The Abasuba Council of Elders Chairman Thomas Okang’a Asango. (James Omoro, Standard) A somber mood has engulfed the Abasuba community following the death of the Abasuba Council of Elders Chairman, Thomas Okang’a Asango. Asango, who had been serving as Omugambi (Chairman of the Abasuba Council of Elders) since his election in 2014, died at…
Officers from NACADA and partner agencies move in on a suspected counterfeit alcohol site during the Nyamira operation. [File, Standard] A syndicate of dealers in counterfeit alcoholic drinks in Nyamira has been intercepted after a consignment of the beverage valued at Sh16 million was nabbed at a private residence Nyaigwa within the county headquarters. The multi-agency team comprising of officers from the…
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen at a Jukwaa La Usalama consultative meeting at Mbale in Vihiga county on September 6, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] An Officer Commanding Station (OCS) based at Ntimaru Police Station who attended Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen’s Jukwaa la Usalama meeting at Migori Teachers Training College on September 11 is set to face…
Bhang and assorted cigarettes worth Sh5.1 million seized from student hostels in Homa Bay on Thursday, September 11. A multi-agency operation has seized bhang worth an estimated Sh5 million in a raid on student hostels in Homa Bay County exposing what investigators say is a growing narcotics trade targeting university learners. The sting at Jaacf…
Siaya county administration press briefing, they denied claims they are evicting Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) satellite campus from Agriculture Training College (ATC) in Siaya town.[Olivia Odhiambo,Standard] Governor James Orengo’s administration has denied claims that they are evicting Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) satellite campus from…
Businesses at Usenge beach. [File, Standard] The construction of the Sh1 billion Usenge Port is expected to start in October after a section of residents who had initially opposed the relocation of a police station reached an agreement. Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda broke the stalemate over the relocation of Usenge Police Station in…
Seized bhang worth Sh 12 million displayed after a NACADA-led raid in Ahero, Kisumu County, September 8, 2025. A dawn raid in Ahero, Kisumu County, has dismantled a narcotics supply chain linking Kisumu and Nairobi, with authorities seizing bhang worth Sh 12 million and arresting a suspected key supplier. The National Authority for the Campaign…
Ndeda Island in Lake Victoria, Siaye County. [File, Standard] Can anything good come out of Ndeda Island? Perhaps the biblical verse aptly captures the stereotype many residents along Lake Victoria had about the barren Ndeda Island. It was long considered a forgotten place, with only water, fish, and dry sand to show for it. Everything…
Yala Swamp has become the focus of competing interests between conservationists, investors and local communities. Source link
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