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A section of a road that was blocked by Protestors in Narok. Police dispersed the crowds using teargas. Photo/Kiplag'at Kirui

Protestors in Narok block roads after arrest of Senator, 4 MPs for incitement

Protestors in Narok county blocked on Wednesday night blocked roads in the area after Senator Stephen Ole Ntutu and four legislators were earlier arrested over demonstrations that occurred on Monday....Full story

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ICC case against Ruto is a threat to peace - Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed has told AU summit Kenya has told the African Union that the ongoing ICC case against Deputy President William... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 19:49	British terror suspect Jermain Grant acquitted of 9 charges by Mombasa court A Mombasa court on Monday acquitted British terror suspect Jermaine Grant on charges in connection... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 19:28
Three Taita Taveta MCAs in trouble for 'faking' trip to India with Raila Three Taita Taveta MCAs allegedly obtained Sh500,000 allowances by lying about accompanying Cord leader Raila... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 19:17	NTSA suspends 2 companies' night travel licences over fatal accidents The NTSA suspended Daima Connection and Rengcom Communications night travel licenses for involvement in fatal... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 19:10
Narok Senator Ole Ntutu, four MPs arrested over Monday's chaos Narok Senator Stephen Ole Ntutu and four MPs have been arrested and taken to Muthaiga... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 18:58	Industrial Court renamed Employment and Labour Relations Court The Industrial Court of Kenya has been renamed the Employment and Labour Relations Court. The... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 18:23
Three ODM officials involved in road accident as party holds Kajiado Central nomination Three senior ODM officials were involved in a road accident along Kajiado - Namanga highway... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 18:13	State to spend Sh2.5 billion on primary, secondary exam fees every year The government will spend Sh2.5 billion on primary and secondary school exam fees each year,... Full story 01/28/2015 - 00:00 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 17:34

National

National News

DISPUTED: Weston Hotel on Lang?ata Road, Nairobi, on January 18. Photo/File

Businessman Jacob Juma wants Weston Hotel land reclaimed

Businessman Jacob Juma has given the owner of Weston Hotel a 14-day ultimatum to surrender the land...Read more

Corridors of Power

Corridors Of Power

So will Raila Odinga’s former campaign manager Eliud Owalo fight it out with Evans Kidero for...Read more

Latest News

SAFE: A rhino at the animal orphanage. Kenya has managed to cut by half poaching of rhino but South Africa is experiencing its worst poaching crisis.

Poaching reduces by half, new KWS figures show

THE incidence of poaching has reduced by half from 2013, latest government figures show. The...Read more

Local

Central

CAUTION: Kiambu county assembly last September. Ward administrators have been cautioned against working with MCAs. Photo/Stanley Njenga

Administrators warned on close ties with MCAs

The recently employed county ward administrators have been urged not to take part in politics. In a...Read more

Coast

CONCERNED: Nyali MP Hezron Awiti with other leaders at AAR clinic in Nyali on Monday after kongowea MCA Jabess Oduor was attacked by gunmen. Photo/Andrew Kasuku

Withdraw licences for teen gun holders - MP

Nyali MP Hezron Awiti has asked police to withdraw firearm licences for teenagers who he said are...Read more

Rift Valley

DISPLACED: Floods submerges Lake Nakuru National Park?s offices in November 2014. Photo/RITA DAMARY

KWS moves offices, houses as Lake Nakuru overflows

THE Lake Nakuru National Park office has been moved to higher ground because of rising water levels...Read more

North Eastern

THIS WAY PLEASE: Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is received by Kitui County Governor Julius Malombe during the commissioning of the 287km road network at Miambani Primary School grounds on Saturday.

Forget Wiper ticket, Makueni MCAs told

WIPER leader Kalonzo Musyoka will not issue party tickets to any of the Makueni MCAs if the the...Read more

Western

Kiogoro ward representative Samuel Apoko addresses the press at Kisii Hotel on October 15, 2014.Photo Benson Nyagesiba

Kisii MCA’s slur on Uhuru false – lawyer

A witness was yesterday compelled to say the exact words used by a county representative accused of...Read more

Nyanza

House fire kills mother, child

A mother and her daughter have died after their house caught fire at Ikonyero location in Kakamega...Read more

Business

Local Business

SPOTLIGHT: Mwalimu National Savings and Credit Co-operative Society office along Tom Mboya Street, Nairobi. Photo/FILE

State orders inquiry into Mwalimu Sacco, ECB deal

THE Commissioner for Cooperative Development has instituted a probe into the operations and books...Read more

Local Property

IMPOSING: An artistic impression of how the completed building will look like at night. Photo/COURTESY

Nairobi's affluence thrust to new heights as Le’ Mac takes shape

Highlife has come to Nairobi, on Waiyaki Way, Westlands, to be particular. Well, it is about to. In...Read more

Local Commentary

President Uhuru Kenyatta Kiambu deputy governor Gerald Githinji and EAC CS Phylis Kandie tour Kiambu County stand during the Kenya International Investment Conference at KICC last year.

