For one family in Kirigu Village in Dagoretti, they are in a not so usual mourning period. This is after a woman was found dead after hanging herself in an early morning incident. Alice Nduta took her life just two days after her husband Evanson Ng'ang'a committed suicide.

Cord leaders have affirmed that indeed it was the Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia who gave the order to bar former Prime- Minister Raila Odinga from using the VIP Lounges at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on his visit of the Nyanza region and his trip to South Africa...Quoting a letter they claim to have been written by Kimemia to then transport Permanent Secretary Karanja Kabicho and copied to Deputy President William Ruto, the leaders said it was a plot to push Raila out of politics.

A showdown between the Jubilee and Cord coalitions is looming in the Makueni Senate by-elections slated for July 22 this year. This is after Nduku Kilonzo, the wife of the late Mutula Kilonzo confirmed that she will be running for the Makueni Senator seat. And although she has not clarified under what party she will be running under, sources have indicated that she will be running under NARC, which is associated with Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu. The announcement comes barely 3 days after reports indicated that Nduku's step-daughter Kethi Kilonzo will be running for the seat under the Wiper Party ticket.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is under immense pressure to reject the controversial Division of Revenue Bill headed to his office for assent with just less than 20 days left to the beginning of the next financial year. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga cautioned the legislators' move as a plot to kill the devolution process. NTV's Enock Sikolia looks at the supremacy battle between the Senate and the National Assembly over the bill.

The Sheng language developed as a way of having fun between persons of the same age, but, it has now become more than that. The informal language is now threatening official languages and has earned its place in the media industry as the preferred communication tool. NTV's Harith Salim has more on the revolution of Sheng.

It was a dramatic morning in Kiambu when a group of people showed up at a house in a bid to rescue a man who allegedly has been locked up in the house for some time by his wife. Though the group's mission was to rescue the man, their plans were shot down and their mission turned to out to be mission impossible.

Do you finish the meal on your plate, do you shop for food that you only need, and just what percentage of your trash is made up of food? This year's World Environment Day was meant especially to encourage a reduction in Your Foodprint, to slash any food waste. Marked on every fifth day of June, this year's was especially meant to reduce the approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food that gets lost or wasted, and in Kenya the sensitization drive was at Wakulima market.

Parliament has approved the appointment of Jospeh Ole Lenku and Samwel Kazungu Kambi as cabinet secretaries. Members of Parliament who debated and adopted the report by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments approved their recommendations that the two were suitable to hold their positions in the interior and labor ministries. The two now have to settle in their respective dockets which already have almost full in-trays.

Nairobi Senator Mike Mbuvi alias 'Sonko' is almost always in the news, from controversies to ostentatious acts of philanthropy. For example, he recently paid for 1,500 tickets for fans attending the Harambee Stars vs Nigeria's Super Eagle's game on Wednesday. Sonko has constantly denied involvement in any illegal business, even as his source of money continues to be a subject of much fascination. Peter Mwangangi reports on the new Mr Moneybags.

First she was championing matters HIV/AIDS, then it was the Anti-Jigger campaigns. On the First Lady's plate on Sunday was environmental conservation. Her excellency Margaret Kenyatta visited Karura Forest where she was inaugurating an educational auditorium for awareness for environmental conservation efforts in the country. In her speech she recognized and lauded efforts made by the late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai in restoring most depleted forests.

Cabinet secretary nominees yet to be officially appointed Joseph Ole Lenku and Kazungu Kambi will be appearing before the parliamentary committee on appointment Monday for vetting. Ole Lenku will be the first to appear followed by Kazungu Kambi. NTV's Enock Sikolia with the story.

Africa's slower than desired growth is not because of failure to understand the problems afflicting her or identify their solutions, but rather people failing to implement what they know as the solutions, so says Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame. He is now calling on governments to translate what is discussed in various fora seeking to solve the continent's problems, into tangible solutions. He was speaking at the opening of high profile plenary sessions at the Africa Development Bank's annual meetings in Marrakech, Morocco where NTV's Dann Mwangi is stationed.

