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
Ndhiwa MP Martin Owino, Committee Chairman James Nyikal, and Titus Khamala (Lurambi) were walking during a fact finding mission at Rachuonyo South Sub-county hospital in Oyugis Town. [James Omoro, Standard] The National Assembly Committee on Health has criticised the decision to shut down health facilities linked to the Social Health Authority (SHA) scandal, saying it…
Koyore Comprehensive School in Rangwe Sub-county,Homa Bay County is appealing for construction of an administration block and classrooms after the building they were using as staff room and offices collapsed. [James Omoro, Standard] A school in Homa Bay County is appealing for the construction of an administration block and classrooms after the…
Police in Nyamira are investigating a case in which a 22-year-old man is suspected of killing his girlfriend and burying her body at a quarry in Mang’ong’o, Nyamaiya area. Bomanyanya Location Chief Livingston Mabuka said the body of 20-year-old Faith Kemunto was discovered after the suspect allegedly texted detectives, directing them to the shallow…
Invasive water hyacinth in Lake Victoria affects fishing. [File, Standard] The invasive water hyacinth has spread to six beaches of Lake Victoria in Homa Bay County, affecting fishing, a key source of livelihood for thousands of residents in the area. The affected areas include Kisaka, Ndhuru and Sikri beaches in Mbita Sub-county and alongside Koginga, Angalo…
Likuyani residents torch houses of two suspects linked to the death of a bodaboda rider at Nangili area in Likuyani Lugari subcounty.[FILE/Standard] Police in Migori County are pursuing a man for allegedly murdering a woman and torturing her elderly mother-in-law before setting them ablaze at Bugambero village in Mabera, Migori County. Kuria West Sub-County…
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