Four county executives suspended as corruption fires up politics in Gusii region

Corruption and skewed employment are shaping up politics in the Gusii region with the allegations facing the counties said to have weakened the influence of CORD in the area.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Windfall for 26-year-old woman whose school project became thriving start-up

Four years ago, Hilda Moraa, was a broke undergraduate student and she decided to turn her school project into a business.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Police chief to receive report on Pastor Ng'ang'a crash probe

Pastor James Ng'ang'a and mobile service providers had a date Thursday with special detectives over an accident that caused the death of a woman on July 26, with the probe report due to be presented to the police boss Friday.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Kenya Airways not the only national carrier on continent not turning a profit

With Kenya Airways making such historic losses, the question now is whether the country actually needs a Government-funded carrier.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Five myths about President Obama's visit

President Barack Obama's visit to Kenya at the weekend entailed all the pomp and circumstance that generally accompany the President of the United States abroad. The visit evolved myths. Let's dispense with some.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Even the best laid plans sometimes fail

Once President Barack Obama’s Air Force One taxied to a halt on the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) runway, a few awkward moments were noticeable.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Tracing the roots of Obama’s family

Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, is the only President of the United States with African roots.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

American presidents' visits to Africa

When President Barack Obama’s plane touches down in Kenya today, he will be writing history as the first sitting US president to visit the East African country in a world where presidents are still judged on their global itinerary.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Accountants want President Uhuru to sack corrupt State officials

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) wants the Government to adopt strong legal and institutional framework to insulate the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) from political manipulation.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Why President Obama never inherited father's estate

President Barack Obama wrote a letter to the High Court in Nairobi denying any claims to his father's estate in a legal brawl that started three months after the death of Obama senior.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Are these Kenya's worst prisons?

Going to prison is never a joke, but if you are headed to one of these prisons, you will have one hell of a sentence.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

52 years after independence and Kenya has only two reform schools

In 1963, the country's first Parliament enacted a Borstal Institutions Act Chapter 92 to provide for detention of youthful offenders.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Nakuru jamming with prisoners serving short sentences

Nakuru GK Prison is among penal institutions faced with overcrowding due to an increased number of remandees and individuals serving short-term sentences.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Security lapse at Kamiti as towers on verge of collapse

Security at the Kamiti Maximum Prison could be compromised because the watchtowers at the facility are not in use as their weak foundations make them precarious.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Reforms breathe life in once notorious, dreaded jail

Kamiti Maximum Prison was once the most notorious prison in Kenya. Now it boasts what is surely the country's most elaborate prison legal programme and perhaps the largest number of obese prisoners.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Furore over Kenya's Senate move to grant MCAs Sh2.5b

“In reviewing these ceilings, the Senate only consulted the Counties Assemblies Forum and not the CRA,” CRA Chairman Micah Cheserem said.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

President Uhuru to lead Africa's charge against violent extremism

Kenya will lead Africa in seeking solutions to violent extremism during the 70th Session of the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, in September.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Kenya to launch space centre

"This is a major breakthrough for the country in our efforts to ensure that we become a country with a space centre," Dr John Kimani, the lead Scientist at the Ministry of Defence said.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Amnesty for returnee Al shabaab militants hot topic at Counter Terrorism Conference

The dilemma of how to deal with militants who have returned home was a heated topic on Thursday afternoon at the start of a regional conference on countering violent extremism that is being held in Nairobi.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Foreign jihadists on Kenya watch list

Kenyan security agencies and their allies have turned their attention on foreign jihadists whose influx is blamed for attacks in the country.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Governor, senator in row over new university

The simmering row over the establishment of a university in Nyamira county is far from over, Governor John Nyagarama accusing Senator Okong'o Mong'are of opposing development.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Kisii County blocks Standard website after reporting graft allegations

The Kisii County government has blocked internal users from accessing the Standard online; www.standardmedia.co.ke in an effort that members of staff say is aimed at preventing them from accessing information on series of corruption cases in the County.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

There will be bigger crisis in Burundi if Nkurunziza has his way, says ex-president

We are in a crisis but we hope to come out of it. There is an institutional, political, security and humanitarian crisis. How we will come out of it we still don’t know."

