Articles by Karanja Kimani
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22 Jun 2017 
Gilgil residents threaten to vote out Uhuru over title deeds
Residents of Oljorai in Gilgil, Nakuru County have threatened to vote out President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 8 polls if the government does not issue them with tittle deeds. The residents, led ...
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17 Jun 2017 
Schools want gov’t to supply them with subsidized Unga
The Kenya Secondary School Association (KSSA) has described the high cost of food commodities as a major challenge facing the education sector. The association is now calling on the government to c...
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08 Jun 2017 
NYS programme beneficiaries save Ksh 1.7B in three years
The National Youth Service program beneficiaries have saved a total of Ksh 1.7 billion since the programme began in 2013. The money has been put into 400 Savings and Credit Cooperatives (Saccos) ac...
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25 May 2017 
HIV/AIDS prevalence on the rise in East Africa
Stigmatization and discrimination among commercial sex workers, transgender, prisoners and homosexuals has been identified as the main causes for the high HIV/AIDS prevalence in East Africa. The ca...
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17 Apr 2017 
Hundreds of dead fish found floating on L. Naivasha
Hundreds of fish are reported to have died in Lake Naivasha in unclear circumstances raising anxiety and fear among fishermen and stakeholders. The most affected are immature fish, which ...
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11 Apr 2017 
Police set to receive 1000 new houses
The police force has received a major boost with the 1,000 housing units that have been under construction over the past one year set to be completed in the next three weeks. The first batch of 250...
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29 Mar 2017 
Naivasha residents forcefully re-open blocked corridor
There was drama in Naivasha after furious members of the public opened a blocked road corridor leading to Lake Naivasha. The group forcefully opened the corridor near YMCA Camp and lashed out at on...
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28 Mar 2017 
Concern over rising trade in game meat
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has expressed its concern over the rise in cases of game meat trade in Naivasha and Gilgil areas over the last two months. On Monday 29, KWS officers recovered over...
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Concern over threats to paralegals by powerful individulas
Human rights activists have expressed concern over the cases of threats targeting paralegals by government agencies and powerful individuals. Speaking during a training for paralegals from eight co...
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24 Mar 2017 
Gov’t spending Ksh 16B in upgrading informal settlements
The government has committed Ksh 16 billion to upgrade informal settlements in the country through the provision of clean water, better roads and street lighting. Over 90 informal settlements acros...
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16 Mar 2017 
Fear as dead chicken lined along Naivasha road
Residents of Naivasha's Moi South Lake area are a worried lot after they woke up to bizarre scenes of dead chicken placed strategically along a road. The residents, mostly flower farmers, say the b...
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11 Mar 2017 
Travelers stranded as Matatu Sacco pulls out vehicles for safety check
Public transport along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway was temporarily disrupted after one of the main matatu operators pulled out their vehicles from the route for a rare safety check. The new manageme...
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04 Mar 2017 
Naivasha ‘meat-wrappers’ paralyze operations at slaughterhouse
Operations at the Naivasha Slaughterhouse were paralyzed for the better part of the day after the operators protested a move by the Nakuru County Assembly to ban wrapping of meat using newspapers. ...
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08 Feb 2017 
Senator in gun drama appears in court
Nominated Senator Paul Njoroge has been arraigned in a Naivasha court over Tuesday, February 8 gun drama incident at a petrol station that he operates in Naivasha, Nakuru County. However, the Senat...
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03 Feb 2017 
Works in new geothermal plant set to begin
The government expects to have an extra 260mw in 24 months as works in the long awaited Olkaria V power plant in Naivasha kick off. The multi-billion geothermal project, which will be launched next...
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30 Jan 2017 
Drama as herders storm anti-stock theft unit in Naivasha
There was drama in Naivasha after irate members of the Maasai community stormed an anti-stock theft unit to protest the continued detention of their livestock. The herdsmen complained that 56 heads...
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21 Jan 2017 
Red flag raised as Lake Naivasha water levels drop
Environmentalists have raised concerns over the receding water levels in Lake Naivasha following the prolonged dry spell which has led some herders flooding the shores of the lake in search of pastu...
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Maa community threatens to block Olkaria power project
Operations at the geothermal rich area of Naivasha were temporally paralyzed after members of the Maasai community held a peaceful demonstration against the upcoming Olkaria V project. Armed with c...
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19 Jan 2017 
Lands commission moves to solve 30-year-old land dispute in Naivasha
The National Land Commission (NLC) has moved to resolve one of the longest land disputes in Naivasha pitting a group of peasant farmers and a tycoon in the area. The commission has promis...
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Gilgil leaders laud rise in transition from primary to secondary school
The transition rate from primary to secondary school in Gilgil Constituency, Nakuru County has risen from 20 to 70 per cent in the last three years, are MP Nderitu Mathenge has said. According to M...