The National Treasury has substantially increased the allocation to the Petroleum ministry to enable it continue with a subsidy programme that has been cushioning Kenyans from the high cost of petroleum products. The Petroleum ministry’s allocation for the financial year to June has gone up by Sh24.7 billion bringing the total that the ministry has…
Maize farmers from Lugari sub-county are a happy lot landing a market for their produce. The World Food Programme (WFP) started buying maize from the farmers on Tuesday at Sh3, 000 per 90 kilograms bag. According to Majengo farmers’ Cooperative Society chairperson Alice Adage, So far, WFP has bought 2, 200 bags of maize that…
Hope came knocking for an estimated 200,000 locals facing starvation due to drought that has continued to ravage families and their livestock. This is after the county government started distributing some 10,000 bags of dry food to the hunger-stricken families. According to Daniel Lesaigor, the county’s special programs chief officer, a total of 30,000 households…
The High Court has stripped NTSA officers powers of acting as traffic instructors and reverted the same to the police. In the rules that had kicked out the police from conducting driving tests (Theoretical, a test of knowledge in the highway code and traffic signs, test of knowledge of road safety principles and procedures; and a…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has commenced the Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration (ECVR) exercise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Canada following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. In Canada the exercise will kick off on Tuesday at the Kenya High Commission in Ottawa, Kenya Honorary Consulate in Toronto and Kenya Honorary Consulate…
Private hospitals will continue offering services to National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) card holders following a deal reached with the Ministry of health. According to the Fund’s board chairman Lewis Nguyai, this follows consultations that extended the contracts’ deadline to March 31. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe stated that after this, new contracts which will…
Six people were on Monday killed in Mandera when a passenger vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a suspected Al Shabaab attack. According to Police Spokesman Bruno Shioso, seven others were injured in the incident that occurred at about 7.30am on the Arabia-Mandera RoadShioso said police were yet to establish the whereabouts…
The Judiciary is reviewing the security status of all officers and staff following an attack on Garsen Law courts employees in Lamu by suspected Al Shabaab militants. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening where a team of court officials were shot at and injured by the militants. In a statement however, Chief Justice Martha Koome…
The government is set to kick off a sensitization exercise in a bid to dissuade members of the public, especially residents of slum areas, against dangers of vandalism. The rollout will be done alongside wide-ranging reforms targeting the scrap metal sector which has be singled out as the single biggest absorber of vandalized materials which…
West Kenya Sugar Limited has asked the court to enjoin it in the case sugarcane farmers are challenging leasing of Mumias Sugar Company. Through lawyer Paul Muite, West Kenya told commercial court judge Wilfrida Okwany that they deserved to take over the ailing miller having been the highest bidder. The Kenyan miller now wants the…