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Heavy spending on Kenya’s security docket

The Government has increased the amount of money allocated to defence, security and intelligence services as it moves to stem rising insecurity, especially terror attacks.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

EACC will take 50 years to clear cases backlog

Without the commissioners who provided a wall between it and the political establishment, the agency has been left exposed to the Executive arm of government and vulnerable to attacks by Parliament and lawsuits.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Kisii County Assembly graft claims whistle blower receives death threats

A whistle blower on the corruption and embezzlement of funds allegations facing members of the Kisii County Assembly, the Speaker Kisii County Assembly Kerosi Ondieki and the county's Public Service Board has received death threats a day after he spoke to the Standard.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Hashtag #WhereisBogonkoBosire revives search for missing blogger two years later

With the hashtag # WhereIsBogonkoBosire, Kenyans are renewing the unanswered questions about the disappearance of one of the country’s most controversial bloggers who has never been seen since September 18, 2013.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Tobiko directs EACC to probe Kisii County Assembly over corruption

Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has ordered for investigations into alleged corruption and embezzlement of funds at the Kisii County Assembly.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Shock, agony for families of missing students

Families of two young women suspected to have travelled to Syria to join the murderous Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) voiced their agony yesterday, as it was revealed that yet another student had gone missing.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Two missing girls claim they've joined Islamist group in Syria

Two 20-year-old girls who disappeared last Wednesday have shocked their relatives who have received a message saying that they are in Syria.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Calm returns to Kisii town after 18 hours of riots

Calm has returned to Kisii town after over eighteen hours of street protests and riots caused by a road accident yesterday evening that claimed the lives of two Gusii Institute of Technology (GIT) students.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Eritrea denies barring Uhuru's flight

Eritrea has denied reports that it played a role in events leading to President Uhuru Kenyatta cutting short his trip to the United States midair last Thursday night.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

State officials storm Changamwe lead factory after KTN's expose

Government officials yesterday stormed the alleged killer factory in Changamwe Mombasa, whose owners are accused of emitting lead effluent. This comes following a KTN expose’ of a lead poisoning scandal.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

How the Kenya Presidential jet was acquired

Harambee One, the Kenyan presidential jet , that has been in the news recently after being forced to return back to Kenya on its way to the US is a Fokker 70 ER that has served the country for the last two decades.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Senate staff arrested over plot to bomb Kenyan Parliament

Police are holding a Parliamentary staff after he was named in an intelligence report that he planned to facilitate attacks on the National Assembly.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

Kenya Police plane carried daughter-in-law of airwing boss as Garissa University attack unfolded

Questions have emerged after reports that a delay in flying the General Service Unit’s Recce Squad to Garissa on the morning of the attack was because the plane was allegedly held up in Mombasa on an unauthorised mission.

By Nyambega Gisesa 10 years ago

CS Charity Ngilu behind land cartel stealing public land

Lands, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu has been accused of being linked to a powerful cartel that is responsible for rampant corruption at the Ministry of Lands.

By Nyambega Gisesa 11 years ago

Graft diaries: CS Davis Chichir and Senator Mike Sonko

Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chichir is accused of working to ensure that corrupt deals in the energy sector are successfully executed.

By Nyambega Gisesa 11 years ago

KPC bosses uneasy as anti-graft agency investigates six cases

State-owned Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has been caught up in a chain of corruption controversies even as President Uhuru Kenyatta moved to draw the line on corruption.

By Nyambega Gisesa 11 years ago

Doctor in Imenti Central MP rape claim saga arrested, clinic closed

Police form the Special Crimes Unit have arrested a medical doctor accused of performing an HIV test on woman, who was allegedly raped by Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti.

By Nyambega Gisesa 11 years ago