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Paul Gitau

Your lies will catch up with you

My 16-year old daughter was watching a news bulletin on television when she suddenly exclaimed, “Dad, these guys are unbelievable.”

By Paul Gitau 8 years ago

Your lies will catch up with you

Bill on 'mnazi' sails through

Bill on 'mnazi' sails through

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

KDF foil attack on camp, kill Al Shabaab militants

KDF foil attack on camp, kill Al Shabaab militants

By David Ochami and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

EACC opens branch, defends its record

EACC opens branch, defends its record

By Paul Gitau and Joseph Masha 9 years ago

Coast residents asked to support food security project

The Parliamentary departmental committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has asked residents and leaders of Kilifi and Tana River counties to stop squabbling over the ownership of the multi-billion Galana /Kulalu Food Security Project (GKFSP).

By Philip Mwakio and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Coast residents asked to support food security project

Murder suspect says he isn’t ready for trial

A case in which a police officer is charged with murder failed to kick off in Malindi yesterday after the officer said he was not ready to proceed.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Murder suspect says he isn’t ready for trial

Report: 229 girls sexually assaulted 2014

Officials in Kilifi have announced that 229 girls were defiled or sexually abused last year.

By Joseph Masha and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Report: 229 girls sexually assaulted 2014

Baby killed in Kilifi, landslides feared as storms strike Coast

A three-year-old baby was killed during a storm in Kilifi County last night following heavy rains that also swept away bridges in Taita Taveta and destroyed houses in Mombasa County.

By Paul Gitau, Renson Mnyamwezi and Mwangi Muraguri 9 years ago

Baby killed in Kilifi, landslides feared as storms strike Coast

Celebrations as DPP clears Kingi, Mwakwere

Celebrations broke out in Kilifi town yesterday, following reports that Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko had terminated an anti-corruption probe against Governor Amason Jefwa Kingi.

By Paul Gitau and Cyrus Ombati 9 years ago

Celebrations as DPP clears Kingi, Mwakwere

Squatters block Lapsset launch

A fresh dispute has emerged in Lamu County between squatters and the Government less than a fortnight before President Uhuru Kenyatta and several leaders from the East African countries converge there for the launch of a major port works.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Squatters block Lapsset launch

Alert over extremism as wanted thug is arrested in Kilifi

Security authorities in Kilifi now claim Islamic radicalisation and recruitment to Al Shabaab is thriving in seven major towns in the county.

By Paul Gitau and Renson Mnyamwezi 9 years ago

Alert over extremism as wanted thug is arrested in Kilifi

Kenyan wins back Sh1b hotel after 5-year battle

A Malindi High Court has restored a luxury Sh1 billion worth hotel to a Kenyan from a German after a legal battle that had lasted more than five years.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Kenyan wins back Sh1b hotel after 5-year battle

New Malindi Anglican Diocese gets first bishop

Malindi now has its first Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) bishop following the creation of a new diocese.

By Philip Mwakio and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

New Malindi Anglican Diocese gets first bishop

Building of Kenya-Somalia border wall begins

Groundbreaking work for the proposed wall between Kenya and Somalia has begun in Kiunga, Lamu County, under heavy police and military guard amid alleged protests by the Somali government.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Building of Kenya-Somalia border wall begins

'Our youth are being radicalised in schools, colleges and mosques'

Muslim students in boarding schools and colleges are more likely to be indoctrinated by extremists to join terrorist groups.

By Paul Gitau and Joseph Masha 9 years ago

'Our youth are being radicalised in schools, colleges and mosques'

Suspected jihadists were top students in high school

As the shock of three women arrested in El Wak on Friday on alleged jihadist mission in Somalia and Syria sinks, The Standard sought some background information about two of the alleged terrorist suspects.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Suspected jihadists were top students in high school

Mung’aro, Mabeya to be probed over illegal issuing of plots in Kilifi settlement scheme

A letter allegedly written by Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung’aro to then Commissioner of Lands Zablon Mabeya on the controversial Chembe Kibambamshe Settlement Scheme more than five years ago is at the centre of fresh investigations on land fraud.

By Paul Gitau and Patrick Beja 9 years ago

Mung’aro, Mabeya to be probed over illegal issuing of plots in Kilifi settlement scheme

Njeri’s killer is ‘fit to stand murder trial’

Relatives of the late Margaret Njeri Njuguna wept openly in a Malindi court Thursday when they set their eyes on the police officer charged with killing her on January 17 this year.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Njeri’s killer is ‘fit to stand murder trial’

DPP orders for Mung’aro arrest over Kilifi land

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko wants Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung’aro investigated over land fraud at the controversial Chembe Kibabamuche Settlement Scheme.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

DPP orders for Mung’aro arrest over Kilifi land

Leaders demand justice for woman in fatal ‘boda boda’ accident

Coast leaders have demanded justice for Margaret Njeri, 22, who died last week in Mombasa after two months in a coma following injuries allegedly inflicted by a police officer.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Leaders demand justice for woman in fatal ‘boda boda’ accident

Police officer accused of killing Lamu woman to undergo psychiatric test

A judge in Malindi has ordered for a psychiatric evaluation on the police officer accused of causing the death of a 22-year-old woman after he allegedly threw his gun in her direction in Mpeketoni, Lamu.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Police officer accused of killing Lamu woman to undergo psychiatric test

Police officer who threw gun at Lamu woman surrenders

A police officer accused of causing the death of a 22-year-old woman, from Mpeketoni, Lamu, after he allegedly threw his gun in her direction, has surrendered to Malindi police.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Police officer who threw gun at Lamu woman surrenders

Radical clerics targeting youths in jail, says report

Radical Islamists have infiltrated Coast's prisons to radicalise inmates, a research by a Muslim human rights group has stated.

