Articles by Allan Obiero

NCA orders evacuation of patients at JOOTRH after section collapses

1650, February 27, 2021 (EAT)

The National Construction Authority (NCA) has ordered for the evacuation of all patients beneath a ward unit at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching an...

Ag. Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu arrives for the 8th Heads of Stations Forum at Grand ...

174 judicial staff sacked for gross misconduct in the last two years: Amadi

1421, February 22, 2021 (EAT)

Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi has revealed that 174 judicial staff have been sacked since 2018 over misconduct. According to her, records fr...

Man arrested trying to bribe KDF officers with Ksh.300K

1726, February 18, 2021 (EAT)

A Kenyan man was on Thursday arrested after he reportedly attempted to bribe his way thorough a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruitment exercise at Die...

Homa Bay becomes third county to pass the BBI Bill

1237, February 11, 2021 (EAT)

The Homa Bay County Assembly has become the third assembly to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill 2020 after Siay...

Kisumu County becomes second assembly to ratify BBI bill

1019, February 10, 2021 (EAT)

The county assembly of Kisumu became the second county assembly after Siaya to pass the constitutional ammendment bill popularly known as BBI bill. ...

‘I was not consulted on Kenya Railways demolitions in Kibos,’ Nyong’o says

835, February 8, 2021 (EAT)

Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyongo now says he was not consulted over the massive demolitions carried out by the Kenya Railways at Kibos. The demolition...

Thousands of families displaced as Kenya Railways demolishes houses in Kibos, Kisumu County

1433, February 6, 2021 (EAT)

Thousands of families in Kibos, Kisumu County were forced to spend the night in the cold after their houses were demolished on Friday night. The de...

Ugandan national in match-fixing saga freed

1652, February 1, 2021 (EAT)

Ugandan national Ronald Mugisha who was arrested last week for alleged match-fixing has been freed the complainant Laban Jobita decided not to pursue ...

Kisumu blogger arrested over fake post alleging the killing of a student at Ngere Boys

1040, February 1, 2021 (EAT)

The suspect behind a viral fake post alleging the killing of the school head boy at Ngere High School in Kisumu by his fellow students has been arrest...

Jaramogi family was not a dynasty, Raila says

1223, January 31, 2021 (EAT)

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has poured cold water on the hustler vs dynasty politics, saying his late father Jaramogi O...

Kisumu MCAs cut short long recess to debate BBI bill

746, January 30, 2021 (EAT)

Members of the county assembly (MCAs) in Kisumu have cut short their long recess to debate the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional amendm...

Court suspends new Kisumu County Gov’t land rates

1045, January 29, 2021 (EAT)

A court has suspended a gazette notice by the county government of Kisumu that increased land rates. This follows a case that was filed by a Kisumu...

Governor Sang denies charges of malicious damage to property, incitement, assault

1512, January 25, 2021 (EAT)

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang on Monday morning denied three counts of malicious damage to property, incitement to violence and a fresh charge of assaul...

Ugandan remanded in Kisumu amid match-fixing probe

1348, January 25, 2021 (EAT)

Ronald Niwagira, the Ugandan national arrested over the weekend on accusations of match-fixing will spend another five days in police custody as a pro...

Ugandan nabbed in Kisumu in match-fixing claim

1416, January 24, 2021 (EAT)

Police in Kisumu are holding a Ugandan national accused of attempting to bribe Western Stima FC's chairman and players to influence the result of thei...

Kisumu cop charged with committing indecent acts with minor

1000, December 30, 2020 (EAT)

A Kisumu cop who was arrested on suspected sodomy allegations was arraigned in court on Tuesday. Also Read: Four petitioners awarded Ksh.16M in pos...

Man on the run after allegedly blowing up house in Nyakach

1201, December 17, 2020 (EAT)

Bomb squad officers are probing an explosion that occurred inside a house in Katito, Nyakach. Area police boss Jonathan Koech said the Thursday exp...

Raila Odinga: There will be opportunities to amend the Constitution in the future

1602, December 6, 2020 (EAT)

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has told critics of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) amendment Bill that there will be...

Relief to media houses as gov’t pledges to settle Ksh.1.5B pending advertising bills

1101, December 5, 2020 (EAT)

ICT Principal Secretary Jerome Ochieng now says the government has committed to settle the Ksh.1.5 billion in pending bills owed to media houses in th...

Kisumu County gov’t orders all buses out of CBD by January 1, 2021

1028, December 5, 2020 (EAT)

Kisumu County government has now ordered all buses which have stations within the Central Business District (CBD) to vacate by January 1, 2021. Kis...