Day: May 22, 2019

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2,122 total views, no views today BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,22ND MAY 201-The High Court has ruled that the requirement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for one to have 15 years experience in order to apply for the Chief Executive Officer position was against the law. Delivering the ruling, Justice Hellen Wasilwa on Wednesday said IEBC acted outside the provisions of the law by requiring applicants to have 15 years of professional experience to apply for the post previously held by Ezra Chiloba. Justice Wasilwa also  ruled that the manner…

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2,025 total views, no views today BY CORRESPONDENT,ELDORET,22ND MAY 2019-Police in Eldoret are investigating  an incident  which  a lawyer  is accused of stabbing his fellow advocate to death at a house party in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.The lawyer has since been arrested. The suspect, Abel Mogaka, was on Wednesday arraigned before Eldoret Chief Magistrate Charles Obulutsa where the prosecution made an application for 10 days to complete investigations as well as modify the charges against the accused. The court is on Thursday  expected to rule on the two application . The…

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1,778 total views, no views today BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,22ND MAY 2019-Just days after  4 Chinese contractors assaulted  a  Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) officer ,the Authority is now   seeking to have their work permits  revoked .The Authority through a statement to newsrooms said it had  noted with concern reports from a section of the media regarding the incident that took place last week. “KeNHA on May 21, 2019 expelled the staff from the project site and has made a recommendation for a cancellation of work permits for the foreign staff involved,”…

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645 total views, no views today BY PSCU,NAIROBI,22ND MAY,2019-President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday  launched the Kenya Morgage Refinance Company in partnership between the government and the private sector. The initiative is aimed at reaching the goal of adequate, safe and affordable housing for all, especially the lower income group, which is part of the Big Four Agenda. The expectation of the refinance company is to contribute to the development of the housing finance market and to help increase the number of mortgages from the current 26,000 to over 60,000 by the…

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471 total views, no views today BY PSCU,NAIROBI,22ND MAY,2019-President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday made impromptu tours of housing and infrastructure projects in Nairobi. The President visited Parkroad Estate in Ngara where the Government is building 1,370 houses with the first phase of 228 units expected to be ready by September this year. The housing project is part of the Government’s plan to construct 500,000 affordable housing units by 2022 under the Housing Pillar of the Big 4 Agenda. The President who was accompanied by Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia…

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366 total views, no views today BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,22ND MAY 2019-Nairobi City Governor Mike Sonko has officially launched the biometric staff management system aimed  at  ensuring the time the  time employees report to work and leave work and the amount of time spent at work is documented. The governor who put on notice  lazy county employees said  he will not hesitate to dismiss them should they steal the county’s precious time.He added that  the system will  maximize the employees’ output and also weed out ghost workers from the county payroll. Sonko…

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506 total views, no views today BY CORRESPONDENT,KISUMU,22ND MAY 2019-Services have been grounded  at the Kisumu County Offices  situated at Huduma Centre  after Power and water were  disconnected  over accumulation of unpaid bills . Addressing the press some Workers  say they have been without power since Monday. According to the head of Administration at the county Kadiri Haggai  confirmed the disconnections but did not reveal the amount  owed to Kenya Power and Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company that led to the disconnections. Normal service delivery to the public at the Kisumu…

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837 total views, no views today BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,22ND MAY 2019-Two days after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi  warned  that no foreigner will be allowed to remain in the country  while undertaking illegal betting business , The CS has signed deportation orders for 17 nationals accused of running illegal betting businesses in the country. “We will not allow other people to come and do unlawful business in the country. I want to tell you for free those doing this business without a valid license will be deported,” warned Matiangi in a…

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898 total views, no views today BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,22ND MAY 2019-Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina  who is known for championing the rights of gay people in Kenya has died. The family of Wainaina who is a author confirmed that the 48-year-old died on Tuesday at 8:48 pm after a short illness at the Aga Khan hospital. Binyavanga was the 2002 Caine Prize winner for African Writing after his short story “Discovering Home”. He was also awarded by the Kenya Publisher’s Association in recognition of his services to Kenyan literature. It will be recalled that…

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