MP seeks to have foreigners limited to tenders above sh.1 billion
Nairobi,KENYA: Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gachagua has initiated a bill which seeks to limit foreign contractors to tenders above sh 1 billion. In a media briefing at parliamentary buildings, Gachagua said that in his proposed bill, if a contract above one billion shillings is awarded to foreigners, locals will get a share of 30 percent while […]
Police summon Simba coach manager over seized plastic bags consignment
Mombasa, KENYA: Police in Mombasa have summoned the manager of Simba coach bus company over a plastic bag shipment that was seized when being offloaded from one of their buses in Mwembe Tayari area on Friday. The 1.7-tonne shipment which contained approximately 1 million pieces of assorted plastic bags is suspected to have been sneaked […]
Eric Omondi feted as best African comedian in international awards
Former Churchill show comedian Erick Omondi was on Sunday awarded as the best comedian in the African entertainment awards held in the USA over the weekend. Erick Omondi emerged the winner among many renowned competitors like his close friend Chipukizeey, Ugandan comedian Patrick Salvador and Nigerian comedian Basketmouth. Eric who announced his victory on Instagram couldn’t hide […]
Security beefed up in Lamu terror prone areas as K.C.S.E kicksoff
Lamu, KENYA: Security has been beefed up in terror-prone areas as the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations kickoff. This is according to the Lamu county commissioner Joseph Kanyiri who said adequate security measures have been taken to ensure KCSE and KCPE candidates in terror-prone areas and those whose schools are located close to the Lamu-Somalia […]
Two MPs arrested in connection to deadly Marsabit clashes
Saku Member of Parliament Ali Rasso and North Horr member of parliament Chachu Ganya were on Monday morning arrested. The duo who were seized by detectives before being transferred by detectives to the CID headquarters in Muthaiga for questioning over the Marsabit clashes. The ethnic clashes between Boran and Gabra tribes have so far claimed […]
Sarova hotels chairman and family members die in car crash
Sarova Hotels Chairman Saveer Vohra and his family members have died in a car crash. Vohra, his wife, daughter and daughter-in-law died in a road crash on Sunday on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway in Makueni. According to Mukaa police boss Charles Muthui, the Toyota Landcruiser that Vohra and his family were traveling in veered off the […]