In the lakeside city of Kisumu some members of the public had varied reactions in regards to the MPs pay increase demands. NTV's Ouko Okusa reports on some of reactions from the streets of the city.

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has rubbished the claim by African leaders that the International Criminal Court is witch-hunting Africans. Odinga who was part of the coalition government that handed over the Kenyan cases to the ICC says it is African governments that invite the ICC. Ben Kitili reports.

The bad news for Members of Parliament did not come from the president. Indeed, the Salaries And Remuneration Commission and the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution came out strongly against what they termed an attempt by parliament to enforce an illegality. The commissions have now been it clear to those in charge of the payroll at the national assembly that they would be held personally liable should they pay the MPs a single shilling above the salaries set by the salaries commission. And as NTV's Brenda Wanga reports, the MPs' purported victory in parliament may well be short lived.

A report by the Human Rights Watch says the police have subjected refugees and asylum seekers in Kenya to abuses during crackdowns on Al Shabaab suspects. And as NTV's Victoria Rubadiri reports, the Human Rights watch report is raising the need for reforms in the police service and immigration law in the country.

Following the power blackout that hit the country on Tuesday afternoon, some areas in Nairobi and Mombasa are yet to have power restored. A spot check by NTV found a number of traders counting losses and they now want the Government to sort out the matter once and for all. Here's NTV's Aby Agina with more on that developing story.

To that strange story from Limuru now, and the search is still ongoing for a dog that was allegedly defiled by a middle-aged man in Limuru in the County of Kiambu. This is after the police asked the locals to look for the animal. The man believed to have engaged in a sexual act with the dog was arrested on Tuesday at the scene of the crime and taken to Tigoni Police Station. The accused appeared calm and at peace even as the village came to a standstill over his alleged un-orthodox act. Neighbors claim that they witnessed the beastly act, and have promptly been advised to find the missing dog that is in this case both victims. And just as well, complainant.

In Germany, a decomposing body of a Kenyan woman has been found in her home in Cologne. It has not been explained how and when the woman died. The news of her death was posted on Facebook, by some Kenyans living in Germany who were looking for information on her identity and that of her family. Through the social network it was discovered that the deceased was the daughter of Transport and Licensing Board Chairman, Hassan Ole Kamwaro. The bereaved Kamwaro family had already received the sad news when we contacted them earlier on Wednesday.

And in Mombasa, residents of Bangladesh Slum in Changamwe have come up with their own mode of payment for goods and services. The residents use cash vouchers popularly known as Bangla-Pesa. The idea has already caused ripples amongst residents and has attracted the attention of the local security organs.

In Nyeri County, one man does not mind being called the 'kuku slayer' because it is this trade has helped him rake in some major cash. Doctor Thuo Mathenge runs a slaughterhouse that can handle 30,000 chickens daily, making it one of the biggest poultry institutions in the country and Africa at large. And you are about to see how he does it.

The Nation Media Group and audit and accounting firm, KPMG, have launched the sixth edition of the Kenya Top 100 mid-size company competition. Top 100 targets small and medium size companies, with a turnover of 70 million to one billion shillings. Presiding over the launch in Thika town, Nation Media Group's Managing Director for the Nation Newspaper Division Tom Mshindi, urged SME's to take part in the competition as it would help them use best-practices as a yardstick for performance. NTV's Aby Agina tells us more.

As airframe manufacturer Boeing seeks to reassure customers about the safety and delivery schedule for the 787 aircraft, NTV's Business Editor Wallace Kantai spoke to the company's executives in charge of the engineering and sales of the aircraft. They say that the plane is still one of the safest in the world, and customers are still confident in the aircraft and its performance. They also described the steps taken to ensure the safety of the Dreamliner and its passengers.

