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Probe BVR Saga - Midiwo
National assembly Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo wants the Public Accounts Committee to investigate the controversy surrounding the acquisition of the Biometric Voter Registration systems. "One of the Cabinet Secretary nominees gave a lot of critical information when he appeared before the House vetting committee recently. We want to be at peace with everyone knowing there was no ...
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EAP Employee Out On Bond
A former employee of East African Portland Cement Company has been charged in a Meru court for stealing. Alexander Bett allegedly stole Sh40,000 from the company on April 7. Bett is also facing charges of stealing 954 bags of cement worth Sh741,190. He denied the charges and was released on Sh200,000 bail. The case will be heard on October ...
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Eurozone Crisis and Election Jitters Drove Down 2012 Tourism Arrivals
THE hotels and restaurants sector's growth slowed down last year expanding only by 2.6 per cent compared to 4.9 per cent in 2011 due to lower tourism numbers and earnings, the latest government data shows. According to the Economic Survey 2013 released yesterday that reviews sector performance for 2012, there were fewer European visitors into Kenya last year because of Eurozone crisis and ...
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Fire Disrupts Maseno Classes
LEARNING and Business at Maseno city campus was disrupted by a fire scare on Wednesday evening after one of the lifts reportedly caught fire. Students attending evening classes were ordered out as security personnel raised the fire alarm. The security guards at the ground floor tried to pull up the hosepipe in readiness to tackle the fire. No one was injured during the incident. Maseno ...
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Kiraitu Wants Reps Pay Rise
MERU senator Kiraitu Murungi wants county representatives' pay increased and a review of the county assembly speakers' salary. The senator says their salaries should be close to those of governors. Kiraitu says the country cannot have vibrant county assemblies and grass root democracies with demoralised and underpaid ...
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Government Committed to Devolution Kimemia Tells MPs
Nairobi - Secretary to the Cabinet nominee Francis Kimemia on Friday dismissed allegations that the national government planned to use county commissioners and the new Ministry of Devolution and Planning to sabotage devolution. This comes a day after Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) principals Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka lashed out at the Jubilee government accusing it of trying ...
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Lugulu Girls Begin Quest to Bounce Back to National Glory
LUGULU Girls volleyball team begins their quest to bounce back to glory this weekend when they feature in zonal championships involving modest sides. Team coach David Nabibia revealed yesterday that they will battle with lesser schools including Sipala, Misikhu and Sirende to secure ticket for the district championships. Nabibia said he is looking beyond the County games as he seeks to revive ...
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Kipsang Over Rono As Police Meet Starts
Nairobi - Ras-Al-Khaimah titleholder and former World Cross junior gold winner, Geoffrey Kipsang as well as two-time World Junior champion, Mercy Cherono helped themselves to contrasting victories as the annual Kenya Police Service Athletics Championships opened in Nairobi. With Day 2 set to roll off on Saturday, Kipsang who set the world leading 58:54 in the UAE prevailed over national cross ...
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Opwora Hits At Leopards Controversial Voter Register
AFC Leopards chairmanship aspirant Matthews Opwora has accused the outgoing club officials of 'planning mischief' ahead of the forthcoming polls scheduled to take place next month. The popular but highly controversial Kenyan Premier League outfit is expected to go to the polls next month. Oporwa believes the announcement by assistant secretary general Bernard Murunga that only members ...
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Over 660000 New Jobs Added in 2012
THE economy created close to 660,000 new jobs last year in both the formal and informal sectors, the 2013 Economic Survey says. Out of these, only 68, 000 new jobs were created in the formal sector of the economy an indication that the informal sector remains the employer of majority of Kenyans. The informal sector is estimated to have created 594,000 new jobs in 2012 compared to 587,000 jobs ...
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Tobiko Seeks Land for Office
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions plans to put up offices in Taita Taveta. DPP Keriako Tobiko told Governor John Mruttu during a courtesy call at his office yesterday that they need land at the proposed county headquarters at Mwatunge in Mwatate to put up the offices. He said the office will speed up the conclusion of many pending cases in the county. "I will talk to Chief ...
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KDF Dragged Into Somalia Politics
Kenya Defence Force in Amisom's Sector II has been caught in a disagreement between the Somalia Federal government and the recently liberated areas in Southern Somalia following the establishment of Jubaland State, the Star has established. KDF are in a dilemna on whether to allow a rival group, intent on disrupting the formation of a regional Jubaland state administration, into Kismayu as ...
