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Tyranny of Numbers At Play Again in Parliament
Nairobi - The Jubilee Coalition's numerical strength in the National Assembly was at play again, as the ruling alliance seized control of all 16 committees whose elections were conducted on Monday. CORD legislators were reduced to mere spectators as they lacked a strategy to beat their counterparts. Minority Leader Francis Nyenze said the coalition would have to play its role in the ...
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Banks Seek Direction On Unclaimed Assets
Nairobi - Local banks have called on the Unclaimed Assets Authority to move with speed and guide the institutions how to hand over the unclaimed assets they hold. Kenya Bankers Association CEO Habil Olaka says the authority should quickly form the management team that is supposed to directly oversee the process. After recently appointing Vincent Kimutai Kimosop as the board chairman, the ...
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MP Wants Herders Out of Kora Park
Security authorities in Tseikuru district of Kitui want all charcoal burners and herders flushed out of the Kora National Park and Mwingi North game reserve to forestal armed conflicts. The Tseikuru District Security Committee under deputy county commission Stephen Momanyi said the only way to find a lasting solution to clashes between the locals and herding communities was by making the ...
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Award for Social Media
A Coast lobby group has introduced an award to recognize responsible users of the social media. Human Rights Agenda has introduced the coast social media awards which shall be an annual event. Speaking at a Mombasa hotel during a luncheon to recognize this year's social media award winners on Thursday, Huria executive director Yusuf Lule pointed that irresponsible use of the social media ...
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Amina Abdallah Sworn in
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto are expected to nominate the remaining two cabinet secretaries this week. Ambassador Amina Mohammed was yesterday sworn in as cabinet secretary of foreign affairs. She did not take part in the swearing in ceremony that took place last week as she was out of the ...
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Bandits Attack Kalembe Ndiles Home
The Independent Party Leaders Kalembe Ndile, narrowly escaped death this morning after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau Estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former Assistant Minister's house at 4am by Ndile's security men. Area OCPD Charles Kiriinya ...
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DC Wants End to Child Labour
Embu West acting district Daniel Obudo at the weekend ambushed parents who have been using their under aged children to work in the quarry at Karurina area. Obudo called the workers at the quarry into an impromptu public meeting and threatened them with prosecution if they don't stop using minors and further threatened to have the quarry closed if the practice continues. Obudo said any ...
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Judiciary Cannot Work in Isolation - Judge
Nairobi - High Court Judge David Majanja has urged civil society groups to help build confidence in the Judiciary after the landmark Supreme Court decision on the presidential petition filed by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Majanja says that the Judiciary cannot work in isolation as it represents the will of the people. Speaking during a forum by the Constitution and Reform Education ...
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Investors to Pay 20 Per Cent Royalty to Counties - Senator
A Senator wants all investors compelled to surrender 20 per cent of their turnover as royalties to the counties in which they operate. The motion is sponsored by nominated Senator Agnes Zani who gave notice of the motion on Thursday last week. Zani wants the department of Interior and Coordination of national government to ensure that investors who have won contracts to work in any of the 47 ...
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NBK Q1 Profit Rises 12.5 Percent to Sh368.2 Million
Nairobi - The National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has announced an increase in after-tax profit of 12.5 percent during the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. The bank's net profit rose to Sh368.2 million from Sh327.3 million over the same period last year. Interest income decreased from Sh2.2 billion to Sh1.8 billion, a 19 percent drop over the same period last year while interest expense ...
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Debate Rages On Mutulas Seat
Weeks after Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo's death, opinion is divided on whether family members should take up the mantle after him and contest for the vacant seat. A cross section of Ukambani leaders interviewed by the Star, expressed differing views on the matter. Nzaui/Kilili county representative Francis Muso said Mutula's children did not show any interest in engaging in ...
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Child in Githurai Terror Raid Safe At Childrens Home
Nairobi - Only eight months into her life, it's unlikely she'll remember her parent's used her as a human shield when they exchanged fire with the police in a 12-hour gun battle. It's unlikely she'll remember the sound of the four grenades her parents' lobbed at the police officers who waited outside their Githurai flat but the six officers who were injured in the ...
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Treeplanting Launch in Ganze
KENYA Forest Service in partnership with the local communities has started a campaign to address the deforestation problem in Ganze district. Kilifi county forest service coordinator Christopher Maina has said the campaign is aiming at protecting the existing forests. Speaking at Sokoke during the launching of the campaign which aims at planting 5000 trees across the district on Friday, Maina ...
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UNICEF Urges African Nations to Register Child Births
Nairobi - African countries have been urged to register child births, to guarantee the children a legal status and have access to the social services provided by their respective governments. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) argues that only 44 percent of the continent's children, under the age of five, are registered as citizens with the other 56 percent remaining ...
