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State wants Angata Barikkoi residents to register land leases

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-06 06:00:00

The government now wants communities residing in the troubled Angata Barikkoi area in Trans Mara to formally register land leases with the Land Registrar to avoid conflicts.

Where are our sons? Two families are in agony over abducted kin

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-13 06:00:00

The families of two men forcibly taken on December 5,2024 from Chepkosa and Yoiwana in Chepalungu Sub-County, Bomet County, by suspected police officers are in anguish.

APS Bomet gain promotion to FKF PL

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-14 17:29:54

APS Bomet FC will now participate in the FKF Premier League next season.

Government will fulfil its promises before 2027, Kindiki says

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-16 13:00:00

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has claimed that all the promises made by the government will be fulfilled before the next elections.

Police recover 1,000 stolen livestock after gunfight with bandits in Angata Barikoi

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-21 19:45:41

Police engage bandits in a fierce gunfight in Angata Barikoi, Narok, recover over 1,000 stolen livestock, area chief Leonard Langat says.

Why Governor Barchok impeachment bid failed

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-23 12:00:34

Kimutai felt betrayed by members of the County Assembly, Kipsigis elders, other clergymen, local politicians, and government officials who united in support of the governor.

Brown plantations' annual tea production exceeds 100 million kilograms

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-06-25 16:39:56

The acquisition of Finlays Kenya and Lipton tea by Brown Plantations has boosted the company's annual production by 85 million kilograms of tea.

Mass vaccination campaign targets 76,000 children in Trans Mara

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-07-05 14:16:00

Trans Mara East sub-county plans to vaccinate 56,774 children against typhoid and 18,920 against measles in a mass vaccination campaign.

Kalenjin elders call for peace, restraint amid rising tension

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-07-09 10:39:19

The Myoot Kipsigis Council of Elders has urged politicians and youth in the country to exercise restraint and promote peace ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Multinational tea firms to establish Sh1b welfare fund for residents

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-07-10 11:04:39

The welfare trust fund is expected to address critical social needs for more than one million people living in areas surrounding the tea estates in Bomet and Kericho counties.

State promises to comply with EU law for deforestation-free products

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-07-16 16:09:26

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has assured coffee exporters that the government will comply with European Union (EU) Deforestation Regulations.

Frustration grows as delayed Inua Jamii funds leave elderly struggling

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-07-29 09:13:59

The elderly beneficiaries are now urging the government to ensure timely transfers of financial assistance.

Bomet man stabbed to death under unclear circumstances

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-01 16:56:22

Police are searching for a 27-year-old man suspected of fatally stabbing another man in Bomet County.

State plans to rehabilitate degraded Chepalungu forest, introduce wildlife

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-05 16:10:27

The government has stepped up efforts to rehabilitate the degraded Chepalungu Forest in Bomet County to establish an ecotourism centre.

Bomet intensifies efforts to eradicate jigger infestation

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-05 16:39:04

Bomet County, in collaboration with the Kenya Red Cross, has intensified its efforts to eradicate jigger infestations within the county.

Fragile peace in Transmara West as guns go silent, trauma fades away

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-05 17:00:28

For many residents of Nkararo-Enoretet in Transmara West sub county, peace has been elusive for months and, in some cases, years.

Villages in darkness after vandals steal transformer

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-13 16:45:52

Residents of Siriat and Olmelil in Trans Mara East Subcounty have been without electricity for nearly a year after vandals stole a transformer from the area.

Principals send learners home amid delayed capitation

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-08-29 10:20:10

Bomet KUPPET Secretary General Paul Kimetto said principals are struggling to keep institutions running.

Bomet County warns private developers against illegal constructions

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-09-11 07:21:00

Private developers in Bomet County have been urged to seek approval before constructing any buildings or structures.

After 50 years of bloodshed, 6,500-acre Angata Barikkoi land survey completed

By Kiprono Kurgat   2025-09-18 15:41:41

The survey of the 6,500 acres of Angata Barikkoi/Moyoi (Kailolong) land, which has been at the centre of a bloody dispute lasting five decades, came to an end on Wednesday.