
Redflag raised over increased, unreported child defilement cases in Lamu
Lamu,KENYA:There is an increase in child sexual defilement cases in Lamu town and even then,many of them go unreported as parents and the community prefer to sweep such cases under the carpet whenever they occur,the Muslims for Human Rights Organization-MUHURI has established. Young male children are sodomised while their female counterparts go through a whole […]
Three celebrities who love Mombasa Matatu’s
Kenyan Matatus have in the past caught the attention of many over their promotion of the creative industry. Despite having come under fire over allegations of brutality, hooliganism and promoting a criminal culture by using portraits such as that of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar ,Matatu owners keep raising the bar higher and […]