Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has finally made up her political move and joined UDA party, which is associated with Deputy President William Ruto. She is set to ditch Jubilee party for Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party in an event set to take place in Karen later in the day.Pushed to the wall by…
A 17-year-old student at Gathiruini Boys’ Secondary School in Kiambu County lost his life after he was lynched by students and staff from a neighboring school on Thursday. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement said the victim, a Form IV student had sneaked together with five others into a girls’ dormitory at…
Kenya has asked the United Nations Security Council to address illegal exploitation and trade of natural resources within countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region. In a high-level ministerial debate led by Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo, Kenya said the UN must put mechanisms in place to improve and reinforce the security around mining regions, seek…
Speaking during the Mashujaa celebrations ceremony, president Uhuru Kenyatta announced establishment of Kenya Biovax Limited to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. Uhuru said this will end dependence on vaccine donations. The President directed the Ministry of Health to operationalize the facility for the eventual manufacturing of homespun doses by Easter of 2022. “If there is anything, we…
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has plans to set up a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) facility in Mombasa to quicken the loading of cooking gas for distribution by trucks. This will help to cut demurrage costs. KPC says faster loading is expected to translate to lower prices for LPG as oil marketing companies pass the benefits…
Following the introduction of new polio vaccine there is hope in the fight against polio in Kenya. This comes at a time when the country has detected new variant due to mutation of the virus and cases in Kamukunji, Nairobi and Daadab Refugees camp, in Garissa County two weeks ago. Kenya was certified poliovirus free…
For the first time in history kirinyaga county is hosting 2021Mashujaa celebrations. People started trooping into the stadium from as early as 5am. A heavy downpour early Wednesday did not dampen the mood with locals braving rains to line up waiting to access the stadium which has 15 terraces. President Uhuru Kenyatta is leading the nation…
At just 25 years of age, 2015 world cross country champion Agnes Jebet Tirop had already initiated several business and development projects besides catering for school fees for half a dozen students. Among the projects she had launched for her parents is a dairy unit at their home in Kapnyemisa Village in Nandi County. Her…
Kenya has received 79 more Cuban doctors in the second deployment program who will be deployed to county hospitals on October 25.The first batch of Cuban doctors arrived in the country in 2018 as part of implementation of an agreement signed with Cuba in 2017. This follows an agreement signed by Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi…
Civil societies are urging the government to comply with the court judgment on the outlawing of Huduma cards roll out by ensuring thorough data protection impact assessment in accordance to the data protection act of 2019. The consortium has claimed that the data impact assessment will ensure compliance of the law by addressing the risk…