Death toll from Shauri Moyo accident rises to six
Kilifi, KENYA: The death toll from an accident along the Mombasa -Malindi road has risen to six This was after two more people succumbed to their injuries while being rushed to the Kilifi County Referral Hospital. According to the Kilifi county commander, the accident occurred after the vehicle they were traveling in rammed into a […]
COTU threatens to call for strikes over levy on petroleum
Nairobi,KENYA:Central Organization of Trade Union COTU, has threatened to call for an industrial action of all workers if the government proceeds with the proposed taxation of petroleum products by 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) in the coming month of September. COTU argues that with such attempts by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, the action will […]
Search for missing Lamu fishermen called off
Lamu, KENYA: A search for the bodies of three fishermen who went missing at sea a week ago after their boat hit a coral reef and capsized at Kiwayu area has been called off after divers failed to locate the bodies. Divers suspect the bodies could possibly have been washed out of Lamu into Somalia, […]
Ugandan court rejects releasing Bobi Wine
A court in the Nothern town of Gulu in Uganda has rejected a bond application by Ugandan musician cum Kyandondo East legislator Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine . The court remanded Bobi Wine till the 30th August when he is set to face charges together with those he was arrested with in Arua Municipality . This […]
Facebook ‘Paedophile’ arrested in Mpeketoni
Lamu, KENYA:A man who bragged on Facebook over his escapades of defiling young girls has been arrested in Mpeketoni, Lamu county. William Hanga Mwazombo who is a security guard with Wells Fargo security company was arrested on Wednesday evening. William who is aged 23 years rattled social media users on the popular Kilimani mums facebook group […]
Waiguru to sue IPSOS over naming her second most corrupt
Kirinyaga, KENYA: Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru has threatened to sue IPSOS Synovate over a survey that ranked her as the second most corrupt leader in Kenya after Deputy President William Ruto. Speaking in Kagio town in Kirinyaga county on Thursday, Governor Waiguru rubbished off the survey polls calling it total propaganda. “I will this say […]
Rights group wants faster completion of suspended Somalia border wall
Lamu, KENYA: Rights body Haki Africa wants the national government to speed up completion of the Lamu-Somalia border wall saying the move will greatly reduce illegal immigration of terrorists in Lamu, Garissa and Tana River counties. In early 2015, the national government announced plans to put up a 700-kilometer wall on the Lamu-Somalia border in an […]
Teso woman gives birth to a 6.2 kgs baby
A woman in Teso, Busia County has received a heavy blessing after giving birth to a 6.2kgs baby. 35 year old Evelyn Osinya from Ong’ariama village, Teso South Consituency, gave birth to her son on Wednesday at Alupe sub-county hospital. The joyous mother said she had to deliver through a caesarean section due to the […]