www.ntv.co.ke You can now buy cooking gas for as little as 50 shillings. Liquefied Petroleum Gas seller Premier Gas has introduced a 1 kilogramme gas cylinder which allows partial refills, depending on how much one can afford.A large number of low-income earning Kenyans cook with Kerosene because of affordability despite its negative effects on health but now they have a new option.
www.ntv.co.ke When Richard Nyabwari finished his secondary education six years ago, he found himself without a clear path for the future as his parents could not afford to take him through college.Unfazed by the dim prospects, he moved to the streets of Kisii and started selling airtime to the town's residents, making profits which he saved and put in a tin.It is from that humble beginning that he broadened the scope of his trade and is now one of the town's biggest sellers of music.Alex Mwangi gives us this inspiring story.
www.ntv.co.ke Katika jimbo la Nyamira kuna msanii mmoja ambaye amepania kuudhihirishia ulimwengu kwamba muacha mila ni mtumwa. Denis Mosiere, kwa jina la umaarufu Grandmaster Masese hucheza chombo cha muziki wa kitamaduni wa kikisii kiitwacho Obokano. Msanii huyo alicheza chombo hicho tangu akiwa na umri wa miaka 10, na sasa anaimba nyimbo nyingi za kitamaduni alizotunga. Sasa ana darasa la wanafunzi 10 wanaoendelea kupata ujuzi kutoka kwake huko Arusha Tanzania. Lolani Kalu ana mengi zaidi.
www.ntv.co.ke Operations at Nyamira County Council have been paralysed for the second week after employees downed transfer of chief officers and corruption. The workers are accusing areas councillors of perpetrating corruption and mismanaging council operations.
www.ntv.co.ke Over 100 civic leaders allied to Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta have attacked the move by a section of their colleagues that endorse Assistant minister for planning Peter Kenneth for presidency. The leaders have termed the move as null and void, opening yet aging the rift between Uhuru and Kenneth.
www.ntv.co.ke Lari Member of parliament David Njuguna claims his political stand was the reason arsonists attacked his home and burnt his car. Njuguna who accused his political competitors of intolerance but denied claims that he was supporting Prime Minister Raila Odinga for presidency in the coming general election.
www.ntv.co.ke In Nyamira County, villagers are investing in poultry farming in their numbers to earn a living. The rain pattern has been inconsistent and this has largely affected the production and they are now asking the ministry of livestock to consider subsidizing farm inputs to cushion the farmers.
www.ntv.co.ke A elderly woman in Igembe is asking the lands ministry to help her reposes her piece of land grabbed land by a private developer. The woman is accusing her son of colluding with land grabbers to transfer the piece of land and in the process sell it.
Goings on at troubled auto-dealer CMC seem to have taken a turn for the worse. A new report recommends radical changes in the company's management, and once again lays part of the blame for the company's rot on its former chairman, Peter Muthoka. NTV's Robert Nagila has been reading through the pages of this damning report and filed this story.
www.ntv.co.ke Deputy Prime minister Musalia Mudavadi has denied he part of a plot to rock ODM from within in his bid to wrestle the party presidential ticket in the coming general election.Mudavadi spoke in Mombasa as he intensified his campaigns. Prime Minister Raila Odinga was at the time in Nairobi seeking the support of Kikuyu for change lobby group, as the race for the ODM ticket appears to shake ODM party unity.
www.ntv.co.ke Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo is making no apologies over his stand that ICC suspects do not qualify to vie for elective positions in the next general election. Mutula says a bill to operationalise chapter six of the constitution which deals with integrity will soon be presented to parliament and as NTV's Nimrod Taabu reports, Mutula says those championing a hate campaign against him are not being honest.
www.ntv.co.ke Seven men were on Monday morning arrested as they harvested trees in Isinya. Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service personnel also impounded a lorry load of logs from the Kisaju area of Isinya. The trees were being harvested from a river cathcment area prompting residents to raise the alarm over the logging and as NTV's Rita Tinina reports, the tree felling is a result of recent land transactions in the area.
www.ntv.co.ke Police in Nyeri County have arrested two more people alleged to be coffee thieves. The suspects were arrested at a warehouse following a tip off from the public. And as Zeynab Wandati reports, coffee thieves seem to have devised new ways of evading arrest.