Why and how trade and investment can transform Kenya

Today Kenya is ranked as a middle income country with a Gross Domestic Product in excess of US$50...Read more

Sports

Local Sports

Humphrey Mieno of AFC Leopards in action against of Western Stima during their Kenyan Premier League match at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on July 2, 2014. The match ended in a barren draw. Photo/Fredrick Onyango/www.pic-centre.com (KENYA)

Mieno released

AFC Leopards have relented and released instrumental midfielder Humphrey Mieno to former champions...Read more

Gun Point

Hooray, at last Wenger has signed a player, even if its a kid

Wenger has signed so it’s time for all us Gunners to just shut up! We said he never would and he...Read more

Radull Predicts

ON POINT: Chelsea?s Cesc Fabregas celebrates after Chelsea bag all points at Crystal Palace. Photo/Reuters

Chelsea and Arsenal FA Cup fixtures this weekend are no doubt a walk in the park

Chelsea Vs Bradford, Today 6pm, My Prediction: Blues.. 5 Bradford...0 The funny thing about this...Read more

World News

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends the closing ceremony of the sixth Cuban Communist Party (PCC) congress in Havana April 19, 2011. Photo/REUTERS

Fidel Castro appears to lend support to Cuba talks with US

Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday appeared to lend his support to talks with the United...Read more

Latest News

Security chairman Asman Kamama addresses the media in Nairobi.photo/file

I did not call officers at Gilgil weighbridge - Kamama

Tiati MP Asman Kamama has denied claims made by Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter that he called Kenha...Read more

Africa News

THEY HAVE RIGHTS: Kenyan gay and lesbian organisations demonstrate outside the Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi on February 7, 2014. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013 signed a bill into law against gay marriage and civil partnerships. Photo/FILE

Sharia police arrest 12 men accused of planning gay marriage in Nigeria

Sharia police arrested 12 men accusing them of attempting gay marriage in Nigeria's second city of...Read more

Weekend

Siasa

THESE ARE THE CULPRITS: Lands, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Charity Kaluki Ngilu a media briefing at her office where she named the directors of the company linked with the alleged grabbing of the Langata primary playground. “The amazing thing about land grabbing in Kenya is that there appears to be no final arbiter of title deeds, not even the government of Kenya itself or its Judiciary. Even after a much-publicised lockdown of the land registry at Ardhi House by Ngilu in 2014, allegedly

RETURN OF THE LAND GRABBERS

MASSIVE land grabbing and persistent irresolution by the state are threatening to shred President...Read more

Sasa

What Infertility Remedies Are Available?

So here you are, having tried to get pregnant for a year and nothing… Not a miscarriage or a missed...Read more

Love Matters

All that you need to know about those lubricants

Sex is better wetter. Lubricants increase sensation and sensitivity and can make the difference...Read more

Kenyans leave love messages on bamboo trees at Nairobi's Arboretum forest

The Arboretum in Nairobi occupies 30 hectares and holds more than 350 tree species. It is also home to over 100 species of resident and migrant birds, a multitude of insects, reptiles and small mammals, notably the playful Vervet and Sykes’ monkeys. The Arboretum is one of Nairobi’s few remaining green spaces, with shaded walkways, picnic lawns and jogging trails. It is situated about 3km from the city centre. The Arboretum is under the management of Kenya Forest Service (formerly Forestry...Read more

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Leader

Slum electrification is wealth redistribution

Kenya Power has just launched a programme whereby more than 30,000 residents of Nairobi’s Mathare Area 4, a low-income estate, will benefit. Residents will pay a very generously subsidised Sh1,160 per connection, against the usual charge of Sh35,000. The World Bank will contribute Sh19,350 and Kenya Power Sh11,970 per connection. The wags of Mathare Area 4 will doubtless soon boast about being personally powered and empowered by no less an entity than the World Bank. This is as it should be...Read more