The delivery schedule of local carrier Kenya Airways' first Boeing 787 will not be affected by the problem of battery malfunctions the manufacturer has faced in some of its aeroplanes. The battery malfunctions whose cause or causes Boeing admits that it does not definitively know, resulted in the grounding of 50 Dreamliners used by various airlines globally. And as Alex Mwangi reports, the malfunctioning of the batteries was a passing cloud, albeit a stormy cloud, which the aeroplane manufacturer believes, is now behind it.

The demand for funding for small and medium enterprises in Africa is estimated at between 80 to 100 billion dollars, or an equivalent of at least 6.7 trillion shillings at the current exchange rate. This is according to the Felix Bikpo, the Chief Executive Officer of the African Guarantee Fund, a fund that aims to significantly increase the access to funds by SMEs. Despite both Government and private sector input in creating funding pools for SMEs, the funding deficit in the continent is still huge.

ivo Energy has laid off twenty-four senior executives, as part of its restructuring program. The company says that the restructuring was necessary because its costs of operations were too high, and the 24 executives were among the highest paid members staff.

Some young people who fail to secure employment in some instances sit and wait for that opening through government intervention or otherwise. However, this is not he case for group of youth in the county of Nyamira who opted into self employment and are now using the proceeds from their businesses to fund their musical passion.

Africa's attractiveness to investment is pushing firms to merge and form strategic alliances so as to cash in on these investments. However, the majority of these are failing to cash in on the opportunities, with only 31% of mergers and acquisitions succeeding.

Nairobi is the most difficult place to do business in the country; this is of 13 major localities surveyed by the World Bank.
On the other side of the scale, it is easiest to do business in Malaba, followed by Narok and Thika. This survey, dubbed, Doing Business in Kenya 2012, may point to the areas that the new governments may need to address amid promises for growth, as the country's ease of doing business has dropped by 12 positions globally.

The National Bank of Kenya posted a 53 per cent dip in profit before tax for the year 2012, to 1.1 billion shillings from the 2.4 billion shillings it earned the previous year. The fall in profits is attributed to the high interest rate environment, which prevailed for much of 2012, and the 165 per cent surge in interest expense to 3.6 billion shillings. Managing Director Munir Ahmed says the fall in profits was occasioned not by fundamental errors but rather as a result of the difficult operating environment during the year.

Farmers in Nyeri County are now turning to organic farming, as a way of insulating the environment against harmful agricultural chemicals and also improve their livelihoods. The organic farming project is done under green houses in Mathira East and West Districts, with the goal of improving food security in the region.

The Deposit Protection Fund Board is transforming to become the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation, and as such, it will become an independent institution.
But did you know that the mandate of the new corporation will be much wider than that of the DPFB? Here's NTV's Alex Mwangi with an update on the changes taking place in Kenya's deposit insurance scheme.

For such a long time now, Kenyan passengers have been exploited especially during the rainy seasons, when there are public holidays and when fuel prices go up. The Mwananchi has been the one to bear the cost, and as to whether the reasons for the hike are justifiable, certain cartels are reaping much in the meantime. Efforts have been put in place to curb the menace, albeit unsuccessfully. Now, the Matatu Owners Association is set to launch Beba, an electronic card for the fare transactions- in a month's time. The card, which will involve passengers depositing money directly into the owner's account, is expected to try bring order in the sector. NTV's Peter Mwangangi reports.

Kenyans have started paying a little more for their food, due to the increase in fuel prices. Food traders say the increase in food prices has been bad for business, because many of their customers are staying away and then most of the fresh produce rots.

Kenya's ICT sector has been on an upward trend and young entrepreneurs are by the day banking on this high potential sector. The sad bit is that the challenges of access to capital, registering an invention to low local investment could affect the significant gains made so far. NTV's Aby Agina spent some time with industry players at the iHub centre in Nairobi and filed this report.

A week after the ballots were cast, and normalcy is returning to the business scene. As the weekend came to a close, a number of outlets remained closed with business owners keeping away fearing election-related violence. Our reporter Aby Agina did a spot check within Nairobi's Central Business District and this is what he has to share.

