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Shock of MCAs fresh calls for more cash

A section of the 2,057 Members of the County Assembly (MCA’s) are stoking fresh controversy with a string of demands ranging from provision of guns, bodyguards, drivers as well as exemption from traffic rules.

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Shock of MCAs fresh calls for more cash

Queries linger over ODM’s well-connected ‘Men in Black’

Queries linger over ODM’s well-connected ‘Men in Black’

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Bad times as ‘fishers of men’ veer off rails, turn on their flock

Bad times as ‘fishers of men’ veer off rails, turn on their flock

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Sweet deals for MCAs after Wambora saga

Sweet deals for MCAs after Wambora saga

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Has Jubilee ‘infiltrated’ ODM ahead of elections?

The Orange Democratic movement (ODM) is headed to the polls later this mnth as it shadowboxes with the ruling Jubilee coalition over alleged plans to wreck former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s party.

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Has Jubilee ‘infiltrated’ ODM ahead of elections?

The governors in trouble

Many parts of Kenya have only deprivation since independence and hopes were high for them with the ushering in of devolution.

By The Counties Team 10 years ago

The governors in trouble

Governors' plan to raid your pockets

The cost of living is bound to become higher for Kenyans as devolved governments implement laws that introduce taxation on things that have never been taxed in history.

By Counties Team 10 years ago

Governors' plan to raid your pockets

With 119 marks in KCPE, 54-year-old will join high school

A 54-year old woman who scored 119 marks in the recently announced Kenya Certificate for Primary Education (KCPE) results will join secondary school when the Form One selection is completed later this month.

By Counties 10 years ago

With 119 marks in KCPE, 54-year-old will join high school

Woman, 30, gets 20 years for defiling school boy

A woman was recently sentenced to 20 years in jail by an Isiolo court for defiling a minor boy.

By The Counties Reporter 10 years ago

Woman, 30, gets 20 years for defiling school boy

Where did these faces go?

Under Moi and Kibaki, they wielded the big stick, had the best connections and you crossed their paths at your own peril. News wasn’t complete without them but after transition they have faded from the limelight. Times have changed.

By Counties 10 years ago

Where did these faces go?

Counties grapple with nightmare of ‘sick’ hospitals

The country’s health facilities are in a pathetic state and almost grinding to a halt.

By Counties 10 years ago

Counties grapple with nightmare of ‘sick’ hospitals

Uasin Gishu patients’ lives at the mercy of staff

At Huruma District hospital, which serves a high population from Huruma slums and beyond, patients have died from treatable diseases as they awaited medical attention.

By Counties 10 years ago

Uasin Gishu patients’ lives at the mercy of staff

Stories by Kibaki’s old beer buddies

Founding Father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, they say, loved roasted goat ribs downed with a glass of muratina (traditional honey beer). Second President Daniel Moi never touched beer but loved milk and boiled maize.

By The Counties Team 10 years ago

Stories by Kibaki’s old beer buddies

Death as couple roll down a cliff in the throes of passion

An illicit love affair between a 34-year-old businessman and his lover ended tragically after they rolled down a cliff while having sex in his car.

By - Counties Team 10 years ago

Death as couple roll down a cliff in the throes of passion

‘Busted’ ward rep to refund dowry

There was drama recently at Ngangarithi Estate in the outskirts of Nyeri town after a ward representative was caught in an intimate position with a policewoman in her matrimonial bed.

By - The Counties 10 years ago

‘Busted’ ward rep to refund dowry

Pastor ‘burns wife over Sh140, goes into hiding’

A pastor has gone into hiding following reports that he had scalded his wife over Sh140.

By By THE COUNTIES REPORTER 10 years ago

Pastor ‘burns wife over Sh140, goes into hiding’

Outrage over ICC call for Ruto replacement

Leaders in the Rift Valley and Mt Kenya have reacted angrily at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suggesting that Deputy President William Ruto be replaced during the time he is on trial.

By - THE COUNTIES TEAM 10 years ago

Outrage over ICC call for Ruto replacement

Outlawed Kenya's sect extorting from matatus, buses

Public Service Vehicle operators along the Embakasi-Mombasa Road route and Embakasi–Jogoo Road route allege that the outlawed mungiki sect is back.

By By THE COUNTIES 10 years ago

Outlawed Kenya's sect extorting from matatus, buses

I’m a member of your church, call girl tells pastor after affair

A preacher with an evangelical church in Nakuru County was shocked when a prostitute he picked up for sex told him she was a member of his congregation.

By The Counties 10 years ago

I’m a member of your church, call girl tells pastor after affair

Raila clears air on key political issues

Has Raila Odinga, a man many consider the fulcrum of Kenya’s politics, and who is likely the most talked about politician after President Uhuru, made up his mind on the 2017 race?

By By The Counties Team 10 years ago

Raila clears air on key political issues

Top manager caught by wife at strippers’ club

Atop manager at a private company involved in the manufacturing of soap and cooking oil got more than he bargained for when his wife busted him at a private strip club in Nakuru’s posh Milimani Estate.

By By Counties Team 10 years ago

Top manager caught by wife at strippers’ club

Church rebukes Eric Omondi for taking joke too far

Comedy is fast rising in Kenya and consequently, comedians are getting a harder time coming up with fresh jokes.

By - The Counties Team 10 years ago

Church rebukes Eric Omondi for taking joke too far

Top politician’s sister running down company

A top Nyanza politician’s sister is being accused of mismanagement of a big company in Kisumu.

By - The Counties Team 10 years ago

Top politician’s sister running down company

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