Author: By Lenox Sengre

Court reinstates KEWOTA payroll deductions in Sh30m teachers' row

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Audio By Vocalize KEWOTA Chief Executive Officer Benta Opande and chairperson Modesta Akaki during a press briefing [File] Justice Jacob Gakeri of the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has granted the Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) a stay order, suspending the  Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) decision to halt salary deductions from teachers’ payslips. The ruling means KEWOTA will continue deducting Sh200 from more than 100,000 female teachers, amounting to about Sh30 million monthly, pending further directions from the court. The latest development comes against the backdrop of a growing national controversy over the legality of the deductions, which…

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Ong'ondo Were murder: Police probe link between hitmen and bodyguard

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The late Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were. [File, Standard] It is almost a year since the country was confronted with one of the most daring and chilling assassinations in recent memory —the cold-blooded killing of former Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were at Nairobi’s Valley Road roundabout.  Now, The Standard has obtained exclusive CCTV footage that could, for the first time, offer the clearest glimpse yet into what unfolded in the moments leading to the brazen attack on April 30, 2025,  a plot that investigators say may reach deep into the slain MP’s inner circle.  .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width:…

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CCTV, guards link Matara to murder of Starlet Wahu

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John Matara is the prime suspect in the murder of Nairobi socialite Starlet Wahu. [File, Standard] The murder trial of Nairobi socialite Starlet Wahu on January 3, 2024, intensified at the High Court in Milimani as four key witnesses took the stand, tightening the noose around John Matara, the prime suspect in the crime. The prosecution, led by Della Wilbey, Sarah Ogweno and Peris Maina, lined up a clinical officer, a police forensic analyst, and two security guards whose testimonies painted a chilling sequence of events on the night Wahu was killed at Papino Apartments, South B. .fade-out-overlay { position:…

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