Optimism in Kenya's economic outlook for the year has seen the economy resuming normalcy; this is according to Finance Minister Njeru Githae.
And as an action point partly borne of that confidence, the infrastructure development agenda is going to get a boost. The Government has signaled its intention to float a one-billion dollar sovereign bond in the international market; an equivalent of about 86 billion shillings in the second half of the year. Githae says the bulk of the proceeds from the bond will be spent on infrastructure.

After decades of absence, soft drink Pepsi is being manufactured in Kenya again. New bottling company, Seven-Up Bottling Company, which will bottle Pepsi brands in Kenya, has opened a plant in Nairobi's Baba Dogo area. The move to set up the plant is expected to heighten competition in the soda segment, which so far has been the preserve of American giant Coca-Cola, and the homegrown Softa. NTV's Aby Agina was at the opening ceremony and filed this report.

There has been uproar at the coast over the reappointment of Gichiri Ndua as the Managing Director of the Kenya Ports' Authority. The Muslim For Human Rights Organisation, MUHURI, has termed the move as unconstitutional and illegal saying that due process was not followed. The Minister of Transport Amos Kimunya has been accused of overstepping his mandate. The reappointment comes in the middle of heated debate on the merits of privatizing the port.

Beer brand wars may be foaming up a notch higher as the election approaches with Naivasha based Keroche Breweries Limited crying foul over what the brewer terms as skewed marketing strategies that employ political polarization. The brewer is pointing a finger at its competition saying that they have used hate speech to market their products in a way that called for a boycott of the Keroche products, something that has affected their sales. Addressing a news conference Ceo Tabitha Karanja called on the national cohesion and integration commission to expand its monitoring of hate speech even in business. NTV's Enock Sikolia has that report

So what is Kenya and Nigeria's next step after their World cup return leg qualifier at Kasarani? Let's see how coaches for both sides reacted after the match.

Kenya's hopes of qualifying to the 2014 World Cup went up in smoke after losing 1-0 to Nigeria at Kasarani stadium. Nigeria now tops the group with 8 points, 2 points adrift second placed Malawi who drew nil-nil with Namibia.

Jeremiah Mutai clocked the fastest time on Kenyan soil this season in the 800m men race while veterans Augustine Choge, Isabella Ochichi and Richard Mateloong had a good day in the office as the Kenya Police Athletics Championships come to an end at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani.

A section of AFC Leopards fans on Saturday evening went on a rampage after Ingwe lost 1-0 to Mathare United, a match that also saw live broadcaster Super-sport prematurely cancel its pre-scheduled fixture. Business operators outside the stadium were left counting their losses, after rowdy fans destroyed almost everything after involving the police in running battles. Seth Olale with that report.

A football match official Martin Wekesa Wamalwa is suing the Football Kenya Federation after soccer hooligans attacked him last year. The 42 year old is accusing FKF of complacency in dealing with his matter after he was seriously injured during a national Division 1 match last year between Sparki Youth and Admiral FC in Mombasa. According to Wekesa, the bans on the perpetrators were insufficient. He is therefore seeking close to Sh20 million shillings in compensation since he cannot perform his conjugal duties. NTV's Watson Karuma reports.

For the first time ever, the national League will be broadcast live on television. This comes following a deal between Super Sport and Football Kenya Federation. Under the agreement, Super Sport will broadcast 20 matches from the nation's second tier league, starting this month. The nationwide league is split into Zone A and B with each zone having 20 teams each. The winner of each zone is promoted to Top flight football. Last year, Coastal based Bandari FC and Kakamega Homeboyz gained promotion.

AFC Leopards newly appointed Belgian coach Luc Eymael failed to record his first win on his Kenyan Premier League debut against league leaders KCB at the Mumias Sports complex. The result leave KCB top of the standings with 15 points after playing seven matches, with Leopards climbing to fourth with nine points. In today's other fixture, new comers Kakamega Homeboyz at Afraha stadium also held 2010 Champions Ulinzi Stars to a barren draw

Banks have until 30th of September this year to migrate their ATM, debit and credit cards from the current magnetic strip, to chip and PIN technology.

