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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mary Imenza |Benard Lusigi
Kakamega County (Right) MP Elsie Muhanda oversees public participation on the National Bill No. 4 of 2025, May 5, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]A section of Members of Parliament from the Western region has launched a scathing attack on ODM leader Raila Odinga, accusing him of meddling in efforts to entrench the National Government- Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) in the Constitution.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has dismissed reports suggesting the transfer of Butere Girls High School Principal, amid growing controversy surrounding the school's drama play Echoes of War. Kakamega County TSC Director Wilson Koros, speaking to The Standard by phone, said he had seen the rumours circulating online but clarified that no such transfer had been effected. “There is no official communication regarding any transfer of the Butere Girls principal.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has dismissed reports suggesting the transfer of Butere Girls High School Principal, amid growing controversy surrounding the school's drama play Echoes of War. Kakamega County TSC Director Wilson Koros, speaking to The Standard by phone, said he had seen the rumours circulating online but clarified that no such transfer had been effected. “There is no official communication regarding any transfer of the Butere Girls principal.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mary Imenza |Benard Lusigi
Parents and residents of Butere Girls High School in Kakamega County are now demanding accountability from the government after the school’s students were reportedly humiliated and barred from performing their play, ‘Echoes of Wars, at the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival in Nakuru County.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
Kakamega School has become the latest institution in the country to embrace environmental responsibility with the launch of an air quality monitoring station to curb the effects of climate change. The government and the school have taken a bold step by installing a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring station, making it a pioneer in environmental education and health matters.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
On Friday, two brothers, Brian and Juma, had hired a m otorbike and knew they would escort the body of their friend to Butula Constituency in Busia County and get back home in Matayos Constituency safely. However, as fate would have it, Brian and Juma were hit from behind by a speeding Probox vehicle at Mundika market center along the Busia-Kisumu highway.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
President William Ruto has refuted claims that his administration has spent Sh104 billion to procure an Integrated Healthcare Information Technology System, vowing not to be distracted by critics to abandon the Social Health Authority (SHA) and go back to the defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). This came amid voices of disapproval from a section of mourners who jeered some of the president's allies who had attempted to drum up support for the controversial system.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
President William Ruto has led the country in mourning, Malava Member of Parliament (MP) Malulu Injendi who passed away today at Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi County while undergoing treatment. Through his official X account, Ruto termed Injendi as a selfless leader who served his people tirelessly. "I am saddened by the death of a friend and colleague, Mheshimiwa Malulu Injendi. He was a towering leader who selflessly served the people of Malava Constituency," read the condolences message.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Benard Lusigi |Mary Imenza
Former officials of the defunct Amani National Congress (ANC) have unveiled a political party they say will champion the political and economic interests of the Western region. Led by former Secretary General, Dr Barack Muluka, the allies said the new party, Umoja Summit Party-Kenya (USP-K), seeks to unite the Western region ahead of the 2027 elections. Muluka blamed Mudavadi and Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula for failing to show leadership and political direction for the Luhya people.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Peter Muiruri |Mary Imenza |Manuel Ntoyai |Hudson Gumbihi
Mohan Panesar 50-year love affair with wood. (Courtesy)Mohan Panesar’s soul is entwined with the essence of wood. Whenever he enters his workshop along Mombasa Road, Nairobi, each morning, as he has done for the last 50 years, his hands twitch with the urge to create bespoke pieces. He speaks of wood with poetic reverence and with the same passion a painter speaks of colour. Each creation tells a story, a narrative of his endless love and dedication.
