ODM sees Jubilee hand in Migori mini-election

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed wants ODM Party to give direct nomination to Prof Edward Oyugi should the gubernatorial seat be declared vacant.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Vice Chancellors now agree to return misdirected funds

Vice Chancellors have eaten humble pie and agreed to return the misdirected funds meant for university workers.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Public universities defy court and strike

Learning in public universities was paralysed Wednesday after lecturers and non-teaching staff went on strike in defiance to a court order.

By By Rawlings Otieno and John Muthoni 11 years ago

Crisis looms in public universities as staff vow to down tools over pay

Higher learning faces a countrywide paralysis should lecturers and non-teaching staff in public universities make good their strike threat Wednesday.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Kidero targets matatus in new measures to decongest city

Nairobi City County will soon implement new measures aimed at ending traffic congestion in the city.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Treasury faulted for ‘withholding funds’

The Treasury has been accused of failing to release funds meant for development projects in the 290 constituencies.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Team picked to probe tourism hitches

Tourism and Commerce Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie has appointed a committee to examine the challenges facing Kenya’s tourism.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Cotu’s rival backs NSSF Tassia project

Officials of the Public Service Trade Unions of Kenya (Pusetu) have defended the controversial NSSF Tassia project.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO and MAUREEN ABWAO 11 years ago

TSC warns school heads who have rejected transfers

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will take disciplinary action on teachers who reject transfers.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO and MAUREEN ABWAO 11 years ago

No workers’ cash has been embezzled, says Magoha

University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor George Magoha has exonerated the institution from allegations that part of the Sh3.9 billion meant for staff salaries and house allowances was embezzled.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

UNEP praises Kenya’s new wildlife law

Kenya’s effort in fighting poaching and illegal trade in wildlife has been recognised by the United Nations.

By By Rawlings Otieno 11 years ago

Bus owners oppose night travel ban

Bus operators have vowed to fight gazetted regulations banning Public Service Vehicles night travel, saying the ban is not the solution to road carnage.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 11 years ago

Kenya edges closer to setting up nuclear plant

Kenya has completed a feasibility study on the establishment of a nuclear power plant, which the Government wants to be operational by 2022.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

Cotu faults State plan to trim workforce

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) has termed sentiments by Deputy President William Ruto on plans to downsize civil servants as a slap in the face of Kenyans.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

NGOs want benefits Bill recalled

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) now want the proposed Public Benefits Organisation Amendment Bill that is currently before the parliament recalled.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

Kenya’s health inequalities wide

Kenya is among countries with a huge gap between the health of the rich and the poor, ranking at position 121 out of 176 countries.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO and LONAH KIBET 12 years ago

Tenants agree to surrender houses in slums

Tenants who occupied houses without paying for them during post-election violence in most parts of Nairobi have agreed to surrender the houses to the owners.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

Busiest airport in region has recorded minimal fatal accidents

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) has had a number of accidents, with the first fatal incident happening in 1974.

By By Rawlings Otieno 12 years ago

Attorney General confirms State yet to set up asset recovery unit

Attorney General Githu Muigai has said the Campaign Finance Bill aimed at checking Political Parties expenditure during campaigns will be looked at afresh.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

UN: Kenya issuing death penalty for minor offences

Judges and Magistrates in Kenya have continued to hand judgements of the death penalty even in minor offences that require lesser sentences, the UN committee has said.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

Transporters’ relief as axle limit increased

Transporters now have a reason to smile after the Government increased the maximum axle load limit allowable in Kenya.

By By Rawlings Otieno 12 years ago

Inmates plead with CJ to dismantle ‘cartels’, speed up pending cases

Inmates at the Kamiti Maximum Prison have asked Chief Justice Willy Mutunga to clean up cartels at the court registry hindering quick dispensation of justice.

By By RAWLINGS OTIENO 12 years ago

Kidero suspends six City Hall officers over extortion

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has suspended six City Hall officers over extortion, battering and hailing insults at the public.

By By Rawlings Otieno 12 years ago

JAB lowers cut off mark for campus entry

Admissions to public universities this year will hit an all-time high of 53,010 — a breezy 26 per cent above last year’s — thanks to the rapid expansion of college places.

By By Rawlings Otieno 12 years ago