President Uhuru Kenyatta accompanied by the Leader of Majority in Kenya’s National Assembly Amos Kimunya, Cabinet Secretaries Betty Maina (Industrialization) and Raychelle Omamo (Foreign Affairs) witnessed the signing of a detailed private sector agreement that seeks to expand trade and investments between Kenya and the United States of America. The agreement, signed between Kenya…
Chief Justice Martha Koome on Tuesday ruled that the consolidated Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) appeal shall be heard on three consecutive days from January 18 to 20, 2022. The CJ said appellants who wish to file a reply on the consolidated petitions should do so within five days of service. “In the event the appellants…
Speaking during a tour of schools in Machakos County on Monday, November 8,Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has threatened that students linked to burning of schools will be blocked from joining public schools. Magoha noted that the directive would help curb indiscipline cases in schools. He further stated that the act of setting school premises on…
Equity Group Holdings has said on Monday it launched a 500 billion shilling ($4.48 billion) loan programme to help small and medium-sized businesses to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank posted an 85% rise in nine-month pretax profit, sending its stock up more than 4% to 52.00 shillings per share at…
Moi University, which has accumulated a debt of Sh4.5 billion, is unable to meet some financial obligations and will resort to fee increments. The Auditor-General’s report of 2020 indicates that the university’s revenue for the year ended June 2020 was Sh7.8 billion against an expenditure of Sh8.3 billion, therefore recording a deficit of Sh504 million.…
Education Principal Secretary Julius Jwan has confirmed that primary schools will join the secondary Schools for the midterm break set for November 19-November 23. On Monday, the Ministry of Education announced the dates for a four-day break for secondary schools in the country following incidences of fire outbreaks across the country. Jwan directed all Regional…
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) set to challenge the court order that compelled it to continue with the countrywide enhanced voter registration exercise beyond an earlier stipulated timeframe. The exercise that kicked off on October 2 was expected to end on November 3 but an Eldoret court on Monday ordered the poll body…
Desert locusts have reinvaded the country with a new swarm arriving from Ethiopia reported in Mandera’s Rhamu Dimtu. The sighting of the locusts on Tuesday came amid projections by United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of increased breeding in areas likely to receive rainfall despite a decline in locust populations following sustained control operations.…
Desert locusts have reinvaded the country with a new swarm arriving from Ethiopia reported in Mandera’s Rhamu Dimtu. The sighting of the locusts on Tuesday came amid projections by United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of increased breeding in areas likely to receive rainfall despite a decline in locust populations following sustained control operations.…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has partnered with a German Cooperation, GIZ, in a bid to provide a series of Crime Scene Management training sessions to general investigators deployed across the country. The DCI said in a statement that the week-long training commenced on October 25 and aims at enhancing the investigators’ expertise in…