State to set up day-care centres for civil servants
Public servants with babies will enjoy day-care facilities at taxpayers’ expense near their workplaces in the next three years in an effort to boost women’s productivity. The new human resource policy...
View ArticleKoffi Olomide tops Google search after assaulting dancer at JKIA
Congolese musician Koffi Olomide was the most searched personality by Kenyans on Google, according to a report for the month of July. The musician hogged the limelight after he was arrested and...
View ArticleUber partners to stage demos on Tuesday over reduced fares
Online taxi firm Uber’s partners and drivers in Kenya are set to hold demonstrations on Tuesday over reduced fares. The partners and drivers, who held a planning meeting in Karura Forest on Monday,...
View ArticleMan excites social media by selling ‘Majini’ for Sh30K
An enterprising Kenyan has found a way of milking a few coins from desperate compatriots -by selling majini (djinns) that he claims are guaranteed make you get rich quickly. The seller, who calls...
View ArticlePastors want laws enacted to tame adultery in Church
Clergymen drawn from three counties have called for enactment of laws that require pastors to undergo mandatory theological training in a bid to weed out wayward elements amongst them. The pastors...
View ArticleElite runners to get special bibs at Ndakaini Half Marathon
By Nairobi News Reporter UAP Old Mutual Group, today officially launched the 13th UAP Old Mutual Ndakaini Half Marathon which will take place on Saturday 10th September 2016. It is themed ‘Run For Life...
View ArticleJubilee MCAs approve Eugene Wamalwa’s bid for top Nairobi seat
Nairobi Jubilee MCAs have expressed satisfaction with Eugene Wamalwa’s candidature for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat in the 2017 elections. Led by the chairman Jubilee MCA Caucus Kenneth Irungu, they...
View ArticleWoman arrested for stabbing drunk husband to death – PHOTOS
Police in Kiambu have arrested a woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death on Sunday morning following a domestic quarrel. Ann Mbaithe from Ting’ang’a village is being held at the Kiambu police...
View ArticleThree feared dead after wall collapses in Westlands
Three people are feared dead after a wall collapsed on them as they were constructing a trench on Brookside Drive in Westlands, Nairobi County. Rescue mission mounted by the police, Kenya Red Cross and...
View ArticleCourt acquits schoolgirl who smoked bhang to ‘relax mind’
A student who told a Meru court that she smoked bhang to relax her mind has been released. Meru Principal Magistrate Stella Abuya pardoned the Munithu Secondary School Form Three student who admitted...
View ArticleNairobi MCAs to finally move to renovated county assembly
Nairobi ward representatives (MCAs) will move to the refurbished county assembly before the end of August. The chambers were recently refurbished at a cost of sh200 million and will now have a sitting...
View ArticleMeet monster husband who chopped wife’s hands in rage – PHOTOS
The man suspected of chopping the hands of his wife of seven years because they could not have children was on Monday charged with attempted murder. Stephen Ngila Nthenge, 34, was arraigned at Wamunyu...
View ArticleFive-storey building collapses in Kariobangi – PHOTOS
A five-storey building marked for demolition collapsed in Kariobangi on Tuesday morning. The Kenya Red Cross reports that the building collapsed near Light Industry. Nairobi Chief Officer Fire Brian...
View ArticleVihiga county in debt after hosting Miss Tourism event
The county government of Vihiga has run into debts after hosting the national Miss Tourism Kenya 2016 finals. According to a report, the county only collected Sh1.3 million in revenue from the event...
View ArticleLouis Otieno had sleepovers at Careen’s house – witness
Former television news anchor Louis Otieno was a frequent visitor at the apartment of Ms Careen Chepchumba and used to sleep overnight, an inquest heard on Tuesday. Ms Chepchumba, a former Kenya Power...
View ArticleDisaster agency trolled for poor grammar on Twitter
The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre on Monday faced the wrath of Kenyans on Twitter after sharing a grammatically incorrect update. The agency was sharing updates on the collapsed wall in...
View Article20 students charged over arson attacks in city schools
Thirteen Lang’ata Boys High School students have been charged with burning a dormitory and two classrooms worth Sh5.4 million. The students denied the charge on Tuesday and were freed on a Sh100,000...
View ArticleCity bar maid charged with stabbing husband to death
A bar attendant Ms Beatrice Wambui Wanjiru was on Tuesday charged with manslaughter. Ms Wanjiru is accused of killing her husband, Isaac Macharia Wambugu in Ongata Rongai on July 7. She is said to have...
View ArticleMalia Obama caught on tape twerking at music festival – VIDEO
A video showing US President Barack Obama first-born daughter being a teenager, twerking during a music festival over the weekend has gone viral on social media. In the footage, Malia Obama is seen...
View ArticleCaught on video: Chilling moment Kariobangi house caved in
A video has emerged showing the dramatic moment a condemned building caved in in Kariobangi Tuesday morning. Bystanders risked their lives to record the videos as some wailed in disbelief. The...
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