Job cuts looming as MPs want Butali deregistered
More than 1,000 workers of Butali Sugar Mills risk losing their jobs if the factory is deregistered.
By MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Job cuts looming as MPs want Butali deregistered
Pain, tears as MP’s parents murdered
Tears trickling down Kisumu West MP Olago Aluoch’s cheeks and that of his wife Susan captured the pain of losing loved ones.
By Kevine Omollo, Mangoa Mosota and Alphonce Shiundu. 11 years ago
Pain, tears as MP’s parents murdered
Farmers see the value in sorghum after EABL’s entry
Sorghum farmers in many parts of southern Nyanza stopped cultivating the crop four years ago due to a lack of market. Most opted for maize farming, despite the returns being low.
By BY MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Farmers see the value in sorghum after EABL’s entry
Hospitals face acute blood shortage
Western Kenya region is facing an acute shortage of blood even as it emerged that secondary school students donate 80 per cent of the total supply.
By By MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Hospitals face acute blood shortage
Lawyers to face action over papers
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has commenced disciplinary action against five lawyers who filed poll appeals without valid practicing certificates (PC).
By - MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Lawyers to face action over papers
ODM leaders ‘plot to block’ Rasanga from Siaya by-election
A section of top ODM leaders are allegedly making efforts to bar Cornel Rasanga from contesting the Siaya gubernatorial seat, The Standard has established.
By Mangoa Mosota 11 years ago
ODM leaders ‘plot to block’ Rasanga from Siaya by-election
Transition Authority: Speaker to perform ousted governor’s duties
Transition Authority (TA) released guidelines on procedures to be followed in case there is vacancy in office of the governor
By Mangoa Mosota and Renson Buluma 11 years ago
Transition Authority: Speaker to perform ousted governor’s duties
Former ‘Standard’ senior editor dies at 50
A former senior editor with The Standard, Amos Marenya, has died. Marenya, 50, passed away on Monday last week at a Kisumu hospital after a brief illness.
By Mangoa Mosota 11 years ago
Former ‘Standard’ senior editor dies at 50
Facilities review disaster response measures after JKIA fire
Following the inferno in Nairobi, the four other international airports are reviewing their safety and disaster response measures. They are also speeding up upgrades to allow them handle diverted aircraft from other airports in the region in an emergency.
By By MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Facilities review disaster response measures after JKIA fire
Why residents sleep a step away from their cattle
Five exterior doors lead to the mud-walled house with an enclosure that forms nearly a circle with dotes of cow-dung on the ground.
By - MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
Why residents sleep a step away from their cattle
Why this State building is a nightmare for many
15-storey structure lacks lifts and ramps making it problematic for people seeking Government services
By Mangoa Mosota 11 years ago
Why this State building is a nightmare for many
It has been ‘hell’ living with my stepmother
The five-year-old boy has dark marks on his back, head and some on his arms which he said he got from a beating by his stepmother.
By By MANGOA MOSOTA 11 years ago
It has been ‘hell’ living with my stepmother
How life has changed for Raila after polls
Following the March 4 general election outcome and the subsequent Supreme Court ruling upholding Uhuru Kenyatta’s win, life has changed for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, including loss of trappings of power.
By Geoffrey Mosoku, Mangoa Mosota and Cyrus Ombati 11 years ago
How life has changed for Raila after polls
Uhuru, Raila at Okuta’s burial
President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga are among hundreds of mourners attending the funeral of the Kenya National Union of Teachers Union Secretary General David Okuta in Kisumu County.
By By Mangoa Mosota 11 years ago
Uhuru, Raila at Okuta’s burial
AFC Leopards roar past Bandari to maintain fine run
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