Activist moves to court challenging the sacking of KPA MD Catherine Mturi
Mombasa, KENYA: A Nairobi based activist Okiya Omtatah has moved to court to challenge the sacking of Kenya Ports Authority MD Catherine Mturi. In his petition filed at the Mombasa labour court on Tuesday, Omtatah seeks the court to nullify the sacking of Ms. Mturi on grounds that she was not fairly heard. He wants […]
Kilifi county to spend sh 214 M to construct deputy governor’s house
Kilifi,KENYA:The Kilifi county government has allocated sh 214 million for the construction of a deputy governors residence. This is according to the to proposed 2018/2019 budget which just recently went through the public participation stage. In the proposed budget , the county expects to spend sh 20,000,00 to rehabilitate streetlights while sh 17.9 million has […]
Education CS dissolves Moi girls school BOG and PTA
Nairobi,KENYA:Education cabinet secretary Amina Muhammed,has dissolved with immediate effect the entire Board of Governors and Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) of the Moi girls school Nairobi. This comes as the Moi Girls principal Jael Mureithi applied for an early retirement as the rape scandal is hanging fresh in the air. Addressing members of the press in […]
Kanze Dena appointed deputy statehouse spokesperson
Nairobi,KENYA:Swahili veteran journalist Kanze Dena has been appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as deputy state house spokesperson and deputy head of Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU). “As part of diversifying the voices from the Presidency, focusing the concept of messaging with purpose, President Kenyatta has appointed seasoned television news anchor Kanze Dena, 39, as Deputy […]
Lamu women rep pokes holes at NGAAF system
Lamu,KENYA:Lamu woman rep Ruweida Obbo has criticized the process used to allocate the National Government Affirmative Action Fund-NGAAF terming it unfair. Obbo says the current process used to allocate the funds is meant to condemn and demean some counties especially Lamu which has always received the least amount. The NGAAF relies on among other factors,the […]
Intercontinental hotel fined sh 2 million for mistaking woman for sex worker
Nairobi,KENYA:Winfred Njoki Clarke is a happy woman after a civil court in Nairobi ordered a compensation of 3 million for humiliation she suffered on March 19 1998 at The Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. Njoki told the court that the she had gone to Intercontinental hotel to have a drink but she could not be served on […]
Msambweni boys closed down over suspected arson attempt
Kwale,KENYA: Msambweni boys high school in Kwale county has been closed down for a week following an attempt to burn one of the dormitories in the wee hours of Monday the second attempt in a span of less than two years. According to police sources petrol and Kerosene jars had been found at scene of the […]
Four family members perish in Kilifi bodaboda accident
Kilifi,KENYA:Four members of the same family Monday perished in an accident at Mitangoni along Kaloleni- Mavueni highway on Monday. The accident involved a trailer and a motorbike which was carrying the deceased. Eye witnesses say the accident occurred when the bodaboda rider tried to overtake an oncoming lorry at a hilly sharp corner . According […]
Fire burns Chumani school dorm in Kilifi County
Kilifi,KENYA: Property of unknown value has been destroyed after fire gutted a dormitory at Chumani mixed Secondary School in Kilifi County. According to teachers, the fire started on Monday night before razing the male student’s dormitory. However, there were no casualties in the fire incident, according to Chumani school principal Rachel Kazungu who spoke to […]