For winning Sunday’s final, FIFA will give France $38 million from its prize fund. Fance just played its way to its first World Cup victory in 20 years, defeating Croatia’s team 4-2 on Sunday to take home the soccer tournament’s iconic trophy, lifelong bragging rights and a whole lot of…
A family has sued Kenyatta University Funeral Home and three pathologists over the missing body parts of their kin who is currently being preserved at the facility. A post-mortem conducted on July 4 on the body of Peter Macharia disclosed that some of his body parts were missing. Beth Waigwe, Edwin Muriu and…
A student was admitted to Kakamega General Hospital after goons hired by a college mate attacked him. Chrispine Odipo, a student of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, and who is nursing serious injuries, claims the goons confronted him in his room at Lurambi hostels. Odipo says the attack…
The Kenya Methodist University (KeMU) has asked for more time to implement the recommendations of an inspection report by the Commission for University Education (CUE), saying that the September deadline is too short. KeMU board of trustees chairman Silas Muriuki Rutere has written to CUE requesting for an extension of…
Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has extended the 100 per cent waiver on penalties for Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) defaulters for one month after the agency raised Sh500 million by end of June. Ms Mohamed said the decision to extended the waiver was reached after it emerged that more…
This goes to all first and second-year students on session, it has come to the attention of the outgoing fourth-year students that a section of dissatisfied students wants to cause mayhem and chaos during the forthcoming SC elections this Friday in the name of being sidelined or rather leaders being…
A principal of a University College has written to State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) seeking protection from his Council which has an insatiable appetite for meetings. Prof Egara Kabaji, the out-going Ag. Principal of Turkana University College who is set to handover to Prof. Thomas Ekamais Akuja states that he…
Kabarak University has scooped an international award in moot court competition held in Geneva, Switzerland. The university was ranked overall winner of the Spirit of European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) award, with one of its students scooping Africa’s best orator. The Kenya School of Law was ranked, regional winner. The…
Seen the #tag #ifikiewazazi? it’s the latest attempt launched by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to deter students from causing ‘trouble’. Through their official Twitter account, the department warned all students from all levels of learning against involvement in any form of crime while in school saying; “This is…
Egerton University is facing a financial crisis after the Commissioner for Cooperative Development froze its bank accounts over workers’ deduction arrears. According to The Standard, the bank accounts were frozen a week ago owing to a debt amounting to Sh246 million. The Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Mrs Mary Mungai stated…