Category Archives: National
Ministry issues new Transport regulations for learners
Jan 05, 2025 at 04:49 PM
By KPC Reporter Schools which offer transport services to their learners will have to readjust their schedules when they open this week. This is after the government directed that no school bus will be allowed on the road earlier than 6am and after 6pm from now on. The directive was issued by Education Cabinet Secretary […]
It’s a sad start for students as lecturers boycott work, again
Jan 02, 2025 at 02:08 PM
By Mirimba Angella Students in public universities are wasting precious time once again as lecturers stay away due to a pay hike dispute among other demands. In some universities, students were scheduled to take their last semester exams which were delayed due to a similar strike by their lecturers late last year. The dons announced […]
POETIC THURSDAY: Mole Diversity
Jan 02, 2025 at 01:06 PM
Mole, Diversity– By Shem Onderi You live beneath our feet, a secret life unseen, Yet your destruction is loud, a tale of ravaged dreams. Little is known of your ways, no social moments shared, No rest days recorded, just an endless, underground lair. Your body is tender, fragile to the touch, But your teeth, sharp […]
Senator Onyonka to skip Ruto’s New Year event in Kisii
Dec 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM
By KPC Reporter Senator Richard Onyonka has publicly declined an invitation to attend President William Ruto’s function in Kisii tonight. Ruto is expected in the County from whence he will lead Kenyans in bidding bye the year 2024 and ushering in 2025. The President will address the nation from Kisii State Lodge. “I will not […]
FILM REVIEW-Title: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Dec 29, 2024 at 02:06 PM
By KPC Reporter Those who were in high school in the early years of 2000 upwards may have come across Ben Carson’s best seller, Gifted Hands. In some parts of Kenya and the world, the book was projected as the key to success. So significant was the book that students read it like an examinable […]
OPINION: How Kenya Can Win War Against Illicit Tobacco Trade
Dec 28, 2024 at 05:49 PM
By OMBOKI MONAYO Following President William Ruto’s assent to the Excise Duty Act on December 11, 2024, legal tobacco and nicotine products will become more expensive due to higher excise duties. The recent hike in excise duties levied on filtered cigarettes and nicotine substitutes meant for inhalation raises concerns about the potential surge in illicit […]
Couple, two kids buried in Kisii
Dec 27, 2024 at 03:20 PM
By KPC Reporter A blanket of grief covered Nyanturago village in Kisii during the burial ceremony of four family members who died last week. The four were a man identified as Charles James, his wife and their two children. James is said to have butchered the children and wife before he took his life. He […]
Village Musings: Idling on Xmas day
Dec 27, 2024 at 04:14 AM
The ugly side of this life is that a time comes when the head starts to have cobwebs. When that time comes, one starts to forget things. However, the handsome news for you is that I have the memory of an elephant, whatever that means. So I vividly recall that I mentioned here some months […]
POETRY THURSDAY: Mud Madness
Dec 26, 2024 at 05:50 PM
By Shem Onderi Dust in summer, mud in winter—the two, in constant exchange on our roads,but mud clings, refuses to leave.Just a few drops from heaven confirm your presence;you need only water to form. Those who value polished appearancesnever live where you reign.They flee to tarmacked cities,seeking to escape the constant repair of their locomotives.But […]
Review of Xmas Signature Classic by John Ariisi Sababu
Dec 24, 2024 at 08:16 PM
By Nyang’au Araka For Gusii region, musician John Ariisi O’Sababu was a household name in the 1980s through the 1990s. It is chronicled that the musician’s death on a Saturday in April, 1996 shook the Gusii community. His compact cassettes flew off the shelves and producers had rough time as they sought to satiate the […]