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Rice: How Uhuru negotiated Raila-Kibaki coalition government

A single flight aboard Air Force One — like the one she made to Kenya in 2008 — cost Sh3.4 million

By The Nairobian Reporter 1 hour ago

Rice: How Uhuru negotiated Raila-Kibaki coalition government

May peace prevail and the best candidates win

May peace prevail and the best candidates win

By Edward Indakwa 3 hours ago

Counties brace for bruising Governor battles

Counties brace for bruising Governor battles

By Eric Nyakagwa 4 hours ago

We have 150,000 officers set to keep the peace Bruno Shioso

We have 150,000 officers set to keep the peace Bruno Shioso

By Hudson Gumbihi 6 hours ago

Boredom awaits the President in retirement

I feel for Bwana Rais. I cannot imagine the cows and chickens of his village will appreciate the versatility and pomp of his shirts.

By Brian Guserwa 19 hours ago

Boredom awaits the President in retirement

Life goes on after elections, regardless of who wins

It is typical of how we treat elections this side of the world, though. At the moment, everything else is being put on ice, put off until ‘we see how these elections go’.

By Cosmas Butunyi 21 hours ago

Life goes on after elections, regardless of who wins

City litter bins too tiny, residents say

Some of these permanent bins have occupied large spaces, NMS ought to have introduced large, plastic mobile bins like those available in some estates.

By Pkemoi Ng'enoh 22 hours ago

City litter bins too tiny, residents say

Sex workers to close up 'shop' on election day

Sex workers always join the civic movement for demonstrations for instance against high cost of living, Violence Against Women among others.

By Augustine Oduor 1 day ago

Sex workers to close up 'shop' on election day

Kisumu school where most pupils are named after foreign politicians, celebrities

He is a bully and violent both in class and outside class. When you ask why, he says he is named after a powerful wrestler and he must behave like the wrestler.

By Mactilda Mbenywe 1 day ago

Kisumu school where most pupils are named after foreign politicians, celebrities

Feed your agents on poll day to keep them motivated, candidates told

Are elections candidates aware that letting their polling agents go hungry on the polling day can cost them their victory?

By James Omoro 1 day ago

Feed your agents on poll day to keep them motivated, candidates told

Democracy is more than electing Raila or DP Ruto

Citizens need to be equipped to have a voice in shaping their communities, their environment, and the decisions that affect their everyday lives.

By Edwin Wanjawa 1 day ago

Democracy is more than electing Raila or DP Ruto

Pocket money, visiting days teach kids life skills

Make an agreement with your children, especially those in college, to have a regular monthly payment of pocket money. In this manner, the child will begin to develop financial discipline.

By Ainea Bolingo 1 day ago

Pocket money, visiting days teach kids life skills

Corporates using popular memes risking jail, Sh400,000 fines

A person convicted of an offence under this section shall be liable in the case of a first conviction to a fine not exceeding Sh400,000, or to imprisonment.

By Priscilla Kimani 1 day ago

Corporates using popular memes risking jail, Sh400,000 fines

Kenyans who look like famous politicians- coincidence or genetics?

My life has changed a lot because people assume that I am President Uhuru’s relative. In fact, since then I have spent a lot of money on those asking for tips.

By Pkemoi Ng'enoh 2 days ago

Kenyans who look like famous politicians- coincidence or genetics?

Mortuary mix-up causes Kakamega family to bury wrong man

Shamwata’s family was shocked to learn, moments after his burial on July 30, that they had buried a strange body due to a mix-up at the mortuary.

By Sharon Wanga 2 days ago

Mortuary mix-up causes Kakamega family to bury wrong man

I was married to a wife batterer who broke my ribs

It started with verbal threats like: “I will cut you, put you in a sack and throw you far away and no one will ever know,” after a small disagreement or sometimes nothing.

By Silas Nyamweya 2 days ago

I was married to a wife batterer who broke my ribs

Gor Mahia have fired 16 coaches in the last decade

Gor Mahia have also dominated the last decade while hiring and firing coaches, seemingly aimlessly. Ironically, since 2010, Gor has won seven KPL titles.

By Washington Onyango 2 days ago

Gor Mahia have fired 16 coaches in the last decade

Relationships are not prisons, let your man's eyes wander

Relationships should never be small prisons where our partners wall us in and stop us from admiring the beautiful creations all around us.

By Awuor Omino 2 days ago

Relationships are not prisons, let your man's eyes wander

Man arrested for allegedly trying to burn wife's body

Investigating officer Patrick Wachira told the court that Karimi is suspected to have caused Wambui’s death when their children were away before taking flight to an unknown place.

By Lilian Chepkoech 2 days ago

Man arrested for allegedly trying to burn wife's body

The law bars employers from firing drug-addicted workers

The law bars employers from firing employees addicted to drugs. Instead, they need to develop mechanisms for counselling and to help address addiction at the work place.

By Benjamin Imende 3 days ago

The law bars employers from firing drug-addicted workers

One third of Kenya's civil servants are addicted to drugs

A report conducted by the Ministry in March last year, which is yet to be made public, said that 38 per cent of the total 700, 000 civil servants are heavily addicted to drugs.

By Benjamin Imende 3 days ago

One third of Kenya's civil servants are addicted to drugs

Widow blocked from burying son over land dispute

In a case that has dragged on for more than three years, Ndumba is now facing homelessness, as well as a lack of a place to bury two bodies—her husband’s and son’s.

By Phares Mutembei 3 days ago

Widow blocked from burying son over land dispute

Munch those last-minute campaign freebies

It's now payback time for politicians who ate your hard-earned money.

By Uncle Gil 3 days ago

Munch those last-minute campaign freebies

Homa Bay is not a filthy cattle pen, says governor

Some politicians have argued that the county services are horrible.

By James Omoro 3 days ago

Homa Bay is not a filthy cattle pen, says governor

Jaguar vs Babu, and the fights that rocked Parliament

MPs were allegedly trooping to the toilets to receive bribes to vote in a certain manner, and a one-time senator confessed that he used to puff weed in the toilets with a fellow MP.

By Grace Ng'ang'a 4 days ago

Jaguar vs Babu, and the fights that rocked Parliament

When a sex chat ended a Parliamentary Committee session

“Mr Chairman, on a point of order, I want to apologise for what I have written. I was only joking with the female senator and I did not wish to share it with everyone,” he said.

By Grace Ng'ang'a 4 days ago

When a sex chat ended a Parliamentary Committee session

Laying the Law: Sex scandals that rocked Parliament

While the sideshows were playing out in Bunge, some MPs were bonking the daylights out of each other chini ya maji, or so they thought until their trysts spilled into the public domain.

By Grace Ng'ang'a 4 days ago

Laying the Law: Sex scandals that rocked Parliament

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May peace prevail and the best candidates win

May peace prevail and the best candidates win

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Counties brace for bruising Governor battles

Counties brace for bruising Governor battles

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Boredom awaits the President in retirement

Boredom awaits the President in retirement

By Brian Guserwa

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My wife dresses sexy to work but not for me

My wife dresses sexy to work but not for me

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