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Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:15:27 +0300
Editor launches bid for Nyaribari Chache seat
Eric Obino was yesterday made a Gusii elder at his Bobaracho home.

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:06:30 +0300
New Central administrator finds her in-tray full
Esther Wamuyu Maina takes over from Wilfred Nyangw'anga in changes announced earlier in the week

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
DPP, DCI wrangles linked to delayed probe into River Yala bodies saga
In recent weeks, 21 bodies were retrieved from River Yala, which is now being viewed as a dumping ground for victims of murder & forced disappearances

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Agriculture CS Peter Munya launches Sh1 billion Semen plant
CS Peter Munya said the facility will help to lower the cost of semen in the country.

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Four officers, bar owner to stand trial for 'beating man to death'
An inquest by Kakamega court has recommended murder charges against four police officers and a bar owner suspected to have beaten a reveller to death.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:41:05 +0300
Esther Passaris mourns father's death
She remembers her 79-year-old dad for his achievements throughout the years, notably being part of the team that built Kenya's first ship.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:00:00 +0300
Boys to men: Kalenjins living in Australia stick to their tradition
Miles away from home, a section of Kalenjin community members living in Australia on Wednesday performed a traditional rite of passage.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:35:05 +0300
Pollution lobby faults police over demo ban
Court ordered the government to compensate residents of Owino Uhuru Estate for the health complications suffered due to lead poisoning.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:29:28 +0300
Matatu rams into Total petrol station, kills attendant, injures another
One of the women died, while the other was taken to hospital injured

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:29:06 +0300
Postmortem reveals how Esther Wambui, whose body was found in suitcase, died
There was speculation that Esther Wambui might have been raped before being killed.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:09:39 +0300
Court orders man to surrender property to PPCK
The directive by the court was issued following a suit filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission in June 2021.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:10:00 +0300
Kenya Power launches smart metres to improve services
Mount Kenya Regional Manager Phineas Marete said the smart meters will record consumption of electricity, voltage levels and other data.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0300
Family in agony as senior National Museums staffer goes missing
John Masika Wafula, who was a senior staffer at NMK, is said to have gone missing in November last year.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:12:06 +0300
Nyandarua MCAs push executive to have attainable flagship projects
The MCAs spoke yesterday in the House during the adoption of the Annual Development Plan (ADP) for financial year 2022/2023.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 08:00:00 +0300
Families troop to Yala morgue as two bodies identified
Distraught families whose relatives have been missing yesterday started identifying bodies retrieved from River Yala.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Divers unable to retrieve bodies of drowned students
Bodies of two students of Michuki Technical Institute are yet to be retrieved from Mathioya River, three days after they drowned during a photoshoot.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Plan to fully use railway to ferry cargo from port kicks up a storm
Coastal towns along the northern corridor are expected to be hit by another wave of economic hardship once Kenya Railway starts hauling cargo directly

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Police probe Al Shabaab terrorist cells in Kwale
Kwale security agents are on the alert to avert an impending attack.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter, freed on Sh400,000 bond
A man who pleaded guilty to killing his wife in October last year after suspecting her of infidelity has been released on a Sh400,000 bond.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0300
Herders migrate to Uganda amid drought
Water shortage and a lack of pasture have forced a majority of livestock keepers in West Pokot to move to Uganda.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:55:11 +0300
Rare event as elephant begets twin calves
The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad says that elephant twin births are very rare and occur in one per cent of elephant births.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:05:00 +0300
Man loses land for failing to utilize it for 42 years
The court ordered the land registrar to cancel the registration of the title deed.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:05:00 +0300
Raiders shoot herder dead at border, steal 250 cattle
The heavily armed raiders estimated to be 200 surrounded on Thursday morning at around 3 am attacked herders at Natapar village.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:49:13 +0300
Pokot herders migrate to Uganda amid drought
Water shortage and a lack of pasture have forced a majority of livestock keepers in West Pokot to move to Uganda.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:40:00 +0300
Tea farmers in Nandi counting losses as hail hit area
The affected farms are in Tindiret, Nandi Hills and parts of Aldai region.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:05:00 +0300
Money, romance woes linked to prosecutor's suspected suicide
Neighbours who interacted with the judicial officer said he had recently seemed troubled.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0300
Police in Kwale on alert, probe Al-Shabaab terror cells
Two chiefs in Kwale have since gone into hiding fearing attacks from the extremists, some believed to be Al-Shabaab returnees from Somalia.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:40:00 +0300
'Curse' that is dispossessing widows in Kisii
Many families are still living deep in tradition, denying widows the right to acquire, own, inherit and transfer land.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:55:46 +0300
Capital FM DJ dies after collapsing in office
Kilimani OCS Muturi Mbogo confirmed to The Standard that Capital FM's DJ Lithium was pronounced dead on arrival at the Nairobi Hospital.

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0300
Pain of families with missing kin as more bodies located in Yala
The riddle surrounding bodies retrieved from River Yala in Siaya County has deepened after residents discovered two more bodies...



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