Author: Tania Wanjiku
Green light for Chinese firms to revive Nairobi-Mau Summit road
The fresh Chinese interest in the project came after President William Ruto presented the proposal to the Chinese government.
New CBK system to tighten control over county payments
CBK revealed that the upgraded digital platform — an enhanced version of the T24 core banking system, will streamline county transactions.
Police recover stolen livestock after attack on Turkana traders
The police said the raid highlighted the deeper challenges facing pastoralist communities, including long-standing rivalries and competition over natu...
Man jailed for 30 years for sodomising 14-year-old boy in Lamu
The offences took place between November 14 and 24, 2024, at Paradise in Langoni Location, where Athman had been staying at the home of the victim’s...
Kayole, Kahawa Soweto at the heart of Nairobi’s new urban renewal plan
At least 400,000 people living in informal settlements across Nairobi are expected to benefit from the initiative, which is being implemented in phase...
Interior CS warns IPOA against premature claims on police conduct
Murkomen strongly defended police officers deployed during the recent wave of violent protests, saying they had every right to use force where necessa...
Seven police stations to be built in Tiaty by December, says Murkomen
The Interior boss described the lack of institutions and infrastructure in Tiaty as alarming and said the situation demanded urgent government attenti...
Budget concerns won’t end free schooling, says PS Bitok
He clarified that the Treasury CS was calling for enhanced cooperation between the Executive and Parliament to ensure that education funding remains a...
MPs push to give Auditor-General and budget controller enforcement powers
The proposals seek to equip the two offices with the legal ability to take punitive action against government institutions that fail to comply with au...
26 universities get new councils as CS Ogamba wields appointment powers
These decisions, made in accordance with sections 36 and 55 of the Universities Act, took effect from July 25, 2025, and will run for three years.
KMPDC orders closure of hospital linked to Njoki’s mysterious death
This directive follows a site inspection conducted on July 18 and emerging reports suggesting that a staff member from the facility may have been invo...
Cabinet Secretaries make appointments across multiple state agencies
Sports CS Salim Mvurya appointed Joseph Maina Njogu to serve on the Board of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya for a period of three years.
Redeployed NHIF workers win salary protection in Court
At the same time, the Public Service Commission was directed to put in place an exit package for any staff who would not be absorbed and chose to reti...
Ruto appoints new chairs to head key public health agencies
The appointments mark a shift in leadership across key health agencies and are expected to bring renewed oversight, policy direction, and coordination...
Ruto appoints Abbas Gullet as chairperson of Kenyatta National Hospital board
Gullet’s humanitarian journey began in 1973, when he joined the Kenya Red Cross as a Form One student at Mombasa Technical High School through the Pre...
Senate targets stronger role with radical constitutional changes
If adopted, the proposed changes would bring the Senate closer in function to its counterpart in the United States, representing a significant shift i...
Auditor flags Sh49 million worth of untested drugs in public hospitals
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu disclosed that the Health Ministry released drugs worth Sh49.6 million to hospitals in the 2023/24 financial year witho...
Varsity fund in crisis: Audit exposes mismanagement, exclusion
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has pointed out deep weaknesses in the model, which she says has led to unfair allocation of resources.
Kenya to double livestock vaccines to 70 million doses by 2027
The move is part of the Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute's (Kevevapi) newly launched 2023–2027 Strategic Plan.
New bill seeks to protect sacco savings and curb rogue operators
The government has proposed the establishment of a Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF), which would allow sacco members to recover their money – up to a cert...
CBK lacks power to act on counties’ illegal bank accounts
A recent report by Controller of Budget revealed that county governments more than doubled their commercial bank accounts within a year, reaching 3,43...
Relief in sight as SRC plans salary review for public workers
The fourth remuneration review cycle, according to the SRC, is already underway and is expected to provide solutions that will ensure compliance with...
Schools face crisis after capitation slashed by Sh5,344
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi confirmed that only Sh16,900 is being released annually per student, far below the Sh22,244 figure that school h...
Senate report exposes dire conditions in county referral hospitals
In some of the hospitals, the report says, wards are overcrowded and poorly lit, with some lacking electricity altogether.
Kenya gets Sh904 million in Google-backed AI education boost
The centre will serve as a collaborative space for AI learning, creativity, and experimentation.
Hulk Hogan, wrestling icon and pop culture legend, dies at 71
His final appearance on WWE programming came in January 2025, during the first episode of Raw on Netflix, where he was met with loud boos from the cro...
Safaricom adds direct PayPal withdrawal feature to M-Pesa App
With the app downloaded 13.7 million times and 4.7 million active users, Safaricom says the integration is tailored to meet current digital demands.
We’re not criminals! Boda Boda operators slam motorcycle Bill
The riders are particularly opposed to a plan to introduce 47 county-level Motorcycle Transport and Safety Boards despite the existence of the Nationa...
Ruto: Kenya is where the world comes home
The President pointed to discoveries such as the Turkana Boy found near Lake Turkana in 1984, believed to be 1.6 million years old, as evidence of Ken...
Kenya rallies IGAD to put women and youth at the Heart of peacebuilding
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei said the Horn of Africa is facing a complex web of peace and security threats that cannot be addres...
Ruto nominates Pius Angasa to CBK board, Parliament to vet
The vetting process for such appointments typically takes 28 days. Once completed, the final recommendation is presented to the President for formal a...
Relief for MP Mukunji as court rejects 14-day detention request
The court also heard from DPP James Mashira, who informed the magistrate that investigations into the matter were already 70 per cent complete.
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