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Leonard Kulei

Woman blames hospital for effects of abortion that was never done

After completing the 28-day treatment, Wangui says she developed fresh vision problems and often experienced convulsions that caused her to faint several times.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Woman blames hospital for effects of abortion that was never done

Gideon faults State over Nadome killings, calls for change of tack

Gideon faults State over Nadome killings, calls for change of tack

By LEONARD KULEI AND ABDULKARIM KARANJA 9 years ago

When a Pokot warrior is killed at war

When a Pokot warrior is killed at war

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Nadome massacre survivors recount attack

Nadome massacre survivors recount attack

By Leonard Kulei and Abdulkarim Taraja 9 years ago

Church: Ruling on gays bad for nation

The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) has said a High Court ruling allowing the gay and lesbian community to register an association will undermine the family set-up.

By Sophia Muthoni and Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Church: Ruling on gays bad for nation

Police on go-slow for delayed dues

Police officers deployed to curb rampant cattle-rustling in Baringo County are on a go-slow, the Standard has learnt.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Police on go-slow for delayed dues

Baringo Court orders assembly to resume sessions

The county assembly which had adjourned indefinitely following the removal of the speaker last month has been recalled via a court order.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Baringo Court orders assembly to resume sessions

Moi: I support all avenues for peace in North Rift

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi has challenged North Rift residents and leaders to seek alternative mechanisms to end insecurity.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Moi: I support all avenues for peace in North Rift

Lake Baringo’s selfless guards jump in the jaws of death to save lives

Katurkana, 28, is one of 10 lifeguards, all men, who have dedicated their lives to saving people around the lake. They are not paid for this and survive on handouts and the fish they catch.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Lake Baringo’s selfless guards jump in the jaws of death to save lives

Raiders resort to stabbing and strangling victims as Baringo war turns ugly

Violence has hit Baringo County for the last one week with raiders from rival communities reportedly resorting to strangling and stabbing their victims, a new wave of attack which has gotten the government flat-footed.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Raiders resort to stabbing and strangling victims as Baringo war turns ugly

Gideon holds meetings to foster peace

Senator Gideon Moi has called for unity among leaders and communities in the North Rift as a solution to the rampant insecurity experienced in the region.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Gideon holds meetings to foster peace

Gideon Moi assures of strong legal team in court battle for Kapedo

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi has assured his constituents he will mobilise a strong legal team to defend the boundary of Baringo in Kapedo, which has been challenged by the County Government of Turkana in court.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Gideon Moi assures of strong legal team in court battle for Kapedo

Cattle rustling menace in North Rift turns political as call for separation causes stir

Even as leaders in Baringo and West Pokot counties seek a lasting solution to the cattle rustling menace in the North Rift, the insecurity situation has taken a disturbing political dimension.

By Steve Mkawale and Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Cattle rustling menace in North Rift turns political as call for separation causes stir

Man shot dead during bandit attack in Baringo

One man was on Wednesday evening shot dead during a fierce fire exchange between suspected bandits and herders in Chemoe village, Baringo County.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Man shot dead during bandit attack in Baringo

Kabarak University unveils new programme

Kabarak University has unveiled an online certificate and diploma programme targeting students keen on acquiring dynamic marketing skills.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Kabarak University unveils new programme

Kabarak unveils new programme

Kabarak University has unveiled an online certificate and diploma programme targeting students keen on acquiring dynamic marketing skills.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Kabarak unveils new programme

Ford-Kenya endorses Wetangula’s bid for president

Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula will run for president in 2017. This emerged yesterday during the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Elementaita, Nakuru.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Ford-Kenya endorses Wetangula’s bid for president

Wetangula to go for Presidency in 2017

Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula has announced that he will be in the race for presidency come 2017 General elections.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Wetangula to go for Presidency in 2017

Fire razes down Sh5 million bungalow in Nakuru

Shock and disbelief has engulfed a family in Kiamunyi Estate in Nakuru town after their Sh5 million home was on Thursday razed down by fire.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Fire razes down Sh5 million bungalow in Nakuru

Chemasusu Dam to get Sh400 million boost

Deputy President William Ruto has said the Government has set aside Sh400 million for the supply of water to residents from the recently completed Chemasusu Dam in Eldama Ravine.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Chemasusu Dam to get Sh400 million boost

Doctors in Nakuru remove 27 cm appendix, says it has broken world record

Doctors at the Mediheal Hospital in Nakuru on Sunday removed a 27 centimeter long appendix from a 16-year old girl's abdomen, the longest ever in the medical field ultimately breaking the World Guinness Book record.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Doctors in Nakuru remove 27 cm appendix, says it has broken world record

Moi roots for more teachers to boost education

Former President Daniel arap Moi has asked Kenyans to be confident and believe in their abilities to be the best in all they do.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Moi roots for more teachers to boost education

Husband left in a huff 15 years ago, never to be seen again

For 15 years now, Esther Chebet, 51, has been staring at her gate, hoping that her husband of 18 years would one day reappear and assist her with the burden of raising their five children.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Husband left in a huff 15 years ago, never to be seen again

Drama in Nakuru morgue after woman 'resurrects'

Drama unfolded at the Nakuru Municipal Mortuary on Saturday after a woman, whose ‘body’ her family had showed up to collect for burial ‘resurrected’, much to the shock of morgue attendants and relatives.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Drama in Nakuru morgue after woman 'resurrects'

Cotu: Powerful forces trying to link us to Muchai death

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) has expressed concern over what it calls a bid to incriminate it in the murder of Kabete MP George Muchai.

