Author: Yvonne Mutunga

The three-bedroom house constructed in honor of World Marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum is now complete. The project radiates beauty and purpose, proving that in the face of doubt, persistence transforms critique it remains a majestic end product. It was built in a record six days following an order by President William Ruto. It is located at his four-acre Naiberi farm in Uasin Gishu some few kilometres from Eldoret town. Vaghjiyani Enterprises Limited was contracted to do the work. A modern technology of precast concrete and light gauge steel was applied in its construction. Precast concrete wall panels are said…

.Edwin Sifuna, the secretary general of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), rejected claims of a power struggle aimed at supplanting Raila Odinga as the party’s leader .Sifuna additionally called on the media to refrain from disseminating what he claimed to be a distorted and manipulated pseudo-analysis, which he asserted was carefully orchestrated to sow discord within the party .He mentioned that the media had fabricated the notion of internal conflicts within the party regarding vacancies that don’t actually exist On Thursday, Edwin Sifuna, the secretary general of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), rejected claims of a power struggle aimed at…

.According to British Law, bigamy is considered an offense punishable by imprisonment .The soldier had committed bigamy by participating in an Islamic marriage ceremony before finalising a divorce from his first wife, with whom they tied the knot in 2011 .The marriage ceremony was a valid Kenyan marriage ceremony and in doing so he commited bigamy The soldier Noa Dravikula was posted to Nanyuki and developed a relationship with a Kenyan woman and in 2022, he expressed interest in travelling back to the UK with the said woman as his wife. While filing his paperwork, the relationship first caught the…

.The instant reaction from his friend was for him to immediately go for a check up to confirm his sanity .He submitted his resignation letter and walked away from the comfort of a regular source of income and ventured into the musky sea of entrepreneurship where a regular income is not a guarantee for a start-up .Three years before Njoroge left Del Monte, he had bought the Treetop juice trademark from Unilever in 2011. His motivation to resign was so he could concentrate on reintroducing the brand back into the market under Sky Foods Limited They say, life begins at…

.City Manager Abala Wanga said currently, the city which is the third largest in the country has no CCTV cameras and heavily relied on those installed on private buildings by the business community .The initiative, to be rolled out under the urban resilience mass transport initiative through the World Bank-funded Kisumu Urban Project (KUP), was in response to a spike in the number of criminal activities associated with the operators .All bus companies have been allocated space at the new Mowlen stage and will not be allowed to have offices within the CBD Kisumu City has announced plans to install…

.The subsidized tractor ploughing programme is a collaborative effort between the Kilifi County Government and the Ministry of Agriculture to enhance Global Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) standards to bolster food production .Mwagona said that the programme targets farmers facing financial constraints, ensuring equitable access to mechanized farming tools adding that farmers will access ploughing services at a minimal fee of KSh1,750 per acre, which is significantly lower than the cost charged by private tractor services .Registration for the programme has been opened to all farmers, with each farmer eligible for ploughing services up to two acres of land Efforts to…

.Owuor cliams to be the mother of Kiptum’s child aged 1 and a half years, moved to court, seeking to stop the burial of the marathoner set for February 23, 2024 .The plaintiff, sought a temporary injunction to stop the release Kiptum’s body from Eldoret Hospital Mortuary and disposing it until the hearing and determination of the application .Eldoret High court judge Justice Wananda declined to stop it A woman claiming to have sired a child with the late marathoner Kelvin Kiptum has suffered a blow after the court declined to grant her wishes Edna Owuor, 22, moved to court…

.The group of leading detectives from the DCI, under the leadership of Homicide Director Martin Nyuguto, determined that on the unfortunate night of Sunday, February 11, Kiptum frequented three distinct restaurants .Kiptum was observed as he parked his vehicle at the Alex Inn Restaurant situated along the Iten-Eldoret highway .Investigators asserted that the trio reached the hotel approximately at 6pm in the evening and departed at approximately 8:58pm at night On Tuesday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) acquired CCTV footage to reconstruct the final moments of Kelvin Kiptum, the world record holder, before his unfortunate demise. The…

.The accident occurred after a lorry reportedly lost control and collided with an oncoming matatu, killing seven on the spot .Kisumu Regional Traffic Commandant Allan Mwangi noted emergency service providers had already been dispatched to the scene .Those injured were rushed to the hospital under critical condition with traffic along the road facing disruption for several minutes before the wreckage of the two vehicles was towed away Seven people on Wednesday noon lost their lives in a grisly road accident along the Katito-Kendu Bay highway in Nyakach, Kisumu County. The accident occurred after a lorry reportedly lost control and collided…

.Two conflicting factions clashed over the proposition to remove Minority Leader Sammy Lekopien Parletto from his position .The uproar began when some Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) began protesting as Speaker Lantano Nabaala commenced reading a motion for impeachment .The MCAs backing the Minority Leader contended that the notification was presented without prior communication, catching the majority of them off guard Activities at the Laikipia County Assembly halted on Tuesday when Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) resorted to physical altercations. Two conflicting factions clashed over the proposition to remove Minority Leader Sammy Lekopien Parletto from his position. The…