Pipeline, Prisons face-off The 10-day Africa Women’s Volleyball Club Championship ends on Saturday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, with a ticket to October’s global club championships in Qatar up for grabs.
Raila, Mudavadi to flex political muscles Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his estranged deputy Musalia Mudavadi are expected to flex their political muscles this weekend when they hold parallel rallies in Mombasa.
Doctors who played God Eleven years ago, Ruth Achieng was dreaming of motherhood. As her difficult pregnancy progressed to term, she occasionally suffered heavy bleeding, though the doctor reassured her that this was expected owing to her HIV positive status.
Why Kenyan election is world’s most expensive Elections in Kenya are the most expensive in the world thanks to a high voter registration cost, administrative inefficiencies and outright theft of funds.
The commitment phobes There is a certain age when men are expected to stop playing the field and settle into marital bliss with the woman they will spend the rest of their lives with. But there is a breed of men who have a hard time committing.
IEBC and politician clash over poll rules The electoral commission has opposed a petition by a Malindi politician seeking a declaration that sections of the Constitution are unconstitutional.
It’s always been a man’s world Recently, in the blistering heat, I found myself in Turkana. Actually, it was Koobi Fora to be precise, which is ideally at the end of Kenya as you know it.
Bid to stop Wanjiru book sales The widow of the late Olympic champion Samwel Wanjiru has threatened to stop the launch of a book that claims the athlete was murdered, saying it will damage her character.
Crisis looms after 5,000 displaced in tribal fighting A humanitarian crisis looms at Sibilo and Bartabwa villages ofBaringo North District following the displacement of more than 800 families by fighting between the Pokot and the Tugen.
Dating tips for single mothers When a woman who is single with strings attached, ie baby in tow, is dating then her dating game is slightly different.
Vote for performers, Ruto urges Kenyans Eldoret North MP William Ruto on Friday took his campaign to Meru where he called on the community to vote for United Republican Party, saying it had the interests of Kenyans at heart.
Tuskys accounts frozen over premises deal case A Nairobi court has stopped withdrawal of funds from Tuskys Supermarket’s bank accounts, held in six banks, until a suit filed by a business partner is heard and determined.
The end of the big band era in Congo Congolese musicians love big bands. Some, with up to 30 musicians in a session, even style themselves as orchestras. The most famous of these, perhaps, was TPOK Jazz led by Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, popularly known as Franco.
Damaged road denies tourists rare Mara treat Tourists travelling to and from the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve were on Friday forced to use other routes following the closure of the Maai Mahiu-Narok road.
Sacred forest where murder is forgiven The elders walked silently as they approached the edge of the forest, weighed down by the task ahead — another cleansing ritual for a villager who had killed a relative in a fight over land.
Regime forces fire at Syria protesters Regime forces fired at protesters who took to the streets of Aleppo today, wounding several people at the biggest rally seen in Syria’s second city since a revolt erupted last year, a watchdog said.
Ghana to deport illegal immigrants Ghana plans to deport illegal immigrants who were drawn to the country by its economic growth and prevailing stability.
Angolan court sends polls team boss home Angola’s Supreme Court has quashed the appointment of the country’s electoral body boss in a surprising decision ahead of September elections
Zimbabwe lawmakers set to undergo the cut Hundreds of Zimbabwean MPs will be circumcised by the end of next month to help popularise the latest HIV/Aids prevention method.
Angola’s economic revival bid praised The International Monetary Fund has praised Angola’s actions to stabilise its economy after the 2008 financial crisis caused the price of oil, its main export, to plummet.
No foul play in Sh150m youth fund, says Kuscco boss The Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives on Friday refuted claims that Sh150 million channelled through them by the Youth Enterprise Development Fund had been misappropriated.
Restore food security The National Economic and Social Council meeting in Nairobi heard on Friday that Kenya’s Strategic Grain Reserve faces a deficit of 1.8 million bags of maize.
‘Jangili’ is a word borrowed from India I have always thought jangili is a Kiswahili word. But Ngugi wa Thiong’o gives me a good idea why the word is not found in the pages of D.V. Perrott’s Essential Swahili Dictionary.
Leadership and integrity issues involve much more than criminal convictions Weighing in on whether people accused of crimes against humanity at the ICC can seek office, Catholic Bishop Philip Sulumeti joined the side that is deliberately misleading Kenyans that only criminal convictions define integrity.
The cutting edge With the putting of final touches on Thika highway continuing, Churchill Amatha is unhappy about a road behind the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation that has been closed.
EALA nominations will be fair, parties pledge Coalition partners ODM and PNU started the process of nominating their representatives to the regional parliament Friday with a pledge to ensuring fairness.
Minister barred from deporting Italian Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang' has been barred from deporting an Italian investor who has been living in Kenya for the last 26 years.
Solve food deficit, Raila urges Council Prime Minister Raila Odinga has challenged the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) to find solutions to the perennial food deficit in Kenya.
Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion Facebook on Friday is to make the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm, raking in billions of dollars it could wield to dethrone Google as king of the Internet.
Balala joins backbench in new role Former Tourism minister Najib Balala Thursday formally joined the backbench in Parliament when he was picked to sit in a parliamentary committee.
