Mystery of Abduba Dida’s double appointment

 It is now emerging that President Uhuru Kenyatta and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru made parallel appointments of Abduba Dida as the chairman of the Constituencies Development Fund. Following the appointed of the same person in two separate Gazette Notices on different dates, questions are arising as to whether there is a communication breakdown in the Jubilee administration. Queries are also being raised as to whether the President...

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Comedy King Churchill reveals his greatest regret in 2013

Churchill’s greatest regret in 2013 Most of us view celebrities as ‘super humans’. Probably due to their lavish lifestyles and almost picture perfect lives.  However, they too have skeletons in their closets. Recently comedian Daniel Ndambuki aka Churchill confessed to have made ‘big’ mistakes last year. He claimed on his FB page to have ‘trusted the wrong people.’ “What is your biggest regret of 2013? Mine was trusting people who I shouldn’t...

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The King’ gives Nairobi 6,000 condoms a week

His name did not appear in the long list of nominees for presidential awards during the Golden Jubilee celebrations on December 12. But this Nairobian, crowned ‘King of Condoms’, has probably saved hundreds of lives with his simple message: ‘Use Protection’. Stanley Ngara eats, walks and talks condoms, and wherever he speaks, on proper use of the protective sheaths, he leaves behind an incredible mark, at least according to many who know him. Ngara,...

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Angry husband beats up ‘sex stimulant’ herbalist

A passenger attacked a herbalist aboard a Rongai bus after he forced his wife to buy a ‘sex stimulant’. A witness told The Nairobian, that the smartly dressed herbalist boarded the bus at the Railways bus terminus. Carrying a large bag containing his herbal medicine, he convinced passengers to buy the products. “He was selling different varieties of products.  Some, he claimed, cure persistent coughs, low libido, headaches, body oduors and...

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Why rail project could be Kenya’s biggest scandal yet

The controversy over Kenya’s second railway tender is expected to escalate following fresh revelations that the State Law Office had raised a stink over what it terms exaggerated construction costs. The red flag, according to documents seen by The Standard on Saturday, was raised long before the construction was commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta in November last year. The new revelations may come as a slap in the face of the President...

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Three police bosses dismissed after being found unsuitable to hold office

Three senior police officers have been sent packing in the latest phase of institutional reforms designed to rid the service of corrup tion, incompetence and a history of human rights violations. The officers were retired from service after failing in the vetting process by the National Police Service Commission (NSPC), it was announced yesterday. Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police Francis Okonya, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge...

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