Articles by Lawrence Baraza

Kenya Airways announces net loss of Ksh.4B in half-year results

1617, August 29, 2018 (EAT)

Kenya Airways posted a Ksh.4billion half-year net loss that the airline said is due to increased fuel prices. Also Read: JKIA gets green light for...

Njenga Karume family settle bitter row on Ksh.17 billion property

1924, August 27, 2018 (EAT)

The family of the late former Cabinet Minister Njenga Karume have reached common ground on the way forward of managing his multi-billion estate. Sp...

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko speaking during the Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park grounds in ...

Return grabbed Langata Primary School land, 14 others – Sonko

1226, August 9, 2018 (EAT)

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has ordered that those who grabbed land belonging to Langata Primary School and 14 other public facilities must relinquish...

Kenyatta National Hospital Workerd hold a demonstration outside the hospital premise

Kenyatta National Hospital workers protest hits a snag

657, August 7, 2018 (EAT)

The Labour Court has suspended an ongoing demonstration by Kenyatta National Hospital health workers until the case presented before it is heard and d...

Breastfeeding stations a must, CS tells Kenyan employers

1133, August 3, 2018 (EAT)

Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has directed that all employers should set up breastfeeding stations for mothers with newborn babies. Speaking dur...

FORD-Kenya Party leader and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula. PHOTO| COURTESY

Wetangula: Three families cannot run this country

1415, July 25, 2018 (EAT)

Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula has come out guns blazing accusing three prominent Kenyan families of monopolizing the country's leadership. Duri...

Nairobi teacher arrested, confesses to raping pupils

1341, July 24, 2018 (EAT)

A teacher at Toi Primary School has been arrested for allegedly raping an 11-year-old pupil at the school. The suspect is said to have confessed hi...

Sossion issues teachers strike notice for September 1

1318, July 17, 2018 (EAT)

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion has issued a strike notice for September 1. According to Sossion, teachers...

Kenya National Examination Council chairman George Magoha

Magoha opposes abolition of boarding schools

1523, July 13, 2018 (EAT)

Prof. George Magoha has said it is impossible to abolish boarding schools in the country. The chairman of Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC)...

Trans Mara: 46 guns, 81 bullets surrendered by bandits

1256, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

A security operation to recover guns stolen by bandits in Trans Mara, is bearing fruits as 46 guns and 81 bullets have so far been surrendered. Nar...

File image of Lawyer Miguna Miguna. PHOTO| COURTESY

Nairobi County Assembly has rejected Miguna’s nomination

2042, June 12, 2018 (EAT)

Governor Mike Sonko will have to look for another Deputy Governor after the Nairobi County Assembly nullified the nomination of Miguna Miguna on Tuesd...

NYS scam: Sicily Kariuki, Kobia snub House team summons

1839, June 12, 2018 (EAT)

Cabinet Secretaries Margaret Kobia and Sicily Kariuki have snubbed summons to appear before a House team over the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal...

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi PHOTO/COURTESY

Miguna’s nomination to be tabled before Assembly this week

1231, June 11, 2018 (EAT)

The controversial nomination of Lawyer Miguna Miguna as Nairobi Deputy Governor will be tabled before the County Assembly for debate this week, Speake...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to deliver key address at Harvard University

1112, June 11, 2018 (EAT)

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta arrived in Massachusetts, USA, on Sunday for an official visit that will see her deliver a keynote address at an annual l...

President Trump and PM Justin Trudeau of Canada

Trump criticizes Justin Trudeau, says US won’t endorse G7 statement

1850, June 10, 2018 (EAT)

President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of making "false statements" and said that the US will not endorse a...

Singapore's PM Lee with US president Donald Trump

Trump arrives in Singapore ahead of historic North Korea summit

1824, June 10, 2018 (EAT)

President Donald Trump touched down in this Southeast Asian city-state Sunday evening, 36 hours before his highly anticipated summit with North Korean...

Sonko sends home top county official for traveling to the US

2058, June 6, 2018 (EAT)

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has sent home the County Executive in charge of Devolution and Public Service Management, Ms. Veska Kangongo, for alleged...

Class 8 pupil allegedly raped in Kawangware, Nairobi

1037, June 8, 2018 (EAT)

A class 8 pupil from Maranatha Primary School in Kawangware was allegedly raped over the weekend by a teacher from another school. The victim went ...

Class 8 pupil allegedly defiled by teacher in Nyeri

1236, June 5, 2018 (EAT)

Parents of a Class 8 pupil who was allegedly defiled by a teacher in school are demanding arrest of the suspect. The mother of the 15-year-old narr...

Michael Mubea in an interview on Citizen TV

EACC: 47 high profile corruption cases ready for prosecution

1621, June 4, 2018 (EAT)

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Deputy CEO Michael Mubea has defended the body from claims that they are not effective in the war on ...