By Sophiah Muthoni and Leonard kulei 9 years ago

Cotu: Powerful forces trying to link us to Muchai death

Thriving tomato farms leave livestock thirsty as water war rages on

For a visitor, the sight of hundreds of goats, sheep, donkeys and cattle crowded together might mean a ranch.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Thriving tomato farms leave livestock thirsty as water war rages on

Thriving tomato farms leave livestock thirsty as water war rages on

For a visitor, the sight of hundreds of goats, sheep, donkeys and cattle crowded together might mean a ranch.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Thriving tomato farms leave livestock thirsty as water war rages on

Six sent packing over fake licence printing

Six employees have been sent on compulsory leave after they were linked to a syndicate involving printing of fake county licenses.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Six sent packing over fake licence printing

Gideon wants State to profile, compensate banditry victims

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi has asked the national government to start a nationwide campaign to profile banditry victims in pastoral regions in a bid to compensate them.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Police rub salt to wound of parents mourning son killed by crocodile

Rael Akeno holds back tears and turns her eyes away from what was to be the grave of her son outside her house in Sesoi in Loruk, Baringo County.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Police rub salt to wound of parents mourning son killed by crocodile

Drama unfolds at bahati police station as EACC officers rescue woman

There was drama on Friday afternoon at Bahati police station in Nakuru County, when Ethics and Anti-Corruption officials stormed the station to free a woman who had been allegedly held for two days without charges.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Drama unfolds at bahati police station as EACC officers rescue woman

Drama as EACC officials free woman from police custody

There was drama at Bahati Police Station in Nakuru County when Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officials stormed the facility to free a woman allegedly held for two days without charges.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Drama as EACC officials free woman from police custody

Mentally ill man hidden for 12 years freed

The National Council for Persons with Disabilities has rescued a 22-year-old mentally ill man, who had been hidden by his family for 12 years in Baringo County.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Mentally ill man hidden for 12 years freed

I'll never go back to illegal oil trade, vows Nakuru fire victim

Survivors of the Monday evening fire tragedy at Pipeline in Nakuru County have vowed never to go back to the illegal highway oil-siphoning business.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

I'll never go back to illegal oil trade, vows Nakuru fire victim

Baringo parents confine mentally ill son for 12 years to avoid stigma

In the bed he has been confined to for 12 tormenting years, 22-year-old Kibitany Rotich reluctantly raises his hand to ward off a swarm of flies making a bee-line into the fresh wounds inflicted by jiggers on his toes.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Baringo parents confine mentally ill son for 12 years to avoid stigma

Lorry runs over pupil, man as two shot

Grief has gripped Bondeni slum in Mau Narok in Nakuru County, after two people were run over by a lorry in Likia area.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Lorry runs over pupil, man as two shot

Residents protest after two people killed in road accident

Irate residents of Bondeni area in Mau Narok, Njoro in Nakuru County have engaged police in running battles after two people including a minor were knocked and killed by a lorry.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Residents protest after two people killed in road accident

Tension mounts as hawkers moved

The Nakuru County Government yesterday began the first phase of relocating hawkers who had illegally occupied the town's central business district for years amid heightened tension.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Tension mounts as hawkers moved

Tension in Nakuru as county government relocates 28,000 hawkers

Tension remains high in Nakuru town as Nakuru county government begins the first phase of relocating 28,000 hawkers who are operating at the town Central Business District in a bid to decongest the town.

By LEONARD KULEI 9 years ago

Tension in Nakuru as county government relocates 28,000 hawkers

Muslims laud court ruling on disputed security law

Muslims in Nakuru have commanded a move by the High Court to suspend sections of the controversial security law, saying they contravened fundamental freedoms provided for in the Constitution.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Muslims laud court ruling on disputed security law

Fear after two killed in inter-ethnic fighting in Baragoi

Two Turkana herders were yesterday shot and killed during a deadly gunfire clash between Turkana and Samburu herders in Nachola area near Baragoi in Samburu County.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Fear after two killed in inter-ethnic fighting in Baragoi

Attacks persist despite KDF presence in volatile area

From the time we entered Sibilo, a dusty settlement in Loruk, Baringo County, the tension in the air was tangible.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Attacks persist despite KDF presence in volatile area

Students want Bahati MP recalled over 'questionable character'

Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri has criticised a group of students who have started a process to have him recalled following an alleged assault on Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati in the National Assembly during debate on the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill on Thursday.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Students want Bahati MP recalled over 'questionable character'

Bandits strike village, steal livestock

Bandits attacked and stole 50 goats in Kesumet village in Baringo North Constituency yesterday.

By Leonard Kulei 9 years ago

Bandits strike village, steal livestock

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