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Garissa Traders Warn Against Backing Madobe
A group of businessmen in Nairobi yesterday said the government will not win the fight against insecurity in Garissa and Wajir. The businessmen said unless the state is non-partisan on the ongoing war in Somali, the two counties will remain insecure. They claim that the Kenyan government is favouring Jubaland's "President" Ahmed Mohammed Islan, also known as Sheikh Madobe or ...
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Two TJRC Commissioners Dissented On Land Chapter
TWO foreign commissioners at the TJRC did not sign the Land chapter in the report and intend to publish a separate dissenting chapter. Prof Ron Slye, a US scholar, and Gertrude Chawatama, a Zambian judge, did not agree with changes introduced to the Land chapter that removed revelations based on letters of the Criticos family. Basil Criticos partnered in a large sisal farm in Taita Taveta with ...
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Sh163 Billion Deficit Worries House Budget Committee
A parliamentary committee has raised the red flag on the shortfall in the 2013-14 budgetary estimates. The Parliamentary Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman Mutava Musyimi warned that the government may resort to domestic borrowing resulting in an increase in the interest rate to bridge the gap. Musyimi (Mbeere South) said the Sh163 billion deficit is likely to force the government to ...
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Governors Lashes Out At Tana Police
Police in the Tana Delta have been accused of laxity in dealing with suspects of the violence that left some 200 people dead last year. Tana River Governor Hussein Dhadho made the accusations after six murder suspects escaped from Gamba police station last week. He said the circumstances under which the suspects escaped begs many questions adding that the prison break may have been stage ...
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Court Releases Embu Fraud Suspect On Bond
A suspected conman who has been taking money from Embu residents claiming that he will sell various commodities to them was yesterday charged with the theft of Sh400,000. George Gitari was charged with defrauding Kennedy Karuru of the money on July 20, 2011 by pretending that he can sell him a piece of land in Ngariama, Kirinyaga. Prosecutor Frank Mnene told the court that he wants to join the ...
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Parties in Nyeri Governor Petition Case Have Two Weeks to Prepare
ALL parties who are involved in a petition case against Nyeri governor Nderitu Gachagua have been given two weeks to file all their affidavits. Nyeri High Court Justice James Wakiaga gave the parties up to 4th of next month to file and serve the affidavits to the parties involved in order to start full hearing of the matter. Two petitioners Thuo Mathenge and Michael Mwangi have filed the case ...
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Uganda Officials Blame Kenya for Malaba Jam
UGANDA Revenue Authority and clearing agents yesterday engaged in blame games over traffic pile ups at the Malaba border. URA blamed clearing agents at the border town for the pile up that causes a daily traffic jam on the Malaba-Tororo highway. The URA's eastern regional manager Geoffrey Balamaga said the clearing agents are reluctant to work at night. However, John Ichasi, a clearing ...
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Kenya CCK Gets Directive On Toll Free Emergency Number
Nairobi - The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has been directed to initiate dialogue with operators of telephone companies to facilitate an emergency toll free number. Justice David Majanja issued the directive on Friday during the hearing of the case lodged by civil society activist Okiya Omtatah who wants the government to create an emergency response number. Justice Majanja added ...
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Kenya President Uhuru roots for youth empowerment
Noting that the youth form 70 per cent of the population, the President said there is need to mainstream the youth in all crucial sectors. He spoke on Friday ...
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Kenya 19 street children taken back to their homes
street children aged between six and 16 were ferried in a Children's department van and escorted by government officials and security officers. They included 16 children destined to Kitale in Trans Nzoia, two each to Bungoma and Nandi and one to Elgeiyo/Marakwet counties. "We want a lasting solution in our clearing streets. They are future leaders and must be taken back to their ...
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Kenya Teachers concerned Bungoma insecurity could affect performance
Secondary school heads from Bungoma County have expressed fear that the recent wave of violence in the region may affect performance in this year's national ...
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Motorbike Robbers Terrorise Mbeere
ARMED robbers riding two motorcycles attacked three Mbeere South villages on Wednesday night. The robbers hacked residents with pangas and stole money and household goods from them. The robbers, who struck Gachoka, Kunyuathika and Kimangaru, raided two bars, a shop and a home. Police boss Bernstein Shari told the Star that it is not clear whether it was the same robbers who invaded the three ...
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Nyakaye Strikes Double in National Championship At Kigari
Nyanza's Sammy Nyakaye completed a double in the Kenya Teachers College Sports Association (KTCA) Athletics Championships in Kigari yesterday. Nyakaye clocked 30:37.03 to win the men's 10,000m race-- just a day after he bagged the 5,000m gold on the opening day in 30:37.03. Stanley Nyanchogora also from Nyanza crossed the finish line in time of 30:37.05 to bag silver in a tight race ...
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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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