Gor Mahia's 20-match unbeaten run came to a halt on Wednesday when they lost 2-0 to Ulinzi Stars in a Kenyan Premier League midweek fixture played at the City Stadium.

Athlete's earnings should not be taxed according to Sports minister Ababu Namwamba.

The Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche says he will be scouting for more players across the country as he builds a stronger team.

The national cross-country team departs for Poland, tomorrow (Thursday 20th March), 4 days before the world cross country championship. The 24 athletes have been training in Embu with the relatively new team confident they can match their counterparts from the 2010 event held in Poland. NTVSport joined the team in their Kigari training camp as they wound down training ahead of departure.

Drivers and riders have urged the Kenya Motorsports Federation to have more national autocross events outside the regular Jamhuri Park. Over the weekend the 1st round of the competition took place in Athi River with 43 participants kicking off the new season. Baldev Chager and Shazar Anwar were among the winners in the various categories.

For over three decades now, Kenyan football has been dominated by the largest community clubs, Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards.But this trend is about to change because in the Heart of Kajiado County, a group of young Maasai Warriors have discovered the beauty of the world's most popular sport. These herdsmen have chosen to integrate culture and tradition under a common goal - to pioneer the first professional football club from the region. And as our sports reporter Seth Olale discovered, the young Morans have chosen the path of passion, dedication and self sacrifice, to ensure their football dream comes true.

There is the transfer window in football where players change clubs but what happens in motor-sports? Well, the drivers can change cars and co-drivers, which is what most rally teams have done or plan to do before the season takes form. Winner of the 1st event of the season Baldev Chager applauded his new co-driver Ravi Soni as Azar Anwar ponders over changing his car. Our reporter Watson Karuma spoke to the drivers after the season-opening event in Kajiado

Agnes Nyakio and Francis Ngaru scooped the Women's and Men's Titles of this year's Bakhita's Lady Captain's Prize at Golf Park in Nairobi.Nyakio scooped 34 points while Ngaru garnered 37 points. The Ladies' Guest Prize was won by Kabyuga who clinched 37 points. Mululu emerged second with 33 points. In other categories, Tony Muli won the Longest Drive Men's Title while the Ladie's Prize went to Louisa Gitau. Christine Kerubo clinched the Nearest Pin Hole 11 while the Nearest Pin Hole 15 Award was won by Dr P. Okemwa. The event was graced by leading Golf personalities including Armature turned Pro 2012 Golfer of the Year David Opati and Leading National Ladies' Golfer Naomi Wafula, alongside Ladies Captain Felistas Mutinda. The tourney was a curtain raiser ahead of next month's Kenya Open which will take place at the Karen Country Golf Club. Golf Park Club will be bidding representation at the Kenya Open through Tony Omuli, Jackob Okello and David Opati.

Brazilian striker Giovani Rodriguez has penned a two year deal with FKF champions Gor Mahia barely hours after he landed in Nairobi. Rogdriguez joins Paul Kiongera, Israel Emuge, Abbey Kunrumi, Innocent Mutiso and David Otieno who have since joined Kogalo, ahead of the Kenya Premier League 2013 season which kicks off next month.

The grandson of legendary Safari Rally driver Joginder Singh, 30 year old Ricky Balraj was murdered early Sunday morning after three gangsters attacked their home. The family was held at gunpoint and the gangsters made away with 25,000 shillings as well as a Mercedes Benz. According to Ricky's father their recently hired maid is suspected to have masterminded the raid. The maid who has been working for about for months is at large. NTV's Joyce Mkawasi reports.

Kenyan born Daniel Adongo has been named in a 40-man Southern Kings squad ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby Competition. The premier rugby tournament features clubs from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The Kings make their debut at the expense of fellow South African side Lions who were relegated after finishing bottom at the end of the 2012 tournament. Adongo was part of the Elgon Warriors squad that played against England Counties in Kampala and Nairobi in June last year. Meanwhile Kenya Rugby Union today received a Car donation from car manufacturers Toyota Kenya.