By Paul Gitau and Benard Sanga 9 years ago

Radical clerics targeting youths in jail, says report

Lamu Port lawyer wants Sh100 million from State for services

A lawyer who successfully petitioned the State to pay Sh860 million compensation for land acquired for the Lamu port now claims the Government has swindled him Sh100 million in legal fees.

By Paul Gitau and Benard Sanga 9 years ago

Lamu Port lawyer wants Sh100 million from State for services

PS, ex-MP eye millions from Lamu Port payout

A Principal Secretary and a former Member of Parliament in Nairobi are among the 142 landowners who have received millions of shillings in compensation for land surrendered to the State for a new port project in Lamu.

By Philip Mwakio and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

PS, ex-MP eye millions from Lamu Port payout

Italian diplomat killed in crash

The head of the Italian Consulate in Malindi has died.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Italian diplomat killed in crash

Suspected gays attacked for lewd acts at colleague's funeral

An attempt by a group of alleged homosexuals to give one of their own a heroic sendoff in Watamu, Malindi on Monday turned nasty when outraged mourners attacked them.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Suspected gays attacked for lewd acts at colleague's funeral

Kilifi County terminates Sh300m revenue collection deal

A court battle is looming between the Kilifi County Government and a private company it had hired to collect revenue.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Kilifi County terminates Sh300m revenue collection deal

Kilifi county government terminates Sh300 million revenue collection permit

A court battle is looming between the Kilifi County government and a private company it had hired to collect revenue. The County Government wants to terminate the multi-million revenue collection contract issued to Rain Drop Limited last year.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Kilifi county government terminates Sh300 million revenue collection permit

Lamu county government clashes with doctors' union over mass resignation of doctors

The Lamu county government has accused the Kenya Medical and Dental Practitioners Union KMDPU of unleashing anarchy in the medical sector in Lamu after it supported the resignation of five doctors from two key public hospitals there.

By Philip Mwakio and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Lamu county government clashes with doctors' union over mass resignation of doctors

Doctors resign from public hospitals over allowances, cite discrimination

A major crisis is looming in Lamu's public hospitals after several doctors resigned leaving only two in the entire county.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Doctors resign from public hospitals over allowances, cite discrimination

Compensation hurdles delaying Lapsset project

Confusion over national identification serial numbers and bank account details is among the reasons holding up compensation of landowners on the land designated for the Lamu port.

By Patrick Beja and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Compensation hurdles delaying Lapsset project

Kingi to set up rehabilitation centres to assist youth

Governor Amason Kingi has decried the high number of youths, either killed or being destroyed by drugs in the county.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Kingi to set up rehabilitation centres to assist youth

IG asked to inquire whereabouts of Malindi man 'arrestedâ€™ outside mosque

A human rights organisation has petitioned the acting Inspector General of Police over the disappearance of a man picked up by people who claimed to be police officers outside a mosque two weeks ago.

By Patrick Beja and Paul Gitau 9 years ago

IG asked to inquire whereabouts of Malindi man 'arrestedâ€™ outside mosque

Italian among five people killed in Kilifi road crashes

Five people including an Italian have been killed in five separate traffic accidents in which seven were seriously injured along Malindi-Mombasa highway.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Italian among five people killed in Kilifi road crashes

Diarrhoea claims three peopleâ€™s lives

Public health officials in Lamu have issued an alert over an outbreak of diarrhoea in Kiunga that has so far killed three people.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Diarrhoea claims three peopleâ€™s lives

Sh400b Galana irrigation project runs into insufficient water hurdle

There is no water to irrigate the one-million-acre Galana irrigation project in Tana River into which the Government has pumped billions of shillings.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Sh400b Galana irrigation project runs into insufficient water hurdle

Alert issued as three die, 80 hospitalised in Lamu disease outbreak

Public Health officials in Lamu have issued an alert over an outbreak of gastroenteritis disease in Kiunga, Lamu County that has since killed three people.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Alert issued as three die, 80 hospitalised in Lamu disease outbreak

Alert issued as three die, 80 hospitalised in Lamu disease outbreak

Public Health officials in Lamu have issued an alert over an outbreak of gastroenteritis disease in Kiunga, Lamu County that has since killed three people.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Alert issued as three die, 80 hospitalised in Lamu disease outbreak

Lower food prices, CS Felix Koskei ask told

The Government Wednesday piled pressure on maize millers and other traders to reduce food prices commensurate to the recent drop in production costs and price of produce.

By Paul Gitau and Hassan Barisa 9 years ago

Lower food prices, CS Felix Koskei ask told

Family of Mpeketoni woman hurt in 'police attack' wants justice

The family of a young woman lying in a coma at a Mombasa hospital after allegedly being hit by a police officer is now calling for justice.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Family of Mpeketoni woman hurt in 'police attack' wants justice

Tana River leaders in stern warning over rumours on planned attacks

Leaders in Tana River County have issued a stern warning to people peddling rumours aimed at creating tribal animosity.

By Paul Gitau 9 years ago

Tana River leaders in stern warning over rumours on planned attacks

NLC to revoke prime beach plot titles

The National Land Commission (NLC) has said some foreign investors who own prime beach plots and hotels have 'dubious' ownership documents.

By Paul Gitau 10 years ago

NLC to revoke prime beach plot titles

Sh2 trillion Lamu port project set to start after State, landowners reach agreement

The National Land Commission (NLC) has said the impasse that had stalled the building of the Lamu port has been resolved, paving way for the commissioning of the project.

By Paul Gitau 10 years ago

Sh2 trillion Lamu port project set to start after State, landowners reach agreement

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