Kenyans usher in new year 2019 with song and dance

By Citizen Team,

Thousands of Kenyans joined the rest of the world in welcoming the new year 2019 in style. In Baringo, revellers both young and old thronged the La...

new year 2019

Girls taken to Uganda, Tanzania for ‘vacation cutting’ as Kenya cracks down on FGM

By Reuters,

Girls in Kenya are being taken across the border to countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia and Ethiopia for female genital mutilation (FGM) to av...

FGM

High Court bars gov’t from arresting, detaining Governor Lonyangapuo

By Citizen Reporter,

By Moses Wekesa The High Court in Kitale has restrained the government from arresting, detaining and charging West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo...

DPP Noordin Haji , IG joseph Boinnet , Interior CS  Fred Matiangi , Kitale High Court , West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo

CoG demands restoration of Governor Lonyangapuo’s security

By Citizen Reporter,

The Council of Governors (CoG) has demanded immediate restoration of the security detail attached to West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo. In a sta...

Council of Governors , John Lonyangapuo , West Pokot

Security detail for Lonyangapuo withdrawn: police

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

The security detail for West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo has allegedly been withdrawn. The move comes days after he stormed a police road-block...

Lonyangapuo

Miguna: How President Magufuli blocked Raila’s ‘swearing-in’ in Tanzania

By Ian Omondi,

President John Pombe Magufuli allegedly declined to have opposition leader Raila Odinga sworn in as the ‘People’s President’ at the Kenyan embas...

miguna miguna , Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho , People's president , raila odinga , Raila swearing in

Kipruto, Tirop clinch Wareng Cross Country titles

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Business literally came to a standstill at the Huruma grounds in the outskirts of Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County as athletics faithful flocked the a...

Agnes Tirop , Rhonex Kipruto

Police warn Marsabit politicians against fanning violence

By Wangui Ngechu,

The National Police Service has directed security agencies in Marsabit to deal with individuals inciting violence in the county. In a statement pos...

elders from West Pokot and Turkana counties held special prayers , Elgeyo Marakwet , Marsabit County , West Pokot

West Pokot MPs urge beefed up security for national exams

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

MPs from West Pokot County have called on the government to beef up security  around schools in volatile areas during the national exams. Led by ...

(KCPE) exams , Elgeyo Marakwet County , KCSE

Uasin Gishu sittings did not cost Ksh.400M – Lusaka

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Speaker of the Senate Ken Lusaka has denied claims that expenditure for the Uasin Gishu sittings was Ksh.400 million terming it as propaganda. ...

ken lusaka , Senate Sittings

Governor Lonyangapou grilled by senate over misuse of county funds

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapou was on Thursday grilled by the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee over misappropriation of county fu...

John Lonyangapou , Senate Public Accounts Committee , West Pokot County , West Pokot Governor

US-based West Pokot Deputy Governor now says he’ll serve without salary

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

West Pokot Deputy Governor Dr. Nicholas Owon Atudonyang has stepped down as CEC for Health and Sanitation. Addressing a press conference at his off...

Governor Prof. John Lonyangapuo , Health and Sanitation CEC , West Pokot County , West Pokot Deputy Governor Dr. Nicholas Atudonyang

Senators meet in Eldoret for first-ever sitting outside Nairobi

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

The Senate will on Monday hold its first-ever sitting outside Nairobi in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. According to Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka, the d...

Senate Sittings , Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka , Uasin Gishu County Assembly

Lonyangapuo: I sent deputy to U.S. for medical equipment

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo has dismissed claims of corruption after he was grilled over his deputy receiving a county salary yet he has a jo...

Lonyangapuo

West Pokot Governor Lonyangapuo grilled at EACC over deputy’s salary

By Cyrus Sholim,

West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo was on Tuesday grilled at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices in Eldoret. A statement fro...

32 students from Nasoko Girls in the cold after school ‘kicks them out’

By Edwin Namasaka,

32 students from Nasoko Girls School in West Pokot spent the night in the cold at the Kitale showground after allegedly being sent home by the school ...

nasoko girls

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter: Why running is in my DNA

By IAAF,

European 10,000m champion Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel talks about her passion and enthusiasm for distance running. I was born in the village o...

Israel , Lonah Chemtai Salpeter , running , West-Pokot County in Kenya

Machakos County retain football title at KICOSCA Games as Nairobi bags overall crown

By John Kyanda,

Machakos County retained the football title at this year’s Kenya Inter-County Sports and Cultural Association (KICOSCA) Games after beating Bungoma ...

football title , Former Prime Minister , Kicosca Games , machakos county , nairobi county , overall crown , raila odinga

Machakos, Kisii book quarter-final slots in KICOSCA Games after emphatic wins

By John Kyanda,

Defending champions Machakos County booked a football quarter-finals slot in the ongoing  Kenya Inter-County Sports and Cultural Association (KICOSCA...

Kicosca Games , Kisii , machakos , quarter finals

Man appeals ‘harsh’ 3-year sentence for stealing one sheep, gets 7 years instead

By Dzuya Walter,

A man who had been sentenced to three years in jail for stealing one sheep, decided to appeal the harsh sentence but ended up with four more years on ...

Justice Ruth Sitati , Victor Wanjala , West Pokot County