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Two die, scores trapped after building collapses - The Standard
While the proprietor says three people are missing, construction workers are telling us 10 people are missing," said a KRCS official, who requested anonymity. The building, owned by Sharrif's and Sons, caved in on Monday evening as the workers prepared ...
New union representing nurses' welfare resurfaces as strike bites - The Standard
A pregnant woman, who claimed to be from Narumoru-some 60 kilometres away- was however lucky as the matron, who declined to give her name, volunteered to treat her after she complained of headache and swollen limbs. Abandoned stretchers outside the ...
New union representing nurses' welfare resurfaces as strike bites - The Standard
A pregnant woman, who claimed to be from Narumoru-some 60 kilometres away- was however lucky as the matron, who declined to give her name, volunteered to treat her after she complained of headache and swollen limbs. Abandoned stretchers outside the ...
Pipeline deal could strain ties with Sudan, State official warns - The Standard
A Foreign Affairs official who requested anonymity, said Khartoum does not take the idea lightly and would use that to illustrate its belief that Nairobi has all along supported South's independence even during the civil war years.
Pipeline deal could strain ties with Sudan, State official warns - The Standard
A Foreign Affairs official who requested anonymity, said Khartoum does not take the idea lightly and would use that to illustrate its belief that Nairobi has all along supported South's independence even during the civil war years.
Kenyan takes charge of local Al Shabaab wing - The Standard
Other officers who asked not to be named revealed that more agents have been sent to border points to ensure recruits of Al Shabaab do not try to cross the border with Somalia. "Today, Al Shabaab has not only rewarded and acknowledged our Amiir Ahmad ...
Nyeri explosion death toll rises to four - The Standard
"We do not want the plant here, and if the government can only listen to our pleas, let it close the plant down," said one of the women who declined to be named. At the same time, local DC Mr Herman Sharbi said the Government would assist the bereaved ...
Bomb scare at Nairobi church - The Standard
"One of the dogs picked the jacket which was left unattended," said a security officer who declined to be named as he is not allowed to speak to the press. The jacket was taken away for further examination by police but no arrests were made during the ...
Why UASU agreed to end strike by lecturers - The Standard
Thursday, a unionist, who requested anonymity, said some universities had started roll calls to establish those who had resumed work. "Some of our colleagues were teaching at night while those on strike were treated as absent from work and classified ...
Grenades kill 3 as key battles loom - The Standard
"The mine was removed and security has been intensified," said the officer, who asked not to be named. Incidents of banditry are common in this region, but landmines are rare. The incident happened not far from where gunmen seized two Spaniards working ...
South Africa's Altech eyes Kenyan technology company - The Standard
According to a person familiar with the matter, the buyout is aimed at helping Altech revive its struggling business in East Africa. Johannesburg-based Altech, a $742 million telecoms and IT firm, has been in talks to buy Symphony for several months ...
Residents claim top Al-Shabaab men roam town - The Standard
One of them runs a business," a resident who requested anonymity said. Kitui Central DC Joshua Chepcheing' confirmed the people's concerns but said no positive identification had been made. "I have information that the two men in the photographs look ...
West changes tack to check shift to China - The Standard
Development aid from the West is tied to good governance, transparency and free trade, which Kibaki is averse to,” says a Kenyan diplomat, who declined to be named because he is not authorised to speak on foreign policy matters. ...
IIEC sets conditions for football elections - The Standard
A senior Government official, talking from a position of authority, but who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the elections, confirmed the financial threshold was as good as met. World football ruling body, Fifa, gave Sh10 million. ...
China punters sway gold market - The Standard
Heavy volume of bullish bets placed on the gold price by mainland punters also pushed it higher, the source said. Emperor Financial Services assistant vice president Sam Lee Chun-wai estimates the global trading volume of gold amounts to US$1 billion ...
Protests win the day with national education U-turn - The Standard
However, a source said the Education Bureau will push ahead with the plan to introduce the subject in primary schools next year. The bureau originally proposed making national education an optional subject in secondary schools next year before making ...
End of an era: PCs on last lap of a dying colonial legacy - The Standard
The DCs, who spoke on condition of anonymity, now want the Public Service Commission to take charge of the recruitment to allow for professionalism and merit. Investigations by The Standard On Sunday have revealed that the identification of the 47 ...
Grassroots, business on agenda for Li's first trip - The Standard
These may include initiatives to strengthen the SAR's status as an offshore yuan trading hub and a lowering of the threshold to allow Hong Kong's financial, trade and economic service providers to enter the mainland market, a source said. ...
Stopgap moves a `way out' in helper residency case - The Standard
Despite calls that the government consider asking the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to interpret the Basic Law to prevent tens of thousands of foreign helpers from obtaining local residency, a source close to the government said ...
Chow backs keeping sick away from fit in scheme - The Standard
The final blueprint of the proposed government-regulated scheme based on last year's second-stage public consultation exercise will be announced at the Legislative Council's panel on health services meeting on Monday, a source said. ...
HSBC fund tempts with monthly payouts - - The Standard
But an auditor who declined to be named said 12 payouts a year, a system that begins this month, would mean investors will lose out if the fund performs better later in the year. The HSBC unit's main interests in Australia are banking and mining, ...
Kabogo's account of dead girl's final hours - The Standard
I just want to lie low until this matter ends," said one of the friends who refused to be named. Attempts to reach Ronny Kemboi, Keino's fiancÈe were fruitless as friends insisted he was not ready to talk to the media. So far, alongside Kabogo, ...
Outrage triggers tweak in by-election rules - The Standard
Bowing to public pressure, the government is set to tweak its proposed mechanism to replace by-elections in the Legislative Council, which has been met with outrage, a source said. Sources say the government will now propose that if a vacancy arises, ...
Tsang backtrack over glass panels places his neighbors on thin ice - The Standard
But one owner, who refused to give her name, expressed fears that Tsang's woes will now be transferred to the rest of them. "Perhaps he did not know about it when he bought the flat. But now that he has been targeted we have all become involved," she ...
Mainland births face being cut to 3000 - The Standard
The Hospital Authority may slash admissions of pregnant mainlanders from 11000 last year to as few as 3000 in 2012 to ensure local women receive adequate obstetric care, a source said. The figure was arrived at during a meeting earlier this month ...