Articles by Sam Gituku

Uhuru projects freeze: How millions were lost in abandoned contracts

1217, July 22, 2018 (EAT)

Over the last five years, the Auditor General has been flagging projects which guzzle down public funds but never get completed. So what triggered Pre...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will be in Kenya on July 15-16. Photo/FILE/...

PHOTOS: Sneak peek into where Obama will dine in K’Ogelo

1327, July 15, 2018 (EAT)

A dining center has already been set up in K'Ogelo in readiness for former US President Barack Obama's arrival. Obama, who arrives in Kenya today,�...

The mercury in sugar puzzle: Who’s fooling who?

1145, June 22, 2018 (EAT)

Cabinet Secretaries have issued conflicting statements causing confusion and panic over the now controversial claims that sugar in Kenya contains dead...

Chiloba’s office locks changed, secretary and PA sent home

1334, June 17, 2018 (EAT)

Embattled Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) CEO Ezra Chiloba appears to be an unwanted man at the electoral body. Citizen TV h...

2018/2019 Budget: The winners and losers

2202, June 14, 2018 (EAT)

Local manufacturers in the steel, textile and timber are among some of the big winners in 2018/2019 budget unveiled by National Treasury Cabinet S...

The wreckage of the plane crash in the Aberdares. Fly SAX said there were no ...

Plane crash: Pilots may not have known where they were

1547, June 9, 2018 (EAT)

The route that the ill-fated Fly SAX plane took has raised eyebrows within several quarters. Normally, the Kitale-Nairobi route should take an hour...

What awaits NYS suspects on Tuesday

1410, June 1, 2018 (EAT)

National Youth Service (NYS) Public Service and Youth Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo and the NYS Director General Richard Ndubai could face decades...

Just who is PS Lillian Wanja Muthoni Omollo?

1110, May 29, 2018 (EAT)

She was arguably little known until the new Ksh.9 billion National Youth Service (NYS) scandal surfaced. Lillian Wanja Muthoni Mbogo Omollo, 44, ca...

Gov’t reveals names of 21 maize scandal beneficiaries

1228, May 25, 2018 (EAT)

The Agriculture ministry has released a list of 21 traders suspected to have allegedly conspired with National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) offici...

Floods in Nyando, Kisumu County. PHOTO| STEPHEN LETOO

The counties worst affected by floods

2110, April 24, 2018 (EAT)

The raging floods have been unforgiving. Since last month when the long rains started, it has been a trail of death and destruction. The latest sta...

Wetangula: It’s over between me and Raila

1245, April 8, 2018 (EAT)

Trouble within the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition continue to deepen with Ford Kenya Party Leader and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula now sa...

Govt extends deadline for learners’ PIN as 3 million yet to register

1940, April 3, 2018 (EAT)

At least three million learners had not been registered into the Education Ministry’s digital platform -- National Education Management Information ...

Miguna court orders escalate Executive, Judiciary wars

1202, March 30, 2018 (EAT)

The conviction of three senior government officials this week seems to be part of an emerging trend where State officers blatantly defy court orders. ...

Cabinet: Why Raphael Tuju will not be vetted

1235, February 11, 2018 (EAT)

When President Uhuru Kenyatta was unveiling his second term cabinet on January 26, 2018 he announced that he had co-opted Jubilee Secretary General Ra...

Media shutdown: Journalists roughed up as gov’t blocks delivery of court order

1152, February 4, 2018 (EAT)

For the fourth day running the government has continued to defy two court orders requiring it to reinstate the transmission of four TV stations. On...

Rais aongoza hafla ya kuzindua vitabu vya kusoma

1946, January 5, 2018 (EAT)

Rais Uhuru Kenyatta amezindua mpango wa kuwasilisha vitabu vya kusomea kwa wanafunzi wote wa kidato cha kwanza, darasa la saba na la nane wa shule za ...

Mfumo wa 2-6-6-3 kuanza kutekelezwa rasmi

2011, January 3, 2018 (EAT)

Wizara ya elimu sasa itafanya majaribio ya mtaala mpya wa elimu wa 2-6-6-3 katika shule zote kote nchini wanafunzi wa shule za chekechea na darasa la ...

Shule zilizofunguliwa bado hazijui ni vitabu vipi vitatumika

2021, January 2, 2018 (EAT)

Hatma ya Kutekelezwa kwa mtaala mpya wa elimu itabainika hapo kesho katika mkutano wa kamati andalizi ya mtaala huo pamoja na kamati za kiufundi ambaz...

Watu 2 wafariki katika eneo la Sachangwan

2045, January 1, 2018 (EAT)

Watu Wawili wamefariki katika eneo la Kibunja karibu na Sachangwan katika barabara ya Nakuru kwenda Eldoret. Ajali hiyo imetokea siku moja tu baada ya...

Watu 38 wafariki kwenye ajali iliyotokea alfajiri eneo la Migaa

2208, December 31, 2017 (EAT)

Wizara za uchukuzi na usalama wa taifa zimesitisha safari za usiku za magari ya uchukuzi wa umma kufuatia ajali iliyowaua wakenya 38 huko Migaa katika...