www.ntv.co.ke There appears to be a renewed sense of urgency in government to prosecute the alleged perpetrators of the post election violence. The directorate of public prosecutions says it is expedition some 5000 cases it has been holding since 2008. But as NTV's Pamela Asigi reports, the move may too little too late for some victims.
www.ntv.co.ke There is a new voice in the Rwandan airwaves.The Nation Media Group, through it's local subsidiary Nation Holdings-Rwanda has extended it's presence in the regional market after unveiling a new radio station 98.7KFM in Kigali. The station that will mainly broadcast in Kinyarwanda with a compliment of English has been positioned as the station for fresh hits and real talk. Speaking ahead of the launch, Nation Media Group Chief Executive Linus Gitahi said the station would fully be managed by local talent and would therefore give a voice to the local people. Gitahi also noted that today's launch was in line with NMG's vision to be the media of Africa for Africa. From Kigali, NTV's Josephine Karungi reports.
www.ntv.co.ke Who's fooling who?That is the question the parliamentary select committee investigating the decline of the Kenya Shilling late last year is asking after denials by Standard Chartered Bank that it ever received any warning letter or letter seeking clarification from the Central Bank to explain its dealings in foreign currency during the crisis period.The bank's Chief Executive Office Richard Etemesi categorically denied any wrongdoing with regard to the use of the discount window as well as its trade in foreign currency.
www.ntv.co.ke Uganda's public transport sector is gearing up for a major transformation thanks to the imminent launch of a new bus service. The Chinese-made shuttles will operate in major cities in Uganda. According to Pioneer Bus Company head of security, Savio Kakooza, the first fleet of 100 buses had arrived with more still expected at the port of Mombasa. Ntv's Aby Agina has the latest on that story.
www.ntv.co.ke A 16-year-old girl has been forced to get married to a man ten years her senior to enable her take care of her seven siblings, three of whom are deaf. The girl lost her father during the post election violence and her mother died a few years later. The girl who now lives in Migori after the family was displaced from Nakuru by the post election violence of 2008, had to drop out of school to take care of her siblings. She was forced to work mining gold in Masara Village but the earnings were not enough to take care of her siblings. The girl is married to a man who herds livestock in Nyabisawa Village, Migori.
www.ntv.co.ke Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo is calling on those aspiring for various posts in the next General Election to quit if they have pending criminal or corruption cases in court. Mutula says such leaders will not be cleared to run for elective posts under the new constitutional order.
www.ntv.co.ke Director of Public prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has lauded the Commonwealth Secretariat for its efforts that are aimed at improving the work of prosecutors and investigators in the country. Speaking on his behalf, Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Dorcas Oduor says the DPP's office is undergoing many changes that will ensure all crimes are prosecuted and justice served. Among the reforms expected is the establishment of a secretariat to lead the process of the prosecution of other post election violence suspects.
www.ntv.co.ke Hundreds of people have lost millions of shillings after they were duped by bogus land dealers into buying land belonging to a former member of parliament. The former Aldai Member of Parliament Kiptum Choge says a number of people have been invading his land with fake documents claiming ownership of a section of his land in Nandi.
www.ntv.co.ke Prime Minister Raila Odinga today met with leaders from Central Kenya in what appears to be a move to woe the Central Kenya vote ahead of the General Election. The premier held lengthy talks with the group calling itself Kikuyu for Change urging them to ignore the notion that people from Nyanza Province and those from Central Kenya cannot work together for the good of the country. The meeting comes in the wake of growing support for Uhuru Kenyatta who hails from Central Kenya despite facing criminal charges at the International Criminal Court. This meeting also comes amid claims that the ODM presidential nominations should be scrapped to allow Raila become an automatic flag bearer, a move that could anger supporters of Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi who is also seeking the presidency on an ODM ticket.
www.ntv.co.ke Now imagine not being able to smile simply because one's teeth are brown. This could be embarrassing and erodes ones self-esteem. That should not be the case, says a Nairobi herbalist who claims to have discovered an ingredient that can bring back that smile for those with brown teeth. Brenda Cheruiyot has more.
www.ntv.co.ke As the world marked Cancer Day yesterday 11-year-old Brian Muthoka was continuing with his fight against the debilitating disease at Kenyatta Hospital. He is among the many children afflicted by the disease and as Loise Wangui, who spent a day with them, found out, their will to stay alive is manifested in many ways.
