Barnabas Bii

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Florah Koech |Barnabas Bii

A fresh wave of attacks in the volatile Kerio Valley has dealt a significant blow to state-led efforts to restore order and dismantle criminal networks in the region. The area, which had enjoyed relative calm for nearly nine months, is now reeling from a resurgence of violence that has left over 22 people dead in Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, with many others nursing gunshot wounds.

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Florah Koech |Barnabas Bii

Police are investigating an incident in which a Catholic priest was shot dead by an armed criminal in the Kapkobil area in the insecurity-prone Kerio Valley region on Thursday. Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett, who was attached to Tot Catholic Parish in Marakwet East sub-County, heading back to the Parish headquarters in Tot on foot after conducting community prayers, popularly referred to as Jumuiya, when an armed assailant shot at him.

2 weeks ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Barnabas Bii

Habari Mwanakandarasi asema ujenzi wa Kipchoge Stadium umekwama kwa kukosa pesa Na BARNABAS BII May 21st, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 1 MWANAKANDARASI mmoja sasa anasema kuwa uwanja wa michezo wa Kipchoge 64, Eldoret umekwama kutokana na hatua ya serikali ya kaunti ya Uasin Gishu ya kuchelewa kutoa pesa. Haya yanajiri huku kamati ya bunge ikitaka uchunguzi ufanywe kuhusu mradi huo. Kulingana na mwanakandarasi, hatua hiyo imesababisha mradi huo kukwama tangu 2023.

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

A contractor has blamed the stalled construction of the Sh1.16 billion Kipchoge 64 Stadium in Eldoret City on the delayed release of funds by the Uasin Gishu County Government, amid calls by a parliamentary committee for an investigation. According to the contractor, the unstable payments from the devolved unit have caused the project to stall since 2023. This is despite the contractor having invested Sh700 million, sparking an outcry over the alleged misappropriation of public funds.

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Barnabas Bii

Moi University's 120 lecturers facing dismissal have been given a reprieve after their union, the University Academic Staff Union (Uasu), obtained a High Court order suspending the redundancy process. Justice Maureen Onyango of the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Uasin Gishu issued the order, directing the university to halt the dismissals pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by Uasu under a certificate of urgency, as well as another application challenging the process.