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State Urged to Build Safe Houses for Convicts
Kenya should consider establishing safe houses for pardoned convicts who are rejected by the society, an advisory committee in the Office of the President has said. The Power of Mercy Advisory Committee at the weekend said many convicts in Coast prisons expressed fears about their lives if released. The committee last week visited the King'orani, Malindi, Kilifi, Manyani, Voi and Kwale ...
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Occupy Parliament Activists Arraigned in Court
Seventeen activists who took part in a demonstration against demands for a salary increment by Members of Parliament have refused to plea to the charges against them. The seventeen who were arraigned in court this morning refused to take a plea after their Lawyer Harun Ndubi said the charges of breach of peace and cruelty to animals have no sufficient details and should be struck out They were ...
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Police Kill Terror Suspects After 12-Hour Siege
A man and his pregnant wife who are suspected to be terrorists were shot dead at their home in Githurai Kimbo estate yesterday. Police claim the man, Felix Nyanganga Otuko aka Salim had links with 28-year old Elgiva Bwire also known as Mohamed Seif who in October 2011 was jailed for life after he pleaded guilty to taking part in two grenade attacks in in Mwaura's bar along Mfangano street ...
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Mandera Cops Nab 16 Terror Suspects
Sixteen terror suspects were on Saturday afternoon arrested in Mandera town and an improvised explosive device which they were attempting to assemble confiscated by police. Mandera East divisional police commander Jackson Rotich said the suspects were found assembling the device behind Eliushamza Hotel by police on patrol. "The suspects are being interrogated at Mandera police station and ...
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Kenya Rutos Office Releases Sh18 Million Jet Invoices
Nairobi - Deputy President William Ruto's office has released documents to support their assertion that a jet which took him on a tour of four African nations was a one-off hire at a cost of Sh18.5 million and not Sh100 million as reported. The documents include an invoice from the charter company whose jet the deputy president used on the trip. The invoice from VistaJet shows the deputy ...
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Ethiopia Construction of Ethio-Kenyan Electric Highway to Commence
Miherete Debebe CEO of EEPCo, Guang Z Chen, WB Country Director for Ethiopia, Alemayehu Tegenu, minister of Water and Energy and Lamin Barrow, resident representative of the African Development Bank after the signing ceremony at the Hilton Hotel. The construction of the Ethiopia - Kenya interconnector high-voltage electric highway line will start in September 2013. The project has secured ...
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Kenya Vetting of All Police Officers Starts Next Month
Nairobi - Vetting of all police officers will begin in June, according to the chairman of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Johnston Kavuludi. The commission will consult an international security expert, the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board as well as the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission before embarking on the exercise. "The commission in preparation has scheduled a ...
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Kenya Cofek in court over Principal Secretaries appointments
Secretaries . The consumer organization is aggrieved that members the public were locked out the recruitment process. ?Owing to the flawed process mired in suspicion and one that is already tainted and discredited by among others the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, any action by either the President and parliament should be halted, ?said Lobby group?s Secretary General Stephen Mutoro. The ...
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Blogger Charged Over Offensive Message to Harun Mwau
A blogger has appeared in court today accused of sending an offensive message to Former Kilome Member of Parliament John Harun Mwau. Stephen Kariuki was charged with sending a grossly offensive message linking Mwau to the deaths of Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and his deputy Orwa Ojode. The two died in a helicopter crash last year. In the message Kariuki allegedly told Mawau ...
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Mudavadi Cautions Over Threat On Devolved System
The UDF leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has decried the lack of common understanding on matters of devolution. He said there is need to create a common theme on devolution. Mudavadi said leaders implementing devolved structures at county level must be aware of the requirements of the constitution and devolution laws or endanger the existence of their counties. ...
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Former ICC Lawyer Joins Ruto Defence Team
The defence team of Deputy President William Ruto got a boost after a lawyer who formerly worked with the prosecution team at the International Criminal Court joined Ruto's defence team. Shyamala Alagendra who formerly worked in the ICC's prosecution office and her sister Venkateswari Alagendra have now joined Ruto's team as associate counsels. Trial Chamber V in which ...
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Kenya leading the world on credit access
Kenya has been hailed by the World Bank as a world leader in financial innovation, revamping its financial services sector in such a way that access for the poor to micro-loans is made easier, providing the means to independence and future prosperity.
Proponents of micro-loans argue that they are a significant means of lifting the poor out of poverty and providing them with the means by which to develop financial independence. When one considers that Kenya has a population in which around 56% of people live below the poverty line, the government’s efforts to increase access to credit and financial services for the poor becomes poignant. Read more
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