Matiang’i, Ongwae to lead team for Nyagarama’s State send off

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and Kisii Governor James Ongwae will lead the team that is planning a State burial for the late Nyamira Governor John Nyaga...

coronavirus , Nyagarama

Win for DPP as court overturns ruling acquitting Solai Dam tragedy suspects

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has secured a major victory after the High Court overturned a ruling that acquitted suspects in the ...

DPP , patel dam , Solai dam tragedy

Solai dam tragedy: Court sets suspects free over ‘lack of commitment’ by DPP

By Festus Lango,

A Naivasha court has acquitted nine suspects who had been charged with causing the death of 48 people who were killed in the dam tragedy at the Patel ...

Solai Dam

Democratic 2020 contenders condemn Trump for spreading Epstein conspiracy theories

By Reuters,

Democratic presidential contenders Beto O’Rourke and Cory Booker slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday for promoting unfounded conspiracy th...

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Facebook executive meets with U.S. lawmakers to discuss privacy

By Reuters,

With a multibillion-dollar settlement looming for Facebook over user privacy violations, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg met with U.S. lawmake...

FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

US Senate passes criminal justice reform

By Reuters,

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to decrease America’s substantial prison population by lowering some mandatory federa...

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US Senate confirms Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice amid protests

By CNN,

The Senate voted to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, ushering in a generational conservative majority and delivering a huge vict...

Brett Kavanaugh , United States Senate

Uhuru-Raila joint Nyanza tour not happening

By Wangui Ngechu,

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has rubbished claims of a joint tour to Nyanza with President Uhuru Kenyatta. Speaking to the media at Orange House ...

Kanze Dena , Kisumu Governor Anyang Ny'on'go. , Ochillo Ayacko , raila odinga , senator Ben Oluoch

FORD-Kenya endorses ODM candidate for Migori senatorial by-election

By George Juma,

FORD-Kenya Party has endorsed the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate for the upcoming Migori senatorial by-election slated for October 8, 2018...

Ben Olouch Okelo , Migori by-election , Migori County , Samwel Odhiambo Migore

Former MPs Dalmas Otieno, John Pesa among 7 in race for Migori Senatorial seat

By George Juma,

Seven candidates are set to battle it out for the Migori Senatorial seat in a much anticipated election scheduled for October 8, 2018. The seat f...

Dalmas Otieno , John Dache Pesa , Migori County , Migori Senatorial race , Ochillo Ayacko , Senator Ben Oluoch dead

Senators do not know how Facebook works-CNN

By CNN,

The U.S Congress doesn't understand Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg emerged unscathed from a Senate committee hearing, and he did so largely because most o...

Cambridge Analytica , facebook , Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook rocked by data breach scandal as investigations loom

By AFP,

Facebook shares plunged Monday as the social media giant was pounded by criticism at home and abroad over revelations that a firm working for Donald T...

Cambridge Analytica , Donald Trump , facebook , Mark Zuckerberg , Republican John Kennedy , Senator Amy Klobuchar

Trump: I would have run unarmed to Florida school

By AFP,

President Donald Trump said Monday he would have rushed unarmed into the Florida school targeted by a mass shooter, as student survivors of the slaugh...

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Vetting of Cabinet nominees kicks off, NASA MPs boycott

By Francis Gachuri,

The vetting of nine Cabinet nominees kicked off on Thursday, February 8 with all Opposition allied MPs who sit in the National Assembly Appointments C...

Cabinet vetting , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Prof Margaret Kobia , Speaker Justin Muturi

I won’t beg for favours, Magaya says after EALA lock-out

By Brian Okoth,

A section of the National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters took to micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday night and Friday morning to express the...

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CORD replaces Mong’are with Zani in PAC

By Magdalene Ougo,

Cord has replaced Nyamira Senator Okong'o Mongare from the Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (PAC) with nominated senator Agnes Zani fo...

CORD , Mong'are , zani

Kenyatta: Obama has given us hope

By Maureen Murimi,

U.S. President Barack Obama has given Africa hope that through personal initiative and hard work one can take control of their destiny, this is accord...

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Nyamira Senator Gives Governor Ultimatum on Graft

By Citizen,

Speaking during a press conference at his home, Okong'o accused Nyagarama of being corrupt and misusing county funds meant for development, w...