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Blow to Kidero as Governor Gladys Wanga's election victory upheld
Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga. [File, Standard] The Election Court has thwarted efforts by former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero to dethrone Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga. Justice Roselyne Aburili dismissed Kidero's petition for lack of merit and slapped him with a cost of Sh3.5 million for the expenses Wanga incurred in defending her victory in a… → Read More
Heavy rains destroy Homa Bay rice farms
Rice farm in Rangwe Sub-county using water from Kimira Oluch Smallholder Farm Improvement Project. [James Omoro, Standard] Rice farmers in Homa Bay county are counting huge losses after hailstones destroyed their crops, which are due to harvesting. The heavy rainfall in the area has left the farmers with no hope of getting their projected income. The rice is in a 100-acre piece of land. During… → Read More
Approach mature women and leave our girls alone, Millie Odhiambo warns sex pests
If you must defile our young girls, seduce us women. These are words of Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo. As a leader and a woman, Millie is infuriated by men who defile girls. Millie, who spoke at Got Rabuor Primary school in Homa Bay Town Constituency during a student mentorship programme organised by Homa Bay Woman Rep Joyce Osogo, expressed concerns over escalating cases of defilement in the… → Read More
21-year-old man jailed for 20 years for defiling teenager
The girl’s admission that he was her boyfriend could not save him from jail because she is a minor. A man has been jailed for 20 years for defiling a 13-year-old girl in Homa Bay County. Joseph Opiyo, who is said to have lured the teenager to his house on several occasions and defiled her, was on Wednesday found guilty of the offence by an Oyugis court. Opiyo,21, was convicted for having carnal… → Read More
Embracing polygamy will eradicate domestic issues, Ndhiwa chief says
An administrator has stirred serious debate by challenging women to allow their husbands to marry additional wives. Enos Nyawade, the Assistant Chief of Kajwang’ Sub-location in Ndhiwa Sub-county has started a discourse that has elicited reactions from many women. Nyawade now wants women to accept polygamy and allow their husbands to marry additional wives when the latter feels like doing so. He… → Read More
Corporal arrested as police probe alleged loss of pistol
Homa Bay County DCI Abed Kavoo said the officer is in custody. One of Homa Bay’s police officers was arrested after his gun was stolen. The corporal assigned to Kendu Bay Police Station was arrested after he said he lost the pistol he received from the armoury on Saturday evening ahead of patrols. He completed his shift and went back home to Konyango Sub-location at 10pm. His house is 1km away… → Read More
Villager's shock after man killed, body dumped in culvert
Residents mill around the scene where the body of a middle-aged man was found in a culvert along Oyugis- Kisumu road in Rachuonyo East Sub-county. [James Omoro, Standard] Police in Rachuonyo East Sub-county has launched investigations into the death of a man whose body was dumped in a culvert. The body of the middle-aged man was stuffed in a sack and dumped under a culvert along Oyugis –Kisumu… → Read More
Learning paralyzed as school closed indefinitely due to lack of toilets
The only latrine used by pupils at Ogada Primary School in Ndhiwa Constituency. The latrine floor collapsed. The school has been closed indefinitely due lack of latrines. Learning has been paralysed at a public primary school in Ndhiwa Constituency after the school was closed indefinitely. [James Omoro, Standard] Learning has been paralyzed at a public primary school in Ndhiwa Constituency after… → Read More
Relief for locals as county hospital is installed with CT scan machine
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga (left) inspects how the new CT-scan machine installed in Homa Bay County Referral Hospital operrates. [James Omoro, Standard] Homa Bay residents are a happy lot following the establishment of a computerized tomography (CT) scan machine worth Sh45 million. For several years, patients from the devolved unit have been forced to seek the services in other counties with… → Read More
Upgrade of towns will spur growth, Wanga says
Wanga said the municipality status will spur development in the towns. → Read More
Homa Bay County records eight cases of Cholera
Eight cases of Cholera have been confirmed in Homa Bay County. → Read More
Farmers decry rampant cattle theft in Homa Bay
Residents claim the stolen cattle are usually sold to slaughterhouses in neighbouring sub-counties and counties. → Read More
Raila turns 78: Here is a chronology of his political milestones
Raila was born in 1945 in Maseno, Kisumu County, to prominent figures in Kenya's struggle for independence Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Mary Ajuma Odinga. → Read More
Form one student dies by suicide after parents deny him mobile phone
Witnesses claimed that the student may have made the decision after his parents confiscated a phone he had acquired. → Read More
Woman, 19, stabs husband to death over plans to marry second wife
Following the stabbing, a group of villagers, who were baying for her blood, stormed the home forcing her to flee into a nearby sugarcane plantation. → Read More
Residents dream big with education kitty
Among them are 30 students who have joined universities and middle colleges, and eight who sat the 2022 KCSE exams. The remaining students are joining forms two next year. → Read More
Clergy asks government to reduce the cost of living
Families in various parts of the country are still afflicted by famine made worse by the high cost of living. → Read More
Vote scrutiny begins as Kidero challenges Wanga's election win
The scrutiny entailed verifying the serial numbers of seals used for locking the ballot boxes on August 9. → Read More
Twins succumb to stab wounds inflicted by their father
Monica Ndeda, the mother to the twins, was inconsolable as a group of friends and relatives tried to calm her down after doctors confirmed the death of her sons. → Read More
Wanga orders probe into case of high school girl who died after giving birth
The learner's family has blamed her death on medical negligence. → Read More